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ThReads Must Roll: the new, improved rolling fantasy, science fiction, speculative fiction &c. thread [Started by fgtbaoutit (James Redd and the Blecchs) in November 2014, last updated one minute ago by scott seward] 21 new answers
ILB Gripped the Steps and Other Stories. What Are You Reading Now, Spring 2017 [Started by And Run Into It And Blecch It (James Redd and the Blecchs) in April 2017, last updated eighteen hours ago by dow] 25 new answers

Last on Friday, 23 June 2017 13:08

Who will be the next American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature? [Started by Mark Klobas in May 2005, last updated yesterday by jmm] 45 new answers
London ILB - FAP? [Started by accentmonkey (accentmonkey) in May 2004, last updated yesterday by the pinefox] 3 new answers

Last on Thursday, 22 June 2017 02:41

Nu-ILB: What books have you purchased lately? [Started by Aimless in March 2007, last updated two days ago by Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana)] 8 new answers

Last on Wednesday, 21 June 2017 21:54

What desperately unfashionable writers do you really like? [Started by as verbose and purple as a Peter Ustinov made of plums (James Morrison) in January 2016, last updated three days ago by (The Other) J.D. (J.D.)] 86 new answers

Last on Monday, 12 June 2017 01:34

When Author X was Compared to Author Y by Author Z [Started by Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Hamletmachine (James Redd and the Blecchs) in October 2009, last updated one week ago by Guidonian Handsworth Revolution (James Redd and the Blecchs)]

Last on Sunday, 11 June 2017 20:23

Len Deighton - ripe for rehabilitation? [Started by DV (dirtyvicar) in August 2004, last updated one week ago by There's got to be a Corbyn after (Noodle Vague)]

Last on Saturday, 10 June 2017 03:33

ILB: Post your canonical covers here [Started by Cry for a Shadow Blaster (James Redd and the Blecchs) in June 2016, last updated two weeks ago by j.]

Last on Thursday, 8 June 2017 02:24

2666 poll [Started by congratulations (n/a) in January 2009, last updated two weeks ago by j.] POLL results

Last on Monday, 5 June 2017 16:55

middlemarch [Started by j. in June 2014, last updated two weeks ago by Federico Boswarlos]

Last on Tuesday, 30 May 2017 08:26

DSKY-DSKY Him Sad: Official ILB Thread For The Heroic Age of Manned Spaceflight [Started by Give 'Em Enough Rope Mother (James Redd and the Blecchs) in June 2015, last updated three weeks ago by heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara)]

Last on Monday, 29 May 2017 18:11

Sports Books [Started by MikeyG (MikeyG) in January 2004, last updated three weeks ago by dow]
Karl Ove Knausgård - Min kamp [Started by nostormo in March 2014, last updated three weeks ago by Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda)]

Last on Sunday, 28 May 2017 01:43

an urgent request for ann - re: denis johnson. [Started by griffin doome in December 2003, last updated three weeks ago by albvivertine]

Last on Friday, 26 May 2017 05:55

words that you only ever read in science fiction [Started by TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand) in September 2013, last updated four weeks ago by The Pickety 33⅓ Policeman (James Redd and the Blecchs)]

Last on Wednesday, 24 May 2017 23:06

Rolling Contemporary Poetry [Started by markers in October 2010, last updated one month ago by the ghost of markers]
NYRB Publishing [Started by Le présent se dégrade, d'abord en histoire, puis en (Michael White) in July 2009, last updated one month ago by Bernie Lugg (Ward Fowler)]

Last on Sunday, 21 May 2017 15:03

a kind of simulation but better than the real thing ever was - the Tom McCarthy thread [Started by the too encumbered madman (GamalielRatsey) in September 2010, last updated one month ago by the pinefox]

Last on Saturday, 20 May 2017 19:17

edward gibbon's "the decline & fall of the roman empire": C/D? [Started by J.D. (Justyn Dillingham) in August 2006, last updated one month ago by The Remoans of the May (Noodle Vague)]

Last on Friday, 19 May 2017 00:44

Heavy Hitters #2: Emily Dickinson v Walt Whitman [Started by decent skinsmanship (Michael B) in November 2010, last updated one month ago by o. nate] POLL results

Last on Wednesday, 17 May 2017 22:33

ray kurzweil's 'the singularity is near' & any other technological singularity-related books you might care about [Started by tom west (thomp) in February 2006, last updated one month ago by Rimsky-Koskenkorva (Øystein)]

Last on Thursday, 11 May 2017 23:44

Thomas Hardy - Search and Destroy [Started by Alfred, Lord Sotosyn in October 2008, last updated one month ago by the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)]

