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Herp Derp. I'm an idiot
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Apr 16, 2017 02:05
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I just noticed on Spotify that they have some audio books. I like horror and fantasy stuff, and they do have some Stephen King, but it's in German. Could I get some recommendations for good stuff on there?
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Apr 20, 2017 04:13
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learn german
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Apr 20, 2017 04:16
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Das Dead Zone is pretty good.
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Apr 20, 2017 14:47
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I've had this copy of Ben Bova's Mars floating around for a while - haven't read it myself as the stars haven't aligned for it - but my dad asked for some good sci-fi to read now that he's retired and has time to read again, and now I have this wonderful problem where he won't stop telling me about how cool this book is. 
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Apr 20, 2017 22:30
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cormac mccarthy has published what is apparently his first piece of nonfiction writing, and it's here
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Apr 22, 2017 21:29
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Amazon got rid of the Wishlist filter "Items with Price Drops only", so now I can't see when the kindle books/regular books/video games I want are on sale and I'm loving mad.
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Apr 24, 2017 12:30
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Franchescanado posted:Amazon got rid of the Wishlist filter "Items with Price Drops only", so now I can't see when the kindle books/regular books/video games I want are on sale and I'm loving mad. They usually send me an email when Kindle titles on my wishlist are on sale.
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Apr 24, 2017 14:01
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Need suggestions for next month's BOTM
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Apr 24, 2017 18:27
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Need suggestions for next month's BOTM Warlock by Oakley Hall The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt or The Dog of the South by Charles Portis
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Apr 24, 2017 18:37
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Franchescanado posted:
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Apr 24, 2017 18:41
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Warlock is an classic western that inspired a lot of American Post-Modern writers, (including Farina, Pynchon, DeLillo, McCarthy etc.) that takes many genre conventions of westerns and fulfills them while also turning them on their head. It's basically "The greatest western that no one has read". The Sisters Brothers is a modern western that has a lot of good reviews and gets recommended semi-regularly in TBB, it's readily available in most libraries, and again it fulfills genre conventions of Westerns without being trite. Charles Portis is a great writer of "Southern Lit", he's most famous for True Grit, but many of his other books are dark comedies with a lot of strong weird characters going through journeys that explore the eccentric side of the American dream and the counter-culture it inspires. They're usually more character-based, some are picaresque stories. We never read westerns and especially never read southern lit besides maybe Faulkner, and there's a lot of good stuff that gets ignored. edited to include some links Franchescanado fucked around with this message at 19:00 on Apr 24, 2017 |
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Apr 24, 2017 18:52
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I have a couple of suggestions: Popular Hits of the Showa Era by Ryu Murakami, because it's about the weirdest gang war ever. Caribou Island by David Vann, because it's been sitting on my shelf for some time now and that one dude has been yelling at everyone to read David Vann since at least 2012.
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Apr 24, 2017 21:49
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Take the plunge! Okay! posted:Popular Hits of the Showa Era by Ryu Murakami, because it's about the weirdest gang war ever. This book is awesome and would be a good pick.
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Apr 24, 2017 23:13
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Take the plunge! Okay! posted:Popular Hits of the Showa Era by Ryu Murakami, because it's about the weirdest gang war ever. I finished this just a few days ago and despite the rather janky translation, it was a pretty enjoyable absurdist comedy that didn't overstay its welcome. Also fairly short for what that's worth.
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Apr 25, 2017 01:14
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Need suggestions for next month's BOTM Robert Pirsig died today, how about zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance?
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Apr 25, 2017 02:21
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Franchescanado posted:Warlock is an classic western that inspired a lot of American Post-Modern writers, (including Farina, Pynchon, DeLillo, McCarthy etc.) that takes many genre conventions of westerns and fulfills them while also turning them on their head. It's basically "The greatest western that no one has read". all of these sound fun. i'd like to read something with western overtones.
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Apr 25, 2017 04:03
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do at swim two birds
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Apr 25, 2017 15:41
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I'm reading The Dinner by Herman Koch for my book club, and man is this narrator an rear end in a top hat. Do Herman Koch fans call themselves Koch Suckers?
