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Richard K. Morgan
Any fans out there in Barbeland?
:: STARTED BY hachiman
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:20 08.08.08
How to be a 'better' reader
Practiced and practical suggestions for a better reading experience.
:: STARTED BY semioticrobotic
:: 23 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:54 05.08.08
Solzhenitsyn dead
A thread about the recently deceased Russian novelist.
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:20 05.08.08
Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice
A thread about Jurgen and the other writings of James Branch Cabell
:: STARTED BY Dusto
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:01 04.08.08
Icelander
Self-promotion: my book is now out in paperback!
:: STARTED BY Dusto
:: 19 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:41 04.08.08
Victorian Literature - your recommendations humbly sought
I'm on a nineteenth century reading tip and I want your picks of the period. Keywords: Victorian, Empire, Edwardian, Georgian, 1800s, 1900s, Dickens, Doyle and derring-do!
:: STARTED BY Whisky Priestess
:: 69 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:31 02.08.08
The Trial of Ezra Pound
Radio 3 documentary examines the 'father of modernism's arrest for treason and imprisonmnet for insanity.
:: STARTED BY raggedman
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:05 01.08.08
Succulent Baudrillard
The search for really beautiful writing in non-fiction.
:: STARTED BY We're The Great Old Ones Now
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:23 28.07.08
Who is your favourite author ? alive or dead
umbeto eco has to be among mine
:: STARTED BY mashedcat
:: 10 REPLIES, LAST AT 04:11 26.07.08
Vacation time, what books should I take along?
Sjaak is going on holiday. Please help me select my reading list!
:: STARTED BY Sjaak at the Shoe Shop
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:21 26.06.08
World War Z by Max Brooks, and future histories in general
A look at multi-perspective future histories, from Warday to Larry TurtleDove, with specific reference to World War Z, which is shortly to be made into a movie.
:: STARTED BY Happy Dave Has Left
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:34 19.06.08
Jack Kerouac
Kerouac
:: STARTED BY weepy_minotaur
:: 21 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:06 15.06.08
The Checks in the Mailer...
Following on from the news that (possibly) one of the great angry voices of modern (?) America has died, and overview and general thread about the life and works of Norman Mailer - views Barbelith, please...
:: STARTED BY Benny the Ball
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:52 14.06.08
'A Canticle for Leibowitz': and other post-apocalyptic fictions (possible spoilers)
No summary available
:: STARTED BY Kit-Cat Club
:: 29 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:21 12.06.08
D.H.Lawrence - Nightmare or Paradise
Radio documentary on an interesting incident from the life of the novelist D.H.Lawrence.
:: STARTED BY DavidXBrunt
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:14 09.06.08
James Morrow
Discussion of noted fantasy author's works.
:: STARTED BY jentacular dreams
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:42 06.06.08
Deleuze/guattari and literature
Thoughts in "using" theory - posthumanism and modernist texts - problems in reading and working with D/G.
:: STARTED BY posthumous parvenues
:: 10 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:09 01.06.08
New ideas in sci fi
New ideas in sci fi. Chris Nakashima-Brown. Charles Stross. Others?
:: STARTED BY glitch
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:50 30.05.08
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
Who else is currently reading this excellent book, care to discuss?
:: STARTED BY ORQWITH
:: 70 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:55 22.05.08
Heart Of Darkness
A controversial book. Has anyone here read it? general discussion of the book and various issues therein. Keywords: Joseph Conrad / Colonialism / Post-Colonialism / Chinua Achebe / Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 32 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:31 21.05.08
Gore Vidal
Discussion of author's work, beginning with "Julian"
:: STARTED BY buttergun
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:14 18.05.08
Dune
All things Dune by Frank Herbert.
:: STARTED BY quinine92001
:: 19 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:43 18.05.08
Corporeality and the grotesque in women's fiction: what's happening now?
From Rabelais to Rimbaud, Hoffman to Kafka and Poe, the tradition of the grotesque in literature - the grotto-esque sproutings of uncanny physicality - is a fascinating one. Gargoyle talk to follow...
:: STARTED BY posthumous parvenues
:: 29 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:56 16.05.08
Alexander Theroux
Literary pariah, older brother of Paul, author (most recently) of "Laura Warholic: or the Sexual Intellectual" and (many years ago), "Darconville's Cat."
:: STARTED BY Dusto
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:17 16.05.08
Searching for Zen/Buddhist adventure Biography
A book I read long ago, lent, and lost...
:: STARTED BY Eek! A Freek!
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:51 08.05.08
The Alternate History of The Yiddish Policemen's Union [SPOILERS, more'n likely]
The new Michael Chabon novel is a noir mystery set in an alternate timeline. I'm curious about what happened in that world before the events of the novel took place.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 11 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:27 06.05.08
Can u Camus?
Albert Camus / The Stranger / The Outsider /
The Plague / The Fall / Discussion .
:: STARTED BY wembley can change in 28 days
:: 26 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:34 05.05.08
Men and Cartoons by Jonathan Lethem
Discuss Jonathan Lethem's short story collection Men and Cartoons, all real life and superheroes and comics, like.
:: STARTED BY matsya
:: 12 REPLIES, LAST AT 03:18 30.04.08
The Magus by John Fowles(r)
Discussing the above book.
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 26 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:50 15.04.08
What the Dickens?
Oliver Rudge, Nicholas Copperfield, Great Cities, A Christmas Expectation and stuff.
:: STARTED BY DavidXBrunt
:: 10 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:22 11.04.08
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