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time's arrow by martin amos (recommended by our own luddy dunn)

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GodDAMN. I just managed to find one.

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I bought a calvin and hobbes book for my nephew. I got a bunch of books for xmas so I'm all set for a bit.

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Scar Tissue, the Anthony Keidis story!

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just got home from work and theres my barnes an noble package that i actually used the gift card frank sent me for last years secret santa, i got Anansi Boys bye Neil gaiman and The Stranger by Albert Camus

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Vernon God Little
A 21st Century Comedy in the Presence of Death

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[QUOTE=Cesspool]Vernon God Little
A 21st Century Comedy in the Presence of Death

DBC Pierre[/QUOTE]

karb sent that to me last year and it's all dogeared and soft from 5 people reading it. Smile

I love this place.

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they had 6 copies of it at half price books for 5 bucks a piece so i bought em all an gave em away

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The voice is liquid ass in panty elastic.

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Today I bought "The Canadian Oxford English Dictionary"

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Fucken Hoser:friday:

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[QUOTE=Cesspool]The voice is liquid ass in panty elastic.[/QUOTE]

uh oh. You make no sense.

Fuck Fuck Fuck. You would think that by NOW we would all have big red phones that direct dialed to Nightrious at times like these!

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[QUOTE=mirka]uh oh. You make no sense.

Fuck Fuck Fuck. You would think that by NOW we would all have big red phones that direct dialed to Nightrious at times like these![/QUOTE]

Sorry I lost you.

Quote from the book.

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[QUOTE=Underscore]Today I bought "The Canadian Oxford English Dictionary"[/QUOTE]
What the fuck, dude. The Gage Canadian Dictionary is where it's at.

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naked lunch by william s burroughs. I dont understand a thing thats going on other than there is a drug dealer who inhales black stuff from pipes, birds with giant black penis's, autoerotic axphyxiation & lots of sodomy.

I am not really digging this so far, getting close to the uncomfortable level with the pedophilia

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[QUOTE=Unhygenix]naked lunch by william s burroughs. I dont understand a thing thats going on other than there is a drug dealer who inhales black stuff from pipes, birds with giant black penis's, autoerotic axphyxiation & lots of sodomy.

I am not really digging this so far, getting close to the uncomfortable level with the pedophilia[/QUOTE]
i just got through this a week or so ago
very unimpressed, it seemed to almost get interesting around 120 pages in
this an catcher in the rye are the two most disappointing books ive ever read, i can see why they would have been important way back when they were wrote but if their gonna be "classics" they got to stand the test of time and they sure dont

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I just ordered a bunch people here already know well: Contortionist's Handbook, Phineas Poe trilogy, Innocence (followup to Five Mile which was GOOD), and Reasons to Live.

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I bought [I]The World According to Clarkson[/I] for my dad.

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[QUOTE=karbunkle]this an catcher in the rye are the two most disappointing books ive ever read, i can see why they would have been important way back when they were wrote but if their gonna be "classics" they got to stand the test of time and they sure dont[/QUOTE]
I'm still trying to get through the first chapter of Catcher. I've never read it before, it's giving me trouble. I think I've been reviewing too much and it's killing my ability to just enjoy a story for once.

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Xmas presents, for my mum : [B]House of leaves[/B] (Danielewski)
For my sister in law : the latest Salman Rushdie book

For me : [B]Hombre[/B] (Elmore Leonard)

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[QUOTE=karbunkle]i just got through this a week or so ago
very unimpressed, it seemed to almost get interesting around 120 pages in
this an catcher in the rye are the two most disappointing books ive ever read, i can see why they would have been important way back when they were wrote but if their gonna be "classics" they got to stand the test of time and they sure dont[/QUOTE]exactly, I think the book is popular more out of "Shock Value" then anything else (wasnt he a pedophile/sex offender, either killed or hurt his wife and wrote the book while hiding from the police in a huge heroine binge?).

After this kiddie porn, bestiality filled nightmare, i want to read more vonnegut.

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[QUOTE=Unhygenix]exactly, I think the book is popular more out of "Shock Value" then anything else (wasnt he a pedophile/sex offender, either killed or hurt his wife and wrote the book while hiding from the police in a huge heroine binge?).
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even more reason why there is no reason for it to be considered such an important book

i got this and henry millers under the roofs of paris at the same time, both i guess you could call 'shock value' books but millers got an actually interesting little story to connect all the shock and make it a good read

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wait, are we allowed to discuss the books people get or are we supposed to just mention what we got and move along ?

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Return of the Timewaster Letters by Robin Cooper.

Inspired stupidity.

