The Sound and Fury by William Faulkner (1897-1962)
Published 1929
The Sound and Fury by William Faulkner (1897-1962)
Published 1929
Laurent Queyssi (text) and Mauro Marchesi (drawings): Philip K. Dick - A Comics Biography.
Now up on the kindle, Woolf's To The Lighthouse. Only a little way in but not really grabbing me yet.
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Raven by S.A. Swiniarski
Published 1996
Just finished Ben Folds autobiography and just starting Elton John's new one. The Folds book was very interesting and so far the Elton book is great.
For me, To The Lighthouse plopped me down into an immersive, churning swirl of prose, seething family themes, sound, tones and color like Kandinsky's Composition 6. Will our eyes search the sea for meaning or will we immerse our attention into the simple love that surrounds us? Oodles of inner dialogue and thought vignettes capturing moment's in time reminded me of hyper-real childhood memories. Not much verbal dialogue. The first 40-50 pages challenge the reader. Stick it out and Woolf will provide a life raft and lighthouse to guide you to shore. I found The Waves more poetic and Orlando linear when compared to To The Lighthouse. Joyce, Faulkner, and Woolf were prog prose authors.Originally Posted by Sturgeon's Lawyer
^^^ Yep, it's paying off.
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I'm not really into John's carreer, but I checked the index of his new book to see if he mentioned he sang covers of Nick Drake in his early days as Mr. Reginald. Couldn't see Drake's name though in the index, so I suppose he didn't write about it.
These are the songs I mean:
He does talk about doing albums of covers of other people's songs, but I do not remember him specifically mentioning Drake. As a session musician he did several albums that were covers of other people's hits. I get the impression that they were kind of like those K-Tell albums that were out in the U.S. in the 70's, but this was a British thing. He enjoyed doing them so much that he even did one after he got relatively famous just for the fun of it.
Bridge Of Clay, the new novel by Markus Zusak, known for the bestseller The Book Thief.
Ghost Virus by Graham Masterton
A Comfort Zone is not a Life Sentence
Slowly working my way through Masterton's bibliography. Prey is my favorite, but I haven't read ...dum, da, da, drum.....Ghost Virus.
Let me know how ya like it.
About 75 % through it. I can say that it is definitely his most bizarre book. He takes such a ridiculous premise and somehow makes it work. Pretty graphic in spots. I'm enjoying it.
A Comfort Zone is not a Life Sentence
Dawn of the Vampire by William Hill
Published (1991)
Sacre' Bleu by Christopher Moore
A Comfort Zone is not a Life Sentence
Rereading- "Something Happened" by Joseph Heller (1923-1999)
Published 1974
Strange little book called Claus (Legend of the Fat Man). Bout a guy named Nicholas Santa and his family who travel to the Arctic in the early 1800s and get involved in a civil war between two factions of elves. BEEzarre.
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The Show That Never Ends - The Rise And Fall of Prog Rock by David Weigel
A birthday gift from my wife. I have finished a couple of chapters.
So far it is much better than I thought it would be.
Cool anecdotes and more detailed history of the early days.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
-- Aristotle
Nostalgia, you know, ain't what it used to be. Furthermore, they tells me, it never was.
“A Man Who Does Not Read Has No Appreciable Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read” - Mark Twain
Yeah, same here: it's better I thought it would be - partly based on that awful cover.
I read that a while ago and agree it was quite good.
Since I just saw the new film I decided to read "I Heard You Paint Houses" which is the book "The Irishman" is based on.
Epigenetics, by Richard C. Francis - a popular introduction to a fascinating subject.
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Same here. I saw the movie a couple nights ago and really enjoyed it.
Lou
Atta boy, Luther!
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Re-reading Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., now that the end of the world is fast approaching.
Halfway through Cat's Cradle. Lovely and fascinating weird.
There is certainly a lot of questions as to how much of the book is actually true or not, but so far I am enjoying reading it.
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