What are you reading?

Post by **Alan Evil** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 5:56 pm

It's easy to read. The words are very small. It smashes a bunch of much better books into one long digest. See most anything by Robert Anton Wilson but especially The Historical Illuminatis Chronicles and his Cosmic Trigger series or Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum. The latter is not only a great read, the language is beautiful and many basic concepts in The Davinci Code are presented here but with that special magic only a truly great writer can provide. Tom Wolfe and Stephen King also sell tons of novels and neither is really a good writer so even if quality is out there (and it is) the buying public doesn't have all that great taste.

Post by **squeezindlemmon** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:12 pm

For a fun and light reading, pick up a copy of "A blistered kind of love: a couple's trial by trail" (Angela & Duffy Ballard). It's the story of a couple (authors) who hiked the Pacific Crest Trail and the chapters are written alternately by Angela and Duffy. I'm not done with the book yet but when I picture the characters, they look like VA and Rhino.

Post by **spuzo** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:45 pm

I saw that book once at the library and then could never find it again or remember the whole title! Awesome, I will be able to find it now! Thanks

Post by **Paul3eb** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:27 pm

cosmos by carl sagan. great read and plenty of perspective..

Post by **squeezindlemmon** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:51 pm

Yeager, autobiography by Gen Chuck Yeager and Far Appalachia: Following the New River North by Noah Adams.

Post by **Yasmeen** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:22 pm

Follow the River by James Alexander Thom, the story of Mary Ingles' capture in 1755. Plenty of shocking imagery to go along with the wild story.

Post by **bazoqop** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:43 am

This:

Read it at a sitting. Tears in my eyes.

A masterpeice. His best book.

Post by **Feanor007** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:41 pm

In Bluebeard's Castle: Notes Towards the Redefinition of Culture, George Steiner--insanly readable and heady at the same time
Backbone of the World, Frank Clifford

Post by **Zspider** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 12:13 am

bazogop wrote about McCarthy's The Road:

Read it at a sitting. Tears in my eyes.
A masterpeice. His best book.

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You got it and already read it? You suck! I just ordered some books from Amazon and got them yesterday. I had The Road on my wish list but I didn't imagine it being out yet.

One of the books I got from Amazon is called Smonk, by Tom Franklin. It's about two killers in 1911 slowly converging on the Gulf coast. Extremely violent to the point of humorous. Tarentino land, I would say. Also reminds me of McCarthy's Blood Meridian.

ZSpiddy

Post by **bazoqop** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:45 am

Zspider wrote:bazogop wrote about McCarthy's The Road:

Read it at a sitting. Tears in my eyes.
A masterpeice. His best book.

************
You got it and already read it? You suck! I just ordered some books from Amazon and got them yesterday. I had The Road on my wish list but I didn't imagine it being out yet.

One of the books I got from Amazon is called Smonk, by Tom Franklin. It's about two killers in 1911 slowly converging on the Gulf coast. Extremely violent to the point of humorous. Tarentino land, I would say. Also reminds me of McCarthy's Blood Meridian.

ZSpiddy

Well, having been in the used and rare book trade you get contacts, you see.
There is a thing called a galley proof. They're sent out to reviewers. And if you know the right people, you can get your hands on one. And I did.