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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Mar 6, 2011 18:01:30 GMT -5
I thought Dry was really really good, but I wasn't particularly into Running With Scissors.
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Post by Catherine Sun Chips on Mar 6, 2011 18:03:35 GMT -5
Souly--I have a bad (or good) habit of underlining and highlighting good one liners in my books, and all of my Sedaris books are absolutely destroyed from all of the pen marks. It may be the writer in me, I don't know.
I can't remember which book it is, but have you read the "Youth in Asia" chapter? That one has me rolling every time. There's something charming about it that every pet lover who has lost a pet should read.
I have "When You are Engulfed in Flames" on my iPhone and will listen to it in the car occasionally. That's usually a surefire way to make my day so much better.
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Post by Souly on Mar 6, 2011 18:05:59 GMT -5
I'm not sure! It's been awhile since I've read anything actually. I just remember bits and pieces. This is why I never thought I'd be posting in the Books thread.. Do you read Chuck Klosterman too? I want to marry that man.
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Post by Catherine Sun Chips on Mar 6, 2011 18:10:16 GMT -5
I read "Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs". It's pretty good, but Klosterman isn't my favorite. I think he says some funny stuff--I love the chapter on Zack Morris.
There is a brilliant aside he writes about the top questions he has to ask anyone before he can love them. There is this one question about Layne Staley's (fallen Alice in Chains member) voice that has spawned a curse on my life. Since reading that tidbit, I hear an AIC song EVERYWHERE I go!
EDIT: I found the quote:
You meet your soul mate. However, there is a catch: Every three years, someone will break both of your soul mate’s collarbones with a Crescent wrench, and there is only one way you can stop this from happening: You must swallow a pill that will make every song you hear — for the rest of your life — sound as if it’s being performed by the band Alice in Chains. When you hear Creedence Clearwater Revival on the radio, it will sound (to your ears) like it’s being played by Alice in Chains. If you see Radiohead live, every one of their chunes will sound like it’s being covered by Alice in Chains. When you hear a commercial jingle on TV, it will sound like Alice in Chains; if you sing to yourself in the shower, your voice will sound like deceased Alice vocalist Layne Staley performing a capella (but it will only sound this way to you).
Would you swallow the pill?
Stamper said no.
I said yes.
Thus, we're cursed and hear his voice every time we go out.
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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Mar 6, 2011 18:12:07 GMT -5
I was talking about Augesten Burroughs, by the way.
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Post by Souly on Mar 6, 2011 18:36:38 GMT -5
That's hilarious Cat. I have definitely read that. I laughed so hard. I would swallow the pill for sure.
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Post by stamper on Mar 6, 2011 18:42:22 GMT -5
I read "Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs". It's pretty good, but Klosterman isn't my favorite. I think he says some funny stuff--I love the chapter on Zack Morris. There is a brilliant aside he writes about the top questions he has to ask anyone before he can love them. There is this one question about Layne Staley's (fallen Alice in Chains member) voice that has spawned a curse on my life. Since reading that tidbit, I hear an AIC song EVERYWHERE I go! EDIT: I found the quote: You meet your soul mate. However, there is a catch: Every three years, someone will break both of your soul mate’s collarbones with a Crescent wrench, and there is only one way you can stop this from happening: You must swallow a pill that will make every song you hear — for the rest of your life — sound as if it’s being performed by the band Alice in Chains. When you hear Creedence Clearwater Revival on the radio, it will sound (to your ears) like it’s being played by Alice in Chains. If you see Radiohead live, every one of their chunes will sound like it’s being covered by Alice in Chains. When you hear a commercial jingle on TV, it will sound like Alice in Chains; if you sing to yourself in the shower, your voice will sound like deceased Alice vocalist Layne Staley performing a capella (but it will only sound this way to you). Would you swallow the pill? Stamper said no. I said yes. Thus, we're cursed and hear his voice every time we go out. There are two specific truths she mentioned above. 1. I did say No. (I'm a terrible bastard, for sure.) 2. We really can't go to any pub without hearing an Alice in Chains song. I used to think it was just a coincidence - but now I really gotta blame catherine for that one... her saying she'd swallow the pill has cursed us indefinitely into hearing 'Man in the Box' or 'Rooster' or 'No Excuses' or some song like that every damn time we try to go out. |
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Post by Souly on Mar 6, 2011 18:43:48 GMT -5
If she ever breaks a collarbone you will feel awful.
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Post by Catherine Sun Chips on Mar 7, 2011 9:25:08 GMT -5
I wish Stamper was exaggerating.
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Post by Shaxspear III Esq. on Mar 7, 2011 22:12:06 GMT -5
I just read Neuromancer by William Gibson for the 8th time. Man I love that book. Blows my mind that it was written in 1984.......which is also a great book.
See what I did thurr?
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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Mar 7, 2011 22:40:23 GMT -5
That is an excellent book. Both of them.
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Mar 20, 2011 16:55:27 GMT -5
I'm sure there are many of us on here who frequent thrift stores and the like in the search of untold treasures or for the general comfort of perusing for something you don't even know you want yet. For a long time I had (possibly have is still the appropriate term) an obsession of stalking the aisles of a handful of stores, sadly I reffered to them as my circuit, in the certain knowledge that the uncannily tailored to my tastes and wants crate of discarded wonders would soon be dropped off at any moment. Only a fool would give up the circuit with this certain knowledge at hand was (maybe still is) my thinking. All in all it was a very healthy time I'm sure. The crate is still on its destined journey, of course, but in the meantime I have amassed a collection of sci-fi books, the kind I read in junior high, that to this day still strike an awe in me for there unabashed sci-finess and complete sci-fi sincerity. They are masterpieces of Titles, Dramatics, and Cover Art.         This is a small fraction of them. The master plan has always been to make a giant tapestry with all the covers. If anyone has ever seen Gentleman Broncos there is a homage to these "works of art" featured in the opening title sequence, it's pretty cool. The movie also centers around these wonders and the people who create them. |
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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Mar 20, 2011 17:30:13 GMT -5
All of those make me want to read them, but the best one is "The Warlock in Spite of Himself." Wait, scratch that: "Sentenced to Prism."
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Post by Switch on Mar 20, 2011 19:16:03 GMT -5
That's quite the collection Friendly D. Sentenced to Prism.  Classic |
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Mar 21, 2011 12:04:50 GMT -5
All of those make me want to read them, but the best one is "The Warlock in Spite of Himself." Wait, scratch that: "Sentenced to Prism." I'm pretty fond of "The Webs of Everywhere". The tag line on "Warlock" is also quite something, " An interstellar romp that proves once and for all that science and sorcery CAN mix" |
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