what are you reading? - Page 178

Toilet & Bowels · 07.18.2014, 02:03 PM

Reading this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_in_Yellow

And no, I haven't seen True Detective.

ilduclo · 07.18.2014, 03:09 PM

what a great loss this guy was. this is fantastic stuff

Phlegmscope · 07.18.2014, 03:20 PM

Just finished reading this last night.

!@#$%! · 07.19.2014, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

Reading this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_in_Yellow

And no, I haven't seen True Detective.

oh, it is awesome (i mean true detective, haven't read any of those mentioned in the article)

great writing/acting/cinematography, but damn, it gave me nightmares.

Toilet & Bowels · 07.19.2014, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

oh, it is awesome (i mean true detective, haven't read any of those mentioned in the article)

great writing/acting/cinematography, but damn, it gave me nightmares.

Apparently there's some connection between the show and that book

dirty bunny · 07.19.2014, 10:01 PM

Weaveworld by Clive Barker

Bertrand · 07.21.2014, 03:09 PM

Currently reading a translation of Flann O'Brien's At Swim-Two Birds.
I had never heard of him. There was something good written about him on a French readers site (Babelio) about The Third Policeman - which was nowhere to be found in the third library I went to.
But they had a lot and I picked that one, and it's kicked off splendidly.

1939... The translation was done in 2002...
No wonder I had had no clue (unless he's mentioned in here, among the other 178 pages).

Rob Instigator · 07.21.2014, 04:12 PM

I am gonna get all crazy like Alan Moore

Mortte Jousimo · 07.22.2014, 12:23 AM

Just finished Zeppelin book (Name was something like When the giants walked on the earth).

Now I`ve got Finish rock artist Kauko Röyhkä´s written Velvet Underground/Lou Reed -book on reading.

Hip Priest · 07.22.2014, 06:27 PM

The Don Camillo stories by Giovanni Guareschi, which I haven't read for years, and John Wesley Powell's 'The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons'.

Savage Clone · 07.22.2014, 06:34 PM

Wow, hey man!

Hip Priest · 07.22.2014, 06:44 PM

Hey Savage. Nice to see you.

!@#$%! · 07.22.2014, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

Apparently there's some connection between the show and that book

probably is, probably isn't, and i won't spoil it by telling you

great show

Savage Clone · 07.22.2014, 07:40 PM

Wish I could contribute, but sadly I have mostly been reading DAW sci fi trade paperback stuff this season.

Jim72 · 07.23.2014, 05:03 AM

Finishing up No Country For Old Men but I kinda stalled on that. Thing I've been reading most recently is Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis, really fun writer.

Jim72 · 07.23.2014, 05:04 AM

His book from before it, Main Street, is the best book I ever read too so I'm having a good time with that one

evollove · 07.23.2014, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Jim72

Thing I've been reading most recently is Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis, really fun writer.

I remember one night I couldn't sleep. Picked up Babbitt. Read the whole thing that night. Just couldn't put it down.

I've read four or five others and they were very absorbing as well.

He seems pretty underrated nowadays. But just wait. In a little while, we'll have the 100th anniversary of the roaring 20s, and I predict a Lewis resurgence.

!@#$%! · 07.24.2014, 08:17 AM

the other day i started reading this translation of kafka stories and it all started well andthen everything fell out of shape and i had this nausea at the incomprehensible paragraphs. not that it was kafka but rather the syntax of the english version, there was a lot of faff, nothing made sense, i was aggravated and put it down in disgust. i regret not reading german and having to put up with this shit. how they can make it so ugly.

who writes good sentences anymore? i can't fucking stand "books." just give me a decent sentence that does not make me vomit.

evollove · 07.24.2014, 09:14 AM

^

1.) Which translation?

2.) Have you read everything by Nabokov? If not, you're missing out on some glorious sentences.

