Latest Gene Wolfe book you read (1-10 scale)

[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?

[Geeheeb]

have you seen the brown's requiem film with michael rooker?

[Geeheeb]

also what about perfidia?

[featherboa]

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.

[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.

[electronichamz]

Oh shit forgot about Dune Messiah 8/10

[Geeheeb]

want to know if perfidia is fan service more of the same

[Honky Kong 64]

Oh shit forgot about Dune Messiah 8/10

Accurate.

[electronichamz]

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

[Honky Kong 64]

I fapped anyways

[Cascade Whore]

[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.

[The Real MPD]

Red Dragon - 8.5

[Chad]

a sorrow beyond dreams - 9

[Necrometer]

charles dexter ward 7.5/10

[The Real MPD]

The Baazar of Bad Dreams - 6
The Movement - 10
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - 8.5
Fall to Pieces - 8

[riley-o]

The Martian - 7/10

[FVBTVS]

Christie Malry's Own Double Entry - 9

[Cascade Whore]

I'm nine pages into Katherine Dunn's "Geek Love" and it's already demented beyond belief

[Liam Spengler]

White Fang - 8

[Cascade Whore]

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.

[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.

[featherboa]

The Lies of Locke Lamora 9

[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

[riley-o]

Hyperion 9/10
Fall of Hyperion 8.5/10