One author
I have been reading books by cormack mccarthy and umberto eco and rereading pynchon.
BEE is my favorite author and just started reading imperial bedrooms. As I am reading this I think "Every other writer is crap compared to BEE".
anybody else get like this when they rad a book by their favorite author?
There is an undeniable magic that surrounds the writing of Francesca Lia Block. Every time I read her stuff, I can't help but think, "Damn. That's just f-ing pretty."
Ex: "Nothing happened. And everything did. Your whole life you can be told something is wrong and so you believe it. Why should you question it? But then slowly seeds are planted inside of you, one by one, by a touch or a look or a day skateboarding in a park, and they start to burst out of old hulls shells and they start to sprout. And pretty soon there are so many of them... They grow into a garden so dense and thick that it starts to invade your brain where the old things you were once told are dying. "
I always think of writers in food metaphors.
as such, authors I like are as different as foods I like.
You can love some foods as much as others, just in different ways.
Like Dostoevsky or Knut Hamsun would be the thickest, juiciest steak.
People like Chuck or any of his like are a big bowl of chocolate ice cream with the syrup and peanuts and whatnot.
Then there's writers like McCarthy, Patterson or that twilight gal who are just vanilla pudding. Vanilla! bah! It shouldn't even BE a flavor! anything labeled as Vanilla should just say "Plain!"
but i digress...
Go buy a plain yogurt and a vanilla yogurt and try both. Report back.
"There’s no use in denying it: this has been a bad week. I’ve started drinking my own urine." -Patrick Bateman
as such, authors I like are as different as foods I like.
You can love some foods as much as others, just in different ways.
Like Dostoevsky or Knut Hamsun would be the thickest, juiciest steak.
People like Chuck or any of his like are a big bowl of chocolate ice cream with the syrup and peanuts and whatnot.
Then there's writers like McCarthy, Patterson or that twilight gal who are just vanilla pudding. Vanilla! bah! It shouldn't even BE a flavor! anything labeled as Vanilla should just say "Plain!"
but i digress...
Why are you throwing vanilla in the mud like that, your food metaphor becomes moot when one doesn't respect food properly. Vanilla is delicious, and not plain, nothing's better then a good bowl of vanilla pudding, and I'm not talking about that prepackaged crap, but real homemade stuff, with real vanilla pods and seeds. Clearly you know nothing about food. So until you learn all the nuances of food, abstain from the food metaphors, okay.
"The rat inside your brain rules the world."
Citizen Kane SUCKED!!!!!!! True fact.
Alcoholism is the cure not the disease.
I agree. I like vanilla ice cream. A lot.
But anyway, more pertinent to the thread, I have grown to almost love Anthony Burgess. He probably isn't a top choice for anyone on here (I don't think he's ever been mentioned since I've joined), but I was sold after The Wanting Seed.
as such, authors I like are as different as foods I like.
You can love some foods as much as others, just in different ways.
Like Dostoevsky or Knut Hamsun would be the thickest, juiciest steak.
People like Chuck or any of his like are a big bowl of chocolate ice cream with the syrup and peanuts and whatnot.
Then there's writers like McCarthy, Patterson or that twilight gal who are just vanilla pudding. Vanilla! bah! It shouldn't even BE a flavor! anything labeled as Vanilla should just say "Plain!"
but i digress...
Vanilla pudding. There's a great analogy. I fancy "Katy Perry is to music as James Patterson is to writing. Wash. Rinse. Repeat."
There are no hard and fast rules. No instruction manual to follow. To be successful, it needs to flow organically and come together in a pile of black, sticky goodness. The beauty of the process is in its ugliness.
as such, authors I like are as different as foods I like.
You can love some foods as much as others, just in different ways.
Like Dostoevsky or Knut Hamsun would be the thickest, juiciest steak.
People like Chuck or any of his like are a big bowl of chocolate ice cream with the syrup and peanuts and whatnot.
Then there's writers like McCarthy, Patterson or that twilight gal who are just vanilla pudding. Vanilla! bah! It shouldn't even BE a flavor! anything labeled as Vanilla should just say "Plain!"
but i digress...
