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04-19-2010, 07:45 PM | #1321 | |
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I've had the food issue of OA for over a month now but I haven't started it yet. I've got some books to read before I'll get into it (those books being the aforementioned Shark's Fin & Sichuan Pepper, The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People who Read Them by Elif Batuman, and Steve Almond's new nonfiction book, Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life: A Book By and For the Fanatics Among us (with Bitchin' Soundtrack).) Ah, Carver. Such a master. |
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04-19-2010, 09:31 PM | #1322 | |
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I've had a few books get me. So what is this about Infinite Jest? It's like the only internet cult I don't belong to.
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04-19-2010, 09:32 PM | #1323 |
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04-19-2010, 09:40 PM | #1324 |
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04-19-2010, 09:42 PM | #1325 |
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The Castle by Kafka is what I am reading when I have time for fiction....
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04-19-2010, 09:49 PM | #1326 |
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The novel is huge. Massive in size. But its by the late David Foster Wallace, which makes it worth reading because DFW was a genius.
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04-19-2010, 09:51 PM | #1327 |
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What is it about DFW that makes him an internet cult god?
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04-19-2010, 09:53 PM | #1328 |
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Is he an internet cult god? I just know that he's one of the more important American writers of the last 50 years. He's a stellar talent. His nonfiction has been tremendously influential on my writing.
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04-20-2010, 04:59 AM | #1329 |
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Read the following essays from him for a taste of why he's so kickass:
"Shipping Out: On the (nearly lethal) comforts of a luxury cruise" "Ticket to the Fair"
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05-06-2010, 11:32 AM | #1330 |
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Can anyone reccommend a WWII book about the Air Force in the China/Burma/India Theater? A memoir would be perfect.
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05-06-2010, 11:35 AM | #1331 |
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Just finished, "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"
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05-06-2010, 11:38 AM | #1332 |
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Daniel Pink's Drive Big Brother and the National Reading Curriculum edited by Richard Allington The Oxford American Food Issue Pinnochio Vampire Slayer (awesome little graphic novel) Currently reading: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
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05-06-2010, 11:39 AM | #1333 |
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Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson it. was. awesome. Anyone with any interest in fantasy should read this series. |
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05-06-2010, 11:39 AM | #1334 |
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05-06-2010, 11:52 AM | #1335 |
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Everyone who loves music should read Steve Almond's new book of creative nonfiction, Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life.
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