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Mr. Squishy posted:Lars von Trier had a show? yes it was called The Kingdom and was pretty good and then Stephen King got his mitts on the American remake and added Civil War ghosts and serial killers and a plot where a
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Apr 7, 2015 21:09
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The Kingdom. It was actually pretty good. Then King made Kingdom Hospital, which was way, way shittier. Lars sent them some scripts that he wrote for The Kingdom after five of the main cast members being dead kind of made another season impossible, which may or may not have been used on KH. e:f;b
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Apr 7, 2015 21:09
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Tree Goat posted:yes it was called The Kingdom and was pretty good How many wise old black women did he add
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Apr 7, 2015 21:10
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Tree Goat posted:a plot where a Hahaha how did I forget this part?
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Apr 7, 2015 21:12
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:How many wise old black women did he add the wise old woman was a) white and b) in the source material
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Apr 7, 2015 21:12
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"A significant difference in the American series was the introduction of the character of a talking giant anteater in the role of spirit guide/death/Anubis/Antubis."
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Apr 7, 2015 21:13
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Effectronica posted:"A significant difference in the American series was the introduction of the character of a talking giant anteater in the role of spirit guide/death/Anubis/Antubis." To be fair that part would not have been out of place in the original show
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Apr 7, 2015 21:14
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How am I supposed to be superior about good literature when this thread is so terrible?
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Apr 7, 2015 23:51
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I'm reading Pantagruel by Rabelais in between bits of Infinite Jest and it (Pantagruel) is far better and funnier than Infinite Jest which has had some good bits lately, to be fair.
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Apr 7, 2015 23:52
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CestMoi posted:I'm reading Pantagruel by Rabelais in between bits of Infinite Jest and it (Pantagruel) is far better and funnier than Infinite Jest which has had some good bits lately, to be fair. Been doing the same but using Knausgaard's My Struggle as an interlude; it's really quite enjoyable despite the mundane subject matter.
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Apr 8, 2015 01:12
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I picked a book to read. You'll see what it is in May
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Apr 8, 2015 01:23
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I know we make a lot of jokes about the pre-teen gangbang in the sewers but it really is worth repeatedly revisiting the fact that King wrote about a pre-teen gangbang in the sewersSmoking Crow posted:I picked a book to read. You'll see what it is in May Was it Grettir's? I love Grettir's. I'd start an Icelandic Saga thread if I thought enough people gave a poo poo.
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Apr 8, 2015 03:02
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End Of Worlds posted:I know we make a lot of jokes about the pre-teen gangbang in the sewers but it really is worth repeatedly revisiting the fact that King wrote about a pre-teen gangbang in the sewers you'll see give it time
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Apr 8, 2015 03:07
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CestMoi posted:I'm reading Pantagruel by Rabelais in between bits of Infinite Jest and it (Pantagruel) is far better and funnier than Infinite Jest which has had some good bits lately, to be fair. i'll reread Don Quixote for the fifth time before i open another page of Rabelais . maybe it would be better if i read a page a month i'm sure it's better than Infinte Jest tho
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Apr 8, 2015 07:29
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Why don't you like it? I'm finding it pretty easy to read, and its got really good jokes for a book written in 1532.
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Apr 8, 2015 11:00
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End Of Worlds posted:I know we make a lot of jokes about the pre-teen gangbang in the sewers but it really is worth repeatedly revisiting the fact that King wrote about a pre-teen gangbang in the sewers It'd just get hijacked by North Malden. sparemethelynchmob
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Apr 8, 2015 11:51
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CestMoi posted:Why don't you like it? I'm finding it pretty easy to read, and its got really good jokes for a book written in 1532. I couldn't see the book through all the fart jokes, fart related names and 16th church minutiae seen thru a farting rear end that had me constantly looking at the endnotes (there were no footnotes in my edition). some of the jokes were good, but they're always followed by a 5 page long gag about some bishop who drank too much with an endnote of the same length but i have low tolerance for medieval/renaissance lit anyway, even for Dante's Inferno, don quixote being the exception. maybe cause Cervantes didn't write to destroy his opponents.
