what book(s) are you reading right now?

[martin]

I just ordered the Deer and the Cauldron books. Totally expensive hardcover volumes, but someone just recommended them to me and I understand they are the basis for the Royal Tramp movies with Stephen Chow (!).

So I guess Infinite Jest will go back on hold...

Back to Natsume Soseki. I haven't read the one mentioned a few entries above. I have read I am a Cat trilogy, but you know that if you have GR2. Great, and I am not even a cat person.

[Cinnamon]

I read the first Deer and the Cauldron and am saving the second as the other hasn't been translated yet. I wasn't aware that Chiau's films were based on these books. I'll have to watch again. I can see how just based on the title "Royal Tramp' there could be a similarity. Martin, you might want to check out Blads from the Willows. Although it's much more fantasy/Lord of the Rings like than Deer and the Cauldron. Also, my students verified for me that Dragonball Z is based on Journey to the West!

[hippyjonny]

I have the attention span of a field mouse thus the pile of half read books at the crib:

about a boy, nick hornby- so far so good.

a confederacy of dunces, john k. toole- story behind the book is crazy.

septuagenarian stew, c. bukowski- in my quest to read every shread of written work this brillant motherfucker put down.
i have a ways to go.

celestine prophecy, james redfield- when will I learn to stop trusting the best seller list. blahhhhh

midnight in the garden of good and evil, whats his name- alright considering most is massaged truth.

tropic of capricorn, henry miller- i really liked tropic of cancer, so this should be hold my attention.

a biography of hunter s. thompson, e. jean carroll- i only read this on the shitter, so depending on my output; could be a long read

recent books i've finished

you can't be neutral on a moving train, howard zinn- brillant, brillant, brillant i cant recommend this book enough.

trainspotting, irving welsh- great book, but it is written in scottish. git tae fuck, ya plukey-faced cunt.











[Edited by hippyjonny on 04-23-2001 at 09:53 PM]

[martin]

But is anybody reading GR21 yet? It's getting out there.

[hellomay]

Originally posted by martin
But is anybody reading GR21 yet? It's getting out there.

Yes, and it's fabulous! It's almost uncanny how GR always covers the stuff that I really want to read about at the moment, like in #21, it's Rainer Maria, Wong Kar-Wai, Tony Leung. I've read the whole thing already and I can't wait for the next issue...

[TypeFiend]

Currently in the reading rotation here:

New issue of McSweeny's (Issue 6 with They Might Be Giants CD to accompany the text)

Expressing the Human Body by Bruce Lee

Guide to Macromedia Dreamweaver

New issues of Bust, Tokion, BIG, and Giant Robot of course.

[Cinnamon]

Martin:

I received my copy last week and am saving the article on LMF until last - finally some info on these guys! Reading it inbetween my chapters of Monkey King! Splendid Monkey King!

[martin]

I bought a Monkey King toy at Wonder Con this weekend. I guess there's been a cartoon in Taiwan. Anyone know anything about this? I haven't seen it. The toy is cool, though.

[nancyK]

i recently started reading "The FigEater"
from the first page, a girl is already murdered.. it's a lady author but she gets pretty explicit with the gruesome details.
so far so good.. it's one of those books that are hard to put down once u get into it..
but i might have to put the book aside for now until finals are over

[nikel]

just started the amazing adventures of kavalier and klay by michael chabon. about two cousins getting into the comic books business circa WWII.

just finished thunder from the east: portrait of a rising asia by nicholas kristof and sheryl wudunn. a series of articles about social and economic trends there in the '90s, with bits of history mixed in. not as dull as the title sounds.

[nancyK]

Originally posted by nikel
just started the amazing adventures of kavalier and klay by michael chabon. about two cousins getting into the comic books business circa WWII.

i was gonna get that instead of the figeater.. how is it so faR?

[nikel]

Originally posted by nancyK

i was gonna get that instead of the figeater.. how is it so faR?

only read the first two chapters. the character set-ups are intriguing, esp. joseph kavalier's, who is not an american yet. my sister gave me this copy 'cause she stopped reading it after 100 pages - "too boring".

other fiction i read before this was indian killer and the toughest indian in the world, both by sherman alexie. uh gee, can you guess his ethnicity? i loved the latter, it reminded me of a cross between raymond carver's and louise erdrich's short stories.

[Margin Walker]

Originally posted by nikel

only read the first two chapters. the character set-ups are intriguing, esp. joseph kavalier's, who is not an american yet. my sister gave me this copy 'cause she stopped reading it after 100 pages - "too boring".

Yeah, from what I've heard from others, people either absolutly love it or dismiss it as plodding and boring.

Right now, I'm about 1/4 way through "Pagan Babies" by Elmore Leonard. If you don't know who Elmore Leonard is, go directly to jail, do not go past GO, do not collect $200. He's the guy that wrote the books that flicks like "Out of Sight", "Get Shorty", "Jackie Brown", etc., etc. were based on. So yeah, it's good.

[falcor]

incidents in the life of a slave girl by linda brent. it was a text book but i never read it.

next on my list (to acquuire):
goodbye tsugumi by banana yoshimoto
tooth imprints on a corndog by mark leyner

[trigonometry_vs_velvet]

every one poops and the gas we pass: story of farts. you can get both of them at borders under the childrens section.