Kurt Vonnegut is probably my favorite fiction writer ever. Him or Orson Scott Card, although they're stylistically very different. My favorite Vonnegut book would have to be Cat's Cradle. If you haven't read that one, I'd suggest checking it out.
Actually, I was just thinking about reading CC again. I read it a few years back, and don't remember it all that well. I usually go with the standard Slaughterhouse Five as my favorite Vonnegut.
Oh, and the (original) Ender trilogy was fantastic. I've heard the other books in the series were great also, but I haven't gotten around to reading them.
Oh, and the (original) Ender trilogy was fantastic. I've heard the other books in the series were great also, but I haven't gotten around to reading them.
Definitely get around to read them. You'll be very pleased. Bean is a badass.
Just finished Deadeye Dick (Kurt Vonnegut) and am almost done with Neuromancer (William Gibson).
I just finished Deadeye Dick, too! I read Bluebeard right after it and then I immediately read Naked Lunch (William Burroughs). Both I can recommend although they are very different. Naked Lunch is pretty crazy and you may not want to read it in one chunk like a normal book. And if you like Beat stuff Dharma Bums and Desolation Angels are very good (both Jack Kerouac).
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I've been reading (off and on) A Place in Space, which is a collection of essays by Gary Snyder. His poetry has somewhat of a beat feel to it, but the essays seem to be mostly writing theory and zen philosophy. It's an interesting book, but rather heavy-handed sometimes. I do recommend his poetry, though.
I was actually planning on picking up Bluebeard tomorrow. Weird.
I've been reading (off and on) A Place in Space, which is a collection of essays by Gary Snyder. His poetry has somewhat of a beat feel to it, but the essays seem to be mostly writing theory and zen philosophy. It's an interesting book, but rather heavy-handed sometimes. I do recommend his poetry, though.
I was actually planning on picking up Bluebeard tomorrow. Weird.
Gary Snyder was a friend of Jack Kerouac and is actually a major character in Dharma Bums named Japhy Ryder.
I'm personally on a David Baldacci kick right now. I like his style of writing. Although, I'm currently in the middle of reading Red Mutiny, the story behind the 1905 Russian mutiny that took place on the Battleship Putemkin (Sp?) and sparked the Russian Revolution. It's like a history lesson written like a good fiction book.
I've been reading (off and on) A Place in Space, which is a collection of essays by Gary Snyder. His poetry has somewhat of a beat feel to it, but the essays seem to be mostly writing theory and zen philosophy. It's an interesting book, but rather heavy-handed sometimes. I do recommend his poetry, though.
I was actually planning on picking up Bluebeard tomorrow. Weird.
I just finished a Place in Space a few weeks ago. My philosophy teacher recommended it to me and i actually bought it. It was very interesting and was actually a quick read for me.
Just finished The Sirens of Titan and started Slapstick (yes, more Vonnegut). Also picked up Ender's Shadow and a book of short stories by Hemmingway while at B&N.
By the way, I strongly recommend The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z (both by Max Brooks) for anyone interested in surviving the zombie apocolypse.
Read Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles recently. That was nice.
But that's a graphic novel. THe last real book I read was I Hope They Serve Beern in Hell by Tucker Max. It was about 2 months ago and was pretty funny.
i just finished reading the alchemist by paulo coelho and i've only read enders game sadly cause i couldn't find the others in my house lol and i've never read any vonnegut but my brother does and says it's very good and i read half of the first book of the song of ice and fire sweries if anyone has any thoughts on those i would like to hear them
Which is the first in said series? I'm forever seeing GRRM books in the Library, but I don't get any out because I dislike starting series in the middle and not reading them in order.
Well...I haven't read any good books but I just gave up reading Polystom, a scifi book about some alternate universe where u can fly a biplane to the moon. I thought it sounded interesting but when I started reading, I found out the main character is a total idiot jerk and gave up on the book...
I've read up to that book, but they got entirely too homoerotic for me, honestly (not a dig at you or anything).
Interview with the Vampire was good, The Vampire Lestat was good as well. The Queen of the Damned was excellent, and then The Tale of the Body Thief was kinda bad. Memnoch The Devil was incredible, and then it went right back to meh with The Vampire Armand.
Armand I got about halfway through and couldn't take any more of it, I didn't think it would be a romance book.
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