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Apr 8, 2015 14:04
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End Of Worlds posted:
Egil's Saga is Best Saga
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Apr 8, 2015 14:12
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Also, among all the prize lists being published, the shortlist Man Booker International is surprisingly interesting (this is the 'international' prize that has had 5 awards 4 of which had gone to an English speaking/writing author): César Aira (Argentina) Hoda Barakat (Lebanon) Maryse Condé (Guadeloupe) Mia Couto (Mozambique) Amitav Ghosh (India) Fanny Howe (United States of America) Ibrahim al-Koni (Libya) László Krasznahorkai (Hungary) Alain Mabanckou (Republic of Congo) Marlene van Niekerk (South Africa) I have Aira, Couto and Ghosh in my to be read pile. Along with Krasznahorkai they're obv. the big names, but what about the others? Most of them would probably be hard to find even on ebay, but should I try to look for them? The previous shortlists were mostly good even if they included Pullman and le Carre in an attempt to stand out and look hip I guess.
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Apr 8, 2015 14:18
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CestMoi posted:I'm reading Pantagruel by Rabelais I take it you enjoyed Tristram Shandy?
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Apr 8, 2015 14:21
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Burning Rain posted:don quixote being the exception. maybe cause Cervantes didn't write to destroy his opponents. Its weird how post-modern book 2 of Don Quixote is. Everyone talks about him fighting windmills and poo poo but that is the first 100 pages. Halfway through the whole thing becomes a meditation on narrative and legacy and no one ever talks about that part.
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Apr 8, 2015 14:21
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Thanks for reminding me that I really need to read Satantango. Heard some good things.
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Apr 8, 2015 14:22
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J_RBG posted:I take it you enjoyed Tristram Shandy? It's my favourite novel from this dumbass island.
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Apr 8, 2015 14:47
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Its weird how post-modern book 2 of Don Quixote is. Everyone talks about him fighting windmills and poo poo but that is the first 100 pages. Halfway through the whole thing becomes a meditation on narrative and legacy and no one ever talks about that part. Yea, book 2 is my favourite, too. But I reread the first one last year and it's interesting how all the seemingly unconnected encounters are about people who pretend to be somebody else and in the process become this other - at least for themselves. At first it seems that this transformation is incomplete, because everybody else sees them as mad, but in the end there is a subtle realisation that there's some grace in their obsessions and pretense - don Quixote's included - definitely more than they normally come across in their everyday lives. Book 2 continues this point but does it more elegantly, I think, but I will reread it this year - maybe finally checking out the Grossman's translation.
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Apr 8, 2015 14:58
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CestMoi posted:It's my favourite novel from this dumbass island. Yaaassss excellent. Read Sentimental Journey when you can, it's a different beast but really good.
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Apr 8, 2015 15:09
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What would you guys recommend for someone who just finished (and loved) Dos Passos' The 42nd Parallel? I'm reading Ishiguro's When We Were Orphans while I'm waiting for the next book to show up in the mail, but not really feeling it.
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Apr 8, 2015 15:46
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Popular Human posted:What would you guys recommend for someone who just finished (and loved) Dos Passos' The 42nd Parallel? I'm reading Ishiguro's When We Were Orphans while I'm waiting for the next book to show up in the mail, but not really feeling it. When you say 'waiting for the next book to show up in the mail' do you mean the next book of the USA trilogy? If not, you should uhh definitely read that, because it's good.
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Apr 8, 2015 15:51
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This thread loves hating on Infinite Jest.
