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Celephais is spectacular!

  On 4/26/2019 at 7:27 PM, MDM Chaos said:

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(Added to wishlist)

New Thomas Harris novel in two weeks.

Monsters lurk in the crevices between male desire and female survival. No other writer in the last century has conjured those monsters with more terrifying brilliance than Thomas Harris. Cari Mora, his sixth novel, is the long-awaited return of an American master."

Simon Winder - Lotharingia.

Like his other two books, Germania and Danubia, only heavier and more of a linear history lesson and less of a catalogue of very strange things in places you’d normally find very boring.

Writing still very funny. Thoroughly enjoyable read.

There’s a good sized excerpt here: https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/medieval-innovations

Just finished Jenny Hval's novel Paradise Rot. really loved it, wish she had written more. Keen to sus her discography as I'd not heard of her before reading the book.

david markson's reader's block. so far so good (30 pages in). unsurprisingly reminds me of wittgenstein's mistress, which is one of my favourites. it's uncanny how he actually conveys feelings through this rambling of factoids. i've found myself having to put down reader's block twice already, cause i was uneasy and felt this light tinge of sadness. and i don't usually react very much to art. at least not to my knowledge

has anyone read The Sovereign Individual? just saw it mentioned in a wackass vice video. Content sounds interesting, but the only mentions on reddit I've found are by crypto nut-jobs.

The book was literally written before I was born, but apparently is fairly prescient. I'd love to read some more contemporary takes on how neoliberalism is going to fuck us over if anyone has req's.

had no idea Jenny Hval wrote. might have to check that book out.

  On 5/5/2019 at 12:27 PM, QQQ said:

had no idea Jenny Hval wrote. might have to check that book out.

very recommend. one of my favourite reads of the year so far.

Just purchased Hunger and DL'd based on the last page of this thread. Will begin tonight.

Hunger is great. so are his other novels (Mysteries, Pan)

  On 5/5/2019 at 10:23 AM, MadellisTheSixth said:

has anyone read The Sovereign Individual? just saw it mentioned in a wackass vice video. Content sounds interesting, but the only mentions on reddit I've found are by crypto nut-jobs.

The book was literally written before I was born, but apparently is fairly prescient. I'd love to read some more contemporary takes on how neoliberalism is going to fuck us over if anyone has req's.

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this has to be Brexit trollement

Human Acts by Han Kang

I had no idea about the Gwangju Uprising so I'm already enjoying the obscure (to me) history lesson. This is written in a very plain and unsentimental style which I vibe with a lot. Still on the first story concerning students using a gymnasium to store and help ID bodies killed in the protests.

After reading the blurb on Mindfuckers/Acid Fascists in another fred, have got to see if this is in Cardiff's humanities library, where, if it is, i'm gonna xerox every page & leave the £123 paperback w/Amazon.

Admit to being mildly fascinated with the period in question, the themes, music & "the long 60's" perspective", the places tripping can take you anyway on top of all this contextual madness, how ego-heavy brutalism can appropriate psychedelics as a tool to exploit, the gullibility of disciples (vulnerabilities/openness/wtf-ness?), plus the deeply-held belief that hallucinogenic chemicals could, somehow, transform the world. Manson got olde with Genesis P-Orridge & the Process Church always fascinated me, so dearest Mindfuckers, come out of the shadows, my mind is fucked enough already.

Sarah Hill's recent book "San-Francisco & the Long 60's" is an outstanding inquiry into the psychological landscape of the period, equally critical, but far more focused on activist groups, highly recommended:

Small Country by Gaël Faye. Very illustrative book concerning the  Rwandan genocide

not sure if this is the correct thread, but what with all the talk about hamsun's hunger, this norwegian musician released a full-length interpretation of it

Enter the Supersensorium: The neuroscientific case for Art in the age of Netflix

A+++

EDIT: it's good enough I can even forgive him indulging in the bougie false binary of "Art vs. Entertainment" and that's saying something, because I don't usually stand for that shit.

that stuff always creeps me out. reminds me of the faustian themes of how "the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist" and that we've gotten all these technological advancements at a great cost

  On 5/8/2019 at 6:19 PM, cwmbrancity said:

After reading the blurb on Mindfuckers/Acid Fascists in another fred, have got to see if this is in Cardiff's humanities library, where, if it is, i'm gonna xerox every page & leave the £123 paperback w/Amazon.

Admit to being mildly fascinated with the period in question, the themes, music & "the long 60's" perspective", the places tripping can take you anyway on top of all this contextual madness, how ego-heavy brutalism can appropriate psychedelics as a tool to exploit, the gullibility of disciples (vulnerabilities/openness/wtf-ness?), plus the deeply-held belief that hallucinogenic chemicals could, somehow, transform the world. Manson got olde with Genesis P-Orridge & the Process Church always fascinated me, so dearest Mindfuckers, come out of the shadows, my mind is fucked enough already.

Sarah Hill's recent book "San-Francisco & the Long 60's" is an outstanding inquiry into the psychological landscape of the period, equally critical, but far more focused on activist groups, highly recommended:

 

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Found a pdf of Mindfuckers. Might spare you the xeroxing. 

NYRB put out a new edition of David Bunch's Moderan stuff from the '70s. For those unaware, it's kinda like PKD's more wacked-out, Exegesis stuff. Brutal cyborgification, plasti-coating the whole planet, etc. Who knows how the hell Bunch kept getting it published back in the day

  On 5/24/2019 at 12:05 AM, doorjamb said:

NYRB put out a new edition of David Bunch's Moderan stuff from the '70s. For those unaware, it's kinda like PKD's more wacked-out, Exegesis stuff. Brutal cyborgification, plasti-coating the whole planet, etc. Who knows how the hell Bunch kept getting it published back in the day

this sounds fuckin splendid. hopefully i can find a copy

currently reading Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting and kicking myself over not picking it up earlier. was giggling my arse off the whole train ride.

  On 5/26/2019 at 3:24 AM, MadellisTheSixth said:

currently reading Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting and kicking myself over not picking it up earlier. was giggling my arse off the whole train ride.

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"The best book ever written by man or woman...deserves to sell more copies than the Bible."—Rebel, Inc.

It took me awhile but I recently finished Skaboys (Trainspotting prequel). The first half seemed slow, but I eventually got into it. Overall, I didn't find it as humorous as some of his other books.

  On 5/26/2019 at 4:29 AM, whosebrian said:

It took me awhile but I recently finished Skaboys (Trainspotting prequel). The first half seemed slow, but I eventually got into it. Overall, I didn't find it as humorous as some of his other books.

damn, I'm keen to read Porno next. maybe ill give Skaboys the skip.