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Post by Horned Gramma on Oct 21, 2011 10:20:03 GMT -8
After The Dark Tower and IT, I read Salem's Lot and now I'm down to the last 75 pages or so of Pet Sematary.
Pet Sematary is so relentlessly bleak that I'm thinking this Stephen King kick might need to end once Shocktober winds down; maybe move on to something a little more high-minded.
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Post by StormyPinkness on Oct 21, 2011 11:09:34 GMT -8
I am re-reading the first two Abarat books because the third one was just released. I loves the Clive Barker.
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Post by J-Dawg on Oct 24, 2011 17:06:21 GMT -8
Also the only Neil Gaiman I've ever read is American Gods, and I didn't really like it. Check out Good Omens which he wrote along with Terry Pratchett. I have friends who don't like Terry Pratchett, and don't like Neil Gaiman, but they like that novel. Personally I think it's brilliant. |
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Post by romanticizer on Jan 31, 2012 0:44:39 GMT -8
I re-read Dubliners and it is amazing. The stories that meant something to me the first time mean nothing to me now and visa versa.
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Post by Drew on Jan 31, 2012 7:07:20 GMT -8
Dubliners is the beginning and the end of the short story form. It makes every other short story ever written look drab in comparison. Every single word is imbued with meaning. "The Dead" is one of the best standalone pieces of literature ever, and my favorite story of all time.
And it took ten years to find a publisher for it.
/hyperbole
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Post by Drew on Jan 31, 2012 7:10:39 GMT -8
I'm reading 1Q84 right now, Murakami's new novel. It's a honker. I'm busy with work and looking for a new place to live so I'm taking it pretty slowly.
I recently finished: Louse by David Grand (one of my professors in grad school), The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein (nonfiction and Canadian! about neo-conservative economic policies destroying the world, great read) and The Brothers Karamazov and Note from Underground by Dostoevsky, neither of which I had read before.
Anyone read any of those? What ya'll reading?
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Post by Drew on Jan 31, 2012 7:11:41 GMT -8
Oh and I recently read an AMAZING hard science fiction book called Blindsight by Peter Watts. It's the first really hard sci-fi book I've read and now I really want to explore the genre. It was like taking a physics class with a plot.
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Post by emptyfox on Jan 31, 2012 7:40:11 GMT -8
I own and have attempted to read The Shock Doctrine on a few occasions. I wind up getting very depressed and angry and just put it down.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Jan 31, 2012 8:52:48 GMT -8
My Stephen King binge from last Spring has continued into the new year. Since April, I have read:
The Regulators
Desperation
The Dark Tower I-VII
It
Salem's Lot
Pet Sematary
The Eyes of the Dragon
The Talisman
Black House
Misery
Cujo
Insomnia
Under the Dome
The Tommyknockers
11/22/63
...and meow I'm reading Christine. I have a tendency to devour any musician, author or filmmaker that I become attached to whole, and this is no different. It's been a lot of fun.
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Post by Drew on Jan 31, 2012 9:01:23 GMT -8
I own and have attempted to read The Shock Doctrine on a few occasions. I wind up getting very depressed and angry and just put it down. It's so true. It was hard to get through. I was depressed for the two weeks I was reading it. |
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Post by Drew on Jan 31, 2012 9:04:28 GMT -8
My Stephen King binge from last Spring has continued into the new year. Since April, I have read: The Regulators Desperation The Dark Tower I-VII It Salem's Lot Pet Sematary The Eyes of the Dragon The Talisman Black House Misery Cujo Insomnia Under the Dome The Tommyknockers 11/22/63 ...and meow I'm reading Christine. I have a tendency to devour any musician, author or filmmaker that I become attached to whole, and this is no different. It's been a lot of fun. I do that as well. I remember a stretch where I read all of Vonnegut, and one with Murakami, and Hitchcock. But doing it with Stephen King is like watching every John Ford movie, or listening to the entire... Resident's discography. |
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Jan 31, 2012 9:04:39 GMT -8
...and meow I'm reading Christine. Out of all the terrifying and vivid images that King has painted with his words the one that has lasted the longest for me is that anytime I see Pepsi or Pizza I think of Arnie's greasy pimples. It is so weird that this has happened and SOFA KING gross as well. Edit: FUCKING YUCK! |
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Post by Horned Gramma on Jan 31, 2012 9:06:35 GMT -8
That there is exactly why I love the Residents so much. My dad -- before he completely lost his shit -- used to call me 'The Amoeba'. And the Residents, with forty years worth of material and a current level of output so ridiculously high that even I can't keep up with them, is like a neverending meal.
Seriously though, I don't yet have even half of the material they have released since October of last year.
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Post by Drew on Jan 31, 2012 9:17:02 GMT -8
And it's not like it's Rick Ross or Lil B where they just put out six mixtapes a month because they record bullshit at home constantly. It's deliberate. Pretty incredible.
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Post by StormyPinkness on Jan 31, 2012 9:24:26 GMT -8
Abarat
Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War
Abarat: Absolute Midnight
The Talisman
Black House
Insomnia (reading)
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Post by alex on Jan 31, 2012 9:33:45 GMT -8
I own and have attempted to read The Shock Doctrine on a few occasions. I wind up getting very depressed and angry and just put it down. It's so true. It was hard to get through. I was depressed for the two weeks I was reading it. Same thing happened to me when I attempted to read No Logo by Naomi Klein. I've tried 3 times now, and every time I lose interest halfway through. |
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Post by weenie on Jan 31, 2012 9:34:05 GMT -8
I've been on such a sci-fi/fantasy kick lately, I think kicked off by reading George R.R. I've just blown through:
-The Ender saga, which I loved! I've been meaning to read that for what seems like forever, just never had it on hand.
-The Farseer trilogy by Robin Hobb, which I really like until the end. It wrapped up three books in what felt like two pages, with so many bits and pieces left unresolved. Unfortunate.
-The Belgariad by David Eddings. I just finished this last night and am starting the ancillary books now. I enjoyed it, but I think I need to take a break from fantasy after this. I'm starting to notice some of the "fantasy tropes" a little too much and it's taking away from my enjoyment now.
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Post by Drew on Jan 31, 2012 16:27:41 GMT -8
I've never read Robin Hobb, but I remember trying to read Eddings and those old books are so chock full of cliche that I just can't get through them. And there's nothing stylistically to keep you going either. Blah.
The Ender books were just okay after Ender's Game, but I haven't read Ender's Shadow and that series.
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Post by romanticizer on Jan 31, 2012 19:27:11 GMT -8
Dubliners is the beginning and the end of the short story form. It makes every other short story ever written look drab in comparison. Every single word is imbued with meaning. "The Dead" is one of the best standalone pieces of literature ever, and my favorite story of all time. And it took ten years to find a publisher for it. /hyperbole Joyce is probably my favorite author of all time. I worship his style. "The Dead" was one of my least favorite when I read it but it's growing on me. It really speaks as a testiment to my growth in maturity as a reader. When I first read it, my favorite stories were always the ones involving children but now it's different. My favorites currently: - A Painful Case (always & forever) - The Boarding House - Grace (new) - The Dead (new) - A Little Cloud (new) - The Sisters (always & forever) - Araby (always & forever) |
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Post by J-Dawg on Jan 31, 2012 21:36:42 GMT -8
I've started re-reading Zelazny's Amber series.
As a bit of a nerdy background as to why, I want to base a character I'm going to roleplay somewhat on the character of Corwin, so this is partly character research.
Yes, I'm that nerdy.
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