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For lack of a better title, The Book Thread!
Threatis:
--- Quote from: Useful Idiot ---one book in which I am currently engrossed is Crash by J.G. Ballard, an incredibly original piece of work that I found in a used bookstore that is an examination of human sexuality and desire illustrated through crashing cars. I was amazed to find that it was centered around such a topic, as I was in a car accident a few years back and realized in the expience a strange sort of eroticism. It has very vivid imagery, to say the least, with long sequences about the ebrace of the two twisted pieces of machinery and the almost spiritual calm after the climax of the accident. I reccomend it to anyone who's simply looking for an experience or a journey into a part of the human psyche that is usually left in the dark.
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There was actually a David Lynch movie based on this book. And then just this year, David Lynch remade the film.
Useful Idiot:
actually, the new "Crash" is not based on J.G. Ballard's novel. Its focus is on race relation and such. I've seen the original, and I thought that it was good, but not as good as the book, to revisit an old cliche. I've always liked David Lynch's films, but they arent without their flaws.
Trollstormur:
--- Quote from: sp2 ---
--- Quote from: Trollstormur ---the collected Justine by the Marquis De Sade.
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Oh man, that was a sick sick sick book, albeit not as sick as Juliette.
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excuse me, I'm mistaken. I have Juliette, my father has Justine. Juliette is much, much larger than Justine, s'why I've been working on it for so long.
anyone else really, really dig Chuck Palahniuk's work? e.g. Fight Club, and his newest book Haunted?
Trollstormur:
I got an advanced release paperback version for free that's been thumbed through a lot of times. It probably won't last the round-about each of palahniuk's books goes through with my friends. it's very good, by the way.
Skibas_clavicle:
--- Quote from: Threatis ---I suggest Sex, Drugs, And Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman.
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SECOND'D. Quite a funny book. I love his writing stye, one of the reasons I like Spin magazine, even if their sources/reviews are sometimes unreliable!
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