Just got done with A Madness Of Angels, by Kate Griffin. Fucking fantastic!! A tale of urban magic in London, it can't be recommended highly enough.

About to start this. I have to read it for my rebellion and conformity in lit class

i'm currently reading 'orlando' by virginia woolf. the prose is exquisite and quite amusing.

cadair8, sucks that you have to read that for a class. you'd get much more out of it if it was just for fun.

cadair8 posted:

About to start this. I have to read it for my rebellion and conformity in lit class

Congratulations! That was my first Bradbury that I read a very, very long time ago when I was 12 or 13 years old.

Bradbury was my second literary influence. The first literary influence I had was Stephen King at age 7 when I read parts of "Cujo". (By the way, if any of you are parents and for some reason have never heard of Stephen King, I DO NOT RECOMMEND GETTING STEPHEN KING FOR A 7 YEAR OLD! )

"Cujo" was pretty slow so I had to put it down. Now, 21 years later at the age of 28, I still have to put it down to take some time to digest it. (Pop Quiz Hotshot: Stephen King had put much more detail in that book than usual, because he claimed he was on a coke-binge from the start to finish of "Cujo". [He was dealing with numerous addictions at the time he wrote it.] Now, in interviews he says that he was on such a good one that he can't even remember anything about writing "Cujo". ) I want to finish "Cujo" someday, though. Especially since that book turned me on to Stephen King at such a young age.

I finally started a collector's edition of "Salem's Lot". I've been too busy to get to Chapter 3.

I started to read this last night. I am having a hard time putting it down.



edit: In Chapter 13 the character Rafe is wearing a Nine Inch Nails shirt!



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themikenesedude posted:

"Cujo" was pretty slow so I had to put it down. Now, 21 years later at the age of 28, I still have to put it down to take some time to digest it. (Pop Quiz Hotshot: Stephen King had put much more detail in that book than usual, because he claimed he was on a coke-binge from the start to finish of "Cujo". [He was dealing with numerous addictions at the time he wrote it.] Now, in interviews he says that he was on such a good one that he can't even remember anything about writing "Cujo". ) I want to finish "Cujo" someday, though. Especially since that book turned me on to Stephen King at such a young age.

Wow, I'm a pretty huge King fan and I didn't know that. I might try and read it again now I know that! And I really recommend sticking with it by the way; it's brilliant when the action sets in, and a lot more disturbing than you think it's gonna be!

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Right now I'm rereading a couple of favourites of mine; The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. it goes without saying that they're both flawless

trishalove posted:

Something Wicked This Way Comes

If you're a Bradbury fan, it is definately worth reading.

Yes, yes, and thrice yes!! All his stuff is amazing, but that one doubly so.

cadair8 posted:

I started to read this last night. I am having a hard time putting it down.



edit: In Chapter 13 the character Rafe is wearing a Nine Inch Nails shirt!

^^ Nice! That character has good taste in music....


The cover of that book appeals to me, and the title. I may check it out.

last book i insanely enjoyed:





i think there's a couple william gibson novels out there i still haven't read that i need to see if the library has. might go do that before it closes.

Also known as Lonesome No More!
Honestly, one of the strangest books I've ever read, but it's introduction from Kurt Vonnegut kind of explains why it's so odd.

From the back of the book:

SLAPSTICK posted:

Slapstick presents an apocalyptic vision seen through the eyes of the current King of Manhattan (and last President of the United States), a wickedly irreverent look at the all-too-possible results of today's follies. But even the end of life-as-we-know-it is transformed by Vonnegut's pen into hilarious farce - a final slapstick that may be the Almighty's joke on us all.

I recommend anything by Kurt Vonnegut, especially Slaughterhouse 5 and Mother Night.

Finished "The Gunslinger" in two days. I love, love, LOVE this series so far.

one of my friends just started reading pygmy, i haven't picked it up yet, i'll have to soon...

i am currently reading spook country by william gibson. it's very different story-wise to the bridge/count zero trilogies and burning chrome and all the other books i've read by gibson, but i love his lush descriptions and cross-over plots, i'm on chapter 9 of 84 (just started it before i went to bed last night) and i'm already very much enjoying it...

Stigmurder posted:

Just started The Shining. Loving it so far. Can't believe I haven't read it before now.

Great book. Stephen King always wanted to do his own version of the film after Stanley Kubricks. The story goes that Kubrick couldn't get his head around the idea that The Overlook Hotel was evil, not Jack Torrence. So much so that he rang King at 3am in the morning ranting saying he didn't get it. It's an iconic and brilliant film, but as soon as you see Jack Nicholson in all his glory you automatically think 'pycho' and it detracts away from the ominous feel of the hotel.

King always wanted to do his own version of the book and later made a mini-series. It's not a patch on the original film but if you're a real King fan (like myself), you'll notice that it's true to the book.

Profit Over People - Noam Chomsky

fijjit posted:

Stigmurder posted:

Just started The Shining. Loving it so far. Can't believe I haven't read it before now.

Great book. Stephen King always wanted to do his own version of the film after Stanley Kubricks. The story goes that Kubrick couldn't get his head around the idea that The Overlook Hotel was evil, not Jack Torrence. So much so that he rang King at 3am in the morning ranting saying he didn't get it. It's an iconic and brilliant film, but as soon as you see Jack Nicholson in all his glory you automatically think 'pycho' and it detracts away from the ominous feel of the hotel.

King always wanted to do his own version of the book and later made a mini-series. It's not a patch on the original film but if you're a real King fan (like myself), you'll notice that it's true to the book.

agreed. just finished this book and loved it.
plan on reading 'insomnia' soon as it ties in with the dark tower series,
but first im gonna read 'do androids dream of electric sheep' by philip k. dick
as someone bought it for my birthday and ive wanted to read it for a long time,
as i love bladerunner and want to compare it.