what are you reading? - Page 192

Rob Instigator · 02.19.2015, 12:27 PM

if only Machen had helped LOvecraft with his prose!!!!

demonrail666 · 02.19.2015, 12:52 PM

Yeah, as a writer Machen leaves him for dust. But I don't think Lovecraft created a character as utterly evil as Helen, either. Love how everyone who meets describes her as utterly beautiful but strangely repulsive. One of horror's great femme fatales.

Rob Instigator · 02.19.2015, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Great isn't it! Truly Disturbing. And a great review. Love your blog.

You mention wanting to read his other stuff. You should give The White People a go.

Incidentally, my avatar is of occult artist Austin Osman Spare, who illustrated an edition GGP that I have. Here's some samples from that edition:

Penguin recently published a collection of his short stories which for some reason doesn't include The Great God Pan.

coolness. I will check out Austin Osman Spare. thanks

Rob Instigator · 02.19.2015, 02:26 PM

and I got The White People downloaded. Thanks as well.

BTW, it is odd that the Penguin classics collection has Pan on the cover but not the novella!!!!!

Rob Instigator · 02.19.2015, 04:25 PM

someone is selling all sorts of choice MACHEN http://www.ebay.com/itm/arthur-mache...em234abb 682d

stu666 · 02.19.2015, 05:34 PM

Rob Instigator · 02.19.2015, 05:51 PM

LUCKY! My wife bought it for me for Valentine's Day! It should arrive any day now!

!@#$%! · 02.19.2015, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

LUCKY! My wife bought it for me for Valentine's Day! It should arrive any day now!

i keep seeing feb 24 as a release date for harback/audio/etc

i'm getting impatient

rebeccagotcursedout · 02.19.2015, 07:20 PM

thanks for the recommendations everyone. i usually read two or three books a month because that's what my mental state can handle. i get depressed after heavy isolation and ignoring friends and family.

some people are idiots because they dont' have the time. ever tried to raise a 5 year old? HOLY SHEIT!!!!!

sacrificing everthing you externality love against internity love has always been a dilemma to me.

gmku · 02.20.2015, 11:22 AM

THE LAUGHING MONSTERS by Denis Johnson

About halfway through. A little slower going than I expected but entertaining nevertheless.

demonrail666 · 02.21.2015, 08:23 AM

The Lottery - Shirley Jackson

Another classic horror short story. So short, in fact, you can read it in about ten minutes. But guaranteed it'll play on your mind far longer.

Here's a pdf:

http://sites.middlebury.edu/individu...on_lottery.pdf

Truly disturbing. Apparently when it was first published in the New Yorker readers sent Jackson hate-mail for writing something so horrible.

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Originally Posted by gmku

THE LAUGHING MONSTERS by Denis Johnson

About halfway through. A little slower going than I expected but entertaining nevertheless.

I'm curious to read his short story collection, Jesus' Son. Have you read it? Any good?

schizophrenicroom · 02.23.2015, 03:05 PM

shirley jackson is one of my all time faves.

reading libra by don delillo

Bertrand · 02.25.2015, 01:46 PM

I've ended Edgar Hilsenrath's Fuck America.
I like how lively his style is.

Re-reading Martin Amis' The Information, some 18 years later, to see if I still like it (I have to admit that I can't recall much, except that at the time it made me read two of his other books - I can't read the whole body of work of an author I like though, once I spot similarities, I leave it to later days that sometimes don't even come)

Rob Instigator · 02.25.2015, 01:54 PM

Just checked out the Codex Seraphinianus from the Library I work at.

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

gmku · 02.25.2015, 04:30 PM

Yep. It's excellent.

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

I'm curious to read his short story collection, Jesus' Son. Have you read it? Any good?

Rob Instigator · 03.02.2015, 05:10 PM

I finished Science & Sanity - Korzybski. I will have to re-read that shit in a decade!

