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Are there any books that slowly shift genre partway through? Something like the film Angel Heart or From Dusk Til Dawn. Notably, this has to surprise the reader, not just the protagonist. A book where it's a detective stumbling onto Cthulu only works in this example if the reader is just as surprised by the supernatural element as the detective.
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If we recommend a book on those criteria, you won't be surprised at the twist, therefore it won't meet your criteria. Paradox, deflected!
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regulargonzalez posted:Are there any books that slowly shift genre partway through? Something like the film Angel Heart or From Dusk Til Dawn. Notably, this has to surprise the reader, not just the protagonist. A book where it's a detective stumbling onto Cthulu only works in this example if the reader is just as surprised by the supernatural element as the detective. A Visit from the Goon Squad it becomes a powerpoint show
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regulargonzalez posted:Are there any books that slowly shift genre partway through? Something like the film Angel Heart or From Dusk Til Dawn. Notably, this has to surprise the reader, not just the protagonist. A book where it's a detective stumbling onto Cthulu only works in this example if the reader is just as surprised by the supernatural element as the detective. Alastair Grey's Lanark starts off as a fantasy/sci fi thing but then the middle part of the book is about a depressed neurotic virgin artist in post ww2 Scotland with no fantastic elements at all, and that's the best bit by far.
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Feb 2, 2016 05:01
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blue squares posted:NOT girl on the train. Ha, my wife said Girl on a train was terrible. IDK about Pynchon. I read The crying of lot 49 and it was just did not do it for me.
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spandexcajun posted:Ha, my wife said Girl on a train was terrible. IDK about Pynchon. I read The crying of lot 49 and it was just did not do it for me. Inherent Vice is nothing like other Pynchon. It's a wacky 1960s private detective story
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Feb 2, 2016 05:55
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Time Cowboy posted:If we recommend a book on those criteria, you won't be surprised at the twist, therefore it won't meet your criteria. Paradox, deflected! I'll add any books the random spots within the absurdly large to-read pile to avoid such paradoxes.
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Feb 2, 2016 06:25
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regulargonzalez posted:Are there any books that slowly shift genre partway through? Something like the film Angel Heart or From Dusk Til Dawn. Notably, this has to surprise the reader, not just the protagonist. A book where it's a detective stumbling onto Cthulu only works in this example if the reader is just as surprised by the supernatural element as the detective. Funnily enough both of these could probably work on the request for page-turners too.
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Feb 2, 2016 13:10
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blue squares posted:Inherent Vice is nothing like other Pynchon. It's a wacky 1960s private detective story I thought about recommending this but wasn't sure if it was a "thriller". Whatever. It's one of my favorite books by far. Dive in.
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Feb 2, 2016 13:52
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spandexcajun posted:Can I get a recommendation for a mystery suspense page turner? I want a stay up late reading even thought I have to go to work in the morning, cheese is ok, sort of story. Maybe like Gone Girl or something. Shutter Island.
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Feb 2, 2016 14:51
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Definitely give Inherent Vice a try. I loved it, probably one of Pynchon's most accessible works. It's a lot of fun. The upside is it's fairly short, and once finished you can watch the movie. The movie may not be the best ever but there are some certainly memorable hilarious parts in it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7g0thJe_qY
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Feb 2, 2016 16:17
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The movie's a great adaptation and does a remarkable job of capturing the, uh, Pynchon-ness of the book. IV was my gateway book to Pynchon as well, highly recommend it.
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Feb 2, 2016 16:22
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I've gone pretty much my whole adult life imagining Pynchon to look and sound like J. K. Simmons. I hear he makes an appearance in the movie somewhere in the background eating soup or something.
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Feb 2, 2016 16:40
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Blind Rasputin posted:I've gone pretty much my whole adult life imagining Pynchon to look and sound like J. K. Simmons. I think that's been proven to be another Pynchon gag, like his "meeting" the band Lotion.
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Feb 2, 2016 16:57
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What's some good cyberpunk? I've read the Sprawl trilogy, but playing Shadowrun: Hong Kong and Android: Netrunner has me hungry for some megacorps. I know Snow Crash is supposed to be good, is there anything else out there I should check out? It doesn't have to be classic or anything, just a fun read.
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The Lord of Hats posted:What's some good cyberpunk? I've read the Sprawl trilogy, but playing Shadowrun: Hong Kong and Android: Netrunner has me hungry for some megacorps. I know Snow Crash is supposed to be good, is there anything else out there I should check out? It doesn't have to be classic or anything, just a fun read. Recommended before, but I'll recommend it again: George Alec Effinger's Marid Audrian books. When Gravity Fails is the first one.
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A definite cyberpunk favorite of mine was Richard K. Morgan's Altered Carbon series. It's loving good.
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Blind Rasputin posted:A definite cyberpunk favorite of mine was Richard K. Morgan's Altered Carbon series. It's loving good. Really good.
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The Lord of Hats posted:What's some good cyberpunk? I've read the Sprawl trilogy, but playing Shadowrun: Hong Kong and Android: Netrunner has me hungry for some megacorps. I know Snow Crash is supposed to be good, is there anything else out there I should check out? It doesn't have to be classic or anything, just a fun read. You might enjoy The Diamond Age. I really liked it.
