what are you reading? - Page 117

demonrail666 · 02.10.2010, 08:28 PM

i think martin amis might be a far better non-fiction writer than a fiction one.

Sonic Youth 37 · 02.10.2010, 09:19 PM

Just finished:

Altogether, very good, and made Savannah my top place to visit over the summer. The ending sections felt rushed though.

Started last night, already 1/4 finished:

floatingslowly · 02.10.2010, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by fugazifan

finished it and loved it

you really need to read the entire trilogy.

although I can't decide if I like that or the Virtual Light series better.

jon boy · 02.10.2010, 09:32 PM

i love brett easton ellis.

i am reading vancouver special by charlie demers, not bad.

Dead-Air · 02.10.2010, 11:04 PM

Minla's Flowers/Thousandth Night by Alastair Reynolds

me. · 02.16.2010, 09:33 PM

Delmore Schwartz - In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories.

demonrail666 · 02.16.2010, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Dead-Air

Minla's Flowers/Thousandth Night by Alastair Reynolds

What's that like? I've heard the science in it is really impenetrable.

Sonic Youth 37 · 02.18.2010, 08:31 PM

Finished Less Than Zero. I liked it. Going to pick up American Psycho again. I stopped reading it after about 100 pages because of the verbose nature and it not being in the same break-neck pace as Ellis' other books.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 02.18.2010, 08:34 PM

I almost bought this the other day, is it any good?

Instead I bought this

and it is delightful.

Crumb's Crunchy Delights · 02.18.2010, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

I almost bought this the other day, is it any good?

it gets 4.1/5 on amazon

Sonic Youth 37 · 02.18.2010, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

I almost bought this the other day, is it any good?

The first 3/4 are excellent if you like murder/court drama and colorful Southern Gothic characters. The last sections of the book are EXTREMELY rushed, it seemed to me. I'd rate it a 7.4/10

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 02.18.2010, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Sonic Youth 37

The first 3/4 are excellent if you like murder/court drama and colorful Southern Gothic characters. The last sections of the book are EXTREMELY rushed, it seemed to me. I'd rate it a 7.4/10

I'm interested.

floatingslowly · 02.18.2010, 10:02 PM

from amazon

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I'm into it pretty hard and feel an extreme kinship with this man.

demonrail666 · 02.18.2010, 10:40 PM

Awesome, awesome book!

pbradley · 02.19.2010, 03:44 AM

I've shelved Badiou's Being and Event for now in favor of returning to some fiction and have picked up A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

Crumb's Crunchy Delights · 02.19.2010, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by floatingslowly

I'm into it pretty hard and feel an extreme kinship with this man.

4.4/5 on amazon

and only $2 (+shipping

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although one reviewer gave it 1/5 because "...the entire book has NOTHING about Jack Parsons...

"

have you thus far found this problematic?

ni'k · 02.19.2010, 04:00 AM

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Originally Posted by pbradley

I've shelved Badiou's Being and Event for now in favor of returning to some fiction and have picked up A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

its ok, but its not a good read if you are trying to avoid philosophy - try finnegans wake.

pbradley · 02.19.2010, 04:24 AM

I'm not trying to avoid philosophy, per se. Treatise reading has left me the teariest.

alteredcourse · 02.19.2010, 01:10 PM

Enjoying it so far. I like the slow slip into strange fantasy from a seemingly normal world. Everything seems to fit. Nicely written.

floatingslowly · 02.19.2010, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Crumb's Crunchy Delights

have you thus far found this problematic?

well, the book opens with his death.

although I'm only through with a little bit, the book appears to be more about the strange secret life that he left behind (and his death exposed).

I argue with his black fascinations, his theories are sound (and not unlike my own).

the only difference between magic and science is one's perceived level of understanding in the subject. I say perceived because, finite minds can never truly encapsulate the infinite (and that very well could have killed him).

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Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	Just finished: Altogether, very good, and made Savannah my top place to visit over the summer. The ending sections felt rushed though. Started last night, already 1/4 finished: __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	Finished Less Than Zero. I liked it. Going to pick up American Psycho again. I stopped reading it after about 100 pages because of the verbose nature and it not being in the same break-neck pace as Ellis' other books. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	from amazon () I'm into it pretty hard and feel an extreme kinship with this man.
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02.18.2010, 10:40 PM	#2334
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Awesome, awesome book!
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pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	I've shelved Badiou's Being and Event for now in favor of returning to some fiction and have picked up A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
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pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	I'm not trying to avoid philosophy, per se. Treatise reading has left me the teariest.
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alteredcourse expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,503	Enjoying it so far. I like the slow slip into strange fantasy from a seemingly normal world. Everything seems to fit. Nicely written.
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