January "2oo5" C.E. - ?What Are You Reading?
[I]Sophie's World[/I] by Jostein Gaarder. Almost too much info in that book. Before that I read [I]Pan[/I] by Knut Hamsun, one of the most underrated writers.
Next it's some non-fiction, [I]War[/I] by Gwyne Dyer.
[i]The Ice at the Bottom of the World[/i] by Mark Richard. These collections of short stories are kind of Faulkner/Caldwell territory about the American South redneck but the stories have many oddity qualites to them.
THE INVENTION OF SOLITUDE by Paul Auster and the man tells it like he's telling it to you at his house around coffee. Simply amazing.
Then, finish Kerouac's ON THE ROAD and then choose if I want some Elmore Leonard (GOLD COAST or CUBA LIBRE) or Richard Price (THE BREAKS) or another Auster (THE NEW YORK TRILOGY). I have too much on my to read shelf.
Currently reading
Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
Rabbit, Run - John Updike
America: The Book - Jon Stewart and others
And just to chime in - House of Leaves was friggin' awesome.
Fuck Bush!
And his hypocrisy
And all the drones
Who gave him his presidency!
- "Lay off the Sauce" by Kill Conan
I finished rereading The Informers yesturday.
I read Tumble Home today. I liked Reasons to Live a lot better, but Tumble Home is still a really good book.
I started reading Stranger than Fiction just a little bit ago.
Hey, Tony, I thought I wqs your secret santa for Christmas. Were there several of them and I only knew about one of them ?
If there were more than one, then I feel cheated.
[QUOTE=sacredchao23]
Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
[/QUOTE]sacred, aA friend of mine is sending me this one; I should get it in the next few days. Says that it's a little daunting, but a damn good read.
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play hard, like it's work to be done.
[QUOTE=PGoutis01]I finished rereading The Informers yesturday.
I read Tumble Home today. I liked Reasons to Live a lot better, but Tumble Home is still a really good book.
I started reading Stranger than Fiction just a little bit ago.[/QUOTE]
I just bought The Informers last weekend. How is it compared to Ellis' other works?
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Jay, chix, or anyone. Did you read [I]kiss me Judas[/I]? I have mixed feelings about it. i think Baer's uses unique imagery so I'm pushing onward. my gripe is with the plot. i swear I've read this before. reminds of a story about the London underground, where immigrants sold their kidneys for green cards. there's even a movie with the same premise called "pretty dirty things"
Anyhow, does the plot expand beyond with I'm expecting?
[QUOTE=sacredchao23]Currently reading
Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
Rabbit, Run - John Updike
America: The Book - Jon Stewart and others
And just to chime in - House of Leaves was friggin' awesome.[/QUOTE]
[I]Name of the rose [/I] eh? Love eco. probably my favorite was [I]the island of the day before[/I]. What I loved was that I learned a lot about Prim Meridian. I've picked up and put down [I]Fulcrum's Pendulum [/I] about three times. I just can't get by the first chapter. I should probably try to hit it again.
Anyhow Eco is a favorite. Yet sometimes I think he's just trying to show off his intelligence. Some of his philosophical rants feel unnecessary.
[QUOTE=Dr.Jekyll&Mr.Hyde]Jay, chix, or anyone. Did you read [I]kiss me Judas[/I]? I have mixed feelings about it. i think Baer's uses unique imagery so I'm pushing onward. my gripe is with the plot. i swear I've read this before. reminds of a story about the London underground, where immigrants sold their kidneys for green cards. there's even a movie with the same premise called "pretty dirty things"
Anyhow, does the plot expand beyond with I'm expecting? [/quote]
[flip…flip…looking back at past threads]
Well, this has hashed over a few months ago (thread entitled something-like ‘Does Anyone Else Not Like Baer?’), but sadly it seems our back-log of threads dies after a fairly short time [Dennis, any chance on extending this a bit longer?].
Anyway, Chix has recently given some views on KMJ (and _Penny Dreadful_) in the, I believe “December Reading” thread.
Personally, I thought it was ok.
