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Ainulindale
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recently finished Catheryyne M. Valente's Yume Me Hon: Book of Dreams, the newest release from one of the great new stylists in the genre. A Beautiful novel.
I also recently finished China Mieville's fantastic collection Looking for Jake - excellent work from perhaps my favorite current SFF author.
Currently I'm making my way through 3 other works, Sanity and the Lady, by the legendary Brian Aldiss, Mothers & Other Monsters, a collection by the thus far terrific Maureen F. McHugh and The Twisted Root of Jaarfindor by Sean Wright.
Regarding non-genre work I just got Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie - and hope I get time to get into it soon.
I also recently finished China Mieville's fantastic collection Looking for Jake - excellent work from perhaps my favorite current SFF author.
Currently I'm making my way through 3 other works, Sanity and the Lady, by the legendary Brian Aldiss, Mothers & Other Monsters, a collection by the thus far terrific Maureen F. McHugh and The Twisted Root of Jaarfindor by Sean Wright.
Regarding non-genre work I just got Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie - and hope I get time to get into it soon.
Stewart
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Ainulindale said:
I see that, from looking at it on Amazon, the stories seem to be set in London. I may buy this to give it a shot; he may come across better in short form than verbose bricks.
Unfortunately, the only review had what I consider the kiss of death for any book - a 5 Star rating from Harriey Klausner.
Ainulindale said:
What possessed you to buy that shit?
Ainulindale
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I don't buy any of my books anymore
That woull be irresposible since she give just about every book she reviews 5 stars - some good, some not.
Ainulindale
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Most of the time author's requests, in some cases publishers.
I haven't read enough to formulate a opinion.
Stewart
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Ainulindale said:
I've given it to two friends to have a look at (one's a reader and one's not) and both have laughed their way through the first ten pages before handing it back to me and begging for mercy.
My personal favourite part was introducing a character named Islan into the story about the 20th page and using his name to refer to him througout until, about the 75th page, he introduces himself.
abecedarian
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I just started The Aguero Sisters by Cristina Garcia. Looks like it might be a goody. I can hear a Cuban woman in my head as I read..
MonkeyCatcher
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I'm just about to start on some Union Jacks containing Sexton Blake stories in an attempt to pacify my Dad. He /loves/ them
mehastings
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I am finally reading Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs. I'm finding it kindof boring and difficult to get through. I had really high expectations, which I'm starting to think is pretty much a death knell for whatever I read.
I've heard this was quite good (trying to remember where). I thought about giving it a look when I'm not too poor for books anymore.
Ainulindale said:
I've heard this was quite good (trying to remember where). I thought about giving it a look when I'm not too poor for books anymore.
MonkeyCatcher
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I started reading A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess today.
I had a bit of a struggle with the words at the beginning, but I'm getting the hang of it now. I didn't realise it was such a short book
I had a bit of a struggle with the words at the beginning, but I'm getting the hang of it now. I didn't realise it was such a short book
abecedarian
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I've got two books I'm reading right now. The first one is
Don't Eat This Book by Morgan Spurlock and the other is River Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke.
Don't Eat This Book is great, but scary! And funny..I'll never look at those little packets they put in new shoes in the same way again..hint: think Shoe Mints
I started River Cross My Heart in the middle of the night this morning. I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep, and I didn't want to try to make sense of the facts presented in Don't Eat This Book in the wee hours, so I started this other one. What a great book. I couldn't put it down-even as I was blowing my nose(tear jerkers often make me reach for the tissues). I finally just closed the book and went back to bed, but not before I'd read half of it! I can see why Oprah chose it for her book club.
Don't Eat This Book by Morgan Spurlock and the other is River Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke.
Don't Eat This Book is great, but scary! And funny..I'll never look at those little packets they put in new shoes in the same way again..hint: think Shoe Mints
I started River Cross My Heart in the middle of the night this morning. I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep, and I didn't want to try to make sense of the facts presented in Don't Eat This Book in the wee hours, so I started this other one. What a great book. I couldn't put it down-even as I was blowing my nose(tear jerkers often make me reach for the tissues). I finally just closed the book and went back to bed, but not before I'd read half of it! I can see why Oprah chose it for her book club.
ions
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MonkeyCatcher said:I started reading A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess today.
I had a bit of a struggle with the words at the beginning, but I'm getting the hang of it now. I didn't realise it was such a short book
Pretty easy to find a Nadsat dictionary online if you get stuck on a word or two. Usually context makes it pretty plain what the word is though.
WoundedThorns
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The Stranger and High Fidelity
oh man, i'm reading about seven books. at THIS moment im reading The Stranger by Albert Campus. i've also been reading High Fidelity the past couple of weeks or so
oh man, i'm reading about seven books. at THIS moment im reading The Stranger by Albert Campus. i've also been reading High Fidelity the past couple of weeks or so
MonkeyCatcher
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Yeah, the copy I purchased had a dictionary in the back, but I wanted to figure it out for myself. Most words were easy because of the context, but others were a little more difficult - I mean you could get the gist of what they were saying, but not the precise meaning. Having many words for the same thing - such as all the words for 'man' or 'boy' - confused me a bit at the start, but the different language only added to the enjoyment of the book, IMO.ions said:
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