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keithinkorea
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Almost finished 'Fury' by Salman Rushdie and it's very cool, intellectual but a lot easier to read than a lot of his stuff, I think it's my favourite Rushdie book.
Most of Iain and Iain M Banks' books are great stuff, the best is a toss up between "Complicity", "Canal Dreams" or "The Bridge", I can't decide as they're all pretty amazing and it is worth reading all his books. Phillip K Dick is awesome especially "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?".
I like books! |
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funplanet
Joined: 20 Jun 2003
Location: The new Bucheon!
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 4:41 am Post subject: |
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| 1421 The Year the Chinese Discovered the World, by Gavin Menzies |
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Eunoia
Joined: 06 Jul 2003
Location: In a seedy karakoe bar by the banks of the mighty Bosphorus
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| Just finished re-reading "Watership Down" - what a great book! |
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K-in-C
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Location: Heading somewhere
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:29 am Post subject: |
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The Holy Bible.
~ God ~
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The Bible. Meh. Too much dialog in the second half, too violent and focused on incest in the first half. |
Sounds like a Hollywood movie, huh?  |
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K-in-C
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Location: Heading somewhere
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:32 am Post subject: A Good Read |
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| I reccomend "Green Grass Running Water" by Thomas King. |
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guangho
Joined: 19 Jan 2005
Location: a spot full of deception, stupidity, and public micturation and thus unfit for longterm residency
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| The Color of Water- James McBride. |
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travel zen
Joined: 22 Feb 2005
Location: Good old Toronto, Canada
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Bumping a good post years later...
Reading Pelham 123 was interesting. Very 1980. Full of archaic hatred of the time. |
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Stout
Joined: 28 May 2011
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ricochet
Joined: 04 Sep 2011
Location: carpetbagging...
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NEU SEX by author Sasha Grey 
you'll love it... |
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alljokingaside
Joined: 17 Feb 2010
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Infinite Jest can be a grind at times and has sections where you'd swear you'd slap the man if he were in front of you, but is ultimately worth it and rewards those who persevere. It is long and hard, but if you don't mind chompin' on tough nuts, this one here is definitely one to crack. Just make sure that the subjects and style are sufficiently alluring, or you just might pull something.
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, one collection of essays, is also a fun read, and a bit more accessible. It's also useful as a primer for many of the topics, as well as some of the stylistic flairs, covered in IJ.
Ditto on the fantasy snark on the Bible; will say, though, it does has some lovely passages.
Kafka's always fun. Morrison's Beloved's a good read too, though can be disturbing. I'm on Gravity's Rainbow and plan on reading Carole Maso's Ava as soon as I get it. I suppose I'm a bit of a masochist when it comes to my brain. After all's said and done, I think the next logical step's to take something hard and sharp and insert plug A into Head Hole B. |
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The Floating World
Joined: 01 Oct 2011
Location: Here
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