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Original thread: http://archive.theskyiscrape.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=7494&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&sid=8b6c2dae054ab24bd80d029cdd6110a8

Over the last week (or two):

Denis Johnson - "Train Dreams"
Mariane Hauser - "The Talking Room"
E.L. Doctorow - "Ragtime"

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I liked Ragtime, but I've got no idea about anything else of his. It's a pretty quick read, I'd recommend it.

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The Five Red Herrings - Dorothy L. Sayers
After Dark - Haruki Murakami
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what joe hill book should i read?

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Still reading this. About half way through. And I love, love, love it!


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First up on my Kobo is CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, by George Saunders. Truly disturbing stuff.

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The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler

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When you are engulfed in flames - David Sedaris
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"The Greatest Show on Earth" -- Richard Dawkins
"Blueprints of the Afterlife" -- Ryan Boudinot

And I got a Kindle for Christmas, so I'm reading Moby Dick for kicks.


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Keynes- The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money

Some good stuff early, but this "propensity to consume" section is boring the shit outta me. Looking forward to the "inducement to invest" section.

Tim Layden- Blood, Sweat, and Chalk

Liking it a lot so far. Seems a good deal better than Jaworski's book.


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Still working on that Saunders. I'm finding that each story in this collection needs about a day to wear off before I begin the next one. I found that to be true of the Amy Hempel stories that I recently read as well.

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Still working on that Saunders. I'm finding that each story in this collection needs about a day to wear off before I begin the next one. I found that to be true of the Amy Hempel stories that I recently read as well.


CivilWarLand, right? I started re-reading this today and got through everything except the novella. I actually think it's worth reading everything in nearly one sitting, as this time through I noticed lots of things that went over my head the first time.

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washing machine II wrote:
Still working on that Saunders. I'm finding that each story in this collection needs about a day to wear off before I begin the next one. I found that to be true of the Amy Hempel stories that I recently read as well.


CivilWarLand, right? I started re-reading this today and got through everything except the novella. I actually think it's worth reading everything in nearly one sitting, as this time through I noticed lots of things that went over my head the first time.

Yeah, CivilWarLand. What kind of stuff are you picking up? Every one of these stories has a narrator with such a bad relationship to the past, and there's an overwhelming amount of references to creepily named products. I don't quite know what to make of it, but I like it.

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washing machine II wrote:
Still working on that Saunders. I'm finding that each story in this collection needs about a day to wear off before I begin the next one. I found that to be true of the Amy Hempel stories that I recently read as well.


CivilWarLand, right? I started re-reading this today and got through everything except the novella. I actually think it's worth reading everything in nearly one sitting, as this time through I noticed lots of things that went over my head the first time.

Yeah, CivilWarLand. What kind of stuff are you picking up? Every one of these stories has a narrator with such a bad relationship to the past, and there's an overwhelming amount of references to creepily named products. I don't quite know what to make of it, but I like it.


The products and commodifications are definitely important, methinks. Other things I noticed: every story, with maybe the exception of "Isabelle," is about work and how it affects every characters' life. Some of them are dedicated, but for the most part work just isn't working for them (so to speak). Almost every story takes place during a time of economic hardship, too, so it's not like these characters can just walk away and find something else to do. Really interesting to me as these were all stories from the 1990s, when the economy was getting stronger and stronger. Also, I once almost wrote a paper on historical re-creation parks; could still happen!

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