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[Dead Halloween]

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Discworld: Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett

[TylerDurden182]

Survivor- Chuck Palahniuk

[zombievictim]

Rebel Without a Crew
by
Robert Rodriguez

[Bogey93']

V FOR VENDETTA

By Alan Moore

[X-Nightcrawler]

The Stand, the version that is longer than life itself. One that's really very long. I've seen shorter bibles.

[War Movie Mania]

Platoon Leader by Charles McDonough

It's a memoir of a platton leader during the later years of Vietnam. About half way through and it's a good read so far. Better than most memoirs.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

A History of Violence by John Wagner & Vince Locke

[Psychocandy]

Originally posted by Tyler_Durden_208
A History of Violence by John Wagner & Vince Locke

Let me know what you think. I enjoyed it and the movie but there were a lot of changes. Do you think that the changes were a good thing or a bad thing?

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by Psychocandy
Let me know what you think. I enjoyed it and the movie but there were a lot of changes. Do you think that the changes were a good thing or a bad thing?
Haven't seen the movie yet (I live in the Bible Belt, where limited releases almost never see their way here, even when they get wider releases), but I loved the book. I've been looking for a good, gritty B&W book for awhile (I still haven't picked up the last two Sin City books as I'm hesitating with even most fans saying they're shite) and this perfectly fit the bill. I'm defintely gonna hunt down his other work Button Man, and I'm gonna get the DVD when it's released to check it out, since it's adapted froma great book, plus Viggo, Ed Harris, and William Hurt, and Cronenberg, I should love it. And so far what I've heard of the changes seem to make sense for me, I mean look at the changes Cronenberg made from the original The Fly and then look at the 80's version. There's a lot of changes, but you'd be hard pressed to find someone who says that those changes didn't make it awesome.

[Psychocandy]

Button Man is well worth finding but it's very different to A History Of Violence. If you are looking for some gritty b&w comics then i'll pm you some good choices. I've read more fucking comics than yer average comic loving schmoe.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Originally posted by Psychocandy
Button Man is well worth finding but it's very different to A History Of Violence. If you are looking for some gritty b&w comics then i'll pm you some good choices. I've read more fucking comics than yer average comic loving schmoe.
Awesome. Sounds like a lifestyle I'd love, but I just haven't had the time to read too much, but I'm getting back into it.
I just finished New X-Men, Vol. 2: Imperial and am moving on to Frank Miller's Ronin...

[TylerDurden182]

Diary- Chuck Palahniuk

[Raoul Duke]

Dark Tower III - The Wastelands by Stephen King

[War Movie Mania]

Lair of Bones by David Farland

[SubMethod]

Cosmos - Carl Sagan

[TylerDurden182]

Choke- Chuck Palahniuk

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Preacher, Vol. 1: Gone To Texas by Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon

[jolanar]

Company Commander by MacDonald

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Marvel 1602 by Neil Gaiman, Andy Kubert & Richard Isanove

[Pazu]

Good to see so many great comics being read :) I'm just starting The Originals by Dave Gibbons.

[Dead Halloween]

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

[TylerDurden182]

Survivor- Chuck Palahniuk

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
Hopefully, this is one of those books that lives up to the great praise everyone gives it.

[FrankBoothe]

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

[MidnightAngel]

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror #16 edited by Stephen Jones

[TylerDurden182]

Lullaby- Chuck Palahniuk

[zombievictim]

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Grim Grotto
by
Lemony Snicket

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Got bored with Watchmen, so I'm reading the rest of the Preacher series. Right now I'm up to Vol. 8: All Hell's A-Coming and I fucking love this series.

[Dead Halloween]

Predator & Prey: Vampire by Carl Bowen

[mindkiss69]

The Haunting of Hill House ~Shirley Jackson.

[silentasylum]

The Da Vinci Code-Dan Brown


I began this book a while back but had to set it down to start on other things. When I saw the preview for the movie I decided to finish it. NOw that I'm reading it I have no idea How I managed to put it down the first time. It's really a fascinating book.

[jolanar]

Terry Goodkind Chainfire.

I am absolutely enthralled with this book so far.

[JCPhoenix]

Originally posted by jolanar
Terry Goodkind Chainfire.

I am absolutely enthralled with this book so far.

that's promising...i was under the impression that the series was on a decline, based on amazon reviews...


right now I am just beginning William Somerset Maugham's Of Human Bondage. My dad's godfather gave it to me a couple years ago and I never got around to reading it.

[blankpage]

The Da Vinci Code.

I have no idea why I haven't picked up this book sooner, as the Priory of Sion is of much interest, and I found the concept interesting. But, when I saw the preview for the flick, I KNEW I had to read this ASAP. Anyway, I can't put it down...it's a great read so far.

[Rated R]

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

Followed by:

Slapstick by Vonnegut
Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
A Strange Manuscript Found in A Copper Cylinder by James DeMille
On Writing by Stephen King
The Prophet by Kahil Gibran

and I have to finish the last two portions of A Widow For One Year by John Irving...got part way through the scond part and just lost interest, but I want to finish it as he wrote my favourite book The World According to Garp so maybe it gets better.

[jolanar]

Originally posted by JCPhoenix
that's promising...i was under the impression that the series was on a decline, based on amazon reviews...