On the aforementioned Baer thread I defended it several times. For example, I don’t think falling (key verb, that) in “love” with someone that (maybe) nicked your kidney is out of questionable thinking (love *is* simply a misfiring of neurons, or a chemical imbalance, if you will).
As for the plot, I have not seen the movie you mentioned, although as I mentioned previously, KMJ was published *before* the flick, so certainly no saturation-of-idea problem to be thrown at WCB on that one.
As for the plot expanding…well, where are you within it?
And keep in mind that most seem to quite dislike the ending, and continually fault WCB for his endings.
Myself, I didn’t mind the ending so much (there was 1 thing I didn’t like but won’t get into in case you wish to finish it).
The follow-up, _Penny Dreadful_ I found far less satisfying. For the *exact* opposite reason our good friend Chix loved it (the gaming stuff). I see Chix’s views on it *very* valid (and some of the best ‘lit crit’ I have ever read), it just didn’t work for me.
I still have not read _Hell’s Half Acre_, but I will, I just like to give a bit of a pause between writers’ works.
Overall, are you missing a lot if you decide to ditch it and read something else? No, certainly not. But if you can, maybe stick with it, and then you will feel that you have an *informed* opinion (the only kind of opinion anyone “has a right to”) on Baer, who no doubt will come up in conversation here every few weeks.
From there, if you chose to read his further books, then decide.
As for Eco, mark your laboratory’s calendar for 3 June ‘oo5, as that’s the day _The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana_ is due.
j(ay)
I'm currently reading Hell's Half Acre and I'm enjoying it much more than the previous two. Jay, I agree with you on Penny Dreadful, the game part of it wasn't really my thing.
[QUOTE=jay][flip…flip…looking back at past threads]
Well, this has hashed over a few months ago (thread entitled something-like ‘Does Anyone Else Not Like Baer?’), but sadly it seems our back-log of threads dies after a fairly short time [Dennis, any chance on extending this a bit longer?].
Anyway, Chix has recently given some views on KMJ (and _Penny Dreadful_) in the, I believe “December Reading” thread.
Personally, I thought it was ok.
On the aforementioned Baer thread I defended it several times. For example, I don’t think falling (key verb, that) in “love” with someone that (maybe) nicked your kidney is out of questionable thinking (love *is* simply a misfiring of neurons, or a chemical imbalance, if you will).
As for the plot, I have not seen the movie you mentioned, although as I mentioned previously, KMJ was published *before* the flick, so certainly no saturation-of-idea problem to be thrown at WCB on that one.
As for the plot expanding…well, where are you within it?
And keep in mind that most seem to quite dislike the ending, and continually fault WCB for his endings.
Myself, I didn’t mind the ending so much (there was 1 thing I didn’t like but won’t get into in case you wish to finish it).
The follow-up, _Penny Dreadful_ I found far less satisfying. For the *exact* opposite reason our good friend Chix loved it (the gaming stuff). I see Chix’s views on it *very* valid (and some of the best ‘lit crit’ I have ever read), it just didn’t work for me.
I still have not read _Hell’s Half Acre_, but I will, I just like to give a bit of a pause between writers’ works.
Overall, are you missing a lot if you decide to ditch it and read something else? No, certainly not. But if you can, maybe stick with it, and then you will feel that you have an *informed* opinion (the only kind of opinion anyone “has a right to”) on Baer, who no doubt will come up in conversation here every few weeks.
From there, if you chose to read his further books, then decide.
As for Eco, mark your laboratory’s calendar for 3 June ‘oo5, as that’s the day _The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana_ is due.
j(ay)[/QUOTE]
ThANKS Jay, for the info and [I]eco [/I] update.. something to look forward to. i still need to read
[I]Baudolino[/I]
i promised K I'd stick with [I]judas[/I], he sent it to me. I'm just frustrated with the plot. it dosn't seem original. And some of the initial exposition with the cops doesn't come off realistic.
