Book Thread

[Sef]

Books are cool and stuff, and I've been getting into them in the past several months.

Let's discuss/argue about books or something. Talk about/list your favorites, give recommendations, whatever

I remember seeing a book thread some time ago so, uh, let's bring it 'round again

I've got a lot of books I have yet to read

-Ulysses and Portrait of an Artist by James Joyce
-The Count of Monte Cristo (Le Comte de Monte Cristo) by Alexandre
-The Stranger by Albert Camu (currently reading)
-Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov

This is just scratching the surface of what I have AND plan to read

[soup]

Gormenghast

its one of the most interesting series of books ive ever read

beautiful characters and imagery

[rtil]

there is a very similar thread in another subforum but i'll let it slide..

[Sef]

there is a very similar thread in another subforum but i'll let it slide..

Oops I guess. I apologize for not checking outside of general.

[rtil]

you're good

[Philip K Dick]

Books are cool and stuff, and I've been getting into them in the past several months.

Let's discuss/argue about books or something. Talk about/list your favorites, give recommendations, whatever

I remember seeing a book thread some time ago so, uh, let's bring it 'round again

I've got a lot of books I have yet to read

-Ulysses and Portrait of an Artist by James Joyce
-The Count of Monte Cristo (Le Comte de Monte Cristo) by Alexandre
-The Stranger by Albert Camu (currently reading)
-Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov

This is just scratching the surface of what I have AND plan to read

nobody really reads finnegan's wake because it is pretty much 600 pages of profound nonsense

if you've ever read ulysses, you know how hilariously abstract its stream of consciousness writing style is (by the last chapter it literally becomes a big run on sentence). now with finnegan's wake multiply that by infinity.
here is the full book online: http://www.trentu.ca/faculty/jjoyce/fw-3.htm
it says a lot about a book when it begins in the middle of a sentence. (bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthur
nuk)

this book:

isn't finnegan's wake but it heavily references it, the main character carries it around like its a bible. i highly recommend it. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8680.Fierce_Invalids_Home_from_Hot_Climates

[Bamyasi]

You can always tell someone hasn't read Finnegans Cake when they can't even spell the title correctly.

But I'll definitely check out that Tom Robbins book thanks for the rec yo.