Personally I think Chainfire was one of the best in the series. I just finished it last night and it was pretty damn good. Although I was disapointed at the semi 'to be continued.' But only because I never wanted the book to stop! :)


Now I am going to attempt to read Chronicles of Narnia. I have a question to those who have already read the books... should I start with the book that was published first ( "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" ) or should I just start with the first book in chronological order?

[Dead Halloween]

The DaVinci Code - Dan Brown
Very good so far.

[Digifruitella]

The Prestige, soon to be a feature movie.

[Nachokoolaid]

THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold. Peter Jackson's next film. This was great.

ANASI BOYS by Neil Gaiman. Gaiman puts out another modern masterpiece. He crafts ancient folklore with contemporary stories better than any other writer.

[heavymetalsanta]

A Clockwork Orange- Anthony Burgess

Fight Club- Chuck Palanuick

Both very good books.

[Avid_Fan]

The Historian

Elizabeth Kostova

[blankpage]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Figure it's time to get update-to-date on the Potter books

[Maeljin_incarna]

Stephen King's Needful Things

[jolanar]

George R Martin - Feast of Crows

It's decent so far, but the plot is *very* slow going. Also I just found out that half of the characters from the previous book arn't in this one. Gah!

[KcMsterpce]

The Walking Dead book2 - Robert Kirkman (comic)
Wizard's First Rule - Terry Goodkind
1602 - Neil Gaiman (comic)

[mindkiss69]

Night Shift- Stephen King

[Macphist0]

The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold I recently just heard that Peter Jackson's doing the film, so i got it out of the cupboard to read again.

1984 - George Orwell, this is going to be my final book at school.

[Cottonmouth]

Jubilee_Margret Walker

[ChemicalRomance]

FOR SCHOOL:

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JUST STARTING:

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[horror junkie]

1984- George Orwell

I cannot recommend this book enough!

[MidnightAngel]

Grimm Memorials-R. Patrick Gates

[Sigur509]

http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=a+million+little+pieces/v=2/SID=w/l=IVS/SIG=13qrk8vvm/EXP=1137641152/*-http%3A//a1204.g.akamai.net/7/1204/1401/03122212011/images.barnesandnoble.com/images/7210000/7213969.jpg

[mindkiss69]

The Killer inside me- 10 out of 10 so far.

I couldn't put this book down yesterday.

[MacReady]

The Great Train Robbery
by Michael Crichton

I strated on wednesday and I'm about to finish tonight. That's an average over a 120 pages per day. Not bad for a guy who has only a half dozen bookes in the last decade (the last being over a year ago).

Damn, I need to read more.

[Raoul Duke]

Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.

[Mari]

Originally posted by Rated R
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut.

[i]The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold I recently just heard that Peter Jackson's doing the film, so i got it out of the cupboard to read again. [/B]

Great books both of them I read them a while ago.

Right now I'm reading Walden by Henry David Thoreau

[cerealkiller182]

Im about to finsih Survivor by Chuck Palaniuck (not as good as Choke) and after that Im going to a Jack Kerouac book.

[one_crow_sorrow]

Everything (A Book About Manic Street Preachers) by Simon Price

[TeawithBlood]

Nocturne by Elaine Bergstrom

[Tayzlor]

Originally posted by cerealkiller182
I'm going to a Jack Kerouac book.

I started "On the Road" today. Loving it so far.

[HeavyFknMetal]

I'm actually reading 2 books at once, one for my daily train ride, and the other for leisure.

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

and

Despite the System: Orson Welles Versus the Hollywood Studios by Clinton Heylin

[SIREN30]

I read two at once. I just finished SARATOGA TRUNK by Edna Ferber this morning. And I'm also reading FRENCHMAN'S CREEK by Daphne DuMaurier.

SARATOGA TRUNK was great. I'm anxious to see the movie w/ Ingrid Bergman since I don't feel the character of Clio Dulaine could possibly have been properly executed by Ingrid. 8/10

FRENCHMAN'S CREEK-I'm 3/4 of the way through and it's pleasant but lacks the intensity of Dumaurier's other works. It's a love story with lovely lyrical writing but the two protagonists seem just a bit too vague.

[Rated R]

I vetoed Wolves of the Calla for the time being because I borrowed the book Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs from a friend at work. Also bought Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis today.

[KcMsterpce]

Stone of Tears - Terry Goodkind

[Sigur509]

A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby

Lovin it so far.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Stephen King's Cell

[dman476]

Stephen King's Cell

Jean Anouilh's Five Plays

JLA Classifed # 16

Daredevil # 81

[The Young Son]

About to start:

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[Speermint]

Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer.

Beautiful and poetic. easy to read

[HeavyFknMetal]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1566635284.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[bluesbrother965]

Franz Kafka - The Trial.

[MidnightAngel]

Velocity by Dean Koontz

[KcMsterpce]

Blood of the Fold by Terry Goodkind

[Andrew Ratto]

.

[zombievictim]

The Broker - This book is VERY hard to get into. I hope it pays off.

[Andrew Ratto]

.

[The Young Son]

Just started:

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[The Young Son]

Now onto the final shindig. The one where it all ends:

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It better be worth it!

[gorysnoopy]

Cell-Stephen King.

