| Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World by Murakami Haruki. Only just started, but seems like it could be good. |
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| Murakami is nearly always good; definitely one of my favourite authors. Have yet not found Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World, but judging by what I've heard (a bad habit), I'd say it's as good as any of his works. Have you read anything else by him? Or, has anyone here? I'm currently reading a bunch of books simultaneously, as is my way - Tractatus Logico-philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgenstein, Le mythe de Sisyphe by Albert Camus, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Surveillir et penir by Michel Foucault, Totem et Tabu by Sigmund Freud (this one really cured me from my freudian ways) and lastly Ulysses by James Joyce once again, because I love it so. I tend to delve into one of my newly-acquired anthologies of European and Oriental lyric, too, along with a bit of Majakovsky. Out of these I'd recommend Ulysses and The Picture of Dorian Gray. I also recommend reading glasses and plenty, plenty of free time. Edited for calling Ulysses by its Swedish name. |
KaiserpingvinApr 10, 2008 6:04 AM
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| it looks like everyone is reading something totally different from me. >< i started a couple of different authors lately and thought they were really really good so i'd like to share. historical time-jumping romances, ^^ can't help it, i'm a sucker for love. i'm gonna do a legend; author ~ read, unread Lynn Kurland ~ The More I See You, Dreams of Stardust Karen Marie Moning ~ Beyond the Highland Mist (reading), To Tame a Highland Warrior, The Highlander's Touch, Kiss of the Highlander, The Dark Highlander, The Immortal Highlander, Spell of the Highlander, Into the Dreaming Moning's series is really good. I couldn't put down the first book i read, Kiss of the Highlander. So i'm starting at the beginning. ^^ |
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| Murakami in one of my favorite authors. I have a sneaking suspicion he's a much better read untranslated though. Will have to get around to that one day. Just read part of Ha Jin's The Crazed. Not bad, but I have another sneaking suspicion that contemporary Chinese lit can't quite compare to the 5/4 to '49 generation. |
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Kaiserpingvin said: Murakami is nearly always good; definitely one of my favourite authors. Have yet not found Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World, but judging by what I've heard (a bad habit), I'd say it's as good as any of his works. Have you read anything else by him? Or, has anyone here? I'm currently reading a bunch of books simultaneously, as is my way - Tractatus Logico-philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgenstein, Le mythe de Sisyphe by Albert Camus, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Surveillir et penir by Michel Foucault, Totem et Tabu by Sigmund Freud (this one really cured me from my freudian ways) and lastly Ulysses by James Joyce once again, because I love it so. I tend to delve into one of my newly-acquired anthologies of European and Oriental lyric, too, along with a bit of Majakovsky. Out of these I'd recommend Ulysses and The Picture of Dorian Gray. I also recommend reading glasses and plenty, plenty of free time. Edited for calling Ulysses by its Swedish name. interestingly enough i am just now reading ulysses for the first time, and rereading the portrait of the artist as a young man. Joyce was brilliant. also reading a book of poetry by T.S. Eliot(Prufrock, and waste land are included) also reading faulkner's the sound and the fury, and ham on rye by bukowski |
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Kaiserpingvin said: Murakami is nearly always good; definitely one of my favourite authors. Have yet not found Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World, but judging by what I've heard (a bad habit), I'd say it's as good as any of his works. Have you read anything else by him? Not yet; I have The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle as well, though. Just finished Hard-Boiled today and, though there were some things I didn't like about it, it was one of the better books I've read. I'm at a loss as to what I should read now since I've got a few good books that have yet to be touched (Battle Royale, House of Leaves, and Wind-Up). I've heard dreams (as well as lucidity, sleep paralysis, etc) play a "fundamental role throughout the book." Anyone care to elaborate? That might make it easier to choose, since I love that kind of stuff. Also, for those who have read Lolita, what do you think of it? I have that as well (along with a couple other books written by the same author). Oh, and for fans of Murakami, what other books of his should I pick up? |
NeverenderApr 23, 2008 5:21 PM
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| I'd recommend Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman - a collection of short stories ranging from wonderfully absurd to mundane in everything but quality, which is generally very high (fanboy speaking, mind you). And one you cannot get past is Kafka on the Shore, I might have read the whole climate wrong (as I usually do) but it seems to be the most popular among English-speaking readers. Lolita I will read soon - it's been tempting me from high ground on a bookshelf for a long time now. It's a hard life being a biliophile. |
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| besides manga :P I'm reading 'Uma abelha na chuva' from Carlos de Oliveira, a Portuguese author.. ^^ |