Last on Saturday, 6 May 2017 18:56

Spring and All 2k16 / what are you reading now? [Started by one way street in March 2016, last updated one month ago by Tim]

Last on Wednesday, 3 May 2017 19:18

G.K. Chesterton... [Started by The Second Drummer Drowned (Atila the Honeybun) in March 2004, last updated one month ago by ledge]

Last on Sunday, 30 April 2017 15:46

silverfish! [Started by in a soylent whey (wins) in April 2017, last updated one month ago by new noise]

Last on Saturday, 29 April 2017 20:12

London Review of Books [Started by ornamental cabbage (James Morrison) in December 2013, last updated one month ago by xyzzzz__]

Last on Friday, 28 April 2017 09:39

William Gaddis, c/d? [Started by n/a (Nick A.) in October 2005, last updated one month ago by briscall stool chart (wins)]

Last on Wednesday, 26 April 2017 00:50

TS Heavy Hitters Poll #1: Yeats vs. Shakespeare [Started by in which we apologize for sobering up (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved) in May 2010, last updated one month ago by k3vin k.] POLL results

Last on Tuesday, 25 April 2017 23:49

books of the Ancient World - search/destroy [Started by DV (dirtyvicar) in October 2005, last updated one month ago by Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison)]

Last on Monday, 24 April 2017 15:13

Irish Novelists I Should Read [Started by scott seward in January 2016, last updated two months ago by briscall stool chart (wins)]

Last on Thursday, 20 April 2017 03:14

Identify this book [Started by Caenis (Caenis) in April 2004, last updated two months ago by koogs]

Last on Wednesday, 19 April 2017 20:02

This Be The Pocket Universe: Post Here When You Realize Or Are Reminded That An SF Title Is From The Canon Of English Poetry [Started by Archaic Buster Poindexter, Live At The Apollo (James Redd and the Blecchs) in July 2015, last updated two months ago by koogs]
The Mysteries of J.D. Salinger [Started by the bellefox in April 2005, last updated two months ago by On Some Faraday Beach (Le Bateau Ivre)]

Last on Tuesday, 18 April 2017 15:57

a stephen king poll [Started by paradiastole, or the currifauel, otherwise called (thomp) in September 2012, last updated two months ago by The Thnig] POLL results

Last on Monday, 17 April 2017 21:50

where lies the strangling fruit...Area X - The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer [Started by scott seward in April 2015, last updated two months ago by the late great]

Last on Wednesday, 12 April 2017 04:50

POLL: Names in Icelandic Sagas [Started by a little too mature to be cute (Aimless) in April 2017, last updated two months ago by a little too mature to be cute (Aimless)] POLL results

Last on Monday, 10 April 2017 21:33

I'm back with a HUGE PILE OF ITALIAN BOOKS!!!!! [Started by Ann Sterzinger (Ann Sterzinger) in March 2005, last updated two months ago by xyzzzz__]
Elena Ferrante - The Neapolitan Novels [Started by xyzzzz__ in October 2014, last updated two months ago by xyzzzz__]

Last on Thursday, 6 April 2017 01:51

david foster wallace - is he a cunt? [Started by jerry curl in March 2005, last updated two months ago by Treeship]

Last on Tuesday, 4 April 2017 09:22

Ann Quin and... [Started by xyzzzz__ in May 2008, last updated two months ago by Bill Teeters (Tom D.)]

Last on Sunday, 2 April 2017 16:53

A Model TrILBY; or, What Are You Reading Now, Winter 2016/17 [Started by The Magnificent Galileo Seven (James Redd and the Blecchs) in December 2016, last updated two months ago by And Run Into It And Blecch It (James Redd and the Blecchs)]
Samuel Delany [Started by Julio Desouza (jdesouza) in January 2004, last updated two months ago by Οὖτις]

Last on Friday, 24 March 2017 17:19

Redshifted In Memphis: Thread for a discussion of books about science or its history aimed at a general audience but not playing to the crowd [Started by Bo Diddley Is A Threadkiller (James Redd and the Blecchs) in May 2014, last updated three months ago by alimosina]
Tell Me About John Crowley [Started by MsLaura in January 2008, last updated three months ago by chip n dale recuse rangers (Jon not Jon)]

Last on Thursday, 23 March 2017 13:45

Fernando Pessoa. [Started by peter thomas (thomp) in May 2006, last updated three months ago by Le Bateau Ivre]

Last on Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:09

Bookstands, reading posture, etc [Started by Chuck_Tatum in March 2017, last updated three months ago by Chuck_Tatum]

Last on Sunday, 12 March 2017 07:18

Wacky names in fiction [Started by Zelda Zonk in January 2010, last updated three months ago by Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük)]

Last on Tuesday, 7 March 2017 00:55

non-77 thread for my epic novel [Started by an uptempo Pop/Hip Hop mentality (imago) in March 2017, last updated three months ago by Return of the Flustered Bootle Native (Tom D.)]

