EvaUnit02 on 23/4/2009 at 12:01
Boogiepop and Others
Boogiepop: VS Imaginator Pt. 1 & 2
snauty on 23/4/2009 at 12:10
Walter Moers: Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher
A hilarious and genius tale about books and reading itself. I don't know the english translation but the original has a way and force with words that is simply astonishing. It's sprawling and sparkling with wits and wisdom and it's funny and daring and in terms of imagineries and ideas, this is way on top. And no, this is not kiddie stuff. Translated by Walter Moers into german, originally the zamonian tales are written by Hildegunst von Mythenmetz, a dragon well studied in zamonian literature.
english version here:
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http://www.amazon.de/City-Dreaming-Books-Zamonia/dp/0099490579/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books-intl-de&qid=1240488098&sr=1-1)
And I find this is way beyond the usual oddball tales by writers like Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams.
snauty on 23/4/2009 at 12:12
The Road is a beast to get through, but I must finish it before the movie comes.
snauty on 23/4/2009 at 12:26
and then:
* lem - solaris
* the strugatzkis - roadside picnic
* haruki murakami - wind-up bird chronicle (finished), hard boiled wonderland (started)
* fred vargas - the chalk circle man & pars vite et reviens tard (can't find english title, great french romans policier)
* markus werner - zündel's abgang (swiss writer, bleak humour, about a guy who's simply had enough)
* hakan nesser - kim novak badete nie im see genezareth (a swedish remembering-the-childhood tale about summer secrets and maybe a crime?)
daniel on 23/4/2009 at 12:29
Quote Posted by dethtoll
I also would very highly recommend
A Canticle for Leibowitz.
For less apocalyptic subject matter, get G. K. Chesterton's
The Man Who Was Thursday. I picked that book up 'cuz of Deus Ex and I'm glad I did.
I'd second those books for anyone who hasn't read them. Most of Chesterton's "Father Brown" short stories are pretty good as well.
I'll suggest Fahrenheit 451, though everyone and their mom has pobably already read it. I got the same feeling from it as I did from Leibowitz.
Ajare on 23/4/2009 at 12:34
GK Chesterton is like a vile scum on a pond.
Kroakie on 23/4/2009 at 12:34
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
To Kill A Mockingbird: excellently conceived and written tale of childhood realisation and of the smallmindedness of those who should know better.
Quote Posted by Angel Dust
That's a favourite of mine too!
And mine!
You've already listed AGoT, so I don't think I have to mention the other books in the series. I don't read much, the only books I can think of are
Hitchhiker's Guide and any
Discworld book about the City Watch.
rachel on 23/4/2009 at 12:45
Ok, my all-time, top one book that I would bring with me on a desert island is Terre des Hommes by Saint-Exupéry. (English title Wind Sand and Stars)
I didn't put it on my list earlier because I don't know if the English translation is good or not, but what the heck. Besides I just realized Foucault's Pendulum was dismissed right in the OP so I have to replace that entry ;)
gunsmoke on 23/4/2009 at 13:54
I read a ton of Burroughs (junky, queer, etc...)
Bukowski (Tales of Ordinary Madness, Most Beautiful Woman in Town, Post Office, etc...)
Nelson Algren (Man w/the Golden Arm)
Jim Thompson(Killer Inside Me)
Also, I will read almost any autobiography or biography I can get my grubby litle mitts on.
june gloom on 23/4/2009 at 15:08
Quote Posted by snauty
haruki murakami - wind-up bird chronicle
I actually read this recently. Very weird, but ultimately a decent book.
