Analogman Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Bummer you don't still have it. There's a used copy on Amazon for $75! It's the 1972 rather than the 1959 "1st edition," too.... I noticed that. I figure the one I read came from the public library. Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 There comes a time when you just have to go off the list. I feel like I've been working off the same list of half-finished and can't-quite-get-to-them books forever now (some of them I have managed to finish...), so I picked one at random from the big list, and I'm going over to the library after work to pick up this one: Of that batch that took forever/I couldn't quite get through, Ishi was the cream of the crop. I am haunted/obsessed by his story. On hold for now: Columbine and the Brooklyn Bridge. And although I've been trying not to buy as many books these days, I have a used copy of this one on order from Amazon: Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 i'm reading this right now... read The Road and loved it, but it's so bleak and depressing! that was my first McCarthy book and am now getting into the rest of his catalog... That is a dark book. It rivals "the Road" for sheer bleakness. Link to post Share on other sites
Somnambulist Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Just finished:I read Hyperion and the follow-up so I figured I'd try one of his other genre books. It was a fun read. Starting today: Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Enjoying this quite quite a bit. "She had curves like a Pennsylvania road..." Link to post Share on other sites
Jerrygarciaparra Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 http://www.amazon.com/Inherent-Vice-Thomas-Pynchon/dp/1594202249/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1248880625&sr=8-1 New Thomas Pynchon came out today Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 I'm going to read along with some of my niece's assigned summer reading: And I'm still trying to keep up with the SF library's On The Same Page list: Link to post Share on other sites
Elixir Sue Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I hated that Janelle Brown book, but LOVE Cry, the Beloved Country. I'm about 100 pages into A Prayer For Owen Meany, which is great so far. Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 Yeah, that one looks a bit annoying, but it also looks like something I can zip through fairly quickly, so I'm figuring, I'll cross it off the list anyway. I like seeing those school reading lists, they always remind me how many "important" books I should have read by now (while instead, I'm wasting a week with Janelle Brown ), and give me great ideas for what to read next. It's a long time since I read any John Irving, but I remember liking A Prayer for Owen Meany. I may need to dip back into Hotel New Hampshire one of these days, too. Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 On carlos' recommendation. Just opened it for the first time today. I love that new book smell: "I followed the Abbey method (less a technique for thought and meditation than an opportunity for new possibilities and combinations): go to the wildest place you can find, alone if possible, open your mind, and walk."Bump. This is a deeply penetrating book. Man o man. I may join carlos in having the title tattooed to my foot. Link to post Share on other sites
ikol Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Great book. Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 I'm pretty sure that author has the same name as the chief of staff from the last season of 24. Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 I'm pretty sure that author has the same name as the chief of staff from the last season of 24.According to wikia24: "Kanin was named after Iowa Writers' Workshop faculty member Ethan Canin who is a longtime friend of 24 show-runner Howard Gordon and writer Alex Gansa." Link to post Share on other sites
explodo Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 I started DeLillo's Underworld for the millionth time. We'll see how it goes. Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 I honestly can't remember the last book of fiction I read, but this has been well worth the waiting: Link to post Share on other sites
Lodestar Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Chabon rocks my world. Link to post Share on other sites
HungryHippo Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 This is my first read of it. I don't know why I never got around to reading it before, but here I am. I've got a compilation book that covers On the Road, The Dharma Bums, and The Subterraneans and a very detailed introduction about the stories, his life, his relationship with the press, etc.if you liked The Dharma Bums, i suggest you read Desolation Angels. it picks-up where DB left off with Kerouac on the mountain and chronicles what happens after he comes back down. these 2 books are my favorite Kerouac books. i'm currently reading The Plague by Albert Camus. this guy's a genius. Link to post Share on other sites
yermom Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Camus is indeed a genius. "The Stranger" rocked my teenage world back in the day, still does. I just finished "Against the Night, The Stars" a literary criticism of Arthur C. Clarke's work. My geekery grows with each passing day. Link to post Share on other sites
Kevan Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Im reading What is the What by Dave Eggers. Very good, halfway through. Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Had no idea Richard Russo had a new novel out until I saw it in a Kitty Hawk bookstore while I was on vacation a couple weeks ago. Just started reading it today. Link to post Share on other sites
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