Last on Friday, 3 March 2017 18:04

$900 Grandmothers aka Out Of Print Book Price Sticker Shock: Post Yr Links Here [Started by You Play The Redd And The Blecch Comes Up (James Redd and the Blecchs) in April 2015, last updated three months ago by “Yeah. Huh, thanks.” (los blue jeans)]

Last on Thursday, 2 March 2017 13:59

Laszlo Krasznahorkai [Started by nice email (uh oh I'm having a fantasy) in October 2009, last updated three months ago by wmlynch]

Last on Sunday, 26 February 2017 17:50

Book/Lit Blogs [Started by August (August) in February 2004, last updated three months ago by The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski)]

Last on Tuesday, 21 February 2017 17:37

novels written by poets [Started by flopson in September 2016, last updated four months ago by a little too mature to be cute (Aimless)]

Last on Monday, 20 February 2017 19:30

Rolling Contemporary Literary Fiction [Started by ksh in July 2010, last updated four months ago by flopson]
Joan Didion [Started by horseshoe in November 2007, last updated four months ago by dow]

Last on Sunday, 19 February 2017 02:14

gerard manley hopkins. [Started by cozen (Cozen) in April 2005, last updated four months ago by imago]

Last on Tuesday, 14 February 2017 00:49

the rights of the reader [Started by j. in February 2017, last updated four months ago by schrute dwyte (unregistered)] POLL results

Last on Friday, 10 February 2017 12:13

george saunders [Started by cutty (mcutt) in September 2005, last updated four months ago by calstars]

Last on Thursday, 2 February 2017 14:03

Paul Auster [Started by Revivalist (Revivalist) in October 2006, last updated four months ago by mookieproof]

Last on Friday, 27 January 2017 15:07

Tell Me About Harry Mathews [Started by emil.y (emil.y) in January 2007, last updated four months ago by his eye is on despair-o (Jon not Jon)]
Javier Marìas [Started by Bed (Bed) in September 2004, last updated four months ago by just sayin]

Last on Wednesday, 25 January 2017 09:37

a thread for b.s. johnson, christine brooke-rose, ann quin, alan burns, [Started by thomp in April 2012, last updated four months ago by Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.)]

Last on Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:22

what did you read in 2016? [Started by one way street in December 2016, last updated five months ago by flopson]

Last on Wednesday, 4 January 2017 23:50

What do you do with books you never want to read again? [Started by Vermont Girl (Vermont Girl) in March 2004, last updated five months ago by j.]

Last on Tuesday, 3 January 2017 04:52

Taking sides: One book at a time vs. multiple books on the go [Started by jed_ (jed) in May 2006, last updated five months ago by The Magnificent Galileo Seven (James Redd and the Blecchs)]

Last on Monday, 2 January 2017 13:53

Michael Hofmann: poet, translator, critic [Started by The "5" Astronomer Royales (James Redd and the Blecchs) in September 2014, last updated five months ago by The Magnificent Galileo Seven (James Redd and the Blecchs)]

Last on Saturday, 31 December 2016 22:26

thomas mann's "the magic mountain" [Started by J.D. (Justyn Dillingham) in March 2006, last updated five months ago by The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)]
The Decline and Fall 2016 of gILBert the fILBert: What Are You Reading Now? [Started by Berberian Begins at Home (James Redd and the Blecchs) in September 2016, last updated five months ago by The Magnificent Galileo Seven (James Redd and the Blecchs)]

Last on Friday, 30 December 2016 03:20

for Pynchon fans -- advice please [Started by Docpacey (docpacey) in October 2006, last updated five months ago by sleeve]

Last on Monday, 26 December 2016 23:52

Muriel Spark RIP [Started by scott seward (scott seward) in April 2006, last updated five months ago by flopson]
so i started gravity's rainbow the other day [Started by John (jdahlem) in January 2005, last updated five months ago by j.]

Last on Thursday, 22 December 2016 19:59

Create a Super-ILBer! [Started by Stars on 45, Where Are You? (James Redd and the Blecchs) in December 2016, last updated six months ago by Stars on 45, Where Are You? (James Redd and the Blecchs)]
great gatsby? [Started by Karen in May 2006, last updated six months ago by j.]

