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so I just hear William S. Burroughs made an album with Throbbing Gristle.

Which Burroughs should I read?

Julian Barnes - A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Not what I expected at all. Very, very good. Will reward repeated reads.

Just finishing up Frederik Pohl's Gateway. I've read one of his stories to do with the Heechee before in a classic scifi collection, was entertaining stuff. This is even better, really good ideas in this. It's like a goldrush story set in space. I can't help but imagine the protagonist being some kind've 50's man's man Martin Denny type.

'breath' by tim wynton

  On 11/10/2014 at 10:38 PM, auxien said:

 

  On 11/10/2014 at 10:22 PM, logakght said:

What's the saddest and loneliest book you've ever read? I want to feel, like, alone and shit.

 

Cormac McCarthy - The Crossing

 

Was going to reply with the same book! what a desperate tale.

Just finished Less Than Zero.

Now on to Charles Stross - Singularity Sky.

Just Finished Cuba Libre by Elmore Leonard. Very good.

Now onto the new William Gisbon.

Just Finished Cuba Libre by Elmore Leonard. Very good.

Now onto the new William Gibson.

  On 12/3/2014 at 11:27 PM, Lewps said:

 

  On 11/10/2014 at 10:38 PM, auxien said:

 

  On 11/10/2014 at 10:22 PM, logakght said:

What's the saddest and loneliest book you've ever read? I want to feel, like, alone and shit.

 

Cormac McCarthy - The Crossing

 

Was going to reply with the same book! what a desperate tale.

 

It truly is. I can't think of any other story that's left me feeling so horrible. And I'm considering re-reading it soon...

  On 12/4/2014 at 4:06 PM, auxien said:

 

  On 12/3/2014 at 11:27 PM, Lewps said:

 

  On 11/10/2014 at 10:38 PM, auxien said:

 

  On 11/10/2014 at 10:22 PM, logakght said:

What's the saddest and loneliest book you've ever read? I want to feel, like, alone and shit.

Cormac McCarthy - The Crossing

Was going to reply with the same book! what a desperate tale.

It truly is. I can't think of any other story that's left me feeling so horrible. And I'm considering re-reading it soon...

  On 12/4/2014 at 5:15 PM, logakght said:

 

  On 12/4/2014 at 4:06 PM, auxien said:

 

  On 12/3/2014 at 11:27 PM, Lewps said:

 

  On 11/10/2014 at 10:38 PM, auxien said:

 

  On 11/10/2014 at 10:22 PM, logakght said:

What's the saddest and loneliest book you've ever read? I want to feel, like, alone and shit.

Cormac McCarthy - The Crossing

Was going to reply with the same book! what a desperate tale.

It truly is. I can't think of any other story that's left me feeling so horrible. And I'm considering re-reading it soon...

Great! I read some reviews and it seems is a lifechangin book. But is it a trilogy? Do I need to read others first?

I think only Cities of the Plain (book 3) really intersects with the other two. The Crossing can be read on its own. They are all worth your time, though.

Yeah, doublename is entirely correct. All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing, parts 1 and 2 of the trilogy, are entirely unrelated. In fact, The Crossing technically takes place before AtPH, if I remember it all (it's been a few years...). I read The Crossing first in fact, and it didn't matter at all, except I found the other two books didn't really measure up. But honestly, not many books by anyone do.

Julius Evola - Revolt Against The Modern World

Erik Erikson - Childhood and Society

Another book about the developmental stages of the child

And a bunch of papers on education

The Last Policeman, it reads super fast and it's entertaining, I hate Crime fiction but this is awesomely mixed with end-of-the-world scenario. There's two other books after that getting rave reviews on amazon, the trilogy will be my Christmas read.

im trying to get through Sátántangó by László Krasznahorkai, but its not gelling with me. I knew it was going to be odd, and i like odd,but im getting the feeling im just going to be left with no questions answered in the end.

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - Philip K. Dick

It's always the same with Dick for me, the first chapter confuses me absolutely, but then there's some little moment that clicks and I can't stop. Great writer.

A little bit of self-promotion: my digital book, How To Rescue Children That Don't Exist is free for download from amazon for two days should you wish to read a detective story involving missing children and cakes. Here's the link to US amazon + UK Amazon, but should be available from whatever country you live in.

It was released to rave reviews:

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boring. One of the most uninteresting books ever read and scanned a lot - Jackie Trayner

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I read the first chapter and then deleted it. What a load of nonsense. - Ali1958

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It was a little confusing. Even once I finished the book, took a bit to figure it all out. - Tracy Cearlock

Sounds tempting doesn't it? It's free, so what could you lose?[/promotion]

And not talking of promotion, I finally finished reading Briefing for a Descent Into Hell by Doris Lessing. I seriously need to get a new kindle, my book reading has gone to pot since it died. :¬|

bout to dip into this *ish. what sold me was this review:

"Trina is low down and nasty bitch and that nasty ass Terrence the pm hoes could not be my sister or brother at all them hoes need to be dead real talk I am loving some des and rell great read"

No Worse Enemy by Ben Anderson

Recounting all manner of Anglo-American fuckery in Afghanistan

Last book I read was The Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley. I feel like this would have been more impactful in the 1940s, in the days before the new age movement & western interest in Buddhism brought all the YOU ARE THE UNIVERSE stuff into the mainstream

Currently reading Heretics of Dune. Glad that Herbert stepped off the gas a bit with the uncomfortable sexual commentary & returned his focus to space adventure & abstract philosophizing about time. Also it's fun how he's generally pretty restrained with the fantastical sci fi elements, but once in a while he'll casually throw in something like living chairs made of genetically altered dogs

Heretics was pretty good, a big jump in quality over God Emporer imo... It mostly pays off in Chapterhouse though.

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Started reading the Harry Hole series by Jo Nesbo. It's tight

  On 12/21/2014 at 4:42 AM, Chris Toffer said:

 

Started reading the Harry Hole series by Jo Nesbo. It's tight

I see what you did there.

Finished Stross' Singularity Sky yesterday. Since I started to dip my toe into scifi a few years ago this one has met my preconceptions about the genre the most (along with Neuromancer and Stephen Baxter's Evolution)

Just drops you into these scenes where there's a lot of stuff going on, some of it fairly impenetrable, and you have to work out what the hell is going on from the various crumbs thrown to you.

No overview or explanation to why the human race is like it is now until about 200 pages in. Enjoyed it a lot, will def catch the follow up: Iron Sunrise.

Slow day at work today so I managed to read Peter Carey's The Fat Man in History from start to finish.

Never read any Carey before. Really, really good. Surreal and literary short stories. Reminds me in places of Will Self.

I grabbed these recently so may start one tomorrow:

But I also have a bollock load of books I need to read just so I can get rid of them, including about ten pretty deece looking scifi ones. So..............

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. It's my second attempt at reading it.

  On 12/23/2014 at 1:34 PM, mokz said:

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

This is a good one - have you ever read any Borges?

Finished Remains of the Day a few weeks ago and now in the process of reading Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which is great so far.