TenderLovingKiller®
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Ah, It was a movie, thought it was a show. It probably woulda worked better as a show.
The Reader’s Nook - The N&G Book Thread
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Mr Moore
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White Noise is great, so is Americana. I struggled a bit with The Names but wouldn’t mind trying it again someday as it’s considered one of his best. Underworld is a masterpiece but it is pretty huge and some parts work better than others (the opening ball game is one of the best things I’ve ever read). His latest, The Silence is very short so if you don’t want to commit to something too long, while it’s not his best, it does capture what he does well, just in short form. I’ve got End Zone in my to read list for this year. Other than Paul Auster, I think he’s probably my favourite, consistently readable and smart American writer.
BjorgenFjorgen
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I've only read The New York Trilogy by Auster (love them) and would like to read some more down the road. Any particular favourites?
Mr Moore
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Moon Palace and The Music of Chance are probably my two favourites. 4321 from a few years back was excellent and innovative but it is long and something of a commitment. I remember really enjoying Mr Vertigo too but I read most of them so long ago now that I really fancy dedicating a few months to a big reread of his catalogue.
EDIT: Also, if you haven't seen the 90s movies, Smoke and Blue in the Face, they are well worth a watch to my recollection. He wrote them both.
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livinsmall
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Re-reading The Largesse of the Sea Maiden (short stories) by Denis Johnson. Good heavens he could write.
kvetcha
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Good Lord, I loved Piranesi. Read it in an afternoon.
I’m currently reading through Emily St. John Mandel’s The Glass Hotel, which is, par for the course, a dreamy work full of broken people and empathy.
ayayrawn
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Exciting Pulitzer winners this year! And two fiction winners for the first time ever! Stoked for Hua Hsu. Stay True is so good.
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trickyseven
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Don't get me wrong, I love The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy enough to own one physical set already, but my goodness Folio Society. $875 American dollars!? For that price, this should come with it's own spaceship with an improbability drive. At the very least, a towel.
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Limited Edition)
Ready for excitement, adventure and really wild things? The Folio Society limited edition of Douglas Adams’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy arrives in a spectacular presentation box with DON’T PANIC written in large, friendly letters on the front. All five volumes feature new illustrations...
TenderLovingKiller®
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It is very pretty though.Don't get me wrong, I love The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy enough to own one physical set already, but my goodness Folio Society. $875 American dollars!? For that price, this should come with it's own spaceship with an improbability drive. At the very least, a towel.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Limited Edition)
Ready for excitement, adventure and really wild things? The Folio Society limited edition of Douglas Adams’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy arrives in a spectacular presentation box with DON’T PANIC written in large, friendly letters on the front. All five volumes feature new illustrations...
kvetcha
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As far as their Limited Editions go, I guess it's reasonable.Don't get me wrong, I love The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy enough to own one physical set already, but my goodness Folio Society. $875 American dollars!? For that price, this should come with it's own spaceship with an improbability drive. At the very least, a towel.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Limited Edition)
Ready for excitement, adventure and really wild things? The Folio Society limited edition of Douglas Adams’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy arrives in a spectacular presentation box with DON’T PANIC written in large, friendly letters on the front. All five volumes feature new illustrations...
Sonicpharmacist
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After reading only two books this year (The Shining and Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister, which I highly recommend), I just picked up four books.…The Martian, Love In the Time of Cholera, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and Infinite Jest. I know which I am going to read last, just need to decide which to start with…..
jamieanderson1968
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That is a nice block of 4. I think The Martian is the easiest of them, read it over a weekend when I picked it up. I love Carre and TTSS is wonderful.
Bull Shannon
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I second The Martian; it’s a fun read, the kind of book I wished I was reading when I wasn’t.
Sonicpharmacist
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I started with The Martian. Enjoying it so far!
BjorgenFjorgen
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Today in "what the fuck are we even doing here?":
Bull Shannon
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Somehow this surprised me:
Still haven’t read Stella Maris, but The Passenger was so suffused with thoughts of death and regrets over life.
Still haven’t read Stella Maris, but The Passenger was so suffused with thoughts of death and regrets over life.
ayayrawn
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Thought about picking that up at the library today, but decided I wasn't ready for it. There's only a couple I haven't read by him and one is Suttree, so I'm gonna bump that up my docket.
jt4527
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I have started this book today:
I was hoping at the beginning of the year to read a book a month, but my last book has taken me ~6 months to finish. Maybe I can get through this one a little quicker
I was hoping at the beginning of the year to read a book a month, but my last book has taken me ~6 months to finish. Maybe I can get through this one a little quicker
BjorgenFjorgen
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About a third of the way through this and thoroughly enjoying it.
