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What are you currently reading?
Inlander:
I've got Nabokov's translation into English of Pushkin's Eugene Onegin somewhere and I really ought to get around to reading it.
Joseph:
To be honest, it's one of the only things of his which I haven't read (along with a couple of the early Russian novels and the recently released fragments of The Original of Laura. Oh, and Look at the Harlequins!). Well, I gave it a bit of a try a couple of years ago, but it was right during exams, and my time fell pray to other things (as I'm now only rereading The Trial in stops and starts, and the Heidegger and Wittgenstein I was reading is half finished by my bed). Keep in mind, if you read it, that it's quite deliberately literal, with that whole other giant volume of notes to try and make a non-Russian reader grasp the depths of its cultural references. Reading the long, long debates about it, and the meaning of translation, can be quite enlightening. Nabokov vs Wilson and all that. But I'm sure you already know all that, Harry. You're pretty remarkably well read, after all.
Man, I kind of do want to give Eugene Onegin another go now; I can see it from where I sit. But better that I wait a month.
Oh, hey, Harry. I ended up picking up a few Elizabeth Taylor books out a dollar bin a while back, but haven't read any of them yet. I remember you saying wonderful things about her. Which one should I be reading first?
Inlander:
A View of the Harbour is my favourite, but that's partly because it was my first. In a Summer Season and the Soul of Kindness in particular are also terrific. And her short stories are pretty much universally regarded as her best work.
Elysiana:
Recently finished House of Leaves for the third time. Still think it's a bit overrated, but I found things I hadn't noticed before, so I was pleased.
Picked up Michael Crichton's post-mortem release Pirate Latitudes and wasn't very impressed. Also for some strange reason I hadn't even heard that he died, and didn't realize it until about halfway through the book when I happened to look at the inside back cover, so after that it was a little creepy.
Currently rereading Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon. I like his humor, and this one's less corny than, say, Snow Crash. It's an 1100-page book but going pretty quickly.
Blue Kitty:
About half way through Johannes Cabal the Detective
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