Last on Tuesday, 20 December 2016 18:49

Cornel West [Started by djdee2005 in August 2004, last updated six months ago by Treeship]

Last on Monday, 19 December 2016 06:28

Memoirs and Autobiographies: S & D [Started by Charles Dexter (Holey) in March 2004, last updated six months ago by j.]

Last on Sunday, 18 December 2016 16:36

what all did you read in 2015 [Started by johnny crunch in December 2015, last updated six months ago by one way street]

Last on Saturday, 17 December 2016 00:19

Which book do I read on my Xmas break ILB? [Started by xyzzzz__ in December 2016, last updated six months ago by harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver)] POLL results

Last on Thursday, 15 December 2016 01:59

literary twitter feeds good and bad [Started by mark s in August 2016, last updated six months ago by mark s]

Last on Sunday, 11 December 2016 16:17

Search/Destroy Every Nobel Prize Winner For Literature [Started by scott seward in October 2016, last updated six months ago by Supercreditor (Dr Morbius)]

Last on Saturday, 10 December 2016 06:28

Neal Stephenson: Cryptonomicon & more... [Started by spittle (spittle) in February 2004, last updated six months ago by koogs]

Last on Tuesday, 6 December 2016 22:34

Which Translators do you Trust? [Started by xyzzzz__ in September 2009, last updated six months ago by Chuck_Tatum]

Last on Thursday, 1 December 2016 00:25

Are there any books you re-read frequently? [Started by a little too mature to be cute (Aimless) in November 2016, last updated six months ago by I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison)]

Last on Wednesday, 30 November 2016 11:22

Roddy Doyle [Started by Ismael Klata in August 2013, last updated six months ago by Neptune Bingo (Michael B)]

Last on Tuesday, 29 November 2016 22:10

Sam Lipsyte [Started by freakshore in August 2005, last updated six months ago by flappy bird]

Last on Monday, 28 November 2016 08:34

Are there any books you recommend often? [Started by a little too mature to be cute (Aimless) in November 2016, last updated six months ago by attention vampire (MatthewK)]

Last on Thursday, 24 November 2016 14:40

Prose works by Playwrights [Started by xyzzzz__ in November 2010, last updated seven months ago by Daniel_Rf]

Last on Wednesday, 23 November 2016 23:34

Prose works by poets [Started by xyzzzz__ in August 2009, last updated seven months ago by xyzzzz__]

Last on Monday, 21 November 2016 20:08

Herman Melville-The Confidence Man [Started by Local Garda in July 2009, last updated seven months ago by The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)]

Last on Sunday, 20 November 2016 21:33

A A Gill, Classic or Dud? [Started by Michael White in March 2008, last updated seven months ago by I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison)]
Is J. Alfred Prufrock insecure? [Started by a student in April 2005, last updated seven months ago by a little too mature to be cute (Aimless)]
Random homework googler memorial thread [Started by Casuistry (Chris P) in August 2006, last updated seven months ago by Y Kant Jamie Reid (James Redd and the Blecchs)]
Reading Ulysses [Started by Adrian Marley in May 2004, last updated seven months ago by Treeship]

Last on Saturday, 19 November 2016 02:26

The Man Without Qualities [Started by Ronan in November 2007, last updated seven months ago by a little too mature to be cute (Aimless)]

Last on Friday, 4 November 2016 22:47

Philip Roth - Indignation - are you curious? [Started by Zeno in June 2008, last updated seven months ago by harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver)]

Last on Wednesday, 19 October 2016 18:56

At 10:35 on an early summer's morning, John Lanchester sat down at his study desk, switched on his new Dell computer, opened up the word processing programme that the computer had come with and began [Started by Fizzles in March 2012, last updated eight months ago by mark s]

Last on Saturday, 15 October 2016 22:30

Attention ILBer par excellence James Morrison [Started by Digable Planet Waves (James Redd and the Blecchs) in October 2016, last updated eight months ago by I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison)]

Last on Thursday, 13 October 2016 19:10

Don DeLillo...a disappointment? [Started by andyjack (andyjack) in March 2005, last updated eight months ago by Har-@-Iago (wins)]

Last on Saturday, 8 October 2016 20:24

Martial Zings! [Started by scott seward in October 2016, last updated eight months ago by j.]

Last on Monday, 3 October 2016 01:46

new pynchon new pynchon new pynchon [Started by tom west (thomp) in July 2006, last updated eight months ago by Iago Galdston]

Last on Friday, 30 September 2016 18:38

New York Review Books [Started by ('_') (omar little) in August 2010, last updated eight months ago by dow]

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