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areyoubeingserved

11-06-2002, 08:56 PM

Originally posted by Reigh Kaufman
I'm reading three (I really do suffer from attention deficit dis..hey, a man wearing brown shoes!)

Something Happened - Joseph Heller

Excellent, you'll have to give me the low down when your done, Catch 22 is my down right favoutrite but I read Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man and it wasn't to flash. But I'd heard good things about Something Happened.

at the moment though...

Gormenghast Trilogy
Double Indemnity
1984 (half way through it, but haven't picked it upo for weeks, not dedicated to texts)

jackson13

11-06-2002, 10:16 PM

"Lullaby" by Chuck Palahniuk. I just picked it up at the library, I was browsing through the new stuff, not really planning on getting anything and saw it. I didnt even know he had a new book coming out. Chuckie P. is my favorite author, he has previously written the gems: "Fight Club" "Invisible Monsters" "Survivor" and "Choke". If anyone wants any recommendations, I say pick up one of his books. Great reads IMO.

peterparker

11-07-2002, 07:47 AM

Be Cool - Elmore Leonard

The sequel to Get Shorty, this time Chilli Palmer get's involved with the music industry. Just like the title say's it's a cool book.

James Logan

11-07-2002, 12:37 PM

"William Wallace: Brave Heart" -- by James Mackay

It's a biography of William Wallace. I wanted to know more about the man (as BRAVEHEART is my fave movie) and to get to know more of the hard historical fact 'bout him, so I bought this biography, which everyone says apparently is the best one there is to date.

Morgana

11-07-2002, 03:02 PM

The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison

I'm about halfway through, The Bluest Eye is a rather haunting look into the lives of African Americans back in the 1940's. A very interesting and educational read.

meltingman

11-08-2002, 12:19 AM

OFF SEASON by Jack Ketchum

Oh man, it's awesome. I don't think I've ever read a more terrifying or more gripping book. The horror is quite visceral. I found out about it on this forum. If you like horror you have to check it out. About 50 pages to go...

Reigh Kaufman

11-08-2002, 07:09 AM

areyoubeingserved?

Just finished Something Happened - highly recommended. As different from Catch-22 as night and day, but sad and bittersweet. It took a while to adjust to Heller's writing (I kept thinking he would puncture it with some of his patented comedy) but if you didn't know it was Heller you would slip into it easier. Anyway, a very readable, fractured tale of a man who can't quite get to grips with his middle-years (and the arrival of his handicapped child). Go read!

peterparker

11-09-2002, 10:11 AM

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Scarface98.9

11-09-2002, 12:49 PM

"Choke" by Chuck Palahniuk. I've been reading it for the last few weeks, but haven't had the urge to finish it lately, despite liking it more than Survivor

Cyclonus

11-13-2002, 05:59 PM

Just read:

The Handmaid's Tale
Devil in a Blue Dress

El Bracamonti

11-13-2002, 08:25 PM

"k" is for killer

notchreturns

11-13-2002, 09:09 PM

1984 - George Orwell

arto_j

11-14-2002, 01:21 AM

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

scottish-movie-freak

11-14-2002, 11:58 AM

Bully: A Tale Of High School Revenge by Jim Schutze

and

Possession by A.S Byatt

silentasylum

11-14-2002, 01:36 PM

killing pablo- mark bowden

non-fiction book.find it interesting as hell.

syxxpac

11-14-2002, 02:10 PM

Right now I'm just starting The Return Of The King.

peterparker

11-14-2002, 03:29 PM

Just started Bolivian Diary - Ernesto Che Guevara

Congerking

11-15-2002, 01:51 AM

i am going to start LOTR Trilogy

mofopott

11-15-2002, 03:35 PM

Lotr -fellowship of the ring
Black House - stephen king & some other dude (not really enjoying it, put it down to start reading lotr!)

darkface

11-15-2002, 04:14 PM

Flowers For Algernon for my english class. It's actually not too bad either.

Scarface98.9

11-15-2002, 05:46 PM

I finished Choke, and will start Lullaby soon

Annie Hall

11-15-2002, 07:34 PM

Right now I am re-reading "A Widow for One Year" by John Irving. Perhaps it is not his most literary classic, but it certainly got me wrapped up in it. This is the second time I have read it, and I have not ceased loving it. This man can write a page with only words and a semi-colon...makes writing worth reading.

Gregorious8

11-16-2002, 08:41 PM

I just started reading Survivor by Chuck P.

blitzkrieg

11-16-2002, 10:37 PM

D-Day: June 6, 1944, The Climactic Battle of World War II
You Don't Know Me (very odd and funny, mainly a teen-young adult book)
Wanting to read/will read:
Slaughterhouse V
The Longest Day
Warriors of God (biographies of Saladin and Richard the Lionheart, and their roles in the Crusades)
The Unfinished Tales by Christopher Tolkien

Congerking

11-17-2002, 11:11 PM

I just got a copy of HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN today. and guess what, I finished it today too. I have not read the first two, but have seen the movie. and after reading the third book, I am probably going to read the 4th in the next 2 days. it was amazing.

dpf3737

11-18-2002, 02:18 PM

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

SenorSpielbergo

11-18-2002, 08:32 PM

Animal Farm, The Two Towers, & Gangs of New York

Fettdog

11-20-2002, 07:08 AM

Nearly finished Mandrake by Paul Eddy - follow up to his debut Flint last year. A good thriller with a female main character.

After that I've got From A Buick 8 by Stephen King and The Two Towers lined up.

JivaFox

11-20-2002, 03:27 PM

I read two books at a time. (Don't ask!)

Right now I'm reading:

The Fellowship of the Ring - J.R.R. Tolkien

and

Thrill! - Jackie Collins

The Professional

11-20-2002, 05:03 PM

Crime And Punishment by Fydor Dostyevsky
The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Ms. Wyoming by Douglas Coupland

The Professional

11-20-2002, 05:05 PM

Originally posted by silentasylum
killing pablo- mark bowden

non-fiction book.find it interesting as hell.

i saw the tv report version of this on cnn a while back and have read black hawk down by the same author. should give this a read sometime.

