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[strongbad]

oh he did space odyssey. never read that but prob should

also started reading breakfast of champions. wanted to read some vonnegut and this and timequake were the only ones at the used english book store. will probably check out timequake after i finish this.

[silvertone]

the book is just as good as the movie, makes a Hell A Lot More sense imo. they pair well.


vonnegut has some good stories, but if eel like if you read one you read em all. though i read a good short story by him the other day called the big space fuck.


you ever read in watermelon sugar? I imagine you might like it. It's highly surreal story, that isn't quite scifi or fantasy but sorta is. kinda feels like vonnegut too. i recommend it.

[strongbad]

ill add it to my ever expanding list that i have a real hard time fulfilling in thailand lol

[Samus Aran]

Been reading What is the What. Really good so far

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

Been reading What is the What. Really good so far

hell yeah that is a good book

[strongbad]

finished breakfast of champions. Very good story

Started and am almost finished with cats cradle. Definitely a good story but not my favorite so far

[silvertone]

been Reading the man who fell to earth, it's surprisingly good. feels like scifi that wouldn't be marketed as ... scifi but im only halfway through

[strongbad]

been Reading the man who fell to earth, it's surprisingly good. feels like scifi that wouldn't be marketed as ... scifi but im only halfway through

SCIFI !!!!!

i just bought consider plebas by banks. first book in the culture series which is about a post-scarcity utopian society (thx wikipedia). sounded appealing hope i like it!

oh also finished cat's cradle. enjoyed it a lot. the ending was pretty damn crazy. i think i need to read up on some analysis because there were a lot of things that seemed like they might have gone over my head

[Samus Aran]

the idea of liking breakfast of champions more than cat's cradle is absolute insanity but i'm at least glad you liked both

[strongbad]

yeah even vonnegut said BoC was his 2nd least favorite book lol
hard to compare them since the stories are so different in how they're structured but in terms of pure enjoyment i think i liked BoC

[Samus Aran]

finished What is the What

really fantastic book pls read

[strongbad]

tell me why i should read it in a single sentence with two commas max

[silvertone]

tell me why i should read it in a single sentence with two commas max

it's about a black guy

[strongbad]

sold!

[silvertone]

i stopped reading the man who fell to earth and started reading damnation alley. i finished it last night, it was OK. zelazny is a Really Good Writer and i feel like he's kinda ignored. which sucks. imo.