what books did you just buy?

Those all sound really really good. i think tomorrow i'll check out I, Claudius and Elmore Leonard tomorrow. "more than their genre" sold me.

Awesome. I think you'll like both.

If your book budget is very small, you may want to check out some book swap sites like bookmooch and paperbackswap. Both are sites where you post books you want to get rid of in exchange for books you want. You get a point for each book you send and use a point for each book you request. Both have wishlists that send you an email when a book on your wishlist becomes available. I've gotten tons of books that way. It costs about $3 to ship a book, so that's pretty cheap when you get a book you want in return.

You should if you enjoyed the series. They're based on 'The 12 Caesars' by Suetonius, translated by, haha, ROBERT GRAVES, among others. Also a great read.

Have you not read Pygmy?

I thought Pygmy was just stupid, not experimental. But, no, i stopped with Chuck after Haunted.

Sometimes that's the result. Not all experiments are a success.

true dat!

He needs a new editor.

I watched this thing about the making of The Phantom Menace or one of the new shitty ones, and I noticed something about the way George Lucas gets treated by the people he works with...almost like he can't make a wrong decision or have a bad idea. George Lucas would crack jokes that were obviously really dumb, but the screening room would explode with laughter. Then it hit me why those last three turned out so bad: because no one was "man enough" to step in and tell George he was fucking up.

We all know that he ultimately fucked up, but that was a big indication as to "the how."

I wonder if that's how it is with some of the big name authors. Even my favorites have at least one really shitty one that have me saying "how the fuck did this get put out?" but it's such a sure money maker that maybe they know but don't care.

I saw a bit of that thing, too. The George Lucas bit. And i'm certain it happens in the publishing world as well.

I mean, really, Palahniuk has become a popular author and is working on the same formula that Koontz and the like work on. He's pumping out books as fast as he can. And, yeah, i'd like to see him write things that i want to read again, but he's not writing for just me. It sounds like he's writing what he wants to write, which probably makes him quite happy.

The thing is, no one's going to tell him it doesn't work or is stupid because A] there's probably some fear there for the editor. If he told Palahniuk that his book was trash, it's possible that Palahniuk would react negatively [and who wouldn't], which could cause the editor to lose his job because you don't tell the million dollar man that he's wrong [not to say that Palahniuk's like that, but i'd probably be a bit intimidated by a best seller] and B] the publishing company just wants the dollars and doesn't care about the quality. They're a business like any other. They sell art, but it's still run like a business that sells windows or whathaveyou. If the product's going to sell and make monies, that's all that matters.

And, you know, i think of this in other areas, too. Like, Palahniuk is doing what he wants and maybe he'll return to writing books i'll be excited about, but he's found a place in life where he doesn't need to worry about money and can just write for a living. I mean, Will Farrell [diverge!] can act. I've seen it, and he can be hilarious, especially as a straight man. However, he's going to make millions upon millions for redoing Talladega Nights every other year, and i don't blame him for doing that. It's probably fun.

I don't even know what i'm trying to say in this big post. I think i need to go to sleep or something.

I think you hit the nail on the head, eddy.

Ahh, okay then.

My old english teacher looks like Palahniuk with a beard and even sounds exactly like him. I told him that one time, but he didn't know who Palahniuk was. He threw a shoe at me one time.

Tough teacher. I had a teacher so fed up with trying to teach me math he threw a desk into the wall. But I think Like King or Koontz Chuck is pumping them out now...

Sorry Not Chuck probably the Publisher saying "Chuck this is great can you have another for me in 6 months?" And I could see Chuck working on his stuff but not as hard as he did in his "salad days" and saying here you go and the Publisher saying great when you get a chance another. So on and so forth.

Im not saying he's Not loving them, Im not saying the storys are bad. Im saying he might not be putting his full heart into them or maybe just not as much time filling in holes in the storys.

Im still pushing threw The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo when I get time. So Pain Killers is next after that and Ill let you know what I think, if anyone cares to hear it.

I bought Goebbels, the man behind Hitler (in Dutch) the other day at a flee market. It was only €2 and the book was published in 1947. I'll post a pic of it later, it looks awesome.

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I didn't know you supported Liverpool Imke!?

My boyfriend does.

Aww like mine! We could have a joint wedding!