EdibleCannibalX

11-20-2002, 05:10 PM

im approximately 200 pages away from finishing the great and secret show (clive barker)
then im gonna read catcher in the rye

Mick

11-20-2002, 05:25 PM

I'm just past the halfway mark of Don Delillo's Underworld. I thought I'd be finished it by now, oh well.

Can't say it's really grabbed my attention so far. Gonna pick up LULLABY soon.

blitzkrieg

11-20-2002, 08:26 PM

Oh yea, for no reason today I got One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, so I guess Ill read that for now.

The Professional

11-21-2002, 10:44 AM

Originally posted by Mick
I'm just past the halfway mark of Don Delillo's Underworld.

how is it? i have Don Delillo's Libra but i havent read it yet.

Mick

11-21-2002, 04:10 PM

I picked it up basically because of a quote on the "Choke" cover by Bret Easton Ellis ("Maybe our generation has found its Don Delillo")

I suppose there are some similarities. The only thing I don't really like about it is that some of the characters are really uninteresting, and ruin all the momentum. I guess it'd be OK if I was taking time to read it at decent lengths, but as I'm reading in short spells (on buses (bloody students) and lunch breaks) I'm not getting very far; and all the switching between different characters and decades - well, it can be a pain in the ass.

I'm going to finish it next week, reading at home. So hopefully it'll be a bit more enjoyable. I'll post a proper, although probably still crappy, analysis of it when I've finished it; and learned to stop rambling on so much.

jackson13

11-21-2002, 05:45 PM

I finished Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk, it was good and I recommend it to fans of his.
Today when I returned it to the library, I picked up Choke. It's been awhile since I read it.

Morgana

11-29-2002, 12:33 PM

The New Sufferings of Young W, by Ulrich Plenzdorf

Of all the books I had to read for my degree in college, this one is by far my favorite and always a joy to reread. A hilarious parody of Goethe's The Sufferings of Young Werther.

peterparker

11-29-2002, 04:41 PM

Just started to read No Logo by Naomi Klein

Moviefan1234

11-29-2002, 06:01 PM

I recently started "The Eighth Day Of The Week" by Alfred Coppel.

SenorSpielbergo

11-29-2002, 11:23 PM

I just finished Animal Farm and I'm going to try and read The Two Towers before the movie comes out.

JivaFox

11-30-2002, 11:13 AM

I finished Thrill! and am now reading The Love Killers, it's quite an interesting book...

dh1989

11-30-2002, 07:08 PM

I am currently re-reading The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Its my sixth time, I believe, reading it.

Gollum

11-30-2002, 07:35 PM

Wow, I've only read it three times!!!

;)

Jerk Shapiro

12-01-2002, 04:53 PM

The Shining by Stephen King.

jackson13

12-02-2002, 11:09 PM

I finished Choke today so now Im reading Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk. I havent read it in a year so I figure its time to read it again.

The Other

12-02-2002, 11:56 PM

I read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone again over the period of Saturday Night and Sunday morning (last time I read it was about 2 years ago). Than last night and tonight I was re-reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (again, last time I read it was 2 years ago). I ended after chapter 14 tonight, so when I start again tomorrow I'll be on chapter 15..."Aragog".

:D

Annie Hall

12-04-2002, 08:57 PM

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil...no way to not enjoy the book...after seeing the flick, who can help but picture Spacey as one of the leads? :)

the night watchman

12-06-2002, 12:21 AM

"Nazareth Hill" by Ramsey Campbell
"Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Just finished yesterday "Lynch on Lynch" by Chris Rodley and (natch) David Lynch

syxxpac

12-06-2002, 02:48 PM

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

SenorSpielbergo

12-10-2002, 11:20 PM

I've just finished Cujo and I've started on It by STEPHEN KING

Moviefan1234

12-11-2002, 03:46 AM

"Subterranean" by James Rollins

bankholdup

12-11-2002, 02:28 PM

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Bugress.

Should take me a while to read since I read it during my 5th period Graphic Arts Tech class instead of doing all of my work. The NADSAT language is a bit annoying, but I love the movie so I'm giving the book a shot. After this, I plan to read The Godfather. I am basically only into "movie-books".

peterparker

12-25-2002, 11:34 AM

Fight Club - Chuck Palanhiuk
and
M.K. Gandhi - An Autobiography

the night watchman

12-25-2002, 11:54 AM

Originally posted by peterparker
Fight Club - Chuck Palanhiuk
and
M.K. Gandhi - An Autobiography

Nice combo. ;)

Jerk Shapiro

12-25-2002, 02:34 PM

The Hobbit

James Logan

12-26-2002, 09:28 AM

Vladimir Propp's essays about traditional fantasy tales. Good theoritical stuff...

Romero&Juliet

12-26-2002, 03:20 PM

I'm Reading Ayn rand's the fountainhead... I got it for xmas and I've been reading it ever since. Im REALLLLLLY getting into it.

Moviefan1234

12-27-2002, 10:20 AM

I just started "Andromeda Strain" by Michael Crichton.

Jess

12-27-2002, 08:03 PM

I'm reading If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Mr. Bruce Campbell; Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King; The Books of Blood vol.1-3 by Clive Barker and The Lord of the Flies for english class.

Nate6

12-27-2002, 08:40 PM

I'm currently reading David McCullough's so-far great John Adams, and I'll be starting John Katzenbach's Hart's War afterwards.

Gollum

12-28-2002, 04:19 PM

Just started:

"DARK TOWER: The Gunslinger" by Stephen King

Mick

12-28-2002, 07:43 PM

just started Chuck's latest offering, having read the rest of the stuff he's had published.

blankpage

12-28-2002, 11:26 PM

I just finished reading, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. Now I am going back to STUPID WHITE MEN.