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The World According to Garp - Irving
Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World - Murakami
Life After God - Coupland
Strangeland - Tracy Emin

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Technically they were gifts, but I want to play:

Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates by Tom Robbins
The Bandini Quartet by John Fante

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I've been an avid Burroughs reader for 15 years and I can understand if you thought Naked Lunch seemed confusing. However you should of started with some of his other books which aren't as drug induced such as Exterminator and Junky. Read "Literary Outlaw" by Ted Morgan which is a bio about Burroughs and then try Naked Lunch again.

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lunar park - ellis

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By Matthew Pearl.

Not sure what to expect as I have heard some mixed reviews. Any opinions?

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[QUOTE=Earthbound]
Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
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is this a good book?

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Allegedly. I've not read it yet.

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All the Kings Men- Robert Penn Warren
Drown- Junot Diaz
Graham Greene- The Power and The Glory
Trailer Park- Russel Banks

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i went on a new years eve shopping spree
Dostoevsky's The Double
Karen Novak's Five Mile House
The Great Gatsby
Geek Love
Martin Amis's Yellow Dog

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[QUOTE=karbunkle]Karen Novak's Five Mile House [/QUOTE]
Is there a discussion thread yet for this book? I really enjoyed it, wanted to chat about it more.

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i bought dermaphoria a while back. i thought it was better than contortionist's handbook. this is my second post. YAY!

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[QUOTE=jase]Is there a discussion thread yet for this book? I really enjoyed it, wanted to chat about it more.[/QUOTE]
i dunno but like ive said before we oughta form some kind of sub forum for any cultists that are published to chit chat about there work

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[QUOTE=ally]i bought dermaphoria a while back. i thought it was better than contortionist's handbook. this is my second post. YAY![/QUOTE]
i expect your third post to be even better and then progressively so !

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Douglas Coupland - Every Family is Psychotic.
Bleach - Vols 3 and 4
Samurai Executioner - Vol 2

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[QUOTE=TopGun]By Matthew Pearl.

Not sure what to expect as I have heard some mixed reviews. Any opinions?

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i picked this up with a buy 2 get 1 free borders table along with In Cold Blood, and SlaughterHouse Five
whichever one i like the least i'm gonna tell myself was the free one
also picked up Dostoevsky's The Gambler

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[QUOTE=Davros]I've been an avid Burroughs reader for 15 years and I can understand if you thought Naked Lunch seemed confusing. However you should of started with some of his other books which aren't as drug induced such as Exterminator and Junky. Read "Literary Outlaw" by Ted Morgan which is a bio about Burroughs and then try Naked Lunch again.[/QUOTE]

Yeah I agree with that. Naked Lunch was the third or fourth book I read by Burroughs and I respected it for the chance it took and stuff.

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What did I just buy?
The Diary of Alice James (ridiculously expensive, it better be good!)
Collected works of Dorothy Parker (quite expensive, it better be good!)
A Shutter of Snow by some chick with three names
In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway. Notice how I spell Hemingway with one 'm'. Literacy.

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Okay post-Christmas shopping spree:-

A fair few Michael Moorcock books - more expensive than I'd counted on and no longer readily available in the shop's amazon seller for these.
Douglas Coupland - Girlfriend In A Coma - e-bay
Amy Hempel - Reasons To Live - amazon
Rainer Maria Rilke - collection of poetry - amazon
Albert Camus - The Plague - e-bay

and that's it for now to be added to the incredibly long list of books that I own and are in my 'to be read' pile as opposed to the incredibly long list of books that I don't own and are in mt 'to be read' list.

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[QUOTE=jase]Is there a discussion thread yet for this book? I really enjoyed it, wanted to chat about it more.[/QUOTE]
i haven't been able to keep up with the book club, but luddy dunn hasn't been around much, has she? i think we should revive the OCBC and you should lead the discussion for that book Smile

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[QUOTE=moe.ron]i haven't been able to keep up with the book club, but luddy dunn hasn't been around much, has she? i think we should revive the OCBC and you should lead the discussion for that book :)[/QUOTE]
Luddy was very busy last time I heard from her. I wouldn't expect her to show up until next month. I breifly discussed FMH with her an just from that discussion I know I'm not qualified to lead any such discussion, as I apparently missed something major about the entire ending of it. I still liked it though, her prose is like the opposite of minimalist - but in all the right ways, and fits perfectly with who the narrator is.

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why's everyone so goddamned scared to be a discussion leader? HUH??

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[QUOTE=moe.ron]why's everyone so goddamned scared to be a discussion leader? HUH??[/QUOTE]
I can't speak for everyone, but 'leader' implies some kind of authority on the matter. I can't think of any book on which I could be an authority.

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nah...it just means you keep conversation moving along by asking stimulating questions and offering your opinions.

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