Finished Frankenstein last night. Read it for my Victorian Monsters senior seminar class but it was on my pile of books to read anyway. Not too bad. Has the bad Victorian habit of giving nearly every character a deep back story and using a lot of exclamation points when they speak. I was a bit thrown off by how much and how eloquently the creature spoke. But worth a read.
I'm now on to Mingering Mike, a book which I received from our own Chris L as my Secret Santa present last year. Interesting stuff - here's an intro if you don't know the saga.
Do the FOT like Paul Auster? I'm a big fan of city of glass.
Quote from: icepants on August 23, 2009, 04:10:05 PMDo the FOT like Paul Auster? I'm a big fan of city of glass.City of Glass is phenomenal. I'm also a fan of the movie he did, Smoke although it's obviously not in the same league.
I just finished The Crying of Lot 49, and I liked it, but man, if that's his most accessible book... hoo boy!
Quote from: dave from knoxville on August 31, 2009, 03:35:00 PMI am reading Stanislaw Lem's "Mortal Engines", but I am NOT a nerd!I read Solaris a long time ago. Pretty mind-altering stuff!
I am reading Stanislaw Lem's "Mortal Engines", but I am NOT a nerd!
Quote from: kittykittymeowmixhead on August 31, 2009, 05:44:32 PMQuote from: dave from knoxville on August 31, 2009, 03:35:00 PMI am reading Stanislaw Lem's "Mortal Engines", but I am NOT a nerd!I read Solaris a long time ago. Pretty mind-altering stuff!The movie (Tartovsky one) is not too shabby, either.
Quote from: Steve of Bloomington on September 03, 2009, 11:27:32 AMQuote from: kittykittymeowmixhead on August 31, 2009, 05:44:32 PMQuote from: dave from knoxville on August 31, 2009, 03:35:00 PMI am reading Stanislaw Lem's "Mortal Engines", but I am NOT a nerd!I read Solaris a long time ago. Pretty mind-altering stuff!The movie (Tartovsky one) is not too shabby, either.Ha! Me and a friend were just discussing the differences between the book and the Tarkovsky film. Weird.And nerdy.
Let The Right One In. It's pretty damned impressive.
Quote from: Pat K on September 01, 2009, 09:44:59 AMQuote from: icepants on August 23, 2009, 04:10:05 PMDo the FOT like Paul Auster? I'm a big fan of city of glass.City of Glass is phenomenal. I'm also a fan of the movie he did, Smoke although it's obviously not in the same league.I liked City of Glass, too. I liked David Mazzuchelli's comic book adaptation even better though. The rest of Auster's books haven't done much for me.