The Young Son

01-06-2003, 06:16 AM

Just finished "Talon of the Silver Hawk" by Raymond E. Feist.

Asokan

01-06-2003, 08:33 AM

Just finished "The Godfather" by Mario Puzo. There were too many subplots and rather unnecessarily bloated secondary characters. Francis Ford Coppola did a great job adapting it, as it's brilliant in places and overall effective, but has its rather uninteresting gaps.

Ren Hoek

01-07-2003, 06:36 PM

just PERFECT for this forum: "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" by Michael Chabon.

it's about two buddies who create a comic strip about a Nazi-busting superhero in 1939. Little by little, their own lives and that of the coomic character intermingle... GREAT stuff!

Rated R

01-07-2003, 11:17 PM

Just finished The Talisman by Peter Straub and Stephen King

Currently I have six books lined up

House Of Leaves by Mark Danielewski
A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
Gerald's Game By Stephen King
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

Annie Hall

01-08-2003, 12:21 PM

I'm currently reading The 158 Pound Marriage by John Irving.

Coming up on Annie Hall's big list of books:

100 Years of Solitude
The Belljar
High Fidelity

Sugar Magnolia

01-08-2003, 03:34 PM

"Life, The Universe and Everything" by Douglas Adams. Part of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series.

Moviefan1234

01-08-2003, 04:21 PM

"Excavation" by James Rollins.

thebloodfeaster

01-09-2003, 01:36 PM

Originally posted by EdibleCannibalX
im approximately 200 pages away from finishing the great and secret show (clive barker)

Cool man, that's actually next on my list. Right now I'm reading Coldheart Canyon by Barker. It's really excellent to.

thebloodfeaster

01-09-2003, 01:38 PM

Originally posted by RenHoek
just PERFECT for this forum: "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" by Michael Chabon.

it's about two buddies who create a comic strip about a Nazi-busting superhero in 1939. Little by little, their own lives and that of the coomic character intermingle... GREAT stuff!

I read that for my contemporary literature class last spring. I thought it was pretty good, but lost some steam in the latter part of it. They're supposedly making a movie of this.

peterparker

01-10-2003, 11:09 AM

The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis

and

Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk

Mad Maggot

01-10-2003, 11:24 AM

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

The Silence Of The Lambs by Thomas Harris

can't stop re-reading good books!

bankholdup

01-12-2003, 05:31 PM

Just picked up Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk. Read 50 pages today, off to a good start.

SubMethod

01-13-2003, 12:01 AM

Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Annie Hall

01-15-2003, 07:31 AM

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

So far it is not nearly as morbid as one would expect, it's witty and believeable. Now, I know that it will get worse as the story goes on, but I agree with the foreward, it is very humorous at first.

Romero&Juliet

01-15-2003, 10:59 AM

oo~! The Bell Jar is such a fantastic read. I think I blew a seam laughing...! Unfourtunately, its a VERY misunderstood one. Most people tend to make assumptions on what Plath was trying to say by taking into account what happened to her in the last leg of her life.

Interesting Trivia! Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon (of Sonic Youth) bought a house in upstate New York where Sylvia plath would retreat when she was having problems with her husband, Ted Hughes.

XCoRyX

01-17-2003, 01:31 AM

i'm currently reading of mice and men and bunny modern in school...well,atleast for a few minutes before i daze off into hibernation.

dpf3737

01-17-2003, 11:01 AM

I am currently reading H.P. Lovecraft, Volume 1. Wow, i never read any Lovecraft before, and so far "The Dunwitch Horror" is my favorite story.

The Shootin Surgeon

01-19-2003, 10:41 AM

I'm currently reading CHILDREN OF DUNE, the third book in the DUNE CHRONICLES by FRANK HERBERT.

I have to admit that up to now, it's the one I got engaged into the least. I have about 25 pages left to read and I can't say as it gripped me as much the previous two installments, DUNE and DUNE MESSIAH.

I just got off a marathon LORD OF THE RINGS READ in which I read the entire thing in under a month. Fantastic book, I had never read it.

TSS

Kucha

01-19-2003, 10:54 AM

Hmm Im reading

Red Dragon

SubMethod

01-19-2003, 01:19 PM

Well, I'm starting Pride and Prejudice for my English class.

Dude

01-19-2003, 05:51 PM

Recently completed:

Servant of the Bones: (Fiction-supernatural). 7/10

A Simple Plan: (Fiction-Drama) 9/10 (Movie was good, book blew me away)

Slander: (Non-Fiction-political) Tired of having the Media spoon feed you your politics as TRUTH? Read this.... like being hypnotized by Katie Couric and Dan Rather.... stay away. 9/10

Bias: A CBS insider tells all (Non Fiction-political) Again, an insiders account of how the media Is biased and radically left.... told by a Liberal which makes it even more compelling. 8/10

The New Thought Police: (Non fiction-everything) again, if you want the truth, and feel you're not getting it.... this one is also an insiders account of exactly what the title says.... again, one would think this is coming from a right winger... but guess again... this intriguing book is written by a lesbian feminist liberal who is sick and tired of her "sides" willingness to subvert truth in order to get their point across. You may or may not agree with her opinions, but her willingness to debate without using LIES will impress the most right winger out there. 8/10

The Final Hour: (Non Fiction-religious) chronicals supernatural events occuring around the world regarding the need for makind to have a return toward christianity. If you like stuff about miraculous events such as Medjugore, Lourdes, Fatima, etc, you'll like this account of recent supernatural activity. If you're agnostic, you may be interested as well... atheist... but deep down still questioning.. check it out... total anti-christian, anti-faith etc... then hey, more bashing material for ya. 8/10

I read a lot.... not as much as I watch movies... but it's up there.:)

Dignan

01-19-2003, 06:23 PM

The Tomb by F. Paul Wilson.
A great novel and yes, it features my favorite literary character Repairman Jack.

