Re: The "What Are You Reading?" Thread (necroed)

MaggotyAnne · MaggotyAnne on Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:16 pm

Kirsty wrote:China Mieville - Perdido Street Station (again), also Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

The last two changed my life. How could you read them at the same time?

And I got to see Gogol Bordello live last fall. Best. Concert. Ever.
I was smashed into crowd barrier the whole time.

Dax · Dax on Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:32 am

I any of you would like a change of pace, I strongly recommend "Fool on the Hill" by Matt Ruff. It is a modern fantasy, and its brilliant.

BaronPablo · BaronPablo on Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:59 am

I'm currently reading "American Psycho" by Bret Easton Ellis. It's chilling, entertaining, and humorous at times.

Dandeliondream · Dandeliondream on Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:19 pm

I am reading Journey to the center of the earth,by Jules Verne,I have not seen the film but I was told it was not good,but it was on the shelf for the last year or so and so I started it,I love the old grammer and words, it is just great.
After this I plan to read:frankinstein, by mary shelley,and reread alice in wounderland not steampunk, but I do like it .

Gazongola · Gazongola on Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:57 am

Robrt Rankin. The Da Da De Da Da code, and Armageddon The Musical. Then I will be reading a book called 'The Path of Alchemy'.

Jemima Annabelle Clough · Jemima Annabelle Clough on Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:00 am

Re-reading a book on corset construction

CaptZaphod · CaptZaphod on Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:49 am

I'm currently reading "Dispatches from Wondermark Manor" Vol 2. by Mark Malki.
I highly recommend these 2 books. As Mark describes them...they are absurd.

Abraxas · Abraxas on Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:51 am

[quote="MaggotyAnne"]

Kirsty wrote:China Mieville - Perdido Street Station (again), also Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

Is BNW still required reading in schools these days? I certainly hope so. I didn't realize for a long time that Sir Huxley has a great repertoire of writings in all sorts of genres, many of which have become favorites. Ape and Essence -- even darker than BNW. Antic Hey -- sorta like "the mask" but they guy dons a fake beard and creates a whole new persona for himself. Crome Yellow -- predates Catcher in The Rye, and puts that teeny angst in flowery edwardian language.
Currently finishing up Dickens "Our Mutual Friend" and Nabokov's "The Defense". Not sure what's next, though I've got that old hankerin' for some good sci-fi going on.

Tanuki · Tanuki on Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:32 am

I just got the Great Outdoor Fight book by Chris Onstad. Read most of it since it arrived this afternoon, but still have a few extras to go.

Lady Penelope · Lady Penelope on Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:45 am

"Skybreaker," the audio version (full cast recording), although I've checked the hardback out from the local library as well.

Steamblast Mary · Steamblast Mary on Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:52 pm

"Nation", the latest Terry Pratchett. Am pleased to report it's shaping up very well.

Prof. George of Chaos · Prof. George of Chaos on Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:16 pm

You mean to say it's out already, Mary?

Ooooh...This does not bode well for my studies.

There is so much fine taste in this thread. I'm thinking I have to check out this China Mieville guy.

Tonight I polished off a couple of short stories from Cory Doctorow's Overclocked, a few of Yeats's poems and was given a book on the Twenties and one one Christopher Brennan's poetry, as they were being expunged from my school's library.

On some levles I think BNW is a better dystopian warning than 1984. Very good book.

Has anybody else here read Mary Wolstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women?

Gazongola · Gazongola on Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:18 pm

Sorry, BNW? And remember 1984 was written for its time really.

Gazongola · Gazongola on Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:19 pm

Oh! Brave New World. I see. Never read it. Although I have heard many great things of Aldous Huxley.

Mrs. Sullivan · Mrs. Sullivan on Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:33 pm

Prof. George of Chaos wrote:You mean to say it's out already, Mary?

Ooooh...This does not bode well for my studies.

There is so much fine taste in this thread. I'm thinking I have to check out this China Mieville guy.
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Has anybody else here read Mary Wolstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women?

Yes, I have read Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication, although it has been some thirty years ago. Nevertheless, a classic foundation of feminist rhetoric.

Mieville is wonderful - I have read Perdido Street Station and The Scar, and am looking forward to Iron Council. I can recommend these books highly. I tried Un Lun Dun, but it was a bit too childish for my taste (and I generally enjoy children's books).