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Apr 8, 2015 16:13
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david crosby posted:When you say 'waiting for the next book to show up in the mail' do you mean the next book of the USA trilogy? If not, you should uhh definitely read that, because it's good. Yeah, the next book of the trilogy. Is anything else like it? I love the way it uses collages of news clippings, stream-of-consciousness rants and multiple, shifting POVs to paint this big kaleidoscopic bird's eye view of American society at the beginning of the 20th century. Popular Human fucked around with this message at 16:17 on Apr 8, 2015 |
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Apr 8, 2015 16:15
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blue squares posted:This thread loves hating on Infinite Jest. I think it's more of a reactionary response to the fans of the book than the book itself imho
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Apr 8, 2015 16:19
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Popular Human posted:Yeah, the next book of the trilogy. Is anything else like it? I love the way it uses collages of news clippings, stream-of-consciousness rants and multiple, shifting POVs to paint this big kaleidoscopic bird's eye view of American society at the beginning of the 20th century. There's nothing like it that I know of. I think by the time you read all three, you'll have gotten the last drop outta that particular well though. It's a masterpiece, but when you're done, you're satisfied.
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Apr 8, 2015 16:30
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Popular Human posted:Yeah, the next book of the trilogy. Is anything else like it? I love the way it uses collages of news clippings, stream-of-consciousness rants and multiple, shifting POVs to paint this big kaleidoscopic bird's eye view of American society at the beginning of the 20th century. Style wise it's different but if you like interesting kaleidoscopic visions of turn of century America, Ragtime by EL Docotorow is good
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Apr 8, 2015 16:39
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I think it's more of a reactionary response to the fans of the book than the book itself imho I honestly don't like it! I'm half way through now and I find it for the most part a huge turgid pseudo encyclopedia, which occasionally hits on some really interesting stuff for about 5 pages, before going back to being a mess. I don't feel one way or another about people that like it generally, just that they seem to be finding something in this book that I think is conspicuously not there.
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Apr 8, 2015 17:20
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CestMoi posted:I honestly don't like it! I'm half way through now and I find it for the most part a huge turgid pseudo encyclopedia, which occasionally hits on some really interesting stuff for about 5 pages, before going back to being a mess. I don't feel one way or another about people that like it generally, just that they seem to be finding something in this book that I think is conspicuously not there. are you just not a fan of tennis
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Apr 8, 2015 17:22
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I just can't feel sympathy for alcoholics, for substance addiction is a fundamental weakness of the soul.
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Apr 8, 2015 17:32
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I think it's more of a reactionary response to the fans of the book than the book itself imho I don't know, CestMoi asked people why they liked it and a few people gave a lukewarm response. Not seeing a ton of rabid fans, especially in this thread. I am a fan and found it funny and good both times I read it, although admittedly the first time I wasn't very well read and was just in awe. The second time I noticed a lot more flaws (both the "Wardine be cry" and the list of things you find out at rehab parts are painfully embarrassing) but I had also read most of Wallace's other stuff by this point so I had a better idea of where he was coming from which may have helped?? Or I might still just have bad taste.
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Apr 8, 2015 17:33
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I read a doctorow book once and now my name is w1n5t0n
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Apr 8, 2015 17:41
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CestMoi posted:I honestly don't like it! I'm half way through now and I find it for the most part a huge turgid pseudo encyclopedia, which occasionally hits on some really interesting stuff for about 5 pages, before going back to being a mess. I don't feel one way or another about people that like it generally, just that they seem to be finding something in this book that I think is conspicuously not there. It's definitely fair to say it's a book of sections rather than a cohesive narrative whole. It strikes me as a little similar to Moby Dick in that way. When I reflect on it, I definitely find myself driven more affectionately to moments in the novel more than the novel itself. Honestly, if you are not feeling it, feel free to give up. If you are annoyed halfway through, you are gonna be furious when you find out the book has no ending and the introduction is never actually resolved. I do think it's become sort of the literary bible of the urban twenty something though and that's kind of obnoxious.
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corn in the bible posted:I read a doctorow book once and now my name is w1n5t0n EL Doctorow not Cory Doctorow
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