doublename Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 What's the saddest and loneliest book you've ever read? I want to feel, like, alone and shit. Peter Handke - The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verdant Hickies Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 I just finished Douglas Adams' "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" and started its sequel "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul" very nice little story so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Finished Confederacy of Dunces. Awesome book, very funny. I was wondering if Ignatius would count as an early example of what we now call a neckbeard. Such a shame about the author. Now onto Vonnegut's The Sirens of Titan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digman Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I just finished Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation, based off of Clarke's recommendation. Not a bad read. Not sure if I'll jump onto the next in the series straight away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I bought some stories from herman hesse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perezvon Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I've just started reading Dune. Looks immense but might be difficult for me since I didn't get the translated version and the english somehow seems... broken at times. Funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_deuterostome Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Preacher Book 3- Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon Nemesis- Mark Millar, Steve McNiven Ongoing series: Multiversity, Terminal Hero, Trees, Annihilator At some point soon, Zenith Phase 1. And, some bookmarked fic and non-fic to finish off (not much luck there). I'd like to read Crime & Punishment this winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Dylan Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 (edited) It's the third time I've tried to read Neuromancer. Look, I'm a big reader, I've actually read Gravity's Rainbow FFS, but I just can't get pass page 50 or so from Neuro. It's not bad, it's just that all those texture definitions, it leaves me cold. And the context of the book, the cyberpunk mumbo jumbo, it feels like I'm reading Jules Vernes (sci-fi that didn't age that well) but without the same writing quality. Edited November 20, 2014 by Philip Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tec Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 It's the third time I've tried to read Neuromancer. Look, I'm a big reader, I've actually read Gravity's Rainbow FFS, but I just can't get pass page 50 or so from Neuro. It's not bad, it's just that all those texture definitions, it leaves me cold. And the context of the book, the cyberpunk mumbo jumbo, it feels like I'm reading Jules Vernes (sci-fi that didn't age that well) but without the same writing quality. I love it, I was also blessed to get a signed copy with a heartfelt message from the man himself too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 It's the third time I've tried to read Neuromancer. Look, I'm a big reader, I've actually read Gravity's Rainbow FFS, but I just can't get pass page 50 or so from Neuro. It's not bad, it's just that all those texture definitions, it leaves me cold. And the context of the book, the cyberpunk mumbo jumbo, it feels like I'm reading Jules Vernes (sci-fi that didn't age that well) but without the same writing quality. Same here, I've never been able to finish any Gibson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azatoth Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 friends kept pushing me to read something called quantum thief. struggled through the first chapter half of which was incomprehensible. finally started making a little sense but the bath water was getting cold It's great. Sci-fi for the 21st century. No fuss and very little exposition, just got to figure it out yourself. Haven't done it, but think the Quantum Thief trilogy is something that could be better with a second read through. Still waiting for the last book to appear as a paperback. I is poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 dorian gray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 A Thousand Lives - A really interesting piece of longform journalism on the Jonestown massacre A Brief History of Seven Killings - Politics, violence and drugs in 1970s Jamaica. Good shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 so I just hear William S. Burroughs made an album with Throbbing Gristle. Which Burroughs should I read? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Julian Barnes - A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Not what I expected at all. Very, very good. Will reward repeated reads. Just finishing up Frederik Pohl's Gateway. I've read one of his stories to do with the Heechee before in a classic scifi collection, was entertaining stuff. This is even better, really good ideas in this. It's like a goldrush story set in space. I can't help but imagine the protagonist being some kind've 50's man's man Martin Denny type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prdctvsm Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 'breath' by tim wynton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewps Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 What's the saddest and loneliest book you've ever read? I want to feel, like, alone and shit. Cormac McCarthy - The Crossing Was going to reply with the same book! what a desperate tale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Just finished Less Than Zero. Now on to Charles Stross - Singularity Sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenton Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 (edited) Just Finished Cuba Libre by Elmore Leonard. Very good. Now onto the new William Gisbon. Just Finished Cuba Libre by Elmore Leonard. Very good. Now onto the new William Gibson. Edited December 4, 2014 by fenton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxien Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 What's the saddest and loneliest book you've ever read? I want to feel, like, alone and shit. Cormac McCarthy - The Crossing Was going to reply with the same book! what a desperate tale. It truly is. I can't think of any other story that's left me feeling so horrible. And I'm considering re-reading it soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 What's the saddest and loneliest book you've ever read? I want to feel, like, alone and shit. Cormac McCarthy - The Crossing Was going to reply with the same book! what a desperate tale. It truly is. I can't think of any other story that's left me feeling so horrible. And I'm considering re-reading it soon... Great! I read some reviews and it seems is a lifechangin book. But is it a trilogy? Do I need to read others first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIII Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 david copperfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 What's the saddest and loneliest book you've ever read? I want to feel, like, alone and shit. Cormac McCarthy - The Crossing Was going to reply with the same book! what a desperate tale. It truly is. I can't think of any other story that's left me feeling so horrible. And I'm considering re-reading it soon... Great! I read some reviews and it seems is a lifechangin book. But is it a trilogy? Do I need to read others first? I think only Cities of the Plain (book 3) really intersects with the other two. The Crossing can be read on its own. They are all worth your time, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxien Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Yeah, doublename is entirely correct. All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing, parts 1 and 2 of the trilogy, are entirely unrelated. In fact, The Crossing technically takes place before AtPH, if I remember it all (it's been a few years...). I read The Crossing first in fact, and it didn't matter at all, except I found the other two books didn't really measure up. But honestly, not many books by anyone do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Julius Evola - Revolt Against The Modern World Erik Erikson - Childhood and Society Another book about the developmental stages of the child And a bunch of papers on education Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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