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Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 11:33 am
by Geeheeb
i can't even with the prose of white jazz.

crossed the street
shot the fucker

I do still like big nowhere and la conf but its been many years but people cant do that much drugs for that long and be a cop or whatever

did you read blood's a rover yet? or any of the underworld trilogy?

Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 11:34 am
by Geeheeb
have you seen the brown's requiem film with michael rooker?

Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 11:44 am
by Geeheeb
also what about perfidia?

Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 7:59 pm
by featherboa
Geeheeb wrote:i can't even with the prose of white jazz.

crossed the street
shot the fucker

I do still like big nowhere and la conf but its been many years but people cant do that much drugs for that long and be a cop or whatever

did you read blood's a rover yet? or any of the underworld trilogy?
yeah i read underworld a year or two ago. i remember reading that cold six thousand was his most extreme prose, but White Jazz seemed pretty much the same to me.

gonna start perfidia soon.

Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 8:07 pm
by electronichamz
My Work is Not Yet Done - Thomas Ligotti 10/10

If you've worked at a corporation, work in cubicles, or hate everyone at your morning meetings, read this.

Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 8:15 pm
by electronichamz
Oh shit forgot about Dune Messiah 8/10

Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 9:07 am
by Geeheeb
want to know if perfidia is fan service more of the same

Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 9:21 am
by Honky Kong 64
electronichamz wrote:Oh shit forgot about Dune Messiah 8/10
Accurate.

Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 3:31 pm
by electronichamz
Honky Kong 64 wrote:
electronichamz wrote:Oh shit forgot about Dune Messiah 8/10
Accurate.
i actually hated the majority of the book but the ending made up for everything. I was really hoping for Alia to rub one out during that bath scene. I fapped anyways

Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 10:44 am
by Honky Kong 64
electronichamz wrote:I fapped anyways
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Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 2:29 pm
by Cascade Whore
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Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 7:05 pm
by Toxicarius
Death on the Devil's Teeth - The Strange Murder that Shocked Suburban New Jersey - 7/10

An armchair detective book investigating the 1972 unsolved murder of Jeannette DePalma. Written by a founder of, and a contributor to, Weird NJ, the book expands on the occasional coverage that appeared in the magazine during the past decade or so. Through interviews of friends, family, investigators, etc., the authors attempt to piece together exactly what happened to the unfortunate teenager all those years ago. Do they solve the crime? No, but their speculation is fairly convincing, maybe? A bit wordy at times, but overall it's a good read.

Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 1:39 am
by The Real MPD
Red Dragon - 8.5

Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 8:44 am
by Chad
a sorrow beyond dreams - 9

Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 2:48 pm
by Necrometer
charles dexter ward 7.5/10 :tup:

Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:43 pm
by The Real MPD
The Baazar of Bad Dreams - 6
The Movement - 10
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - 8.5
Fall to Pieces - 8

Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 8:46 am
by riley-o
The Martian - 7/10

Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:58 am
by FVBTVS
Christie Malry's Own Double Entry - 9

Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 1:49 am
by Cascade Whore
I'm nine pages into Katherine Dunn's "Geek Love" and it's already demented beyond belief

Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 3:21 am
by Liam Spengler
White Fang - 8

Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 11:46 pm
by Cascade Whore
Cascade Whore wrote:I'm nine pages into Katherine Dunn's "Geek Love" and it's already demented beyond belief
One of the saddest, most hysterical and absolutely fucked up things I've ever read. Felt like some collaboration between David Cronenberg and Terry Gilliam (if they were writers) with maybe a bit of David foster Wallace only much more mean spirited. I can't rate this.

Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 4:55 pm
by Necrometer
[movie-related book dump]

the disaster artist 7/10 this is the book about the making of the room. doesn't really dispel any of the mystery about tommy wiseau; instead provides a great look at what a maniac he is. the book is supposedly by co-star greg sestero, but his co-writer tom bissell clearly did almost all of the literary heavy lifting. and it IS well-written. I like the parallels between the greg/tommy story and the talented mr. ripley. I have no idea what to expect from the adaptation of this book that's on its way by james franco & friends. I know that I should be mad and sure that it will suck, but i'll probably just see it with an open mind (and then get mad about it sucking)

zona 7.5/10 this book is, by its own admission, unclassifiable. it's a book-length movie review of tarkovsky's stalker done in the form of snobby stream-of-consciousness essay that plays along with the movie, scene-by-scene. it didn't add too much to my understanding/appreciation of the movie, but the guy is a great writer... so the book works.

roadside picnic 8/10 this is the short book that inspired stalker. solid sci-fi that feels a lot like bradbury at his best. the book is split into four quarters/chapters and the one that's NOT about the main stalker protagonist is easily the least interesting.

Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 5:29 pm
by featherboa
The Lies of Locke Lamora 9

Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 5:14 pm
by The Real MPD
The X-Files Anthology Vol. 1: Trust No One - 7.5
The Silence of the Lambs - 8
The X-Files Anthology Vol. 2: The Truth is Out There - 7

Re: Latest book you read (1-10 scale)

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 2:17 pm
by riley-o
Hyperion 9/10
Fall of Hyperion 8.5/10