Henry Green can be like that but when it clicks finally, it's kind of thrilling.― Cuius regio, eius radicchio (Michael White), Thursday, August 18, 2011 7:04 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Cuius regio, eius radicchio (Michael White), Thursday, August 18, 2011 7:04 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
haha this has turned out to be otm.
― caek, Sunday, 28 August 2011 14:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
another nice NYRB nonfiction is "the bog people"
― mr peabody (moonship journey to baja), Sunday, 28 August 2011 16:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
ive been dipping in and out of "when the world spoke french" which is nice and has a lot of primary sources but seems to lose some of its impact due to... not being in french
― max, Monday, 29 August 2011 20:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
anyone besides Michael White read The Unpossessed?
― Anakin Ska Walker (AKA Skarth Vader) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 19 September 2011 17:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Thought about it, but no, not yet.
― When I Stop Meming (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 19 September 2011 17:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
was not able to finish. too bawdy for my taste.
― mr peabody (moonship journey to baja), Monday, 19 September 2011 17:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
Fwiw, I'm presently reading 'Quand l'Europe parlait français'.
― em vee equals pea queue (Michael White), Monday, 19 September 2011 17:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
"bawdy" ooh la la!
― Anakin Ska Walker (AKA Skarth Vader) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 19 September 2011 17:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
It was just bawdy enough for me as I recall.
― em vee equals pea queue (Michael White), Monday, 19 September 2011 17:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Elizabeth Hardwick introduction + similarities to my beloved Dawn Powell = easy sell
― Anakin Ska Walker (AKA Skarth Vader) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 19 September 2011 17:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
I enjoyed it, Alfred.
― em vee equals pea queue (Michael White), Monday, 19 September 2011 17:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just read the NYRB collection of Elizabeth Hardwick's stories, which was really excellent (although the last few were a bit too similar stylistically to be best enjoyed all read together).
― not bulimic, just a cat (James Morrison), Monday, 19 September 2011 23:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just picked up the Theophile Gautier book, My Fantoms.
― Work Hard, Flunky! (R Baez), Monday, 19 September 2011 23:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Read the first few stories in the collection James M just mentioned and yes, they were all aces
― When I Stop Meming (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 00:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Which I probably said upthread in exactly the same words
― When I Stop Meming (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 00:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
Maybe it was another thread
― When I Stop Meming (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 01:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
I just got this from the library.
― tokyo rosemary, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 04:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
the recent run of titles over the last month has been so excellent. i guess it was in one of the 'what are you reading' threads and not here but i also wanted to thank ilb for mentioning albert cossery which lead me to pick up the latest one theyve published, 'proud beggars'.
― 0010101 (Lamp), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 22:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
considering signing up for this: http://www.nybooks.com/books/imprints/classics/the-nyrb-book-club/
― max, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 22:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
i shoulda got it for my girlfriend for christmas or something
i finished "red shift" a little bit ago and loved it, absolutely fantastic
been dipping in and out of the dwight macdonald collection too, kinda hit and miss but most is very good
just picked up this one: http://www.nybooks.com/books/imprints/classics/fatale/ and this one: http://www.nybooks.com/books/imprints/classics/stones-of-aran-pilgrimage/
on the "to buy and read" list: letter killers, hav, ice trilogy, three christs
― max, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 22:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Looking forward to the upcoming Store of the Worlds: The Stories of Robert Sheckley
― WATERMELON MAYNE aka the seed driver (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 22:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
i am very tempted by that but theres also at least one release each month i have zero interest in... idk might still sign up anyway.
lol ive read everything on your 'to buy and read' list. 'letter killers club' is the sort of thing im tempted to force on ppl at parties w a desperate and wild 'you have to read this' i liked it so much. i have the dwight macdonald collection but i havent started it yet. hit or miss is a good way of describing 'growing up absurd' which i more wanted to like than really enjoyed? i mean mostly i just wanted to mail it to hoos so he could stop reading like hayek and richard florida or w/e but i figure hes probably already read it.
ive also got 'the enchanted april' and 'mr. fortune' laying around unread.
