what are you reading now?

[...]

I going to get really into Dickens too. I like the idea of getting into him and constantly telling craner he's better than Balzac.

My friend Elspeth already did that 15 years ago. It's been done.

 

[luka]

sounds like it's due for a revival

 

[Corpsey]

I started reading "Hard Times" just to see what it was like and it turned out what it was like was like the best thing ever written.

 

[luka]

Ing-Lund!

 

[catalog]

Ive got bleak house on my list. Nothing else by dickens tho, and i wont be reading it anytime soon i dont think, unless a copy fall.s into my hands

 

[Mr. Tea]

"Bleak house" sounds like it'd be some k-punk-approved micro-genre.

 

[Leo]

bleak house would be a great dance music genre, mournful beats with Ian curtis-type vocal samples. sign me up.

 

[version]

I read Hard Times in school and the only thing I can remember is the name Gradgrind.

 

[Mr. Tea]

I read Hard Times in school and the only thing I can remember is the name Gradgrind.

This is where Rowling gets her procedure for naming characters from, isn't it? Everyone in Slytherin is called something like Laetitia Spyte while all the Gryffindors are called Tommy Holsum or whatever.

 

[catalog]

Reading anything in school is enough to put you off for life. I read 1984 and the sight of a copy now makes me gip

 

[catalog]

There was this genre of house called outsider house, which sounded likeit might be up my street, but it turned out it wasnt

 

[version]

This is where Rowling gets her procedure for naming characters from, isn't it? Everyone in Slytherin is called something like Laetitia Spyte while all the Gryffindors are called Tommy Holsum or whatever.

Neville Longbottom.

 

[Mr. Tea]

Neville Longbottom.

The loser's loser.

 

[Mr. Tea]

ngl, "Laetita Spyte" would be an excellent name for a porn star.

 

[Mr. Tea]

There was this genre of house called outsider house, which sounded likeit might be up my street, but it turned out it wasnt

The thing is, describing anything as "outsider" automatically marks you down as an insider, so it's clearly impossible to deliberately set out to make "outsider" anything.

 

[version]

ngl, "Laetita Spyte" would be an excellent name for a porn star.

So would Neville Longbottom.

 

[Mr. Tea]

So would Neville Longbottom.

Ha!

Actually, wasn't there a minor character in the books called "Luna Lovegood"? That can't really be so close to "Linda Lovelace" as to be accidental, can it?

 

[Mr. Tea]

Harry Potter-themed porn star names. This is it. This is the real cool shit, right now.

 

[version]

There's a conspiracy theory that "Gilderoy Lockhart" is a subtle nod to Gilles De Rais.

 

[catalog]

anyone read hari kunzru? he was in ccru right? this sounds pretty shit but the title is from ballsack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gods_Without_Men