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Talbot Munday rocks my (conspiratorial) world!
Talbot Munday, adventure novels, turn of the century, India based, spy and secret society stories, Jimgrim
:: STARTED BY Benny the Ball
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:44 24.04.07
Edgar Allan Poe
1809-1849
Aristocratic Madmen, Self-tormented murderers, Nuerasthenic necrophiliacs, Ethereal women with arcane knowledge.
:: STARTED BY Shrug
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:41 15.04.07
Richard Ford
The American writer and Frank Bascombe, his alter-ego. Author of The Sportswriter, Independence Day and The Lay Of The Land. Winner of the Pen/Faulkner and the Pulitzer for one book.
:: STARTED BY matthew.
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:45 03.04.07
The Books The Speakee
Talking Books, Books on Tape, Fiction Podcasts, name your favourites
:: STARTED BY Our Lady Has Left the Building
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:12 03.04.07
Dirty Books - a little help here?
I'm starting a publisher of dirty books. What should I publish?
:: STARTED BY stml
:: 23 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:41 02.04.07
Barry Yourgrau
A thread about the writings of Barry Yourgrau, with perhaps one or two excerpts from his stories.
:: STARTED BY Sibelian 2.0
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:53 26.03.07
Finnegans Wake
A most complicated adventure
:: STARTED BY delacroix
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:41 23.03.07
Lives of Misery
Reflections on Confessional Autobiographies; or, My Childhood was a Living Hell, How About You?
:: STARTED BY Blake Head
:: 17 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:37 22.03.07
A Series Of Unfortunate Events (SPOILERS likely)
Keywords: Children's fiction, Lemony Snicket, Daniel Handler, Baudelaire, Count Olaf, VFD, Stephin Merritt, Gothic Archies
:: STARTED BY Jack Fear
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:02 22.03.07
James Connelly bios
Looking for a good book that will resonate with both my Irish and pro-Labor proclivities.
:: STARTED BY murphy
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:52 20.03.07
Greatest living writer
guardian poses andrew motion's recent question: who is britain's best?
i ask a globally focussed question: who is your country's best writer?
:: STARTED BY astrojax69
:: 40 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:28 14.03.07
Paranormal Romance
Ask the question: what is Paranormal Romance? Sub-question: What are some examples of good Paranormal Romance?
Keywords: Paranormal Romance, Janice Radway, Reading The Romance.
:: STARTED BY casemaker
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:25 08.03.07
Book Club : Don Quixote
Reading Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote from mid-Jan onwards.
:: STARTED BY Jack Vincennes
:: 20 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:11 22.02.07
The Voice of the Fire
What did you all thnk of Alan Moore's novel The Voice of the Fire?
:: STARTED BY Tamayyurt
:: 41 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:14 15.02.07
Zadie Smith - On Writing
An article by Zadie Smith about her philosophy of reading and writing.
:: STARTED BY Dusto
:: 14 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:19 15.02.07
Neal Stephenson
Neal Stephenson, the author of "In the Beginning there was the Command Line", "Cryptonomicon", "Snow Crash", "Eco", "The Diamond Age", "The Big U", etc.
:: STARTED BY Margin Walker
:: 44 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:14 15.02.07
Ben Jonson
English contemporary of Shakespeare, author of Volpone, The Alchemist, Bartholomew Fair, lots of poetry and epistles.
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:45 11.02.07
M. John Harrison's "Light"
Beautifully Written Space Opera or A Future History of The Human Race? Or Both?
:: STARTED BY khephret
:: 16 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:08 10.02.07
John Wyndham
John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris. July 10, 1903 – March 11, 1969.
:: STARTED BY DavidXBrunt
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 07:45 07.02.07
Paul Auster: Travels In The Scriptorium
A thread to discuss Austers latest book.
:: STARTED BY D Terminator XXXIII
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:07 06.02.07
Love & Romanticalness
Share your favorite passages on love and romance, be they poetry or prose.
:: STARTED BY ibis the being
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:01 01.02.07
Userlands
new anthology edited by Dennis Cooper
:: STARTED BY --
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:28 30.01.07
Ishiguro's Latest *SPOILERISH*
On novelists, editors and apocalyptic educational establishments. Keywords: Never Let Me Go. Kazuo Ishiguro.
:: STARTED BY Psych Safeling
:: 12 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:12 22.01.07
Finding books by Helene Cixous and Luce Irigaray in the english speaking world
finding la feminine ecriture en francais in london
:: STARTED BY neutral
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:24 17.01.07
Recommend me some poets
Okay, those of you who are po-partial, recommend me a favourite, and let's try to keep away from the canon if we can. I'm looking for new voices I ain't heard much of before...
:: STARTED BY matsya
:: 54 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:02 12.01.07
Sexiest Books
Sexiest books, however you catalogue such, by potency, by sheer number of references, or even just variety... and sexual meanness/roughness
:: STARTED BY This Sunday
:: 23 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:05 11.01.07
Funky, head-trip sci-fi
Drugs-taking, bellbottoms-wearing sci fi from the late sixties to the late seventies
:: STARTED BY buttergun
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:54 09.01.07
Authors Playing Critic
Being a great writer does not necessarily mean that one is great at talking about writing. Recommend me people who are not only great authors but great critics as well, if you please.
:: STARTED BY Good Intentions
:: 13 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:46 03.01.07
2006: What are you currently reading?
The ever-popular thread for details on what you're reading, with details on how it's going. Now in its fourth glorious year!
:: STARTED BY Our Lady Has Left the Building
:: 375 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:21 28.12.06
Medieval and Early Modern Literature
Reading and studying early literature in English
:: STARTED BY Blake Head
:: 22 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:10 26.12.06
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