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I'm finally reading Gentleman in Moscow and I sort of recommend it?
It's a complicated book. The main character is not the best, but the antagonist (Stalinist Communism) is kind of the worst, so it's sort of a wash? It is at least the most self-aware novels I've seen in a while, even if it still has a very high opinion of itself.
Here's something a bit off beat: Carter Beats the Devil, by Glen David Gold. It's about a stage magician in the 1920s who finds himself involved in the possible murder of President Warren G. Harding. It's a fascinating read.
Soon I will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman is an excellent fantasy novel. The primary narrator (it alternates between two) is an evil genius plotting a doomsday scenario in a comic-book-esque world that sometimes mocks but mostly pays homage to a variety of superhero comic tropes. It's well written, a lot of fun, and the only book I've ever purchased the kindle edition for, then loved so much that I also bought a physical copy to loan out to friends.
Guess I will start with a genre I am vaguely familar with. Thanks for the recommendations folks, if I managed to get into the habit of reading I will try to check out the rest of the stuff you all recommended!
INT. LIVING ROOM Camera, stationary, viewing an empty room.
Man enters Stage Left, carrying a hardcover copy of The Hobbit, expressionless, silent. He then tosses the book across the room, its arcing trajectory captured entirely within the frame of the camera. A thud off camera, stage right.
MAN
"This is the REAL Hobbit movie, motherfucker."
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It's a complicated book. The main character is not the best, but the antagonist (Stalinist Communism) is kind of the worst, so it's sort of a wash? It is at least the most self-aware novels I've seen in a while, even if it still has a very high opinion of itself.
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"No," says the man in D'Hara. "It belongs to the psycho-sexual kink witches."
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You're thinking of a brook.
I'm pretty sure it's a favor or request.
A miserable pile of secrets?
Guess I will start with a genre I am vaguely familar with. Thanks for the recommendations folks, if I managed to get into the habit of reading I will try to check out the rest of the stuff you all recommended!
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INT. LIVING ROOM
Camera, stationary, viewing an empty room.
Man enters Stage Left, carrying a hardcover copy of The Hobbit, expressionless, silent. He then tosses the book across the room, its arcing trajectory captured entirely within the frame of the camera. A thud off camera, stage right.
MAN
"This is the REAL Hobbit movie, motherfucker."
FIN.
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