!@#$%! · 07.24.2014, 09:43 AM

ha ha ha! nabokov! i used to have that lo-lee-ta bit all memorized (in a kingdom by the sea) as one of the best prose poems in the english language. yes maybe i'll dig something up from my boxes. thank you for that.

the kakfa in question was "description of a struggle" in a 1983 complete stories volume, for the centennial of his birth, and that particular translation was done by some tania and james stern. ouch.

okay i should get to work and look busy for the morning but thanks, really.

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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,265	Reading this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_in_Yellow And no, I haven't seen True Detective.
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ilduclo invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3,305	what a great loss this guy was. this is fantastic stuff
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07.18.2014, 03:20 PM	#3543
Phlegmscope expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Finland Posts: 1,246	Just finished reading this last night.
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dirty bunny expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: oh, why Texas actually Posts: 1,680	Weaveworld by Clive Barker __________________ kiss me kiss me in the shadow of a doubt
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07.21.2014, 03:09 PM	#3547
Bertrand expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rennes, France Posts: 1,267	Currently reading a translation of Flann O'Brien's At Swim-Two Birds. I had never heard of him. There was something good written about him on a French readers site (Babelio) about The Third Policeman - which was nowhere to be found in the third library I went to. But they had a lot and I picked that one, and it's kicked off splendidly. 1939... The translation was done in 2002... No wonder I had had no clue (unless he's mentioned in here, among the other 178 pages).
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07.21.2014, 04:12 PM	#3548
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,973	I am gonna get all crazy like Alan Moore __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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07.22.2014, 12:23 AM	#3549
Mortte Jousimo expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2,019	Just finished Zeppelin book (Name was something like When the giants walked on the earth). Now I`ve got Finish rock artist Kauko Röyhkä´s written Velvet Underground/Lou Reed -book on reading.
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07.22.2014, 06:27 PM	#3550
Hip Priest invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birkenhead Posts: 9,397	The Don Camillo stories by Giovanni Guareschi, which I haven't read for years, and John Wesley Powell's 'The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons'. __________________ Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
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07.22.2014, 06:34 PM	#3551
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,290	Wow, hey man!
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07.22.2014, 06:44 PM	#3552
Hip Priest invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birkenhead Posts: 9,397	Hey Savage. Nice to see you. __________________ Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
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07.22.2014, 07:40 PM	#3554
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,290	Wish I could contribute, but sadly I have mostly been reading DAW sci fi trade paperback stuff this season.
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07.23.2014, 05:03 AM	#3555
Jim72 little trouble girl Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Stirling, Scotland Posts: 47	Finishing up No Country For Old Men but I kinda stalled on that. Thing I've been reading most recently is Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis, really fun writer.
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07.23.2014, 05:04 AM	#3556
Jim72 little trouble girl Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Stirling, Scotland Posts: 47	His book from before it, Main Street, is the best book I ever read too so I'm having a good time with that one
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07.24.2014, 08:17 AM	#3558
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,564	the other day i started reading this translation of kafka stories and it all started well andthen everything fell out of shape and i had this nausea at the incomprehensible paragraphs. not that it was kafka but rather the syntax of the english version, there was a lot of faff, nothing made sense, i was aggravated and put it down in disgust. i regret not reading german and having to put up with this shit. how they can make it so ugly. who writes good sentences anymore? i can't fucking stand "books." just give me a decent sentence that does not make me vomit.
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07.24.2014, 09:14 AM	#3559
evollove invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,879	^ 1.) Which translation? 2.) Have you read everything by Nabokov? If not, you're missing out on some glorious sentences.
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07.24.2014, 09:43 AM	#3560
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,564	ha ha ha! nabokov! i used to have that lo-lee-ta bit all memorized (in a kingdom by the sea) as one of the best prose poems in the english language. yes maybe i'll dig something up from my boxes. thank you for that. the kakfa in question was "description of a struggle" in a 1983 complete stories volume, for the centennial of his birth, and that particular translation was done by some tania and james stern. ouch. okay i should get to work and look busy for the morning but thanks, really.
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