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What are we reading?
Bearhardt
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Just curious what everyone is reading these days.
I'm bouncing between:
- The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
- The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
- Emerald Sea by John Ringo
- Extraordinary Engines (Anthology)
I'm bouncing between:
- The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
- The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
- Emerald Sea by John Ringo
- Extraordinary Engines (Anthology)
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The Crying of Lot 49 - Pynchon
The Hours - Cunningham
For pleasure:
A Rebours - Huysmans
Nightmare Town - Dashiell Hammett
Reserve:
Red Harvest - Dashiell Hammett
and I'll probably go to the bookstore or order some books randomly online to fill my reserve up again once I decide on what I want to read lots of.
I think after this I'm going to challenge myself and take up one of the Russians. Maybe Resurrection or Brothers Karamazov.
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Double Eagle - Dan Abnett
Coming of Age - Studs Terkel
Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
Smoke and Mirrors - Niel Gaiman
Reminisces of the Cuban Revolution - Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Flashman - George MacDonald Fraser
Ok, that seems hilariously ADD when I type it out. I generally read different books in different places. Relaxing in bed, I've got Terkel. I keep Smoke and Mirrors in my backpack. I read Che's book when I'm on the subway. I keep my ebook reader in my jacket, so I can read Anna Karenina on the go. I don't always remember to keep a book with me when I have downtime, so I end up starting whatever I have on hand. Ebooks are a godsend.
To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis
James Bond novels for my class on James Bond.
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I am also reading Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus, Mao's red book, and the book of revelations because it talks about some cool shit.
Now I'm reading Unless by Carol Shields, borrowed from the same prof. I must say, for all that I like writing short stories, I find novels so much more satisfying to read. I picked up a collection of Shields's short stories a few weeks ago and while they were lovely, I like something I can really sink my teeth into like this latest book instead of just little nibbles of literature.
Chronos, I couldn't get into Midnight's Children either, but my problem wasn't that the sentences weren't interesting...too much of the history went over my head, I think, as did many of the mythological references. That's one book I think I'd enjoy more if I had to read it for a class. I never did finish it - only made it about a third of the way through. Shameful.
The Divine Comedy by Dante
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
and Six Easy Pieces by Richard Feynman
Starting Lord of The Flies for school.
I am reading Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid on the side.
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The Stone Canal by Ken MacLeod.
I love the ideas it has.
I've started Gravity's Rainbow and while I like books that aren't easy to read, the lack of focus (or seeming lack of focus) is making it difficult to make good progress.
and I'm also reading Franz Kafka's The Castle which I love so far.
Reading Walden on the bus. About a third in. Chock full of Socio-anarchism, grumbling about the post office and trains, and Orientalism (in the Post-Colonial sense), if any of those are appealing.
When I'm not in the mood for that, I'm finishing up the Collected Poems of Philip Larkin (honestly, not that impressed beyond High Windows).
Recently finished The Collected Poems of Basho (first time all of his haiku have been translated, came out this year).
Finishing up The Book of Lost Books and Poet's Choice (ecclectic Japanese formal poetry), which are both good bathroom reading.
About to start the Eumenides, or Brother's Karamazov, or continue the Illiad, something like that. For poetry, I'm gonna get the new American Hybrid poetry anthology that came out from Norton, and maybe With Deer, book by a Swedish poet translated by Johanness Gorannson (coming out in a couple days), or Rae Armantrout's new book Versed/ a selected collection.
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The latter two are absolutely fantastic. BNW is half of an awesome book spliced with half of a sucky book in some bizarre case of literary genetic manipulation.
I'm reading Just After Sunset, which is King's latest short story compilation. So far the stories are pretty meh, which surprised me, because his shorts are usually his best work. I tend to read compilations non-linearly, and it didn't help that the first two stories at chose at random were almost the exact same concept.
I intermittently read The Satanic Verses, but I'm having difficulty getting into it.
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I find that imagining Rushdie laughing while writing the book helped. Pretend you get the joke and then you will.
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Is this better than Snow Crash? I've been meaning to read more Stephenson, but it's not easy to find in book stores.
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Better than snow crash? Well, if you are starting with Neuromancer and trying to walk your way through the genesis of cyberpunk, then snow crash is a more important book (came first, established the younger generation's claim to the genre again) and for some therefore more satisfying. Plus swords are involved.
The Diamond Age is more sweeping in his sci-fi world creation, slightly more complex in both plot and character development. Better writing in other words. But minimal swords.
Used copies of his whole canon on Amazon...
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Lengthy title aside, it's actually a fascinating description of life in the hutong of Beijing from a man who actually lived in them for a few years.
i got a really nice edition at a second hand bookshop yesterday
I'm finishing The Magus by John Fowles, and I don't know what to read next. Maybe The Handmaid's Tale.
People seem to like it though.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
Interesting story, but the actual writing is pretty mediocre. Which is a good thing, because I'm learning a lot about what irritates me, and so what not to do when I'm writing. Like dialogue containing the phrase "I'm getting too old for this"
Currently reading Al Franken's THE TRUTH (with jokes), because I can't get enough liberal bias! MMMMMMMmmm!
Followed by Kurt Vonnegut's The Apocalypse in Retrospect, and Gwynne Dyer's With Every Mistake.
Thank you, Rubacava!
It's like Da Vinci Code with computers.
Pretty enjoyable, in a light, fluffy way.
I too was waiting on Amazon but heard a rumor about it being already on shelves at Borders, so I checked and then canceled my Amazon preorder.
For pleasure I'm reading Krakauer's Eiger Dreams and Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima.
I agree completely with that statement. BNW has some interesting concepts, but I find that the characters are rather static and bland. There are parts where the book loses focus and meanders. I chose to read it because 1984 is one of my favorite books and I figured that the similar dystopian theme would be interesting. Sadly, I don't think Huxely explored the world he set up in any meaningful way.
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Moving on to Ringworld now.
I will always have a special spot in my heart for Niven.
EDIT: Oh, I'm reading All Aunt Hagar's Children by Edward P. Jones and Re-Reading Pastoralia by George Saunders.
That said, I just can't get over how awkward some of the lines read.