What are you reading, Chapter 2

[MatticusMania]

Thats the problem with basically every adaptation of King's work. Its either too short and leaves out a lot of the good stuff, or its way too long and incredibly cheesy, as in, poorly cast, acted, and directed. Ive always enjoyed Kubrick's version of The Shining.

Also, I recently reread Burgess' "A Clockwork Orange", and the second go around I actually became more fond of Kubrick's film adaptation than the book itself, with exception to the 'americanized' ending, of course. I think Kubrick really brought a lot of good visual to accompany the story that the book really lacked. Sure, its a book and you can't 'see' it per se, but the tone of the book could really use some more vibrant imagery.

 

[ShredderMaximus]

I don't know why but A Clockwork Orange is on my top 5 favorite movies, always wanted to read the book but haven't gotten around to it yet.

 

[MatticusMania]

Its not a bad book by any stretch, but I am definitely more fulfilled watching the film, maybe because its has boobs. Well, maybe not maybe. Maybe definitely.

 

[ShredderMaximus]

And to think William Tell Overture used to make me think of horse racing...

 

[Bongolation]

Better than I expected, so far:

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[Deluge Of Sound]

Bern Porter's The Last Acts of Saint **** You. An alphabet book by one of the greatest (and criminally undervalued) poets/artists/nuclear physicists of the 20th century.

You can check it out for free by googling the title.

 

[Jimbob Jones]

I just finished Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency for the first time (I'm also a long time Hitchhikers fan).

Now I'm on this: my 6th Iain M Banks IIRC, I must say I'm not enjoying it as much as previous ones. I will persevere though!

 

[MJ5150]

Just started The Prisoner List on my iPad today.

-Mike

 

[machine gewehr]

I enjoy Russian writers very much.

I'm obsessed with post nuclear warfare world stuff.

It was inevitable.

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[Bongolation]

For lack of anything better, I'm reading the Kieth Richards bio.

It's not as bad as I was expecting (I guess we can thank the guy who wrote it for him), but it's pretty boring. I don't know if I can gut it out.

 

[Distant Cousin]

Reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury at the moment. Really enjoying it, I love my dystopian novels!

Also reading The Shining, but not sat down with it for a good few months now.

 

[Skitch it!]

Somehow I've never read this, it's way past time that I did.

 

[Chebass88]

Somehow I've never read this, it's way past time that I did.

That is one of my all-time favorites (Brave New World by Huxley). I read it at LEAST once a year.

I'm currently reading:

"The Voice of Reason: Lessons in Objectivist Thought" - Ayn Rand (with a few essays by Leonard Peikoff). Although her references are dated (she frequently cites articles from current news sources - i.e., from the 1960s), it is very easy to see modern day applications. Her philosophy is much more blatant in these essays than her novels, but if you enjoy it / believe it, it is a real treat to read.

"The Cat Who Walks Through Walls" - Robert Heinlein. Classic Heinlein. Love it.

"The Complete Works of Arthur Conan Doyle", currently in "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes".

Chebass88

 

[Adam Barkley]

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men - David Foster Wallace

Watched the movie first and borrow the book from a friend. He really is an author you either love or hate.

 

[Bongolation]

Came in tonight:

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Lawton really is an exceptionally fine writer, easily on par with Le Carre (Our Kind of Traitor was weak) and Furst, but different. He writes for grownups.

 

[anonymous122511]

 

[The Last Rebel]

Right now I'm working through Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow. Wish me luck, I suppose. It's been an incredibly interesting read so far, not to mention challenging. Still, Pynchon is an absolute genius.

 

[Adam Barkley]

Right now I'm working through Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow. Wish me luck, I suppose. It's been an incredibly interesting read so far, not to mention challenging. Still, Pynchon is an absolute genius.

That is an extremely difficult read in parts. Extremely fast in others. I found it slow going because the slow parts were so, well, slow and difficult reading.

 

[Kaa]

Irish Thunder: The Hard Life and Times Of Mickey Ward.

One of my favorite fighters.

 

[Bongolation]

On Trial, the memoir of Invalid Link Removed, one of the few who survived the Slansky show trials.

[Among those tried and executed was Otto Katz, under the alias Andre Simone. Katz was the remarkably effective Soviet agent who subverted Hollywood to the witting and unwitting service of Stalin.]