Luckily for me, I do enjoy most books I read because I do like odd little phrases or insights I find. That's one aspect that drove me to chuck's work. It's a major reason I've recently gotten into Hempel. Like Daley says, "She can really turn a phrase." Of course that philosophy cannot be applied to CODE, I don't think I've ever hated a book so much.
BY THE WAY JAy.
ha ha ! Thank YOu! got your book and it looks like a lot of fun. Will start it soon, just to close the book on two others. Talk about a strange plot. Thankk you again my friend. I see you like Marx brothers, that explains some of your humor.
I sent your book yesterday. It's flying to you so you should get it in a week.
cheers
[QUOTE=Dr.Jekyll&Mr.Hyde]got your book and it looks like a lot of fun.[/quote]
Glad it arrived (finally). Enjoy it.
[QUOTE=Dr.Jekyll&Mr.Hyde]I see you like Marx brothers, that explains some of your humor.[/quote]
And my fetish for greasepaint.
[QUOTE=Dr.Jekyll&Mr.Hyde]I sent your book yesterday. It's flying to you so you should get it in a week.[/QUOTE]
Vielen dank. I’ll let you know, although not PUBLICLY, when it arrives.
Give Poe a kick in the arse for us, (and boy wont you be surprised when the Knights Templar make a guest appearance near the half-way point…)
j(ay)
[QUOTE=jay][flip…flip…looking back at past threads]
Well, this has hashed over a few months ago (thread entitled something-like ‘Does Anyone Else Not Like Baer?’), but sadly it seems our back-log of threads dies after a fairly short time [Dennis, any chance on extending this a bit longer?]. [/QUOTE]
FYI, if you scroll to the bottom of the front page of any forum or sub-forum, you'll see a section called "Display Options." in the sort option titled "from the:" choose "beginning" from teh pull-down menu, and click the "show threads" button. that'll show you all 23 pages of the book club forum. 
[QUOTE=moe.ron]FYI, if you scroll to the bottom of the front page of any forum or sub-forum, you'll see a section called "Display Options." in the sort option titled "from the:" choose "beginning" from teh pull-down menu, and click the "show threads" button. that'll show you all 23 pages of the book club forum. :)[/QUOTE]
Sheeeeit. Ich bin ein Idiot...
m.r, you're a goddess (really).
Doc/Mr, here you go:
[url]http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/community/showthread.php?t=17224[/url]
j(ay)
[QUOTE=Undertow]I just bought The Informers last weekend. How is it compared to Ellis' other works?[/QUOTE]
I really like the book The Informers. It seems to brush on everything that Ellis does. It can be thought of as an introduction book. There are vampires, murder, drugs, stories about nothing, like I said - there is a little bit of everything that Eliis has to offer and he also gives hints for his other novels in there.
Tim Price is in there going to Hawaii (if I remember right) with his dad - he was in American Psycho. Sean Batemen is in there a couple times - one of the times a girl is writing him letters. Sean was in Rules of Attraction and is Pat Batemen's (from American Psycho) brother.
Overall I just really really like this book. I've read it three times now.
[QUOTE=PGoutis01]I really like the book The Informers. It seems to brush on everything that Ellis does. It can be thought of as an introduction book. There are vampires, murder, drugs, stories about nothing, like I said - there is a little bit of everything that Eliis has to offer and he also gives hints for his other novels in there.
Tim Price is in there going to Hawaii (if I remember right) with his dad - he was in American Psycho. Sean Batemen is in there a couple times - one of the times a girl is writing him letters. Sean was in Rules of Attraction and is Pat Batemen's (from American Psycho) brother.
Overall I just really really like this book. I've read it three times now.[/QUOTE]
That's cool. I recall hearing a lot of characters from Bret's other books show up in this. Come to think of it, didn't Patrick Bateman show up in RoA first, since that came out before American Psycho?
[QUOTE=Undertow]That's cool. I recall hearing a lot of characters from Bret's other books show up in this. Come to think of it, didn't Patrick Bateman show up in RoA first, since that came out before American Psycho?[/QUOTE]
I haven't read it, but I think he goes out there, to Camden, to visit Sean. I've been so temtped to make list of his characters and list where they go and how they know eachother - this urge comes especially strong when I read The Informers...
