no, have you? that is his most recent right? Ive read glamorama and rules of attraction which were a giggle tho glamorama didnt seem to make much sense towards the end.............Id recommend michel houellebecq(atomised,platform,whatever) for anyone who enjoys ellis, their in a similar satirical vein(w graphic sex) but I think with better plots.......................is ellis gay? not that it matters but it had occured to me that he likes to nibble both sides of the biscuit
Astoria 20/04/06, Leeds 25/08/06, Prague 22/09/06, Wembley 18/06/07,
Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.
Yeah I have read a few of them and they are really good.
Astoria 20/04/06, Leeds 25/08/06, Prague 22/09/06, Wembley 18/06/07,
Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.
I finished "Clay's Quilt" by Silas House and started "Coal Tattoo" last night. A couple weeks ago someone posted about starting a book club and "Coal Tattoo" was chosen but that thread has since died. Oh well, good read so far.
no, have you? that is his most recent right? Ive read glamorama and rules of attraction which were a giggle tho glamorama didnt seem to make much sense towards the end.............Id recommend michel houellebecq(atomised,platform,whatever) for anyone who enjoys ellis, their in a similar satirical vein(w graphic sex) but I think with better plots.......................is ellis gay? not that it matters but it had occured to me that he likes to nibble both sides of the biscuit
yes i've read it. i read all his books.
i don't know about nibbling both sides of the biscuit, but lunar park makes you maybe question the guy's sanity. after you get past the eerie and somewhat egotistical fact that the lead character's name is... bret ellis, it settles into a 'is this or isn't this his life and how much of his life is actually in this story' story. then you get hit with the stephen king aspect and it throws you for the remainder of the book. well it did me at least.
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
i just read love, freedom, aloneness - the koan of relationships...by osho....and it was excellent! great ideas/philosophies...really got me thinking, still thinking about...lots of great quotes from it b/c it just presents good ideas.
I'm reading 'All Families are Psychotic' by Douglas Coupland. I love his books. A member of the board got me reading him. I recommend 'Girlfriend in a Coma'....probably the best book I've ever read.
Still reading Gilead, which is very good. Also, reading a book on Self-Hypnosis. Something like Instant Self-Hypnosis.
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
Started Zadie Smith's 'On Beauty' yesterday and am already 125 pages in. Really draws you in.
I'm waiting for the paperback - it's like ketchup coming out of a bottle, you know that type of anticipation. Anyway, I'm really looking forward to reading that one. I LOVED White Teeth.
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
I'm waiting for the paperback - it's like ketchup coming out of a bottle, you know that type of anticipation. Anyway, I'm really looking forward to reading that one. I LOVED White Teeth.
I'm in the UK and my copy is paper back and was half price in Borders so can't be too long until it's paper back everywhere.
I'm actually enjoying it more than I did White Teeth (which I liked). I haven't read The Autograph Man yet.
So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
The Bloody Crown of Conan-Robert E. Howard......the ongoing collection of the original Conan stories from the 1930's pulp magazines.
All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
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have you read ellis' lunar park?
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
- so good!!!!!!!!!!
i know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
i HOPE you'll be a star,
in somebody elses sky, but why, why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine?!
Take my hand, my child of love
Come step inside my tears
Swim the magic ocean,
I've been crying all these years
Bought the film, couldn't get into it so I thought I'd try reading the book first. I really like it.
14/09/06, 16/09/06, 17/09/06, 19/09/06, 20/09/06 ~ The Stone lookalike leg of the 2006 tour
18/06/07 - Amazing, just amazing
04/07/06 ~Proud to be part of the AIC Astoria Crew~
Rockin' out to Creadles
Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.
Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
Ooh I like his books.
14/09/06, 16/09/06, 17/09/06, 19/09/06, 20/09/06 ~ The Stone lookalike leg of the 2006 tour
18/06/07 - Amazing, just amazing
04/07/06 ~Proud to be part of the AIC Astoria Crew~
Rockin' out to Creadles
Yeah I have read a few of them and they are really good.
Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.
Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
Jim Morrison
Los Angeles, 1969
Mihi cura futuri.
The elements they speak to me.
http://espn.go.com/espnradiostations/NewYork1050/gallery/35218855.html
so cute they are
yes i've read it. i read all his books.
i don't know about nibbling both sides of the biscuit, but lunar park makes you maybe question the guy's sanity. after you get past the eerie and somewhat egotistical fact that the lead character's name is... bret ellis, it settles into a 'is this or isn't this his life and how much of his life is actually in this story' story. then you get hit with the stephen king aspect and it throws you for the remainder of the book. well it did me at least.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
writes great historical fiction about Albany, NY.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
Nothing's quite what it seems in the city of dreams.
(Wolfmother)
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Grand Rapids 2006
I highly recommend any of his books. Drop City, Water music are great to name a few.
I love this author. He makes me giggle my ass off. Even when he's writing about death.
I'm reading Burton On Burton, a biography of Tim Burton (kinda done himself) edited by Mark Salisbury.
It's really good, fantastic accounts from Burton's early career. Just started yesterday and can't get my nose out of it
"The live shows? Well, that's church on Sundays"
great use of language in there.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
I'm in the UK and my copy is paper back and was half price in Borders
I'm actually enjoying it more than I did White Teeth (which I liked). I haven't read The Autograph Man yet.
should be a page turner.