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emperorreagan

emperorreagan

Baltimore, MD
January 2004

AUG 06, 2005 01:35 PM

I concur on Neverwhere with everyone else. Plus, it's being put out as a 9 part comic series at the moment!

Somebody else said Terry Pratchett. I agree with that, too, as I picked up some Terry Pratchett books immediately after reading Good OMens. For me, the whole discworld thing wasn't as easy to get into as Good Omens was, but that series is rewarding nonetheless. The Color of Magic is the first book in that series.

Tegan

Tegan

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

AUG 15, 2005 02:46 AM

QuitePrim said:
Some good ones I've recently completed:

Cages


Slapstick


Stigma



And some all-time favorites:

1984


Lolita


The Demon


Last Exit to Brooklyn


Mother Night


Slaughterhouse Five


Breakfast of Champions


Invisible Man


Jimmy Corrigan


20th Century Eightball


Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron


Ghost World


Naked


Me Talk Pretty One Day


Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim



[Edited on Aug 02, 2005 by QuitePrim]




i've been trying to get through all of 'last exit to brooklyn' for about 3 months now. i hate how some of the scentences run on for 4 pages... i mean, its a damn good book thus far but its so hard to get my brain to click into "old 50's ghetto brooklyn slang" in writing.

Tegan

Tegan

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

AUG 15, 2005 02:47 AM

Logan said:
Lullaby by Chuck Pala...pala...um the spelling of his last name is in my profile. Oh and Ann Bannon is a great author as well as Francesca Lia Block, and Clive Barker, Bruce Campbell and Douglas A. Adams.

[Edited on Aug 06, 2005 by Logan]



i love ann bannon.

jonnytrrrash7

jonnytrrrash7

Vatican City
February 2004

AUG 15, 2005 03:19 AM



daniel clowes rules!

Callahan

Callahan

Seattle, WA
February 2005

AUG 16, 2005 03:51 AM

The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey.
Amazing Book.
And instead of just posting a picture of it and expecting you to spend 8 bucks on faith alone, I found a pretty decent though lengthy review of it.



Edward Abbey (1927-1989) is a touchstone for anyone involved in the radical environmental movement. Abbey, who looks like the product of a union between William James and John Muir, churned out numerous books and essays concerning the American Southwest and its wondrous natural beauty. His best known work is this novel, "The Monkey Wrench Gang," a fictional tale about four nature lovers who decide to wage relentless war against America's manic desire to spread the industrial system into every corner of the country. Abbey apparently based some of the characters in the book on real people he knew during his life in the boonies. It is important to remember this while you read the book because it will scare the heck out of you that people like this actually exist.
Abbey does not waste much time introducing the reader to his main characters. There is Seldom Seen Smith, a jack Mormon and river rafter who rambles around the countryside when he's not visiting his three wives. Seldom Seen quickly hooks up with Bonnie Abbzug, a Brooklyn born beauty with a predilection for older men and geodesic domes. Abbzug's flame of the moment is Doc Sarvis, an aging surgeon with a propensity for spouting off about nature and history when he's not operating on a patient. Finally, there is the hero of the story, George Washington Hayduke, a Vietnam vet who returns to his home only to discover bulldozers raping his beloved country. When the four meet up on a river-rafting excursion, Doc throws his checkbook into the ring so the four can go on an environmental rampage of astonishing proportions. No bulldozer, bridge, or member of the area's Search and Rescue team (run by the nefarious Bishop Love) is safe from the monkeywrenching activities of these four ecoterrorists.

Abbey describes the destruction of industrial equipment in loving detail. The first excursion is at a construction site, in which the gang cuts wires, pours karo syrup in gas tanks, and pours sand in the engines. Subsequent missions involve driving equipment into lakes, pulling up survey stakes, destroying an oil drilling station, and rolling boulders over pick-up trucks. Whenever trouble shows up, the four melt into the rugged terrain of the Southwest, a land of desolate wastes interspersed with stunning plateaus, mountains, and rivers. Abbey's eye for beauty rarely fails in his descriptions of these haunting images. Even the most hardened soul will feel a real kinship with our vanishing wilderness after reading this novel.

There is no doubt that Abbey was an extremely intelligent man. His writing ability is amazingly brilliant, with numerous jokes, word plays, and multi-layered dialogue thrown in at breakneck speed. For those familiar with Ambrose Bierce or Mark Twain, Abbey will seem like an old friend. Like those two august figures of American letters, Abbey is an iconoclast, always willing to take painful swipes at any institution, accepted belief, or know-it-all jerks with absolutist values. Even environmentalists take a few shots on the chin in this book (For example, George never misses a chance to throw his beer cans out the window). Abbey's tendency to make politically incorrect comments and jokes is sure to anger many people who, in their quest to lecture us about their idea of a perfect world, accidentally left their sense of humor in the trunk of their brand new SUV. In short, when Abbey comes out swinging, be sure to duck.