And they could wear Liverpool shirts!

That actually does happen you know...
My boyfriend's cousin had You'll Never Walk Alone playing as she walked down the isle. I'm not sure if they wore their Liverpool shirts though- socks probably.

Wow. I was not aware of that. O______O

Columbine by Dave Cullen

Man, talk about the power of good font choice. I scrolled by pretty quick and caught a glimpse of that cover without reading it, and thought "what kind of Nazi crap is...ohhhh."

I saw that in the book store today when I was buying The Pregnant Widow by Martin Amis. Looks fascinating.

I'm only a few chapters in so far.

It's really well written. Dave Cullen knows how to write. It's not a boring account at all even though he's easing into it. He tells a little, he hints, and then gives some back-story. He follows the principle, flashbacks, and hints at another fact of what is to come. Really good so far.

I read a preview of this on Google, and it blew my mind. It seems I ripped so many ideas off of this play for my novel before I even read the damn thing. From the theme right town to the exact description of a room. There are no original ideas, my friends, ha ha. Can't wait to get it in the mail to see how deep my "plagiarism" goes.

I couldn't control myself yesterday at the book store and bought Mein Kampf. Now I'm not allowed to buy books for a while.

That shit's crazy. I read an excerpt, and if you don't constantly remind yourself who it is, you might find yourself understanding and sympathizing with the parts where he doesn't talk about the Jews. Like, he proposes solutions, and I remember thinking, Yeah, this is a good idea. Then he says, "It's because of the evil rat jews!" and I'm all like fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-

Is it true that borrowing Mein Kampf, the Anarchist's Cookbook, and Helter Skelter will pit you on an FBI watchlist?

Did you watch Seven today, too?

I'm 80 pages in and it's so interesting to read about what's going on in his head. I keep wanting to read more.

Too bad I bought a copy that happens to be full of spelling mistakes though. ._.

From what I've heard, Hitler was not a good writer. He was quite a poor one, so those are probably spelling errors he made himself, that didn't get edited out.

He was a powerfully commanding speaker, but that doesn't necessarily translate to writing capabilities.

going cd/book shopping today with some money i was given for my birthday. yayyyy!

I think Hitler actually dictated Mein Kampf while he was in jail.

I just bought Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Ender's Game. I can't wait to read the Ender series, from what everybody says its pretty good.

In what sense was he a poor writer?
From what I found online, the spelling mistakes are only in the paperback version of Mein Kampf that I bought. I doubt Hitler would make dumb spelling mistakes, this book was so important to him.

He was serving his sentence of detention in The Fortress of Landsberg am Lech.

ummm. i bought:

God of Speed by Luke Davies which i am really looking forward to reading because his last two books were special.

Whores for Gloria by William T. Vollmann

and;

Oracle Night by Paul Auster (Thanks Peteeeeee!) haha.

Are you reading it in German? If you are, and it seems grammatically okay, and reads well, then perhaps I heard wrong. Apparently he made a lot of mistakes when he wrote. If you're reading a translated version, it could be that they fixed the errors. If not, ?

I'm confused now. Did he suck that much at writing? Found something about another translated version of the book:

"The Nazi version is filled with grammar errors, spelling errors, and astonishing punctuation errors. This printing preserves every error exactly as it was published in Germany. Nothing has been altered."

Perhaps that goes for my version as well?

If you haven't noticed it yet, I doubt it applies to your version. Either way, it's not really the grammar that matters, except in the context that he wasn't that great at writing. The ideas are what is important for the book, and how they shaped Germany and the world.

first printing of THE REGULATORS king/backman

Bought two books for four bucks at Goodwill today. The Beach by Alex Garland and The Curious Case of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. Anyone read the one by Haddon? It looks like a fun read if nothing else.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button + The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time?

In the past 2 days
I got Motel life by Willy Vlautin from the StHelens book shop and they were great enough to give me some Palahniuk shirts and A Tell All poster.

Don Quixote, The Fountainhead, and Watership Down from The goodwill Bins for about 3 bucks

Ohh and Geek Love

Yes, it's great.

How It Ended: New and Collected Stories by Jay McInerney.

This book's first story is the story Jay originally wrote that got expanded into Bright Lights, Big City. I'm stoked to get to it. But I have so much more to read first.