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cda posted:

I'm not a fan of Catch-22. It starts strong but then goes slack in the middle and really wanders. I think it's one of those books where when people are done with it all they remember are the good parts and not the stretches of filler.

My favorite Vonnegut is Cat's Cradle which is bitterer than Slaughterhouse 5 I think but I dunno I could be convinced otherwise.

I liked the filler in Catch-22. I guess I thought the meandering added to the overall feel.

# ? Sep 10, 2019 19:31

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# ? May 15, 2024 16:15

nut

cda posted:

I'm not a fan of Catch-22. It starts strong but then goes slack in the middle and really wanders. I think it's one of those books where when people are done with it all they remember are the good parts and not the stretches of filler.

My favorite Vonnegut is Cat's Cradle which is bitterer than Slaughterhouse 5 I think but I dunno I could be convinced otherwise.

east of eden is one of my favourite books ever and that speaks to my love for comfortable in betweens i think

# ? Sep 10, 2019 19:35

Escape From Noise

He can be fairly hard to digest for some but I'm a massive fan of Kobo Abe. I've read every novel of his that's been translated into English and I think that The Box Man and Face of Another are probably my favorites. His most well known novel is probably Woman In the Dunes, which is a VERY slow burn, but I also enjoy it.

He gets compared to Kaufka a lot and most of the time the main theme is alienation in modern society even while surrounded by people.

# ? Sep 10, 2019 19:48

nut

SweetWillyRollbar posted:

He can be fairly hard to digest for some but I'm a massive fan of Kobo Abe. I've read every novel of his that's been translated into English and I think that The Box Man and Face of Another are probably my favorites. His most well known novel is probably Woman In the Dunes, which is a VERY slow burn, but I also enjoy it.

He gets compared to Kaufka a lot and most of the time the main theme is alienation in modern society even while surrounded by people.

I read Woman in the Dunes and really liked it! Yeah, slow but great and very whimsical in a scary way

# ? Sep 10, 2019 19:52

Macnult

SweetWillyRollbar posted:

I really liked The Stranger so I would love to read The Plague, but I also like depressing books a lot.

The Stranger was fantastic. The Plague is �eh� but i also read The Fall earlier this year so i may just be tiring myself of his works.

cda posted:

I'm not a fan of Catch-22. It starts strong but then goes slack in the middle and really wanders. I think it's one of those books where when people are done with it all they remember are the good parts and not the stretches of filler.

My favorite Vonnegut is Cat's Cradle which is bitterer than Slaughterhouse 5 I think but I dunno I could be convinced otherwise.

that�s exactly what i�m worried about happening w/r/t Catch-22. i�ll still give it a shot, i only have like 100 pages left in The Plague

i enjoyed Cat�s Cradle a lot. what keeps me from agreeing that it�s bitterer than Slaughterhouse-Five is Vonnegut�s background as a prisoner of war. i dunno, i prefer goofy vonnegut, so either Timequake or Breakfast of Champions are my favorites of his

# ? Sep 10, 2019 20:21

Bonaventure: by sebmojo

i am reading a book of folk tales, here is the ending to one of them:

quote:

Just then an angry serpent, coming up like a flash of lightning, bit him on the heel. He gave a cry, fell to the ground, and instantly swelled up like a barrel. The serpent, leaping upon him, snatched out his eyes, and he died.

This serpent was no other than Joy's sister. Joy, who was with child and whose time had arrived, gave birth on the spot to a son.

A great crowd gathered to see the master of the chateau dead, for he was the terror of the countryside and no one regretted his demise -- quite the contrary. And they besought Joy's father not to have the child baptized but to kill it immediately. Naturally they feared that if they let the infant live, he would be like his father. So he was killed.

When this was done, the people cried, "The serpent which killed the tyrant ought to be baptized, for there must have been some magic or witchcraft mixed up in what she did." But the priests refused to give baptism to a serpent.

If the master of the chateau had slain Joy, as was his intention, that would have been his twelfth; and in slaying twelve, he would have slain twenty-four, for all were with child. Then he would have become a sorcerer, but God did not permit it.

he was so close, too

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# ? Sep 10, 2019 21:55

magic cactus: We lied. We are not at war. There is no enemy. This is a rescue operation.

Bonaventure posted:

He would have become a sorcerer, but God did not permit it.

Put this on my gravestone, thanks very much.