[Andrew Ratto]

.

[GoldenGhost]

Well, just finished with John Osborne's 'Look Back in Anger'

and starting...

Anthony Burgess's 'A Clockwork Orange'.

[Mr. Mojo Risin']

I just finished re-reading 'Lennon Remembers,' and I'm just starting 'A Confederacy of Dunces' by John Kennedy Toole.

[cocksmokinclerk]

i just finished the chronicles of narnia - the magicians nephew, and just started harry potter and the goblet of fire

[chinton]

The Young Son

It should be interesting what you think of the last book. Youll either be like me who thinks its brilliant magnum opus or like a lot of people who were so a ngered by the ending they hated the book.

[jolanar]

Rhapsody by Elizabeth Hayden

So far so good.

[outsyder]

V for Vendetta.

Figured I should read it before seeing the movie.

[Sh8dy Milkman]

Originally posted by jolanar
Rhapsody by Elizabeth Hayden

So far so good.

Great series...it only gets better.

[Andrew Ratto]

.

[jolanar]

Originally posted by Sh8dy Milkman
Great series...it only gets better.

Got about 110 pages in and just got plain bored.

Maybe I'll pick it up again when I run out of other books to read.

[MidnightAngel]

Digital Fortress by Dan Brown

[KcMsterpce]

Preacher Vol. 2: Until the End of the World

I'm about halfway through, and he just met his family again, and (hopefully) found a way to leave them behind (saving spoilers)....

Man, that shit KICKED ASS!!!!!

[arto_j]

Nathaniel West's The Day of the Locust

[The Young Son]

Originally posted by chinton
The Young Son

It should be interesting what you think of the last book. Youll either be like me who thinks its brilliant magnum opus or like a lot of people who were so a ngered by the ending they hated the book. Chinton.

I salute Sai King for the genius of putting an ending like that to the series. It's the best ending I have ever read to a series. The man has balls for doing it, but really how could it have ended any other way? Brilliant play.

[The Young Son]

Nearly finished Atlantis by David Gibbins.

[bluesbrother965]

James Joyce - Dubliners.

[Sh8dy Milkman]

Originally posted by KcMsterpce
Preacher Vol. 2: Until the End of the World

I'm about halfway through, and he just met his family again, and (hopefully) found a way to leave them behind (saving spoilers)....

Man, that shit KICKED ASS!!!!!

Just finished this series....Preacher Owns! This is pretty random, but this vol. definitely has the best cover.

[The Young Son]

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[adamjohnson]

JACK KEROUAC

ON THE ROAD

I wanna become a beatnik!

[MidnightAngel]

Already ended reading...

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Now reading...

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[Kucha]

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MACBETH - Just finished reading that in English.

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1984 - Reading right now in English.

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400052289.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
And now Im reading A PIECE OF CAKE by myself

[KcMsterpce]

Originally posted by Kucha

MACBETH - Just finished reading that in English.


1984 - Reading right now in English.


And now Im reading A PIECE OF CAKE by myself

What languages were they in originally?

It says Cupcake Brown wrote A PIECE OF CAKE. Is that you? Cool!:D

[dman476]

Originally posted by KcMsterpce
What languages were they in originally?

I think he meant for English class.

[chinton]

Thank You For Smoking By Christopher Buckley

[Batgirl1979]

Stephen King's, Cell.

[Andrew Ratto]

.

[MidnightAngel]

Now reading...

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[TheLoveBelow]

Stephen King's The Skeleton Crew

[Andrew Ratto]

.

[drago25]

Enders Game by Orson Scott Card. Brilliant.

[Cottonmouth]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It's bananas, yo.

[MidnightAngel]

Reading now.

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[AngelDust06]

http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/pics/incoldblood.gif

"In Cold Blood" By: Truman Capote

[bankholdup]

http://www.cinemaeye.com/images/uploads/downanddirtybook.jpg

[The Young Son]

http://www.geocities.com/hermione_18/bigal.jpg

I'm about 100 pages in. Its pretty darn good. The most promising Fantasy I've encountered since the Feist novels.

[Danger^Cart]

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Reading it for the second time. Wow. I've read a lot of comics in my day, but this is EASILY still the best one. If you've never read this, drop what your doing, and go find a copy.

Now.

[chinton]

Watchmen is the only graphic novel I tried to read. Sadly I just couldnt get into it.

[Andrew Ratto]

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[bluesbrother965]

Originally posted by Danger^Cart
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c14/Freelance_Cube/watchmen.jpg

Reading it for the second time. Wow. I've read a lot of comics in my day, but this is EASILY still the best one. If you've never read this, drop what your doing, and go find a copy.

Now.


I just read that for the second time myself, last week. Considering the first time was a mere two months ago, I'd concur that yeah, it's good. :D

[Raoul Duke]

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts

I'm very excited to read them all, I've heard nothing but good.

[KcMsterpce]

Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card

[martyds761]

Killing Game by Max Allen Collins

Micah by Laurell K. Hamilton

[outsyder]

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.

Great book. Very funny.

[Andrew Ratto]

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[Danger^Cart]

Originally posted by bluesbrother965
I just read that for the second time myself, last week. Considering the first time was a mere two months ago, I'd concur that yeah, it's good. :D

Apparentely it doesn't really sink in the first time around, because wow...it was like reading a whole new book. Wow was it fantastic though.