Rob Instigator · 03.12.2015, 04:46 PM

Finished The White People by Arthur Machen.

About 100 pages into Masks of God: Occidental Mythology

schizophrenicroom · 03.12.2015, 04:57 PM

the last thing he wanted by didion

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 03.12.2015, 09:12 PM

This was as inspiring a book as it was depressing.

!@#$%! · 03.12.2015, 09:20 PM

this week im reading online pdfs about hoophouse construction

and i'm reading a lot of websites about growing potatoes-- from crazy survivalist sites to the USDA

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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	if only Machen had helped LOvecraft with his prose!!!! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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02.19.2015, 12:52 PM	#3822
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Yeah, as a writer Machen leaves him for dust. But I don't think Lovecraft created a character as utterly evil as Helen, either. Love how everyone who meets describes her as utterly beautiful but strangely repulsive. One of horror's great femme fatales.
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02.19.2015, 02:26 PM	#3824
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	and I got The White People downloaded. Thanks as well. BTW, it is odd that the Penguin classics collection has Pan on the cover but not the novella!!!!! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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02.19.2015, 04:25 PM	#3825
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	someone is selling all sorts of choice MACHEN http://www.ebay.com/itm/arthur-mache...em234abb 682d __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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02.19.2015, 05:34 PM	#3826
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02.19.2015, 05:51 PM	#3827
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	LUCKY! My wife bought it for me for Valentine's Day! It should arrive any day now! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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02.19.2015, 07:20 PM	#3829
rebeccagotcursedout stalker Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 379	thanks for the recommendations everyone. i usually read two or three books a month because that's what my mental state can handle. i get depressed after heavy isolation and ignoring friends and family. some people are idiots because they dont' have the time. ever tried to raise a 5 year old? HOLY SHEIT!!!!! sacrificing everthing you externality love against internity love has always been a dilemma to me.
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02.20.2015, 11:22 AM	#3830
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	THE LAUGHING MONSTERS by Denis Johnson About halfway through. A little slower going than I expected but entertaining nevertheless. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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02.23.2015, 03:05 PM	#3832
schizophrenicroom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: behind you Posts: 10,807	shirley jackson is one of my all time faves. reading libra by don delillo __________________ fuck i'm frustrated, freaking out something fierce, would you help me? i'm hungry and i stuffer and i startle, i struggle and i stammer til i'm up to my ears in miserable quote unquote "art"
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02.25.2015, 01:46 PM	#3833
Bertrand expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rennes, France Posts: 1,268	I've ended Edgar Hilsenrath's Fuck America. I like how lively his style is. Re-reading Martin Amis' The Information, some 18 years later, to see if I still like it (I have to admit that I can't recall much, except that at the time it made me read two of his other books - I can't read the whole body of work of an author I like though, once I spot similarities, I leave it to later days that sometimes don't even come)
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02.25.2015, 01:54 PM	#3834
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	Just checked out the Codex Seraphinianus from the Library I work at. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Seraphinianus __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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03.02.2015, 05:10 PM	#3836
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	I finished Science & Sanity - Korzybski. I will have to re-read that shit in a decade! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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03.12.2015, 04:46 PM	#3837
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	Finished The White People by Arthur Machen. About 100 pages into Masks of God: Occidental Mythology __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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03.12.2015, 04:57 PM	#3838
schizophrenicroom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: behind you Posts: 10,807	the last thing he wanted by didion __________________ fuck i'm frustrated, freaking out something fierce, would you help me? i'm hungry and i stuffer and i startle, i struggle and i stammer til i'm up to my ears in miserable quote unquote "art"
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03.12.2015, 09:12 PM	#3839
SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	This was as inspiring a book as it was depressing. __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
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03.12.2015, 09:20 PM	#3840
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,581	this week im reading online pdfs about hoophouse construction and i'm reading a lot of websites about growing potatoes-- from crazy survivalist sites to the USDA
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