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A human heart posted:Let's just recommend a completely different medium in the book forum. Please don't imply that people should ever have to go to BSS, that's just cruel.
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Locke and Key had an interesting premise ruined by the fact Joe Hill could not quit being Stephen King's son
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Looking for something like William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy (Neuromancer etc); after similar themes, not necessarily cyberpunk.
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Nov 18, 2015 07:10
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Looking for books that can't necessarily be re-created in another medium. Something like "S." by Doug Dorst, with writing in the margin notes and loose leaf inserts, or House of Leaves with it's crazy formatting. The Raw Shark Texts has some ascii flipbook stuff going on, Boothworld Industries has a handful of working phone numbers that you can call, and Night Film has webpages and police documents scattered throughout. Anything else I should be checking out?
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Nov 18, 2015 20:28
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Mostly Sober posted:Looking for something like William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy (Neuromancer etc); after similar themes, not necessarily cyberpunk. Depending on which themes, you could try classic noir, like The Long Goodbye or The Maltese Falcon.
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Nov 18, 2015 20:41
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Ibexaz posted:Looking for books that can't necessarily be re-created in another medium. Something like "S." by Doug Dorst, with writing in the margin notes and loose leaf inserts, or House of Leaves with it's crazy formatting. The Raw Shark Texts has some ascii flipbook stuff going on, Boothworld Industries has a handful of working phone numbers that you can call, and Night Film has webpages and police documents scattered throughout. Danielewski's The Familiar, for sure. Finnegans Wake if you're up for a real challenge. Nick Bantock's Griffin and Sabine books. There's also Dennis Wheatley's murder mystery books (e.g. Murder off Miami), which have the actual clues in the book for you to handle and examine.
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Nov 18, 2015 20:57
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Ibexaz posted:Looking for books that can't necessarily be re-created in another medium. Something like "S." by Doug Dorst, with writing in the margin notes and loose leaf inserts, or House of Leaves with it's crazy formatting. The Raw Shark Texts has some ascii flipbook stuff going on, Boothworld Industries has a handful of working phone numbers that you can call, and Night Film has webpages and police documents scattered throughout. Perennial TBB cool kid favourite The Dictionary of the Khazars by Milorad Pavic is one of the best books you're likely to read.
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Nov 18, 2015 21:02
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Ibexaz posted:Anything else I should be checking out? Parallel Stories by Chris Ware Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar argument could also be made for Infinite Jest
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Nov 18, 2015 21:33
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Mel Mudkiper posted:argument could also be made for Infinite Jest I don't think being so bad no one would want to recreate it in another medium is really what he was going for
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CestMoi posted:I don't think being so bad no one would want to recreate it in another medium is really what he was going for Suck* * - my balls
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Nov 18, 2015 21:58
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Can someone recommend a translation of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations on Kindle written in modern English?
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Nov 19, 2015 00:15
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Ibexaz posted:Looking for books that can't necessarily be re-created in another medium. Something like "S." by Doug Dorst, with writing in the margin notes and loose leaf inserts, or House of Leaves with it's crazy formatting. The Raw Shark Texts has some ascii flipbook stuff going on, Boothworld Industries has a handful of working phone numbers that you can call, and Night Film has webpages and police documents scattered throughout. Pale Fire by Nabakov
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Ibexaz posted:Looking for books that can't necessarily be re-created in another medium. Something like "S." by Doug Dorst, with writing in the margin notes and loose leaf inserts, or House of Leaves with it's crazy formatting. The Raw Shark Texts has some ascii flipbook stuff going on, Boothworld Industries has a handful of working phone numbers that you can call, and Night Film has webpages and police documents scattered throughout. The Griffin and Sabine trilogy. http://www.amazon.com/Griffin-Sabine-An-Extraordinary-Correspondence/dp/0877017883 a kitten fucked around with this message at 23:12 on Nov 21, 2015 |
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Nov 21, 2015 23:08
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Does anyone have an interesting recommendation about the rise of Prussia? And also one about the Rurikid family. Edit: actually, I'm interested in any of the royal families of the time periods before 1600. What's more important is that it is interesting to read/well written. SSJ_naruto_2003 fucked around with this message at 12:25 on Nov 22, 2015 |
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Nov 22, 2015 11:59
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I just wanted to thank whoever recommended Bone Clocks a few pages back: I'm thoroughly enjoying it so far. Is David Mitchell's other stuff as good?
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Nov 22, 2015 14:43
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fallingdownjoe posted:I just wanted to thank whoever recommended Bone Clocks a few pages back: I'm thoroughly enjoying it so far. Is David Mitchell's other stuff as good?
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Nov 22, 2015 16:43
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Can anyone recommend a book on Aboriginal Australian mythology ( Dreamtime etc)? I loved the stories growing up and I have a friend originally from overseas who I think would enjoy them too. All I can find are kids books though, can anyone point me in the direction of a more grown up version, if it exists? Thanks 
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Nov 22, 2015 20:39
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I'd really like a book on the Balkan wars and the fall of Yugoslavia, if anyone has a good suggestion. I keep trying to get a handle on what went down and just keep getting more and more confused.
