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what's new on the big important book front?

Mercury

20:07 / 10.02.02

YEah, like, what new books are sending ripples through the intelligentsia out there? I'm talking both fiction, non-fiction, like politics, magic , whatever. Since 'No Logo' I haven't really been paying attention, so anyone knows what books and authors should i keep an eye on?

- Mercury

[ 11-02-2002: Message edited by: Kit-Cat Club ]

Ria

09:00 / 11.02.02

The Spike by Damien Broderick, maybe.
I started it with an attitude of "okay, I know this already!" but still had me reluctant mind blown.

Jackie Susann

09:46 / 11.02.02

Empire by Negri and Hardt is huge - I mean both a big hit with lefties from liberals to anarchoids, and physically massive - it's a fucking brick. Hell dense with Marxist theory... not reader-friendly like, say, No Logo.

Kit-Cat Club

09:46 / 11.02.02

I'm going to edit the title of this thread, because I think 'mindfuck' has been used too recently in a slightly different context in Books. Hope no one minds - if you do, PM me and I can change it back...

Opalfruit

09:46 / 11.02.02

"Slaughtermatic" By Steve Aylett. A very unusual book, a future society where crime is the only original art form.

It seems to be written in a very stream of conciousness style and has some lovely ideas and images but did have me trying to tune my brain into the actual book for the first few chapters.

I love the Microsoft gun, you pull the trigger and it fires an hour later

Mercury

09:23 / 12.02.02

No problem in changin the title, i guess, the term 'mindfuck' always had some reminiscences of the Invisibles and R.A.Wilson and that is why i used it, don't really know what context you people are using it now.

I thank u for the suggestions. Aylett has been a must for some time now, thank u Opalfruit. Anything else, i would surely appreciate it.

- Mercury

Mystery Gypt

09:23 / 12.02.02

here's the steven aylett thread.

how about The Intuitionist and John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead, best fiction writer in america right now --

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