― 0010101 (Lamp), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 22:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol we need to intervene with hoos and all his libertarian girlfriends
― max, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 22:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
Red Shift is awesome
Have just got Letter Killers and Hav. Three Christs is very interesting but ultimately too long
Didn't know about the Sheckley--that is great!!!
― Not only dermatologists hate her (James Morrison), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 22:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
i suppose i didnt mention on this thread but c.v. wedgwood's 30 years war is an NYRB book and boy is it good, cracking good i would say
― max, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 22:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
got Red Shift for my sister, kinda wish i'd gotten it for my girlfriend instead so there'd be a copy close at hand
― JoeStork, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 23:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
what is letter killers actually about? i added to my amazon basket a while ago because i liked the title ( + probably because one of the last things i read in nyrb wz 'the post office girl', and there was a subliminal connection there ) and i have no idea
oh my god the red shift you're talking about is the alan garner novel!! that is so weird
― thomp, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 00:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
do they reproduce the secret message inside the covers??
― thomp, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 00:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
what is letter killers actually about?
its one of krzhizhanovsky's strange allegories stretched out uncomfortably long - its about a group of artists who decide to create basically conceptual art projects and then instead of making them describe them to one another at club meetings, leaving no trace in order to preserve their purity and integrity. its sort of 'about' the impossibility of art under the soviets, i think? but theres a bunch of stuff abt the club members and moscow in the 20s and its really really good
― bohumil (harbl) (Lamp), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 00:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
it doesnt really match the heights of mania, clarity and despair that the best few stories from 'memories of the future' reach but its still p incredible and thoughtful and idk perceptive? gah i want to do it justice but im too fanish abt it, i think...
― bohumil (harbl) (Lamp), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 00:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
i have never read or heard of krzhizhanovsky otherwise -- that does sound kind of awesome though -- i suspect soviet era fiction is my favourite thing i know almost nothing about -- oy
― thomp, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 00:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
― thomp, Tuesday, January 3, 2012 7:33 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yes!
― max, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 01:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
it seems so weird that that could be a book that could need specialist republishing, or even go out of print
― thomp, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 01:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
I know--in the UK it's pretty much constantly in print (though as a children's book)
― Not only dermatologists hate her (James Morrison), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 22:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
it might be a little "dark" for US kids? i dunno
― max, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 22:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
that being said i liked it at a lot at 26, probably would have liked it even more at 13
i think it's probably too "dark" for US parents, kids like all kinds of dark stuff
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 22:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
i haven't read it, just assuming based on context
sorry yeah thats what i meant
― max, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 23:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
also i think it assumes/requires a certain baseline of knowledge about england and the english civil war that american kids wont have
― max, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 23:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
god, warlock is so good
― JoeStork, Sunday, 12 February 2012 03:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
Can someone tell me where I can find these books again?
― Only the RONG Survive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2012 03:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
where do you usually find books?
― President Keyes, Sunday, 12 February 2012 04:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
There's a place called Book Court on Court Street in Cobble Hill that I go to now and again, I wonder if they might have a volume or two.
― Only the RONG Survive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2012 06:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.nybooks.com/books/wintersale/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Winter+Sale+2012&utm_content=Winter+Sale+2012+Version+B+CID_4e5028b3d486472c305c3d2b5cfb5a71&utm_source=Email+marketing+software&utm_term=Shop+Now
― inspector george gentlyfallingblood (c sharp major), Saturday, 25 February 2012 14:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
I love this series.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 25 February 2012 14:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
spent way too much money on that sale yesterday :-/ also i appear to have signed myself up for the six month subscription
― max, Saturday, 25 February 2012 14:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just about all of Victor Serge now in print
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 25 February 2012 15:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
i went to city lights when i visited SF last month and they've got a whole section devoted to these. had trouble restraining myself from buying 10 of them.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 25 February 2012 19:55 (1 year ago) Permalink