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Yeah...I know...nerd alert...
Just finished that on Monday. First book I've read in probably a year.
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how was it?

I think one of the things I liked best about the movie is that near ambiguity with which the story is presented.

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it's great, but yeah, I was having that exact conversation with the co-worker that I borrowed the book from- they go into a lot more detail and thoughts of the characters, and while they reveal that the story is even more fucked up than you thought, by a factor of a million, the ambiguity of the movie made it creepier.
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By far one of the best writers I have encountered, I love Calvino!
Certainly one of the best at pushing boundaries and stretching the conventions of how a novel should be...enjoy!
I am about 100 pages into the new Pynchon novel-- so far so cool, nothing to get hum about, very approachable Its got a lot of music and LA references--the music I get, the LA I can guess.

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just finished, both enjoyable:


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Jim Corbett - The Man-Eaters of Kumaon.

The true life story of Jim Corbett, who was commissioned by the Indian government to kill a string of man-eating big cats between 1910 - 1938.

The Champawat Tiger ate 436 people!

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pinehurst Wrote:
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Yeah...I know...nerd alert...
Just finished that on Monday. First book I've read in probably a year.


I bought this to read while on vacation, but couldn't get into it while in South Carolina...go figure. I'll probably wait and read this in the winter.


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Just picked this up.

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[quote="Flying Rabbit"][quote="Rick Derris"]Anyone picked this up yet? Anyone read any of his previous work?

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[quote]Part noir, part psychedelic romp, all Thomas Pynchon— private eye Doc Sportello comes, occasionally, out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era as free love slips away and paranoia creeps in with the L.A. fog.
It’s been awhile since Doc Sportello has seen his ex-girlfriend. Suddenly out of nowhere she shows up with a story about a plot to kidnap a billionaire land developer whom she just happens to be in love with. Easy for her to say. It’s the tail end of the psychedelic sixties in L.A., and Doc knows that “loveâ€
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first book i've read in a few years... not sure what to read next.

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[quote="kath"][quote="Flying Rabbit"][quote="Rick Derris"]Anyone picked this up yet? Anyone read any of his previous work?

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[quote]Part noir, part psychedelic romp, all Thomas Pynchon— private eye Doc Sportello comes, occasionally, out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era as free love slips away and paranoia creeps in with the L.A. fog.
It’s been awhile since Doc Sportello has seen his ex-girlfriend. Suddenly out of nowhere she shows up with a story about a plot to kidnap a billionaire land developer whom she just happens to be in love with. Easy for her to say. It’s the tail end of the psychedelic sixties in L.A., and Doc knows that “loveâ€

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The Forever War - Joe Haldeman

Really, really like it so far. Sci fi novel about an epic war man fights with an alien species. Gritty and violent. Sort of a mix between Alien and Black Hawk Down. Also interesting that it appears Ridley Scott is in the early stages of making a film based on the novel.
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So far, so great.

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uses the word "fart" a lot, for such an award-winning book

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After basically proselytizing for the first 2 books in the American Underworld Trilogy, and waiting 7 years for this to be published, I pronounce this epic piece of dogshit a complete waste of time, money, and effort:

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After basically proselytizing for the first 2 books in the American Underworld Trilogy, and waiting 7 years for this to be published, I pronounce this epic piece of dogshit a complete waste of time, money, and effort:

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Whaaaaaaaaa???!!!

REALLY?

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Really good for his first time writing a novel. The ending kinda punches you in the gut.


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It ain't out 'til next week, but I'm damn sure planning on spending some quality time with that Tracy Morgan memoir.

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Just ordered this from Amazon:

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