What are you reading?

[HorseyBoy]

^ Couple of short story collections off the top of my head:
Ernest Lehman "Sweet Smell of Success". A screenwriter (he wrote "North by Northwest, "Sweet Smell of Success" and plenty of others) who could also write great short stories. Great ideas, great execution.
Charles Portis, "Escape Velocity". Not just short stories, it includes essays, journalism, bits of memoir and even a short play. Love everything Portis writes and this is a really good collection.
Charles Willeford, "The Machine in Ward Eleven". Willeford's early stuff has a similar sensibility to Vonnegut's, so you might like this, too. Six stories about madness by a really good writer.

[sonidero]

My favorite Orwell is Down and Out in Paris and London.

Sooo good to pair with Henry Miller...

Does anyone have some good short story anthologies (or even individual stories) to recommend?

Don't trip but Crowley writes a good short story...

[jfrey]

Does anyone have some good short story anthologies (or even individual stories) to recommend?

I am Legend.

Don't let the movie fool you. It was terrible, and they changed it such that the whole point of the book was taken out.

[Uncle Grandfather]

Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

[Holy Schnikes]

About to start Justin Pearson's new book.

[RR Bigman]

I have a boner for organized crime lately

[Uncle Grandfather]

Good times Charlie

[sonidero]

Good times Charlie

Charlies always good...

Clan of Cave Bear good for female book...



I kept seeing it or hearing about it for or it would pop up awhile, you know one of those things, then I got the hardback for a $1 Wed. and read it already...

[Uncle Grandfather]

you know one of those things

I lOVE when those things happen, and always pay heed and enjoy the rewards. Coincidences? or something else altogether? I'll have to check out Clan of the Cave Bear it looks really interesting from the small synopsis i just read.

[Chankgeez]

This is why I hate reading news online:

"His letter warns Rodman that Jong Un will deny the existence of Camp 14 and would refer to Dong-hyuck as "human scum," which is a common way for North Korean officials and press to describe those who flea North Korea."

Thanks, Fox Sports.

Now, please, employ a copy editor.

[Achtane]

Dong-hyuck.
What an unfortunate name.
Hyuck hyuck hyuck.

[Chankgeez]

Yeah, but I hear that Rodman's gonna form a "North Korean Three Stooges" with himself, Dong-hyuck and Kim Jong Un.

Should be pretty funny.

[nieh]

I've been reading whenever I have free time, in the last week or so I read Ham on Rye and Post Office by Bukowski, The Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen, And The Hippos Were Boiled in their Tanks by Burroughs and Kerouac, and I just finished Fear and Loathing. I started reading A Million Little Pieces while half-watching the super bowl.

[Hyphen Nation]

Apocalypse books:

Magaret Atwood: Oryx and Crake trilogy: fucking awesome.
Peter Heller: Dog Stars
Hugh Howey: Wool Trilogy, poorly written, but still interesting read
Paolo Bcigalupi's books: Wind Up Girl, Ship Breaker, Drowned Cities. All really nicely done, relatable near future

[BitchPudding]

Lost this book about a year ago, found it again recently and I've been eating it up. Great read.

Also I finished reading Carrie. As someone whos never read any of King's material, this was really, really great. Gonna read the shining next.