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# ? Sep 10, 2019 22:35

nut

i know a certain good book ok i'll see myself out thank you

# ? Sep 10, 2019 22:39

Heather Papps: hello friend

i liek dunes

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# ? Sep 10, 2019 23:15

Slush Garbo: FALSE SLACK
is
BETTER
than
NO SLACK

I am reading short story book The Tokyo-Montana Express by also novelist and poet Richard Brautigan

I like it

# ? Sep 10, 2019 23:22

beer pal

whereas dune is a claustrophobic thriller where the protagonists are menaced by just a single dune, the sequel, dunes, has us on the dunes' home turf, surrounded by dunes on all sides

https://i.imgur.com/xQxnooW.png

# ? Sep 10, 2019 23:23

nut

referee: there's nothing in the rules that says a dune can't play football

# ? Sep 10, 2019 23:24

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beer pal posted:

whereas dune is a claustrophobic thriller where the protagonists are menaced by just a single dune, the sequel, dunes, has us on the dunes' home turf, surrounded by dunes on all sides

brothers of dunes is my fave, honestly, the epigrams are so thoughtful

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# ? Sep 10, 2019 23:28

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nut posted:

referee: there's nothing in the rules that says a dune can't play football

there is however a rule about entrance into the footballers guild and no dog has survived the water of gator, ever before.

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# ? Sep 10, 2019 23:28

Jolo: ive been playing with magnuts tying to change the wold as we know it

beer pal posted:

whereas dune is a claustrophobic thriller where the protagonists are menaced by just a single dune, the sequel, dunes, has us on the dunes' home turf, surrounded by dunes on all sides

We're gonna need a bigger ~~boat~~ dunebuggy.

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Jolo fucked around with this message at 03:36 on Sep 11, 2019

# ? Sep 11, 2019 03:33

Escape From Noise

A Confederacy of Dunces is definitely a favorite of mine. I read through it so quickly despite its length. I gave the book to my mom who always says she isn't a reader and was really put off by the page count, but she ended up loving it too.

Also for short stories I love Raymond Carver.

# ? Sep 11, 2019 04:40

Macnult

beer pal posted:

whereas dune is a claustrophobic thriller where the protagonists are menaced by just a single dune, the sequel, dunes, has us on the dunes' home turf, surrounded by dunes on all sides

lol

# ? Sep 11, 2019 05:49

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Bonaventure posted:

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Bonaventure

i am reading a book of folk tales, here is the ending to one of them:

[quote]
Just then an angry serpent, coming up like a flash of lightning, bit him on the heel. He gave a cry, fell to the ground, and instantly swelled up like a barrel. The serpent, leaping upon him, snatched out his eyes, and he died.

This serpent was no other than Joy's sister. Joy, who was with child and whose time had arrived, gave birth on the spot to a son.

A great crowd gathered to see the master of the chateau dead, for he was the terror of the countryside and no one regretted his demise -- quite the contrary. And they besought Joy's father not to have the child baptized but to kill it immediately. Naturally they feared that if they let the infant live, he would be like his father. So he was killed.

When this was done, the people cried, "The serpent which killed the tyrant ought to be baptized, for there must have been some magic or witchcraft mixed up in what she did." But the priests refused to give baptism to a serpent.

If the master of the chateau had slain Joy, as was his intention, that would have been his twelfth; and in slaying twelve, he would have slain twenty-four, for all were with child. Then he would have become a sorcerer, but God did not permit it.

turns out that things like character and context are counterfeit money passed off by coward hacks who don't know how to write :krad:

magical snake stories

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# ? Sep 11, 2019 08:27

beer pal

i knew this mf vronsky was gonna get his horse killed

https://i.imgur.com/xQxnooW.png

# ? Sep 11, 2019 17:17

Heather Papps: hello friend

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# ? Sep 11, 2019 17:36

Dungeon Ecology

a confederacy of dunes

# ? Sep 11, 2019 19:08

Heather Papps: hello friend

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# ? Sep 11, 2019 21:35

Jolo: ive been playing with magnuts tying to change the wold as we know it

HERBERTS OF DUNE - FRANK HERBERT

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# ? Sep 11, 2019 21:43

Bonaventure: by sebmojo

all this happened long ago when the chickens
had teeth and could bite like the dickens

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# ? Sep 11, 2019 22:52

cda: by Hand Knit

beer pal posted:

whereas dune is a claustrophobic thriller where the protagonists are menaced by just a single dune, the sequel, dunes, has us on the dunes' home turf, surrounded by dunes on all sides

this is genius ilu

# ? Sep 12, 2019 00:11

beer pal

https://i.imgur.com/xQxnooW.png

# ? Sep 12, 2019 20:10

beer pal

rankings near the end of part 2:

