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cassandra is
> Teenager of the Year <
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starmekitten
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 11/17/2005 : 07:47:50
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where's Floop??!?!?!
Floopster, I'm not loving glamourama, should I stick with it?
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The Holiday Son
= Quote Accumulator =
France
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Posted - 11/17/2005 : 07:54:07
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Definitely the dead celebrity I'd like to spend one evening with. |
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Carl
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Ireland
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cassandra is
> Teenager of the Year <
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 11/17/2005 : 12:47:36
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Mishima-A Life In Four Chapters. It's directed by Paul Schrader.
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
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Posted - 11/17/2005 : 12:50:54
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Called Mishima, by Paul Schrader, guy who wrote Taxi Driver and uh Cat People.
Tre, I found the start of Glamorama a chore with all the lists of names but it picks up. And White Noise by Don deLillo is a good companion piece, Ellis said he had that one in mind when he wrote Glamorama (though WN is a squillion times better).
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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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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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cassandra is
> Teenager of the Year <
France
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 11/19/2005 : 19:46:21
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I got it as a birthday present. It's good so far.
"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
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Posted - 11/23/2005 : 17:32:23
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Just finished Kurt Cobain's Journals. So unexpectedly brilliant and touching and fucking awesome. I totally didn't expect it to be.
I got some heaven in my head
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 11/23/2005 : 17:39:36
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A friend bought me that for my birthday last year, but I've only ever flicked through it.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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Posted - 11/23/2005 : 17:41:58
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Keep flickering, Carl. It's great. I got tears in my eyes the moment I realized I was reading a draft of "Dumb". Plus, the thing is chock full of great one-liners.
I got some heaven in my head
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 11/26/2005 : 07:21:35
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I'm really stuck into it now. It's funny how he mentions how the music scene is like being back in school, I remember reading an interview where he said the Seattle scene was like that for him (that, of course, is what School is about!), and that incident with the girl is strange. Also, I think he had a run in with the police that the song Scoff is about....I read before that he was arrested for spray painting a wall, or something. They cops took a list of his possesions, I think he had an MDC (Millions Of Dead Cops) tape on him. There's a line in that, song, 'Kill a million'. Some of cartoons are really cute and funny!
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 11/26/2005 : 07:36:10
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I [i]finally finished 100 Years Of Solitude - absolutely great, apart from one nagging frustration.
Next: Paul Auster - New York Trilogy
 I have joined the Cult Of Frank/And I have dearly paid |
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hWolsky
= Cult of Ray =
France
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cassandra is
> Teenager of the Year <
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velvety
= Cult of Ray =
Portugal
536 Posts |
Posted - 11/27/2005 : 03:45:18
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Just finished this one:
Great book although I think I prefered the other Roth book I read, The Human Stain.
As anyone read Steve Martin's first book? Is it any good? I think it's being made into a movie?
And the Virgin Suicides? I've heard it's much better than the movie? Is it? |
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starmekitten
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 11/27/2005 : 06:47:12
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Virgin suicides is so so, never seen the movie.
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
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Posted - 11/27/2005 : 07:56:32
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The film version of Virgin Suicides is an exact version of the book, word by word, scene by scene. Either watch the film or read the book. Both above average I think.
Middlesex is my favorite Euginides book. Really good.
I also didn't get Glamorama nor American Psycho. Less Than Zero probably the only Easton Ellis book I've enjoyed.
It has been ages since I've read a novel, mostly books on local politics next to my bed (depressing stuff). I think I should go for De Lillo's White Noise, I loved Underworld.
Hey, what happened to the forum book club? I've recently gotten hold of Natural Novel.
wilhelm
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 12/03/2005 : 11:24:43
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I'm also in the process of re-reading this:
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
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cassandra is
> Teenager of the Year <
France
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soundofataris
= Cult of Ray =
USA
715 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2005 : 14:57:40
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Professor Miller's Contracts casebook. The exam is on thursday.
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i try to be mallory but i'm still skippy |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 12/08/2005 : 18:16:32
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Good luck with that.
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 12/08/2005 : 20:34:13
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Just read
It's a hard (meaning heavily reliant on realistic scientific ideas, the author is a physicist at U of Washington) science fiction book. It had some interesting ideas, but wasn't very well written or compeling. It's unusual for me to read ficition and this book isn't going to drive me to read more. |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 12/16/2005 : 14:18:01
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Just read my last post, I was about to start NY Trilogies. Long finished that, very much enjoyed.
Now reading 'Time's Arrow' by Martin Amis - it's complicated to explain. It's forward, linear narrative, but written as viewing a life going backwards.
It didn't exactly come highly recommended by certain parties, but I like it very much.
I have joined the Cult Of Frank/And I have dearly paid |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 12/18/2005 : 16:01:38
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I've started reading this one:
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
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cassandra is
> Teenager of the Year <
France
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 12/19/2005 : 12:14:17
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I'm considering re-reading this for the holidays:
"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
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Posted - 12/19/2005 : 12:18:10
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Originally posted by VoVat
I'm considering re-reading this for the holidays:
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares."
There's a worl outside Pratchett you know...
I have joined the Cult Of Frank/And I have dearly paid |
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jediroller
* Dog in the Sand *
France
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Posted - 12/19/2005 : 12:37:30
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Currently reading "English Passengers" by Matthew Kneale. About a parson in the 1830s who decides he's going to prove all this heathen science wrong by discovering the original garden of Eden, which he believes to be in Tasmania, and in which he is sure to find geological evidence that the Earth was created 6,000 years ago, as stated in the Scriptures. It's consistently funny while managing to be also quite brutal at times. I'm enjoying it so far.
"Quit shouting those rerun songs at me! I'm doing what I want to do, and I don't care what you think you need!
—Play that song 'Jesus is the Answer'!
—Come up here on stage and play with my balls."
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 12/19/2005 : 14:49:10
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There's a worl outside Pratchett you know...
Yeah, but I'm working on re-reading the series roughly in order. It's been a long time since I first read some of them.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 12/20/2005 : 22:32:27
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i'm reading:
tho in paperback.
my flight from perth was delayed for 5 hours yesterday so i bought it at the airport.
a good read. though not as good as i was hoping it would be, but i'm only 1/3 thru it so far....
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danjersey
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
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Posted - 12/20/2005 : 22:57:17
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Iran by Richard N. Frye
copyright, 1953
brief history stuff by a western buff but all the same better than the Paper. |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 12/21/2005 : 02:50:30
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Just finished Time's Arrow, excellent I thought. Now about to start Ernest Hemingway's 'Death In The Afternoon':
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