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Masqued Reveler (Nolamour)
Elitist Bastard
Username: Nolamour
Post Number: 593
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 9:06 pm: |   |
YES! Foamy one, An author that I do not recall...the reviews seem to be stellar. I will give it a try. Thankee.
Now, where's that damn book mobile when I need it?
Laissez le Bon Temps Rouler! |
Justin Kim (Angryp)
Mousquetaire
Username: Angryp
Post Number: 45
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 8:11 pm: | |
Bride of the Rat God Barbara Hambly (current)
Apollo 13 James Lovell (current)
War for the Oaks Emma Bull
'Before This Decade Is Out' Personal Reflections on the Apollo Program Glen E. Swanson, ed.
Conquistador S.M. Stirling |
Foamy D Psycho (Mr_rabid)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Mr_rabid
Post Number: 457
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 7:50 pm: | |
Nolamour, check out China Meville's Perdido Street Station.
Programming C for Dummies
The Thief of Time (Terry Pratchett)
When Rabbit Howls (the Troops for Terri Chase) |
Masqued Reveler (Nolamour)
Elitist Bastard
Username: Nolamour
Post Number: 591
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 2:10 pm: | |
Yea, I was obsessed with Lovecraft back in the 80's...haven't picked him up in a while. Good call Headly.
Laissez le Bon Temps Rouler! |
Deadest Elephant (Artemis)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Artemis
Post Number: 554
Registered: 10-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 2:09 pm: | |
I'd settle for anything to drink right now.
Yes, that ass would go very well with it, thank you. |
Absinthe Queen of Reviews (Head_prosthesis)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Head_prosthesis
Post Number: 1605
Registered: 1-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 2:05 pm: | |
Check your history folks,
Head's gonna explain himself
for the very first time.
When I said "some" manuscript
I meant "an anonymous" manuscript
And yes Mr. Bickle, I was speaking
in your general direction.
I also understand you enjoy a nice
pear-shaped ass (ala Kinetica)
Who is Mackin? What about LOVECRAFT???
Lovecraft and a nice tall bonerlicious
pint of BELLS Cherry Stout.
What war? |
Deadest Elephant (Artemis)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Artemis
Post Number: 553
Registered: 10-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 2:05 pm: | |
Horror, I guess. In a class by itself, really.
Sorry, I don't have an alternative to Tolkien. That genre starts and stops with him, as far as I'm concerned.
If you haven't read Carlos Castaneda's books, especially the first four or five, you should.
I'm kind of puzzled by Hemingway, which I never read before now. Seems he was really haunted by the concept of some woman losing his manuscripts and/or leading him around the world by a ring in his nose. What a bunch of bitches in his books! |
Masqued Reveler (Nolamour)
Elitist Bastard
Username: Nolamour
Post Number: 590
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 1:58 pm: | |
OK, Machen...but, wasn't he more of the Horror Genre?
I'd be more inclined to a Tolkein comparison than Poe...at the moment. Anyhoo, thanks Art.
Laissez le Bon Temps Rouler! |
Deadest Elephant (Artemis)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Artemis
Post Number: 551
Registered: 10-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 1:45 pm: | |
"any suggestions?"
Arthur Machen. Makes Poe look like a drunkard with a pen by comparison. Oh wait ........ |
Deadest Elephant (Artemis)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Artemis
Post Number: 550
Registered: 10-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 1:43 pm: | |
"Some manuscript... Where's all the pretty pictures!!!"
Are you talking to me? ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?
The pretty pictures is your job, Pikkle junior.
Have a mind to the ass of the French woman and the glance of the priest. |
Masqued Reveler (Nolamour)
Elitist Bastard
Username: Nolamour
Post Number: 588
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 12:00 pm: | |
I've actually had a real hard time detaching business with pleasure reading lately. I usually pick up some Poe for fun(?)
As an old Fantasy Fiction dork, you know one of those guys that is still interested in AD&D but nobody will play with him, I'd like to find an alternative to Tolkein...I've read everything he's written. C'mon, there's gotta be something...Not Brooks, Not Martin, maybe Salvatore? Anyone have any suggestions?
Laissez le Bon Temps Rouler! |
Barsnake (Barsnake)
Mousquetaire
Username: Barsnake
Post Number: 137
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 9:09 am: | |
Yup, Masqued Reveler, sounds like the reading I've been doing.
- Implementation of Augmentative Communicative Devices
- Super Teaching
- Technical Articles
But...Our city has started a reading project kicking off with
- To Kill A Mockingbird - It was interesting to re-read this book, having read it years ago in High School.
