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| now reading The Cider House Rules -Irving Brown..so far so good |
That's by John Irving. |
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jindodog
Joined: 31 May 2007
Location: not seoul
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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pure laziness on my part, apologies...  |
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ddeubel
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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I will recommend Coetzee's newest book. Diary of a Bad Year. Such great stuff and creative too. I've been a big fan of his stuff since reading years ago, "Waiting for the Barbarians" ( appropriate book for post 9/11 also, as well as MacNeish's great poem on the same topic. go here for a preview. He's a very worthy Nobel laureate, more than I can say for a few of recent note.......
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/20390
DD
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We are born subject. From the moment of our birth we are subject. One mark of this subjection is the certificate of birth. The perfected state holds and guards the monopoly of certifying birth. Either you are given (and carry with you) the certificate of the state, thereby acquiring an identity which during the course of your life enables the state to identify you and track you (track you down); or you do without an identity and condemn yourself to living outside the state like an animal (animals do not have identity papers).
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The spectacle of me may have given her a start too: a crumpled old fellow in a corner who at first glance might have been a tramp off the street. Hello, she said coolly, and then went about her business, which was to empty two white canvas bags into a top-loader, bags in which male underwear seemed to predominate.
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Not only may you not enter the state without certification: you are, in the eyes of the state, not dead until you are certified dead; and you can be certified dead only by an officer who himself (herself) holds state certification. The state pursues the certification of death with extraordinary thoroughness�witness the dispatch of a host of forensic scientists and bureaucrats to scrutinize and photograph and prod and poke the mountain of human corpses left behind by the great tsunami of December 2004 in order to establish their individual identities. No expense is spared to ensure that the census of subjects shall be complete and accurate.
Whether the citizen lives or dies is not a concern of the state. What matters to the state and its records is whether the citizen is alive or dead. |
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merlot
Joined: 04 Nov 2005
Location: I tried to contain myself but I escaped.
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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Enduring Love
by Ian Mcewan
Totally gripping. |
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The Bobster
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:27 am Post subject: |
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| Spin, by Robert Charles Wilson. |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:54 am Post subject: |
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Diary of a Napoleonic Footsoldier by Jakob Walter
A diary of a Napoleonic footsoldier. He heads out to the disastrous campaign to Russia and the harrowing travel back.
Anything by Jeanette Winterson
An excellent writer...Her prose and imagery...Wonderful. I think I own every book of hers...
The Dexter Series: Darkly Dreaming Dexter and Dearly Devoted Dexter by David Lindsey
Deliciously decadent.
Emergence: Labeled Autistic by Temple Grandin
An autobiographical account of an Autistic woman who becomes world renowned Animal Scientist.
She's Come Undone and I know this Much is True by Wally Lamb
Both astounding books about personal destruction and rebirth in life. |
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dutchy pink
Joined: 06 Feb 2007
Location: Incheon
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:52 am Post subject: |
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Alyellen, A jeanette winterson fan?
I think 60% of the books i've bought on Amazon were hers.
The Passion.... there is a city of mazes........ "did you kill people Henri?" No. just the enemy. Web feet... diagonal kissing....
What's your favorite? |
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Jellypah
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Location: ROK
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:58 am Post subject: |
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I love this topic. I want to read them all!
I just read all Augusten Burroughs books. I really enjoyed them.
Loved Kite Runner, too.
I also recently finished "A Long Way Down," by Nick Hornby. Now I want to read all the rest of his stuff!
I love "What The Book" bookstore. I just recently started ordering from there, and wished I'd heard about its delivery service a long time ago. |
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blackjack
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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I strongly recommend A million little pieces by James Frey (yes i know large portions where made up but i don't care)
Civilization and the limpet by Martin Wells strange little book about sea animals (non-fiction)
anything by Joe Simpson, touching the void, storms of silence
Beneath the wheel by Herman Hesse
In patagonia by Bruce Chatwin
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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| dutchy pink wrote: |
Alyellen, A jeanette winterson fan?
I think 60% of the books i've bought on Amazon were hers.
The Passion.... there is a city of mazes........ "did you kill people Henri?" No. just the enemy. Web feet... diagonal kissing....
What's your favorite? |
A favorite? That's like asking me which toe I'd like cut off...I couldn't decide!
I really enjoy reading Weight...her take on the story of Atlas is really interesting. The Passion....DAMN! Art and Lies Triple DAMN! 3 fantastic stories. The first book of hers I ever read was Orange is not the only fruit and Sexing the Cherry was not far behind. I just decided to look and it turns out I'm missing three of her books: Gut Symmetries, Lighthousekeeping, and Tanglewreck. Have you read them? |
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storysinger81
Joined: 25 Mar 2007
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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It's older, but who cares:
Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried
Changed my life. |
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confucianbewildered
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: not seoul
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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Infinite Jest, David F. Wallace
it's been around the block, but i finally got around to finishing this doorstop. all my friends were right and i loved it as much as they promised i would. highly suggest it. he paved the way for guys like david eggers and that group.
i don't exactly have a thumb on the pulse anymore, so anyone who's into similar styles please recommend some authors. thanks in advance |
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ChimpumCallao
Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: your mom
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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the best book i have ever read is A confederacy of dunce, by John K Toole-
LOL funny
She's come undone is a good one Allyallen- its very voyouristic i think... |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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| Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 3:34 am Post subject: |
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| ChimpumCallao wrote: |
the best book i have ever read is A confederacy of dunce, by John K Toole-
LOL funny
She's come undone is a good one Allyallen- its very voyouristic i think... |
She's come undone is pretty intense. It really gets into the character's life, so yeah voyeuristic sounds about right. But as good as that book is (and it is really really good) I Know This Much Is True is even better. It's a lot to take in and it's a big book but it is AMAZING...I wish I bought it with me to Korea 
(Hahaa...I decided to google the second book and read some of the reviews. It reminds me why I don't read reviews...They and I rarely agree  ) |
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tiger fancini
Joined: 21 Mar 2006
Location: Testicles for Eyes
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| Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 3:48 am Post subject: |
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| At the moment, I'm enjoying Jeff Noon's "Nymphomation". It's a kinda druggie/sci-fi/paranoid/futuristic/mind-trippy/bloody-good-read sort of book. It's part of a series incorporating "Vurt" and "Pollen". I don't usually like this style, but these books are pretty damn good. |
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