i think martin amis might be a far better non-fiction writer than a fiction one.

Just finished:

Altogether, very good, and made Savannah my top place to visit over the summer. The ending sections felt rushed though.

Started last night, already 1/4 finished:

you really need to read the entire trilogy.

although I can't decide if I like that or the Virtual Light series better.

i love brett easton ellis.

i am reading vancouver special by charlie demers, not bad.

Minla's Flowers/Thousandth Night by Alastair Reynolds

Delmore Schwartz - In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories.

What's that like? I've heard the science in it is really impenetrable.

Finished Less Than Zero. I liked it. Going to pick up American Psycho again. I stopped reading it after about 100 pages because of the verbose nature and it not being in the same break-neck pace as Ellis' other books.

I almost bought this the other day, is it any good?

Instead I bought this



and it is delightful.

it gets 4.1/5 on amazon

The first 3/4 are excellent if you like murder/court drama and colorful Southern Gothic characters. The last sections of the book are EXTREMELY rushed, it seemed to me. I'd rate it a 7.4/10

I'm interested.

from amazon :) (:()

I'm into it pretty hard and feel an extreme kinship with this man.

Awesome, awesome book!

I've shelved Badiou's Being and Event for now in favor of returning to some fiction and have picked up A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

4.4/5 on amazon

and only $2 (+shipping:()

although one reviewer gave it 1/5 because "...the entire book has NOTHING about Jack Parsons...:mad:"

have you thus far found this problematic?

its ok, but its not a good read if you are trying to avoid philosophy - try finnegans wake.

I'm not trying to avoid philosophy, per se. Treatise reading has left me the teariest.

Enjoying it so far. I like the slow slip into strange fantasy from a seemingly normal world. Everything seems to fit. Nicely written.

well, the book opens with his death.

although I'm only through with a little bit, the book appears to be more about the strange secret life that he left behind (and his death exposed).

I argue with his black fascinations, his theories are sound (and not unlike my own).

the only difference between magic and science is one's perceived level of understanding in the subject. I say perceived because, finite minds can never truly encapsulate the infinite (and that very well could have killed him).