I read Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell for the 2nd or 3rd time. It’s great, highly recommended if you’ve never read it before.
Getting round to reading books you’re ‘supposed to’ have read, first up is the great gatsby.
Love Watchmen. I’d be interested to hear what you think, as I reckon it’s quite ‘of its time’.
Check out From Hell as well if you get the chance. Super dense for a graphic novel, but really good.
finished Infinite Jest last night.
mind still recovering, raging fantods clearly in the post
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Fair play. How long did that take you?
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Watchmen tv series on sky this year was very good
two summers!
read half of it last summer, and picked it back up around a month ago.
extraordinary book. the humour…
Aye I heard that, it’s on the watch list.
… the footnotes.
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I’ve still not managed it. I’ve tried twice and got halfway the second time. I really admire it but I didn’t love it. His book of essays is incredible, particularly the one on tennis.
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its had me both roaring with laughter, and staring Munch-style in silent horror.
His observations are so sharp, acute perceptions on addiction.
the world of tennis has good parallels with skateboarding too
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now waiting for this to arrive -
I loved the chapter about clipping toenails into the waste basket. I will definitely have another go. I want to do Proust first.
Here’s an essay on Roger Federer:
I’d love to have read something by him on skateboarding. I’m sure John Updike mentioned it (skateboarding) in passing in one of the Rabbit novels. I wish I could find the quote.
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Always meant to read infinite jest but put off by everyone saying they gave up on it. What makes it such a hard slog?
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Tl;dr
It’s not a nice book
it wasn’t a book I could whizz through.
more like a text book - read a bit, put it down, process it, repeat.
I tried the audiobook a few times, no joy. I think it needs to be read; so many stories weaved into a complex plot.
DFW’s ideas on sobriety, on being driven to achieve, on being a functioning human being, are vast.
how is GG going?
You could use it as a step ladder.
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It’s pretty short and straightforward and did it in like 2 days. It’s just alright and did some wiki-ing on why it’s so highly regarded and I’m still none the wiser. Prob tapped into the time and the place or something. Like you had to be there for Video Days to really appreciate it.
I’m now reading Slaughterhouse 5 and so far so amazing.
Next on the list is ‘the triple body problem’ purely because I heard the game of thrones dudes are turning it into a series so I want to get in there before the inevitable fucking up.
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Make sure you read the whole series. I’ve read it all twice, it’s incredible. My brain was so scrambled.
I can’t imagine it translating into a series so well… The scope is far too epic.
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Great Gatsby Spoiler KLAXON
the car swap scene turns the whole book on its head. how one little action can cause massive ramifications for most of the main characters
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