SIREN30

01-24-2003, 09:53 AM

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (for the 15th time)
Rogue Planet by Greg Bear (a Star Wars book, ok so far)

I usually have a third one going too but I'm lazy this week.

Mick

01-24-2003, 10:01 AM

The Return Of The King

bankholdup

01-24-2003, 01:59 PM

Just finished up 'Survivor' by Chuck Palahniuk yesterday. An amazing book. Still haven't decided what to read next.

Moviefan1234

01-24-2003, 04:34 PM

"Airframe" by Michael Crichton

SubMethod

01-26-2003, 07:06 PM

Today I picked up Ken Kesey's One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

bob

01-26-2003, 07:43 PM

Right now I'm reading "The Joy Luck Club" for school. It's well written, I guess, but I hate books where people suffer, so it's kind of a compromise. Also, all the male characters (so far) are underwritten, so there's really no one for me to identify with.

Mad Maggot

01-27-2003, 04:46 AM

Recently started reading early Mark Twain's stories

RobertAndres

01-27-2003, 03:59 PM

The Shadow of Tyburn Tree: A Roger Brook Spy Adventure by
Dennis Wheatley

Moviefan1234

01-30-2003, 04:23 PM

"Band Of Brothers" by Stephen E. Ambrose

Ren Hoek

01-30-2003, 04:53 PM

Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr (nearly finished)

Batman: The Long Halloween - Loeb/Sale (nearly finished)

The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen

Gregorious8

01-31-2003, 12:27 AM

"Not idley do the leaves of Lorien Fall"

LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS

It's for my english class, but I've been wanting to read it for awhile.

Ren Hoek

01-31-2003, 01:32 AM

Originally posted by Gregorious8
"Not idley do the leaves of Lorien Fall"

LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS

It's for my english class, but I've been wanting to read it for awhile.

WTF??? You HAVE TO read Lord of the Rings for your English class? Wow, I had to read 'crap' like Lord of the Flies and MacBeth when I was in school... you know... I'm just a little bit jealous. You must have a really cool English teacher ;)

SubMethod

02-02-2003, 09:08 PM

Today I picked up:

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby and have already started it. I also picked up Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh, and it's next on my list.

PrettyInPink

02-03-2003, 06:03 PM

I have just finished THE BEACH. I have got to say, ive not seen the film and i know im gonna be disapointed if i do cause the book was so bloody good.

Ive got Martina Cole "THE RUNAWAY" to start now, which im looking forward to.

I also hear Jackie Collins has just published a new book. I just have to read all her trashy, bitchy, sexy gossip. It is absolute bliss to lie on a beach in the sun with Jackie Collins to entertain you.
Im off to book my holls when i get the book.

Ren Hoek

02-03-2003, 06:07 PM

Cronenberg on Cronenberg, conversations with my fav Canadian director, edited by Chris Rodley. Highly recommended!

the night watchman

02-03-2003, 06:11 PM

I'm going to have to pick that up soon. Cronenberg is easily one of my top three or four favorite directors. What films does the book cover?

Ren Hoek

02-03-2003, 06:22 PM

There are two editions: the old one covers everything up to 1993 (Naked Lunch/M. Butterfly), the new edition also includes stuff about Crash and the whole controversy surrounding the film. Of course I recommend the new edition...

the night watchman

02-03-2003, 06:51 PM

Surely. I'll make sure I get that one. Thanks.

freakandgeek

02-04-2003, 05:03 AM

book number 5 of 'series of unfortunate events'

i love this series:cool:

KillerKlown

02-04-2003, 08:04 AM

American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis.

SubMethod

02-04-2003, 08:53 PM

I started Trainspotting today. It's going to take me little bit to get used to the language but I like it so far.

Jason Voorhees

02-05-2003, 12:34 AM

I'm about half way through Bruce Campbell's If Chins could kill: Confessions of a B-movie actor.

It's been an excellent, thoroughly enjoyable read so far.

Jewbo

02-05-2003, 05:04 AM

catcher in the rye and it fast becoming the best book i've ever read.

KillerKlown

02-05-2003, 06:17 AM

Originally posted by SubMethod
I started Trainspotting today. It's going to take me little bit to get used to the language but I like it so far.

If you need help translating any of the words, give me a shout! :D

platanero79

02-05-2003, 06:21 AM

Joblo.com presents The 50 coolest Movies of all time

Sugar Magnolia

02-05-2003, 03:00 PM

Mike Nelson's Mind Over Matters, it's hilarious so far.

SubMethod

02-05-2003, 05:35 PM

Originally posted by KillerKlown75
If you need help translating any of the words, give me a shout! :D

I really will if I need to. But it even came with a glossary in the back for all of us stupid Americans.

KillerKlown

02-05-2003, 06:28 PM

Originally posted by SubMethod
I really will if I need to. But it even came with a glossary in the back for all of us stupid Americans.

Really? Wow, I've never seen that in an Irvine Welsh book before. In fact, the only book I've ever seen a glossary in was Frank Herbert's Dune.......What a weird read that was!

SubMethod

02-06-2003, 12:00 AM

I didn't happen to see if any other of Welsh's books had the glossary. I have a copy printed after the movie was made, so that probably has something to do with it. Americans saw the movie and decided to read the book but they couldnt understand it.

platanero79

02-07-2003, 04:29 PM

Animal Farm by George orwell

peterparker

02-08-2003, 10:07 AM

Full Circle - Michael Palin

Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton

thebloodfeaster

02-08-2003, 03:52 PM

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

platanero79

02-10-2003, 04:08 AM

Twelve angry men

TheMovieMinor

02-10-2003, 06:13 PM

"Nature" and "Walking" by Emerson and HD Thoreau. Excellent books so far. Very interesting according to what nature and what living really means. Of course, Im the enviromental type too. soo...yeah.

