What Book Did You Read Last Night??? (7 Viewers)

[Denny Oubidoux]

i dunno what to make of de lillo. obviously there's no denying his gift for language but his books leave me cold. this was no different until the last 20 pages or so which were truly gut wrenching stuff

when he's good he's great (White Noise, Underworld) but otherwise ive found him middling to maddening. i read Falling Man a few months ago and thought it wasnt too bad. i dont recall anything at all about the last 20 pages though. what happened there again?

Ratner's Star is hateful

 

[David Kronenbourg]

i dont recall anything at all about the last 20 pages though. what happened there again?

descriptions of inside the towers and on board the plane when it struck.

 

[Lili Marlene]

I'm reading some Kafka at the moment

it's very Kafka-esque

 

[Lili Marlene]

ok, I didn't just type that

 

[snoopywaves]

Just shy of 700 pages into Infinite Jest. Refreshingly easy read for something the size of the moon.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

about to start this. any use? my first philip k. dick novel. don't usually like science fiction books

 

[piratecore]

i agree, a fine read. 1006 pages and not a boring one amongst them. the last 300 or so pages got quite exciting.

bloody fantastic book, loved all the historical madness of the napoleonic war in it. got it for my da for his birthday and he thought it was shite the philistine

 

[Anarcho Munk]

about to start this. any use? my first philip k. dick novel. don't usually like science fiction books

Phillip K Dick is amazing. Go for it.

 

[Cryptid]

Yeah, I agree. He was never going to win the Pulitzer but the ideas in his books are totally out there, sometimes to the point at which it makes no sense at all. The stories get progressively crazier as they go along. Ubik is probably my favorite, although it's not to everyone's taste.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

wasn't really digging that dick novel so i've put it aside for the moment. probably pick it back up again at some stage.

got this from the library. read it a while back but some PRICK! who posts on here nicked my copy. anyway a really beautiful albeit harrowing read. reminds me of denis johnson's early work

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

bloody fantastic book, loved all the historical madness of the napoleonic war in it. got it for my da for his birthday and he thought it was shite the philistine

i can see why people wouldnt like it alright, with all the stylistic tricks etc. still though

 

[hermie]

lately I've read:

superb

very good, surprisingly funny

not really as good as i was expecting

enjoyable, although the author's style grates at times

now onto:

 

[Wobbler]

On this at the moment. Brilliant.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Gloriana by Michael Moorcock

Excellent, but the ending was gammy (the original ending as well as the later reviesed ending, both shite)

 

[rettucs]

started reading Lolita by Nabokov the other day. Really struggling to get into it. He writes well for a non-native speaker, but he doesn't really say much. Just these long, rambling passages that nothing much happens in.

This could be my first abandon since Proust......

This was only ok in the end I reckon. The story kept me interested. It was good. But it could have been better. His writing style really put me off though. Needlessly convoluted, and his asides and procrastination was hard to follow at times.

Anyway, I started 'The Virgin Suicides' by Eugenides the other night and can't put it down. Its excellent. A little depressing but the interesting narrative style keeps it from getting overly so. Loving it so far anyway.

 

[Mormon Nailer]

On this at the moment. Brilliant.

Great book.

 

[Wobbler]

Anyway, I started 'The Virgin Suicides' by Eugenides the other night and can't put it down. Its excellent. A little depressing but the interesting narrative style keeps it from getting overly so. Loving it so far anyway.

Have you read Middlesex? One of the best things I've read recently. Must read Virgin Suicides.

 

[Wobbler]

Great book.

Big time. I can't help but wonder how similiar our farming indusrty is to the one in the States. Do our beef cattle still eat grass?

 

[rettucs]

Have you read Middlesex? One of the best things I've read recently. Must read Virgin Suicides.

yes, read it a couple of months back. Fantastic book. Thats what made me read this. And I got a couple of others by him, one of which (I didn't realise when I ordered it) was in German!

 

[Mormon Nailer]

I'm reading this at the moment.
Very enjoyable.

Beautifully produced, real heavy glossy paper and there are lots of photos, the ones of warehouses and industrial estates in particular are surprisingly good. They both illustrate the scale of these things and at the same time accentuate the futility of a lot of the jobs.