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It just occurred to me that I've never posted here and I'm a HUGE reader. Mostly horror novels.

Right now I'm reading The Coyote by Michael McBride. God I love Michael's work. Soooooo good.

After that it's Skinzz by Wrath James White (should be in today or tomorrow), then onto Lucifer's Children by Bret Williams.

I read mostly graphic or extremely intense shit. That's how I roll.

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?

That, or get your hands on some Casteneda.

Tolstoy is always great if we're talking canon, too.

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.

Iommic Pope wrote:

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.

Nobody read the stuff I do????

OK! Favorite authors list

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.

aens_wife wrote:

Iommic Pope wrote:

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.

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.

RE-started Brandon Sanderson's the Way of Kings. Tried reading the book a couple of years back and was enjoying it, but I lost it on a greyhound bus.

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.

Mark Z. Danielewski is worth a look. Start with "House of Leaves."

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.

jwar wrote:
Clive Barker

Dude have you read the scarlet gospels??? I keep wanting to get it but everyone is like OOOOH NOOO DONT DO THAT IT WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE WITH SHITTINESS

i just got that wrath james white but i haven't read it.

Currently Reading:

Book 7 of wheel of time
some jane austen
The new michael moorcock
the new will gibson
book one of sword of truth by terry goodkind

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.