yukihime said: it looks like everyone is reading something totally different from me. >< i started a couple of different authors lately and thought they were really really good so i'd like to share. historical time-jumping romances, ^^ can't help it, i'm a sucker for love. i'm gonna do a legend; author ~ read, unread Lynn Kurland ~ The More I See You, Dreams of Stardust Karen Marie Moning ~ Beyond the Highland Mist (reading), To Tame a Highland Warrior, The Highlander's Touch, Kiss of the Highlander, The Dark Highlander, The Immortal Highlander, Spell of the Highlander, Into the Dreaming Moning's series is really good. I couldn't put down the first book i read, Kiss of the Highlander. So i'm starting at the beginning. ^^ Her books are some of my favorite romance novels ^__^ Janet Chapman has a highlander series as well, but they're not as good as Moning's. Worth checking out though. Currrently reading: Mirror Mirror - Gregory Maguire [boring as hell, but I can't not finish a book] The Talisman - Stephen King and Peter Straub Exile's Honor - Mercedes Lackey Smoke and Mirrors - Neil Gaiman |
Vampykitty77 said: haha, i've learned that i love time-jumping romances. i'll have to check her out. thanks.yukihime said: it looks like everyone is reading something totally different from me. >< i started a couple of different authors lately and thought they were really really good so i'd like to share. historical time-jumping romances, ^^ can't help it, i'm a sucker for love. i'm gonna do a legend; author ~ read, unread Lynn Kurland ~ The More I See You, Dreams of Stardust Karen Marie Moning ~ Beyond the Highland Mist (reading), To Tame a Highland Warrior, The Highlander's Touch, Kiss of the Highlander, The Dark Highlander, The Immortal Highlander, Spell of the Highlander, Into the Dreaming Moning's series is really good. I couldn't put down the first book i read, Kiss of the Highlander. So i'm starting at the beginning. ^^ Her books are some of my favorite romance novels ^__^ Janet Chapman has a highlander series as well, but they're not as good as Moning's. Worth checking out though. Currrently reading: Mirror Mirror - Gregory Maguire [boring as hell, but I can't not finish a book] The Talisman - Stephen King and Peter Straub Exile's Honor - Mercedes Lackey Smoke and Mirrors - Neil Gaiman |
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Vampykitty77 said: Haha, I just started that today. Found it at my used bookstore for 50 cents. :DCurrently reading: Good Omens - Terry Pratchett/Neil Gaiman |
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| I'm reading Os Maias from Eça de Queiróz. Its a book for school. |
| Currently reading A Companion to Wolves by Sarah Monette. Definitely NOT recommended for any homophobes out there, it is a major factor in the book. Also reading Many Bloody Returns, an anthology including Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, etc. for entertainment purposes, and exactly 0 books for mind-stimulating purposes. (I suppose I should correct that, but I know I can't be bothered :P) About to read Sweet and Deadly by Charlaine Harris. She's a favorite author of mine ^^ And my poor manga.......it's put on hold for the summer, as my computer access is sadly limited. (j_j) |
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| "The Wave" by Morthon Rhue - at school "Choke" by Chuck Palahniuk |
| Currently reading, umm.. Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill. Got it from the library I work in, after someone returned it at last. First the cover caught my eye, but after reading the description of the plot.. Who wouldn't want to read about an aging metal/rock legend, who purchases some old man's soul from a web auction? Well I do! |
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| Currently reading: Mort by Terry Pratchett Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman Anatopsis by Chris Abouzeid All the Pretty Horses by whatshisname ...and there are a LOT of books I still need to read if I have to fulfill my requirements... DX |
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| His Dark Materials 1: Northerns Lights by Philip Pullman |
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| currently reading oblomov by Goncharov http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblomov and the newyork trilogy by Paul Auster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Trilogy both are highly recommended |
| Eyeless in Gaza by Aldous Huxley Shoulda Been There by Jude Southerland Kessler and Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn |
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| The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown The Poison Laboratory. From Lenin to Putin by Arkadiy Vaksberg Both are in Latvian language |
| "An Autobiography" by Agatha Christie |
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| Jude, the obscure. It's for philosophy, though I was told that it's quite depressing |
| so.. here I am again talking to myself, but anyway I've just read this awesome play I'd never heard about before.. "Educating Rita" you most probably heard about it or read it already. I loved it, I think I can relate to the protagonist Rita in a way, though I as well understand the professor's feelings. If you haven't read it yet I personally recommend it, hopefully you'll like it as much as I did ^^ |
| Right now I'm reading through a book called Blood Retribution by Aimee and David Thurlo. The MC's a half vampire dude working as New Mexico state police officer, hunting down these supernatural creatures called skinwalkers. I haven't gotten too far into it, but I'm loving how it's so action-packed and how you get to learn a bit about the Mexican culture along the way. |
| I'm about to read Wittgenstein's tractatus. For anyone that's read it, is it a fair summation to say that it is a book of inferences that tries to show the scope of language? |
| For leisure, I'm reading "The Return", a star trek novel by William Shatner. |
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| Currently I'm reading The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Richard. I'm thinking of picking up Minority Report when I'm finished! |
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