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    seanocono
    Joined: 17 Oct 2012

    What an article.  I can't imagine the courage it took to write that; although, I'm sure writing it was therapeutic.  Publishing it must have been terrifying, though.  I don't really know what else to say about it; other than I'm stunned by it.  And I like his writing style.

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      Snowy
      Joined: 15 Jun 2012

      When he veers off the clothing on bottom of page4 or so, I was at the edge of my seat. Where he goes with it, and openly admits and follows through it all, was shocking as in I had no idea we were going to go there. I'd love to read a follow up from him in 1-2-3 years.

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        seanocono
        Joined: 17 Oct 2012

        Completely agree with all of the above.

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          Giles
          IHUK Crew
          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

          Looking forward to my first order….

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            Megatron1505
            見習いボス
            Joined: 10 Jul 2011

            I owe you £20  😃

            Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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              Pushragner
              Joined: 8 Jan 2013

              Hasn’t anybody mentioned James Ellroy in here- The Demon Dog of American crime fiction?. He’s a great crime-noir writer, probably best known for LA confidential which was made into a great movie. I’ve read all of his books at least twice. I recommend checking out his LA-quartet (The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential and White Jazz) and his Underworld USA-series (American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand and Blood’s a Rover). All great crime novels. Check him out, you won’t be disappointed!

              Anyways, I read a lot of books across most genres. Some of my favorite writers are Haruki Murakami, Umberto Eco, William Gibson, Hunter S. Thomson (before he became senile), Knut Hamsun, Abo Rasol and Michel Foucault.

              A few posts back, Michael was talking about old school SF and I would just like to add Isaac Asimov to his list, especially The Foundation-series. Asimov made me read SF.

              I’m a bit embarrassed but at the moment I’m reading the last book in the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. The series started quite well off, but it started going downwards around book six. I guess it was just stubbornness and curiosity as to how it would end that made me read all the 13 books before the one I’m currently reading.

              "The city is the hardware" Iain Borden

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                Seul
                Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                Hamsun's "Hunger" is a great book…

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                  Snowy
                  Joined: 15 Jun 2012

                  @Pushragner:

                  I’m a bit embarrassed but at the moment I’m reading the last book in the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. The series started quite well off, but it started going downwards around book six. I guess it was just stubbornness and curiosity as to how it would end that made me read all the 13 books before the one I’m currently reading.

                  Someone who's taste has lead me onto MANY good books has always suggested this series and said it has highs and lows, but is worth it all in all, even if a bit predictable after around book 8-9? I will get around to reading, still working through The Magician series….

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                    Sugar Mountain
                    Joined: 18 Jan 2012

                    @Pushragner:

                    Anyways, I read a lot of books across most genres. Some of my favorite writers are Haruki Murakami, Umberto Eco, William Gibson, Hunter S. Thomson (before he became senile), Knut Hamsun, Abo Rasol and Michel Foucault.

                    You have good taste. I'm reading Virtual Light by William Gibson at the moment and am a fan of Murakami and Hamsun.

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                      Pushragner
                      Joined: 8 Jan 2013

                      Seul: I never really liked Hunger. Sure, in its time it was quite revolutionary (at least in Norway) with focus on the indivudal psyche and the themes of angst and alienation. This was opposed to the literature at that time which focused on socieltal problems, which was the dominant view at that time, as exemplified in Ibsens plays. And I admire Hamsun for that. But I just could not relate much to it. Granted, I read Hunger in high school and I should probably read it again. But I think that Pan is the most beautiful book ever written.

                      Snowy:  The Wheel of time series is not that bad. But the in the last books that Jordan wrote alone it seems to me that he ran out of plot and still tried to write long books. There is not so much going on to further the plot and instead he elaborates in length about things that isn’t really relevant.  But the series got better when Brian Sanderson began to write. So in my humble opinion you get 10 OK to great books and 3 boring ones. I have not finished the last book so the verdict is still out on that one.

                      Thank you Sugar Mountain. You seem to have good taste too.  🙂

                      "The city is the hardware" Iain Borden

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                        Snowy
                        Joined: 15 Jun 2012

                        Charles Stross' Accelerando is one of my favs. The Takeshi Kovacs series by Morgan's pretty good (tappers down).

                        The most unexpected enjoyable read I've had is the Ware Tetralogy. Closely followed by The Golden Age series by John Wright…..

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                          Spring Son of Light
                          Joined: 30 Apr 2013

                          An obligatory plug from a grad student of literature:

                          Everyone should read "Only Yesterday" by S. Y. Agnon, the only Hebrew writer to win the Nobel, and for good reason…

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                            Seul
                            Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                            @Seul:

                            Hamsun's "Hunger" is a great book…

                            So I bought it in English this time…

                            Absolute best thing was finding out it came from a Bawl'more library…

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                              natehate
                              啓蒙家
                              Joined: 18 Jun 2012

                              Started pulp by bukowski last night. Finished the damned by palahniuk the other day. 50 pages into pulp and I haven't laughed this hard at a book in a long ass time

                              don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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                                Seul
                                Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                                You should read Buk's Post Office…

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                                  natehate
                                  啓蒙家
                                  Joined: 18 Jun 2012

                                  I'll add it to my list

                                  don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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                                  • summ3rhaysS
                                    summ3rhays
                                    Joined: 28 Nov 2012

                                    @natehate:

                                    Started pulp by bukowski last night. Finished the damned by palahniuk the other day. 50 pages into pulp and I haven't laughed this hard at a book in a long ass time

                                    What was your thoughts on Damned? I enjoyed it more than some of his other recent books. Rant is still one of my favorites.

                                    IG: summ3rhays & Indigobleed

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                                      natehate
                                      啓蒙家
                                      Joined: 18 Jun 2012

                                      it was alright
                                      wasnt amazing

                                      don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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                                        mclaincausey
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                                        Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                                        Just picked up "Thinking, Fast and Slow".  So far, it seems to be a masterpiece, though I've only read the introduction, first chapter, and an appendix with a seminal paper published in Nature on decision-making that lead to a Nobel Prize in Economics for the author.

                                        Think it, be it.

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                                        • derivative666D
                                          derivative666
                                          Joined: 30 Jan 2011

                                          Rant was outstanding his best book since Survivor. I really enjoyed Damned. I have read all his fiction & non-fiction. My favorite being Invisible Monsters. My least favorite being Pygmy.

                                          "Obstacles are stepping-stones That guide us to our goals"

                                          "honorable mention to the bearded giant aka derivative666 for being a stand up dude & not changing with the seasons since i've been around these parts" Monday

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