Who do you think would win in a fight, Dr. Manhattan or Superman?

My money's on the Doc.

[Mr_Jinx]

Stephen king's CELL

[ComicGuy]

At the moment, I'm reading The Catcher in the Rye for the second time.

[bluesbrother965]

Originally posted by Danger^Cart
Apparentely it doesn't really sink in the first time around, because wow...it was like reading a whole new book. Wow was it fantastic though.

Who do you think would win in a fight, Dr. Manhattan or Superman?

My money's on the Doc.

Dr. Manhattan, no contest. The fact is, he's impossible to beat, his only weakness is his morality, which I suppose is out the window if he actually got into a fight with Superman in the first place.

[Nachokoolaid]

I was in Portland, OR this week for a conference, and I found out that they had the largest book store in the United States there. It's called Powell's, and it takes up a whole city block. Think of a Wal-mart supercenter, only like 3 stories tall, filled with nothing but books (and a coffee shop).

Here's what I picked up:

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1st printing Hard Back)

Frank Miller's 300

Marvel: 1602 By Neil Gaiman

The Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman

American Gods by Gaiman (a gift)

Gods and Myths of Northern Europe by H.R. Ellis Davidson (companion gift with AG)

Sandman: Book of Dreams by Gaiman

Boy's Life by Robert M. McCammon

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

I am Legend by Richard Matheson

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

Overall, I'm happy with these, and I think it was worth the $188. (Especially that 1st printing of Batman).

***

How would you rate my purchase?

[chinton]

Boys Life is one of the bes t books Ive ever rea d and read it about 3 times when I was young. It just touched something in me in a very profound way.

[Lazy Boy]

Dracula, by Bram Stoker

[bluesbrother965]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
Dracula, by Bram Stoker

Oi, just finished that a week or so ago. Bit of a chore, if you ask me.


Nachokoolaid, my Grandma raves about Powell's. How're the prices? I know they've got a ton of used books, are the new ones anything below MSRP?

[chinton]

The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez Reverte. Awesome book and so fa r better than the movie Ninth gate which I also loved.

[Tagia_Romero]

"V for Vendetta" graphic novel AND movie novelisation.

[Tayzlor]

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

Decent, entertaining read for a class

Still, I'd rather be reading something else..

[KcMsterpce]

Originally posted by Tayzlor
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

Decent, entertaining read for a class

Still, I'd rather be reading something else..

I fucking hated that book.

Seriously, just skip the whole middle 250 pages, and you won't miss anything except "IT'S IMPORTANT I MUST DO THIS. WE MUST PRACTICE THIS BASKETBALL TRICK BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPORTANT I KNOW IT WE MUST KEEP PRACTICING. HELP ME TO THIS BASKETBALL CATCH."

So, there ya go. Now, skip to the last 50 pages.

[blankpage]

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

[chinton]

I loved Owen Meaney but then again Im an irving fan. I perfer World Accoring to Garp though.



Reading


Stranger In A Strangeland by Robert A Heinlein

[MidnightAngel]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n28/n141408.jpg

[one_crow_sorrow]

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

[silentasylum]

Angels & Demons

-Dan Brown

[blankpage]

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

[dman476]

Originally posted by chinton
I loved Owen Meaney but then again Im an irving fan. I perfer World Accoring to Garp though.
I like John Irving.
I haven't read anything by him, but the World According to Garp is a very good film. Probably because of its good source material.
I may read something of his sometime, but first - Boy's Life.

Reading:

Flicker by Theodore Roszak

[Speermint]

A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby

[Sigur509]

^ Hope you like it.


Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk

[MidnightAngel]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n4/n24628.jpg

[bigred760]

"Count of Monte Cristo"

It's like the fourth time I'm reading this - it's my favorite book :D.

[bluesbrother965]

I went to Moe's today and got Light in August (Faulkner) and Maus, Vol. 1 (Spiegelman, graphic novel). I was looking for the Centaur, but they didn't have it. On the way there, I had to call my dad to ask him to look up the author's name for me. I tell you, walking down Telegraph Avenue (if you don't know what it is, look it up :D ) while shouting "CENTAUR! SPELLED, C-E-N-T-A-U-R!" three or so times in a row was a bit awkward. :p

dman, have you read Updike's Rabbit quadrilogy? From what I've read, it's considered his best work.

[dman476]

Originally posted by bluesbrother965
I went to Moe's today and got Light in August (Faulkner) and Maus, Vol. 1 (Spiegelman, graphic novel). I was looking for the Centaur, but they didn't have it. On the way there, I had to call my dad to ask him to look up the author's name for me. I tell you, walking down Telegraph Avenue (if you don't know what it is, look it up :D ) while shouting "CENTAUR! SPELLED, C-E-N-T-A-U-R!" three or so times in a row was a bit awkward. :p

dman, have you read Updike's Rabbit quadrilogy? From what I've read, it's considered his best work.
That's cool. You live in Berkeley?
Awesome. Planning on going to the UC school?

