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Well, I haven't read Alchemist, just flipped through it, saw it for what it was and decided against it. I have, however read Veronica as one of my colegues left it in the shop I used to work in and I had a very dull day there (and it's a short book). It is not as bad as I expected but it's horrible nevertheless... |
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hehehe, all i needed to know not going to read it now ;) |
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Serbs are even worse, they almost fought each other to get books signed by him several years ago in Belgrade and the book-store staff just threw everybody (including Koelo) out at 8 p.m. precisely because it was the end of their working day. |
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When I was doing some work experience in a junior school back last year, there was an 8 year old reading it to me. That told me all I needed to know. Then again, one was reading Roald Dahl so I should shut the fuck up. |
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about alchemist-i read read about 75%, just couldnt finish hehehe but i was trying |
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BTW, I started reading Nabakov's Lolita to the girls and that's when they threw me out. Curse them! |
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you should've started with henry miller hehehe |
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Pity you bought it. For stuff that seriously deals with "beyond" check Julio Cortasar. |
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it was cheap, so it doesnt matter ;) i'll check cortasar |
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I was gonna move onto him next, then Bret Easton Ellis and Irvine Welsh. |
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Cortasar is da man. He also had impeccable taste in music. |
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are cortasars books translated in serbian? |
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I'm reading A Fire Upon The Deep by Vernor Vinge (pronounced VINjee). It's the best sci fi (*) I've ever read and I've read lotses. It's so original it makes me feel like I'm 12 again discovering old Asimov-edited anthologies of early sci fi. The main idea is that there are different physical laws in different sectors of the galaxy. The further out you get from the galactic core, the more is possible. We (earth) are in an area called the Slowness--we can't even go faster than light and it makes us be kinda stupid. Closer in to the galactic core is an area of mindlessness where even basic technology fails. Further out is the Beyond where faster than light and other neat technological tricks are possible. And beyond the Beyond is the Transcend, where races go to sometimes destroy themselves in the process of trying to become Powers, godlike intelligences beyond our reckoning. And that's just the most basic premise. It's just so fucking good, it's uncut literary cocaine for nerds. (*) I call it sci fi to annoy Harlan Ellison in case he's reading this (fat chance). |
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sounds cool-review The complete collection of short stories by Julio Cortazar - in progress When i've read the very first story i knew that i will read them all. His fantasy and craft leaves me speachless. His stories make me want to visit all this places and maybe even spend a year or two there. Read it. |
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Tolstoyed: yes, his stories are fantastic and there are at least four collections of his stories in serbian. Er, make that five, actually, the new one just came out. Fleetmouse: Sci-Fi is a no-no. SF is the only proper term. H. Ellison is my spiritual father, I am warning you. I have read some Winge's stuff before but haven't read that one... |
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I read "A Fire Upon The Deep" last year and really enjoyed it. Hopefully there will be more books in that setting. I just finished "A House for Mr Biswas" by V. S. Naipaul and next in the pile of books is "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch" by P.K. Dick. I didn't really like "A House for Mr Biswas." It came recommended by my wife (and a lot of other people, I suppose) but I could never really get into it. |
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"This Boy's Life" - Tobias Wolff |
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The Dead Zone - Stephen King |
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Ah, read that a couple of years ago. It's good if you've read cujo too, set in the same town... |
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bird: my dad gave me a copy of metamorphasis when i was fairly young... shall i dig it up? never was able to read it. i'm reading 'one river' by wade davis. it's sort of a non-fiction adventure and loaded with history of indigenous south america and wade completely understands the principal life is far more exciting than ficiton, which makes for a great read. |
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yes look it up~ |
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I read "A Fire Upon The Deep" last year and really enjoyed it. Hopefully there will be more books in that setting. There's a new one already, called A Deepness In The Sky or something. It's listed on Amazon. I just finished "A House for Mr Biswas" by V. S. Naipaul and next in the pile of books is "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch" by P.K. Dick. I didn't really like "A House for Mr Biswas." It came recommended by my wife (and a lot of other people, I suppose) but I could never really get into it. Awww yeah Palmer Eldritch is great. It's very finely razorbalanced between satire and tragedy. A good V.S. Naipaul is An Area of Darkness. Boy does he hate India in a lot of ways. Haven't actually read anything else by him. I want to read that book where Paul Theroux tears him a new one. |
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The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick |
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Last 5 books: 'Minority Report' - Phillip K Dick 'Maribou Stork Nightmares' - Irvine Welsh 'The Acid House' - Irvine Welsh Collection 2 - HP Lovecraft (re-read) 'The Regulators' - Richard Bachman (re-read) Currently reading: 'Ecstacy' - Irvine Welsh Next 5 to read: 'Filth' - Irvine Welsh 'Porno' - Irvine Welsh 'The Wasp Factory' - Iain Banks 'Congo' - Michael Crichton 'Crime And Punishment' - Dostoyevsky |
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I read most of the Philip K Dick novels when I was about 19/20 --- really good, but if you read too much you really start to have a fucked-up mind ;) You should read "The Idiot" and "The House of the Dead" by Dostoyevsky after C+P -- he's just about my favourite author :) |
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Ubik |
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"the santaroga barrier", frank herbert |
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"fahrenheit 451" for the 3rd time |
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the dunwich horror by h p lovecraft |
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the ultimate hitchhiker's guide by Douglas Adams |
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mm I love H P Lovecraft! He's F.A.B.! |
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me too! i can see from your location that too. i'm re-reading all his stuff now cuz we are having a cthulhu role playing campaign |
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hey sounds cool :) Jarworski really loves H P Lovecraft too--I wish there was a kickass movie adaptation of one of his stories :-/ Most I've seen have been low budget affairs |
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Oi, who said you could have a HP lovecraft discussion w.o me? Neetta, whats the cthulu RPG like? Did you know there's a PC game based onit int he works... |
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I am currently reading "Speaker for the Dead" by Orson Scott Card. A wonderfull followup to "Enders Game". Also Frijtof (sp?) Capra is one smart dude. |
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I apologise, Ceri! I had no idea you were Lovecraftian too :) |
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"White Teeth" |
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There was a Tv mini-series adaptation of that book here last month--I watched the first episode and it was quite good. How is the book? |
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No way?!?!!? The book is great...It's a lot of stories (as you may know) It's easy reading, and I've only read a few books. =) |
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Awww mannnnnn I tried to get one of those going but I didn't know enough Lovecraft fans. My fave Lovecraft is probably Shadow Over Innsmouth. He really makes you visualize the narrator's escape from the hotel and flight through the shadowed streets. When I first read Lovecraft I insisted on reading it at night in the near-dark with my back to an open window. Now that was an experience. |
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usually i'm reading a number of books at the same time....for example....a history book and another book just for fun! however i am reading a very cool book recommended and borrowed from my boyfriend author - John Irving title - A Son Of The Circus fascinating book.....i recommend looking it up on amazon if you wanna know more ..... i'm not even half way though it. |
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That's what I did, too, Fleetmouse, when I first read Lovecraft :) |
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I've just finished The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart and I really enjoyed it. It deals with breaking down the personality by offering up your life decisions to a roll of the dice. Right now I'm reading The Heart Is Decietful Above All Things by JT LeRoy. It's quite disturbing and follows on from his previous book Sarah which is about his life as a cross dressing hustler. |
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Yeah, the Dice Man is a very popular book--I've picked it up before but couldn't be arsed to read it--I picked up L'étranger by Camus instead, which was great. |
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The Dice Man can be hard reading due to it's convoluted style. Luke Rhinehart tends to ramble on with psycho babble for a large part, but once the story hits halfway it really gets going and becomes pretty amusing. The book has a real cult following, which isn't hard to understand when you consider the concept of the book. Apparently there's a show on the British travel channel which revolves around two guys who roll the dice to decide where in the world they'll travel too and what they'll do when they get there. Shame we don't get it here in Australia, I reckon it'd be pretty interesting to watch. |
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lovecrafts books are about the only books that really scare me. the RPG is very good, maybe because we have the greatest GM who really can keep up that lovecraftian mood. also, we try to avoid all that dice throwing and concentrate on living our characters. |
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A pretty good book about basic Kabbalah |
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Dune - Frank Herbert |
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I read about four or five things simultaneously hence take ages to complete anything..have been blessed with the attention span the size of a pea...I know mixing metaphors but anyhoo.. currently Howl-Allen Ginsberg Choke-Chuck Palahnuik Attitude-The New SubversivePolitical Cartoonists..it's a book about the current crop of radical US cartoonists..like Peter Kuper etc... Radical Graphics Radical- A book about Graphic Designers thatare breaking and yet setting new rules..it features Designer Republic.. The Designer's Guide to Color Combinations.. |
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The Designer's Guide to Color Combinations.. Is that the one by those two Japanese chaps? I have volume 5 which seems to me to be the good one. Combo 673 is nice. |
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