mjmooney Posted March 12, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 12, 2013 However, I have no intention of going anywhere near Finnegan's Wake. That way madness lies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b23avfc Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) Edited March 12, 2013 by b23avfc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 12, 2013 Moderator Share Posted March 12, 2013 In honour of Douglas Adams. The 42 best lines from The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Brilliant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ME Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 In honour of Douglas Adams. The 42 best lines from The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Brilliant. I LOVE THIS!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 ok, i need a new book to read. looking for something easy to read, fiction, good story, page-turner. generally like thrillers, soft sci-fi, fantasy, and stuff like that. don't like horror or comedy stuff. any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 13, 2013 Moderator Share Posted March 13, 2013 In honour of Douglas Adams. The 42 best lines from The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Brilliant.I LOVE THIS!!!!It makes me want to read them all again. Then I remember I loaned them out to persons not remembered and never got them back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 13, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) ok, i need a new book to read. looking for something easy to read, fiction, good story, page-turner. generally like thrillers, soft sci-fi, fantasy, and stuff like that. don't like horror or comedy stuff. any ideas? His Dark Materials, if you haven't already read it. I'd say that's all of the above rolled into one. Edited March 13, 2013 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Try 'The Dice Man'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 13, 2013 Moderator Share Posted March 13, 2013 ^ Great book. I loaned it to someone who couldn't finish it because they found it too disturbing later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 13, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 13, 2013 ^ Great book. I loaned it to someone who couldn't finish it because they found it too disturbing later on. Yeah, there's a bit about halfway through where the author interrupts the plot with a message to the reader, basically saying: "Admit, it - you've started doing it yourself now, haven't you?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted March 13, 2013 Moderator Share Posted March 13, 2013 I gave my copy away on a five. I've now finished everything by Coupland, everything by Brett Easton Ellis and everything I can find my Mailer - seeing as none of those appear to have a book around the corner (Mailer I know is particularly unlikely) but I love all three - can anyone make me a recommendation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 13, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 13, 2013 I gave my copy away on a five. I've now finished everything by Coupland, everything by Brett Easton Ellis and everything I can find my Mailer - seeing as none of those appear to have a book around the corner (Mailer I know is particularly unlikely) but I love all three - can anyone make me a recommendation? Ah, Mailer. I have Harlot's Ghost on the shortlist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted March 14, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 14, 2013 The only books of Coupland's I've read are Girlfriend in a Coma and Microserfs... when I realized that the same basic plot device was being used in both.(actually, I have vague memories of reading Miss Wyoming, but couldn't tell you anything about it beyond the Wikipedia summary) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 14, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 14, 2013 The only books of Coupland's I've read are Girlfriend in a Coma and Microserfs... when I realized that the same basic plot device was being used in both. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Try 'The Dice Man'. i started that book, got bored about halfway through. It wasn't easy to read. The idea was good, but the actual story was awful not exciting at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 ok, i need a new book to read. looking for something easy to read, fiction, good story, page-turner. generally like thrillers, soft sci-fi, fantasy, and stuff like that. don't like horror or comedy stuff. any ideas? For an easy to read, page-turner, Stephen King's 11.22.63 is worth a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 ok, i need a new book to read. looking for something easy to read, fiction, good story, page-turner. generally like thrillers, soft sci-fi, fantasy, and stuff like that. don't like horror or comedy stuff. any ideas? For an easy to read, page-turner, Stephen King's 11.22.63 is worth a look. I'd second that ofc. Don't be put off by the fact it's King (well, you know, unless you simply dislike his work), as it's one of his novels that doesn't go anywhere near horror. You don't need much of an interest in JFK either, I didn't, and still enjoyed it a whole lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted March 14, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 14, 2013 The only books of Coupland's I've read are Girlfriend in a Coma and Microserfs... when I realized that the same basic plot device was being used in both. The plots were different, just one particular event (verging on a deus ex machina) was used in both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Had this recomended to me on goodreads, I have to say I pretty much want it rite now. Knifepoint Horror is an original genre which strips tales of supernatural suspense down to such a raw, minimalist form that literally nothing is left over to allow the mind a respite of even a single paragraph. To accomplish this, the most primal element of storytelling-a single human voice describing events exactly as it experienced them-is adhered to without embellishment or exception. Within these pages lie taut, unadorned first person narratives from agonized souls, minus all the stylish techniques which dilute, stretch, and burden tales of terror with unnecessary detail. Here you will find no entry into the thoughts of any characters other than the narrator's, no standard passages of dialogue, no humor, no extraneous gore, no romance. The untitled stories inside this book spill forward without page or even paragraph breaks. Written in cold, emotionless capital letters, they take the form of uninterrupted confessions, creating an effect of pure campfire terror. Knifepoint strips away all the tired conventions, which water down traditional horror fiction, leaving nothing but the story's riveting spine to compel and chill you to the core. The reviews on goodreads are pretty much all positive saying that this 'new' style of writing though difficult at the start eventually really settles in and adds to the feel of the book. No paragraphs, All capital letters, completely 1st person nearly every review compares him to Lovecraft so I am going to get this ordered ASAP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 15, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 15, 2013 Sounds like a Keenan fixtures post. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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