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Feb 3, 2016 12:28
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The Lord of Hats posted:What's some good cyberpunk? I've read the Sprawl trilogy, but playing Shadowrun: Hong Kong and Android: Netrunner has me hungry for some megacorps. I know Snow Crash is supposed to be good, is there anything else out there I should check out? It doesn't have to be classic or anything, just a fun read. Gibson's short story collection Burning Chrome if you haven't. The Mirrorshades anthology. Definitely grab Schismatrix Plus by Bruce Sterling. Edit: oh Gibson's Bridge trilogy too!
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The Lord of Hats posted:What's some good cyberpunk? I've read the Sprawl trilogy, but playing Shadowrun: Hong Kong and Android: Netrunner has me hungry for some megacorps. I know Snow Crash is supposed to be good, is there anything else out there I should check out? It doesn't have to be classic or anything, just a fun read. For something a bit further afield, Red Spider White Web is really good. It puts a lot more emphasis on the punk. As far as I know, it was the author's first and only published book, so as you might expect it's a bit more roughly hewn some of the other recommendations, but that kind of ends up adding to it really. Anyway, I enjoyed it and recommend it. Since you did say fun specifically, I should probably also more explicitly say that while it's good it's not a "fun" cyberpunk book the way something like Snow Crash is, it's dark and gritty as gently caress. Unfortunately it's long out of print and I don't think it's available from any legitimate digital source. If you watch eBay it pops up every now and then for about $10, but listings for it on Amazon right now are ridiculously priced. breaks fucked around with this message at 05:10 on Feb 4, 2016 |
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The Lord of Hats posted:What's some good cyberpunk? I've read the Sprawl trilogy, but playing Shadowrun: Hong Kong and Android: Netrunner has me hungry for some megacorps. I know Snow Crash is supposed to be good, is there anything else out there I should check out? It doesn't have to be classic or anything, just a fun read. I liked W.T. Quick's Dreams of Flesh and Sand and Dreams of Gods and Men but not sure how easy they are to get ahold of these days
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Mindplayers, by Pat Cadigan - she's a great author and a common theme in her books is the interaction between humans and technology. This is her first book, and it's really enjoyable.
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Looking for some non-fiction about pagan/pre-christian religious practices in Britain. A broad subject-area I know, but any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
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Rubber Biscuit posted:Looking for some non-fiction about pagan/pre-christian religious practices in Britain. A broad subject-area I know, but any pointers would be greatly appreciated. This one sounds like a pretty good survey text although i haven't read it personally: http://www.amazon.com/Pagan-Religions-Ancient-British-Isles/dp/0631189467 e: this one too maybe http://www.amazon.com/Myths-Symbols-Pagan-Europe-Scandinavian/dp/0815624417
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Rubber Biscuit posted:Looking for some non-fiction about pagan/pre-christian religious practices in Britain. A broad subject-area I know, but any pointers would be greatly appreciated. I was also recently looking into this subject, will check those recommendations out cheers
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Joe McCarthy is a giant rear end, whats the best book on his bullshit witchhunting? Yes I know Walt Disney turned in friends.
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The Lord of Hats posted:What's some good cyberpunk? I've read the Sprawl trilogy, but playing Shadowrun: Hong Kong and Android: Netrunner has me hungry for some megacorps. I know Snow Crash is supposed to be good, is there anything else out there I should check out? It doesn't have to be classic or anything, just a fun read. You might check out the Samuil Petrovitch trilogy by Simon Morden--starts with "Equations of Life." They're pretty fun.
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Is there a book version of the X Files? Kinda like aliens and conspiracys and such but making a narrative out of it?
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Abu Dave posted:Is there a book version of the X Files? Kinda like aliens and conspiracys and such but making a narrative out of it? Animorphs is pretty cool
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Vineland.
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Infinite Jest.
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Abu Dave posted:Is there a book version of the X Files? Kinda like aliens and conspiracys and such but making a narrative out of it? Illuminatus trilogy
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I am half-way through reading Vineland, and while there are government agents and conspiracies, I would not consider it similar to X-Files. I would recommend it in general, though.
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Illuminatus trilogy This one actually seems to fit the request and looks great, too
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Abu Dave posted:Is there a book version of the X Files? Kinda like aliens and conspiracys and such but making a narrative out of it? "The Invisibles" by Grant Morrison.
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blue squares posted:This one actually seems to fit the request and looks great, too I don't know if it's like the xfiles, but it is, in fact, pretty great. edit: Actually, maybe it is like the xfiles, but not only is Mulder right about everything, if anything he doesn't scratch the surface of what's really going on. 
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Feb 12, 2016 20:46
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Thank you guys, going to make a plane trip more bearable 
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Abu Dave posted:Is there a book version of the X Files? Kinda like aliens and conspiracys and such but making a narrative out of it? Foucault's Pendulum
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A human heart posted:Foucault's Pendulum
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