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fucking hell, been here since before 2005, had some EKT shit that's expired or something..... and still have about 20 seconds to edit post.... really? REALLY......... so a double post 3 minutes later to say;

making my way through all of Iain M Banks at the moment, reading in chronological order, loving the culture novels....... got as far as....

But my favorite so far is not culture related, and is the only one published as M banks in the USA and just Banks in the UK

Defiantly the best author alive to me....... would make an amazing film, if I directed it.

Great retelling of the 2nd Sudanese Civil War. I felt fully entrenched in the life of the main character which is saying something as some of the scenes are impossible to fathom being in yourself. It is a true story and it is hard to imagine some people still live this way. There were occasional parts that I felt didn't have the proper weight distributed to them, but this is probably the way it actually felt becoming numb to constant death and hardship going on all around you, being forced from not only your hometown but country.

Good book.

  On 3/4/2013 at 9:36 AM, Ron Manager said:

just finished The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. strange and thought-provoking read, really enjoyed it. can't decide what exactly happened at the end. i'm a PKD newb, but would definitely recommend to anyone.

I read that one a few years ago. The way he describes the drug + dolls scene on mars was dreamy. I can't remember the ending though.

I really recommend The Divine Invasion and UBIK, if you're planning on getting more Dick.

I just opened Sid Sackson's Beyond Tic-Tac-Toe, which is just a book of pen-and-paper boardgames. I've always been a board game enthusiast, so I'm excited. The games I've read are already really cool.

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3937/beyond-tic-tac-toe

I also bought his co-op board game book, but I haven't read through it yet.

The Age of Reason, JP Sartre

I had to find this quote in english language, because I'm reading in my native language, and I didn't want to spoil the narrative. So here it goes:

"She smiled and said with an ecstatic air: "It shines like a little diamond",

"What does?"

"This moment. It is round, it hangs in empty space like a little diamond; I am eternal."

Sartre's novels appeal to me in a manner that rare authors did. So much of his stories are similar to my life, it's striking and beautiful at once.

  On 3/4/2013 at 9:36 AM, Ron Manager said:

just finished The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. strange and thought-provoking read, really enjoyed it. can't decide what exactly happened at the end. i'm a PKD newb, but would definitely recommend to anyone.

such a great book

I'm reading a collection of short stories by Algernon Blackwood as suggested by Atop some pages back. Also realized I have actually read the Wendigo story years ago when I was reading Chaosium's Cthulhu Cycle books. Anyway, great stuff so far.

I also ordered the Exegesis by PKD from Amazon, lol. Have to see if I can get through it.

yeah, Three Stigmata really was great. i'm definitely going to pick up more PKD soon. never tried Iain M Banks, think i'll get something of his soon too as he seems to come highly rated.

about to start Murakami - Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. i believe this is a different translator to the others i've read (mostly, if not all, Jay Rubin i think?), so it will be interesting to see if there's a noticeable difference in style.

also A Clockwork Orange was awesome. can't believe i'd never read it before.

I read that Murakami really didn;t like the other translator's work. could be wrong though

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currently this

Just finished Valis and now I`m reading The Ghosts of Sleath by James Herbert [RIP].

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I normally read non-fiction, but do audio books like a motherfucker for fiction. I just read The stuff of thought by Steven PInker. All about how language is a template for how the brain processes information.

I also just finished the ENTIRE dune saga. It's like 4 weeks straight in audio haha.

  On 3/23/2013 at 5:56 PM, slightlydrybeans said:

I normally read non-fiction, but do audio books like a motherfucker for fiction. I just read The stuff of thought by Steven PInker. All about how language is a template for how the brain processes information.

 

I also just finished the ENTIRE dune saga. It's like 4 weeks straight in audio haha.

that first one sounds interesting. i've heard that guy's name before too, not sure where.

ALL of Dune? even the newer books? good lord man. sand is coming out of your ears by now!

Never liked audiobooks unless they are of the humorous kind. But to each his own :)

i don't really consider a book read if i listen to the audiobook.

i've never listened to an audiobook. the only time it would be nice is when i'm driving, but i just don't do enough long trips for that.

When I was out of work averal years ago I used to enjoy downloading 24hr+ Stephen King audiobooks (was an SK nerd from the age of 7 or 8 and have read every book at least 3 times) and listening to the whole thing, stoned and laying on the floor.

Yes.

finished money it was p good

started the road by mcwhoever from the first few pages it seems like godspeed's "dead flag blues": the book

The Earthsea Quartet (tales), by Le Guin, Ursula

1991 New Weird/Splatterpunk Stylee

  On 3/14/2013 at 12:06 PM, verticalhold said:

read that Murakami really didn;t like the other translator's work. could be wrong though

 

report back

Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World does have a different tone to the others i've read. it's impossible to judge, because i have no idea if the original is different to Murakami's other works, but the characters in Hard-boiled come across as a little trite in their Americanism, particularly in the way certain things that are said and thought are translated. for all i know, this could absolutely be intentional. by contrast, the Jay Rubin (e.g. Wind-up Bird, Norwegian Wood, 1Q84 pts. 1 & 2) and Philip Gabriel (e.g. Kafka on the Shore, 1Q84 pt. 3) translations, while embracing certain Western traits that Murakami loves, seem to retain much more of, i don't know, a kind of Japanese aesthetic, which to me is part of what makes him so appealing for Anglophone readers. translation is always a perilous affair, but it would be interesting to read some commentaries or critiques of Murakami translations if anybody knows of any...

having said all that, i still really enjoyed Hard-boiled. it's a classic Murakami novel, and definitely a very entertaining read.

now: Faulkner - The Sound and the Fury.

I don't read books, I do read short stories sometimes or other short things that I'm interested in, and it sometimes turns out to be quite a lot. But if I know that it's gonna be a lot [small book is already too much for me] then I'm not gonna read it.

Now reading my own story I'm working on, rewriting some parts [could've been done weeks ago, but was too fucking lazy to start reading the parts that need to be rewritten]. Now I actually have the time since I'm scanning my Mac for viruses and other stuff, so it won't be working well for a while.

You're missing a lot, it's your problem. It's like only listening to EP's. No in your case, it's only listening to singles.