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Tough one, at the moment I'd still have to say NeverWhere by Neil Gaiman, or possibly Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith. Actually, to add to that list, one of my favourite books from when I was younger was Junk by Melvin Burgess. There's something beautiful about the bleakness of it that I fell in love with, and still re-read every now and then. The Illuminatis Trilogy (although it's going slowly). Post a new comment. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. Post a new comment.
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Depeche Mode - "A pain that I'm used to". The Art of War. By Sun Tzu (translated by Thomas Cleary). Really difficult to pick just one. I just finished The Algebraist. By Iain M Banks, which was fantastic (as are most of his fic/sci-fi works in my opinion). Other favourites are: Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy,. Most of the Discworld. Series by Terry Pratchett (and Good Omens. With Neil Gaiman), A Short History of Nearly Everything. By Bill Bryson, Peoplewatching.
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Bad Mod, very bad Mod: the_readers
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Bad Mod, very bad Mod. Okay, so we fell at the first monthly hurdle. Instead: A discussion post, shamelessly stolen from my wife. I want to know what you like to read.". Not a list of titles of books I’ve never read. What kind of protagonists do you like? What sort of relationships? What prose styles appeal to you? Do you like circular stories? Stories told in a mix of register or media? Have you ever thought that something could be improved by including a poem? Do you like reading screenplays? Do you li...
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Julian Jaynes - The origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind: the_readers
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Julian Jaynes - The origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind. O, what a world of unseen visions ad heard silences, this insubstantial country of the mind! What ineffable essences, these touchless rememberings and unshowable reveries! And the privacy of it all! And where did it come from? How is this possible? How do these ephemeral existences of our lonely experiece fit into the odered array of nature that somehow surrounds and engulfs this core of knowing? Post a new comment.
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Ulysses: the_readers
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I started reading Ulysses. Detailed results viewable to: All. Have you read Ulysses? I found it somewhat heavy-going, but it's ultimately worth it. I didn't finish it. I had no problem with it. How dare you ask this question, you uncultured oaf! I thought Ulysses was a cartoon? Post a new comment. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. Post a new comment. Post a new comment.
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Child/teen/ya books: the_readers
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Detailed results viewable to: All. Did you ever read? The Magic Faraway Tree. Puffin adventure, choose your own ending thingies. That should be Darbishire not Derbyshire. I'm tired after a 13 hr shift. Leave me alone. I forgot The Red Shoes and White Boots series, and there was some series about horses that people loved too. Oh and Judy Blume and some other insufferable girly ones. There are other Enid Blytons I forgot. I don't count Philip Pullman as anything other than adult fiction. Post a new comment.
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Living Space: the_readers
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Bobby Vinton - "Blue Velvet". Am I allowed to post stuff in here about my own fiction? Well, if not, I suppose it can just be deleted. Anyway, my latest short story (not that. Short actually, at about eleven thousand words, but certainly no novel) is finished. It's a surrealistic mystery/fantasy. Click here to read. Unfortunately, due to it's length, it would be somewhat tricky to paste directly into Livejournal. I hope you enjoy it - and if not, constructive criticism is always appreciated!
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Pick! It's the 14th.: the_readers
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Detailed results viewable to: All. Chose this month's set text. Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs. Asylum - Patrick McGrath. Majority rules, 24 hours before final decision. I picked the two books closest to me, sorry for the lack of imagination. I picked the one I haven't read yet but I'm more. Than happy to re-read Running With Scissors because I loved it. Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis. Any suggestions for next month's? Post a new comment. We will log you in after post. Post a new comment.
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One more: quick and easy: the_readers
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One more: quick and easy. What's the last book you read? Was it good or bad? Human Traces by Sebastian Faulks. It was fantastic, I read most of it in a fortnight and it's the size of a bible. I've only got 100 pages left and I'm making them last as long as I possibly can because I can't bear to leave the world in it's in. Typical Faulks style; descriptive, emotive and engaging. A complex set of themes: science, madness, war, death, family, love and medicine. Post a new comment. Post a new comment.
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Example introduction: the_readers
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Tough question, maybe Birdsong, by Sebastian Faulks? Faulks and Alice Sebold personify my favourite kind of writing style. I'm a Big big big fan of autobiographies. Huge fan of historical and political biographies too (Wild Swans, Long Walk To Freedom). I love R.D.Laing, and Jung; Most of the beatnicks (Sallinger, Wilson, Normon O Brown, Kerouac) and Philip Pullman. Sidhartha, by Herman Hesse, just finished Running With Scissors by Burroughs - a brilliant. Please send me ideas for this month's set texts.
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