Anyway, good pickup with Maus. I've been meaning to read that myself, and I want to pick up the Faulkner set with all three books.
Pity they didn't have Centaur, you should definately check it out when you find a store that has it.
I've read two of the Rabbit books and I think it's a fascinating and touching story, but it's not his best.
I haven't read all he's read, but the Centaur is the best any book can be in my opinion, so I find it hard to believe that he could top that. The Rabbit series is funny and a quirky portrait of a man through various stages of life. It's a good, and surprisingly quick, read but I reccomend it only after reading the masterpiece that is the Centaur.

[bluesbrother965]

The Faulkner set may look nicer, but I personally prefer getting the 50-year-old used copies for a buck and a half a piece. :p

I think I will read the Centaur before the Rabbit books, because of your reccomendation and because it sort of lets me cover more varied ground from a single author faster.

I don't live in Berkely, but I live a short train ride away. As for college, I have no idea. :D

[dman476]

Originally posted by bluesbrother965
The Faulkner set may look nicer, but I personally prefer getting the 50-year-old used copies for a buck and a half a piece. :p

I think I will read the Centaur before the Rabbit books, because of your reccomendation and because it sort of lets me cover more varied ground from a single author faster.

I don't live in Berkely, but I live a short train ride away. As for college, I have no idea. :D
Oh well, if I had the choice of getting it for that price I'd get it that way too.
I have yet to find a store like this in LA though.
Either way, you live close to Berkeley which is neat.
Have you visited the campus?
If not, you should - it's very nice.
I will have to choose between that and UCLA.
Also, good choice regarding the Updike novel.

[ThirdOuting]

Bob Dylan: Chronicles, Volume One

[Raoul Duke]

So Long and Thanks For All the Fish - Douglas Adams

[drago25]

http://www.simonsays.com/assets/isbn/0684837889/C_0684837889.jpg

[Andrew Ratto]

the

[Rated R]

Blood on the Moon by James Ellroy

[Andrew Ratto]

the

[Maeljin_incarna]

Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves (again)

[ChemicalRomance]

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood by Peter Biskind

A little over 50 pages in and it's fantastic. Well written and full of awesome real life occurences and dialogue exchanges. A real page turner.

[Lazy Boy]

The Mermaid Chair - Sue Monk Kidd

After reading her first great story, The Secret Life of Bees, I was interested in her next book. It has the same great attention to detail and imagery that was so prevalant in Bees, but I haven't really gotten into the tone of the story as much as I thought I would (it's easily digestible, though).

[dman476]

Originally posted by Andrew Ratto

So I took that back to the librarium and I took out Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre. I've reached page 25 and so far it's really fucking boring. Just meandering around Paris complaining. But I can relate to the feelings he describes, as I've experienced something similar in the past. Not sure what this book means, but chances are I won't finish it.
Nausea fucking rocks.
Sartre rocks.
Yes.
Not more to say than that.
The Wall is awesome Sartre too.

[jolanar]

http://www.theflap.com/covers/0312875827.jpg

Enchanter by Sara Douglass

Very good book so far. Ten times better than the first in the series.

[MidnightAngel]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n11/n56933.jpg

[jaw2929]

Rose Madder by Stephen King

[silentasylum]

The Last of The Mohicans

-James Cooper

[MidnightAngel]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n9/n45133.jpg

[Mr. Fred Krueger]

Currently reading The Omen, should finish it by tomorrow. Then I'll pick The Shining back up and finish it and then commence with re-reading The Exorcist.

[SenorSpielbergo]

Just finished: Deception Point by Dan Brown
In the Midst Of: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Just Started: Nightmares & Dreamscapes by Stephen King

[bluesbrother965]

Spielbergo, how do you like the Marquez?

[SenorSpielbergo]

I'm really enjoying his writing so far, very simplistic and not overly techincal. I also like the integration of magical elements within the storyline.

[Lazy Boy]

Gerald's Game - Stephen King

[Mr. Fred Krueger]

Friday the 13th--Carnival of Maniacs.


...What are you looking at? Yes, I read novels based on my favorite slasher series. It's a guilty pleasure. :D

[Taors]

IT by Stephen King. I'm flying through the pages.

[Lazy Boy]

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Stephen King

[Tayzlor]

"Sabbath's Theater" by Philip Roth

[Tyler_Durden_208]

I just picked up "New Rules: Polite Musing from a Timid Observer" by Bill Maher. I'm enjoying it so far.:D

[Lazy Boy]

The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger

[Lazy Boy]

The Wastelands: The Dark Tower III - Stephen King

Call me mustard 'n mayonnaise, 'cause I'm on a roll...

[Lazy Boy]

The Stranger - Albert Camus

I need a bit of a respite from the lengthy Dark Tower books.

[dman476]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
The Stranger - Albert Camus

I need a bit of a respite from the lengthy Dark Tower books.
You've read it before, right?
If not, then you're in for a treat. :)

[Lazy Boy]

Originally posted by dman476
You've read it before, right?
If not, then you're in for a treat. :)

Never read it before. None of my classes have featured it, so this is something new for me. Sounds interesting.

I want to up my reading status quo if I ever take part in a literary convention or invoke a discussion over a game of backgammon.

I'm so behind on these authors, it's amazing...

[The Young Son]

Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki.

