What are you reading?

jonnyjj74 · Post by **jonnyjj74** » Mon May 31, 2010 6:17 am

bleak. wrote:haruki marakumi - kafka on the shore

My favorite fictional author. He has such a vivid imagination.

I'm slowly making my way through Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce. It's difficult to read more than 3 pages at a time, though.

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Mon May 31, 2010 8:46 am

jonnyjj74 wrote:
I'm slowly making my way through Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce. It's difficult to read more than 3 pages at a time, though.

Glad to see other people read the wake. I used to literally get lost in that book. Very powerful stuff.
Punch through that 3 pages thing. You wont regret it.

Snufkin · Post by **Snufkin** » Mon May 31, 2010 12:37 pm

Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Have tried reading it 2 times before, but used to have a habit of starting books and never finishing them (I now don't let myself start another until i've finished the first; i advise anyone like me to do the same! Common sense really...).

Totally awesome 100 pages in, especially for anyone like me who grew up with more C20th fantasy novels - THIS is the real deal ;o)

-Snuf

paranoiaagent · Post by **paranoiaagent** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 1:59 am

Numerator wrote:
Joebot Kill wrote:
IanRedpoint wrote: Fantastic book. My favourite of Murakami's.

Currently reading The Thousand Autumns Of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell and The Periodic Table by Primo Levi.
man. I have wanted to read kafka on the shore for a while.
Perhaps after i finish House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski... or is it Will Navidson? Or Johnny Truant? And definitely Zampano? What a trip!
House of Leaves is a fantastic book
mind-fuckingly confusing and incredibly gripping in equal measure!

murakami is my favorite author. house of leaves is my favorite book. somehow i'm not surprised that other boc fans like them as well.

i just finished rereading "a heartbreaking work of staggering genius" by dave eggers. now i'm reading "american gods" by neil gaiman. next is "the road" by cormac mccarthy.

IanRedpoint · Post by **IanRedpoint** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 7:32 am

paranoiaagent wrote:murakami is my favorite author. house of leaves is my favorite book. somehow i'm not surprised that other boc fans like them as well.

i just finished rereading "a heartbreaking work of staggering genius" by dave eggers. now i'm reading "american gods" by neil gaiman. next is "the road" by cormac mccarthy.

That's one heck of a run of great reads. Will definitely check out 'House Of Leaves'.

If you haven't already read them, try 'Ghostwritten' by David Mitchell and 'Remainder' by Tom McCarthy. Both left quite an impression on me.

Joebot Kill · Post by **Joebot Kill** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 8:46 am

paranoiaagent wrote:
Numerator wrote:
Joebot Kill wrote: man. I have wanted to read kafka on the shore for a while.
Perhaps after i finish House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski... or is it Will Navidson? Or Johnny Truant? And definitely Zampano? What a trip!
House of Leaves is a fantastic book
mind-fuckingly confusing and incredibly gripping in equal measure!
murakami is my favorite author. house of leaves is my favorite book. somehow i'm not surprised that other boc fans like them as well.

i just finished rereading "a heartbreaking work of staggering genius" by dave eggers. now i'm reading "american gods" by neil gaiman. next is "the road" by cormac mccarthy.

i actually just started reading dave egger's short story collection as well! quite thought-provoking stuff. my best mate back home loves american gods and neil gaiman in general, so i'll have to get on that soon. and i actually own the road but have only glanced at the first chapter. very bleak in every possible way.

Negamuse · Post by **Negamuse** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 10:14 am

Rereading "Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters" by Matt Ridley. Like the title suggests, each chapter goes through an aspect of how your genes affect what you are by relating it to one of your chromosomes. Starts a bit dry but gets really good after a few chapters and by the end you're all

Joebot Kill · Post by **Joebot Kill** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 8:20 pm

MrMessiah wrote:Rereading "Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters" by Matt Ridley. Like the title suggests, each chapter goes through an aspect of how your genes affect what you are by relating it to one of your chromosomes. Starts a bit dry but gets really good after a few chapters and by the end you're all

sounds epic!

(parenthesis) · Post by **(parenthesis)** » Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:28 pm

MrMessiah wrote:Rereading "Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters" by Matt Ridley. Like the title suggests, each chapter goes through an aspect of how your genes affect what you are by relating it to one of your chromosomes. Starts a bit dry but gets really good after a few chapters and by the end you're all

I might check this out

The Voice of Reason · Post by **The Voice of Reason** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 4:17 am

The World of Null-A
by: A.E. van Vogt

mechanismj · Post by **mechanismj** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 9:30 am

Douglas Adams Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide collection.

GrangalanJr · Post by **GrangalanJr** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 11:44 pm

paranoiaagent wrote:murakami is my favorite author. house of leaves is my favorite book. somehow i'm not surprised that other boc fans like them as well.

I think House of Leaves plays on some quite similar themes to BoC's music. The darkness, and also the aesthetic of worn down things and faded, fuzzily remembered pieces of history.

Joebot Kill · Post by **Joebot Kill** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 11:42 am

GrangalanJr wrote:
paranoiaagent wrote:murakami is my favorite author. house of leaves is my favorite book. somehow i'm not surprised that other boc fans like them as well.
I think House of Leaves plays on some quite similar themes to BoC's music. The darkness, and also the aesthetic of worn down things and faded, fuzzily remembered pieces of history.

geogaddi is the perfect soundtrack to house of leaves!

rick7487 · Post by **rick7487** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 3:01 am

Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk.

wmarsh · Post by **wmarsh** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 3:28 am

jakestott wrote:I'm gonna start reading Angels & Demons by Dan Brown over the weekend

Haha, you terrible fucking loser.

Negamuse · Post by **Negamuse** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 2:48 pm

The thing with the Dan Brown books is that they closely resemble the work of another famous author: Enid Blyton. Seriously. Read any Dan Brown book, then any Enid Blyton book and you'll see what I mean, the one's just a slightly grown up version of the other. Enid Blyton ends every chapter with an exclamation point to keep you interested for the next chapter, Dan Brown ends every chapter with a cliffhanger or a revelation. Once you notice the similarity you'll never unsee it.

Also, like Enid Blyton, Dan Brown's grasp on reality is fucking Noddy.

BrandNewRetro · Post by **BrandNewRetro** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 3:25 pm

Currently reading Disgusting Bliss: The Brass Eye of Chris Morris. My dad picked it up from a charity shop a couple of days ago, it had only been out just over a month! Enjoying it, goes into detail about his early years with Brooker, Iannucci etc.

Infinite E · Post by **Infinite E** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 4:33 pm

wmarsh wrote:
jakestott wrote:I'm gonna start reading Angels & Demons by Dan Brown over the weekend
Haha, you terrible fucking loser.

it's not cool to behave shittily to twoismers for no reason. don't be an arsehole.

IanRedpoint · Post by **IanRedpoint** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 5:15 pm

BrandNewRetro wrote:Currently reading Disgusting Bliss: The Brass Eye of Chris Morris. My dad picked it up from a charity shop a couple of days ago, it had only been out just over a month! Enjoying it, goes into detail about his early years with Brooker, Iannucci etc.

Yes. Picked that up the other day and read it in... er... a couple of hours. Made me dig out my copies of On The Hour.

IanRedpoint · Post by **IanRedpoint** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 5:24 pm

Infinite E wrote:it's not cool to behave shittily to twoismers for no reason. don't be an arsehole.

Damn right. Working in a bookshop has definitely taught me to be a lot less elitist about folks reading habits. Wouldn't read Dan Brown (or most other big sellers) myself, when I'm surrounded by so much stranger and wilder fiction, but I'd never criticise someone for having different reading habits to me.