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Talmonis posted:I'm looking for books (hopefully on Audio as well) that are like the TV Series Twin Peaks (hell, like most of David Lynch's work). I know that Stephen King is good at this, as I've enjoyed; It, The Dome, Needful Things and Salem's Lot. I'm looking for bizarre looks into the daily lives and petty nature of small town America. Supernatural is fine, as is wierd.
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Talmonis posted:I'm looking for books (hopefully on Audio as well) that are like the TV Series Twin Peaks (hell, like most of David Lynch's work). I know that Stephen King is good at this, as I've enjoyed; It, The Dome, Needful Things and Salem's Lot. I'm looking for bizarre looks into the daily lives and petty nature of small town America. Supernatural is fine, as is wierd. I asked for this last year. The top of the list, for me, is Etgar Keret. He is an Israeli short story writer. His plots and stories are absurd and surreal, his style is humorous and concise, and he has a naive optimism, much like Lynch. I know you said small town America, but his stories are all about everyday people in bizarre situations. He is my favorite short story writer. He has a few short story collections, all of them are fantastic: The Bus Driver Who Wanted To Be God (contains the short story Kneller's Happy Campers, which was made into the movie Wristcutters: A Love Story) The Girl on the Fridge The Nimrod Flipout Suddenly, A Knock on the Door Here are some stories to try out: Crazy Glue LieLand The Story About a Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God Black and Blue For novels, you should look into The Burn Palace and Pines (goon recommendations). Both are small towns where weird things happen. Pines has a sci-fi twist, though. Daniel Handler is fantastic, but his books get very hosed up. The Basic Eight is Lemony Snicket mixed with Heathers. And then there's always Kafka, Vonnegut, and Carson McCullers.
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Sep 22, 2014 17:59
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Franchescanado posted:
I picked up Pines for the same reason but found it really unsatisfying as a Twin Peaks-esque story, it didn't deliver at all and the sci-fi twist ruins it, if you ask me. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't gone into it knowing that the author wanted to write something like Twin Peaks. I'm going to check out The Burn Palace though, that one looks pretty good. Talmonis, I've read most of the stories and novels that have been recommended here in response to your request (Carver, Keret, Saunders, Vonnegut) and to be honest none of those scratch that Twin Peaks itch for me, though they are all fantastic writers in their own right. The only thing that even comes close for me has been watching The Twilight Zone. So I basically just came here to poo poo all over everyone's recommendations  sorry.
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Sep 23, 2014 23:59
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I am looking for horror books about witches. I would really like a horror story with witches that are in the past (not modern times), but any good and scary ones will do. I am thinking witches like in the movie Hocus Pocus, but evil and scary (not campy like in that movie). Raccooon fucked around with this message at 00:31 on Sep 24, 2014 |
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Sep 24, 2014 00:17
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elbow posted:I picked up Pines for the same reason but found it really unsatisfying as a Twin Peaks-esque story, it didn't deliver at all and the sci-fi twist ruins it, if you ask me. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't gone into it knowing that the author wanted to write something like Twin Peaks. I'm going to check out The Burn Palace though, that one looks pretty good. You might check out The Dinner by Herman Koch. It may fit the bill. I don't want to say too much about it, but it deals with a seemingly mundane situation that is anything but. Also, Gone Girl, perhaps?
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Sep 24, 2014 02:12
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Thanks for the recommendation but I've read both of those and neither of them are anything like Twin Peaks. Like, at all. Maybe it's time I start writing Log Lady fanfic.
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Sep 24, 2014 02:29
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elbow posted:Thanks for the recommendation but I've read both of those and neither of them are anything like Twin Peaks. Like, at all. Yeah, that's probably your best bet...
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Sep 24, 2014 02:30
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elbow posted:Thanks for the recommendation but I've read both of those and neither of them are anything like Twin Peaks. Like, at all. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Peaks_books#Official_releases
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Sep 24, 2014 02:32
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This is a treasure trove, I had no idea there were official Twin Peaks books! Thanks for that
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Sep 24, 2014 02:38
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So tonytheshoes's link dropped me into a rabbit hole of Twin Peaks books, and I found something that should fit the bill for Talmonis: an audiobook of Dale Cooper's tapes to Diane. Sadly most of the other TP tie-in books are out of print, but you can find some stuff on https://www.glastonberrygrove.net
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Sep 24, 2014 03:30
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Talmonis posted:I'm looking for books (hopefully on Audio as well) that are like the TV Series Twin Peaks (hell, like most of David Lynch's work). I know that Stephen King is good at this, as I've enjoyed; It, The Dome, Needful Things and Salem's Lot. I'm looking for bizarre looks into the daily lives and petty nature of small town America. Supernatural is fine, as is wierd. Not quite the same vibe, but both Dandelion Wine and Something Wicked This Way Comes hit some of those marks. PKD's Time Out of Joint might be good for something on the weirder end of the spectrum and Lewis' Main Street, John Irving, Stewart O'Nan, Ron Rash, Meyer's American Rust, Wiley Cash, and Goolrick's Heading Out to Wonderful for the reality-based side.