[Lazy Boy]

Franny and Zooey - J.D. Salinger

[dman476]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
Never read it before. None of my classes have featured it, so this is something new for me. Sounds interesting.

I want to up my reading status quo if I ever take part in a literary convention or invoke a discussion over a game of backgammon.

I'm so behind on these authors, it's amazing...
Well, you should have fun reading the Stranger.
It is, after all, a classic.
I actually liked the Plague more, but whatever.
And yes, I'm assuming that the Stranger is considered the cut-off for competent literary intelligence. :D

[Lazy Boy]

Originally posted by dman476
And yes, I'm assuming that the Stranger is considered the cut-off for competent literary intelligence. :D

Whew! (wipes sweat off brow)

Me fail English? That's unpossible! ;) :D

I want to be more like, Camus can do, but Sartre is smart-re. (cue gong)

[dman476]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
Whew! (wipes sweat off brow)

Me fail English? That's unpossible! ;) :D

I want to be more like, Camus can do, but Sartre is smart-re. (cue gong)
Camus is through, Sartre is the one to do.
Read No Exit, or the Flies,
You'll be English samurais :D

Ok, well, enough with my stupidity at least, Sartre is awesome.
Much more interesting than Camus, although his Myth of Sisyphus should be interesting when I get a chance to read it.
Have you read any Sartre?

And I was angry when my Philosophy class didn't have any existential work like Waiting for Godot...oh wait, they had No Exit but I'd read that before so it wasn't nearly as fun.
Oh well ttyl? :p

[Lazy Boy]

Originally posted by dman476
Ok, well, enough with my stupidity at least, Sartre is awesome.
Much more interesting than Camus, although his Myth of Sisyphus should be interesting when I get a chance to read it.
Have you read any Sartre?

And I was angry when my Philosophy class didn't have any existential work like Waiting for Godot...oh wait, they had No Exit but I'd read that before so it wasn't nearly as fun.
Oh well ttyl? :p

I've never read Sartre, and I'm basically discovering Camus. Pretty soon I'll be clucking my tongues with the masters, having a cigar over a discussion of Wittgenstein.

I just bought a shitload of used books from the library, and both authors were in there. I'm also trying out a little Bertolt Brecht (The Threepenny Opera), since that particular work is said to be a major influence for Lars von Trier when he made Dogville.

This summer, I am READING. Does that say how sorry I find the current state of cinema?

:)

[dman476]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
I've never read Sartre, and I'm basically discovering Camus. Pretty soon I'll be clucking my tongues with the masters, having a cigar over a discussion of Wittgenstein.

I just bought a shitload of used books from the library, and both authors were in there. I'm also trying out a little Bertolt Brecht (The Threepenny Opera), since that particular work is said to be a major influence for Lars von Trier when he made Dogville.

This summer, I am READING. Does that say how sorry I find the current state of cinema?

:)
Oh well, yes. :D
Last I visited a Borders, I got 10 books, but alas, I cannot read any of them. I'm busy with the stupid summer semester until August.
:(
Book ho for me. I'd be READING too, but I can't.
I'm very sad by this but whatever.
Brecht is someone I've wanted to read too, it'll be a while.
But Sartre I reccomend wholly, check him out as soon as you can.
He's great.

[chinton]

Reading The Talented Mr. Riply by Patricia Highsmith

[Lazy Boy]

The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass - Stephen King

[Tayzlor]

"Gravity's Rainbow" by Thomas Pynchon

[dman476]

Originally posted by Tayzlor
"Gravity's Rainbow" by Thomas Pynchon
Good luck :)

[Tayzlor]

Originally posted by dman476
Good luck :)

Have you read it? I basically grabbed in a panic because the library was closing and I was unprepared for them not having "Tropic of Cancer" (cue Seinfeld reference). Pynchon looks interesting, and the premise of the book is cool, but I must observe: it's long.

[bluesbrother965]

It is long, and it is complex, with a bold, capital C. You might get it (I think a friend of mine enjoyed it without reading any of Pynchon's other books), I don't know. However, it's unlikely, it's known to be among the most complex books of the modern area (a masterpiece, as well). I read Crying of Lot 49, didn't really get it. I'm going to re-read that some time, and read V, before deciding whether I want to try Gravity's Rainbow. dman basically summed it up with that "Good luck." :D


P.S. dman, how's the Faulkner going? Or have you not been able to read at all (I saw your earlier post, but I thought you might be getting at least a little reading in)? I'm enjoying the Centaur more and more.

[dman476]

Originally posted by bluesbrother965
It is long, and it is complex, with a bold, capital C. You might get it (I think a friend of mine enjoyed it without reading any of Pynchon's other books), I don't know. However, it's unlikely, it's known to be among the most complex books of the modern area (a masterpiece, as well). I read Crying of Lot 49, didn't really get it. I'm going to re-read that some time, and read V, before deciding whether I want to try Gravity's Rainbow. dman basically summed it up with that "Good luck." :D