Mark 2-11

peterparker

02-22-2003, 02:43 PM

Funky Business by Jonas Ridderstrale and Kjelle Nordstrom

and

Captain America - To Serve and Protect

MarkItZero

02-24-2003, 09:48 AM

Tashimingo Blues by Elmore Leonard. And its awesome. Needs to be made into a movie right away. I think the character Robert is tailor made for Sam Jackson to play. But maybe I just think that because Jackson has done a Leonard movie before.

quoth_the_raven

02-24-2003, 10:07 AM

Deep Six-Clive Cussler.

great action adventure novel :) dirk pitt is the nautical James Bond.

thebloodfeaster

02-24-2003, 12:10 PM

Carrie by Stephen King

and

Tapping the Vein graphic novel by Clive Barker

Asokan

02-24-2003, 02:21 PM

Finished reading Trevanian's splendid THE SUMMER OF KATYA.

Just begun Oscar Wilde's DORIAN GRAY. That book is already so gaaaay! ;)

Sugar Magnolia

02-24-2003, 03:36 PM

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

the night watchman

02-24-2003, 03:47 PM

Great book! Hilarious and insightful. I prefer it
to Kubrick's movie (which I liked a lot).

bob

02-24-2003, 05:53 PM

Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton (major snorefest, had to read it for school).

And I'm always reading a couple pages from:

Getting Even by Woody Allen
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

blankpage

02-24-2003, 05:55 PM

I am reading Charlie Kaufman's script for Adaptation.. I know it's not really a book, but still a great read!

Jason Voorhees

02-24-2003, 07:31 PM

Christopher Pike's "See You Later." After I finish that, I'll probably begin Dean Koontz's "One Door away from Heaven."

Gregorious8

02-25-2003, 11:24 PM

Andromeda Strain

read it in one day for school. Pretty damn good book!

thebloodfeaster

02-26-2003, 01:10 AM

Under the Black Flag - The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates by David Cordingly

I just started it but it seems like it's going to be very interesting.

quoth_the_raven

02-26-2003, 03:48 PM

another clive cussler

dragon this one is called.

adamjohnson

02-26-2003, 04:08 PM

Lord of the Rings.

Again.

the night watchman

02-26-2003, 04:45 PM

"Captains Outrageous" - Joe R. Lansdale

scottish-movie-freak

02-26-2003, 04:58 PM

Currently I'm reading Tell No One by Harlan Coben (I started it 3 weeks ago but still haven't finshed it, I'm never normally this slow)

And then I'm going to movie on to Morvern Callar by Alan Warner!

The Shootin Surgeon

02-27-2003, 10:31 AM

just finisshed The Hobbit last week.

I'm on my 3rd reading of Dostoyevsky's The Gambler now.

Lindsey

02-27-2003, 05:04 PM

Right now I'm reading Go Ask Alice. I have to read it for my English class.

Kaos

02-27-2003, 06:34 PM

Currently reading my all time favorite series by David and Leigh Eddings. The Belgariad(5 books), The Malloreon(5 books), Belgarath The Sorcerer(1 book), Polgara The Sorceress(1 book), and The Rivan Codex(1 book). I highly recomend this series to and magic, D&D, or fantasy fan.

jackson13

02-27-2003, 09:57 PM

I started The Tommyknockers tonight. My friend gave it to me. Shes in a book club and gets all of SK's books in hardcover, so shes gonna start giving me all of her paperback copies. And she has almost all of his books so I'm gonna have quite the collection after awhile. Shes so cool!

Moviefan1234

02-28-2003, 07:46 AM

"SSN" by Tom Clancy

Jason Voorhees

02-28-2003, 11:56 AM

Stephen King's Hearts in Atlantis. I began reading it earlier today. I'm liking it a lot so far.

Jackson13, let us know what think of The Tommyknockers after you finish it, if you wouldn't mind.

peterparker

02-28-2003, 01:35 PM

Congo - Michael Crichton

spacemonkey

02-28-2003, 02:00 PM

Right now Im reading Requiem for a Dream.

SubMethod

03-01-2003, 05:28 PM

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Scarface98.9

03-01-2003, 11:04 PM

V for Vendetta by Alan Moore

peterparker

03-02-2003, 09:47 AM

Lone Wolf 2100, Shadows on Saplings - Mike Kennedy

peterparker

03-12-2003, 10:25 AM

Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahiuk

jackson13

03-12-2003, 10:57 AM

I gave up on Tommyknockers. It was to bleeding boring. Right now im reading Christopher Pikes "Weekend". Should be done with it tommorow or friday as I read through his books pretty quickly.

the night watchman

03-12-2003, 05:26 PM

David Cronenberg: A Delicate Balance - Peter Morris

Annie Hall

03-12-2003, 08:13 PM

I started Anna Karenina by Tolstoy last night...we shall see how that one goes.

Jason Voorhees

03-12-2003, 08:15 PM

Originally posted by Jason Voorhees
Christopher Pike's "See You Later." After I finish that, I'll probably begin Dean Koontz's "One Door away from Heaven."

I just finished Stephen King's Hearts in Atlantis, so now I'll probably begin reading "One Door away from Heaven."

I haven't read anything by Koontz in a while, so I'm hoping to be surprised.

Jackson13, I feel the same way. I finished the book, though. In retrospect, I probably should've just put it down halfway through...

jackson13

03-12-2003, 10:15 PM

Jason - I tried to keep reading the book but like I said it was too damn boring. I couldnt keep focused. With Pike's books im always entertained, the man writes good stories what can I say?

Ren Hoek

03-12-2003, 10:43 PM

This is Orson Welles by Orson Welles and Peter Bogdanovich. Intriguing stuff from one of the world's best filmmakers... highly recommended! :)

Kaos

03-13-2003, 01:31 AM

Originally posted by jackson13
Jason - I tried to keep reading the book but like I said it was too damn boring. I couldnt keep focused. With Pike's books im always entertained, the man writes good stories what can I say?

