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jasperkent said:
I read Naked Lunch twice. Didn't make any more sense the second time, but it's a fun read nevertheless. Junky is OK. Haven't read anything else by him.

Currently reading Bad Dog, a collection of short stories by Tom Piccirilli.
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It's not supposed to make sense; the disjointed, stream-of-consciousness style is meant to represent his complete descent in drug-induced psychosis/insanity
If you liked Junky, it's worth reading Queer, which is the sequel (and was forbidden from publication for, I think, ~40 years)
 
Finished Coin Locker Babies - 3 stars - Bits I really enjoyed but also bit's that just seemed to drraaaggg. I feel like (as is often the case with Ryu Murakami) it needed editing, like just making it 10-15% shorter and cutting out some filler would have really helped. I honest cannot make my mind up an this writer. This book was in the middle for me. I did not enjoy In the Miso Soup, which I read after hearing how disturbing it was, but apart from one scene, it felt VERY slow. The only other book of his I have read is Piercing which I loved.

Speaking of Murakami, has anyone read Audition? Especially if you've seen the movie, too? I have seen the movie, but not read the book. How do they compare? I watched the movie back in like 2007 so don't remember much, apart from (kiri, kiri, kiri, kiri, kiri, kiri) the ending and the vomit bit, but I remember nearish the end it gets super confusing regarding what's real or not. Does the book clear things up any?
 
ChemicallyEnhanced said:
That's kind of the point with Naked Lunch. It's about a man whose drug use is so heavy that he comes completely disjointed from any sense of reality.
If you liked Junky, the sequel, Queer, is also pretty good.
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ChemicallyEnhanced said:
It's not supposed to make sense; the disjointed, stream-of-consciousness style is meant to represent his complete descent in drug-induced psychosis/insanity
If you liked Junky, it's worth reading Queer, which is the sequel (and was forbidden from publication for, I think, ~40 years)
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OK, I get it. 😉
 
everything i've ever read was trash :(

i look at a book now and it's a bunch of babble written by an idiot
 
Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire

I preordered it last year, prior to publishing, but despite that have only just started reading 😄
 
There was something rather blowzy about roses in full bloom, something shallow and raucous, like women with untidy hair.
 
Many books on my plate: for today or at least now, its Foundation, by Isaac Asimov. I stopped at the volume 3 or 4, i dont remember so i restart the process from book 1, i'm above Henri Seldon up in this bitch! :cool:
 
UZUMAKI, by Junji Ito
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The Wild Boys: A book of the dead, by William S. Burroughs, whom we don't present anymore
 
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I read a looot, but slowly

There's also a little bit of Hesse, Nietzsche, Cioran, Artaud, Tsutsui but not too much, a paragraph for now and then
 
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