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Apr 25, 2017 22:14
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Checking out Chuck Palahniuk's Survivor on Goodreads... Half the reviews are written in Arabic or some other language I don't understand. Seems like an odd book to be popular with non-americans.
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Apr 26, 2017 03:10
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The Grey posted:Checking out Chuck Palahniuk's Survivor on Goodreads... there's just a lot of arabs on goodreads
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Apr 26, 2017 07:08
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Ellroy readers: Who would win in a fight between Bud White and Pete Bondurant?
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May 3, 2017 02:12
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Has anyone ever read a book about Indian settlement in the Americas from Asia? I am interested in the migration patterns and initial settlement throughout the Americas.
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May 3, 2017 02:44
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Budgie Jumping posted:Ellroy readers: Who would win in a fight between Bud White and Pete Bondurant? What book is Pete Bondurant in? I just read LA Confidential as my first Ellroy and Bud seems like he'd be a hell of a contender.
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May 3, 2017 10:03
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Mahlertov Cocktail posted:What book is Pete Bondurant in? I just read LA Confidential as my first Ellroy and Bud seems like he'd be a hell of a contender. He's in the next series, USA Underworld.
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May 3, 2017 17:04
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reading is for hosed up dweebs and nerds
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May 4, 2017 11:13
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Avshalom posted:reading is for hosed up dweebs and nerds objection, have you ever met anyone who isn't a dweeb or nerd
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May 4, 2017 11:30
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Avshalom posted:reading is for hosed up dweebs and nerds So what books have you enjoyed lately?
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May 4, 2017 12:11
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Colonel Sanders - yes, the Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken - now has a romance novel for Mother's Day. It is called Tender Wings of Desire and is free for Kindle.
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May 7, 2017 03:31
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RC and Moon Pie posted:Colonel Sanders - yes, the Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken - now has a romance novel for Mother's Day. why
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May 7, 2017 07:50
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that was bad
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May 7, 2017 09:56
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To sell chicken.
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May 7, 2017 12:29
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RC and Moon Pie posted:Colonel Sanders - yes, the Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken - now has a romance novel for Mother's Day. This is the current state of American literature
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May 7, 2017 15:07
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I read the first chapter. It would be much better served to be more over the top, but Tender Wings of Desire is not even close to the worst book (or "book," if you prefer) that I've ever read.
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May 7, 2017 17:34
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the wacky and ironic humor of this Brand makes it relatable to me. the Brand is my friend, and i love the Brand
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May 7, 2017 18:43
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Is there a dedicated thread for magazines? Specifically the longer sort that only come out a handful of times a year? Wasn't able to find one, but I figured this is the right subforum. Actually, hell, I might as well ask what I was going to ask that thread anyway: Anybody read Current Affairs magazine (https://www.currentaffairs.org)? Is it any good? I've quite liked a lot of the articles I've read that are on their site and as I understand it a huge amount of their content is only available in the magazine itself. I'm considering a subscription, but the cost is $60 for just a year which basically twice the price I've seen for any comparable magazine in that niche, and that makes me rather hesitant. Anybody recommend it? Or ideally know where I might be able to get a back issue or two to see for myself? Done some searching around and have only been able to find subscriptions or copies of a British magazine of the same name that went defunct sometime in the 60's-70's.
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May 8, 2017 19:50
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InequalityGodzilla posted:Is there a dedicated thread for magazines? Yeah it's called your sex life.
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May 8, 2017 20:52
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InequalityGodzilla posted:Is there a dedicated thread for magazines? Specifically the longer sort that only come out a handful of times a year? Wasn't able to find one, but I figured this is the right subforum.
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May 8, 2017 21:46
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Juanito posted:Any college libraries around you? Maybe they've got copies of it. Good idea, hadn't even considered that! Hell, I'm in college so checking there would hardly be out of the way. Budgie Jumping posted:Yeah it's called your sex life. 
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