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Postby HotFingersClub » Mon Mar 19, 2018 5:40 am

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Would be interested to hear what you think about this also
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Postby incoherent grunting » Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:16 am

incoherent grunting wrote:What are the books by Catalan/Spanish authors I could read to psych myself for my trip?
I've read: Homage to Catalonia/Don Quixote/Sun Also Rises
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Postby Kenny » Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:17 am

Island of Second Sight by Albert Vigoleis Thelen is a great book

It takes place on Mallorca, but that's Spain, hey?
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Postby incoherent grunting » Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:32 am

Ooh that's actually where I'm spending part of my time - thanks!
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Postby David Lobster Wallets » Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:36 am

Maybe it's my lack of sleep but this is my first time reading Denis Johnson and his story Triumph Over the Grave wrecked me.
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Postby noiseandpop » Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:25 pm

currently working my way through a big ol' pile of verso books that I grabbed during the sale
just started this:
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Postby furrowed brow » Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:27 pm

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Mandible wrote:The Invention Of Morel. No idea why I put this off for so many years but it was mind-boggling. How’s the dog one?


Read A Plan for Escape next.


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Postby Eyeball Kid » Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:34 pm

Now Reading:

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Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me - Javier Marías

And I'll Follow It With:

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Berlin Alexanderplatz - Alfred Döblin
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Postby reversemigraine » Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:39 pm

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Postby abs » Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:27 pm

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because somehow I haven't ever read this



Yeah, I dunno. Maybe I didn’t “get it,” but this did next to nothing for me.
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Postby Eyeball Kid » Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:31 pm

I liked it; it was a little rough around the edges, yeah, but it added a kind of funky appeal. Jane Eyre was better.
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Postby haddonfield » Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:45 pm

just plowed through this in one sitting
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.... oh man i get the appeal finally. on to savage detectives.

also finally started reading this after getting it months ago, and i'd recommend it to anyone who is having trouble finding an entrance into the frankfurt school, as someone who has really only been able to finish minima moralia and illuminations
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Postby forest design » Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:59 pm

I was gonna make a thread, but it's probably more appropriately a question for you folk - why do so many people hate deckle edges? Is it the antiquated scrumpiness that motivates many publishers to produce them? I can understand that, I suppose, but are there less emotional reasons for why some have such an intense hatred of them? I don't care all that much either way, but sometimes I like them (almost always prefer a bit of texture). I've read some pretty strong opinions concerning them around these parts and elsewhere...
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Postby Eyeball Kid » Mon Mar 19, 2018 8:00 pm

I don't mind them
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Postby abs » Mon Mar 19, 2018 8:13 pm

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Postby warmhouse » Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:00 pm

hi all - a tip of my tongue post -

does anyone know the book I'm thinking of - it was a small experimental one where the author filled the pages with JUST ideas for other things that they'd had, like story ideas and movie ideas. It was just a hundred pages of "A man finds a fish that can speak and then he...?" and others.

I remember reading about it about two years ago and I THINK the cover is blue, if that helps?

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Postby the upland trout » Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:16 pm

Works by Edouard Leve?
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Postby hadlex » Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:34 pm

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3/4 of the way through. Terrific. When I read Fowles I can't imagine being able to write even a single page of his prose.
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Postby warmhouse » Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:40 pm

the upland trout wrote:Works by Edouard Leve?


i think this might be it but I thought it was by someone still alive! thanks
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Postby winj » Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:49 pm

forest design wrote:I was gonna make a thread, but it's probably more appropriately a question for you folk - why do so many people hate deckle edges? Is it the antiquated scrumpiness that motivates many publishers to produce them? I can understand that, I suppose, but are there less emotional reasons for why some have such an intense hatred of them? I don't care all that much either way, but sometimes I like them (almost always prefer a bit of texture). I've read some pretty strong opinions concerning them around these parts and elsewhere...


they just make turning the pages harder
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Postby Dead_Wizard » Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:55 pm

Been enjoying Berlin Alexanderplatz but think i'll be tabling it for now; hit about 250 pages in and it's just kinda sloggy. Wonderful book, but just not what I need in my life at the moment.

Gonna try and track down a copy of Eumeswil for cheap.
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Postby abs » Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:57 pm

word to the wise -- new Lucia Berlin collection out in august through FSG. hopefully will have my hands on a copy within the week.
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Postby winj » Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:11 pm

A Manual for Cleaning Women was so good
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Postby abs » Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:13 pm

winjer wrote:A Manual for Cleaning Women was so good


one of my all time favs -- ever
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Postby Althea » Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:16 pm

forest design wrote:I was gonna make a thread, but it's probably more appropriately a question for you folk - why do so many people hate deckle edges? Is it the antiquated scrumpiness that motivates many publishers to produce them? I can understand that, I suppose, but are there less emotional reasons for why some have such an intense hatred of them? I don't care all that much either way, but sometimes I like them (almost always prefer a bit of texture). I've read some pretty strong opinions concerning them around these parts and elsewhere...


Fine with the uneven edges, but on paperbacks they usually come along with french flaps which are the goddamn worst for reading/holding the first and last 100 pages.
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Postby madness and chaos » Tue Mar 20, 2018 12:48 am

this and the richard lloyd book are BOTH WORTH THE READS if you didn't see the ebook thread

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Postby forest design » Tue Mar 20, 2018 1:01 am

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forest design wrote:I was gonna make a thread, but it's probably more appropriately a question for you folk - why do so many people hate deckle edges? Is it the antiquated scrumpiness that motivates many publishers to produce them? I can understand that, I suppose, but are there less emotional reasons for why some have such an intense hatred of them? I don't care all that much either way, but sometimes I like them (almost always prefer a bit of texture). I've read some pretty strong opinions concerning them around these parts and elsewhere...


Fine with the uneven edges, but on paperbacks they usually come along with french flaps which are the goddamn worst for reading/holding the first and last 100 pages.



Generally agree with this. Feel similarly about dust jackets on hardcovers, though obviously there's an workaround with them.
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Postby quilty » Tue Mar 20, 2018 1:24 am

i don't use bookmarks and deckled edges makes it harder to flip the pages quickly to find my spot

, in addition to the pointless scrumpiness
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Postby forest design » Tue Mar 20, 2018 1:59 am

Hm. Why don't you use bookmarks? Who doesn't use bookmarks?
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Postby Kenny » Tue Mar 20, 2018 6:44 am

Deckled or not would make 0% impact on whether I'd buy a book or not, but what value do deckled edges bring? They only seem to make using a book harder (page turning) and the only value I can think is that it looks more homemade/scrump
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