Anybody reading any good books?

[endonesia]

i'd have to highly recommend "if on a winter's night a traveler" by italo calvino. if you're into to postmodern metafiction, almost like vonnegut, but in a more fantastical way.

speaking of vonnegut, "sirens of titan" is my favorite of his, and one of my favorite sci-fi books of all time.
i am a big fan of jorge luis borges, whose "collected fictions" is a must for anyone interested in the genre of magical realism (salman rushdie's "midnight's children" is a good example of this genre, as well as anything by murakami)

i better stop there before i get carried away, but i love literature and can talk about it endlessly.

[herbalhippie]

i'd have to highly recommend "if on a winter's night a traveler" by italo calvino. if you're into to postmodern metafiction, almost like vonnegut, but in a more fantastical way.

speaking of vonnegut, "sirens of titan" is my favorite of his, and one of my favorite sci-fi books of all time.
i am a big fan of jorge luis borges, whose "collected fictions" is a must for anyone interested in the genre of magical realism (salman rushdie's "midnight's children" is a good example of this genre, as well as anything by murakami)

i better stop there before i get carried away, but i love literature and can talk about it endlessly.

I read most of Vonnegut's books in the mid 70s, soon after reading Dune for the first time. They were both brought to my attention by a new co-worker at my first job
out of high school. He also turned me onto a lot of different music I was previously unaware of. I need to read Vonnegut again, refresh myself. I have some
Murakami books but haven't read them yet. They were recommended to me along with Mishima.

I seem to have gotten myself into a Stephen King binge and I haven't read any for years. Meanwhile, other books are stacking up, I now have TWO stacks of
books to read next to my bed instead of one.

[Babel-17]

I'm re-reading Colossus, the novel that the film Colossus: The Forbin Project was based on, and imo both the book and film hold up amazingly well, unavoidable anachronisms from when they were released aside. It's available for free at archive.org, as are many other great reads.

The author captures the vibe of living at the nexus of where and when a powerful AI was made.

[endonesia]

i'd have to highly recommend "if on a winter's night a traveler" by italo calvino. if you're into to postmodern metafiction, almost like vonnegut, but in a more fantastical way.

speaking of vonnegut, "sirens of titan" is my favorite of his, and one of my favorite sci-fi books of all time.
i am a big fan of jorge luis borges, whose "collected fictions" is a must for anyone interested in the genre of magical realism (salman rushdie's "midnight's children" is a good example of this genre, as well as anything by murakami)

i better stop there before i get carried away, but i love literature and can talk about it endlessly.

I read most of Vonnegut's books in the mid 70s, soon after reading Dune for the first time. They were both brought to my attention by a new co-worker at my first job
out of high school. He also turned me onto a lot of different music I was previously unaware of. I need to read Vonnegut again, refresh myself. I have some
Murakami books but haven't readt. They were recommended to me along with Mishima.

I seem to have gotten myself into a Stephen King binge and I haven't read any for years. Meanwhile, other books are stacking up, I now have TWO stacks of
books to read next to my bed instead of one.

IA
it really depends on the era of vonneguat you read.a lot of his early short stories mostly revolve around his textbook humor, and even his early works like Player Piano has that kind of vibe. almost JD salingeresque. It wasn't until mid early 60s that Vonnegut really hit his stride. sirens of titan came out in 1959 (His best science fiction work and one of the best science fiction novels of all time in my opinion), Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse Five, and Breakfast of Champions. He was at the height of his powers in the 60s and early 70s. But after that it was like Hemingway where it was still good literature it just wasn't as good as this earlier stuff. Which means it's still amazing it's just that you're contrasting it to a masterpiece.

[IndelibleDotInk]

i'd have to highly recommend "if on a winter's night a traveler" by italo calvino. if you're into to postmodern metafiction, almost like vonnegut, but in a more fantastical way.

speaking of vonnegut, "sirens of titan" is my favorite of his, and one of my favorite sci-fi books of all time.
i am a big fan of jorge luis borges, whose "collected fictions" is a must for anyone interested in the genre of magical realism (salman rushdie's "midnight's children" is a good example of this genre, as well as anything by murakami)

i better stop there before i get carried away, but i love literature and can talk about it endlessly.

I read most of Vonnegut's books in the mid 70s, soon after reading Dune for the first time. They were both brought to my attention by a new co-worker at my first job
out of high school. He also turned me onto a lot of different music I was previously unaware of. I need to read Vonnegut again, refresh myself. I have some
Murakami books but haven't readt. They were recommended to me along with Mishima.

I seem to have gotten myself into a Stephen King binge and I haven't read any for years. Meanwhile, other books are stacking up, I now have TWO stacks of
books to read next to my bed instead of one.

IA
it really depends on the era of vonneguat you read.a lot of his early short stories mostly revolve around his textbook humor, and even his early works like Player Piano has that kind of vibe. almost JD salingeresque. It wasn't until mid early 60s that Vonnegut really hit his stride. sirens of titan came out in 1959 (His best science fiction work and one of the best science fiction novels of all time in my opinion), Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse Five, and Breakfast of Champions. He was at the height of his powers in the 60s and early 70s. But after that it was like Hemingway where it was still good literature it just wasn't as good as this earlier stuff. Which means it's still amazing it's just that you're contrasting it to a masterpiece.

Did anyone have AOL during the 90s? There was an essay being forwarded around to everyone and their moms of a supposed speech by Vonnegut given during a college graduation. After everyone read it and agreed how great and genius it was, it got debunked, possibly by Snopes.com (which has since fallen on hard times, the couple, Barbara and David, aka BarDav, made a ton of money but broke up and David got with their research assistant, a former escort, and Barbara tried to sell her shares of the company and there was a dispute with their business associates). 'You've got mail'

[onespeedstop]

Halfway through 'Billy Summers', yet another Stephen King novel. It seemed fine, then got 1/2 way though and it was 9/10's over, but then it took a turn out of nowhere.

[herbalhippie]

Room to Dream - David Lynch

The Tao of Twin Peaks - William Dickerson

Keanu Reeves Is Not In Love With You - Becky Holmes
(After seeing this mentioned about a hundred times on Reddit I decided to read it, it's about romance scams)

Secrets of Divine Love - A. Helwa

[onespeedstop]

I finished the Stephen King book, 'Billy Summers'. It was pretty good. Kind of took a twist in the middle, but for one of his non-supernatural stories, it kept my attention well enough. I'd say read the synopsis, and if yer into it then grab a copy.

[herbalhippie]

Room to Dream by David Lynch (biography) is so good! I just got to Twin Peaks and I'm going to
stop right there for a while because I don't want this to be over too soon. In the meantime I'm
going to read 11/22/63 by Stephen King. One of my senior mods has been trying to get me to
read it for about 3 years.

[onespeedstop]

11/22/63 by Stephen King.

----Definitely read it before watching the mini-series. And then don't watch the mini-series, the book is better ha-ha.