what are you reading? - Page 28

Echo Sketch · 02.25.2007, 12:46 AM

O Pioneers! by Willa Cather

k-krack · 02.25.2007, 01:08 AM

Howl
Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Andaatje (check this guy out, fucking fantastic prose writer)
And am going to start Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick soon...

foxforce5 · 02.25.2007, 01:30 AM

David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day

These forums have been a great place for me to be introduced to new music, but as far as books go the taste tends toward critically revered authors, although not neccesarily their canonized books.

demonrail666 · 02.25.2007, 09:52 AM

Rip It Up, by Simon Reynolds. It's all about the post-punk thing in the uk. V good too.

porkmarras · 02.25.2007, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Iain

Oh gosh, did you just say 'tour de force' porky?

I'm sorry,i got carried away by the enthusiasm i feel for that book.I slapped myself 3 times for using the term 'tour de force'.

porkmarras · 02.25.2007, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Rip It Up, by Simon Reynolds. It's all about the post-punk thing in the uk. V good too.

That's a good one.

nomadicfollower · 02.25.2007, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by noumenal

The best book I've read recently is Ada, or Ardor by Nabokov. I read it over the summer and it shot into my top 5.

You seem to enjoy Nabokov, so you might be able to help me. I've never read any of his works, but now I have a choice between Lolita, Ada, or Ardor, or Glory. Which would you recommend?

demonrail666 · 02.25.2007, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by porkmarras

That's a good one.

If only he'd stop using the word 'transgressive' in every sentence.

Glice · 02.25.2007, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Rip It Up, by Simon Reynolds. It's all about the post-punk thing in the uk. V good too.

I've had a copy of that for years and never got around to reading it. The fact that every time I look at it I get that God-awful Orange Juice song in my head means I have to turn it about face on yonder bookshelf.

Savage Clone · 02.25.2007, 11:03 AM

At the moment, "La Bas" by Huysmans, 1958 edition, Keene Wallis translation.

nomadicfollower · 02.25.2007, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Bunbury

Invitation to a Beheading.

Though this may be the best, it needs to be one of the three I mentioned.

noumenal · 02.25.2007, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by nomadicfollower

Though this may be the best, it needs to be one of the three I mentioned.

Ada, or Ardor is my favorite novel of his, followed by Pale Fire, and then Lolita.

You may want to start with Lolita - it makes for a great introduction. I personally prefer his works that were originally in English. I'd stay away from Glory, Invitation, etc. until you've read the ones originally in English first. I also highly recommend his autobigraphy Speak, Memory. It really ties a lot together, especially a lot of the things in Ada.

nomadicfollower · 02.25.2007, 07:14 PM

I choose Ada, or Ador. It's overviews made the book appear more interesting than Lolita.

noumenal · 02.25.2007, 07:18 PM

I worship that book, Ada, or Ardor.

noumenal · 02.25.2007, 07:21 PM

Oh oh oh, this website is good:

http://www.ada.auckland.ac.nz/

It has annotations for the first 24 chapters and can be really helpful. It also has the full text.

krastian · 02.27.2007, 12:31 AM

God damn it.

foxforce5 · 02.27.2007, 12:56 AM

I heard the last line of Great Jobs for English Majors is: SUCKAS!!!

terminal pharmacy · 02.27.2007, 01:00 AM

Blixa Bargeld: Headcleaner ... text for collapsing new buildings

noumenal · 03.04.2007, 11:27 PM

er, I was started Absalom, Absalom! again over the weekend while I was traveling.

Norma J · 03.04.2007, 11:38 PM

Tarantula is a stream of consciousness, but it is most enjoyable.

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foxforce5 bad moon rising Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Utah! Posts: 196	David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day These forums have been a great place for me to be introduced to new music, but as far as books go the taste tends toward critically revered authors, although not neccesarily their canonized books.
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demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Rip It Up, by Simon Reynolds. It's all about the post-punk thing in the uk. V good too.
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Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,289	At the moment, "La Bas" by Huysmans, 1958 edition, Keene Wallis translation.
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02.25.2007, 07:14 PM	#553
nomadicfollower invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North America Posts: 2,672	I choose Ada, or Ador. It's overviews made the book appear more interesting than Lolita.
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noumenal expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,855	I worship that book, Ada, or Ardor.
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noumenal expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,855	Oh oh oh, this website is good: http://www.ada.auckland.ac.nz/ It has annotations for the first 24 chapters and can be really helpful. It also has the full text.
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krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	God damn it. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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foxforce5 bad moon rising Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Utah! Posts: 196	I heard the last line of Great Jobs for English Majors is: SUCKAS!!!
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terminal pharmacy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,358	Blixa Bargeld: Headcleaner ... text for collapsing new buildings
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noumenal expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,855	er, I was started Absalom, Absalom! again over the weekend while I was traveling.
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Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	Tarantula is a stream of consciousness, but it is most enjoyable. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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