Anybody read a good book lately?

Started by MURP, March 16, 2002, 12:34:25 AM

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Diomedes

#720
June 23, 2008, 10:03:10 PM
Quote from: Rome on June 23, 2008, 09:54:35 PM...as if he's challenging you to stay with him.

This rings true for me regarding Faulkner--and also for Joyce--and I simply cannot stand writers who do it.  farg 'em, I'll read other stuff.
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Rome

#721
June 23, 2008, 11:11:11 PM
I read Faulkner because I had no other choice.  The same can be said for a lot of other writers, though.  I liked reading Hemingway and to a lot of snooty fargs, Hemingway was no better than a dime novelist.  I say farg 'em too.  Sometimes a great fish story is just that, right?

It took me about six weeks to get through Ulysses.  In all honesty I had to use cheat sheets to get through it and I still don't understand half of it.  I mean, I get what Joyce was trying to do, but a lot of it is just unenjoyable to read because unless you're familiar with early 20th century Dublin, a lot of it makes no sense at all.  It's a lot easier reading it when you have someone explaining it all the way through, though.

rjs246

#722
July 07, 2008, 11:11:48 AM
I listened to 'I Am America, and So Can You' by Stephen Colbert on my way to Berwick this weekend. Colbert did the actual reading, which made it much more effective. It was funny and smart. Nothing Earth shattering.
Is rjs gonna have to choke a bitch?

Let them eat bootstraps.

PoopyfaceMcGee

#723
July 07, 2008, 11:29:44 AM
Yes on the book, but no on your weekend plans.

rjs246

#724
July 07, 2008, 11:41:41 AM
Agreed on both counts.

But in its defense, Berwick got me nicely wasted. Was pretty sure I was going to harf all over the ladyfriend for most of the ride home yesterday.
Is rjs gonna have to choke a bitch?

Let them eat bootstraps.

PoopyfaceMcGee

#725
July 07, 2008, 11:47:11 AM

MDS

#726
July 08, 2008, 07:12:37 PM
i just finished 'the soul of baseball,' where a writer followed around buck o'neil has he went around across the country to talk about baseball and the negro leagues and such. it was really quite good, if you like baseball and old black men doing things that most of us will never accomplish on our lives.

also read a book a month or so back called desperate networks. its all about the current state of network television, offers great re-telling of stories of how things were pitched, how hit shows were chosen, how the business operates, etc. if you like tv, youll like it. if you dont, suck my ass.
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#727
July 09, 2008, 10:51:48 AM
Quote from: rjs246 on July 07, 2008, 11:41:41 AM
Agreed on both counts.

But in its defense, Berwick got me nicely wasted. Was pretty sure I was going to harf all over the ladyfriend for most of the ride home yesterday.

Did you hang out with Ron Powlus and get drunk at Orlando's?

rjs246

#728
July 09, 2008, 11:04:16 AM
No. And no. I drank a keg of awful Coors Light and ate an absurd amount of vodka watermellon in my aunt's back yard. Basically the same experience as hanging out at Orlando's I would imagine.
Is rjs gonna have to choke a bitch?

Let them eat bootstraps.

Zanshin

#729
July 09, 2008, 02:31:33 PM
Coors light shouldn't qualify as beer.  Actually, it shouldn't qualify as any type of beverage.

Yeti

#730
July 10, 2008, 10:42:03 PM
Slapstick - Kurt Vonnegut.

Life Voyage of a Yeti President.  I liked it.
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Father Demon

#731
July 11, 2008, 08:52:48 PM
Just finished reading Armed and Dangerous: The Hunt for One of America's Most Wanted Criminals by William Queen (the same guy that wrote Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang).

It wasn't as good as Under and Alone, but it was a very fast and interesting read.  I read it in two nights in bed.  If you like the true-story of cop versus bad guy, then I recommend it.

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General_Failure

#732
July 18, 2008, 12:15:16 AM
Finally finished the third book in The Baroque Cycle -  System of the World. After adjusting to reading the first two, I was able to enjoy this one a lot more and even catch the jokes. For the first time I can remember, I wanted to skip over to the next page to find out what happened. All 80 or 90 of the plots and subplots were wrapped up nicely.


The only complaint I have from the 3,000 some odd pages (for the whole thing, not this book itself) was the Monty Python reference. It was funny and well done, which means he did it wrong. Everyone knows a Monty Python reference is supposed to be the antithesis of Python humor. It's supposed to be obvious and verbatim, not funny and unexpected.

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Phanatic

#733
July 18, 2008, 12:24:14 PM
Trying a fantasy novel for some reason. Game of Thrones. Started off very badly and wasn't well written at first. Author got his shtein together and it is passable at the moment. Not sure why I'm sticking with it but it seems to get better a it goes along. Gots lots of sex and incest in it like real kingdoms of yore...
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hbionic

#734
July 18, 2008, 12:26:46 PM
Quote from: Phanatic on July 18, 2008, 12:24:14 PM
Trying a fantasy novel for some reason. Game of Thrones. Started off very badly and wasn't well written at first. Not sure why I'm sticking with...


lots of incest in it...
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