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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
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 Posted - 10/09/2005 : 17:22:37
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Originally posted by whoreatthedoor
Hahaha! Nerd!
And all the drugs that I don't have the guts to take
To soothe my mind so I'm always sober
Always aching, always heading towards
Mass suicide, occult figurines
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 11:53:31
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Does anyone ever do any mind reading? |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 10/19/2005 : 08:31:13
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Originally posted by VoVat
I've been re-reading the Discworld series, mostly in order, although that's not totally possible since I don't own all the books.
I went to a Terry Pratchett signing yesterday and got him to autograph this:
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 10/19/2005 : 09:00:10
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I'm reading, or rather, having read to me, Confederacy of Dunces.
 "Join the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened" |
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breakmybody
- FB Fan -
Greenland
136 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2005 : 00:08:01
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I've been reading, which is something weird for me...and last book was Forgiveness, by Gerald G. Jampolsky. I loved it.
You can run, but you can't hide who you are
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KimStanleyRobinson
* Dog in the Sand *
1972 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2005 : 00:42:47
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...and do my best not to be all totally ...whatever in the hell it is I am...too something.
Gonna try to not be that.
I think.
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2005 : 03:09:55
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That was the first Bukowski book I read, my favourite is Kid Stardust on the Porterhouse.
I´m reading this now. Tre, you asked me a while ago to tell you what Something Happened was like, I didn´t finish it as I didn´t find it that funny though I´ll pick it up again (plus points for taking a different direction from Catch 22). I´m enjoying this one loads.
"It was Harris Rosenblatt, Gold suspected, who had arranged for Liebermans´ invitation to the White House during the Vietnam war. Not many people other than the President allowed Lieberman into their homes for dinner."
"´What do I care?´ Lieberman sneered. ´When I grow up I´m gonna be rich. I´ll be more famous than anyone. I´m gonna marry a rich and famous heiress. I´ll never lose my hair. I´ll wear lots of rings. I´ll go into politics and win. I´ll be a mayor, a senator, and the governor of all of New York. I´ll be a big millionaire. When I grow up,´ he vowed, I´m gonna fuck a girl.´
Instead, he went to college."
"In Gold's conservative opinion, Kissinger would not be recalled in history as a Bismarck, Metternich or Castlereagh but as an odious schlump who made war gladly."
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misleadtheworld
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1222 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2005 : 16:18:52
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Very Very Good so far. About two thirds through.
This edition is also one of the best book covers I've seen in a while; especially for sci-fi.
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2005 : 02:15:34
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I´ve read that a few times, twas my first PKD book and still the one I like best. Mine had this lurid sixties cover:
the Spanish edition of the new Philip Roth book has a similar design to that thar Penguin.
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misleadtheworld
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1222 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2005 : 03:37:14
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I nearly bought a copy like that until the other caught my eye. Old typical sci-fi covers really don't do anything for me.
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2005 : 03:48:15
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i'm reading a book about the greatest australian disasters at present. very interesting.
all have a common thread tho - stupid people in positions of responsibility lead to the deaths of innocent people.
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2005 : 11:44:52
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Continuing with my Discworld-rereading trend, I bought this today:
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2005 : 14:16:35
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I just finished Tender Is The Night (I know, slow reader), next up (I think) will be Albert Camus - The Outsider.
I have literally no idea what to expect other than the word 'existentialist' on the blurb (which means nothing to me), and 'Killing An Arab' by The Cure. I tend to steer clear of writers who are as obscure as possible in order to be as arty as possible - I'm not sure I'm making my point properly here, but it seems to me there are a whole bunch of authors whose books are not particularly straightforward or easy to follow, but you daren't criticise it because its like you're not 'getting' the 'art'. I have no idea whether this will be one of them, but its only short so I'll give it a shot.
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2005 : 06:40:22
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Originally posted by Cheeseman1000
I tend to steer clear of writers who are as obscure as possible in order to be as arty as possible - I'm not sure I'm making my point properly here, but it seems to me there are a whole bunch of authors whose books are not particularly straightforward or easy to follow, but you daren't criticise it because its like you're not 'getting' the 'art'.
I gets ya, I've just started reading this again:
which was reccomended to me by many gushingly enthusiastic people as a "must read" but gave me a headache and violent tendancies. I abandoned it less than a third of the way through last time because it just didn't engage me, it was a battle and not a happy one. This bothers me though, I hate unfinshed books so attempt two.
I've just finished these:
which were all plain old enjoyable.
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2005 : 15:32:08
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Ach, I just love the Commitments, it's been far too long since I read that. I refused to watch the film for ages because I thought it could never match up to the book (it was good, but it still didn't match up).
And ugh. Will Self.
The guy gets my goat.
I have joined the Cult Of Frank/And I have dearly paid |
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The Marsist
= Cult of Ray =
Ireland
730 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2005 : 15:36:38
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im reading part one of the bob dylan chronicles.its awesome
Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.
-Beck
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misleadtheworld
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1222 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2005 : 15:39:32
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Finished 'Man in the High Castle.' Still deciding whether I'm happy with the ending. Will have to re-read another time, I think.
