[demonrail666]

 

A great book by a real hero of mine.

[the ikara cult]

 

[fugazifan]

i just finished this, drag king dreams by leslie feinberg. really interesting novel that deals with issues of being trans/radical/jewish/anti zionist/ anti war within the context of post 9/11 NY.

 

[Murmer99]

wish I could rep you... I have that same edition of Junky. I need to start reading some kerouac too. Lately I've read the atrocity exhibition by Ballard.

[the ikara cult]

 

Bought this in Poundland a couple of years ago but only got thru 2/3 of it, time to get back on this particular saddle.

[stu666]

 

again.

[evollove]

Originally Posted by halfeatencake

I have to stop buying books. I think there are over 50 books in my shelf I haven't read yet and I keep buying more

This is a joke, right? 500 unread books might be a problem, but 50? You're doing fine. Buy more.

[stu666]

 

[krischanski]

To match our new anticommunist President, Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

[fugazifan]

after a break i went back to reading lequinn's dispossessed.

i am also kind of working on

 

and i recently bought this which looks super interesting and terrible and important:

 

[Pookie]

Depressing reading from Melissa (daughter of Tony) Benn:

 

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by halfeatencake

mum sent me books:
the sun also rises - ernest hemmingway

that book is nauseatingly beautiful. i mean it's just so fucking great your nervous system can't take it and it makes you wanna puke.

if you can, get a moveable feast too.

[Count Mecha]

Seconded on about Sun Also Rises. It's the only Hemingway I've read but damn it was good.

On the other hand, I read most of On The Road, found it kind of boring really. Though, I did try to read it when I was 14 or something. Maybe I'd appreciate it more now.

[Keeping It Simple]

My interest in George R. R. Martin's work was piqued after seeing season one of Game of Thrones, so I hired from the library A Dance with Dragons parts one and two.

[Count Mecha]

Originally Posted by Keeping It Simple

My interest in George R. R. Martin's work was piqued after seeing season one of Game of Thrones, so I hired from the library A Dance with Dragons parts one and two.

But that's the fifth book. If anything you should read Clash of Kings.

[demonrail666]

Originally Posted by Count Mecha

On the other hand, I read most of On The Road, found it kind of boring really. Though, I did try to read it when I was 14 or something. Maybe I'd appreciate it more now.

I suppose it's now more of a cultural artefact than a purely literary one. I imagine it must've been amazing coming across a book like that in the 50s but I'm not sure if it still really has much to offer, besides as a peek into what increasingly seems like a quite innocent age. And I suppose on that level at least, it still has some charm, even if it's the kind of charm that completely contradicts what I imagine was Kerouac's original intention.

[Severian]

Nothing, as of yesterday morning, when I finished the greatest book (series, really) ever written.

I always (ALWAYS) have a book to read. I'm kind of going crazy without one.

[ann ashtray]

"The Petting Zoo" by Jim Carroll.

[Severian]

Originally Posted by fugazifan

after a break i went back to reading lequinn's dispossessed

I've heard a lot of people reference this as a favorite but I've never gotten around to reading it. I'd be interested to know what you think of it.

[fugazifan]

Originally Posted by Severian

I've heard a lot of people reference this as a favorite but I've never gotten around to reading it. I'd be interested to know what you think of it.

Okay, so i just finished it. it was really amazing. i will admit that it gets a little bit slow for over 100 pages in the middle of the 300 page book. but the first 50 and last 150 are well worth it. even the "slow" part is interesting. much more a book of ideas (anarchism\collectivism\mutual aid versus capitalism\militarism\property ownership etc) than actions but it is all done in a really unique and beautiful way. it is a complex book that doesn't show anything to be black and white, and i think because of that there is a lot of hope in it.

in any case, i really liked it.