Lautréamont, Maldoror.
Huysmans, Là Bas/The Damned
Tegui, Elegance While Sleeping
That should do for those.
Then maybe you could consider reading VanderMeer's The Third Bear collection, since that's one of his strongest works, I believe. Or maybe The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard if you want more bang for your buck. John Crowley's Ægypt Cycle certainly is well worth reading.
And if you want something brand new, Karen Russell's debut novel, Swamplandia!, just came out this past Tuesday.
Huysmans, Là Bas/The Damned
Tegui, Elegance While Sleeping
That should do for those.
Then maybe you could consider reading VanderMeer's The Third Bear collection, since that's one of his strongest works, I believe. Or maybe The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard if you want more bang for your buck. John Crowley's Ægypt Cycle certainly is well worth reading.
And if you want something brand new, Karen Russell's debut novel, Swamplandia!, just came out this past Tuesday.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.
This message last edited by Larry on 06/02/2011 at 10:11:23 PM
I need a book. A good book. A book that I will enjoy.
06/02/2011 08:25:51 AM
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The question is not what you have read, but what you enjoyed reading...
06/02/2011 12:57:01 PM
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Re: The question is not what you have read, but what you enjoyed reading...
12/02/2011 09:24:55 PM
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Have you read Foucault's Pendulum? That's been translated into English.
06/02/2011 05:09:55 PM
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Different things. Decadant things.
06/02/2011 10:10:52 PM
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Haven't read any Vandermeer, actually. You recommend him?
07/02/2011 12:26:35 AM
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Jeff is a friend of mine, so of course I would recommend him
07/02/2011 08:33:41 AM
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I've been looking for a hardcover edition of Là-Bas in French.
07/02/2011 06:05:27 AM
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I get the sense that would be very expensive if found
07/02/2011 08:38:37 AM
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Might as well ask American publishers where the obsession with hardcovers comes from.
07/02/2011 09:32:50 PM
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Don't libraries as a rule have hardcovers?
07/02/2011 09:56:07 PM
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I think you have two different questions there
07/02/2011 10:08:40 PM
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Yes, but those are matters of what one is used to, like I said.
07/02/2011 10:23:32 PM
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so they are buying paperbacks and turning them into hardbacks
09/02/2011 03:14:55 PM
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Pretty much anything by Neil Gaiman, esp. Good Omens (w/Pratchett). More recommendations inside ...
08/02/2011 05:43:22 PM
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