Lensman



I'm on book 2 of 6

The cover reeaaaly doesn't do it any justice...

Myths America Lives By

just ended up CELL by S. King, and THE INFORMERS by B. E. Ellis. I also re-read DAGON by H.P. Lovecraft for like, the 345435 time.

On The Road

Just finished "Run with the Hunted", a Bukowski compilation of poems and short stories arranged in a semi-autobiographical sort of way.
Now, believe it or not, I'm reading the New Testament. Matthew, to be more precise.

This one is great GREAT great !

I've just finished Norway No Mori, by Haruki Murakami.
His women characters actually seem to act and think the way women I know do. This is something I find rather rare in a man's work.

Another one who showed a woman that could be met in real life was M. Agueev. There's a great bit in his book about his cocaine addiction. A letter the narrator receives from the woman he's having an affair with.

Both books ain't as good as Middlesex though (personal tastes, of course).

The best book I've read recently is Ada, or Ardor by Nabokov. I read it over the summer and it shot into my top 5.

Has anyone read any Gaddis? I want to read one of his this summer. The Recognitions probably. Or JR. I also want to pick up the new edition of The Aeneid soon.

I also need to get around to reading Don Quixote. What's a good translation? I hate reading translations.

Anthony Burgess's 'Earthly Powers'.

In my top ten of best books ever.

I'm reading Walter Mosley's new one, Fear Of The Dark.

just bought

Douglas Coupland - Shampoo Planet
Douglas Coupland - All Families Are Psychotic
Douglas Coupland - Life After God

Still wading through Against The Day, the new Pynchon book. It's really good but boy is it long (over 1000 pages). I'm about 2/3rds of the way through. I did put it down for a bit to read Our Band Is Your Life but I've finished that now.

Im reading The Old Man and the Wolves by Julia Kristeva.

its basically a heavily psychological, allegorical work written under the guise of a mystery/detective novel.

its decent, but its a little to deep for me right now, im yearning for a good trashy novel.

i'm reading this at the moment. it's a pretty tough read, but it's really interesting.

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway.

I have to say that it's an amazing book,a tour de force and fantastically written.

Oh gosh, did you just say 'tour de force' porky?

1984 george orwell

Critique of Judgement, again. Also, Lolita by Nabakov.

that's a really really good book.

I've been reading this book for the last 15 years....I can never seem to finish it:

O Pioneers! by Willa Cather

Howl
Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Andaatje (check this guy out, fucking fantastic prose writer)
And am going to start Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick soon...

David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day

These forums have been a great place for me to be introduced to new music, but as far as books go the taste tends toward critically revered authors, although not neccesarily their canonized books.

Rip It Up, by Simon Reynolds. It's all about the post-punk thing in the uk. V good too.

I'm sorry,i got carried away by the enthusiasm i feel for that book.I slapped myself 3 times for using the term 'tour de force'.

That's a good one.

You seem to enjoy Nabokov, so you might be able to help me. I've never read any of his works, but now I have a choice between Lolita, Ada, or Ardor, or Glory. Which would you recommend?

If only he'd stop using the word 'transgressive' in every sentence.

I've had a copy of that for years and never got around to reading it. The fact that every time I look at it I get that God-awful Orange Juice song in my head means I have to turn it about face on yonder bookshelf.

At the moment, "La Bas" by Huysmans, 1958 edition, Keene Wallis translation.

Though this may be the best, it needs to be one of the three I mentioned.

Ada, or Ardor is my favorite novel of his, followed by Pale Fire, and then Lolita.

You may want to start with Lolita - it makes for a great introduction. I personally prefer his works that were originally in English. I'd stay away from Glory, Invitation, etc. until you've read the ones originally in English first. I also highly recommend his autobigraphy Speak, Memory. It really ties a lot together, especially a lot of the things in Ada.

I choose Ada, or Ador. It's overviews made the book appear more interesting than Lolita.

I worship that book, Ada, or Ardor.

Oh oh oh, this website is good:

http://www.ada.auckland.ac.nz/

It has annotations for the first 24 chapters and can be really helpful. It also has the full text.

God damn it.

I heard the last line of Great Jobs for English Majors is: SUCKAS!!!

Blixa Bargeld: Headcleaner ... text for collapsing new buildings

er, I was started Absalom, Absalom! again over the weekend while I was traveling.

Tarantula is a stream of consciousness, but it is most enjoyable.