CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I'll tackle that some day. Maybe over summer when I can set aside some time for it. Have you read 'Oblivion: Stories'? Great collection of short stories by DFW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 David Foster Wallace is next on my list. I've read a few of his essays and Ithought about having a crack at Infinite Jest myself after I've finished the Dark Tower series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 12, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted March 12, 2014 Yep, Infinite Jest is on my list, too. Given my age, I suppose I'd better start soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I'll tackle that some day. Maybe over summer when I can set aside some time for it. Have you read 'Oblivion: Stories'? Great collection of short stories by DFW. The only other DFW I've read is non fiction which ranged from indecipherable to brilliant. His luxury cruise essay is one of the funniest things I've ever read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Open Culture have a wee collection of his stuff, free on the web. I recommend 'Incarnations of Burned Children' and 'The Depressed Person'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Has anyone read Skagboys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Has anyone read Skagboys? Yep. It's decent, not as good as Trainspotting but probably the equal or better than Porno. Filth still remains my favourite Welsh book 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelle Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Just finished the 4th book of Wheel of time. It's still great. Now I just have to decide what to read before I start on the 5th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 (edited) have given up on 100 years of solitude. So utterly dull. A bit annoyed given all the hype about it being a classic, but I'll just accept magic realism ain't my cup of tea. Ooh look, here's a it of everything about humanity, some latin america mythology (??) no character development, flitting from skit to skit with uncontrolled abandon. One of those books I suppose your should " get lost" in, but I can't. I don't care about anyone or anything in it. Maybe I'm dead. but 150 pages out of 430 odd, I suspect it isn't going to change tone any time soon, I think I've given it long enough. Perhaps it's better in spanish. Either way, sod it. in Currently on Nathan Filer's The Shock and the Fall - about mental illness, really enjoying it, accessible and well written. Some gimmicky crap with the changing fonts etc but very touching stuff so far. Also just started Dostoyevksys Notes from Underground - only flipped through the first few pages, and I sense I'm going to enjoy this. Edited March 12, 2014 by Rodders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 (edited) I enjoyed 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', but it does work its magic very slowly. There are some utterly horrific scenes dotted throughout, more so in the latter half of the book. I'd say stick with it if you've got that far already. That said, his 'Love in the Time of Cholera' is a much better book, and one of my favourites. Edited March 12, 2014 by CarewsEyebrowDesigner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I abandoned 100 Years too. All I remember is a bunch of gypos scratching around selling junk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Open Culture have a wee collection of his stuff, free on the web. I recommend 'Incarnations of Burned Children' and 'The Depressed Person'. That sounds ominous. It's difficult to read his work without thinking about what happened to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Yeah, there is an utterly fantastic story in 'Oblivion' called 'Good Old Neon' that deals with a guy that killed himself, and it is a bit tough, but it really is fantastic. Here it is, in fact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 (edited) I'm reading Orlando by Gertrude Stein,i'm really enjoying it, really fantastic as far as I can tell. I haven't read loads of books that I can judge it against but i think I'd recommend it. I started reading The World as Will by Schopenhauer that seemed alright but then I realised your meant to read something else before you read that and I tried reading that something else and it didn't seem as easy to ready read so I quit for the time being. But I did read some of his essays his one on noise is pretty hilarious, seems like he has a good sense of humour. Edited March 14, 2014 by useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 14, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted March 14, 2014 I liked 100 Years. Orlando is fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I see Tolkien's version of Beowulf is to be released, along with some commentary/lectures by him on it. Heaney's version is great, so I'll be interested to see how it compares. Did anyone read Tolkien's 'The Fall of Arthur' that came out recently? Haven't got around to it, myself. BTW, Jesus' Son is **** fantastic. Go read it, y'all. And my ever growing 'to read' pile has just been topped off with Brian Greene's 'The Hidden Reality'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I read an extract from Mahu, Or the Material by Robert Piget, it looks really cool, I'll be wishing to read it. I got a copy of Ecce Homo to read but not sure when I will or If I really wish to, the chapter titles made me laugh. There should be a load of other books to read first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 One for mooney, have you read ' dear boy' keith moon biography? I read it a few years back and found it very horrific at times. Poor man, definately suffered from some personality disorder. What a character though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 25, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted March 25, 2014 One for mooney, have you read ' dear boy' keith moon biography? I read it a few years back and found it very horrific at times. Poor man, definately suffered from some personality disorder. What a character though. No. On the whole, I'm not a fan the "tales of excess" type rock star biography. I've read a couple of Dylan biogs, and am currently reading a Neil Young one, but that's because I'm interested in their songwriting, etc. Reading about how Moon destroyed himself would just depress me, TBH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted March 25, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted March 25, 2014 One for mooney, have you read ' dear boy' keith moon biography? I read it a few years back and found it very horrific at times. Poor man, definately suffered from some personality disorder. What a character though. No. On the whole, I'm not a fan the "tales of excess" type rock star biography. I've read a couple of Dylan biogs, and am currently reading a Neil Young one, but that's because I'm interested in their songwriting, etc. Reading about how Moon destroyed himself would just depress me, TBH. I've only read a few biographies (they bore me) but this is easily the best one i've read. An incredibly conflicted and complex character was Keith. It certainly doesn't flinch away from the fact that he could be a complete and utter word removed on some occasions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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