Why are you throwing vanilla in the mud like that, your food metaphor becomes moot when one doesn't respect food properly. Vanilla is delicious, and not plain, nothing's better then a good bowl of vanilla pudding, and I'm not talking about that prepackaged crap, but real homemade stuff, with real vanilla pods and seeds. Clearly you know nothing about food. So until you learn all the nuances of food, abstain from the food metaphors, okay.
"Clearly you know nothing about food" = stupidest, most irrelevant, most pretentious, least interesting thing you could have said to make your point.
If you like vanilla, hooray for you. I like vanilla too. So what? Who made you president of the gastronomical society?
His metaphor, by the way, is perfectly constructed, even if you love vanilla.
thanks for sharing.blackhawk tactical pants.
— Spambot
"I could have done worse!" exultantly cried the murderer Lebret, sentenced at Rouen to hard labor for life. — Félix Fénéon
as such, authors I like are as different as foods I like.
You can love some foods as much as others, just in different ways.
Like Dostoevsky or Knut Hamsun would be the thickest, juiciest steak.
People like Chuck or any of his like are a big bowl of chocolate ice cream with the syrup and peanuts and whatnot.
Then there's writers like McCarthy, Patterson or that twilight gal who are just vanilla pudding. Vanilla! bah! It shouldn't even BE a flavor! anything labeled as Vanilla should just say "Plain!"
but i digress...
Why are you throwing vanilla in the mud like that, your food metaphor becomes moot when one doesn't respect food properly. Vanilla is delicious, and not plain, nothing's better then a good bowl of vanilla pudding, and I'm not talking about that prepackaged crap, but real homemade stuff, with real vanilla pods and seeds. Clearly you know nothing about food. So until you learn all the nuances of food, abstain from the food metaphors, okay.
"Clearly you know nothing about food" = stupidest, most irrelevant, most pretentious, least interesting thing you could have said to make your point.
If you like vanilla, hooray for you. I like vanilla too. So what? Who made you president of the gastronomical society?
His metaphor, by the way, is perfectly constructed, even if you love vanilla.
Never doubt my knowledge of food. You comment just but yourself in the same league as Nathan. Your ignorant belief that vanilla is plain and boring just furthers dig yourself in a hole.
Good day fine sir.
"The rat inside your brain rules the world."
Citizen Kane SUCKED!!!!!!! True fact.
Alcoholism is the cure not the disease.
we love our food here at the cult.
the cult: where food and literature collide in a blaze of delicious glory
But anyway, more pertinent to the thread, I have grown to almost love Anthony Burgess. He probably isn't a top choice for anyone on here (I don't think he's ever been mentioned since I've joined), but I was sold after The Wanting Seed.
burgess is the guy that wrote clockwork orange. If you haven't read it, it is pretty good.
stop talking about books. can't you see this is a food forum... oh, wait--
Stephen King = Oreos
I'd say reverse Oreos. That Stephen King guy totally thinks he's black.
But anyway, more pertinent to the thread, I have grown to almost love Anthony Burgess. He probably isn't a top choice for anyone on here (I don't think he's ever been mentioned since I've joined), but I was sold after The Wanting Seed.
burgess is the guy that wrote clockwork orange. If you haven't read it, it is pretty good.
I have. I've only read three of his books, and in this order: A Clockwork Orange, Honey for the Bears, The Wanting Seed.
I was going to say that I really like A Clockwork Orange, but that's like saying that you like Fight Club. People always assume (though not on here, thankfully) that you're talking about the movie version. I've gotten into the habit of not mentioning film-adapted books.
the cult: where food and literature collide in a blaze of delicious glory
Now I just want to invent the edible book.
"The rat inside your brain rules the world."
Citizen Kane SUCKED!!!!!!! True fact.
Alcoholism is the cure not the disease.
the cult: where food and literature collide in a blaze of delicious glory
Now I just want to invent the edible book.
as such, authors I like are as different as foods I like.
You can love some foods as much as others, just in different ways.
Like Dostoevsky or Knut Hamsun would be the thickest, juiciest steak.
