what are you reading now?

IdleRich

IdleRich

IdleRich
william_kent said:
yes.. it's volume one of the baroque cycle, the one you bought the other week is volume two, and the one you haven't got yet is volume three ( The System of the World ) - but the structure is even more convoluted than that, and it's too confusing to go into that, so my question to you would be - is this version of Qucksilver about 900 pages long?

also, The Baroque Cycle is a prequel to Cryptonomicon, but you don't really have to read that first...
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926 pages.
I've read Cryptonomicon
 
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IdleRich said:
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i've only read the Bellow but have Life and Fate on my TBR pile.

I have got the final volume of a fantasy trilogy to read - i read the first in the series because it was by a writer - Alex Pheby - who had written a book based on Lucia Joyce that i had enjoyed. So when the second came out i thought, why not read that - i didnt realise it was a trilogy - now i have to read the third to complete the story - problem is that it is so convoluted i cannot remember much - fortunately it has a precis at the start of this volume - the summary is 20 pages long ffs. It just reminded me why this not my kind of genre - so much plot
 
IdleRich

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This is that Mordew thing right? I read the first one but... I dunno, saw the second one for sale at the weekebd but didn’t get it. Like you I don't recall the first one that well and I didn't love it enough to try and re-engage.
 
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jenks said:
Anyway, back to books. Just finished Brian by Jeremy Cooper - a very odd book about a lonely bloke who becomes a film buff, obsessively going to the BFI in London - it’s as much a meditation on a small life as it is about film. I found it disconcerting, a bit clunky but it had something which worked.
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Obviously not aimed at you, but just read it and thought it was one of the worst books I've read since 2020. Baffled by the rave reviews. I actually hate it, lol.
 
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hmmmm cant say i was in love with Thompson's pop 1280.... its quite rugged and unabashed in its violent nature, and i wont exactly say the author has contempt for its characters and the south as a whole, but the writing certainly gave me contempt for the south.... i will read killer inside me soon..... for now I will be starting zen and the art of motorcycle maintenence..... a rec from mr suspended
 
IdleRich

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Really? Good.
What's that film with that guy going around Brighton with a weird spider puppet in his suitcase.... it feels like a homage or maybe not that strong but it seems to reference that book somehow.
 
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Started Dave Keenan's collection of music pieces - mainly culled from The Wire, I think. Volcanic Tongue - i like his slightly hopped up style but i know it's not for everyone. Also got my hands on a ARC of the new Penman on Satie - i know a number of you are deeply allergic to him but i like his stuff and I like Satie - got into him via Toop's Ocean of Sound - probably the music book that has had the most influence on my listening.
 
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