Don't take the stories in chronological order. They aren't told as, "this happened first that's why I tell it first." People that are dead in the first couple stories are alive in the last couple. So, just take them for what they are - short stories with a little bit of connection.
[QUOTE=moe.ron]FYI, if you scroll to the bottom of the front page of any forum or sub-forum, you'll see a section called "Display Options." in the sort option titled "from the:" choose "beginning" from teh pull-down menu, and click the "show threads" button. that'll show you all 23 pages of the book club forum. :)[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=jay]Sheeeeit. Ich bin ein Idiot...
m.r, you're a goddess (really).
Doc/Mr, here you go:
[url]http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/community/showthread.php?t=17224[/url]
j(ay)[/QUOTE]
I thank you both
Doug Coupland's [U]Life After God[/U]
(for my brother's book report...)
My teacher isnt giving us Romeo and Juliet for another week... i'm P.O.ed i wanna get it over with... oh well....
by the way... Thanks for the help website Jay.
1-charlie and the chocolate factory (way more screwed up then the old movie, which i didn't think was possible)
2- charlie and the something elevator
3-Chuck's "Diary".....again
4-Sherlock holmes1
[QUOTE=trailofdead][I]Sophie's World[/I] by Jostein Gaarder. Almost too much info in that book.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, not so much as a great working novel, but a hell of a way to kind of install a ‘philosophy 101’ into a book.
I hope you jot down notes of philosophy and philosophers that seem interesting to you. It can provide you with a hell of a lot of interesting future reading.
[QUOTE=walkingcontradiction]Doug Coupland's [U]Life After God[/U]
(for my brother's book report...)[/quote]
I hope he pays well. And aren’t you busy enough with your own work??
[QUOTE=walkingcontradiction]by the way... Thanks for the help website Jay.[/QUOTE]
Sure. Sometimes it’s easier to read a summery of the scene or act before you try to wrestle with the language. Then it’s basically translation.
Example:
“I beseech thee, youth, put not another sin upon my head by urging me to fury.” (Romeo to Paris, V.III.61-3)
Modern day usage: “don’t make me kick your ass.”
If you need further help maybe we can get a conference call going, you sit back and relax and I’ll do my only-once-witnessed Romeo/Groucho Marx hybrid (my plants we unaffected, however), I think we can get Dr. Jekyll/Mr Hyde to step in as Mercutio, if we manage to get Chixulub during Toilet Time I’m sure he’ll step in as Paris, and I mayyyyy be able to “twist the arm” of the delectable Moe.Ron into her Juliet with a touch of Sancho Panza.
[QUOTE=JKuhlmann]2- charlie and the something elevator[/quote]
Great Glass
So.
I finished Lily Tuck’s _The Woman Who Walked on Water_ (1996). She’s a pal of Amy Hempel’s. The writing was pretty good, but…for me, the story didn’t really do much. A quick, harmless read.
j(ay)
oh my.... I finished "House of Leaves" this morning. what an amazing read. after finishing the book, I feel as though I am just starting it, a book you may have to read first before you read it – I don’t think you could grasp this book in it’s entirety in a single read, there’s just so much woven within the pages. I already want to read it again. I've already spent hours flipping back through, reading interviews online, and piecing things together, finding more and more meaning and connections, there is an unbelievable level of articulation and detail. I don't think it's a horror book, not essentially at least; it definitely is at certain points 'while' you read it, I've had dreams regarding HOL the last four nights in a row, some of which did scare me, and I was on edge as I flipped the pages throughout the night, sounds would freak me out, but upon reading the book and reflecting on the message(S) within it, it's actually a very beautiful story and is so thought provoking, a very haunting and intriguing beauty. I had already been a fan of Poe’s “haunted” album, (I love listening to some of the songs now, so much more now having read the book). I knew some of their background, in regards to their father, which helped in deciphering the story, I don’t think I would have seen some of the connections not knowing beforehand.
