Books
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Crash?
As in Ballard? I read it years ago, and to be honest I didn't get on with it. There's only so much of people having sex with open wounds, or talking about it, that I can take and it hit my limit, then backed up and ran over it a few more times just to be on the safe side. I get why he did it though, and it's a very well written book, and an interesting literary statement for the tme, but I much prefer his Concrete Island or The Drowned World.
Some of the short stories are marvellous as well, I must read more of them one day.
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went to the library old school style & picked up an oldie but goodie,
No Country For Old Men.
blood & guts & a man that keeps his word to the end. how that Killing Lincoln went/going?
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I got about 2/3 through but haven't finished. Not impressed. Interesting stuff but I wouldn't recommend it. I'll finish it cause it was a gift.
Love Cormac McCarthy. The movie followed the book almost to a T. Own both the book and movie, I think it's the only DVD I own. I watch it about once a month. The Road is very good and so is Blood Meridian, quite dark and raw as is his style. I'll send you my copies if you like.
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2nd Cormac McCarthy he is my favorite author. I cry like a baby every time I read the road. I guess it's a father thing. Blood Meridian, No country, Suttree, Border Trilogy all amazing. Does not get much better then Cormac.
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if i stay off the forum like i'm supposed to i'll devour the book in three days maybe less. thanks for the offer jaco, i might take you up on it in a week or so. i like to read & then let it sink in & come back to my favorite parts. funny thing is as a kid i really hated reading standard books, not that i had issue with it i just found nothing that really spoke to me. this nut speaks to me in a big way. pretty sure McCarthy also does some editing work on the side. i know i saw an article in the NY Times the other day. . .
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2nd Cormac McCarthy he is my favorite author. I cry like a baby every time I read the road. I guess it's a father thing. Blood Meridian, No country, Suttree, Border Trilogy all amazing. Does not get much better then Cormac.
One hundred percent backed. The first book I read of his was Blood Meridian after getting into the band Earth and their album Hex. It's the perfect soundtrack to the book and comes highly recommended by me FWIW.
I've recently started checking out William Gibson after having All Tomorrow's Parties on my shelf for a couple of years. Loved that one and I'm now on Pattern Recognition. All the reference to Buzz Rickson's is making my trigger finger itchy!
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Couldn't resist
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Haha, now that's just mean!
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what you all reading?
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I'm currently half way through A Dance with Dragons, the most recent book in the Song of Ice and Fire series.
I'm a couple hundred pages into that one, myself. Also working on A Country Of Vast Designs, a biography of President James K. Polk. I like to keep two books going at once, fiction and non-fiction. Seems to provide a nice balance.
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And if anyone can recommend any other interesting finance/economics books, I'd appreciate it.
IF you haven't already, "Freakanomics" by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. They also have a follow up book call "Super Freakanomics.". Both really great reads. Though it uses economical concepts, it doesn't do much financial analysis. Real fun to read though, thats forsure.
Currently on Murakami's work. Just finished his short story compilation "After the Quake."
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I'm currently half way through A Dance with Dragons, the most recent book in the Song of Ice and Fire series.
I read this when it came out. I enjoyed the first 3, but the story is just not developing quickly enough in the last two.
For myself, I always have a few books open:
1. Dune - rereading properly…it has been some time since I last read it.
2. The Complete Conan Chronicles - Taking my time with these. Absolutely love them.
3. The Complet Works of H.P. Lovecraft - Same as above.
4. Poe - Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Calla Edition. Quite Beautiful. -
Both A Dance with Dragons and A Feast for Crows were kind of a let down, but it's hard to match the intensity of Storm of Swords. I guess these books are more like building blocks for books 6 and 7.
Good call on Dune, Tom. I should reread that myself.
Yea I suppose you are right. But I feel like some exceptions should have been made with the amount of characters being developed. I realize some died, but still, I feel like the last two were generally indicative of the fact that maybe even Martin himself was not sure where the story was going. I am genuinely interested in some characters, but at the rate he is going, it will take him 30 years to get somewhere. Here's to hoping he has it sorted out for the next one.