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Nov 22, 2015 22:41
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fallingdownjoe posted:I just wanted to thank whoever recommended Bone Clocks a few pages back: I'm thoroughly enjoying it so far. Is David Mitchell's other stuff as good? I think Cloud Atlas is better then Bone Clocks frankly.
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Nov 22, 2015 23:55
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Anyone wanna recommend a book on the the 19th century gold rush in the Yukon / other examples of rugged frontiersman-ness and "into the wild" kinda stuff? Basically I just wanna read about shooting bears with elephant rifles and chopping down redwoods and mining for gold. 19th century or older is a must though, I don't want no telephones or internal combustion automobiles.
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Nov 23, 2015 02:00
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LionYeti posted:I think Cloud Atlas is better then Bone Clocks frankly. Jacob de Zoet > Bone Clocks > Cloud Atlas. I realize I'm in the minority on this. edit: Jacob de Zoet > Bone Clocks > Cloud Atlas > Slade House fallingdownjoe posted:I just wanted to thank whoever recommended Bone Clocks a few pages back: I'm thoroughly enjoying it so far. Is David Mitchell's other stuff as good? Anyway, fallingdownjoe, go read The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. It's even got Marinus in it! Though all three of the novels overlap. E.g., at the end of Bone Clocks when Marinus mentions he's from a think tank called "Prescience," that... comes up in Cloud Atlas. All his novels intersect/overlap, though most of the links are minor and more just easter eggs. The spanning history, and now the horology stuff that came up in Bone Clocks, is more what's important.
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Nov 23, 2015 02:33
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Thanks all for those suggestions: I'll look into them!
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Nov 23, 2015 12:09
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I need December BOTM recs
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I need December BOTM recs I recommend a better user base who doesn't wait for books to appear in libraries 
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Nov 23, 2015 20:00
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I need December BOTM recs How about Wodehouse's "Mr. Mulliner" stories?
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Nov 24, 2015 02:18
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Maybe The End of the Affair by Graham Greene?
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Nov 24, 2015 03:44
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I need December BOTM recs Wolf in White Van recently came out in paperback...
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Nov 24, 2015 05:15
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funkybottoms posted:Wolf in White Van recently came out in paperback... And is fantastic.
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Nov 24, 2015 06:20
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Are there any must-reads on the science behind art? I just want to know why we make art, why certain images are beautiful, etc. How did we evolve to have art? Why is it so universal?
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Nov 25, 2015 02:41
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Looking for very specific themed horror. Child protagonist like Firestarter and the Girl Who Loved Tom Gordan. I'm a big fan of Stephen King and how he handles that point of view. Bonus if the protagonist is a girl, I can personally relate better.
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Nov 25, 2015 07:06
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DirtyRobot posted:Jacob de Zoet > Bone Clocks > Cloud Atlas. I realize I'm in the minority on this. Haven't read Slade House yet, but Jacob de Zoet > Cloud Atlas > Bone Clocks for me...
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Elderbean posted:Are there any must-reads on the science behind art? I just want to know why we make art, why certain images are beautiful, etc. How did we evolve to have art? Why is it so universal? You should read The Story of Art by E.H. Gombrich. It's more a survey of the history of art, but is also an excellent introduction to art criticism and understanding art.
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Looking for pop science books about sustainability that aren't boring. I'm thinking futuristic stuff like recycling your clothes or chucking your leftovers into a fuel converter on a Delorean.
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Nov 25, 2015 16:33
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Is there a good site for renting eBooks with a monthly subscription? Amazon Prime has a thing that's sort of like that, but the books you actually get are mostly crap and I figure there's got to be some other e-reader library thing that's worthwhile by now.
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Nov 27, 2015 04:06
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Honestly if your local library has a good selection that's probably the best place to do it, though you usually have to queue ahead of time to get ahold of more popular books.
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Nov 27, 2015 04:10
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My local library recently got a printer that's also hooked up to the internet so it's going to be a few decades before they get e-books
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Nov 27, 2015 04:13
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Robo Reagan posted:My local library recently got a printer that's also hooked up to the internet so it's going to be a few decades before they get e-books  i'm so sorry
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Nov 27, 2015 04:34
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Ianiniho posted:I'd really like a book on the Balkan wars and the fall of Yugoslavia, if anyone has a good suggestion. I keep trying to get a handle on what went down and just keep getting more and more confused. From a while ago: mcustic posted:Laura Silber's The Death of Yugoslavia is, I think, still the best and most accessible overall view on the Yugoslav wars. It is also available as a BBC TV series.
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Ianiniho posted:I'd really like a book on the Balkan wars and the fall of Yugoslavia, if anyone has a good suggestion. I keep trying to get a handle on what went down and just keep getting more and more confused. Joe Sacco's The Fixer and Safe Area Gorazde
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