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Antwan3K posted:Brave New World is one of the worst novels of all time this on a forum with an active thread about The Scarlet Letter
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Antwan3K posted:Brave New World is one of the worst novels of all time it's not the worst novel out there, but it's definitely amongst the most overrated the prose is absolute trash
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Aug 8, 2015 00:18
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I am glad roadside picnic got retranslated, and also the Master and Margarita
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Aug 8, 2015 00:41
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I'm currently reading Against the Day via audiobook and it's not going that well. Considering the century old pop culture, infinite amount of characters, and general Pynchon... ness it seems I'm going to have to switch to a hard cover. I have a job/commute that affords me around 4 hours of audiobook a day so does anyone have any recommendations that might be more amenable to that format?Mel Mudkiper posted:I've mentioned before that David Vann is really good and that you fuckers need to read him Where should I start?
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Aug 8, 2015 03:19
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The Puppy Bowl posted:Where should I start? Aquarium has the single most powerful passage I have read in years so start there Also for audio books I recommend authors with a good voice. David Sedaris is arguably better to listen to than to read. Baxter Black is also a fantastic orator of his own books.
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Aug 8, 2015 03:31
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This is my vote for book of the month September/October http://www.amazon.com.au/Submission-Michel-Houellebecq-ebook/dp/B00XGX9IAG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1439165595&sr=8-2&keywords=submission
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Aug 10, 2015 02:11
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I've been continuing through One Hundred Years of Solitude, slowly taking my time with it and I'm finally getting close to the end. That rant that is a two-page long sentence is one of the greatest things I've ever read. Also people keep dying like every twelve pages now. 
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Aug 10, 2015 04:38
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CestMoi posted:I watched the first episode of A Young Doctor's Notebook today under the impression that it was an adaptation of A COuntry Doctor and now I really wish someone would make that somehow. there is an anime adaptation of it 
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Aug 10, 2015 19:13
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I'm halfway through Coetzee's Disgrace and holy poo poo.
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Aug 10, 2015 19:34
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Beyond sane knolls posted:I'm halfway through Coetzee's Disgrace and holy poo poo. It's so good. Kinda amazed you were able to put it down to post
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Aug 10, 2015 19:58
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Mel Mudkiper posted:It's so good. Kinda amazed you were able to put it down to post I didn't put it down to post. I put it down to give my heart/soul a break.
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Aug 10, 2015 20:02
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Beyond sane knolls posted:I didn't put it down to post. I put it down to give my heart/soul a break. I had the opposite reaction. I read the thing in a single sitting because I was never at a moment I was comfortable leaving the characters fates unresolved
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Aug 10, 2015 20:04
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This thread has been praising Coatzee for as long as I can remember, but I can't remember which specific books. I might take a hike over to the book store. Which one should I get first?
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Aug 10, 2015 21:09
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blue squares posted:This thread has been praising Coatzee for as long as I can remember, but I can't remember which specific books. I might take a hike over to the book store. Which one should I get first? Disgrace is pretty much the zenith of Coatzee and the best place to start
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Aug 10, 2015 21:20
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Disgrace is pretty much the zenith of Coatzee and the best place to start Thanks and gently caress the steelers, god bless
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Aug 10, 2015 21:28
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Waiting for the Barbarians is also pretty good.
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Aug 10, 2015 21:53
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thehomemaster posted:This is my vote for book of the month September/October Aw, you guys are getting it like a month before the US. October's going to be insane, there's new Houellebecq/Mitchell/Valente/Wolfe novels all coming out within like two weeks of each other.
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Aug 10, 2015 22:23
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I just finished reading Hopscotch using the regular sequence. What a beautifully written book, but Jesus Christ all the characters in that book are just so unlikable. I'm going to start the non-linear sequence now, hoping that somehow Olivera stops being a horrible jerk.
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Aug 10, 2015 22:48
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Pentaro posted:I just finished reading Hopscotch using the regular sequence. What a beautifully written book, but Jesus Christ all the characters in that book are just so unlikable. I'm going to start the non-linear sequence now, hoping that somehow Olivera stops being a horrible jerk. bad idea.. The second part is only conceptually related to the main plot. You should have read it the "hopscotch way" right away imo
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Aug 10, 2015 23:42
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I'm reading Beckett's Trilogy atm and it owns hard but I wish I'd known that there was a dang 80 page paragraph hahaha.
