O Pioneers! by Willa Cather

Howl
Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Andaatje (check this guy out, fucking fantastic prose writer)
And am going to start Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick soon...

David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day

These forums have been a great place for me to be introduced to new music, but as far as books go the taste tends toward critically revered authors, although not neccesarily their canonized books.

Rip It Up, by Simon Reynolds. It's all about the post-punk thing in the uk. V good too.

I'm sorry,i got carried away by the enthusiasm i feel for that book.I slapped myself 3 times for using the term 'tour de force'.

That's a good one.

You seem to enjoy Nabokov, so you might be able to help me. I've never read any of his works, but now I have a choice between Lolita, Ada, or Ardor, or Glory. Which would you recommend?

If only he'd stop using the word 'transgressive' in every sentence.

I've had a copy of that for years and never got around to reading it. The fact that every time I look at it I get that God-awful Orange Juice song in my head means I have to turn it about face on yonder bookshelf.

At the moment, "La Bas" by Huysmans, 1958 edition, Keene Wallis translation.

Though this may be the best, it needs to be one of the three I mentioned.

Ada, or Ardor is my favorite novel of his, followed by Pale Fire, and then Lolita.

You may want to start with Lolita - it makes for a great introduction. I personally prefer his works that were originally in English. I'd stay away from Glory, Invitation, etc. until you've read the ones originally in English first. I also highly recommend his autobigraphy Speak, Memory. It really ties a lot together, especially a lot of the things in Ada.

I choose Ada, or Ador. It's overviews made the book appear more interesting than Lolita.

I worship that book, Ada, or Ardor.

Oh oh oh, this website is good:

http://www.ada.auckland.ac.nz/

It has annotations for the first 24 chapters and can be really helpful. It also has the full text.

God damn it.

I heard the last line of Great Jobs for English Majors is: SUCKAS!!!

Blixa Bargeld: Headcleaner ... text for collapsing new buildings

er, I was started Absalom, Absalom! again over the weekend while I was traveling.

Tarantula is a stream of consciousness, but it is most enjoyable.