I do think I may have read it too fast and not allowed myself enough time to absorb everything as maybe I should have, but I absolutely could not put it down, reading 100-250 pages a night until done. This was a book that made me put my life on hold until I finished it, and in an odd way, I feel like my life is on hold until I really finish it. I'm haunted by it! 
I ran into [B][I]Devil in a White City [/I][/B] yesterday—the book. I must admit the historical context sucked me in. I know nothing of the Worlds Fair in late nineteenth century Chicago. After I finish the book I will do some independent research, since I find it astounding how many murders occurred in Chicago during the worlds fair. I think this book attributes a lot to some weird satanic cult, but I haven’t got into meat of it yet. Right now it’s just preliminary back-story.
I will also start the [I][B]EYRE Affair[/B], [/I] thanks to jay, once I finish a couple of the one too many I've started.
Oh yeah jay.
I did get into KISS me JudaS. Once it hit me that the narrative was jumping around from dream to reality I was hooked. Love those dream (cross) reality books.
I just finished The Lust Lizard of Malancholy Cove by Christopher Moore. Today I think I am going to start Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney before I go to bed.
[COLOR=Silver][QUOTE=trailofdead][I]Sophie's World[/I] by Jostein Gaarder. [/QUOTE][/COLOR]
[COLOR=Pink]Great book for an introduction into Philosophy.
Also, I have seen many mentions of[I] [COLOR=Blue]House[/COLOR] of Leaves[/I]. Finished this book about 3 weeks ago and I still find myself thinking of it from time to time. Absolutely excellent.
Just broke into Stephen Elliot's [I]Happy Baby[/I], to be followed by Poppy Z. Brite's [I]Liquor[/I].[/COLOR]
Just finished up John D MacDonald’s _The Girl in the Plain [COLOR=Sienna][color=sienna]Brown[/color][/COLOR] Wrapper_ (1968), the 10th book in the Travis McGee series.
I don’t generally read them so close together, but while recently standing in life’s metaphorical batter’s box I’ve been dazed by a few curve balls, outright beaned in the noggin’ (unintentionally though), and missed a “by the book” fastball right down the middle of plate.
So I needed something light, familiar but new.
MacDonald is always consistent and as the series progresses his writing is getting tighter.
j(ay)
[QUOTE=jay]Just finished up John D MacDonald’s _The Girl in the Plain [COLOR=Sienna][color=sienna]Brown[/color][/COLOR] Wrapper_ (1968), the 10th book in the Travis McGee series.
I don’t generally read them so close together, but while recently standing in life’s metaphorical batter’s box I’ve been dazed by a few curve balls, outright beaned in the noggin’ (unintentionally though), and missed a “by the book” fastball right down the middle of plate.
So I needed something light, familiar but new.
MacDonald is always consistent and as the series progresses his writing is getting tighter.
j(ay)[/QUOTE]
Jay, I'm just curious. On average how many books do you read in a week? I'd say month, but i think you polish off more than most in a week. cheers
[QUOTE=Dr.Jekyll&Mr.Hyde]Jay, I'm just curious. On average how many books do you read in a week? I'd say month, but i think you polish off more than most in a week. cheers[/QUOTE]
Depends on the book(s). The MacDonalds are old 60’s pulp things, 200+ pages, hardly deep concentration needed.
Plus it depends on work, mood, sleep/non-sleep, side-projects, above and below projects, desire, and, you know, the demons…
Plus I’m always in the middle of…a dozen books. Only a good, engaging novel gets a solid read-through. Shorts are picked up and put down (much as they are written, so I think this is fair to the writer also), histories, arts, essays, biographies, etc are all mood-depending and picked up and put down accordingly.
The to be read/currently reading pile is usually pretty high
But I guess the short answer is…3.5 a month. Almost 1 a week (anyone doing a study of No-Life Assheads can go back to a few ‘whatta readin’ threads and tabulate the average. But this is not encouraged).
Thanks for playing Ask Jay; you’ll be entered into the monthly drawing.
j(ay)
Oh yeah, Amy Hempel’s “The Afterlife” (currently available in the February issue of Playboy) is the best short story I’ve read in many, many turns.
