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Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 9:13 am
by TheMooretician
Clive Barker - The Scarlet Gospels: 8.5/10. Fucking stellar. Will only appeal to fans of Barker and his mythos but it's a great read. High art it is not, but it is one of the most exciting, relentlessly paced, and epic (sorry, I hate saying it but there isn't a more applicable word) horror novels I've ever read. I doubt Barker will ever top The Damnation Game or The Books of Blood, but he's definitely still got it. Best thing he's done in twenty years.
Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 6:57 pm
by The Real MPD
Crossroads of Twilight - 7
Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 9:41 pm
by elephants gerald
gordon lish- goings in thirteen sittings: 8.8/10
I'm really happy that I found this. strange, revelatory thing. the funniest book I've ever read. going to go back and read everything I can get my hands on.
Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 12:40 pm
by The Real MPD
Knife of Dreams - 7.5
Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2015 12:05 pm
by Rev. Christberg
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki - Haruki Murakami
10/10
It might just be where I'm at in my life but this book is like a punch straight to the heart. It's foreveralone.gif in book format with one of the most perfect endings I've ever seen.
It starts a little slow but once it gets rolling down hill there's no stopping the train. The guy's got the balls to talk about loss in a way nobody else does and it's been a great help for me. An opportunity to crystallize my thoughts about my life and recent events in it.
Thanks, crazy Japanese guy.
Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 8:45 pm
by The Real MPD
The gathering of the juggalos Storm - 9
Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 12:28 am
by Cascade Whore
Reading the scarlet gospels right now. It doesn't bullshit around, instead it flys out the gate at breakneck speed. Not very settle though, it's pretty low brow actually. Feels like barkers idea of an action movie.
Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2015 2:06 am
by Cascade Whore
Cascade Whore wrote:Reading the scarlet gospels right now. It doesn't bullshit around, instead it flys out the gate at breakneck speed. Not very settle though, it's pretty low brow actually. Feels like barkers idea of an action movie.
I really enjoyed this but at the same time it seems more like hellraiser fan fiction than something actually written by barker. I'm also really curious if the original 1200 or so page manuscript would have been bloated or turned what was a good read into a masterpiece.
this supposedly took 3 years to edit but still seems very hacked in some place. I don't like characters introduced then never heard from again, like the demon hybrid woman birth abomination from the opening scene and the giant transsexual magic healer who's abruptly murdered
Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 1:45 am
by The Real MPD
Towers of Midnight - 9
Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 8:14 am
by pooptastik
My Struggle: Book 1 - 9
Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 12:07 pm
by Honky Kong 64
Glad to see those scores are back up in the 9's MPD.
Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:19 am
by The Real MPD
A Memory of Light - 10
Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 8:20 am
by Advances>|<MONKEY
Alright I'm just about to finish Oryx and Crake, no where near as brutal as the Handmaids Tale but still great. A lot of slapstick and nastyness.
I'm gonna read hyperion next, another person in the real world sugested it. Hope its as cool as everyone says.
Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 2:15 pm
by Honky Kong 64
Against the Day - 7
Definitely not upper echelon Pynchon imho. Couldn't even really distinguish some characters at times. Only about 2 really mind blowing parts. The last half of the book is infinitely superior though. Riley how is this your favorite? Who knows, it might grow on me.
Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 2:16 pm
by Honky Kong 64
Gotta dig out that Winter's Heart...
Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 3:07 pm
by riley-o
The only thing I clearly remember about it is airships
I dunno I just found it compulsively readable and moving in an unexpected way. I've been meaning to re-read it so maybe I'll do that.
Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 8:45 pm
by featherboa
Black Dahlia 9
Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 12:31 pm
by Chad
Schopenhauer's ''Fourfold Root...'' dissertation - better than Hegel/10
reading this as prep for a deep study of ''World as Will...''
it's interesting how adamant he is in denying ''The Absolute''...the materialism of guys at this time was nightmarishly thorough. he spends so much time busting balls on other philosophers that...it becomes anachronistic unintentional comedy.
I'm not ridiculing...it's like coming up on a mountain and laughing at something in the foothills.
but for a student of Guenon, every mountain is a foothill
Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:06 pm
by electronichamz
Dune - 10/10
I've attempted to read this book multiple times in the last five years. Because it starts out slow, I would just put it down but too many people have recommended this over the COURSE OF TIME, so I didn't give up on it. Glad I read it. Book owns. World owns. I want to live amongst the Fremen. FUCK EARTH.
Now reading: Dune Messiah
Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 9:37 am
by Honky Kong 64
electronichamz wrote:Dune - 10/10
I've attempted to read this book multiple times in the last five years. Because it starts out slow, I would just put it down but too many people have recommended this over the COURSE OF TIME, so I didn't give up on it. Glad I read it. Book owns. World owns. I want to live amongst the Fremen. FUCK EARTH.
Now reading: Dune Messiah
Dune should be as big as the bible.
Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 1:00 pm
by BUNGVOX
jobjumper- phil irwin
the shit!!!
an american classic.
Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 12:59 pm
by The Real MPD
Lisa Belkin's Show Me a Hero - 9
Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 7:04 pm
by Liam Spengler
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee - 9
Black Elk Speaks - 8
Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 8:36 pm
by The Real MPD
The Walking Dead: Invasion - 7
Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 10:23 am
by featherboa
The last 3 LA Quartet books after Black Dahlia
10 dudley smiths