Next was
- The Grapes of Wrath - I have not read this in it's entirity, yet. The wifling did her Senior Project on this and the Dust Bowl era.
I have actually sneaked in a little pleasure reading time - I found Nelson Algren's Walk On The Wild Side - it is great.
Have a stack to get to - Wife got me Shakey - a Neil Young biography and I have a Jonathan Kellerman and a Tom Clancey waiting.
Would love to get the Frank Zappa book and add it to my list.}
and the beat goes on... |
Absinthe Queen of Reviews (Head_prosthesis)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Head_prosthesis
Post Number: 1604
Registered: 1-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 8:47 am: | |
Some manuscript...
Where's all the pretty pictures!!!
What war? |
Masqued Reveler (Nolamour)
Elitist Bastard
Username: Nolamour
Post Number: 587
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 8:44 am: | |
XML - Marchal
PHP Essentials - Meloni
Dreamweaver MX - Peck
Damn, this sucks.
Laissez le Bon Temps Rouler! |
Pataphysician (Pataphysician)
le Duc
Username: Pataphysician
Post Number: 464
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 6:28 am: | |
Thanks for asking. I'm on a systematic Surrealism binge:
"Maldoror" Comte de Lautreamont
"Nadja" Andre Breton
"Paris Dada: The Barbarians Storm the Gates (The History of Dada Vol VI)" Foster/Peterson
Currently:
"Soluble Fish" Andre Breton
"Paris Peasant" Louis Aragon |
Kallisti (Admin)
Madame Guillotine
Username: Admin
Post Number: 810
Registered: 1-1998
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 - 11:03 pm: | |
The past 6 months have been slow going for me ... I haven't been reading much since I got the car (don't have all that time spent on public transport).
I'm still creeping through "The Crimson Petal and the White" by Michel Faber ... it's delicious.
And before that it was:
The Pursuit of Love & Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
and ... The Female Thermometer: 18th Century Culture and the Invention of the Uncanny.
and I have a stack I have yet to get to. sigh.
k a l l i s t i
http://www.feeverte.net |
Uncle (Uncle)
le Vicomte
Username: Uncle
Post Number: 68
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 - 9:57 pm: | |
A great read! Entertaining ! Frank's road stories are worth the price alone. |
Deadest Elephant (Artemis)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Artemis
Post Number: 547
Registered: 10-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 - 9:05 pm: | |
How was that Zappa book, Uncle? |
Deadest Elephant (Artemis)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Artemis
Post Number: 546
Registered: 10-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 - 9:04 pm: | |
"Who remembers the bookmobiles ... "
In the 90 degree heat, 90% humidity of the Louisiana summer, the best thing about the bookmobile was that ice-cold air condition. And the two old ladies that ran the thing smelled nice, too. |
2LY (2loucheltrec)
Mousquetaire
Username: 2loucheltrec
Post Number: 246
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 - 8:47 pm: | |
i've slacked in the book department for some time but i did start three books recently:
as i lay dying by william faulkner
frakenstein by mary shelley
the art of war by sun tzu |
Karl (Raschied)
le Duc
Username: Raschied
Post Number: 252
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 - 8:37 pm: | |
The Tibetian book of living and dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
Burning Chrome by William Gibson
The Ringworld Throne by Larry Niven
Rock over London, Rock on Chicago.
Orkin - one call destroys 'em all. |
Uncle (Uncle)
le Vicomte
Username: Uncle
Post Number: 67
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 - 8:12 pm: | |
1 I was a teenage dominatrix (a memoir) Shawna Kenney
2 the Real Frank Zappa book Zappa/Occhiogrosso
3 Post Porn Modernist Annie Sprinkle
Who remembers the bookmobiles that came throught the hood like a ice cream truck for the mind? They were great! |
emiliano lee, aka melinelly (Emmy)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Emmy
Post Number: 36
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 - 8:10 pm: | |
"The Wrong Case" James Crumley
"Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World" Haruki Murakami
"Norwegian Wood" Haruki Murakami
currently reading "Wild Sheep Chase" by Haruki Murakami... i tend to binge on books by an author when i find i like their work.
anyone read murakami and have suggestions on who to read next in a similar vein? |
Deadest Elephant (Artemis)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Artemis
Post Number: 544
Registered: 10-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 - 6:49 pm: | |
Everything Hemingway wrote that mentions absinthe.
A research project. |
Paranoid Absintheur (Crowlyman)
le Duc
Username: Crowlyman
Post Number: 300
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 - 6:22 pm: | |
Name the last three books you've read. My three:
A Clockwork Orange
A Beautiful Mind
The Sirens Of Titan
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