Now Reading

will be wrapping it up in ~125 pages—thinking of either going to michael chabon or thomas pyncheon afterwards.

Pulp - Charles Bukowski

Giving this one a second read after 6-7 years. Having just gone through a few heavy readings, I need something a bit mindless.

Reading Tokyo Vice due to a recommendation in this thread. Really entertaining however it all seems fake, especially the dialogue.

The Wise Man's Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss.

  On 3/4/2011 at 10:11 PM, Haldermaniac said:

Reading Tokyo Vice due to a recommendation in this thread. Really entertaining however it all seems fake, especially the dialogue.

i didnt get that impression. maybe it might have something to do with certain things being lost in the translation from japanese to english, i dont know.. shit gets pretty harrowing towards the end, so i cant see him adding dramatic flair just to sell books. the material is way too personal.

The dialogue is impossibly dramatic, people don't talk like that in real life.

  On 3/5/2011 at 8:43 AM, Haldermaniac said:

The dialogue is impossibly dramatic, people don't talk like that in real life.

yeah, for some reason i didnt get that impression. well, if you can looks past that, i highly doubt the end will leave you unaffected.

  On 2/23/2011 at 2:57 AM, Z_B_Z said:

really just a fantastic book. an american goes to work for japans leading newspaper on the vice beat. you learn all sorts of stuff about the yakuza and japansese culture. it gets quite gripping towards the end.. the yakuza are ruthless.

  On 3/5/2011 at 8:15 AM, Z_B_Z said:

  On 3/4/2011 at 10:11 PM, Haldermaniac said:

Reading Tokyo Vice due to a recommendation in this thread. Really entertaining however it all seems fake, especially the dialogue.

 

i didnt get that impression. maybe it might have something to do with certain things being lost in the translation from japanese to english, i dont know.. shit gets pretty harrowing towards the end, so i cant see him adding dramatic flair just to sell books. the material is way too personal.

  On 3/5/2011 at 8:47 AM, Z_B_Z said:

  On 3/5/2011 at 8:43 AM, Haldermaniac said:

The dialogue is impossibly dramatic, people don't talk like that in real life.

 

yeah, for some reason i didnt get that impression. well, if you can looks past that, i highly doubt the end will leave you unaffected.

  On 3/5/2011 at 10:25 AM, wake said:

  On 2/23/2011 at 2:57 AM, Z_B_Z said:

really just a fantastic book. an american goes to work for japans leading newspaper on the vice beat. you learn all sorts of stuff about the yakuza and japansese culture. it gets quite gripping towards the end.. the yakuza are ruthless.

 

  On 3/5/2011 at 8:15 AM, Z_B_Z said:

  On 3/4/2011 at 10:11 PM, Haldermaniac said:

Reading Tokyo Vice due to a recommendation in this thread. Really entertaining however it all seems fake, especially the dialogue.

 

i didnt get that impression. maybe it might have something to do with certain things being lost in the translation from japanese to english, i dont know.. shit gets pretty harrowing towards the end, so i cant see him adding dramatic flair just to sell books. the material is way too personal.

 

  On 3/5/2011 at 8:47 AM, Z_B_Z said:

  On 3/5/2011 at 8:43 AM, Haldermaniac said:

The dialogue is impossibly dramatic, people don't talk like that in real life.

 

yeah, for some reason i didnt get that impression. well, if you can looks past that, i highly doubt the end will leave you unaffected.

 

super-lol

lol

heh, smartass. ive never been a writer (obviously). but the book is great, and the end is indeed GRIPPING AND HARROWING (blow me)

5/3/2011 edition of The Guardian by Alan Rusbridger

  On 3/4/2011 at 6:01 PM, KY said:

 

will be wrapping it up in ~125 pages—thinking of either going to michael chabon or thomas pyncheon afterwards.

I love Murakami. Kafka on the Shore and After Dark are just awesome. Very prolific person, need to check his other novels.

Oh and by the way I'm discovering Scott Pilgrim. Already read 3 volumes and it's one of my favourite comics ever so far. Ultra fun stuff running here !

for the second time now

A bit hard to start, but then it's unstoppable.

some thought provoking observations, some aimless hand wringing, and some patronizing words of advice. all in all, not enough of "how to take it back." i miss the younger ruskoff of 'coercion' and 'media virus' (the latter predicted current medias viral nature with eerie accuracy all the way back in 96).

just read "anansi boys" by neil gaiman. it was okayish. but i compare everything he's written to "american gods" and it wasn't even close. good read, but just nowhere NEAR the quality he's capable of.

  On 3/12/2011 at 1:02 PM, the anonymous forumite said:

ahh I read that

  On 3/12/2011 at 6:28 PM, ezkerraldean said:

  On 3/12/2011 at 1:02 PM, the anonymous forumite said:

ahh I read that

What did you think ?

  On 2/16/2011 at 10:09 AM, Dan C said:

  On 2/16/2011 at 10:02 AM, Dirty Protest said:

 

Good book on the failings of the left, at a time when they should be at their strongest.

 

Lolz, I'm reading In Defence Of Lost Causes at the moment.

 

Slavoj all up in this bitch.

If either of you haven't seen it, The Perverts Guide to Cinema is a really good watch. Lots of lols.

been reading "The Werewolf" by Montague Summers, recommendation courtesy of Glenn Danzig. Thanks, bro.

also, "Unpopular Essays" by MC B-Trand Russel.

and last but not least, I've been making my way through One Thousand and One Nights. Woopty woop.