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Originally posted by LAdazeNYnights ah! i haven't read it yet....i've read pretty much everything else, excluding the trilogy of the rat and that.

I've started with Dance, Dance, Dance, and then read the trilogy backwards...

It is very similar to Kafka, with the same fantastic touch, the same nostalgia.

Nearly finished Neil Gaiman - American Gods.

Currently reading

The God Part Of the Brain

Has to be one of the greatest books I have ever read and I'm not even finished!

WHAT. THE. FUCK.

I seriously do not understand how anyone could be satisfied with Murakami's work. I kept reading The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, on and on and on, thinking there was going to be some resolution, explanation, insight - ANYTHING. Rather, the book literally makes no sense, and made me feel absolutely cheated out of time and effort. That said, he does weave a compelling story. Somebody please tell me that's just one strange book he's written, that I'm completely wrong and that his other stuff is far more satiating. Please.

That's just one strange book that he's written, you're completely wrong, and his other stuff is far more satiating.

This month I've read:

The Great Gatsby (for like the 20th time)
On The Beach
Absurdistan (took me forever to start reading it, I think I mentioned it in here like 2 months ago)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Suzuka (a manga, second time reading it)
Kafka on The Shore

Pretty productive month...

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Originally posted by Domesticated WHAT. THE. FUCK. I seriously do not understand how anyone could be satisfied with Murakami's work. I kept reading The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, on and on and on, thinking there was going to be some resolution, explanation, insight - ANYTHING. Rather, the book literally makes no sense, and made me feel absolutely cheated out of time and effort. That said, he does weave a compelling story. Somebody please tell me that's just one strange book he's written, that I'm completely wrong and that his other stuff is far more satiating. Please.

Wow I didn't even realize there was a conversation on Murakami going on in here when I posted above...

I have only read Kafka, just finished it last evening actually, and I have to say it was really wonderful, like Oedipus on acid and angel dust...

If you are looking to have everything explained to you in his work then you are probably in the wrong place. Little is explained in depth in Kafka in terms of story, a lot of things are left to the imagination.

That is not to say that it is bad writing, it is not, its very deep and compelling, with lots of detail beyond that. The story itself is some what more of a puzzle that you finally get a glimpse of at the end, the rest is for you to put together.

Its not like Donny Darko confusing... That was just fucking stupid for the sake of being stupid.

just started reading this


Just finished reading Marching Powder by Rusty Young

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Originally posted by Joss Weatherby Its not like Donny Darko confusing... That was just fucking stupid for the sake of being stupid.

Shut up, Nou.

Also, let me point out once again how the first part of John dies at the end is the greatest literary work ever. EVER!

I just finished reading Last Exit to Brooklyn this morning. Absolutely brilliant; it's the first book to convince me that stream of conciousness (real or emulated) is a worthwhile writing technique.

Now to start on Faust's Metropolis. I'll return to this thread sometime next year.

Started on Super Sad True Love Story, by the same author as Absurdistan...

He warned of the dangers of progressive house in Absurdistan, saying that Detroit ghetto tech is the only true genre of electronic music.

just finished
lots of really interesting stuff in there, and his profile of hefner was great

The girl with a dragon tattoo. Done.

The girl who played with fire. Almost done.

Great so far.

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Originally posted by Joss Weatherby Started on Super Sad True Love Story, by the same author as Absurdistan... He warned of the dangers of progressive house in Absurdistan, saying that Detroit ghetto tech is the only true genre of electronic music.

Finished the book this morning. It was really, really good.

I would recommend anyone that has an interest in sci-fi or near-future works check it out, its disturbingly depressing.

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Nearly finished Neil Gaiman - American Gods.

does he mention me?


Working on "The Dreaming Void"- Peter Hamilton

I am reading freakanomics currently


but I want to read the castle by franz kafka

Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray

It's about a bunch of gays and one of them is called Bas. Fuck

After reading what is out of Kimi no Iru Machi (which is pretty good so far, I liked Seo's other work, Suzuka a lot) I got some actual physical books to read.

I am reading this right now:



It's pretty intense. I bought a few other books of his and a couple Larry Bond books on similar subjects.

At long last, Levi Johnston's book has been released. Not that anyone takes this redneck seriously, but did he design the cover himself? Antlers in the title... icy mountains at the bottom? What?

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"I want to tell the truth about my close relationship with the Palins, my sense of Sarah and my perplexing fall from grace -- how I feel and what I've learned," Johnston said in a statement released by his publisher. "I'm doing this for me, for my boy Tripp and for the country." According to Vice President and Publisher of Touchstone Stacy Creamer, "This is a sweet and funny book with a touch of irony; a fascinating tale of a misunderstood boy figuring out how to be a man and a father after being thrust into the spotlight and subsequent media circus at a very young and vulnerable age." "Levi has seen the Palin family up close and personal and is ready to tell his story."

Right. Just an innocent victim of circumstance thrust into the spotlight, now ready to tell his story. This kid is the biggest attention whore ever.

I love this guy.

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