P.S. dman, how's the Faulkner going? Or have you not been able to read at all (I saw your earlier post, but I thought you might be getting at least a little reading in)? I'm enjoying the Centaur more and more.
Yeah, bluesbrother basically summed my views up Tayzlor.
Pynchon is hard - no doubt about it.
I tried reading V and I just left it - it was good, and I'll try to read it sometime, but it was pretty tough.
I, like bluesbrother, recently read Crying Lot of 49 and while it was interesting, I don't like Pynchon's writing style.
For me, it's the book's biggest turn-off.
But that's me.
Anyway, the book is long, and hard, so that is why I said Good Luck. :D If you do finish reading it by some chance, you'll be a better man than I am ;)

And bluesbrother, glad to hear you're enjoying the Centaur.
It does get better, and the end is amazing.
I thought you were gone but glad to hear from you (and your thoughts on the Centaur).
Faulkner is awesome. I'm loving the book - it's really laid back and humane. Good characters and all that.
I wish I could read more during the summer, and I wish I didn't have school but alas.
I did get half of it done during my 5 day vacation :(
It wasn't enough; I do get 5 pages in periodically, but I'll try to finish it this long weekend after I finish my homework.
T'was a good reccomendation :)

And Tayzlor, I know what I'll be reading as soon as I finish my batch of books (Sabbath's Theater).
And yes, cueing (spelling? I've never used the word before) Seinfeld is always a good idea.
But remember what happened to George and the "Tropic" - believe me, you don' want (or need for that matter) late fees that huge.

:p

[chinton]

I tried reading Gravitys Rainbow like 4 different times and I cant get through it. I havent the faintest idea what its about.

[scottish-movie-freak]

The Black Dahlia- James Ellroy

Quite good.

[Tayzlor]

The Dream Life: Movies, Media, and the Mythology of the Sixties
by
J. Hoberman

Something to pick up for a nice glance before returning to Satantango, or Gravity's Rainbow. It's amazing, it's interesting, but it's oh so thick, so dense, like Georgian summer air. Ten pages becomes like in Adaptation. where you reward yourself for something minor. Ten pages took up much more time than any other ten pages in any other book would have -- but hey -- you were entertained and hung onto every word so here's some cantaloupe.

In many ways it's like reading the first few establishing pages of a book over and over. Pynchon moves to different characters every few pages. It's kind of cinematic.

[Lazy Boy]

Originally posted by scottish-movie-freak
The Black Dahlia- James Ellroy

Quite good.

I just checked this out from the library...I was a fan of Ellroy's L.A. Confidential. I love his punchy dialogue and characters.

[Rated R]

Well I took a break from reading a while back as I was busy with work and school. I only have work for the rest of the summer so I hope to get as much in before classes start up once more in September.

Just finished: Still Life With Woodpecker by Tom Robbins (Tremendous novel with a fairly ridiculous premise as a vessel to indulge on some pertinent issues. While the presentation is not entirely believable, the emotions and ideas presented certainly carry themselves in a genuine fashion. I would divulge further, but that may be for a thread all its own instead)

Currently reading: Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins (So far is even better than Woodpecker. I am about halfway done and should finish it by tomorrow).

On Deck: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King (I have been putting it off for two years, about time I read it).

Waiting in the wings:

Blood on the Moon by James Ellroy (started reading it, but elected to read some Tom Robbins instead).

Hey Nostradamus by Douglas Coupland

Dispatches by Michael Herr

Song of Susannah by Stephen King

Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates by Tom Robbins

Watership Down by Richard Adams

The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco

The Dark Tower by Stephen King


So that is my schedule for the summer and into the fall should I be unable to get through them all in the next two months. I need to stay out of Chapters or I walk away with two or three books every time...

[dman476]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
I just checked this out from the library...I was a fan of Ellroy's L.A. Confidential. I love his punchy dialogue and characters.
I want to read it also.
I picked up Double Indemnity today, and I want to get a Ross Macdonald novel soon too.
I have so much reading to do though...lots of Nietzsche which I don't feel like reading. :/

[JayB18]

I am currently reading Flags of Our Fathers. It is one of my favorites and I can't wait for the movie.

[Lazy Boy]

Bag of Bones - Stephen King

[KcMsterpce]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0811844358.01._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_AA240_SH20_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

IT'S SUPERMAN! by Tom DeHaven

I'm really digging this book a lot. I'm about halfway through, and I started yesterday.

[scottish-movie-freak]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
I just checked this out from the library...I was a fan of Ellroy's L.A. Confidential. I love his punchy dialogue and characters.

I never read LA Confidential but I did see the film (which I loved). If The Black Dahlia remains good until the end, I'll be reading that too.

[chinton]

Ellroys LA Confidential is one of the greatest crime novels ever for me.

[Lazy Boy]

Rubyfruit Jungle - Rita Mae Brown

[Mr. Fred Krueger]

Firestarter--Stephen King

[Subotai]

Originally posted by chinton
Ellroys LA Confidential is one of the greatest crime novels ever for me.

It was great...Too bad his more recent stuff has suffered.

[jaw2929]

Stephen King's Desperation

[Lazy Boy]

An American Tragedy - Theodore Dreiser

[dman476]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
An American Tragedy - Theodore Dreiser
You'll see then what I meant that Match Point kind of copied this.
It's a tough read though :)

[Lazy Boy]

Originally posted by dman476
You'll see then what I meant that Match Point kind of copied this.
It's a tough read though :)

It sounds interesting.

The description of the Griffith family at the beginning brings home memories, so far -- the street corner preaching reminds me of something my relatives/ancestors would do or have done.

