paul secor Posted March 6, 2009 Report Posted March 6, 2009 Seeing Jazz - Artists and Writers on Jazz Quote
BillF Posted March 6, 2009 Report Posted March 6, 2009 Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol 1 1929-1964 Some great stories here! Thanks for the recommendation, Bruce! Quote
Chalupa Posted March 6, 2009 Report Posted March 6, 2009 Ahem. Most Britons have lied about the books they read http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090305/od_nm/...ooks_lies_odd_3 Quote
BruceH Posted March 6, 2009 Report Posted March 6, 2009 Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol 1 1929-1964 Some great stories here! Thanks for the recommendation, Bruce! Anytime! Glad you like it. Quote
BillF Posted March 6, 2009 Report Posted March 6, 2009 Ahem. Most Britons have lied about the books they read http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090305/od_nm/...ooks_lies_odd_3 Not me! From the list I've only read 1984, Madame Bovary and parts of the Bible and Ulysses. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted March 8, 2009 Report Posted March 8, 2009 Juggling three at present: The first demonstrates just how dishonestly those who own most of Britain's land came by it. The second is a very nice portrayal of post-World War I French music - a bit heavy on the opera houses, singers etc; I'm more interested in the composers who only get coverage in detail in the last chapter. The third is a nice, page-turning murder mystery set in France. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted March 8, 2009 Report Posted March 8, 2009 Ahem. Most Britons have lied about the books they read http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090305/od_nm/...ooks_lies_odd_3 Not me! From the list I've only read 1984, Madame Bovary and parts of the Bible and Ulysses. I've read 1984 and all of War and Peace except the last 100 pages or so when it turns from a piece of fiction into a long, philosophising rant - skipped that. Bits of the Bible and I started (though did not get far with) the Joyce. Never even thought about the rest. Quote
jlhoots Posted March 12, 2009 Report Posted March 12, 2009 David Fulmer: Chasing The Devil's Tail Quote
paul secor Posted March 12, 2009 Report Posted March 12, 2009 David Fulmer: Chasing The Devil's Tail I read Rampart Street a while back - good N.O. turn of the 20th century atmosphere in that one (at least as far as I could tell - I wasn't there then ). I want to read some of Fulmer's other books when I find the time. Quote
jlhoots Posted March 12, 2009 Report Posted March 12, 2009 David Fulmer: Chasing The Devil's Tail I read Rampart Street a while back - good N.O. turn of the 20th century atmosphere in that one (at least as far as I could tell - I wasn't there then ). I want to read some of Fulmer's other books when I find the time. I'm going to read Jass next. Quote
Matthew Posted March 19, 2009 Report Posted March 19, 2009 Auschwitz: A New History by Laurence Rees. A look at the history of the Auschwitz concentration camp, and how it was run. A depressing account that shows how the German authorities worked hard to improve the method of killing people. According to the book, 1.1 million were killed in its four and a half year existence. Some heartbreaking stories (of course), and other stories that make you wonder about how people can be so evil. A challenging read. Quote
rostasi Posted March 19, 2009 Report Posted March 19, 2009 Yes, of course, a very limited readership for this kind of thing, but for those that are interested, it really covers a nice variety of perspectives with lots of score fragments, illustrations, as well as TWO CDs worth of pieces as audio signposts. Covering composition, performance, improvisation, and other areas while doing so in a rather easy (but not simplistic) presentation. Composers such as Dumitrescu, Avram, Murail, and others discuss their music and composition methods. Quote
Harold_Z Posted March 19, 2009 Report Posted March 19, 2009 About 90 pages in and it's hooked me. Quote
BillF Posted March 20, 2009 Report Posted March 20, 2009 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Back to the reading of my youth! Quote
Jazzmoose Posted March 20, 2009 Report Posted March 20, 2009 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Back to the reading of my youth! You know, I've been thinking about digging those Holmes books out again; I haven't read them since I was a teen. I wonder how well they hold up. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted March 20, 2009 Report Posted March 20, 2009 I enjoy Leon's books as much for the sense of being in Venice as for the plot lines. Quote
ejp626 Posted March 20, 2009 Report Posted March 20, 2009 I am about 1/3 of the way through Bolano's The Savage Detectives. He's losing me in the middle section where it is a bunch of interviews ... I still feel pretty much the same way at the halfway mark. I'll finish the book but it doesn't grab me. After significant digging, I came across kalahari.net where you can buy directly from South Africa (shipping the first item is a beast, but if you order 3 or more items, it isn't so bad). Assuming the books actually get to me, I'll post more thoughts -- and let MG know if I would recommend ordering through them. It took roughly a month (and I was getting a tad nervous), but Kalahari.net came through with my books, saving me literally over $200 from what US bookstores wanted for the 4 books I ordered. They seem to sell music as well as books. Maybe MG should check it out. I read Vladislavic's Missing Persons and Propaganda by Monuments so far. Both are short story collections, and Missing Persons is the earlier and somewhat less mature one. Missing Persons tends to lean on slightly surreal situations, maybe in part to avoid writing about the racial politics/situation at the time (a bit of escapism? or just feeling that Nadine Gordimer had already cornered that part of the literary market?) I think Propaganda by Monuments is the stronger collection. It's certainly enjoyable. Quote
BillF Posted March 20, 2009 Report Posted March 20, 2009 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Back to the reading of my youth! You know, I've been thinking about digging those Holmes books out again; I haven't read them since I was a teen. I wonder how well they hold up. Very well. Give 'em a try! Quote
ghost of miles Posted March 21, 2009 Author Report Posted March 21, 2009 I'll probably re-read a lot of the Holmes before the movie comes out this Christmas. Right now: Eddie Determeyer's Jimmie Lunceford bio, RHYTHM IS OUR BUSINESS. Quote
paul secor Posted March 21, 2009 Report Posted March 21, 2009 Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood Flannery O'Connor described Wise Blood as a "comic novel". I laughed a few times while reading it but, for the most part, its characters scared the hell out of me. I'll never forget them. Quote
Matthew Posted March 21, 2009 Report Posted March 21, 2009 Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood Flannery O'Connor described Wise Blood as a "comic novel". I laughed a few times while reading it but, for the most part, its characters scared the hell out of me. I'll never forget them. And she wrote that in her early twenties, no one should write like that so young. It's an amazing book with a lot of unforgettable scenes an images. Quote
paul secor Posted March 21, 2009 Report Posted March 21, 2009 Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood Flannery O'Connor described Wise Blood as a "comic novel". I laughed a few times while reading it but, for the most part, its characters scared the hell out of me. I'll never forget them. And she wrote that in her early twenties, no one should write like that so young. It's an amazing book with a lot of unforgettable scenes an images. I'd only read a few of her stories before reading Wise Blood. After reading that one, I'll be reading all of her works. Just have to decompress first. Quote
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