People like Chuck or any of his like are a big bowl of chocolate ice cream with the syrup and peanuts and whatnot.
Then there's writers like McCarthy, Patterson or that twilight gal who are just vanilla pudding. Vanilla! bah! It shouldn't even BE a flavor! anything labeled as Vanilla should just say "Plain!"
but i digress...
Why are you throwing vanilla in the mud like that, your food metaphor becomes moot when one doesn't respect food properly. Vanilla is delicious, and not plain, nothing's better then a good bowl of vanilla pudding, and I'm not talking about that prepackaged crap, but real homemade stuff, with real vanilla pods and seeds. Clearly you know nothing about food. So until you learn all the nuances of food, abstain from the food metaphors, okay.
"Clearly you know nothing about food" = stupidest, most irrelevant, most pretentious, least interesting thing you could have said to make your point.
If you like vanilla, hooray for you. I like vanilla too. So what? Who made you president of the gastronomical society?
His metaphor, by the way, is perfectly constructed, even if you love vanilla.
Never doubt my knowledge of food. You comment just but yourself in the same league as Nathan. Your ignorant belief that vanilla is plain and boring just furthers dig yourself in a hole.
Good day fine sir.
I don't doubt your knowledge of food, I doubt your ability not to be a moron.
thanks for sharing.blackhawk tactical pants.
— Spambot
"I could have done worse!" exultantly cried the murderer Lebret, sentenced at Rouen to hard labor for life. — Félix Fénéon
Extra points for irony: I grew up in a family, the head of which IS the president of the gastronomical society in my country. I am aware of what good food is.
Vanilla is lovely, yes, but your passionate defence of it makes you appear a little overzealous to prove you're sophisticated.
As they say: LOL.
thanks for sharing.blackhawk tactical pants.
— Spambot
"I could have done worse!" exultantly cried the murderer Lebret, sentenced at Rouen to hard labor for life. — Félix Fénéon
Oh, calm down people. This is about food! It's a beautiful thing, and we should let it bring us together! The joy of the bounty on our plates is something that should unite us! Come brothers and sisters- join and hands and eat!
...what? it's about books?
Psh, fuck that shit then.
...what? it's about books?
Psh, fuck that shit then.
There is no calming down in the face of stupidity. We must take up arms against the unjustifiably dumb.
thanks for sharing.blackhawk tactical pants.
— Spambot
"I could have done worse!" exultantly cried the murderer Lebret, sentenced at Rouen to hard labor for life. — Félix Fénéon
God damn it. I finally came to the conclusion we are all idiots and that there is no escape. xec8, my overzealous is entirely satirical, sadly irony all to often gets lost in translation through written communication.
"The rat inside your brain rules the world."
Citizen Kane SUCKED!!!!!!! True fact.
Alcoholism is the cure not the disease.
This is why sarcasm and irony should be banned from the internet.
I will allow it to continue on Youtube on a probationary basis.
Oh, you like vanilla?
Well, hallelujah!
I like vanilla too.
More power to ya!
But what the fuck that got to do with the mic?
I analyse every rhyme you write.
You ain't nice!
i can't stop thinking "two girls. one author" when i see this thread.
just sayin'.
I'd totes buy that porno. But who would be the author?
we need someone that is both a whore and produces shit. so...
(Shyly and awkwardly raises hand)
"The rat inside your brain rules the world."
Citizen Kane SUCKED!!!!!!! True fact.
Alcoholism is the cure not the disease.
I can't think of anyone. 
But anyway, more pertinent to the thread, I have grown to almost love Anthony Burgess. He probably isn't a top choice for anyone on here (I don't think he's ever been mentioned since I've joined), but I was sold after The Wanting Seed.
That man makes me very happy. I have read all of his books. Ever since I read A Clockwork Orange as a child I have been completely in awe of his books.
Good arms vs bad arms will win hands down.
Kurt Vonnegut.
Good arms vs bad arms will win hands down.
Every time I read Jesus' Son.
There are a few other authors and books. But that one, man, that one just does it to me every time.