ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
"Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth and Art" by Lewis Hyde.
*What book are you reading? (part 2)
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Fannie Flagg - Standing in the Rainbow
I love Fannie. No smut please
Her books would be twee, if it weren't for the humour. They're full of great observations about times a-changing, the narration is wonderfully warm and small-town (minus the nastiness), plus there's loads in this book about gospel and sacred harp music/groups (genuine groups too) 
I love Fannie. No smut please
Her books would be twee, if it weren't for the humour. They're full of great observations about times a-changing, the narration is wonderfully warm and small-town (minus the nastiness), plus there's loads in this book about gospel and sacred harp music/groups (genuine groups too) 
ShiftyBagLady
Thinks she is a flower to be looked at
never heard of fannie, might give her a go myself. she sounds most welcoming.
finished Moon Tiger and was another book I was sorry to close. Really really good book.
Now I can't decide if I should read The Piano Teacher or Memories, Dreams, Reflections by CG Jung
decisions, decisions.
finished Moon Tiger and was another book I was sorry to close. Really really good book.
Now I can't decide if I should read The Piano Teacher or Memories, Dreams, Reflections by CG Jung
decisions, decisions.
Fictionist
Serving Eargasms....
do androids dream of electric sheep? - philip k dick
tried to read this at uni, but didnt finish it, so will try again
It is an interesting book - in some ways far superior to the film it inspired.
G. Fieendish
Snark Hunter
Space is a Funny Place by Colin Pillager...
It deals with the treatment of space exploration by cartoonists, & is a limited edition of 2000...
It deals with the treatment of space exploration by cartoonists, & is a limited edition of 2000...
rogue_lettuce
Member
Stone Age Economics (http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=...GH56xY&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result)
Seems alright so far, but only on the first chapter.
Seems alright so far, but only on the first chapter.
harpo
Listening to Radio Jackie
Just finished Brighton Rock by Graham Greene. Characters are fantastic, totally 3 dimensional, and the drama is gripping. You have to hate and pity Pinky and Rose in equal measures, and love and pity Ida. I'd sell my soul to be able to write like him, the only modern writer who comes near is Jake Arnott.
Have started the Sound of Laughter, the biography of Peter Kay. It's funny but not insightful, pretty much like a script from one of his standups.
Have started the Sound of Laughter, the biography of Peter Kay. It's funny but not insightful, pretty much like a script from one of his standups.
Johnny Canuck3
Well-Known Member
A book about the Freikorps.
obanite
Kroketten
Read Black Ships by Jo Graham, her first book. Historical fiction set in the classical Mediterranean, really great story, recommend it.
Currently wading into Tad Williams' Otherland, it's been alright but I get the feeling I'm going to get bored of it... yet another William Gibson rip off
Currently wading into Tad Williams' Otherland, it's been alright but I get the feeling I'm going to get bored of it... yet another William Gibson rip off
Oh you should really give her a go. She wrote Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (have you seen the film?), and I would also recommend Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!
She writes so intimately - it's almost like being read to, in a strange way
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Doris Lessing – The Golden Notebook
And bedtime reading is Roald Dahl – Matilda
And bedtime reading is Roald Dahl – Matilda
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
I thought The Little Friend was really weird. I didn't find it boring, and it was a quick and easy read, but the ending was, well, odd. I got to the end of the last chapter and had to go back and re-read it. It ended too abruptly and I thought that surely there must have been another chapter left ...
The Secret History was by far the better of the two, but I did still like The Little Friend.
The Secret History was by far the better of the two, but I did still like The Little Friend.
maya
timewasting fool (in every universe)
Great choice- I love Verne!
That whole 19th century, gentleman's adventure story- "scientist saves the day and keeps his calm through fantastic and improbable dangers" shtick always does the trick, IMO... He sure could spin a good yarn... And he really deserves new and better english translations than the ones currently available, i think... ! Come on translators, it's time now...
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Ugh, if I'm feeling like that it doesn't matter what I start to read – chances are I won't finish it.
Bakunin
I am Noodle's bitch.
The Spinetinglers Anthology 2008.
An anthology of dark fiction short stories, all from new and unknown writers (makes a change from most publishers these days) it's got a broad selection of new and original horror and dark fantasy writing, including a short story from my good self.
The website (www.spinetinglers.co.uk) also has a monthly short story competition in which five writers are published every month, the top story winning £50 and automatic inclusion in the next annual Anthology. I won the December 2006 competition and was paid my prize promptly, and the Anthology for this year has just come out.
You can get it on Amazon and, no, I'm not being paid for plugging it and I do have the Editor's permission to post about it here. I didn't want to start a new thread on it in case it was regarded as being spam.
An anthology of dark fiction short stories, all from new and unknown writers (makes a change from most publishers these days) it's got a broad selection of new and original horror and dark fantasy writing, including a short story from my good self.
The website (www.spinetinglers.co.uk) also has a monthly short story competition in which five writers are published every month, the top story winning £50 and automatic inclusion in the next annual Anthology. I won the December 2006 competition and was paid my prize promptly, and the Anthology for this year has just come out.
You can get it on Amazon and, no, I'm not being paid for plugging it and I do have the Editor's permission to post about it here. I didn't want to start a new thread on it in case it was regarded as being spam.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Cool, thanks for that Bakunin, looks interesting!
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
I am reading Matthew Riley's adventure thriller "The Six Sacred Stones" which is .....utter utter tosh.
Badly written - much use of italics and exclamation marks e.g. "with Wizard hanging from his belt!" - ludicrous plotlines and stereotypical characters it is the literary equivilent of a Steven Segal film. But I love it
His first novel was quite fun - an exciting action-movie of a book - but from then on his novels have got more ludicrous and less well written but, yep. I have read them all. And am happy that I am contributing to his percentage of paperback earnings for having the balls to actually write this stuff and get it published!
It is perfect when you need to retreat from the world for a few hours and you don't want to have to think or question or engage your brain in anything more troublesome than turning over the next page
Badly written - much use of italics and exclamation marks e.g. "with Wizard hanging from his belt!" - ludicrous plotlines and stereotypical characters it is the literary equivilent of a Steven Segal film. But I love it
His first novel was quite fun - an exciting action-movie of a book - but from then on his novels have got more ludicrous and less well written but, yep. I have read them all. And am happy that I am contributing to his percentage of paperback earnings for having the balls to actually write this stuff and get it published!
It is perfect when you need to retreat from the world for a few hours and you don't want to have to think or question or engage your brain in anything more troublesome than turning over the next page
bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
Heh, I read Pratchett for those moments QoG! Just finished reading Joseph Heller's God Knows, which is absolutely superb and highly recommended. His David is a thoroughly likeable anti-hero, his God an enigmatic voice of inexplicable commands. Great read.
About to begin Look To Windward by Iain M Banks. Never read any of his sci-fi before (although dipped into The Bridge and was disappointed.
About to begin Look To Windward by Iain M Banks. Never read any of his sci-fi before (although dipped into The Bridge and was disappointed.
Fictionist
Serving Eargasms....
Well 'Moby Dick' finally has a sense of flow with the narrative, which is very welcome. And after this it will be 'Covering Islam' by Edward Said.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Look to windward is pretty good, if you enjoy it I'd then reccomend Inversions and Consider Phlebas
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