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Old 02.10.2010, 08:28 PM   #2321
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i think martin amis might be a far better non-fiction writer than a fiction one.
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Old 02.10.2010, 09:19 PM   #2322
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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:
 
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Old 02.10.2010, 09:29 PM   #2323
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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.
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Old 02.10.2010, 09:32 PM   #2324
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i love brett easton ellis.

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

 
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Old 02.10.2010, 11:04 PM   #2325
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Old 02.16.2010, 09:33 PM   #2326
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Old 02.16.2010, 09:53 PM   #2327
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What's that like? I've heard the science in it is really impenetrable.
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Old 02.18.2010, 08:31 PM   #2328
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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.
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Old 02.18.2010, 08:34 PM   #2329
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I almost bought this the other day, is it any good?

Instead I bought this

 


and it is delightful.
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Old 02.18.2010, 08:38 PM   #2330
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I almost bought this the other day, is it any good?

it gets 4.1/5 on amazon
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Old 02.18.2010, 08:47 PM   #2331
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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
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Old 02.18.2010, 09:05 PM   #2332
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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.
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Old 02.18.2010, 10:02 PM   #2333
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from amazon ()

I'm into it pretty hard and feel an extreme kinship with this man.
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Old 02.18.2010, 10:40 PM   #2334
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Awesome, awesome book!
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Old 02.19.2010, 03:44 AM   #2335
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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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Old 02.19.2010, 03:55 AM   #2336
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I'm into it pretty hard and feel an extreme kinship with this man.
4.4/5 on amazon

and only $2 (+shipping)

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

have you thus far found this problematic?
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Old 02.19.2010, 04:00 AM   #2337
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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.
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Old 02.19.2010, 04:24 AM   #2338
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I'm not trying to avoid philosophy, per se. Treatise reading has left me the teariest.
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Old 02.19.2010, 01:10 PM   #2339
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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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Old 02.19.2010, 01:37 PM   #2340
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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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