Edited: The review was authored by Jeffrey Leach. (Gotta give credit where credits due.

[Edited on Aug 16, 2005 by Callahan]

nogodsnomanagers

nogodsnomanagers

United Kingdom
August 2003

AUG 16, 2005 06:05 AM

Morgan said:
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Anything by Francesca Lea Block. But try starting off with Weetzie Bat
Rent Girl by Michelle Tea
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K LeGuin
The Book of Mercy by Leonard Cohen



weetzie bat!!!!!
ehem, also:
A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
Bingo Queens of Paradise - June Park
DUNE - Frank Herbert
The Man in the High Tower - Philip K. Dick
Neuromancer - William Gibson
The Ground Beneath Her Feet - Salman Rushdie
The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie
The Handmaid's Tale/ The Blind Assassin - Magaret Atwood
The Bloody Chamber - Angela Carter
Raymond Chandler anything
ditto Anais Nin
The Rum Diaries - Hunter S Thompson
The Songlines - Bruce Chatwin
The House of Sleep - Jonathan Coe
for a start

nogodsnomanagers

nogodsnomanagers

United Kingdom
August 2003

AUG 16, 2005 06:06 AM

jonnytrrrash7 said:


daniel clowes rules!



too true

MIXEDmedia

MIXEDmedia

Fort Pierce, FL
August 2005

AUG 16, 2005 08:56 AM

The ball jar
Sylvia Plath

bettymaepage

bettymaepage

Boone, NC
July 2005

AUG 16, 2005 09:03 AM

Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

Sky

Sky

SUICIDEGIRL

I'm lost

AUG 17, 2005 06:44 AM

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins

It is simply the most fabulous book I have ever read.

It's intelligent, funny, dark, and beautiful

ZombieElvis

ZombieElvis

Brooklyn, NY
January 2005

AUG 17, 2005 07:02 AM

Everyone knows books are poo.

Anastia

Anastia

USA
May 2005

AUG 18, 2005 11:56 AM

If you like a little more erotic books...Read Anne Rice's Sleeping Beauty Series. What an awesom series.

I you like a little more out there and sligtly ok very disturbing anything by Poppy Z Brite...I would recoment Exquisite Corpse of Lost Souls?. But all her books are elcellent.

Geraldine

Geraldine

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

AUG 18, 2005 12:06 PM

QuitePrim said:
Me Talk Pretty One Day




I loved this book.

The last good book I read was Ham On Rye by Charles Bukowski

StickyRice

StickyRice

Atlanta, GA
January 2003

AUG 18, 2005 08:26 PM

I recently finished Like the Red Panda by Andrea Seigel. Novel. It's classed as "young adult," but worthy of a much wider readership.

Metaverse

Metaverse

USA
March 2005

AUG 18, 2005 08:30 PM

Imajica by Clive Barker
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Vathek

vathek

Los Angeles, CA
January 2005

AUG 18, 2005 09:11 PM

The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh

[Edited on Aug 18, 2005 by vathek]

Jah

Jah

I'm lost
August 2005

AUG 18, 2005 09:12 PM

On the Road, Jack Kerouac

Argene

Argene

Pittsburgh, PA
June 2004

AUG 26, 2005 02:39 PM

I have to recommend
Middlesex: Jeoffrey Eugenides
I Know This Much is True: Wally Lamb
The Red Tent: Anita Diamant
The Dark Materials Trilogy: Phillip Pullman
The first four Harry Potter books
The Godfather: Mario Puzo
Dracula: Bram Stoker

[Edited on Aug 26, 2005 by L_aerophile]

[Edited on Aug 26, 2005 by L_aerophile]

Archi

Archi

Austin, TX
January 2005

AUG 26, 2005 04:34 PM

SexyBeast said:
The last book I read wasAmerican Gods, by Neil Gaiman. It's a really good book.

Now, I'm looking for another really good book. Give me some suggestions.



Justin seeing the subject of the thread, that was the book I was going ot suggest. biggrin

BinkyMcQueen

BinkyMcQueen

Philadelphia, PA
December 2002

AUG 26, 2005 04:36 PM

BrightRedScream_

BrightRedScream_

Stoney Creek, ON
April 2005

AUG 26, 2005 05:13 PM

The Psycho Ex Game is a REALLY great read....

cincinnati

cincinnati

Vancouver, BC
December 2006

DEC 20, 2006 06:43 AM

_DictionaryGirl_ said:


The Fuck-Up. Depressing through most of it, wonderful at the end. smile



definately loved it.

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