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The OWC editions are a bit more academic yeah, but with the quality of translations it's probably a cointoss, and Penguin is often cheaper and easier to find.
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Ras Het posted:The OWC editions are a bit more academic yeah, but with the quality of translations it's probably a cointoss, and Penguin is often cheaper and easier to find. true zombie michael crichton is finally publishing a new novel about dinosaurs
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End Of Worlds posted:true Stuff like this makes me feel like we'll be getting Stephen King books decades after he's dead, especially with where Joe's career is going.
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Hype levels are low, but I made a thread for the new Harry Potter book that comes out tomorrow in case people want to discuss it! http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3784894
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Have any of you read ''The brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao''? I'm 50 pages in and I'm just gnashing my teeth at this awful nerd-prose. Are the critics wrong*? Does it get way better? Am I a loving idiot? Please, I need to know. *The guardian said this was the best novel of the 21st century and tonnes of other critics think it's hot poo poo.
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I'm not sure if the proper plot starts yet 50 pages, but it's certainly about a nerd and his nerdy interests. I didn't think it was that bad, but you're certainly reading bad critics if they're calling it the best novel of the 21st century.
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Ras Het posted:I'm not sure if the proper plot starts yet 50 pages, but it's certainly about a nerd and his nerdy interests. Ras Het posted:you're certainly reading bad critics if they're calling it the best novel of the 21st century. 1. Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007) 2. Edward P Jones, The Known World (2003) 3. Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall (2009) 4. Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (2004) 5. Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections (2001) 6. Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2000) 7. Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad (2010) 8. Ben Fountain, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2012) 9. Ian McEwan, Atonement (2001) 10. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) 11. Zadie Smith, White Teeth (2000) 12. Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex (2002)
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Oh, English language literature. It's a small pond.
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and 2000 wasn't even 21st century yet, what a terrible list  but yeah, i wouldn't trust any list about "best books of xxx" if it contains only stuff written in English. Oscar Wao is decent tho. edit: huh, it turns out it wasn't meant to be English language only: 14. WG Sebald, Austerlitz 15. Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend 19. Roberto Bolaño, 2666 Burning Rain fucked around with this message at 10:31 on Jul 31, 2016 |
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There's probably been a lot of better books than that even in english, like that De La Pava book for example.
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Atonement isn't even the best McEwan book and I say that as someone who thinks there are McEwan books that are complete garbage, looking at you Solar, you piece of worthless paper, you.
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UnquietDream posted:there are McEwan books that are complete garbage UnquietDream posted:McEwan books [...] are complete garbage agreed
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Middlesex and every novel Franzen ever wrote are also crap. That list is crap. Gilead is cool, though.
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gilead rules, kavalier and clay rules, white teeth is good, franzen is Bad, i haven't read wao
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Middlesex was pretty good, but I don't think I would call it one of the best novels of the century (which is a really dumb concept when we're only 16 years in) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a great author.
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I want to see a "best moving pictures of the 20th century" list made in 1916.
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Hedrigall posted:I want to see a "best moving pictures of the 20th century" list made in 1916. We didn't invent writing in 1990, though.
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I found Middlesex to be an extraordinary work of art. I couldn't stop reading it and it truly moved me.
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End Of Worlds posted:agreed Amsterdam wasn't bad, two old vicious men who, through comedic ineptitude, arrange the murder of the other but fail to prevent their own murder. Edit; Come to think of it, all of McEwans books that I like are the ones where at no point are you supposed to feel empathy or sympathy for the horrible protagonists*. Doubly so if those protagonists are wonderful neurosurgeons who can stop an armed burglary though the power of poetry. gently caress Saturday, terrible godawful Mary Sue style shite. *Notable exception for The Cement Garden. UnquietDream fucked around with this message at 00:59 on Aug 1, 2016 |
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I read The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and really, really liked it. It does have a lot of Spanish though. I remember thinking that if I weren't fluent in Spanish, I wouldn't be enjoying it as much. There is an awesome resource that I discovered, after reading the book. http://www.annotated-oscar-wao.com/ It has explanations of all of the references that get used, including all the Spanish terms.
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UnquietDream posted:Amsterdam wasn't bad, two old vicious men who, through comedic ineptitude, arrange the murder of the other but fail to prevent their own murder. Yah, Saturday was the first McEwan I read and it really put me off him. I've read Atonement since and can't say I enjoyed it very much either, tbh, so I think I'm done with him
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End Of Worlds posted:agreed comfort of strangers was okay until it went all ~~2edgy4u~~ at the end
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what book did you pick for BOTM hieronymous?
