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LifeDistortion · 01.30.2009, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by StevOK

Yeah, I stopped reading Trainspotting midway through. I might give it another try soon.

The hardest part about the novel "Trainspotting" isn't the dialouge, that's all written so that when you read it you have to use a scottish accent. Its trying to figure out which characters point of view its written in, cause unlike the movie the novel has mutliple narattors at any given chapter, its not just all Renton's. I'm reading "Catch 22".

StevOK · 01.30.2009, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by LifeDistortion

The hardest part about the novel "Trainspotting" isn't the dialouge, that's all written so that when you read it you have to use a scottish accent. Its trying to figure out which characters point of view its written in, cause unlike the movie the novel has mutliple narattors at any given chapter, its not just all Renton's. I'm reading "Catch 22".

I read Catch 22 recently. It was pretty good. The jumbled chronology was problematic, but it's well worth it.

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.30.2009, 09:57 PM

That's the problem I'm having...I just haven't got my brain to read to my in purely Scottish yet. I have no trouble with Victorian English but even if I try to have the characters from the movie read to me in my head, everything still gets jumbled. I'll just keep battling through it, but it won't be something I can read exclusively and finish in 3 or 4 days.

terminal pharmacy · 01.31.2009, 04:48 PM

Sonic Youth 37 · 02.05.2009, 07:01 PM

My not buying books thing didn't go so well.

As for reading, I'm about 3/4 of the way done with The Hobbit. I might finish it tonight. I'm also about 50 or so pages into Trainspotting.

As for recent purchases:
Batman: The Long Halloween - Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale
Batman: Haunted Knight - Jeph Loeb and Time Sale
From Hell - Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Friedrich Nietzsche
As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner

Rob Instigator · 02.05.2009, 09:13 PM

I have read From Hell twice. fucking awesome shit man.

I am re-reading Watchmen for the 15th time before the movie comes out

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 02.05.2009, 09:18 PM

and it is an absolutely fabulous blend of psychedelic and mundane, however, I know from previous experience that this can be the result more of the translator than the original sometimes..

Sonic Youth 37 · 02.06.2009, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

I have read From Hell twice. fucking awesome shit man.

I am re-reading Watchmen for the 15th time before the movie comes out

I had at 30% off one item at Borders and was going to buy V for Vendetta because they haven't had a copy of From Hell, but sure enough, they had 2 today. I'll start on that monster next week sometime. I'll also be giving Watchmen another run-through before March.

Dead-Air · 02.06.2009, 02:27 AM

I just started Regenesis by C.J. Cherryh the sequel to her hugo award winning novel Cyteen. Cyteen came out in the late '80s and this sequel just came out last month. It's probably her most anticipated novel ever.

alteredcourse · 02.06.2009, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

I have read From Hell twice. fucking awesome shit man.

I am re-reading Watchmen for the 15th time before the movie comes out

Ah, From Hell. I was just looking for something to move on to - this is just the ticket!

terminal pharmacy · 02.06.2009, 02:58 AM

acousticrock87 · 02.06.2009, 04:22 AM

Lurker · 02.06.2009, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

psychedelic and mundane

Magic realism

Lurker · 02.06.2009, 10:17 AM

A great read, and has lots of pictures which is good:

http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/sho...d=1#post766164

demonrail666 · 02.06.2009, 10:39 AM

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Magic realism

Isn't magical realism just a polite way of saying 'written by an elderly South American'?

Rob Instigator · 02.06.2009, 10:54 AM

hahaha.

it is a polite way of saying "fairy tale."

chairman of the bored · 02.06.2009, 11:00 AM

After attempting to read Ayn Rand's bowel movement, atlas shrugged, i decided i needed something real. so im reading ghost world.

demonrail666 · 02.06.2009, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

hahaha.

it is a polite way of saying "fairy tale."

Magical Realism = fairy tales written by elderly South Americans.

Lurker · 02.06.2009, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Isn't magical realism just a polite way of saying 'written by an elderly South American'?

I don't know, maybe. Though I've seen things like Joyce's Ulysses described as magic realist in particular sections.

demonrail666 · 02.06.2009, 11:12 AM

Yeah, and isn't Gunter Gras' The Tin Drum supposed to be magic realism too? Maybe they both just liked Spain?

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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	That's the problem I'm having...I just haven't got my brain to read to my in purely Scottish yet. I have no trouble with Victorian English but even if I try to have the characters from the movie read to me in my head, everything still gets jumbled. I'll just keep battling through it, but it won't be something I can read exclusively and finish in 3 or 4 days. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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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	My not buying books thing didn't go so well. As for reading, I'm about 3/4 of the way done with The Hobbit. I might finish it tonight. I'm also about 50 or so pages into Trainspotting. As for recent purchases: Batman: The Long Halloween - Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale Batman: Haunted Knight - Jeph Loeb and Time Sale From Hell - Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Friedrich Nietzsche As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,961	I have read From Hell twice. fucking awesome shit man. I am re-reading Watchmen for the 15th time before the movie comes out __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	I just started Regenesis by C.J. Cherryh the sequel to her hugo award winning novel Cyteen. Cyteen came out in the late '80s and this sequel just came out last month. It's probably her most anticipated novel ever. __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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Lurker invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: No. 10 Posts: 3,289	A great read, and has lots of pictures which is good: http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/sho...d=1#post766164
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,961	hahaha. it is a polite way of saying "fairy tale." __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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chairman of the bored the destroyed room Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 569	After attempting to read Ayn Rand's bowel movement, atlas shrugged, i decided i needed something real. so im reading ghost world. __________________ stay awake to the ways of the world
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demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Yeah, and isn't Gunter Gras' The Tin Drum supposed to be magic realism too? Maybe they both just liked Spain?
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