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 Dec 10 2006, 03:46 PM
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Ah, Delerium is from Sandman, yes?
-------------------- "Hey, did anyone ever think Sylvia Plath wasn't crazy, maybe she was just cold? " (Lorelai Gilmore) |
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Dec 10 2006, 03:42 PM
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According to an interview with Tori, Delirium was the character based on her. "Neil thinks I'm really crazy! He has this girl saying things like, 'Suppose there was ice cream in really weird flavors, like chicken or telephone' "
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Dec 10 2006, 06:12 AM
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The artist now known as I don't give a shit. Posts: 4,053 |
Neverwhere was fantastic! Oh, and can any of you Gaiman fans tell me whether Door is the character who is based on Tori Amos? mando, how are you getting on with it?
Now reading Evelyn Waugh's The Loved One (based in a Hollywood funeral home and a satire on the (then) Anglo-American cultural divide). So, book-lovers, what books (if any) are you giving this Christmas or hoping to receive? I'm holding out for Gaiman's back catalogue and I'm giving Scottish books to my s-i-l living in Vancouver, a beautiful copy of Peter Pan to a friend, the Harry Potter audio books for my lil sis and the Penguin boxset of Sherlock Holmes for the boy (re-issued in the classic orange and cream cover) amongst others. -------------------- "Hey, did anyone ever think Sylvia Plath wasn't crazy, maybe she was just cold? " (Lorelai Gilmore) |
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Dec 7 2006, 12:13 PM
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 Most Likely Procrastinating Posts: 2,534 From: shangri-l.a. |
i didn't LOOOOOOVE middlesex but i certainly enjoyed it.
i should read proust again. i've only ever read swann's way and it was a while ago. and pynchon's on my list. oh, so many things are on my list..... re: spam--regardless of whether it's harmful or not, i still get pissed off on principle by someone coming in here, making no introductory posts at all or bothering to get to know and understand the crazy internet microcosm that is the bust boards, posting the same plug in six different threads, and then disappearing. if femmespeak comes back to have a discussion about this, i'll revise my stance, but for now, i'm saying it's spam and i'm miffed. -------------------- jam out with your clam out
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Dec 7 2006, 09:05 AM
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The artist now known as I don't give a shit. Posts: 4,053 |
The only Pynchon I've read so far is The Crying of Lot 49, which was messed up but very good, I would like to read some more and have V and Gravity's Rainbow on the bookshelves.
Still loving Neverwhere and dipping in and out of the first two volumes of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time (going to a Proust reading group tomorrow). -------------------- "Hey, did anyone ever think Sylvia Plath wasn't crazy, maybe she was just cold? " (Lorelai Gilmore) |
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Dec 7 2006, 08:58 AM
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I just bought Thomas Pynchon's new book Against the Day and started reading it. I just love Pynchon. This book is 1000+ pages so it's gonna take me forever, but that's ok, the longer I can live in TP's crazy world.
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Dec 7 2006, 06:31 AM
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The artist now known as I don't give a shit. Posts: 4,053 |
COCL, that is a very good point - it's not offensive or harmful.
maryjo, I am glad there are two of us, at least! It was disappointing. -------------------- "Hey, did anyone ever think Sylvia Plath wasn't crazy, maybe she was just cold? " (Lorelai Gilmore) |
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Dec 6 2006, 09:21 PM
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Bunny, is it wrong that I am kind of glad I'm not the only bustie who wasn't blown away by Middlesex?
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Dec 6 2006, 08:00 PM
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they featured Girlistic on Feministing. It's a good read, and I don't think it's spam, per se.
and besides, better pro-fem spam than spam telling us to go to hell. |
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Dec 6 2006, 02:08 PM
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The artist now known as I don't give a shit. Posts: 4,053 |
yeah, I noticed that too and now upset as thought my favourite thread was getting some action!
eventually finished Middlesex: um, it's not the best book I've ever read. Parts of it were great but I found it dragged a lot and I prefer The Virgin Suicides. now reading Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere and it's fantastic and shaping up to be better than American Gods (or different, at least. I have an attachment to Shadow which reminds me: in which volume of short stories is Shadow's "sequel"?) -------------------- "Hey, did anyone ever think Sylvia Plath wasn't crazy, maybe she was just cold? " (Lorelai Gilmore) |
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Dec 6 2006, 11:44 AM
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Most Likely Procrastinating Posts: 2,534 From: shangri-l.a. |
psst. girlistic actually looks half decent but all 6 of femmespeak's posts are plugs for it. beware, spammer.
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Dec 6 2006, 09:58 AM
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 Hardcore BUSTie Posts: 101 From: Pittsburgh, PA |
I just downloaded Girlistic, too. And, then sent the link to all my friends. It looks great! Thanks, femme.
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Dec 6 2006, 09:57 AM
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 Hardcore BUSTie Posts: 2,134 From: jersey |
thanks for that link, femme. i've never seen that mag before. on first look it seems a bit basic, but i look forward to checkin' it out.
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Dec 5 2006, 05:06 PM
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I'm reading Girlistic Magazine. Feminist, free, and immediate access. Can't top it.
-------------------- Did someone just open a can of spam?
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Nov 28 2006, 04:44 PM
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 Hardcore BUSTie Posts: 165 From: Midwest |
Right now I'm reading Forever Barbie by M.G. Lord. Didn't we used to have a barbie thread, like, years ago? I remember many of admitted to Barbie swapping more than clothes with Midge.
My Barbies were all straight. Unfortunately for them, my Kens weren't. -------------------- Standing in the middle of life with my pants behind me.
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Nov 27 2006, 06:05 PM
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I might be 10 years behind but I just finished The Sandman epic by Neil Gaiman. I was shocked at how much I loved it. I adored it. I devoured it in two weeks, and will be rereading it again soon. Such a good yarn, and I am not one for fantasy/mythology except for a few books from my youth.
And I have such a raging crush on Dream. Everyone's crazy for Death, but no. I like mine tall, dark and skeletor appparently. Just call me Dingus of the Endless. |
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Nov 27 2006, 05:18 PM
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Glad you liked it, supersci!
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Nov 27 2006, 03:22 PM
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Hardcore BUSTie Posts: 101 From: Pittsburgh, PA |
I just finished Trumpet by Jackie Kay (thanks to mj for the recommendation). I loved it. It's obviously (loosely) based on Billy Tipton's life, but it's more a story of love and loss and longing, and how we never really know another person, regardless of how close we are. Good stuff.
Just started Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential. It's interesting, but I find him pretty annoying. But, it'll be a quick read. Next up: one of the 12 library books I currently have checked out. |
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Nov 27 2006, 12:12 PM
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Dragon Velocity Posts: 1,044 From: Rattland |
Yeah, I think it fits into the category of "cannot just read this straight through, need to dip in"
the way some do. -------------------- Lion-hearted
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Nov 27 2006, 12:06 PM
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oh, I don't disagree with Pirsig's ideas. I just didn't like his prose. There were good bits, but... I never could work through it.
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