what are you reading? - Page 85

✌➬ · 01.15.2009, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Sonic Youth 37

I finished Franny and Zooey today. I liked it, although the dialogue did wear a little thin toward the end.

The ending was tedious to read.

gmku · 01.15.2009, 12:27 AM

Salinger's kind of boring. Then again, who am I to talk? I adore wordy folks like Updike and Nabokov.

✌➬ · 01.15.2009, 12:36 AM

Salinger's greatest achievement still is The Catcher in the Rye.

How are you gmku by the way?

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.15.2009, 12:40 AM

I felt like I need to read Nine Stories too to get the whole spectrum of events.

afterthefact · 01.15.2009, 09:41 AM

I like Salinger. He takes an extremely long timeline, breaks off one seemingly insignificant, albeit an interesting, portion and writes a book on it. You get the feeling that a better story could have been written about things that happened before or after the book's story. I know that makes it sound bad, but I actually like a lackluster story, as long as it was meant to be so.

drrrtyboots · 01.15.2009, 07:40 PM

Lurker · 01.15.2009, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by afterthefact

I like Salinger. He takes an extremely long timeline, breaks off one seemingly insignificant, albeit an interesting, portion and writes a book on it. You get the feeling that a better story could have been written about things that happened before or after the book's story. I know that makes it sound bad, but I actually like a lackluster story, as long as it was meant to be so.

Yeah, I've only read Catcher but I think you could say that about that book. For example what happens after the end, he's clearly had a break down but how does it turn out for him, like school etc. Of course I know it's better not to know and the point of the book would be lost and true writers don't write books as if they could tell you what happened afterwards.

sonic sphere · 01.16.2009, 06:47 AM

diary of a madman & other stories-gogol

Everyneurotic · 01.16.2009, 07:53 PM

rereading popism adter japrocksampler which is good although i hate julian cope with a passion.

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.17.2009, 12:52 AM

Fight Club
Good Omens
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.21.2009, 12:39 AM

I finished Fight Club. It was okay, I didn't care for the writing style too much.

I read "The Adventure of the Lion's Mane" and 100 pages of Good Omens today. Good Omens is great. Think Hitchhikers' Guide except dealing with angels, demons, and the end of the world.

!@#$%! · 01.21.2009, 12:45 AM

i dislike the art, but fuck if it isn't good writing-- for comics, it's way above average

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.21.2009, 12:48 AM

Incidentally, Good Omens is co-written by Neil Gaiman. You might like it.

!@#$%! · 01.21.2009, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Sonic Youth 37

Incidentally, Good Omens is co-written by Neil Gaiman. You might like it.

ah! what a coincidence. on top of that a friend of mine is reading some gaiman novels. i didnt know the guy was a writer-- you know, without pictures (ha). i'll make a note of that, thanks! (and sorry, tried repping, but no luck)

afterthefact · 01.22.2009, 10:32 AM

I just finished Crime and Punishment on Monday, and I started in on The Count Of Monte Cristo last night. To make a switch like this takes almost a major overhaul of the mind. While Crime and Punishment makes you think, The Count of Monte Cristo simply entertains. Which is fine by me; it's nice to have a break once in a while and just read a great story.

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.22.2009, 06:28 PM

I will be starting The Hobbit tonight probably.

Alex's Trip · 01.22.2009, 06:31 PM

I read The Zoo Story by Edward Albee. Good play.

acousticrock87 · 01.22.2009, 07:38 PM

Just started The Brothers Karamazov. Standard fare, so far.

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.23.2009, 03:39 AM

I didn't start the Hobbit, although I did read one Sherlock Holmes short story and finish Good Omens (170 pages in about 5 hours). I highly recommend it to fans of the Hitchhiker's Guide series or those that just like humorous books that don't take themselves too seriously.

SonicBebs · 01.23.2009, 03:43 AM

i'm half way through Moby Dick. s'alright

01.15.2009, 12:27 AM	#1682
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Salinger's kind of boring. Then again, who am I to talk? I adore wordy folks like Updike and Nabokov. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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01.15.2009, 12:36 AM	#1683
✌➬ invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: ιλ Posts: 5,754	Salinger's greatest achievement still is The Catcher in the Rye. How are you gmku by the way?
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01.15.2009, 12:40 AM	#1684
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	I felt like I need to read Nine Stories too to get the whole spectrum of events. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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01.15.2009, 09:41 AM	#1685
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	I like Salinger. He takes an extremely long timeline, breaks off one seemingly insignificant, albeit an interesting, portion and writes a book on it. You get the feeling that a better story could have been written about things that happened before or after the book's story. I know that makes it sound bad, but I actually like a lackluster story, as long as it was meant to be so. __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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01.16.2009, 06:47 AM	#1688
sonic sphere invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 4,446	diary of a madman & other stories-gogol __________________ "trolling asshat" - All Hail WATT "wanker" - All Hail WATT
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01.16.2009, 07:53 PM	#1689
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	rereading popism adter japrocksampler which is good although i hate julian cope with a passion. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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01.17.2009, 12:52 AM	#1690
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	Fight Club Good Omens The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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01.21.2009, 12:39 AM	#1691
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	I finished Fight Club. It was okay, I didn't care for the writing style too much. I read "The Adventure of the Lion's Mane" and 100 pages of Good Omens today. Good Omens is great. Think Hitchhikers' Guide except dealing with angels, demons, and the end of the world. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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01.21.2009, 12:45 AM	#1692
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,567	i dislike the art, but fuck if it isn't good writing-- for comics, it's way above average
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01.21.2009, 12:48 AM	#1693
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	Incidentally, Good Omens is co-written by Neil Gaiman. You might like it. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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01.22.2009, 10:32 AM	#1695
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	I just finished Crime and Punishment on Monday, and I started in on The Count Of Monte Cristo last night. To make a switch like this takes almost a major overhaul of the mind. While Crime and Punishment makes you think, The Count of Monte Cristo simply entertains. Which is fine by me; it's nice to have a break once in a while and just read a great story. __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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01.22.2009, 06:28 PM	#1696
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	I will be starting The Hobbit tonight probably. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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01.22.2009, 06:31 PM	#1697
Alex's Trip invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 5,608	I read The Zoo Story by Edward Albee. Good play. __________________ KALOPSIA
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01.22.2009, 07:38 PM	#1698
acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	Just started The Brothers Karamazov. Standard fare, so far.
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01.23.2009, 03:39 AM	#1699
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	I didn't start the Hobbit, although I did read one Sherlock Holmes short story and finish Good Omens (170 pages in about 5 hours). I highly recommend it to fans of the Hitchhiker's Guide series or those that just like humorous books that don't take themselves too seriously. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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01.23.2009, 03:43 AM	#1700
SonicBebs expwy. to yr skull Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,680	i'm half way through Moby Dick. s'alright
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