#1 - the timid & pensive konstantin levin, caught between two worlds
#2 - the young kitty, reinventing herself after her formative first heartbreak
#3 - troubled class traitor nikolai levin
#4 - dolly
#5 - the scornful and desparate anna k
#6 - alexei alexandrovich, hiding himself behind courtly properness
#7 - the self centered hedonist stiva
#8 - levins dog laska
#9 - vronsky's horse frou-frou, may she rest in peace
...
#20 - the scoundrel vronsky

https://i.imgur.com/xQxnooW.png

# ? Sep 12, 2019 20:23

cda: by Hand Knit

beer pal posted:

rankings near the end of part 2:

#1 - the timid & pensive konstantin levin, caught between two worlds
#2 - the young kitty, reinventing herself after her formative first heartbreak
#3 - troubled class traitor nikolai levin
#4 - dolly
#5 - the scornful and desparate anna k
#6 - alexei alexandrovich, hiding himself behind courtly properness
#7 - the self centered hedonist stiva
#8 - levins dog laska
#9 - vronsky's horse frou-frou, may she rest in peace
...
#20 - the scoundrel vronsky

Tier lists are illegal in BYOB

# ? Sep 13, 2019 01:55

nut

cda posted:

Tier lists are illegal in BYOB

smallest part of the cake
bigger part of the cake
biggest part of the cake

# ? Sep 13, 2019 02:01

Heather Papps: hello friend

nut posted:

smallest part of the cake
bigger part of the cake
biggest part of the cake

MODS

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# ? Sep 13, 2019 02:02

nut

Heather Papps posted:

MODS

things ur gonna do about it:

nada
nil
zippo

# ? Sep 13, 2019 02:06

Heather Papps: hello friend

nut posted:

things ur gonna do about it:

nada
nil
zippo

okay so i am burning my house down, with a zippo,,right now

whos the smart book guy now?
:negative:

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# ? Sep 13, 2019 02:14

Escape From Noise

William Shakespeare's Much a Dune About Nothing" was way ahead of its time.

# ? Sep 13, 2019 07:50

Heather Papps: hello friend

stormlight archives:
very good. mormon, kinda?

tolkein was catholic and lotr owns so whatev

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# ? Sep 13, 2019 17:07

beer pal

this book really is good as hell. all these characters are fascinating and tolstoy is incredibly good at describing their states of mind. im a tolstoy stan now. turns out levin is actually kind of a jack rear end though like "hmm this pro feudalism guy makes some good points"

https://i.imgur.com/xQxnooW.png

# ? Sep 15, 2019 18:46

Heather Papps: hello friend

the book of lies is really good

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# ? Sep 16, 2019 13:50

cda: by Hand Knit

beer pal posted:

this book really is good as hell. all these characters are fascinating and tolstoy is incredibly good at describing their states of mind.

I agree. I like that book because is it proof that at least one person in the history of mankind has paid full and compassionate attention to other human beings.

# ? Sep 16, 2019 15:31

cda: by Hand Knit

I just read The Voyage of the Sable Venus by Robin Coste Lewis which is a book of poems. Pretty good. The title poem is really interesting. It's a "narrative" (loosely construed) poem in several sections which is entirely composed of the titles and exhibit descriptions of works of art which depict the black female figure (they don't have to be the focus, just in the artwork somewhere). It's really interesting to see the mileage she can get out of words which describe art or art materials but which also have other meanings, e.g. "relief," "hide" and so on..

# ? Sep 16, 2019 15:37

magic cactus: We lied. We are not at war. There is no enemy. This is a rescue operation.

Actually, can anyone recommend me some poetry? It's probably my least-read genre and I'm looking to get more into it. I'm familiar with some of the big names (Blake, Shelly, etc) but I tend to like more weird and philosophical stuff. So far I've read a collection of Borges's poetry, some Federico Garcia Lorca, and Fernando Passoas The Book Of Disquiet. I've enjoyed all three of those equally well, but I'm always on the lookout for something more.

Thanks.

To get back to book chat, I just finished Ice by Anna Kavan which was a very good read. Felt like Kafka. Beautiful prose and a nightmarish hallucinogenic atmosphere. Recommend.

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# ? Sep 16, 2019 16:09

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# ? May 15, 2024 16:15

Heather Papps: hello friend

magic cactus posted:

Actually, can anyone recommend me some poetry? It's probably my least-read genre and I'm looking to get more into it. I'm familiar with some of the big names (Blake, Shelly, etc) but I tend to like more weird and philosophical stuff. So far I've read a collection of Borges's poetry, some Federico Garcia Lorca, and Fernando Passoas The Book Of Disquiet. I've enjoyed all three of those equally well, but I'm always on the lookout for something more.

Thanks.

rumi

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# ? Sep 16, 2019 16:20

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