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Sep 24, 2014 03:56
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elbow posted:This is a treasure trove, I had no idea there were official Twin Peaks books! Thanks for that No prob! I suddenly remembered my dad reading those.
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Sep 24, 2014 04:45
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Thanks everyone! I'm going to pick up some of those Twin Peaks books. As for a secondary recommendation, does anyone have any good Surreal Horror they can think of? House of Leaves was a good one for me.
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Sep 24, 2014 14:08
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Wanna read about Riot grrrl punk, what do
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Sep 24, 2014 19:49
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Talmonis posted:Thanks everyone! I'm going to pick up some of those Twin Peaks books. As for a secondary recommendation, does anyone have any good Surreal Horror they can think of? House of Leaves was a good one for me. Not meta fiction ala House of Leaves, nor is it strictly horror (but it's pretty creepy at times): The Double, by Jose Saramago.
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Sep 24, 2014 21:38
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Hat Thoughts posted:Wanna read about Riot grrrl punk, what do Girls to the Front by Sara Marcus for sure, maybe Rat Girl by Kristen Hersh as well. You might also look at the Riot Grrrl Collection which is a sampling of the old zines and posters and stuff, I haven't actually looked through it myself, seems like it would be cool though. Oh and watch the documentary The Punk Singer about Kathleen Hanna too.
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Sep 25, 2014 06:36
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I'd like to read some fictional realism set during the Golden Age of Piracy, and hopefully free of influence from Treasure Island.
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Sep 25, 2014 14:07
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Transmogrifier posted:I'd like to read some fictional realism set during the Golden Age of Piracy, and hopefully free of influence from Treasure Island. Hrm. Good question. Maybe Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates though I haven't actually read any more than parts of it. It doesn't really fit what you're asking for but maybe James Michener's Rascals in Paradise -- nonfiction stories of various South Pacific rapscallions.
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Sep 25, 2014 15:39
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Transmogrifier posted:I'd like to read some fictional realism set during the Golden Age of Piracy, and hopefully free of influence from Treasure Island. Steinbeck's very first novel, Cup of Gold, a semi-fictionalized story of the historic Sir Henry Morgan. It's kind of an outlier in Steinbeck's oeuvre since he's still finding his voice and developing his style this early on in his career, but there are still flashes of brilliance even if the story and its pacing is a bit uneven.
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Sep 25, 2014 20:21
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Hrm. Good question. Maybe Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates though I haven't actually read any more than parts of it. Yeah, I realize it may be difficult to find books along those lines since Treasure Island was the big break in, so to speak, into that genre. I should have specified that nonfiction is appropriate too, my mistake. Thank you for the recommendation! moot the hopple posted:Steinbeck's very first novel, Cup of Gold, a semi-fictionalized story of the historic Sir Henry Morgan. It's kind of an outlier in Steinbeck's oeuvre since he's still finding his voice and developing his style this early on in his career, but there are still flashes of brilliance even if the story and its pacing is a bit uneven. I'll check this out, thank you.
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Sep 26, 2014 19:31
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So I wana read "American Gods" by Neil Gamian, but the "author's perfered text" is twice as much as the first edition. Is there a significant difference between the versions, or can I get away with being a cheapskate?
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Sep 27, 2014 17:41
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Anyone have any good books on South American history? Argentina in particular. Time period entirely optional - it just has to be good, interesting, readable history. On an unrelated note, I wanted to learn a little more than re about Imperial Japan and medieval peasant revolts (no connection). Any good books on those subjects?
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Sep 29, 2014 19:34
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Can anyone recommend "optimistic" post-apocalyptic novels? Not like flowers and unicorns, but something that notes the good and the bad of humanity, and not just the bad seen so much in most of the genre. I want some glimmers of hope in the darkness.
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Sep 30, 2014 03:53
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Hiro Protagonist posted:Can anyone recommend "optimistic" post-apocalyptic novels? Not like flowers and unicorns, but something that notes the good and the bad of humanity, and not just the bad seen so much in most of the genre. I want some glimmers of hope in the darkness. Dark Advent by Brian Hodge meets your criteria, I think. I guess if The Stand would qualify, then Dark Advent would, too.
