What are you reading?

Post by **Christian** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 6:10 pm

Raj by some scottish fellow

Post by **merrick** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 12:58 pm

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

i can't tell if he is writing about simple things in complex ways or writing about complex things in simple ways.

Post by **Christian** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:02 pm

he is doing both merrick. But then as in the Matrix " you already know the answer to that is inside you if you only know the right question to ask the self that is inside you already ....like ...

Post by **Zspider** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 11:52 pm

bazoqop wrote:Re-reading Cormac McCarthy's new novel, No country for old men.

Great. Damn great.

Glad you liked it. I liked it, too, but not as much as SUTTREE, CHILD OF GOD, and BLOOD MERIDIAN. Still, it was good. I'm thinking about starting the Western trilogy.

McCarthy is the greatest living American writer.

ZSpider

Post by **skibum** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:57 pm

"releading cormac mcarthy" that's not hard to do. I relead every other sentence. just lead "blood meridian" . not for the weak, pumpy and bloody.
jumped into "all the pretty horses" much easier leading but rewarding.
now into the second pitch of the trilogy "the crossing" way tougher maybe an 11. I don't know I can't climb 11.
interesting concept for a trilogy, looking forward to the third pitch. does anyone have any beta on it? i hope it lives up to the first two.
also the new book "no country for old men". is it up to standards or is it choss.

Post by **Zspider** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:36 pm

How is No Country for Old Men? A guy I used to know was fond of saying that the worst p*ssy he ever got was wonderful.

It was wonderful.

I thought that Child of God was excellent. Lyrical, with characters out of Faulkner's South. Suttree was surprisingly human after the mythical nature of Blood Meridian. But nothing measures up to the power of Blood Meridian.

ZSpider

Post by **hoss** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:41 pm

Reading Boss of Bosses by Joe O'Brian, about the bugging of Joe Castellano's mansion and his subsequent assassination. It' s a decent true crime story and different in that it's a mob story written from a FBI perspective. If you want a great read check out How I Became Stupid by Martin Page.

Post by **bazoqop** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:15 pm

Sutree was great but Blood Meridian is very special. " He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He is dancing light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge, He is dancing, dancing. he says that he will never die."
Damn.
The border trilogy is great but the last one ( Cities of the Plain ) was a bit of a letdown compared with All The Pretty Horses. but still...

Post by **Zspider** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 12:27 am

I haven't even started in on the border trilogy yet, but I understand that it is entirely different than Blood Meridian. I am trying to stretch out McCarthy. I want his novels to last me a lifetime.

ZSpider

Post by **skibum** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 11:54 am

the judge is the devil incarnate