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Those pop up at Powell's Books here in Portland in the sale section every now and again. They are fantastic and I have a few of them now, I wish they would release them in the US. It's interesting that their (lack of) cover art really makes them stand out on the shelves here.
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To try and get people to read poo poo. poo poo shoveling if you will. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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abagofcheetos posted:Any tips on buying used books online that don't charge and arm and a leg for shipping? I managed to find a single book seller on Amazon marketplace that had like 10 books I've been wanting to buy, but their policy is $4 shipping per item, period. I'll be damned if I pay $4 to ship a book I'm buying for $.10. biblio.com lets the individual sellers set prices. So sometimes it's still like amazon gouging, but some (betterworldbooks) have free shipping. Most of them give you discounts on multiple books shipping from them.
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Jun 24, 2010 02:47
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Op Oloop: http://www.amazon.com/Op-Oloop-Latin-American-Literature/dp/1564784347/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I30C588X2GS9RK&colid=29BBUL28KLDDN Wow no reviews.. hmmm
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Jul 15, 2010 17:07
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CaptainPsyko posted:Just ordered Cyclonopedia. Is there a thread about it somewhere? I have a pretty high expectation of wanting to discuss this one once I'm knee deep in it. I found it pretty much unreadable garbage.
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Sep 8, 2010 19:22
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I'm betting if you put Borges in a poll on here nothing else is going to even come close. Might as well skip the poll and just do Ficciones. I'd love that thread and would comment on every story!
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Sep 14, 2010 01:33
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What? No. Authors are going to be stoked you are there at all.
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Sep 16, 2010 18:13
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The complete review guy has a pretty crazy rundown and analysis on odds of Nobel favorites: http://www.complete-review.com/saloon/archive/201009c.htm He thinks it's going to be a poet over a novelist this time. I really don't think an American is going to get one anytime soon.
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Oct 2, 2010 19:09
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Julio Cortazar - Hopscotch
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Jan 21, 2011 21:36
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GZA Genius posted:If by bad taste you mean 300+ pages of how a guy wants to fondle a 12 year old every chance he can get, than yes I guess my taste is bad. I.. wait, what? Are you just learning English? are you severely autistic? I'm not sure how someone could misunderstand this book so much.
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Sep 21, 2011 03:42
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Reading 300 pages in an hour versus 25 an hour doesn't matter at all if you aren't retaining or really comprehending it though.
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Sep 21, 2011 07:02
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pakman posted:I finally bought a copy of Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodline from Steam for $5 during the Halloween sale, and I have my copy of Vampire: The Requiem roleplaying book. I am finding myself looking for good vampire fiction. I read Interview with a Vampire several years ago, but never continued with the series. I really like the World of Darkness setting. I especially love books with a lot of politics and maneuvering for position. Are there any vampire novels that encapsulate this? I hear this book "Dracula" is pretty good.
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Nov 8, 2011 07:03
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politicorific posted:I was hoping someone could clue me into some recent Asian American literature (novels, short stories, poetry) dealing with cultural issues or East Asia. English language, not translated works like Haruki Murakami. I Hotel by Karen Tei Yamashita is about Asian Americans in San Fran in the 60s, lots of formats (including a comic book chapter).
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Apr 4, 2012 06:09
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z0331 posted:Random question but... Definitely a mistake. There should be two Confessions chapters, one that starts "Night" and one that starts "Morning" about 50 or so pages apart.
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May 4, 2012 05:45
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I thought Song of Kali was boring and predictable in addition to being crazy horrible racist.
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May 13, 2012 21:13
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Sir John Feelgood posted:I read Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, and I really liked it. Now I'm reading his book Kafka on the Shore and liking it a lot less. It's not the magical stuff. I'm worried this is going to be one of those cases where I read one book by an author, love it, then read some more by him and just find samey stories littered with the author's fixations -- things I didn't know were fixations until they started reappearing. In Murakami's case (seemingly): introvert boy meets extrovert girl, one character relating to the narrator the long story of another character's traumatic past, Greek plays, college protests, mini book reviews from the narrator... This happened to me with John Irving (wrestling, sex with an older woman) and Paul Auster (Columbia University, 19th c. American lit, mini book/movie reviews). The only trope you seemed to have missed is jazz. I personally think that yeah Murakami is writing the same book over and over. The Wind-up Bird Chronicles is worth checking out because he executes his style most effectively there. But yeah, I'm not that into him.
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Jul 27, 2012 06:52
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Falls Down Stairs posted:Since I'm reading Don Quixote right now I'm curious: are there other works by Cervantes that are worth reading? He seems remembered on the strength of the one work for the most part. I'm aware of the titles of some of his other works but little else. He actually didn't write that much. I've only read the Exemplary Stories that are translated into English and they were pretty entertaining, some of them are really weird.
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Sep 13, 2012 16:43
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WoG posted:e: Ooh, nice -- Sergio de la Pava (The Naked Singularity)'s other self-published book, Personae, is getting a reissue now, too. I really liked Naked Singularity, but Personae is not very good at all.
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Jul 9, 2013 02:37
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Brian Evenson wrote two Dead Space tie-ins and the novel version of The Lords of Salem, the Rob Zombie movie, which I don't know why anyone would want to read. I assume he made many many times more money from these than from his indie press lit horror books.
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chernobyl kinsman posted:i definitely trust the historical chops of the bald trotskyist who writes fantasy novels Same.
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Annath posted:RIP Yeah, I have an incoming folder that I drop stuff into and just forget about because Calibre takes care of it. It’s really easy, there’s not much point in attempting anything else.
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