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I always get the feeling its a book i need to look at again. I read it in my first year and it just killed me. Same with Things Fall Apart, another classic i hated but feel i should have a go at again.

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I was pretty bored by Heart of Darkness and couldn't even finish The Secret Agent. Was told The Secret Sharer is good but haven't given it a go. I've read plenty of cerebral books with dense imagery, that are difficult to get through but well worth the effort; just wouldn't consider HoD one of 'em.

Hmm, maybe it was coz i was going through my 16-year-old's angst phase that i liked it? . The way i remember it tho, it built for me, and was easy to read (if not a pleasure exactly ).

Just been re-reading some Ian Watson short stories. Haven't read that much Sci-Fi, but his stuff is dyark, in a good way. It's 'The Very Slow Time Machine'. The signature story's actually pretty weak, but there's some funky **** in there.

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I really do not know what to say about Conrad. Not that I wanted some upbeat adventure story or anything but I found it to be very sullen and indistinct. Later on I got really into reading about the Belgian Congo and inadvertently read a bit of contextual information that made me rethink some of my reaction to HoD, and even tried rereading some of it, but if anthing I liked it less on the second try. It's the kind of story that could really be set anywhere or at any time without losing much of its original intent, which defeats its innitial appeal for me.


Last novel I finished was Catch 22, which was excellent (duh!).



Oh, edit:

Yes! That story -- along with Down and Out in Paris and London and Homage to Catalonia -- is why I'm an Orwell fan. I'm always a bit embarrased to admit it because people tend to misunderstand and immediately start lavishing praise on 1984 and Animal farm, two of his worst IMO.

I think you've hit on both its strengths and it's weakness there. It could be placed anywhere there's 'horror', but it's nothing more than an 'embrace' of darkness on that front (tho i remember finding the colonial context fitting, without knowing anything of the details )

Ay, so good. Re-read it last year and loved it even more. Arkin had a ball in the film too. That role seems to have been made for him.

I've been meaning to get a copy of Down and Out in Paris and London: my professor tells me it's a must read. I read Animal Farm years ago, and I still think it's one of the most impressive and original books to date. Aside from being so scary and relevant to how things are shaping up today, 1984 is just a well-crafted story.

I'm reading that right now. Coincidence?....

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Just started to read this

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Finished the History of Love - Nicole Krauss - the best book ive ever read. The ending could have been much better though, it was a bit of a let down

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Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

This has to be one of the best books I've ever read.

not reading any novels at the mo (short for both 'more' and 'moment'), sort of into a thick cabbage patch of recent nonfiction on wildlife conservation politics.

V For Vendetta graphic novel (again!)
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Paul Auster's NY trilogy

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I'm still sitting in the middle of these...

Nature via Nurture
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The End of Faith

Read some Michael Moore in spanish ('Que han hecho con mi pais, tio'), and re-read Ian Watson's short stories 'The Very Slow Time Machine' recently. Aside from that, it's all daily news pap.

felicidades!

just bought and started reading, American Gods

Pretty good read.

Dark Tower Book I - The Gunslinger

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I concur. It's probably my favorite fantasy novel. Meanwhile, I'm in the middle of Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs. I can't believe this stuff actually happened. Burroughs had a truly bizarre life and was wise of him to make a memoir out of it.

I'm actually on the second book right now and really, really, really dig it.

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I thought it was alright, but it wandered alot, and the end didn't seem to resonate as much as I would have liked. It comes off as an epic piece of fiction, but doesn't really say much of anything. Fun read, though (and some fantastic characters!).