Hell yes he did! I wonder what happened to him. I've not seen anything new from him in a long while.

PorcheRacer

03-13-2003, 09:29 AM

Bag Of Bones by Stephen King.

peterparker

03-13-2003, 10:13 AM

Beloved - Toni Morrison

Ren Hoek

03-14-2003, 11:42 AM

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson ...fuckin outrageous! :D

notchreturns

03-14-2003, 09:51 PM

Bill Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Damned Martian

03-15-2003, 10:47 AM

Dan Simmons' Summer of Night

Gollum

03-16-2003, 02:07 AM

finished NIGHT by Elie Wiesel

now, I'm starting on ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST

Sugar Magnolia

03-16-2003, 09:49 AM

Originally posted by Gollum
finished NIGHT by Elie Wiesel

Hey, me too. I had to read it for my history class.

Moviefan1234

03-16-2003, 10:00 AM

Originally posted by Sugar Magnolia
Hey, me too. I had to read it for my history class.

I read it for English class last year. It's a great book!

MickeyKnox

03-16-2003, 06:31 PM

Dharma Bums by. Jack Kerouac

the night watchman

03-17-2003, 06:50 PM

Just started the Mammoth Book anthology Tales from the Road edited by Maxim Jakubowski & M. Christain. Excerpts from Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" and Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" are featured alongside short stories and pieces by Hunter S. Thomason, J. G. Ballard, Michael Moorcock, and Tom Piccirilli.

Ripper

03-17-2003, 07:29 PM

A darkness more than night by Micheal Connelly

Damned Martian

03-18-2003, 06:15 AM

Diggers by Terry Pratchett

Mad Maggot

03-18-2003, 08:34 AM

Gone With The Wind

DescendingAngel

03-18-2003, 12:31 PM

the vampire armand by anne rice

jackson13

03-18-2003, 07:38 PM

I just finished "Weekend" by Christopher Pike and today I started "Chain Letter" by Christopher Pike. Im revisiting my teen years. I mean, earlier teen years. Only have 1 teen year left.

Damned Martian

03-19-2003, 08:07 AM

I'm starting "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

no, I hadn't read it yet :o

MarkItZero

03-19-2003, 09:02 AM

Just started

Brad Metzler: The Tenth Justice

I read another one of his books, The First Counsel, that I thought was pretty good. SO far this one has been pretty cheesy. Hopefully it gets better.

MarkItZero

03-19-2003, 09:07 AM

I see there are some other schmoes reading some good books as well.

Ren: Fear and Loathing is great, it is unbelivable all of things that those guys ingested into their bodies and still survived.

Gollum: One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest was really good as well. I also hear that they made a movie of it that is supposed to be decent ;)

Mickey: Id be interested to hear how you thought Dharma Bums is. Ive only read On The Road, which I liked so I have been meaning to pick up another of his books.

Night Watchman: That sounds interesting, I may have to look into that.

SubMethod

03-20-2003, 06:40 PM

Yesterday at a book swap I picked up about ten John Updike works for about 2.50. I've read a few of his short stories before and really liked them, and these were only .25 a piece so I figured I might as well get them. Today I'm starting...

The Centaur

I'm also going to make a trip to Barnes and Noble and pick up a copy of Ulysses. I've been wanting to read it for a long time and I'm going to finally.

SubMethod

03-20-2003, 09:11 PM

Well, the only copies they had of Ulysses were too expensive for me to get today, I had to settle with getting Dubliners, and a copy of The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.

quoth_the_raven

03-21-2003, 04:56 AM

shockwave, by clive cussler.

its good stuff :D:D

the night watchman

03-22-2003, 01:38 AM

The Artist as Monster: The Cinema of David Cronenberg - William Beard

Regardless of how I'll feel about the book, this has got to be one of my all time favorite titles. :cool:

EoghainFOKeeffe

03-23-2003, 06:23 AM

Right now I'm reading DEMON SEED by Dean Koontz. This is his new version of DEMON SEED - apparently it's very different from the earlier version which he said made him cringe. I'm enjoying it so far. I've never been a fan of Koontz but I still read him now and then and sometimes I really enjoy him - I loved WATCHERS, MR MURDER and HOUSE OF THUNDER. I had very high hopes for NIGHT CHILLS but found it very difficult to get through it - it just didn't suck me in at all and I gave up halfway through. I was indifferent to most of his other books. I think DEMON SEED is going to be one of my favourite Koontz's.

The last book I read was PLAYLAND by John Gregory Dunne. It's about an old woman who was once the biggest child movie star in the world. It's a bit like SUNSET BOULEVARD crossed with CASINO. Intrigued? I know I was! And the book more than lived up to my expectations. Trivia fans might be interested to know that John Gregory Dunne is the uncle of Dominique Dunne - she played the older girl in POLTERGEIST and she was tragically killed by a crazy boyfriend when she was only 22.

Before that I read UNDERDOGS. Strangely, I can't remember the authors name (Rob Ryan, maybe?) - I think it's because I've read so many books over the past few months that I finish them before I have a chance to remember the writers name! This book was pretty good - it's a modern day version of 'Alice in Wonderland' with the story revolving around a crazed criminal who kidnaps a girl and takes her into the underworld of Seattle - 'Alice in Wonderland' fans will have fun spotting all the Lewis Carroll references and in-jokes. There was a fire in Seattle hundreds of years ago, you see, and the modern city is built over the ruins of the old city. So an entire 19th Century city still exists under Seattle. UNDERDOGS was a really good premise marred by too many characters and too many subplots. Still, I enjoyed it.

EoghainFOKeeffe

03-23-2003, 06:26 AM

When I finish DEMON SEED I'm going to read PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS AN OLD MAN by Joseph Heller. The last Heller book I read was SOMETHING HAPPENED and I loved it. I think it appeals to the part of my mind that John Irving appeals to. I love those mammoth epic stories about family life - as long as they are interesting, of course.

bob

03-23-2003, 11:04 AM

I'm reading "Ministry of Fear" by Graham Greene right now. It's pretty good so far, but I'm only about 30 pages in.

