What are you reading right now?

innerspaceboy · 04-01-2017, 09:46 PM

Was considering tuning into the old Ray Bradbury Theater HBO series, but pulled an unread copy of Dandelion Wine off my Bradbury shelf to get a taste. Began with The Happiness Machine.

Needed a tissue. Darn you, Ray!

**Exo** · 04-09-2017, 11:56 AM

Just finished reading Lincoln in the Bardo yesterday. I haven't read Saunders short stories but I'm looking forward to it because while this book tends to drag a bit, some of the chapters are just wonderful. He seems like a short story writer that bit more off than he could chew with a novel but I still enjoyed the book.

Next on the block...

Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer.

rostasi · 04-09-2017, 12:02 PM

Someone, elsewhere, was looking for an interview that Art Lange did with John Cage
in Lange's periodical Brilliant Corners, so I decided to take some time to send it on to
this person as well as re-read this and some other issues of this nice bit of '70s history.

**Exo** · 04-11-2017, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Exo

Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer.

Just finished this. Short book but I am committed to reading a lot so I finished it in two days. I liked it a lot. Negative reviews highlight the slowness of it but I found those portions atmospheric. The prose is a lot like my writing so I enjoyed it for just the writing style but the story itself is the kind of serious sci fi that I love. I can't get enough of stories grounded in reality but have some wort of sci fi twist to it that makes the situation unique. That's why I loved Arrival so much. Stuff like that could potentially happen or be found in the world we live in. Anyway, it's a quick read and the first of a three book series so you guys should check it out.

It's also going to be a movie directed by Alex Garland who made Ex Machina if that interests anybody.

Akai · 04-12-2017, 08:14 AM

Ginger Geezer: The Life of Vivian Stanshall

innerspaceboy · 04-19-2017, 04:08 PM

So very excited about this latest arrival! Not approaching the text as a vain attempt at confirmation bias, but as a genuine exploration of this generational phenomena - a return to the tangible in a world which would seem to have rendered them obsolete.

rostasi · 04-19-2017, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Ziggy ''Frappanised'' Zappada

Ginger Geezer: The Life of Vivian Stanshall

Loved Vivian Stanshall. Chula was listening to Tubular Bells the other day.

DwnWthVwls · 04-20-2017, 12:29 PM

Finally opened this badboy.. I got a long journey, and a whole other book if I make it through.

As someone who doesn't read much 1000 pages is rather daunting.

The Batlord · 04-20-2017, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

Finally opened this badboy.. I got a long journey, and a whole other book if I make it through.

As someone who doesn't read much 1000 pages is rather daunting.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 04-20-2017, 01:35 PM

gay

04-09-2017, 11:56 AM	#5802 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	Just finished reading Lincoln in the Bardo yesterday. I haven't read Saunders short stories but I'm looking forward to it because while this book tends to drag a bit, some of the chapters are just wonderful. He seems like a short story writer that bit more off than he could chew with a novel but I still enjoyed the book. Next on the block... Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

04-12-2017, 08:14 AM	#5805 (permalink)
Akai Godless Ape Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Britannia Posts: 1,255	Ginger Geezer: The Life of Vivian Stanshall __________________ ''To be honest, in my opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter from a different perspective and by considering each and every one's valid opinion, I do believe that I forgot what I was going to say.'' S p o t i f y

04-09-2017, 12:02 PM	#5803 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,008	Someone, elsewhere, was looking for an interview that Art Lange did with John Cage in Lange's periodical Brilliant Corners, so I decided to take some time to send it on to this person as well as re-read this and some other issues of this nice bit of '70s history.