Iommic Pope wrote:Dude, have you read One Hundred Years of Solitude?
My grandfather was good friends with Gabriel Garcia Marquez up until my grandfather's death, or so I've been told. Dude was an old-timey sailor who loved the sea more than my grandmother, took one too many risky trips.
Chankgeez wrote:
We should have a game show à la Name That Tune
Inconuucl: I can shoegaze that tune with 5 pedals.
other contestant: I can shoegaze that tune with 4 pedals.
Inconuucl: I can shoegaze that tune with 3 pedals.
other contestant: OK, shoegaze that tune!
Inconuucl:
aens_wife wrote:Has anyone read Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses? I need a book to keep me away from the internet sometimes : )
Recommendations for *great* books please?
Dude, have you read One Hundred Years of Solitude?
Yep. I've read several of his books, all amazing. I started Tolstoy when I was much younger and couldn't quite get there, but again, I was probably under the age of 20 so it might be time to try again.
Clive Barker Edward Lee Wrath James White JF Gonzalez (RIP good sir) Brian Keene Shaun Huston Bryan Smith Richard Laymon (RIP) Michael McBride Jack Ketchum
So many more.
"I do not have the ability to think rationally 90% of the time and I also change my mind at the drop of a hat".
aens_wife wrote:Has anyone read Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses? I need a book to keep me away from the internet sometimes : )
Recommendations for *great* books please?
Dude, have you read One Hundred Years of Solitude?
Yep. I've read several of his books, all amazing. I started Tolstoy when I was much younger and couldn't quite get there, but again, I was probably under the age of 20 so it might be time to try again.
Moby Dick
Now that's a good summer book.
I tried reading it when I was in high school and it didn't fly. I've read it a couple times now in the past few years. Uh-mazing.
psychic vampire. wrote:The important take away from this thread: Taoism and Ring Modulators go together?
…...........................… Sweet dealin's: here "Now, of course, Strega is not a Minimoog… and I am not Sun Ra" - dude from MAKENOISE #GreenRinger
Just finished reading A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick. It's all the way awesome. The cracked conversations the "friends" have are very true to life and funny and great. It captures the doper's mentality. But it also explores the tragic consequences of the so-called War on Drugs. But, you know, in a slightly imagined near-future.
And I agree about Moby Dick being amazing. It's funny, moving, and the portrait of ecological devastation is still relevant.
Chankgeez wrote:
We should have a game show à la Name That Tune
Inconuucl: I can shoegaze that tune with 5 pedals.
other contestant: I can shoegaze that tune with 4 pedals.
Inconuucl: I can shoegaze that tune with 3 pedals.
other contestant: OK, shoegaze that tune!
Inconuucl:
Seance wrote:Just finished reading A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick. It's all the way awesome. The cracked conversations the "friends" have are very true to life and funny and great. It captures the doper's mentality. But it also explores the tragic consequences of the so-called War on Drugs. But, you know, in a slightly imagined near-future.
And I agree about Moby Dick being amazing. It's funny, moving, and the portrait of ecological devastation is still relevant.
two of my favorite books. I lost my copy of Scanner years ago. Need to replace it.
House of Leaves is hot garbage, but if you like it that's cool with me. It's got some really interesting ideas but it's generally bogged down by the quality of the actual storytelling/writing.
D.o.S. wrote:House of Leaves is hot garbage, but if you like it that's cool with me. It's got some really interesting ideas but it's generally bogged down by the quality of the actual storytelling/writing.
"Good stories" are a dime a dozen, kind of like 'good pedals' or 'nice people'.
I'll take 'hot garbage' any day.
On the other hand, I just picked up 'Brothers Karamazov', and it's bloody terrific! Not your average story, mind you...
D.o.S. wrote:House of Leaves is hot garbage, but if you like it that's cool with me. It's got some really interesting ideas but it's generally bogged down by the quality of the actual storytelling/writing.
I actually don't disagree with the 'hot garbage' tag. It sums up nicely my reaction to much 'experimental' literature I've read. But I also admire the few writers out there who care about pushing the limits of the form.
Mostly horror novels. 
