What are you reading right now?

chartsengrafs · 04-02-2008, 08:51 PM

"sex, drugs and cocoa puffs" by chuck klosterman

NSW · 04-02-2008, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

How was it? I've only read Lolita but I was so blown away by that book that I'm actually a little apprehensive to pick anything else of his. Plus, I've read some contradictory reports about it. :\

Well, "Laughter" is the only book of Nabakov's that I've read. I thought the story itself was slow at first, but picked up and got interesting in the second half of the book. But the real reason Nabokov is a literary genius is because of the way he writes. He's a master wordsmith. So in that sense, it was absolutely fabulous.

One person I knew described "Laughter" as a poor man's "Lolita"...so you can take that how you see fit I suppose. I'm itching to read "Lolita" now just because "Laughter" was so good, but "Lolita" has received so many more great reviews. We'll see...

~~under~~ · 04-03-2008, 09:46 AM

im going into the Amber Spyglass right now.

Seltzer · 04-03-2008, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by awriterslastresort

im going into the Amber Spyglass right now.

That was the last book series I finished reading... quite enjoyable. I haven't seen the movie yet though.

mosesandtherubberducky · 04-03-2008, 10:33 PM

I'm in the middle of Less than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis

I'm either going to read American Psyco or Swarm next, maybe Island by Aldous Huxley

By the way it's really weird going from Brave New World to Less Than Zero =/

jackhammer · 04-05-2008, 02:41 PM

His previous book With Nails was excellent. A very self deprecating man.

ProggyMan · 04-06-2008, 12:12 AM

The White Plague-Frank Herbert
Instead of Dune, where the characters were mainly there to help develop the settting, the setting is what develops the characters.

RoemerMW · 04-06-2008, 03:59 PM

Without Feathers, Getting Even, and Side Effects by Woody Allen

Malicious Wakizashi · 04-08-2008, 05:31 PM

Neuromancer by Wiliam Gibson. I'm still getting into it but I think it'll be a good 'un.

Before that I read Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson and it was so ****ing good I recommend it if you're into Sci-Fi its very bad-ass and has cyberpunk elements and samurai sword fighting. What more could you want?

Oh yeah and sex.

tkpb938 · 04-08-2008, 05:35 PM

Just finished Keep The Aspidistra Flying, and I gotta say, I wasn't terribly impressed. I'm starting to doubt whether Orwell has any other works besides 1984 worth reading

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chartsengrafs Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: oahu, hawaii Posts: 148	"sex, drugs and cocoa puffs" by chuck klosterman __________________ sunny days should leave a message on my phone.

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mosesandtherubberducky butt say x Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: so i read the question as "Where YOU live" which was kinda funny instead of "Where you live" Posts: 1,649	I'm in the middle of Less than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis I'm either going to read American Psyco or Swarm next, maybe Island by Aldous Huxley By the way it's really weird going from Brave New World to Less Than Zero =/ __________________ Can I have a youtube video for a sig? There's a thing that says "Wrap [YOUTUBE] tags around selected text"

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	His previous book With Nails was excellent. A very self deprecating man. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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~~under~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,056	im going into the Amber Spyglass right now.

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ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,964	The White Plague-Frank Herbert Instead of Dune, where the characters were mainly there to help develop the settting, the setting is what develops the characters.

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RoemerMW Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Klamath Falls, OR Posts: 452	Without Feathers, Getting Even, and Side Effects by Woody Allen

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Malicious Wakizashi Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 203	Neuromancer by Wiliam Gibson. I'm still getting into it but I think it'll be a good 'un. Before that I read Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson and it was so ****ing good I recommend it if you're into Sci-Fi its very bad-ass and has cyberpunk elements and samurai sword fighting. What more could you want? Oh yeah and sex.

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tkpb938 Lvl 70 Troll Hunter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sunny Phoenix Posts: 482	Just finished Keep The Aspidistra Flying, and I gotta say, I wasn't terribly impressed. I'm starting to doubt whether Orwell has any other works besides 1984 worth reading