Damned Martian

03-25-2003, 06:54 AM

Armadillo by William Boyd

It's being as good as Stars and Bars, even better perharps

arto_j

03-26-2003, 11:25 AM

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

Good schtuff....good schtuff indeed.

Damned Martian

03-26-2003, 01:04 PM

Originally posted by arto_j
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

Good schtuff....good schtuff indeed.

I've already read it. Funny book!

i recommend you to read more of those two authors, they're really good

quoth_the_raven

03-26-2003, 01:19 PM

waylander 2:in the realm of the wolf by David Gemmell

top quality fantasy :D

arto_j

03-26-2003, 02:02 PM

Originally posted by damned martian
I've already read it. Funny book!

i recommend you to read more of those two authors, they're really good

Yes, i've been recommended these particular authors, mostly by mr. James Logan, who's an avid fan.

I still like Douglas Adams more though, but I've only read 1/3 of a book by these guys, so the comparison limps a bit. Their styles are amazingly similar though.

MikeyB

03-28-2003, 07:57 PM

I just finished To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and before that Night by Elie Wiesel.

SubMethod

03-29-2003, 12:19 AM

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

wish me luck;)

EoghainFOKeeffe

03-29-2003, 04:09 AM

Right now I'm reading SNOWMAN by Graham Masterton. Masterton is an excellent, gory horror writer who never holds back. His books are full of extremely graphic violence and extremely graphic sex. SNOWMAN is, apparently, one of his 'young adult' books - but, so far, it seems very mature and graphic and it's made me cringe several times. This isn't your average, tame, harmless Point Horror book - this is an adult horror book that just happens to be marketed toward a younger audience.

The last book I read was PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST AS AN OLD MAN by Joseph Heller. It was great. Ignore all the bad reviews on Amazon.com - most of those people are idiots. You can tell because a lot of the reviews start off with words like, 'I don't not like books much but...' So you can see what kind of territory you're entering when you start to read THOSE reviews.

Trust me, the one- and two-star reviews on Amazon.com are nonsense - PORTRAIT is a 5-star book and it's a brilliant insight into the final days of one of the worlds best writers.

the night watchman

03-29-2003, 10:41 AM

I just started "Dark Cities Underground" by Lisa Goldstein. The title, cover art, description, and blurbs grabbed me. I'm always on the lookout for fantasy that isn't filled with elves and dragons and placed in a Middle Ages type setting; I'll just read Tolkein for that. But so far I'm pretty underwhelmed. The detail and description are at a bare minimum, the non-human entities act distinctly human (even to the point that when we first meet them they're sitting around a table with yellow legal pads in front of them), and the overall writing is bland, bland, bland. I'll keep plugging through though. Hopefully it'll grab me.

sicknesssoldier

03-30-2003, 01:02 AM

Just finished Damnation Game and Coldheart Canyon, both by Clive Barker. Highly recommend both books. Think next I'll pick up Neil Gaiman's new one.

EoghainFOKeeffe

03-30-2003, 05:47 AM

Originally posted by sicknesssoldier
Just finished Damnation Game and Coldheart Canyon, both by Clive Barker. Highly recommend both books. Think next I'll pick up Neil Gaiman's new one.

So COLDHEART CANYON is good? I'm glad to hear that because I was looking forward to reading it for quite some time. But then, when it came out, I heard so many people tell me that it's boring and slow that I never bothered to read it. It's just such a BIG book that you don't feel like reading it if you've been told by about 30 people that it's boring!

I'm especially interested in this book because it's a horror book set in Hollywood. I love horror, and I always like stories set in Hollywood because I lived there for about a year.

The Young Son

03-30-2003, 05:58 AM

Star Wars - Dark Journey

sicknesssoldier

03-30-2003, 11:23 AM

Yeah, Coldheart Canyon is far from boring. If you like Clive Barker you will definitely love this book. It does have a couple of slow sections, but most of Clive's books are like that. The slow sections are where he is delving into a character to make the character seem more realistic to the reader, which actually makes you care about the character. Definitely a good read.

quoth_the_raven

03-30-2003, 01:27 PM

Legend-David Gemmell.

possibly one of the best fantasy novels ever written. it would make a hell of a movie. the carnage...the sheer carnage, would make Helms Deep look like a 25 man riot in comparison

jackson13

03-30-2003, 03:36 PM

I picked up "Matchstick Men" at the library today. Figure I'd better check it out before I go see it at the theater this summer.

MacReady

03-31-2003, 07:25 PM

The Ontario's Driver's Manual and Jay Leno's Police Blotter

arto_j

04-01-2003, 09:28 AM

Douglas Adams' The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul

It's the only (translated) book by Adams that I haven't yet read...so I decided to do so. Love the guy.

Damned Martian

04-02-2003, 12:31 PM

Wings by Terry Pratchett, the last one of his trilogy of the gnomes

bowieee

04-02-2003, 06:05 PM

IT and its freaking me out.

the night watchman

04-02-2003, 06:28 PM

we all float down here, bowieee

peterparker

04-03-2003, 05:02 AM

Hagakure, The Book of the Samurai

Fettdog

04-03-2003, 07:50 AM

Just started Persuader by Lee Childs, the sixth of the Jack Reacher novels (which kick ass BTW). I also picked up Michael Connelly's new one Lost Light (the latest in the Harry Bosch series, which also kick ass :) ), and The Jester by James Patterson.

