hbkdx1125 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 I want to get my hands on Fight Club, Trainspotting, The Satanic Bible & The Emperor Wears No Clothes.Anyone read any of these?I've only read Fight Club out of those. I liked it quite a bit. It's slightly different from the movie but overall pretty similar. If you liked the movie or any of Chuck Palahniuk's other stuff then definitely give it a read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lithium Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 In Cold Blood is an example of literature at its finest. One of my best reading experiences ever.I read that for a book report back in 11th grade. We were given a long list of book choices. I picked that one and I'm glad that I did. I have always meant to watch the movie as well but haven't got around to it.Cool, that book works very well for stuff like essays, book reports, etc. I finished The Godfather a few days ago, and now I'm nearly halfway through Stephen King's Hearts in Atlantis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelica Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) Re-read Ann E. Imbrie's Spoken in Darkness recently. It was as beautiful and devestating as I remembered it. Edited February 22, 2009 by Angelica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nameless_girl Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 E.T.A. Hoffman's short novella Mademoiselle de Scudéri is probably a recommended read for anyone themselves involved in writing or the rest of the arts, not so much language-wise as hitting-a-familiar-spot-wise. I actually thought of select forumfolk while reading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axl_on_drums Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 For the 4th timeAnd Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nameless_girl Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Aww, Lord of the Flies was my first true love! While he never replicated its gorgeousness, I was still quite fond of lots of William Golding's other early work, particularly The Inheritors and Pincher Martin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axl_on_drums Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Aww, Lord of the Flies was my first true love! While he never replicated its gorgeousness, I was still quite fond of lots of William Golding's other early work, particularly The Inheritors and Pincher Martin.I read The Inheritors and was not very impressed, but the Lord Of The Flies, man it's magical, and so short, you can just read it in a few hours.One of my all time favourites.Piggy ..it still makes me sad lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOLDEN CAULFIELD Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Aww, Lord of the Flies was my first true love! While he never replicated its gorgeousness, I was still quite fond of lots of William Golding's other early work, particularly The Inheritors and Pincher Martin.CMON OK YOUR SMART FINE BUT WHAT DO YOU MEAN YUOUR FIRST TRUE LOVE, "AH A WORK OF LITRACY DELIGHT A PHENOMINAL INSIGBHT INTO THE LIFES OF BLAH BLAH BLAH OHH THE ENCHANTMENT OF IT ALL" DIDNT YOU EVER WATCH DISNEY WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER OR READ THE MR MEN BOOKS OR WATCH KNIGHT RIDER "YOUR FIRST TRUE LOVE" AWA N SHITE STOP TRYING TOO BE ALL SMART, YOU LIKED THE BOOK THATS ALL I AM SURE YOU HAD FAVOURITE THINGS BEFORE THAT YKNOW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lithium Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nameless_girl Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Aww, Lord of the Flies was my first true love! While he never replicated its gorgeousness, I was still quite fond of lots of William Golding's other early work, particularly The Inheritors and Pincher Martin.I read The Inheritors and was not very impressed, but the Lord Of The Flies, man it's magical, and so short, you can just read it in a few hours.One of my all time favourites.Piggy ..it still makes me sad lolI know; I first read it all during a lengthy bus ride back in elementary school. There is nothing that could possibly have been added to lengthen it that would have made me fall in love with the novel more, though.The Inheritors is purposefully written, but the fact that it's William Golding's follow-up to Lord somewhat detracts from its ability to live up to people's expectations. Regarding authors who were destined to never replicate the sublime quality of their debut novel, I'm currently re-reading Günter Grass' Danzig trilogy, The Tin Drum in particular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Satanisk_Slakt Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Piggy is the fat kid they killed? I must admit I laughed when they killed him in the film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nameless_girl Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Aww, Lord of the Flies was my first true love! While he never replicated its gorgeousness, I was still quite fond of lots of William Golding's other early work, particularly The Inheritors and Pincher Martin.CMON OK YOUR SMART FINE BUT WHAT DO YOU MEAN YUOUR FIRST TRUE LOVE, "AH A WORK OF LITRACY DELIGHT A PHENOMINAL INSIGBHT INTO THE LIFES OF BLAH BLAH BLAH OHH THE ENCHANTMENT OF IT ALL" DIDNT YOU EVER WATCH DISNEY WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER OR READ THE MR MEN BOOKS OR WATCH KNIGHT RIDER "YOUR FIRST TRUE LOVE" AWA N SHITE STOP TRYING TOO BE ALL SMART, YOU LIKED THE BOOK THATS ALL I AM SURE YOU HAD FAVOURITE THINGS BEFORE THAT YKNOW?Does it matter? My first literary love, if you prefer it phrased that way. It's the first piece of work I can consciously remember saying "If I ever created something of this calibre, I could die on the spot, happy" over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDRE Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 (edited) Aww, Lord of the Flies was my first true love! While he never replicated its gorgeousness, I was still quite fond of lots of William Golding's other early work, particularly The Inheritors and Pincher Martin.CMON OK YOUR SMART FINE BUT WHAT DO YOU MEAN YUOUR FIRST TRUE LOVE, "AH A WORK OF LITRACY DELIGHT A PHENOMINAL INSIGBHT INTO THE LIFES OF BLAH BLAH BLAH OHH THE ENCHANTMENT OF IT ALL" DIDNT YOU EVER WATCH DISNEY WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER OR READ THE MR MEN BOOKS OR WATCH KNIGHT RIDER "YOUR FIRST TRUE LOVE" AWA N SHITE STOP TRYING TOO BE ALL SMART, YOU LIKED THE BOOK THATS ALL I AM SURE YOU HAD FAVOURITE THINGS BEFORE THAT YKNOW? Edited February 23, 2009 by SunnyDRE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Watchmen is pretty fucking awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nameless_girl Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Has Elfriede Jelinek ever written a novel that didn't tempt her reader to fling the thing away during some point of the read? I love her to bits and pieces, but I need to really delve into my masochistic streak to endure some of her descriptions, especially when she's discussing sex. Which is what she aims for to disturb people out of their everyday perceptions, but knowing that and being drawn towards her brutally honest depictions of degradation and horror because of the psychological insight behind them doesn't make the reading experience any less nauseating. If you ever need to preach safe sex to someone, forget about contraceptives and just hand them a copy of Lust. Poor bastard might turn to priesthood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maXx Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K LeGuinne is pretty good - speculative fiction/fantasy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Just picked up the lated in the Make Your Own Damn Movie series, "Direct Your Own Damn Movie". Really entertaining and informative read s far. I'm about half way through. Even has tips on directing porn from Ron Jeremy!Also, we've been reading Uncle Tom's Cabin up at church. Petty cool little book. Pretty dialog heavy, but still entertaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryfon Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I love this threadFuuuuuuuuuuu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forsaken Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I love this threadFuuuuuuuuuuu fuck yes, way to make this book thread interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I love this threadFuuuuuuuuuuu fuck yes, way to make this book thread interesting.I wouldn't mind reading between those lines.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maXx Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 for a minute there i thought: these guys can't read, it says books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fun n' Games Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 (edited) Has Elfriede Jelinek ever written a novel that didn't tempt her reader to fling the thing away during some point of the read? I love her to bits and pieces, but I need to really delve into my masochistic streak to endure some of her descriptions, especially when she's discussing sex. Which is what she aims for to disturb people out of their everyday perceptions, but knowing that and being drawn towards her brutally honest depictions of degradation and horror because of the psychological insight behind them doesn't make the reading experience any less nauseating. If you ever need to preach safe sex to someone, forget about contraceptives and just hand them a copy of Lust. Poor bastard might turn to priesthood.Where are you from? I'm asking because I didn't think anybody in the US, or even anywhere outside the German-speaking world, would read anythink written by Jelinek. She is one of my favorite authors, but reading her in English would definitely not be fun at all - because she is all about language and her work is basically not translateable. She is the absolute, unreachable master of German language! Edited March 21, 2009 by Fun n' Games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudasReturns Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Arnies Biography is mint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budweiser Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 The two books I've read in the last two weeks: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forsaken Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 I love this threadFuuuuuuuuuuu fuck yes, way to make this book thread interesting.I wouldn't mind reading between those lines....cha ching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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