Starting this tonight:
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2005 : 10:24:21
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Originally posted by Cheeseman1000
And ugh. Will Self.
The guy gets my goat.
It's already starting to get on my nerves, I'm further than I was but I already want to quit. |
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2005 : 12:58:25
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I´ve only read four lines of a Will Self book in a bookshop, had to put it down twas so fatty with adjectives and could smell straight off he says simple things in complex ways - that guy cannot write for shit.
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 10/24/2005 : 08:05:08
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cassandra is
> Teenager of the Year <
France
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 10/24/2005 : 15:05:11
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Just finished Camus' The Outsider. Kind of difficult to make an instant judgement on it though - I think it might be the sort of book to play on my mind for a while yet. I suppose I'm a little more clued in as to what 'existentialist' means, though.
I'm never entirely satisfied when I've finished a translated work: I always feel like I'm missing out to some extent, maybe some of the subtleties and nuances have been, as it were, lost in translation - I remember this reading Crime & Punishment, which I loved, but I always felt that the original Russian was probably a little more sombre in tone than the version I had. I'd be interested in how the writing style comes out in the French - my version seemed very matter-of-fact, which I suppose was the point, and also a pretty fast-moving storyline for something that is considered this great exploration of the human psyche.
I was actually expecting a lot more soul-searching and meaningful anguish, but in fact its all kept very taut and only overflows at the end, which I appreciated. All in all, I'd say it was certainly worth the read.
I'm trying to find a large size picture on t'internet of the photo from the cover I have on my copy, as above: Désert du Ténéré, Niger 1989, by Raymond Depardon, if anyone can direct me...
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2005 : 08:27:00
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I read this:
which I had for ages and thought I had read but it turns out I had started it and not read it and I have no idea why. I was stupidly moved, moved to tears at one point in cafe neros. The tragedy of crying into your coffee is nothing compared to the tragedy of getting a cigarette wet. Not even the looking like a fuckwit in a coffee shop beats this.
I liked this book.
I then read this:
Which I liked then didn't. This is something I have come across twice now with reading the Auster, in this and leviathan. The story starts extremely well and draws me into it fully, then two thirds of the way through switches tracks to destination sucksville. This had an amazing start, I loved it, by the end... meh.
meh meh meh
now just started:
and:
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2005 : 08:38:33
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Ooh, I'm on 100 Years Of Solitude by Senor Garcia Marquez now, its reet good.
I maybe going too far into this reading thing, I had to bow out of a conversation about feminist magic-realism the other day...
I have joined the Cult Of Frank/And I have dearly paid |
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2005 : 08:43:25
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100 yearsolitude was written in Barcelona. It´s 10 years since I read it but a few of my friends say you can feel the character of the city in the book. There´s a brilliant Marquez story, I can´t remember what it´s called, about a man next to the most beautiful woman he´s ever seen on an airplane who´s wearinng an eyemask and has told him not to wake him up.
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2005 : 08:55:40
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when I started reading 100 years of solitude I thought I hated it because it wasn't going anywhere but I realised after a time despite the rambling nature of the story it was very evocative and provided the escapism that so many books seem not to nowadays, true escapism. T'were lovely.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2005 : 10:25:49
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Originally posted by Newo
100 yearsolitude was written in Barcelona.
Really? I didn't know that! As if I could be any more in love with that book....
When we walked through Little Italy I saw my reflection come right off your face
I paint pictures to remember, you're too beautiful to put into words
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tobafett
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1713 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2005 : 16:49:46
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2005 : 17:07:33
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I like what Ken Kesey said about him, "Those who want to gnaw on his bones never knew his heart."
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Buy your best friend flowers. Buy your lover a beer. Covet thy father. Covet thy neighbour's father. Honour thy lover's beer. Covet thy neighbour's father's wife's sister. Take her to bingo night. |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2005 : 10:13:45
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My copy has a different cover, though.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2005 : 13:31:03
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The just-published English translation of Melania Mazzucco's immigrant story "Vita: A Novel," winner of the 2003 Strega, Italy's top literary prize. Moving, well-written, part-mystery novel part-romance book, all good.
When we walked through Little Italy I saw my reflection come right off your face
I paint pictures to remember, you're too beautiful to put into words
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2005 : 02:32:46
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Originally posted by starmekitten
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Originally posted by Cheeseman1000
And ugh. Will Self.
The guy gets my goat.
It's already starting to get on my nerves, I'm further than I was but I already want to quit.
funny, i'm stuggling through how the dead live also. i enjoyed great apes and was entertained by cock and bull, but this one is a little tougher.
just finished this one:
good, but i like welsh better.
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind. |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 11/14/2005 : 08:45:39
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Quick read.
Fairly familiar story, nothing new here.
Well written enough, although it was weird to find out that I thought that even though it had been translated from french to english.
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Don't believe the hype. |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 11/14/2005 : 08:49:08
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therewererumours
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1240 Posts |
Posted - 11/14/2005 : 09:04:41
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Originally posted by misleadtheworld
Very Very Good so far. About two thirds through.
This book gave me nightmares, have you finished it yet Misleadtheworld? Trying to get through The Tin Drum, I've been reading it on and off since August.
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