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Suggestions for any good books...?
I need to read a good book damnit! PLEASE help me out!!
:: STARTED BY undergroundbeauty
:: 24 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:42 26.05.04
I am attempting to find a book
Seeking a Book
:: STARTED BY hollywould
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:45 25.05.04
Gene Wolfe - Book of the New Sun
A discussion of sci-fi author Gene Wolfe's series of books set in a far-future Earth where strange things happen.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 10 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:16 24.05.04
Barbelith Book Club: The Divine Comedy (discussion thread)
Thread for discussion of Dante's Comedy.
:: STARTED BY deja_vroom
:: 27 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:41 24.05.04
Do You Want Me to Lose my Job?- Libraries, Librarians and the Public Perception.
Library use (in the UK at least) seems to be in a permanent downward spiral. Why is this?
:: STARTED BY Our Lady of The Two Towers
:: 55 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:02 10.05.04
The Borribles and other anarchic children
The Borribles by Michael de Larrabeiti. A starting point for discussion of anarchic children's literature.
:: STARTED BY illmatic
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:09 07.05.04
Thom Gunn is dead
The genius poet Thom Gunn, author of Jack Straw's Castle, The Man with Night Sweats, and other fine volumes, has snuffed it, while human scum like Jeffrey Archer yet draw breath. How long, o lord, how long?
:: STARTED BY penitentvandal
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:00 04.05.04
Query
Does anyone know if the MA in Novel Writing in University of Manchester is any good? Worth uprooting myself and spending a year and rather a lot of money on?
:: STARTED BY slinkyvagabond
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:13 04.05.04
Libraries to become extinct
A discussion of libraries given that current social trends indicate they may not be with us for much longer.
:: STARTED BY No star here laces
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:02 03.05.04
The romantic poets
the romantics - blake byron shelley coleridge keats byron wordsworth - the poetry and life stories thereof.
:: STARTED BY Char Aina
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:59 28.04.04
Introductions
A thread about introductions, prefaces etc: are they necessary? do they change or even worsen the reading experience and how readers approach books?
:: STARTED BY sleazenation
:: 19 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:29 27.04.04
Any Editors in the Hizzouse?
do we have any book editors gracing the forum?
:: STARTED BY matsya
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:27 25.04.04
Conspiracies and John Dee?
Looking for some light reading suggestions for the topics of Conspiracies and John Dee.
Can you spare a brother a book review?
:: STARTED BY invisible_al
:: 12 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:03 24.04.04
Detective fiction
Detective fiction and WELTERS OF GORE
:: STARTED BY Kit-Cat Club
:: 25 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:10 24.04.04
The Novels of Daren King
Have you read that book. About a giraffe. Big man, have you read that book. No I say, I would not be reading baby books about animals. The only animal I want to know. Is my trouble monkey. O, says my Star.
:: STARTED BY miss wonderstarr
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:11 22.04.04
Why is everyone so down on romance?
Okay, not everyone, but it's come up a few times in the "likely to be embarrassing to be seen reading" in the 'books and image' thread. Why? Or, for those of us who read romances, why do we like them?
:: STARTED BY Cat Chant
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:04 20.04.04
TSOG
The Thing That Ate the Constitution and Anton Wilsons' Anger
:: STARTED BY Benny the Ball
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:32 20.04.04
JP Saticoy - Man, Myth or Legend?
Does JP Saticoy or the book An Eye is Upon You as quoted by Powerman 5000 exist? Views, opinions or pertinent information welcome.
:: STARTED BY madprocess
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:46 20.04.04
David Brin
Just picked up Kil'n People by Brin. General discussion on the author and his works...
:: STARTED BY agvvv
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:30 19.04.04
Unsuccessful epic, and modern epic more generally...
Unsuccessful epics through history, and more broadly what a piece of work has to do these days to be classed as an epic, and how to gauge its success or failure.
:: STARTED BY ONLY NICE THINGS
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:29 19.04.04
Confusion - the new Neal Stephenson book
A thread to talk about Neal Stephenson's book "Confusion" Caution, may contain spoilers.
:: STARTED BY Axolotl
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:25 19.04.04
Book of Lies: Disinformation Guide to Magick and the Occult
A good read, sometimes a little too 'interesting' though
:: STARTED BY wicker woman
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:44 18.04.04
Organizing your collection
Does anybody else even sort their books at all, and if so do you have any special way of doing it?
:: STARTED BY HCE
:: 22 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:24 18.04.04
Harry Potter
Spoiler - I want to know which character died, so don't read if you haven't read, m'kay.
:: STARTED BY Benny the Ball
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:14 17.04.04
Latinese
latin, language, grammar
:: STARTED BY Gendudehashadenough
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:43 17.04.04
Paul laffoley
Trying to get hold of a copy of Paul Laffoley's 'Architectonic Thought Forms'.
:: STARTED BY hashmal
:: 12 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:22 16.04.04
Cory Doctorow?
looking for opinions on postcyberpunk, Cory Doctorow, neofiles, r.u.sirius, etc...
:: STARTED BY gravitybitch
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:57 16.04.04
DIRTY SORDID CRIME AND SEEDINESS NOVELS
I don't think it's detective fiction. I don't really even think it's crime per se.
It's dirty, there are alleyways and lots of torture involved.And sharp suits, usually. And don't forget to fuck the Hatcheck Girl.
:: STARTED BY VonKobra,Scuttling&Slithering
:: 28 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:02 16.04.04
Silly Fantomas Question
Catjerome does not know how to pronounce "Fantomas". Please help!
:: STARTED BY Catjerome
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:34 08.04.04
Did I only imagine this private eye?
Can anyone help? Am I only misremembering this novel?
:: STARTED BY Ruchbah me, Armaduras
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:38 06.04.04
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