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ulvir posted:what book did you pick for BOTM hieronymous? Babyfucker by Urs Alleman
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ulvir posted:what book did you pick for BOTM hieronymous? Poll for BOTM: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3785106
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CestMoi posted:Babyfucker by Urs Alleman This is much cooler than whatever those poll choices are
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It's good and i want to see people's reactions to it, especially the people that complain when books don't seem to have a message or whatever
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So, what should I be looking for if I'm looking for "airplane fiction"? That's one of the Booklord Challenge objectives this year, but I really have no idea what to even look for. I know the basic idea, I think -- they're trashy books you pick up in an airport bookstore so you have something to read during the flight -- but since I always bring my own books, I don't know what authors or genres or whatever I should be seeking out.
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ToxicFrog posted:So, what should I be looking for if I'm looking for "airplane fiction"? That's one of the Booklord Challenge objectives this year, but I really have no idea what to even look for. I know the basic idea, I think -- they're trashy books you pick up in an airport bookstore so you have something to read during the flight -- but since I always bring my own books, I don't know what authors or genres or whatever I should be seeking out. No, you misunderstood. You have to drive to the nearest airport and buy a fiction book from their bookstore. Bonus points if it's actually about airplanes. You're really supposed to read it on an airplane, but if a ticket's too expensive, you can just sit in the passenger seat of one that's sitting in the hangar waiting for maintenance. Slip the head mechanic a fiver, show him the book and they'll let you right in.
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ToxicFrog posted:So, what should I be looking for if I'm looking for "airplane fiction"? That's one of the Booklord Challenge objectives this year, but I really have no idea what to even look for. I know the basic idea, I think -- they're trashy books you pick up in an airport bookstore so you have something to read during the flight -- but since I always bring my own books, I don't know what authors or genres or whatever I should be seeking out. Airport/Airplane (when not literally dealing with flying) fiction means genre fiction that can be easily picked up and read, and counted on to engage quickly, making it a convenient diversion while waiting for and riding on planes.
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I've seen the opening paragraph of Babyfucker and that looks distubring, but I'll give it a read at some point I guess also re: airplane fiction wikipedia posted:Writers whose books have been described as airport novels include: this is beneath me
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ToxicFrog posted:So, what should I be looking for if I'm looking for "airplane fiction"? That's one of the Booklord Challenge objectives this year, but I really have no idea what to even look for. I know the basic idea, I think -- they're trashy books you pick up in an airport bookstore so you have something to read during the flight -- but since I always bring my own books, I don't know what authors or genres or whatever I should be seeking out. Just read The Brethren by Grisham
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blue squares posted:Just read The Brethren by Grisham the partner is better imo e: ive only read like 3 grisham books so ymmv chernobyl kinsman fucked around with this message at 20:54 on Aug 1, 2016 |
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Ovid brings up Aurora, the goddess of dawn, and comes this close to mentioning "rosy-fingered dawn". Tease.
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ToxicFrog posted:So, what should I be looking for if I'm looking for "airplane fiction"? That's one of the Booklord Challenge objectives this year, but I really have no idea what to even look for. I know the basic idea, I think -- they're trashy books you pick up in an airport bookstore so you have something to read during the flight -- but since I always bring my own books, I don't know what authors or genres or whatever I should be seeking out. You can interpret it however you like so just read a cool book that happens to feature an airplane
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A human heart posted:You can interpret it however you like so just read a cool book that happens to feature an airplane That is a solid suggestion, but blue squares posted:Just read The Brethren by Grisham my dad was a huge John Grisham fan, so I'm going to read one of those in his memory.
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the Brethren is probably a bad choice, I just read it several times between ages 16 and 21 so I remember it fondly. I'd go with one of his courtroom books over that one
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ulvir posted:this is beneath me I was going to read Carpenter's Gothic again, a book expressly written to connect with the man in the airport
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My personal favorite of Grisham is The Rainmaker, but The Client and A Time to Kill are good, and probably his most popular. The Firm and The Runaway Jury were fun reads. Growing up, I don't think there were any that I really didn't like, except for The Chamber.
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Hey guys, quick question, my girlfriend is trying to order the Discworld series and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on the best place to order them new. She's been able to find them separately on different websites but wasn't sure if there was one place she could get all of them for cheaper. Cheers  Edit: never mind, found them! Thanks anyways! zeldadude fucked around with this message at 20:35 on Aug 4, 2016 |
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