The best bit is I got them in a 3 for 2 offer at WH Smiths for th princely sum of £27 ($41) for three hardbacks! Sweet....... :)

EoghainFOKeeffe

04-03-2003, 09:48 AM

Right now, I'm reading THE PROMETHEUS DECEPTION by Robert Ludlum. It's the first non-Bourne Ludlum book I've read and it's just as good as the Bourne books. It's very exciting and, unlike Tom Clancy, Ludlum knows how to work his research into the plot without dragging it down. Tom Clancy is a writer for the sort of person who finds technical details as exciting as action, but Ludlum is a writer for people who like fast moving, violent, exciting thrillers.

sicknesssoldier

04-03-2003, 06:50 PM

I'm about to dig into Cabal by Clive Barker. Has anyone else read this one yet? It's one of the only Barker book I haven't read yet. Just curious if it's any good. Although I'm sure it is, I've liked all of his work so far.

the night watchman

04-03-2003, 07:07 PM

I liked "Cabal" quite a bit, although I was, strangely, very dissapointed by the movie - "Nightbreed" - which was written and directed by Barker himself. The movie follows the book pretty closely, but it doesn't have the book's feel. Don't know how that happened.

sicknesssoldier

04-03-2003, 07:38 PM

Thanks "night watchman", I've actually seen Nightbreed, I didn't realize that it followed along the same basic storyline of Cabal. I was somewhat disappointed with Nightbreed myself. Hopefully Cabal is better like you said.

EoghainFOKeeffe

04-04-2003, 02:58 AM

I read CABAL when I was about 13 and it was one of my favourite books at the time. It has a great sense of adventure and fantasy (not in a 'swords and sworcery' kind of way, but in a 'dreams and nightmares' kind of way), it's extremely gory and very erotic. You're definitely going to enjoy it.

Bryce Canyon

04-04-2003, 09:00 PM

Jennifer Government by Max Barry. Quite good and hilarious look at corporations ruling the world in the future.

sicknesssoldier

04-04-2003, 09:43 PM

Right on. Thanks

peterparker

04-06-2003, 08:52 AM

Origin (TPB) The Wolverine Story

RickySlade

04-06-2003, 12:50 PM

Stupid White Men by Yes everyones favorite user of the word fictious Michael Moore.

It's hillarious btw

Damned Martian

04-07-2003, 01:39 PM

The Drowning World by JG Ballard

TATU

04-07-2003, 03:35 PM

Marilyn Manson's wonderful autobiography.

syxxpac

04-08-2003, 02:27 PM

Dreamcatcher - I just finished it this morning and I must say how little of the final third of the book they actually kept in the movie. Way different. I'd say this is my second favorite King book behind IT. No, wait...waaaaay behind IT. Nothing beats IT. Nothing.

So for all you DC movie haters who like Stephen King, I'd still recommend the book.

Sigur509

04-10-2003, 02:55 PM

Its a book with 3 of Michael Crichton's books in it. Sphere, Congo, and Eaters of The Dead. Sphere is the best though.

Damned Martian

04-10-2003, 03:06 PM

Originally posted by Sigur509
Its a book with 3 of Michael Crichton's books in it. Sphere, Congo, and Eaters of The Dead. Sphere is the best though.

I prefer Eaters of the Dead.

I'm reading right now Meteor by John Wydham, in English. It includes four short stories (Meteor, Dumb Martian, Body and Soul, and Survival). First two are good.

Shatter

04-10-2003, 04:18 PM

I just finished Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. Excellent read, I highly reccomend it.

Damned Martian

04-11-2003, 07:16 AM

Originally posted by Shatter
I just finished Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. Excellent read, I highly reccomend it.

One of my favorite books 10/10!

Scarface98.9

04-12-2003, 09:48 PM

Batman: No Man's Land Volume 2. Been a great read so far with Volume 1

SLAW

04-12-2003, 09:50 PM

Originally posted by Scarface98.9
Batman: No Man's Land Volume 2. Been a great read so far with Volume 1

LOL. Kids. :D

The Young Son

04-14-2003, 06:51 AM

Just started "Star Wars - Rebel Dream".

EoghainFOKeeffe

04-14-2003, 10:29 AM

I just started THE MATARESE CIRCLE by Robert Ludlum. THE PROMETHEUS DECEPTION was so good that I had to start another Ludlum book as soon as I finished it! But I'm doing a lot of writing myself at the moment so my reading has slowed to a crawl.

Moviefan1234

04-15-2003, 05:54 PM

Started "The General's Daughter," by Nelson DeMille today.

The Young Son

04-19-2003, 08:36 AM

Just started "Star Wars - Rebel Stand"

Damned Martian

04-19-2003, 09:29 AM

Started The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, for Joblo's Exclusive Book Club;)

Tweaky

04-20-2003, 06:05 PM

I'm starting Spine of the World- by R.A. Salvatore.

SubMethod

04-20-2003, 06:11 PM

Meeting Evil by Thomas Berger

It was blind buy at a 75% off book store. It's pretty good so far, very engrossing.

As soon as my copy of The Screwtape Letters gets here I'll be reading that for the book club though.

AngelaHayes

04-20-2003, 09:23 PM

Dreamcatcher - my mum picked it up for me (i actually asked her for Misery or IT but she said they didn't have them - more like she just saw this, that it was Stephen King & presumed i'd want to read it cos the movie's out!) It's ok though, she means well. I actually have never read a Stephen King novel before (at least not that i'm aware of), i think the closest i came to these sort of books was the Goosebumps series when i was about 8! J/K. Don't yell at me though, i'm gonna try and read this but i dunno if it's a good one to start with, seeing as its more recent. So far it seems like a bit of a "guy" book what with all the hunting and all (yeh i just finished reading Catcher In The Rye so excuse me if i sound a little Holden-ish). I usually like "guy-ish" movies, so maybe i'll like this, you never know. I haven't seen the movie yet and don't plan to till i've finished the book, in which case it'll prolly be at the video store (i'm a slow reader). OK i just realised how long-winded this reply is, sorry about that! Also thinking about reading American Psycho again cos i read The Rules Of Attraction (brilliant) a little while ago and it got me craving Patrick! Then I'm gonna try Naomi's Room!!! So i've got a lot to do!