It does have that signature Trout style all over it.Originally Posted by Jerjo
It does have that signature Trout style all over it.
"Corn Flakes pissed in. You ranted. Mission accomplished. Thread closed."
-Cozy 3:16-
Assume The Worst: The Graduation Speech You'll Never Hear by Carl Hiaasen
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
Imperial Bedrooms ~ Bret Easton Ellis
Its a sequel to 1985s Less Than Zero
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
Went back to a classic I tried to read many years ago and never made it though: Moby Dick. Will I make it from cover-to-cover this time around?
"Corn Flakes pissed in. You ranted. Mission accomplished. Thread closed."
-Cozy 3:16-
Since Assume The Worst, mentioned above, takes only minutes to read, I will say that the other book I am reading is called Sal by Mick Kitson. It is the story of a young girl, abused by her stepfather, who kills said stepfather and takes her younger sister to live in the wilds of the Scottish Highlands.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
Should I read "House of Putin House of Trump"?
Funny coincidence: Dutch television just started a program called Moby Dick in which two more or less known people can talk about their favorite books (in the childhood, current, etc.). I guess this would never have happened if it wasn't hosted by the most influencial hosts in The Netherlands at the moment.
One of the books mentioned was Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead, which is always good stuff for discussion. I remember reading it in the late 90's not knowing anything about the background of the author. I just was intrigued by the story.
A battlefield atlas of the American Revolution by Craig Symonds.
She'll be standing on the bar soon
With a fish head and a harpoon
and a fake beard plastered on her brow.
Just started reading "Beck's Last Summer", a novel by Benedict Wells from 2008. It's a German story, so it shouldn't surprise us it was the source for a German movie:
It's about a teacher who used to play in a band, that once played as a support act before New Order, so there's a lot of musical talk in it.
Little Deaths - Ellen Datlow (An anthology of erotic horror)
Just finished reading 'The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.' by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland. Very fun and entertaining book dealing with "magic" (quantum mechanics, really), time travel, secret government organizations, and conspiracies. The story went off the rails in ways I never expected, and was quite funny in the process. Stephenson is probably my favorite author working today, and this book had pretty much everything he's good at -- except for the lengthy "info-dump" digressions that he has become known for (and which I actually like, though I know some don't).
Never read anything by Nicole Galland, but now I'm curious about her.
I gave up on Stephenson. Not because of the info dumps - he had a way of making many of those entertaining. It was his refusal/inability/indifference to write a decent ending to his books. They build to a climax and then just die on the vine.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Strange Stars by Jason Heller. It's a decade survey (1970–1979) of the influence of science fiction on music with Bowie's "Space Oddity" and "Ashes to Ashes" framing the decade. Bands like Hawkwind, Pearls Before Swine, Jefferson Starship loom large. I'm up to 1972 now. I haven't been a big sci-fi reader in decades, but I just may get back into some of the books that have influenced many musicians. To me the most interesting information so far has been the build up to 1970 with discussions of space and alien themes in rockabilly and novelty music.
Lou
Looking forward to my day in court.
Enlightenment Now by Stephen Pinker
Really? That's not what I would've expected, and it's not a criticism I've seen cast his way that I can recall. I've seen that said about Dan Simmons and Stephen King however.
I've been satisfied with how he has ended most of the books he's written, like Reamde, Anathem, Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon... Even Seveneves.
IMO, a bad ending to a book would be Olympos by Dan Simmons. Especially after how incredibly good Ilium was before that.
I am reading The Book Of The New Sun by Gene Wolfe, along with The Onion Book Of Known Knowledge.
this craps casino game is right here
Peter Ackroyd: Alfred Hitchcock
Enjoyed it. Also enjoyed his previous book.
Tim Shipman - All Out War: The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain's Political Class.
Let's just say it doesn't contain too many surprises, but it's still probably not a book to read if you're worried about the effect on your blood pressure...
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I seem to be one of the only people here that read rock bio's, but I am currently reading Pete Way's new book. Very interesting stuff for any UFO fans out there.
Origin by Dan Brown
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
I love reading rock bios, Steve. Problem is, they're rare as hen's teeth where I live. Library gets very few, we have no more bookstores, and I'm not a fan of Amazon. I read what I can find. I even had a book store in another city call me when they got one in that I had been looking for. Maybe I'll do the same with Pete's book. I am a UFO fan, and saw them in 1974 with Michael Schenker on guitar.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
It is a good read if you can find it. I am only up to the part where Michael Schenker left the band after the live album, but so far I am really enjoying it. Since I bought a kindle a few years ago I pretty much download all my books these days.
Vampire Winter- Lois Tilton
"Au Revoir Là-Haut" ("See You Up There") by Pierre Lemaitre (in Dutch translation).
This year the dark comedy-novel from 2013 about some events during the last weeks of WWI and its consequences on the lives of a couple of personswas adapted for screen:
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