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Death & the Maiden · 07.02.2008, 02:17 AM

George Orwell's 1984.

acousticrock87 · 07.02.2008, 02:38 AM

I just read Buried Child by Sam Shepard. Weird shit. I liked it, but felt really uneasy afterwards. Claustrophobic, even. Not a comfortable ending. I think I need to see it to get the full effect, though.

pop punk will eat itself · 07.02.2008, 02:42 AM

Re-reading Catcher in the Rye and Final Crisis #2 (Grant Morrison can be so obtuse).

Alex's Trip · 07.02.2008, 09:43 PM

Dead-Air · 07.02.2008, 09:49 PM

I just started The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds. This novel is set in the Revelation Space universe, but before the melding plague has taken out the glitter belt. A prefect is a sort of local space cop, and this is apparently a rather space cop sort of book. It feels great to be back in this universe, which is interesting given all the rough things that happen to the people who actually live in it!

touch me i'm sick · 07.02.2008, 10:37 PM

skinny legs and all - tom robbins

me. · 07.05.2008, 03:07 PM

Froth On The Daydream by Boris Vian.

Glice · 07.08.2008, 05:39 PM

Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is surprisingly amazing. I've avoided it for absolutely aeons. I'd be surprised if I hadn't finished all of the 'utter prick staple books' litany by the time I'm 30. Happy times.

demonrail666 · 07.08.2008, 05:46 PM

I had to read The Parson's Tale for 'O' level Eng Lit. It's still, to this day, the only thing I can quote to any great degree.

I just bought Defoe's Robinson Crusoe today. I'll think highly of myself once I've finished it.

Glice · 07.08.2008, 06:05 PM

O-level? Surely you must mean A-level? There's no such qualification as O.

Toilet & Bowels · 07.08.2008, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Glice

O-level? Surely you must mean A-level? There's no such qualification as O.

O for Old

Glice · 07.08.2008, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

O for Old

Ah, standard grades you mean?

me. · 07.08.2008, 06:14 PM

just finished Perec's - W or the memory of childhood,in the next week - Raymond Queneau's - The Bark Tree.

StevOK · 07.08.2008, 06:15 PM

I'm reading the fourth book in the Hitchhiker's Trilogy, So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish.

atari 2600 · 07.08.2008, 08:30 PM

Isaac Bashevis Singer - In My Father's Court

gmku · 07.08.2008, 08:44 PM

These are on my nightstand right now, even though I'm not reading them yet. They're re-reads anyway.

92 in the Shade by Thomas McGuane (one of my favorite novels ever)
The Quiet American by Graham Greene
The White Album by Joan Didion

Sonic Youth 37 · 07.08.2008, 08:51 PM

Starting back Ulysses tomorrow night, hoping to finish it by the weeks end.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 07.08.2008, 09:05 PM

http://bks3.books.google.com/books?i...L41kASCUJBSkZA

demonrail666 · 07.08.2008, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Glice

O-level? Surely you must mean A-level? There's no such qualification as O.

There was in those days.

acousticrock87 · 07.08.2008, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Sonic Youth 37

Starting back Ulysses tomorrow night, hoping to finish it by the weeks end.

Oof. I can't get back into it. I've read 2 pages in the last week. I might have to read another book so I can get sick of that and then start back on Ulysses...

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07.02.2008, 02:38 AM	#1282
acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	I just read Buried Child by Sam Shepard. Weird shit. I liked it, but felt really uneasy afterwards. Claustrophobic, even. Not a comfortable ending. I think I need to see it to get the full effect, though.
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07.02.2008, 02:42 AM	#1283
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Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	I just started The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds. This novel is set in the Revelation Space universe, but before the melding plague has taken out the glitter belt. A prefect is a sort of local space cop, and this is apparently a rather space cop sort of book. It feels great to be back in this universe, which is interesting given all the rough things that happen to the people who actually live in it! __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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07.02.2008, 10:37 PM	#1286
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07.05.2008, 03:07 PM	#1287
me. stalker Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 400	Froth On The Daydream by Boris Vian.
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07.08.2008, 05:46 PM	#1289
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	I had to read The Parson's Tale for 'O' level Eng Lit. It's still, to this day, the only thing I can quote to any great degree. I just bought Defoe's Robinson Crusoe today. I'll think highly of myself once I've finished it.
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07.08.2008, 06:14 PM	#1293
me. stalker Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 400	just finished Perec's - W or the memory of childhood,in the next week - Raymond Queneau's - The Bark Tree.
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07.08.2008, 06:15 PM	#1294
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07.08.2008, 08:30 PM	#1295
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	Isaac Bashevis Singer - In My Father's Court
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07.08.2008, 08:44 PM	#1296
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	These are on my nightstand right now, even though I'm not reading them yet. They're re-reads anyway. 92 in the Shade by Thomas McGuane (one of my favorite novels ever) The Quiet American by Graham Greene The White Album by Joan Didion __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	Starting back Ulysses tomorrow night, hoping to finish it by the weeks end. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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