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Post by Vaco Deus on May 9, 2009 20:56:39 GMT
I like it better than Snuff. Snuff was god-awful.
Just awful.
The whole book is written in broken English, and, at first, I thought it'd be a pain to read through, but after about the 3rd or 4th chapter you become used to it and it becomes easier to read.
It is pretty far out there. I mean, in the second chapter Pygmy rapes a school bully for beating up his host brother in the bathroom of a Wal-Mart.
Its out there but I like it
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Post by Father Vincent on May 11, 2009 21:28:33 GMT
I'm officially throwing in the towel on Gravity's Rainbow. It's just too abstract and rambling. Near page 50 and it hasn't really gone anywhere yet, nor does it show signs of doing so anytime soon.
So I've started reading Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising. Never read a military tecno-thriller before, and this is turning out to be a pretty good place to start.
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Post by lemex on May 12, 2009 17:04:04 GMT
I'm officially throwing in the towel on Gravity's Rainbow. It's just too abstract and rambling. Near page 50 and it hasn't really gone anywhere yet, nor does it show signs of doing so anytime soon. So I've started reading Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising. Never read a military tecno-thriller before, and this is turning out to be a pretty good place to start. I've read both, and I must say, Gravity's Rainbow is a great novel, but it is a very heavy book, and many will be turned away in the first 200 pages. If you can read it cover to cover, it is really worth the investment, but I can see why others do not. Red Storm Rising is also a good book, though I always prefure Clear and Present Dangur. I hope you enjot it! I really do. I enjoyed it when I read it aged 14, though I've forgotten a lot about it in the following years, I still remeber really enjoying it.
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Post by Father Vincent on May 13, 2009 2:33:52 GMT
I've read both, and I must say, Gravity's Rainbow is a great novel, but it is a very heavy book, and many will be turned away in the first 200 pages. If you can read it cover to cover, it is really worth the investment, but I can see why others do not. That sounds like a somewhat apt description of Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves, and yet that's arguably my favorite book. (In fact, sometimes Johnny Truant does some Pynchonesque rambling, but it's certainly not nearly as often.) Perhaps the difference is that House of Leaves has a clearly defined story that doesn't take so long to present itself. Actually, two clearly defined stories. At least. But really, I wanted so much to get into Gravity's Rainbow. I had absolutely no idea what it was about when I got it, and I still don't. But as much as I hate to say this, I just can't commit to it.
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Post by lemex on May 13, 2009 10:15:29 GMT
It's OK. I know a lot of people who cannot. But I really want to read House of Leaves. I've been looking to buy it, but its always sold out before I can get to a good book shop. What's it like?
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Post by The Crimson One on May 13, 2009 17:56:30 GMT
House of leaves is freaking awesome. I can agree that you definitely need to stick it through some long passages, but it is worth it in the end. Your hard work pays off, and after you are done you want to read it again.
It's probably been mentioned (perhaps even by me) that his newest book, Only Revolutions, is also incredible. Highly recommended.
Never heard of Gravity's Rainbow...will have to look it up...
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Post by eideticimagery on May 29, 2009 15:52:21 GMT
*is back from a long hiatus*
Currently reading William Hjortsberg's Falling Angel. Probably one of the best reads in a long time.
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Post by Lolli on May 29, 2009 17:19:06 GMT
Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita. Always wanted to read this and found a copy at my library today.
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Post by Father Vincent on May 29, 2009 21:10:31 GMT
My extremely worn, battered and Scotch taped 16-year old paperback copy of Jurassic Park. I remember getting it from the RIF catalogue in sixth grade. Still my favorite Michael Crichton book.
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Post by Alone on May 30, 2009 4:17:44 GMT
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Post by patient on Jun 3, 2009 22:30:18 GMT
I just started to get into reading big-time. At the moment, I'm on Stephen King's "The Dead Zone".
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Post by Vaco Deus on Jun 3, 2009 22:51:05 GMT
Just finished The Mist by Stephen King
Moving on to The Eye of Danvers by Michael Ramseur and since its such a short book I'll move on to Girlfriend In A Coma by Douglas Coupland
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Post by lemex on Jun 4, 2009 16:31:44 GMT
I've been reading Everything's Eventual by Stephen King lately. My new copy of Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos came today too.
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Post by Father Vincent on Jun 6, 2009 3:56:37 GMT
Chuck Palahniuk's Invisible Monsters. Apparently it's gonna be made into a movie. And another one: Haunted, I think. Though considering the narrative style of Haunted, I don't see how that's possible.
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Post by alx on Jun 10, 2009 10:33:39 GMT
Even though it is one of his seminal works, it still has much of the same strength found in his later books. I'm wondering if that Gene Wolfe was ever an amateur... Could he actually have been born a first rate author?
Hey Loli, if you find yourself liking Nabokov, might I recommend The Defense? It's one of his lesser known titles, but my personal favorite
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