i love solaris. i'm on my third copy. did you see the original russian version of solaris? i thought it was good. far better than the hollywood movie mill put out.
I haven't seen the movie. Everyone just tells me that it's so great. (no country for old men)
Thanks for your recommendation! I think I'm going to go ahead and read it, sad ending or not!
i see you plan to read The Wrecking Crew???i subscribe to Harper"s magazine..and read the excerpt thereof...i wanted to vomit and my cat did..read the damn thing..no one else will..we the people in the USA are on the road to a big Crap Shoot..and most of Us don't know it...
Thanks for answering my question about the "Dark Tower" series. I've decided to read it and will let you know what I think. Kim
Taxes... sexy. I used to have an interest in accounting but my interest in non-academic activities in college side-swiped that idea (or, at least, put a fork in my future path to who knows where).Netherland -- yes, by Joseph O'Neill. One of friends on shelfari recommended it and I wanted to pass on the favor. Having sneaked a peak at your shelf, I think you will like it. Enjoy.
joy is telling people that they are stupid for not agreeing with you...glad to be your friend. i like your shelf and have already adopted one of your as a "book to read." i hope you will find some good stuff on my shelf as well.i do have to share this... i am an opinionated jerk... i hated "The Devil In The White City." just had to get that off my chest. it wasn't that i found the writing poor or the story uninteresting, but that it angered me that the author, publisher and bookstores all agreed to see an obvious work of historical fiction as "non-fiction." well, that just got my goat, especially since i was a non-fiction junkie at the time. if we can agree to agree on that one, this friendship should last.just curious -- what do you analyze? also, you should check out "Netherland." It was awesome. You should also join my book club. I will send you an invite. I think you would be a good addition to my legion of followers.Take care,Matt
Thanks for the note on Neuromancer. What are some of Gibson's early short fiction that you would recommend? thanks again!
yes..The Things They Carried is fine..in the moment,i.e. in "Nam..In The Lake Of The Woods..that's what happened After..what people did not really talk about..here in the US.. but those of us with friends and loved ones who lived through that hell...IN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS is always on a Wishlist of mine..but it gives me serious chills..Tim O"Brien should be honored for this book....no?thanks for your replyJUDE
i have not posted to you in a long while..sorry..but i was scoping out your Shelf..and found your review of IN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS by Tim O"Brien..i graduated from HIGH SCHOOL here in the wonderful USA--in 1969..too many of the "boys" who graduated with me went to Vietnam..while i went to College..too many of them died senselessly...Tim O"Brien's book scared the hell out of me..opened my eyes..and i think it should be required reading for all the war-mongers out therethank you for reading my rant:-sJUDE
There's a couple volumes called "The Annotated HP Lovecraft" that collects his best stories along with some historical/biographical annotations by S.T. Joshi, who's sort of the premier Lovecraft scholar/biographer. The Dunwich Horror, the Colour Out of Space, At the Mountains of Madness and, of course, the Call of Cthulhu are all good stories to start with. If you want to get fancy, pick up a copy of "The Dunwich Horror and Others" from Arkham House Publishing--the first publishing house that made Lovecraft legit. Del Ray has a handful of cheap, accessible collections out there (I think "The Best of HP Lovecraft" is the place to start with those), and they've published a lot of the spin-off anthologies as well (including "Shadows Over Bakerstreet", which is basically fan-fic of Sherlock Holmes in the Lovecraft world.).
i see by scanning your shelf that you really loved The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay...by Michael Chabon...i love Mr Chabon's work..the funny thing with K&C is..i know i will love it..but i keep waiting to read..until i have enough time..to..savor..every..word/drop...otherwise it will be justanotherbook..i doubt you are as neurotic...sorry if i bore you..the whole Graphic Novel business bit me bad about 10 years ago..i even do my own pathetic version of MANGA...[the girls]...for myself alone..i can't draw for crap but these ladies keep me laughing..thanks for reading this...note..will be more erudite(!!???$$%%***) next time..well..don't make book on That..just Read on!!! JUDE
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