What are you reading right now?

WWWP · 05-12-2020, 04:09 PM

Reminds me of that Palahniuk book Snuff

Spoiler alert but the two porn stars die at the end by getting electrocuted while ****ing and their junk gets fused together.

The Batlord · 05-12-2020, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by WWWP

Reminds me of that Palahniuk book Snuff

Spoiler alert but the two porn stars die at the end by getting electrocuted while ****ing and their junk gets fused together.

lol I love me some Palahniuk. He might have things to say but his glorious nonsense is the real star. The main character ****ing his mother as a character building moment was my favorite moment.

WWWP · 05-12-2020, 05:01 PM

I have a rec for you - Happy Mutant Baby Pills

The premise is that yuppie/junkie pharma dude finds cool anarchist ecowarrior chick who gets pregnant and wants to make a statement about the harmful nature of pharmaceutical drugs and such so she starts pouring cleaning products and drain cleaner and **** up her vag to make the baby a mutant. Can't tell you much more.

The Batlord · 05-12-2020, 05:25 PM

Sounds amazing.

rostasi · 05-31-2020, 07:17 PM

goldendoodle · 06-01-2020, 03:01 AM

Valis by PKD and Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier.

OccultHawk · 06-01-2020, 04:14 AM

Let us know what you end up thinking of Valis

adidasss · 06-01-2020, 07:07 AM

I remember VALIS as one of his most impressive works (along with Ubik), although I don't remember much about it except that it's semi-autobiographical in a surprisingly sober self-critical way for someone who had a "religious experience".

I am finally reading (and finishing) Midnight's children by Salman Rushdie, which is my first novel by Rushdie. I am very impressed, although it is quite a large undertaking (650 pages).

goldendoodle · 06-01-2020, 07:26 AM

I'm crazy about anything that has vaguely gnostic undercurrents, so I knew I'd like Valis. (I originally started reading it several months ago after finishing The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick, which I was obsessed with, since I too was fully unhinged at the time + eyeballs-deep in my gnosticism phase)

OccultHawk · 06-01-2020, 07:46 AM

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Midnight's children

That’s right up there with the best of the best.

Golden, your impression of VALIS is so funny and so you and so right on.

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adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,945	I remember VALIS as one of his most impressive works (along with Ubik), although I don't remember much about it except that it's semi-autobiographical in a surprisingly sober self-critical way for someone who had a "religious experience". I am finally reading (and finishing) Midnight's children by Salman Rushdie, which is my first novel by Rushdie. I am very impressed, although it is quite a large undertaking (650 pages). __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

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goldendoodle god's favorite clown Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 139	I'm crazy about anything that has vaguely gnostic undercurrents, so I knew I'd like Valis. (I originally started reading it several months ago after finishing The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick, which I was obsessed with, since I too was fully unhinged at the time + eyeballs-deep in my gnosticism phase) __________________ formerly Chiomara

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