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The Trial of Ezra Pound
Radio 3 documentary examines the 'father of modernism's arrest for treason and imprisonmnet for insanity.
:: STARTED BY raggedman
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:20 18.07.08
Is Chuck Palahniuk getting old?
Chuck Palahniuk discussion
:: STARTED BY Rage is back! Attack!
:: 69 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:40 17.07.08
2008: What are you currently reading?
New thread for a new year. Discuss your current book obsessions.
:: STARTED BY Secret Bat-Fairies
:: 161 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:11 17.07.08
Victorian Literature - your recommendations humbly sought
I'm on a nineteenth century reading tip and I want your picks of the period. Keywords: Victorian, Empire, Edwardian, Georgian, 1800s, 1900s, Dickens, Doyle and derring-do!
:: STARTED BY Whisky Priestess
:: 62 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:22 17.07.08
Sacher-Masoch; "Venus in Furs" (and other works?)
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's most famous work; "masochism"; consent; power, sex and love; gender. Questions.
:: STARTED BY Folia Kafkada
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:39 13.07.08
Who is your favourite author ? alive or dead
umbeto eco has to be among mine
:: STARTED BY mashedcat
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:10 11.07.08
Vacation time, what books should I take along?
Sjaak is going on holiday. Please help me select my reading list!
:: STARTED BY Sjaak at the Shoe Shop
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:21 26.06.08
World War Z by Max Brooks, and future histories in general
A look at multi-perspective future histories, from Warday to Larry TurtleDove, with specific reference to World War Z, which is shortly to be made into a movie.
:: STARTED BY Happy Dave
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:34 19.06.08
Shibumi
Come let us adore him! Of course I'm talking about Nicolai Hel in this brilliant & transcendant spoof of the spy genre.
:: STARTED BY XK
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:43 16.06.08
Jack Kerouac
Kerouac
:: STARTED BY weepy_minotaur
:: 21 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:06 15.06.08
The Checks in the Mailer...
Following on from the news that (possibly) one of the great angry voices of modern (?) America has died, and overview and general thread about the life and works of Norman Mailer - views Barbelith, please...
:: STARTED BY Benny the Ball
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:52 14.06.08
'A Canticle for Leibowitz': and other post-apocalyptic fictions (possible spoilers)
No summary available
:: STARTED BY Kit-Cat Club
:: 29 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:21 12.06.08
D.H.Lawrence - Nightmare or Paradise
Radio documentary on an interesting incident from the life of the novelist D.H.Lawrence.
:: STARTED BY DavidXBrunt
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:14 09.06.08
James Morrow
Discussion of noted fantasy author's works.
:: STARTED BY the andromeda mouse
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:42 06.06.08
Deleuze/guattari and literature
Thoughts in "using" theory - posthumanism and modernist texts - problems in reading and working with D/G.
:: STARTED BY posthumous parvenues
:: 10 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:09 01.06.08
New ideas in sci fi
New ideas in sci fi. Chris Nakashima-Brown. Charles Stross. Others?
:: STARTED BY glitch
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:50 31.05.08
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
Who else is currently reading this excellent book, care to discuss?
:: STARTED BY ORQWITH
:: 70 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:55 22.05.08
Heart Of Darkness
A controversial book. Has anyone here read it? general discussion of the book and various issues therein. Keywords: Joseph Conrad / Colonialism / Post-Colonialism / Chinua Achebe / Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 32 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:31 21.05.08
Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy is the greatest living American novelist.
:: STARTED BY calgodot
:: 127 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:15 20.05.08
Gore Vidal
Discussion of author's work, beginning with "Julian"
:: STARTED BY buttergun
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 08:14 18.05.08
Dune
All things Dune by Frank Herbert.
:: STARTED BY quinine92001
:: 19 REPLIES, LAST AT 04:43 18.05.08
Corporeality and the grotesque in women's fiction: what's happening now?
From Rabelais to Rimbaud, Hoffman to Kafka and Poe, the tradition of the grotesque in literature - the grotto-esque sproutings of uncanny physicality - is a fascinating one. Gargoyle talk to follow...
:: STARTED BY posthumous parvenues
:: 29 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:56 17.05.08
Alexander Theroux
Literary pariah, older brother of Paul, author (most recently) of "Laura Warholic: or the Sexual Intellectual" and (many years ago), "Darconville's Cat."
:: STARTED BY Dusto
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:17 17.05.08
Searching for Zen/Buddhist adventure Biography
A book I read long ago, lent, and lost...
:: STARTED BY Le premiére étape du fou
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:51 08.05.08
The Alternate History of The Yiddish Policemen's Union [SPOILERS, more'n likely]
The new Michael Chabon novel is a noir mystery set in an alternate timeline. I'm curious about what happened in that world before the events of the novel took place.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 11 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:27 06.05.08
Can u Camus?
Albert Camus / The Stranger / The Outsider /
The Plague / The Fall / Discussion .
:: STARTED BY wembley can change in 28 days
:: 26 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:34 05.05.08
My anti-Harry Potter rant
A home away from home for people who have reservations about J.K. Rowling's work.
(Spoilers for entire series)
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 164 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:32 05.05.08
Dan Simmons
Discuss the award-winning sci-fi, fantasy, horror, crime, etc writing.
:: STARTED BY matthew.
:: 71 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:38 01.05.08
Men and Cartoons by Jonathan Lethem
Discuss Jonathan Lethem's short story collection Men and Cartoons, all real life and superheroes and comics, like.
:: STARTED BY matsya
:: 12 REPLIES, LAST AT 06:18 30.04.08
The Magus by John Fowles(r)
Discussing the above book.
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 26 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:50 15.04.08
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