[QUOTE=jay]Oh yeah, Amy Hempel’s “The Afterlife” (currently available in the February issue of Playboy) is the best short story I’ve read in many, many turns.[/QUOTE][center]This is good to hear.[/center]
Very good to hear.
Not that I heard it; I read it. [right]But. It was still good to "hear".
am looking forward to finding a copy[/right]
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play hard, like it's work to be done.
[QUOTE=JKabol]am looking forward to finding a copy[/QUOTE]
Your whack formatting aside, I’ll send you a copy of the story once that issue is off the newsstands.
I can handle a lot of indignity, but getting pummeled by a grown man wearing pajamas may just cross the line…
j(ay)
[QUOTE]Thanks for playing Ask Jay; you’ll be entered into the monthly drawing.
j(ay)
Oh yeah, Amy Hempel’s “The Afterlife” (currently available in the February issue of Playboy) is the best short story I’ve read in many, many turns.[/QUOTE]
Thanks jay for the remind. I actually tried to get it a week ago, but was rejected by a 85 year old granny who thought I was too young to purchase the damn thing. I've been told I look young, but come on. I forgot my license, so there I am arguing with an old woman if I'm mature enough to buy playboy. Now that I think back to it, it was rather funny. Meant to go back but I didn't
Ask Jay:
What's your favorite food?
Do you see spots?
Do you like animals?
Does hair grow between your toes?
Are your knuckles red or pale blue black white?
Do you have a hobby that puts you in dangerous situations?
Are you addicted to endorphins?--I am.
If you could legally smother someone who would it be?, personally, I'm thinking Dan Brown.
Did you see the village? I saw it the other day and I'm asking myself, "Somewhere during production didn't the director say, 'OK, we need a script?'
I'm done?
Oh My God...you're gonna read [COLOR=Blue]House[/COLOR] of Leaves again. I really enjoyed it but man was it cumbersome, all that twisting and turning of the book (hard to read on the subway) There were tiimes when I couldn't put it down and there were times I couldn't pick it up. I'll tell you though, it was unique.
I am now finishing Blindness by some old Hispanic dude and will start Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold next which was recommended by a friend. White Noise, Less Than Zero, and Do Aliends Dream of Electric Sheep? are on deck.
[COLOR=Lime] learn to swim...learn to swim...learn to swim...learn to swim...learn to swim...learn to swim...learn to swim.......[/COLOR]
[QUOTE=Dr.Jekyll&Mr.Hyde]Now that I think back to it, it was rather funny.[/quote]
Indeed. Warped, but funny.
Not that I’m try to dismay you from supporting such a “mature” magazine but, well, I can’t really say there was anything else worth reading/looking at in it.
Hint: I already have your address.
You’ve already sent in your question for the month, but since you provided a funny anecdote:
I really don’t get excited about food; sometimes; yes, and a lot more than people; no; winter (where the hell is the sun?!) flesh-toned; define “dangerous” -but no, no really hobbies to speak of; beta, enkephalin or dynorphin? –but, no, no addictions; just one? How about one a day?; no, M. Night Whatshisname sucks more than the word “suck” could ever _really_ define. I’m now itchy just thinking about it. But yes, you’re done.
Also, not to fall thunder to yet more ridicule by a certain split personality/physicality lab dweller, but I started/finished Haruki Marakami’s _Hear the Wind Sing_ (1979) [_Kaze no Uta o Kike_, for the Japanese lovers) last night. It’s not that long of a book, so stop pointing.
I think this is his first novel (or maybe _Pinball_ is, but I can’t find a bloody copy for less than $400), but either way good stuff and recommended for those that dig HM.
[QUOTE=adamvsid]I am now finishing Blindness by some old Hispanic dude[/quote]
Portuguese. Jose Saramago.
[Quote]and Do Aliends Dream of Electric Sheep?[/QUOTE]
Androids.