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Aug 11, 2015 10:19
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My vote for book of the month is the moonstone
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Aug 11, 2015 12:28
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I vote Shoplifting from American Apparel
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Aug 11, 2015 15:47
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I vote you mother fuckers who aint commented on Between the World and Me get the gently caress on it
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Aug 11, 2015 16:04
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it's not available in my city 
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Aug 11, 2015 16:47
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V. Illych L. posted:it's not available in my city Its a book, get the e-version drat
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Aug 11, 2015 16:48
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V. Illych L. posted:it's not available in my city Why do you live in a sundown town
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Aug 11, 2015 16:53
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I live in an ivory tower
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Aug 11, 2015 16:55
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Why do you live in a sundown town i live in norway it's probably coming here once it's been translated. atm there's one shop in oslo that's got it, and i'm not going to oslo to buy a book Mel Mudkiper posted:Its a book, get the e-version drat i keep breaking my e-readers
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Aug 11, 2015 17:06
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V. Illych L. posted:it's not available in my city it's literally  on amazon for the kindle version. V. Illych L. posted:i live in norway it's probably coming here once it's been translated. atm there's one shop in oslo that's got it, and i'm not going to oslo to buy a book I bet my old jeans' left pocket that Amazon ship paperbacks to here too.
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Aug 11, 2015 17:24
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V. Illych L. posted:i keep breaking my e-readers You can read it on your phone unless you keep breaking that as well.
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Aug 11, 2015 18:25
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Anyone here read Room by Emma Donoghue? I just finished it in less than 24 hours (320 pages). It hit me emotionally more than perhaps any other book I have ever read. From a literary standpoint, this book is really interesting. Because it is written in the voice and language of a five year old, it eschews attempts at beautiful imagery, metaphor, and extended ruminations on life. But what it lacks in stylistic beauty, it achieves so much in terms of emotional impact. It takes a deep look into motherhood and trauma, and a child entering the world. I know that I will be thinking of this book for years to come.
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Aug 12, 2015 02:35
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blue squares posted:Anyone here read Room by Emma Donoghue? I just finished it in less than 24 hours (320 pages). It hit me emotionally more than perhaps any other book I have ever read. I actually own it and have been looking for a chance to read it. I've read her most recent book Frog Music but its so different in style and tone as to be a completely different novel
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Aug 12, 2015 12:37
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Room felt like Readers Digest story in book form, I read it when it came out and still haven't decided if that's a good or bad thing..
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Aug 12, 2015 15:20
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I recommended it to one of my colleagues a few years ago, and she sounded devastated about the book afterwards, and never asked for a book rec. again. I haven't read it myself, but it sounded like a better-than-average weepie and she said she wanted something touching. Maybe I should've gone with something i'd actually read.
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Aug 12, 2015 15:26
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I read Disgrace by recommendation of this thread and found it to be awful. The writing style was wonderful, and it was easy to read. Content, on the other hand, turned from okay to terrible. The actions of the characters did not fit in well with their personalities. The themes explored were superficial and did not try to bring in any sort of new perspective.
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Aug 12, 2015 18:51
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ProSlayer posted:I read Disgrace by recommendation of this thread and found it to be awful. The writing style was wonderful, and it was easy to read. Content, on the other hand, turned from okay to terrible. The actions of the characters did not fit in well with their personalities. The themes explored were superficial and did not try to bring in any sort of new perspective. Why did you think it didn't fit their personalities?
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Aug 12, 2015 19:41
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Just finished slogging through Montaigne's Essays. Took a long time but it's definitely worth it. There's times when he'll just build a weird argument and sum it up in the perfect pithy sentence and you find it impossible to disagree. It has all the makings of a book I'll return to again and again. Everyone should read at least some of them. Especially On Some Lines of Virgil and To Philosophise is to Learn How to Die.
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Aug 12, 2015 19:53
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ProSlayer posted:The themes explored were superficial and did not try to bring in any sort of new perspective. Yeah gonna have to expand on this because what the absolute gently caress are you talking about
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Aug 12, 2015 20:15
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I just finished Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter and it was very good, intense, heavy - parts of it incredibly well written. though i thought the final 1/4 or so was not as good
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quote:Why did you think it didn't fit their personalities? Lucy's apathetic response to her situation after spending her entire life as a self-sufficient, independent woman. David's "accepting his life" after living it as stubbornly as he did. I understand people change, but the character transformations in this book are unrealistic. quote:Yeah gonna have to expand on this because what the absolute gently caress are you talking about The plot in Disgrace was very cliche. The themes that stood out in this book: racism in South Africa, animal cruelty, and rape. Nothing in the story made me think "a-ha" that's an interesting perspective or a new way of portraying an idea. There was nothing original and the characters weren't realistic.
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