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Sep 30, 2014 04:17
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Hiro Protagonist posted:Can anyone recommend "optimistic" post-apocalyptic novels? Not like flowers and unicorns, but something that notes the good and the bad of humanity, and not just the bad seen so much in most of the genre. I want some glimmers of hope in the darkness. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel which was just released recently probably fits this bill. It's quite good and got a decent review in the New York Times.
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Sep 30, 2014 04:47
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Also look into Margaret Atwood's trilogy of Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood, and Maddaddam.
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Sep 30, 2014 07:59
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Does anyone know of an unabridged, print version of Charles Dickens's Tale of Two Cities that has the illustrations? I want it in print, and all I can find is eReader versions.
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Sep 30, 2014 08:23
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Poutling posted:Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel which was just released recently probably fits this bill. It's quite good and got a decent review in the New York Times. Not quite as good as a positive review in The Times, but it's on the long list for the National Book Award, as well.
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Sep 30, 2014 13:22
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Thanks for all the recommendations! On the topic, has anyone read Feed, by Mira Grant? Is that any good? Someone recommended it to me.
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Sep 30, 2014 15:11
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Hiro Protagonist posted:Thanks for all the recommendations! On the topic, has anyone read Feed, by Mira Grant? Is that any good? Someone recommended it to me. It's fine, and probably a cut above most of the recent wave of zombie books, but it's only so good and its portrayal of bloggers is...odd.
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Sep 30, 2014 15:17
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Did anything good or substantial come with the zombie wave? I do remember really liking World War Z when I read it, but I imagine it was an exception to the rule.
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Sep 30, 2014 15:20
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Hiro Protagonist posted:Did anything good or substantial come with the zombie wave? I do remember really liking World War Z when I read it, but I imagine it was an exception to the rule. Cancer and most diseases are gone, due to the nature of the virus. It's a solid read, and I do recommend it. It does get a little...odd in the second and third books though.
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Sep 30, 2014 15:51
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Anyone know any good cookbooks for simple, good meals for someone who never really did much advanced in the kitchen? I'd like something with a fair amount of everything in it, and explanations on why it does what steps when.
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Sep 30, 2014 16:33
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Galick posted:Anyone know any good cookbooks for simple, good meals for someone who never really did much advanced in the kitchen? I'd like something with a fair amount of everything in it, and explanations on why it does what steps when. Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything: The Basics, The America's Test Kitchen Cooking School Cookbook (pretty much everything they do is great), and maybe check out Beth Moncel's Budget Bytes, too.
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Sep 30, 2014 17:23
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Hiro Protagonist posted:Can anyone recommend "optimistic" post-apocalyptic novels? Not like flowers and unicorns, but something that notes the good and the bad of humanity, and not just the bad seen so much in most of the genre. I want some glimmers of hope in the darkness. The Postman by David Brin
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Hiro Protagonist posted:Did anything good or substantial come with the zombie wave? I do remember really liking World War Z when I read it, but I imagine it was an exception to the rule. I liked Raising Stony Mayhall. It's set in a world where Romero's Night of the Living Dead was a documentary of a zombie outbreak that really happened. Things got chaotic for awhile, but have now settled down and the book is basically the life story of a zombie baby that was found by a mother and her daughters, who then secretly raise it as one of the family on their remote farm. Another good post apocalyptic book that isn't just doom and gloom is Will Macintosh's Soft Apocalypse.
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Sep 30, 2014 18:27
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Does anyone have any suggestions about good books to read about fundraising in general, particularly for non-profit organizations?
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Sep 30, 2014 20:14
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Hiro Protagonist posted:Can anyone recommend "optimistic" post-apocalyptic novels? Not like flowers and unicorns, but something that notes the good and the bad of humanity, and not just the bad seen so much in most of the genre. I want some glimmers of hope in the darkness. I've recommend this in this thread a number of times, but Gone Away World is great and for what you're describing.
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Sep 30, 2014 21:06
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Hiro Protagonist posted:Can anyone recommend "optimistic" post-apocalyptic novels? Not like flowers and unicorns, but something that notes the good and the bad of humanity, and not just the bad seen so much in most of the genre. I want some glimmers of hope in the darkness. Also The Dog Stars by Peter Heller. The writing style takes a little while to get used to, but the story is great.
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moot the hopple posted:Also look into Margaret Atwood's trilogy of Oryx and Crake Truly, the most optimistic book. E: maybe the tone of the sequels is different, haven't gotten around to them yet
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