What was that edit about proof-reading? (just bustin’ ‘em, sorry).
j(ay)
[QUOTE=Dr.Jekyll&Mr.Hyde]Somewhere during production didn't the director say, 'OK, we need a script?'[/QUOTE]
haha ha ha
oh, and would someone please PM me BUFFALO's mailing address ? I want it to be a surprise so I didnt wanna ask him and ruin it :cool: Thanks, yaw.
kabol
*clumsily edited by Mirkah
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Haunted!
160 pages in. It starts off slow and irritating (a little preachy and second person...argh, you know, you know, you know) but I got into it after about 100 pages. Some very classic Palahniuk gore with that excruciating attention to detail.
The cover is just so awful.
[QUOTE=mirkah]Haunted!
160 pages in. It starts off slow and irritating (a little preachy and second person...argh, you know, you know, you know) but I got into it after about 100 pages. Some very classic Palahniuk gore with that excruciating attention to detail.
The cover is just so awful.[/QUOTE]
Is this an advance copy or am I retarded? Or both?
[QUOTE=Undertow]Is this an advance copy or am I retarded? Or both?[/QUOTE]
Its an advance copy. Dennis sent it to me as a thanks for working on the site. He only got a few and yet he sent me, Kareem and Kirk each one. He be cool like dat
[QUOTE=mirkah]Haunted!
160 pages in. It starts off slow and irritating (a little preachy and second person...argh, you know, you know, you know) but I got into it after about 100 pages. Some very classic Palahniuk gore with that excruciating attention to detail.
The cover is just so awful.[/QUOTE]
the cover is awful? shit! what's it look like? pleeeeeeeease tell me
[QUOTE=JKabol]:D haha ha ha
oh, and would someone please PM me.
kabol[/QUOTE]
And K, I'll send you the CAT, but the fact is, BUFFALO look at this thread every day!
[QUOTE=Dr.Jekyll&Mr.Hyde]the cover is awful? shit! what's it look like? [/QUOTE]
[url=http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/books/haunted/]here[/url]
[QUOTE]And K, I'll send you [COLOR=Magenta]EDITED [/COLOR] Address, but the fact is, the moon looks at this thread every day, so you're sort of already asking him and ruining the surprise![/QUOTE]
ya'll can edit your posts before he checks this thread still. And he'll read this post and be all "Before [B]who [/B] checks this thread? What? Why? Tell meeeeeeeeeeeee"
[QUOTE=JKabol]LOL
I wasnt [i]really[/i] being secretive Mirk, I was only asking [color=purple]him[/color] to PM me his addy, and I was asking in a humorous way.
Good Dr, I wasnt being serious, homie. I of course knew that he'd [i]see[/i] the post; that was the idear
kabol[/QUOTE]
whoops! And I just edited your post. Sorry.
[QUOTE=mirkah][url=http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/books/haunted/]here[/url]
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who are the ad wizards that came up with this !
[QUOTE=karbunkle]who are the ad wizards that came up with this ![/QUOTE]
Well, I'll go out on limb.
I like it.
It reminds me of a mental case in a mental ward drawing a self portrait. is there any chance that i can get a poster of it to hang up?
[QUOTE=Dr.Jekyll&Mr.Hyde]Well, I'll go out on limb.
I like it.
It reminds me of a mental case in a mental ward drawing a self portrait. is there any chance that i can get a poster of it to hang up?[/QUOTE]
it isnt so much that i dont like it
it's just so bland and grey and it makes me want to yawn just looking at it
you'd think they would have wanted something to get your blood pressure up just looking at the cover so you feel compelled to buy it
oh well, nevermind, i'm still getting it anyways
The Tragedy of Corolonius by Shakespeare
and to get the thread back on topic...
finished reading
Blackbox by Nick Walker - part of my secret santa present from the lovely and talented mirkah. Great book with a buttload of quirky characters and a "Kill em all and let God sort em out" ending. Loved it
Introducing Kafka by David Zane Mairowitz and Robert Crumb
Introducing Machiavelli by Patrick Curry and Oscar Zarate
two pretty cool little "Classic Comic" book style drawn art with plenty of prose. definitely a great way to get introduced to these thinkers if your not already (also got Intro Derrida and Kant on tap for readin' next month)
Flowers from Hell - A Satanic Reader - Edited by Nikolas Schreck
bits and pieces and short stories about the great satan hisself all throughout literature from Dante to Poe to Crowley. If your a fan of Satan or a fan of great literature check it out.