[dman476]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
It sounds interesting.

The description of the Griffith family at the beginning brings home memories, so far -- the street corner preaching reminds me of something my relatives/ancestors would do or have done.
It's oh so interesting - and the portrait of the Griffith family, as I remember, isn't particularly flattering but true.
And that's a neat tidbit - but not me though. Preaching on the street corner...ah, that sounds like good 'ol times.

And I just saw a commercial for a book for the very first time on tv...Michael Connely's the street lawyer was it? During local news?

[mindkiss69]

Requiem for a Dream. Amazing story.

[bluesbrother965]

William Faulkner - As I Lay Dying


Oh yeah, my buddy Faulkner.

[scottish-movie-freak]

Running With Scissors- Augusten Burroughs

Considering the subject matter is child abuse/neglect, the book is very fucking funny (but not in a Todd Solondz way). I recommend it to everyone. I only hope the film is as good as this is.

[martyds761]

Danse Macabre by Laurell K. Hamilton

[TeawithBlood]

Just finished The Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wayne Jones and now I'm starting The Great Gatsby by F. Sctt Fitzgerald for my Modern Witers class.

[Psychocandy]

Currently reading Eon by Greg Bear. I'm making a concerted effort to read more science fiction at the moment. After I finish Eon i'm onto Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke.

[Catherine]

Have just finished 'Sophie's Choice' by William Styron. Really powerful stuff - certainly makes you think



www.callaghaninfo.com

[Moviefan02000]

I just finished Silent Bob Speaks by Kevin Smith. Quite a quick read.

[Lazy Boy]

Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides

[therealjohng]

The Children of Men - P.D. James

[Lazy Boy]

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

[bluesbrother965]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley


One of my very favorites. :cool:

[TeawithBlood]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley I never really "got" that book. Maybe I'll break my "only read a book once unless its for school" policy and to read it when I'm older.


Much Ado About Nothing - Shakespear

[Lazy Boy]

Originally posted by bluesbrother965
One of my very favorites. :cool:

It always reminds me of Garden State, where the friend can't remember the author's name and therefore calls him Aldous Huxtable. :D

[dman476]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
It always reminds me of Garden State, where the friend can't remember the author's name and therefore calls him Aldous Huxtable. :D
Huh, why? :D
Anyway, Brave New World is awesome.
I remember I bought it because the cover was cool, but it was so much more. I guess you can say it's one of my favorites too.
Huxley has style in this, and I think you'll like it.
It gets a little tough to follow around by the end, but still very worth it.
I think you'll like it.

[Vong]

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

Dude! I'm reading that too! :cool:

Also trying to read The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln.

[KcMsterpce]

Originally posted by TeawithBlood
I never really "got" [Brave New World]. Maybe I'll break my "only read a book once unless its for school" policy and to read it when I'm older.

Hey, don't worry, I hated it. Hate hate hated it. So, yeah, you're not alone.

[Lazy Boy]

Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

[drago25]

For Whom The Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway

[X-Nightcrawler]

The Hero With 1000 Faces, Joseph Campbell.

Interesting read.

[PrimeSuspect]

RED - By Jack Ketchum

So far, so good.


-Prime

[John Taylor]

The Stand - Stephen King

[PrimeSuspect]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0843948760.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1122580616_.jpg

About to start reading this one today, just finished RED by Jack Ketchum. Let's see if he continues to impress me.



-Prime

[X-Nightcrawler]

http://members.shaw.ca/jldesigned/neverwhere.jpg

I think I should've gotten American Gods but this should be a quick read.

[KcMsterpce]

Originally posted by X-Nightcrawler
http://members.shaw.ca/jldesigned/neverwhere.jpg

I think I should've gotten American Gods but this should be a quick read.

I think NEVERWHERE is better than AMERICAN GODS. AMERICAN GODS isn't a bad book, either, but it was missing some ingredient that I can't point out in order to make it fantastic. Can't say what, but there are great elements to it.
I think NEVERWHERE is a quicker read that flows more nicely than AG.

[outsyder]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0812571398.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1124225951_.jpg

Almost done. I can't get enough of the Ender saga.

[KcMsterpce]

After Midnight by Richard Laymon

[underscore_only]

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara


Beautiful, just . . . brilliant. It's balance of characters and the constant shifting of time. At no point do we see the same thing from two points of view, yet you understand both sides. You care for everyone. It also uses some odd, stream-of-conscious style writing at points that makes it poetic and surrealistic. Beautiful.

[KcMsterpce]

Red by Jack Ketchum

[docholiday_13]

Everythings Eventual by Stephen King

[KcMsterpce]

Among the MIssing by Richard laymon

[The Young Son]

Just started Morrison Of Peking.

[Lazy Boy]

Perv - A Love Story by Jerry Stahl

[Lazy Boy]

The White Hotel by D.M. Thomas

[arto_j]

William Burroughs' Naked Lunch

Delightfully decadent read.

[TeawithBlood]

Howel's Moving Castle - Dianne Wynne Jones

[chinton]

I havent been able to get into a book. Ever since I finished the great Black Dahlia Ive been starting adn stopping books cant get into any.

Im trying Nobody's Fool now by Richard Russo