Iemanja said:
but that's in many ways the cleverest part of the book - that kind of sociopathic, anally obsessive attention to detail is the crux of the character..
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but that's in many ways the cleverest part of the book - that kind of sociopathic, anally obsessive attention to detail is the crux of the character..
Orang Utan
They cannot crucify you if your hand is in a fist
Going back to American Psycho, all that detail is there to show how much of an utter cock Bateman is - something that seems to make his crimes almost superfluous. I think the film adaptation shows this very well.
Where's my axe?
Elpenor
The World Turned Upside Down
Well I finally finished Microserfs.
As is quite common when I read Coupland's books, I found them hard to grasp at first, and with this one struggled with his format - the diary, the computer code, the random words etc. I found it was sometimes deliberately a bit too geeky, god know knows what it must have been like to read when it first came out, 10? years later I at least have heard of modems, Linux, the internet and the other computer jargon he uses.
That said, I found that 80-90% through I had a kind of epiphany, when I suddenly grasped the message he is trying to put across. I found this with Generation X too, although that wasn't until the final chapter I think.
Have got Scoop! by Evelyn Waugh to read now, the first of the Christmas books to be picked up
have managed the introduction so far
As is quite common when I read Coupland's books, I found them hard to grasp at first, and with this one struggled with his format - the diary, the computer code, the random words etc. I found it was sometimes deliberately a bit too geeky, god know knows what it must have been like to read when it first came out, 10? years later I at least have heard of modems, Linux, the internet and the other computer jargon he uses.
That said, I found that 80-90% through I had a kind of epiphany, when I suddenly grasped the message he is trying to put across. I found this with Generation X too, although that wasn't until the final chapter I think.
Have got Scoop! by Evelyn Waugh to read now, the first of the Christmas books to be picked up
have managed the introduction so farchooch said:
beautifully put!
bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
i thought that microserfs was wonderful, a beautifully written and touching novel. excellent.
i've just finished reading julie osuki (?) 's When the emperor was divine. it's about the american treatmentment of japanese citizens during the second world war, and is a delicate and moving piece of writing.
currently working through roddy doyle's 'the van' one of those books that you really enjoy without knowing why. not a hell of a lot has happened, but it paints such a vivid picture of peolpe's lives and his characterisation and sense of humour are great.
i've just finished reading julie osuki (?) 's When the emperor was divine. it's about the american treatmentment of japanese citizens during the second world war, and is a delicate and moving piece of writing.
currently working through roddy doyle's 'the van' one of those books that you really enjoy without knowing why. not a hell of a lot has happened, but it paints such a vivid picture of peolpe's lives and his characterisation and sense of humour are great.
Dirty Martini
gets what he cant want
Iemanja said:
Here's hoping you didn't miss the chapter on Huey Lewis and the News
Reg in slippers
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that's a particularly fine chardonnay you're drinking
however, to change topic
just finished Martin Amis' Other People
the ending really pissed me off - an awoken from a dream type device,
pity because the book would have been so much better if he'd cut the last chapter out
however, to change topic
just finished Martin Amis' Other People
the ending really pissed me off - an awoken from a dream type device,
pity because the book would have been so much better if he'd cut the last chapter out
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
I've just finished Stalingrad by Anthony Beevor. I hadn't realised what a crap military leader Hitler was. If he had let his generals make their own decisions, who knows what would have happened.
I've started on some frothy nonsense by Michael Frayn as light relief
I've started on some frothy nonsense by Michael Frayn as light relief
finished Drop City by Boyle, which was mostly fantastic but the ending lacked a certain something..
now onto Holes, which is very much so far, so great!
now onto Holes, which is very much so far, so great!
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
"the back jacobins", by c l r james. it's about the slave uprisings which gave haiti its independence.
very interesting!
very interesting!
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
yeh, read that a while back - thought it was very good.rubbershoes said:
just finished Frank Skinner By Frank Skinner, was weird because i know half of the places/people he was talking about, even the bloke who shagged the college goat
next on to
Inside the firm by Tony Lambrianou, ive read his brothers version of events, and most of the books the Krays put out, i full expect this one to make him out like he was a hard done by angel.
next on to
Inside the firm by Tony Lambrianou, ive read his brothers version of events, and most of the books the Krays put out, i full expect this one to make him out like he was a hard done by angel.
ill-informed
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Masseuse said:
Well i don't know whether i should tell anyone but i just finished reading David Ickes latest book, tales from the time loop. Certainly his best book to date and a very, very enjoyable read, very disapointing when i finished it. But a very positive conclusion.
Now i tink i'll finish a book i started last year 'the hero with a thousand faces', which is pulling together all myths and fairy stories etc to say a single story.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
In the middle of "Dishonest Broker: The US role in Israel & Palestine" by Nasser Aruri. very good so far.
dubversion posting - why can't i log out?
ah, ayn rand. the (un)acceptable face of social darwinism. enlightened self-interest my arse.
i finished Holes in about 4 very enjoyable hours (and i've just rented the DVD) and then ploughed through 12 by Nick McDonell, who i assume is some kind of teeny-tyro.. wasn't bad, it tried a bit too hard to be Dougla Coupland, Brett Easton Ellis and JD Salinger all at once, and the ending was lame, but it had its moments. it's constant - rather self-conscious - referencing of Camus' The Plague reminded me i hadn't read that yet, so it's off the shelf. but i don't know if it will actually make it into my hands.
Dethloc said:
ah, ayn rand. the (un)acceptable face of social darwinism. enlightened self-interest my arse.
i finished Holes in about 4 very enjoyable hours (and i've just rented the DVD) and then ploughed through 12 by Nick McDonell, who i assume is some kind of teeny-tyro.. wasn't bad, it tried a bit too hard to be Dougla Coupland, Brett Easton Ellis and JD Salinger all at once, and the ending was lame, but it had its moments. it's constant - rather self-conscious - referencing of Camus' The Plague reminded me i hadn't read that yet, so it's off the shelf. but i don't know if it will actually make it into my hands.
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