[QUOTE=karbunkle]it isnt so much that i dont like it
it's just so bland and grey and it makes me want to yawn just looking at it
you'd think they would have wanted something to get your blood pressure up just looking at the cover so you feel compelled to buy it
oh well, nevermind, i'm still getting it anyways[/QUOTE]
me too
but I'm having a bitch of a time getting the February playboy. The old woman sold the last copy. And all the other convenient stores (and sucH) i went to laughed at me for expecting to find playboy in the porn magazines. one guy said, "We don't sell kiddy mags."
stupid ass town.
i drive into the city tommorw. i know i'll hit gold there.
I finished Bright Lights, Big City today. At first I didn't like the book at all. But about halfway through it, I started to dig it. JM takes you on a journey and just drags you along with your feet scraping the pavement. You know you shouldn't be doing the stupid things you do, but you have no choice... I liked the book a lot and would recommend it to anybody that asked.
Started Penny Dreadful by WCB.
[QUOTE=JKabol]Sorry, Jay, for holding it at gunpoint just kinda got outta hand... But. Done now.[/QUOTE]
Scheisse. Don’t apologise to me…it did get a little William Burroughs in here but no blood no foul.
[QUOTE=dzudzu]The Tragedy of Corolonius by Shakespeare[/QUOTE]
Sounds like a cross-clone of Colin Powell and the tale of his political demise.
Coriolanus.
[QUOTE=Dr.Jekyll&Mr.Hyde]but I'm having a bitch of a time getting the February playboy. The old woman sold the last copy. And all the other convenient stores (and sucH) i went to laughed at me for expecting to find playboy in the porn magazines. one guy said, "We don't sell kiddy mags." -stupid ass town.[/quote]
These little bits are collectively better than anything, aside from “The Afterlife”, that Playboy has published in the last few years.
As much as I want you to read the story…well, I gotta say I’m hoping some more impedance happens your way (I’m selfish like that).
I can see the story unfolding …“mad doctor stampedes town in search of smutty magazine. He claims he “just wants to read the godamn story,” while most townsfolk clearly think the demented child simply suffers from “semen retention” and for some reason can only “find release” with this particular periodical with an outright ghoul on the cover.
The local priest is said to have purchased that last issue and when asked if he would fork it over in the name of charity he stated, in a strained voice from the lavatory, “piss off!”
PG, take a small break from the B.E. Ellis and J. McInerey, you’ll love it. 
Oh…on topic…um, I’m reading work-stuff. Not recommended.
Oh yeah, the _Haunted_ cover suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks!
j(ay)
[QUOTE=jay]
These little bits are collectively better than anything, aside from “The Afterlife”, that Playboy has published in the last few years.
As much as I want you to read the story…well, I gotta say I’m hoping some more impedance happens your way (I’m selfish like that).
I can see the story unfolding …“mad doctor stampedes town in search of smutty magazine. He claims he “just wants to read the godamn story,” while most townsfolk clearly think the demented child simply suffers from “semen retention” and for some reason can only “find release” with this particular periodical with an outright ghoul on the cover.
The local priest is said to have purchased that last issue and when asked if he would fork it over in the name of charity he stated, in a strained voice from the lavatory, “piss off!”
j(ay)[/QUOTE]
hahahaaaaaaaaaaaahahaahhahahahahahaha! well that's started my day on the right foot. thanks! i'll be laughing and think of this today when i hunt it down. hahahaah
[QUOTE]Oh yeah, the _Haunted_ cover suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks![/QUOTE]
altohugh your're wrong about this. i can't say it sucks. It has that twisted flare to it.
I think I like it because it reminds me of a baby/adult wrapped into one.
^ Loved [color=mediumturquoise]House[/color] of Leaves.
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