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Taking a break with some Judge Dredd Mega-City Masters 03
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- CommentAuthorKPatrickGlover
- CommentTimeApr 28th 2011
Currently rereading a bunch of Donald Westlake stuff that I haven't picked up in a decade or so. Alternating between the comedic Dortmunder books and the pulpy Parker novels that he wrote under the Richard Stark pen name.
This is the one I've got open right now...
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- CommentAuthorgovernment spy
- CommentTimeApr 28th 2011
@Beamish
We were all just trading stories at the Worst Roommate Thread,Terrible Job Stories Thread, and the Embarrassing Stories of Life Thread. My tales are scattered in amongst several (hysterical) others, and someone suggested writing them all together in some fashion. -
Finished I am Legend last week. Damn you, Hollywood for having shit for brains and ruining perfect books!!
Currently reading No country for old men. -
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CommentAuthorHEY APATHY!
- CommentTimeApr 28th 2011 edited
I'm reading POOR FOLK and this little sentence just twisted me up so much with some sort of glorious misery that I have to share ...
No sooner had Father died than his creditors appeared before us as if they had sprung up from the ground; they hurled themselves upon us in a crowd. -
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Just finished re-reading Pattern Recognition, which has inspired me to have another crack at writing cyberpunk. Now reading All The Pretty Horses, by Cormac McCarthy. Really beautiful stuff.
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Eric Brown's KINGS OF ETERNITY, which is very good.
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Still working my way thru Heart of Darkness, but took some time off to lighten the mood with Peter & Max by Bill Willingham. Peter & Max was a bit of a disappointment. The core story was good, but the pacing was uneven and the prose was pretty clunky. Worth the read, but I'm not sure if I'd pick up another.
Also read A Tale of Three Kings by Gene Edwards, thanks to a gift from my sister. It's a parable of sorts about the biblical kings Saul, David, and Absalom. Low-key and thought-provoking if you grew up in an activist Christian family. Not that it changed my mind in any way about Christianity, but it did give me more hope that the real Christians will pass through Leviticanism and come out the other side as what they really ought to be. -
Started Kim Newman's ANNO DRACULA out of curiosity and it's very well written and terribly enjoyable.
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- CommentAuthorian holloway
- CommentTimeMay 4th 2011
just bought it ^ myself along with The Boys: highland laddie. -
- CommentAuthorian holloway
- CommentTimeMay 4th 2011
now it's 4 hours later and I've just finished Highland Laddie. Phenomenal. The Boys just keeps getting better and better and better. -
- CommentAuthorJamie Heron
- CommentTimeMay 4th 2011 edited
I'm currently reading 'The Stars My Destination' by Alfred Bester. I'm pleasantly surprised at how good it is, though it also manages to feel rather old, like I imagine sci-fi published in the 50's to be. And I've read practically no sci-fi published in the 50's, go me. -
Jamie, you meant Bester, not Wester I think.
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- CommentAuthorJamie Heron
- CommentTimeMay 5th 2011
@nigredo: Bah, when the edit function finally works for me, you'll be the one to look the fool, I swear it! -
Reading Darwinina by Robert Charles Wilson. Welcome to the european jungle!
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CommentAuthorWarped Savant
- CommentTimeMay 5th 2011
Trying to read The Kraken still, having a hard time getting into it. So instead of been catching up on trades that I have sitting around the house. -
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CommentAuthorinfomancer
- CommentTimeMay 5th 2011
Just finished Gibson's Virtual Light, which was enjoyable. It satisfied a sudden cyberpunk craving.
Just started Duncan's Vellum, which is apparently a very polarizing book. On its Amazon page, reviews seem to come in either the five-star or one-star variety. I'm fifty pages in and liking it so far. Most one star reviews seemed to find it too experimental and difficult to follow, but I'm finding that compared to true experimental prose, Vellum practically holds your hand. -
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@ Jamie Heron
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- CommentAuthorjustinpickard
- CommentTimeMay 5th 2011 edited
Thus far this year, I've tackled Michael Chabon's Kavalier and Clay, Hannu Rajaniemi's The Quantum Thief, Francis Spufford's Red Plenty and Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad. All were good, but the last two were excellent (and made me cry). -
Started EMBASSYTOWN, the latest by China Mieville.