gunsmoke on 8/7/2009 at 03:02
OOOH Good stuff!!! Shirley Jackson...I did a lengthy presentation on her life and works in college. She has captivated me ever since I was introduced to her in 8th grade lit. Enjoy!
N'Al on 8/7/2009 at 08:57
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I plan on picking up a Rudyard Kipling compilation full of short horror stories, I heard about it on CBC radio and it has a forward from Neil Gaiman, sounds pretty interesting.
I think I read that at some point ages ago, was indeed pretty good.
For my part, I'm
still re-reading Catch-22 (I'm about 3/4 of the way through) and I have to say, it's turning into quite a slog now. As much as the characters and situations they are in are oftentimes hilarious, there's just
so many of them by this point that you really wish for something of a story that was going somewhere. :erg:
Thirith on 8/7/2009 at 09:19
I've started reading Blood Meridian (not the ideal thing to read on a 10-minute trip to and from work, though), and I've also been reading The Baader Meinhof Complex (about German left-wing terrorism during the '70s) for ages now. The latter's very interesting and pretty well written, although I'm reading it in the original German and don't know what the translation would be like.
N'Al on 8/7/2009 at 09:27
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The Baader Meinhaus ComplexOn that note, I thought the recent movie based on this book was very, very good.
Thirith on 8/7/2009 at 09:55
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On that note, I thought the recent movie based on this book was very, very good.
The book's better because it provides more of a context and doesn't need to be all thrillery to keep the audience going. I saw the film first (and enjoyed it), and I'm glad I did; a friend of mine had read the book and by comparison the film appears very much to be a rushed Readers Digest version. Definitely well worth checking out the book IMO.
N'Al on 8/7/2009 at 10:11
Will do, cheers.
frozenman on 9/7/2009 at 00:40
I'm re-reading The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Murakami. The first time was years ago and I inhaled in 3 days, this time I'm giving it a bit more room to breathe. And I'm all the more astounded the second time around at the sheer force that propels the sublime narrative, and I'm no longer somewhat annoyed by the menagerie of symbolism that never quite connects up and makes sense. Also, I'm very excited to learn that he just released a new book (part 1 of 2) called '1Q84' in Japan.
snowcap21 on 9/7/2009 at 13:50
I started to read the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. To read book ten first probably wasn't the best idea, though. I don't think that I had to look in the internet before to understand a fantasy novel... Anyway, book one provides an as easy read as I hoped for.
BEAR on 9/7/2009 at 13:54
Hopefully the surrogate-writer will be done by the time you get to the final book. Even having read most of them, Im not sure why anyone would do that to themselves ;)
Angel Dust on 10/7/2009 at 11:49
Just finished Faulkner's As I Lay Dying: Holy shit, what a staggeringly fantasic book!:thumb:
Next: A Farewell to Arms by Hemingway and I'm still waiting for my wife to hurry up and finish The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay!, we have a little bit of a holiday coming up next week so perhaps she can get through it then!
