FrAnK
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Post by FrAnK on Jun 2, 2007 21:37:54 GMT -5
Anyone read "Johnny Got His Gun"? I've heard amazing things and i saw the movie and it was amazing. Anyone can fill me in?
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Post by thepretender on Jun 4, 2007 0:05:32 GMT -5
I have never read it (Johnny) but Luke always says it is one of his top three. From what he said it really does sound good. It looks so thin compared to other books. One of these days I know I need to read it.
I am just starting a Donna Tartt novel
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Post by twinkle on Aug 5, 2007 21:01:20 GMT -5
this is a very good, clear and straightforward account of Zen Buddhism. Brad Warner, the author, has included selections from Dogen's Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye as well as stories from his recent reunion w/Zero Defects, an Akron, Ohio-area hardcore band for which he plays bass. his writing gets right to the point sans any misty, wifty, mystical treacle. he's got a good sense of humor and a down-to-earth style that helps demystify Zen and reveal it to be something that can be done right now.
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Post by greedy on Aug 6, 2007 2:23:43 GMT -5
i just finished the da vinci code (out foir a whilei know) but a stunning book wuth great puzzles and fun for the whole anti church pagan family
and the 7th arry potter it was astounding except for the last three chapters which where ruined because my room mate gave away the ending i'm going to kill him in his sleep tonight
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Post by twinkle on Aug 11, 2007 18:15:00 GMT -5
"We need the books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us." Franz Kafka
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Post by thepretender on Aug 11, 2007 23:38:49 GMT -5
The Kite Runner affected me that way...I don't think I will ever find another book like it. That is such a great quote!!
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Post by twinkle on Sept 19, 2007 19:40:17 GMT -5
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Post by greedy on Sept 21, 2007 15:37:42 GMT -5
ok these are the top three on my reading list and i highly recomend them for everyoone
1. Fear and loathing in las vegas. Dr. Hunter S. Thompson 2. Long hard road outta hell. Marilyn Manson 3. I hope they serve beer in hell Tucker Max
happy reading
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Post by thepretender on Sept 27, 2007 20:45:50 GMT -5
wow!! I just saw the Charlotte's web post right now... and it made me smile. My oldest sister read that to me... along the same line I just loved A Cricket in Times Square by Selden (part of the reason 'cricket' is named 'cricket') A guy from japan just posted this on the McCammon site... Neil Gaiman reading a poem from his new book (it's a great clip) I have never read anything by him but a lot of folks love him. The poem mentions zombies!! jp.youtube.com/watch?v=u0vua4Pf35g
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Post by ProvidencePortal on Sept 28, 2007 8:15:11 GMT -5
Neil Gaiman ... I have never read anything by him but a lot of folks love him. No kidding? Given your other faves, I would have assumed you knew all about Gaiman. I love his style. I'd recommend a book he co-wrote with Terry Pratchett (you know him, right?) called Good Omens. I laughed and laughed all the way through it. Also, I just forced his short story collection Smoke and Mirrors on yet another friend. I highly recommend that too.
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Post by Omnipotent on Sept 28, 2007 9:01:15 GMT -5
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Post by twinkle on Sept 30, 2007 10:22:31 GMT -5
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Post by thepretender on Oct 1, 2007 0:10:03 GMT -5
I am going to read On the Road (Once I find out where Luke has hidden it!) Provi! I feel bad that I have never read any of Neil Gaimans stuff but am glad it's never too late! He seems so very cool and comes so highly recommended (esp if you like him too!!) I am not sure if I posted this before but even if I did there is something new about Ron Kelly, something called Flesh Welder a post apoclyptic horror novella due out in a limited edition chapbook in January. Read the stuff about Croataoan (the new publisher) I never heard the story about Roanoke Island and it's giving me the creeps! :-) Perfect month for that! www.ronaldkelly.com/
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Post by thepretender on Oct 1, 2007 0:24:20 GMT -5
I just found this from Ann Rice when I was looking up Croatoan... Boy do I think she is a class act... www.annerice.com/From the letter: "Much could be said, and has been said, about all of my works. I would like to say that the one thing which unites them is the theme of the moral and spiritual quest. A second theme, key to most of them, is the quest of the outcast for a context of meaning, whether that outcast is an 18th century castrato opera singer, or a young boy of mixed blood coming of age in ante-bellum New Orleans, or a person forced into a monstrous predatory existence like the young vampire, Lestat. For me, these themes are inherently significant and noble themes. They are worthy of exploration; they are evocative; they can and do reflect the deepest questions that humans face. Yet, somehow, my earlier novels have been dismissed out of hand -- by people who haven’t read them -- as “immoral works.” They are not immoral works. They are not Satanic works. They are not demonic works. These are uninformed and unfair characterizations of these books, and this situation causes me deep personal pain. " I have always found great moral messages in horror novels and this totally makes sense to me. I was worried that she was denouncing those books and other horror novels but I see now that she hasn't and that is truly cool IMHO
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Post by ProvidencePortal on Oct 1, 2007 7:45:20 GMT -5
Funny ... I just started another book by Charlie Huston ( Already Dead) about a vampire "handyman -- someone has a problem, maybe they call me, maybe I help them take care of it." He mentions Anne Rice as part of the goth subculture, and he's none too kind about that group, at least from the vampire's point of view. If I haven't before, let me enthusiastically recommend Charlie Huston to everyone, but especially to those who like Palahniuk. This is post-modern noir done right, and Huston's writing has a minimalist edge that gets me geeked every time I read him. I just finished the Henry Thompson trilogy ("Caught Stealing," "Six Bad Things," and "A Dangerous Man") and was overwhelmed. Also, Kate, here's a story by Gaiman set in the Matrix universe: whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/cmp/neil_g.html.
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