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woman on the edge of time by marge piercy. w..t..f....

224 pages to go...for tomorrow...sigh..

louise wrote:woman on the edge of time by marge piercy. w..t..f....

224 pages to go...for tomorrow...sigh..

just find a chapter by chapter synopsis, job done

fujee wrote:

louise wrote:woman on the edge of time by marge piercy. w..t..f....

224 pages to go...for tomorrow...sigh..

just find a chapter by chapter synopsis, job done

yeah i know.. the tutor can tell though. i have a guilty face. and she tends to question me being the oldest english speaker in the room.

Finally got my hands on 'Roadside Picnic' by Arkady Strugatsky & Boris Strugatsky.

A nice little birthday present from my Mother-in-law, which went nicely alongside the Andrei Tarkovsky DVD boxset from my wife.

So my birthday wasn't a total write off after all

Mexicola wrote:Finally got my hands on 'Roadside Picnic' by Arkady Strugatsky & Boris Strugatsky.

A nice little birthday present from my Mother-in-law, which went nicely alongside the Andrei Tarkovsky DVD boxset from my wife.

So my birthday wasn't a total write off after all

oh hurrrahhh im glad! xx

Mexicola wrote:

A nice little birthday present from my Mother-in-law, which went nicely alongside the Andrei Tarkovsky DVD boxset from my wife.

The artificial eye one? It's so awesome isnt it!

Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald, an intriguing read to say the least. Heard about Sebald through the Caretaker's last album, was not disappointed.

I've always wanted to read that book, let me know how it goes

I'm about halfway through right now and I'd highly recommend it. Sebald's writing has an unbelievable stream-of-consciousness flow to it, the best I've read since Ken Kesey. He has an excellent way of drawing you in to a story. The one thing that's somewhat bothersome (though not at all a bad thing, just a unique style) is that the whole book is more or less one block of flowing text with very few paragraph breaks (I'd estimate it at one per 20-30 pages,) which can make it a bit overwhelming if you have a short attention span, as I sometimes do.

I finished Hesse's Steppenwolf the other day- really fucking good book. It totally dissolves into chaos and the boundary between real and nonsense is obscured so I had no idea if what I was reading was actually going on in the narrative world or not. And the book does not resolve itself... it unravels itself.. lol

Slaughterhouse Five, it would probably be more interesting if I didn't have to read it for school.

I've been meaning to read that one for a long time, but I know what you mean. Nothing makes reading more unbearable than when you're forced to do it.

I'm between books just now - got a whole stack to catch up though.... next on my list is a book about lighthouses...

im reading the same page over and over again.

Julian Candy wrote:Slaughterhouse Five, it would probably be more interesting if I didn't have to read it for school.

It's an incredible novel. For something so short and (relatively) accessible, there are so many interesting ideas and themes explored.

Like Amo Bishop Roden, I do know what you mean though.

Julian Candy wrote:Slaughterhouse Five, it would probably be more interesting if I didn't have to read it for school.

I had to read that book for school too, but when I did the themes really resonated with me. I can say it's impacted me and the way I think a bit, I can only hope that everyone gets a little something out of it.

i just read happy endings by margaret atwood. its only about 5 pages long if you ever have a spare few minutes. probably one of my favourite short stories.

Ian Rankin - Standing In Another Man's Grave.

I rarely read fiction, and crime fiction even more rarely, but I make an exception for Rebus....

Just finished Tim Burgess' Telling Stories and it's one of the best music memoirs I've ever read.

more than half way done with house of leaves.
WOW
riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight up my alley.
or should I say hallway

dude I really want to read that book, after infinite jest i need another post modern epic