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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
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 Lui qui s'approche
:: 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
What the Dickens?
Oliver Rudge, Nicholas Copperfield, Great Cities, A Christmas Expectation and stuff.
:: STARTED BY DavidXBrunt
:: 10 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:22 11.04.08
George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series
I've read a lot of fantasy genre books in my day, and this series is, hands down, TOP 3 in my opinion.
:: STARTED BY Michael Phillips
:: 10 REPLIES, LAST AT 04:33 11.04.08
Craig Davidson
A contender for Palahniuk’s belt? Let’s talk about the Canadian author of Rust and Bone and The Fighter, and maybe boxing and male violence in literature in general as well.
:: STARTED BY Blake Head
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:04 09.04.08
Transgressive literature
To follow on from the Sotos thread, lets discuss transgressive literature. Pointless arse written by (mostly) men who wear too much black, or the terminal documents of the late 20th/early 21st century?
:: STARTED BY lord nuneaton savage
:: 23 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:16 08.04.08
Steven Hall: "The Raw Shark Texts"
A 2007 thriller featuring a conceptual shark from the depths of un-space. Also: thirty pages of flip-book!
:: STARTED BY Raw Norton
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 07:14 29.03.08
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke has died. A thread to discuss his work
:: STARTED BY Axolotl
:: 13 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:04 26.03.08
Satanism and the French Decadent Literature movement
Looking for good, informative books on Satanism and how it related to the writers of the 19th-century French Decadent movement
:: STARTED BY --
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:26 24.03.08
Haruki Murakami
Norwegian Wood you join the army/that likes Haruki Murakami?/The Wild Sheep Chase you'll glady run/ South of the Border, West of the Sun
:: STARTED BY anchovy
:: 90 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:20 11.03.08
Hinterland - SPOILERS
A book what Sax wrote. It's about big cats on the moors, mass-produced paintings which leave people dead, two lost and lonely girls living on an island in the middle of a park duck pond, and sinister black cars which watch the streets.
:: STARTED BY Sax
:: 248 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:03 04.03.08
The Secret History (with spoilers inside!)
Donna Tartt's The Secret History. Euripides trousers, Eumenides trousers. Whaddayasay?
:: STARTED BY A Haus of Minions
:: 29 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:29 29.02.08
No Question Will Be Mocked
A place to ask questions about books that may have bamboozled, confused you or just plain slipped your mind - questions that may warrent a short answer or start a discussion!
:: STARTED BY Benny the Ball
:: 28 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:27 26.02.08
Ancient Evenings by Norman Mailer
Mailer's gargantuan novel of ancient Egypt
:: STARTED BY buttergun
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 07:51 23.02.08
Spook Country- William Gibson [SPOILERS but tagged somehow please]
Finally, William Gibson releases his follow-up to Patern Recognition. It's called Spook Country and it's really rather good imo.
:: STARTED BY Stoatie. Stoatie? STOATIE.
:: 20 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:14 19.02.08
You can Bet on Bukowski
TRIBUTE
TO A GREAT POET
:: STARTED BY Ender
:: 38 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:12 11.02.08
Computer books - Help needed
Trying to find the right book on computers.
:: STARTED BY lille christina
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:57 28.01.08
Online short story of the day
In which we provide links to our favorite short stories.
:: STARTED BY deja_vroom
:: 11 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:03 25.01.08
David Foster Wallace and the Illuminatus vs. Bright-Eyed Undergraduates
Help save a plucky undergrad from crushing defeat at the hands of the finals examiners by talking to his weary tutor about 'Infinite Jest' and whether or not it bears anything but a passing resemblance to the 'Illuminatus!' books.
:: STARTED BY ginger
:: 19 REPLIES, LAST AT 04:09 24.01.08
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