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J.G. Ballard - The Drowned World

I'm now finally starting Stephen King's The Dark Tower series

I bought The Library Of America's Philip K. Dick Collection a couple of years ago. I'd already read and enjoyed The Man In The High Castle previously. It was still very pleasing. I lost interest after The Martian Time-Slip, however, a pretty weak book. Not sure where I should pick up now. Perhaps just read the remaining novels out of chronological order. I'm most curious about the late novels.

Stephen King - The Gunslinger (Dark Tower 1)

Haruki Murakami - What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Enjoyed this memoir of sorts.

Well, Dick's Valis is like reading a schizophrenic's ramblings on the supernatural. Depressing and unnecessary. Like all crackpot theories and philosophies, it's best to recognize it for what it is and move on. It's just that some epileptic schizophrenics achieve immortality as prophets, compile their holy book and are that much harder to ignore. Religion is a cancer.

I'm now rereading Iain M. Bank's Look to Windward.

Stephen King - The Drawing of the Three (Dark Tower #2)

Was really cool, can't wait to start the third one.

Stephen King - The Waste Lands (Dark Tower #3)
Herman Hesse - The Glass Bead Game

Junky , by William S. Burroughs

Was really good.

Ong's Hat: The Beginning , by Joseph Matheny
Stephen King - The Wizard and Glass (Dark Tower 4), another brilliant one!

Been too busy to read much.
As part of my Mary Shelley Meets Frankenstein's Daughter project, I finally plowed through Frankenstein, 1816 ed. If PB Shelley polished up the prose here as alleged, he did a poor job, imo.
Also a swell biography, Mary Shelley by Miranda Seymor.
*The Great Gatsby, The Sun Also Rises, V. and Neuromancer are my fave novels written by 20-somethings.

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

What a beautifully written book.
"They ran in urine smell of shadow, they ran in clean ice smell of moon."

Indifferent43 wrote:Junky , by William S. Burroughs

Was really good.

Good taste, Indifferent43!! You're reading stuff up my alley. Have you tried Naked Lunch?!?

Try some Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac!!

Constance . Biography of Oscar Wilde's wife. Most fascinating.

Melong wrote:I bought The Library Of America's Philip K. Dick Collection a couple of years ago. I'd already read and enjoyed The Man In The High Castle previously. It was still very pleasing. I lost interest after The Martian Time-Slip, however, a pretty weak book. Not sure where I should pick up now. Perhaps just read the remaining novels out of chronological order. I'm most curious about the late novels.

I loved reading his books. Well, I've read some of them, but I'm sure I'd enjoy the others, too.

Starting this tonight