CCS Book Club 2.0
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Violinist's Thumb right now. Good shit.
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Just finished Water Music by T.C. Boyle. I think its his best book. Fuckin great.
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Of course have to drop the Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. Goddamn masterpiece. The writing is fucking transcendent.
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Anybody here a fan of Updike and his giving the mundane its beautiful due?
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I read a lot of Updike in high school and loved it, it's probably about time for me to revisit some of his work.
If you guys like "magical realism" I don't think I could suggest anything better than Rushdie's Midnight's Children. Satanic Verses tends to be what everyone points to as his seminal work, but I thought Midnight's Children was superior in most respects. Although just about anything by him is pretty impressive, he has probably what I consider the most fluid and engaging writing style of any modern writer I'm familiar with.
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I just read his memoir joseph anton. He tears padma lakshmi a new one. I'd like to tear her a new one nudge nudge
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Yeah, frankly he should have just been thrilled to get to bang her for a while even if she is as much of a nutjob as he and others claim her to be.
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I missed this post on PKD. I have everything of his, in old paperbacks, from all over the world. Most in doubles or triples. The only SF author I have spent so much time seeking out all of their work.
What's your favourite so far?
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I actually haven't read any of his yet
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So who is in da club?
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I'm in. You guys pick something and I'll read it.
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I'm taking a break from my usual science fiction, fantasy books to read some real books about some real problems. The book I'm reading now is:
The Creature from Jekyll Island by G Edward Griffin
It's about the secretive founding of the federal reserve and what a fucking sham it is. I'm about a quarter of the way through it so far and it's almost unbelievable that the countries economy has lasted as long as it has
The Creature from Jekyll Island by G Edward Griffin
It's about the secretive founding of the federal reserve and what a fucking sham it is. I'm about a quarter of the way through it so far and it's almost unbelievable that the countries economy has lasted as long as it has
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I think my favorite thing Dick ever wrote was "Foster, You're Dead", it's a short story, I don't remember which anthology it came out of, but for some reason I just really, really like it.
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Recently read: Don't Put Me In, Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench By Mark Titus
10/10 one of the most entertaining sports books ive read In awhile
10/10 one of the most entertaining sports books ive read In awhile
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