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Too bad you don't like it! Oh well....move on.
I mean, it started off great and I burned through 150 pages in one sitting alone but then all of a sudden...BAM! Frustration and ultimately indifference quickly set it.Quote:
Originally Posted by D_Davis
Yeah, I'm reading some Graham Greene in the mean time but afterwards I'd like to check out some horror/new-weird novels to mix it up a bit. Unfortunately, I won't be able to get Cisco's "Sans veneficio canon" but what is really strange is that I contacted the library and they said that it was an error in their computer system that made this 1 copy show as available to place a hold. I'm telling you, it's a conspiracy to keep people away from reading his work!!!
I loved "John Dies at the End".
So great.
Guess I'm in the minority. :lol:
How you liking "Last Dragon" Meg?
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Originally Posted by Marley
Not really.
I got so busy with work, and then distracted with the death of my Godfather, that I pretty much stopped cold with "Last Dragon".
I hope to get reading something soon.
Damn, sorry to hear that bro. My condolences to you and your family.
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Originally Posted by Marley
Thanks :) It's OK though, happened several weeks ago now.
At this point I'm mostly just busy with the new job.
At least you are keeping busy and making some nice cash. I really need to find a better job that doesn't pay pennies. Quarters would be nice.
Now to figure out what to read next...
There is a 270-Euros-version @ amazon.de:Quote:
Originally Posted by megladon8
http://www.amazon.de/John-Dies-End-D...2770507&sr=8-4
That's a bargain! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by kuehnepips
"John Dies at the End" was one of the most entertaining reads I've ever experienced.
Wong grabbed hold of the interest receptors in my brain and didn't let go 'til the last page.
Wong's a funny guy. He's pretty much H.P. Lovecraft writing for Cracked.
Holy shit...I have this....
http://www.amazon.com/Collected-Fict...ref=pd_sim_b_6
Only about 100 pages left of The Great Lover; it is astronomically amazing. Cisco has surpassed The Divinity Student. That so few people will ever read this is a great tragedy. It is overflowing with an abundance of creativity, dripping with the most beautiful, lyrical, and poetic prose I've ever encountered, and contains within its pages the pieces to a puzzle that, once solved, will probably be the most profound and life-changing work of fiction I've ever read.
And it will most likely take me a half-dozen or more re-reads to parse through the text and decipher everything that Cisco is conveying. It is exciting, harrowing, haunting, moving, romantic, sexual, perverse, hilarious, and totally absurd. As is stated in the introduction, it is, indeed, a perfect work of art; it is something completely modern that can and will stand up as an example of what humanity is capable of creating right along side any great work of art that has ever been created regardless of medium.
"it is something completely modern that can and will stand up as an example of what humanity is capable of creating right along side any great work of art that has ever been created regardless of medium." Damn, that is some really high praise for this work. :eek:
I might just have to purchase it online.
It's mind blowing, and moving.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marley
So completely and totally unlike anything else I've ever read.
I'd like to read "The Divinity Student" first before tackling this beast. $22.50 ain't that bad.
Robert M. Price said of The Divinity Student, "the book is not about a thing, it is that thing."
I think that can be said of all of Cisco's work, especially The Great Lover. The book isn't about anything, but is a beautiful thing in and of itself. It's about itself.
I'll keep that in mind whenever I get around to reading his work.Quote:
Originally Posted by D_Davis
The Great Lover is a masterpiece.
I had a feeling this would be your response to the novel. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by D_Davis
It's like nothing I've ever read. It's basically Cisco's treatise on modernism. It's not post-modern, although he uses post-modern techniques, but instead it's more anti-modern. The book examines the fact that so many things in our lives are artificial, and as metaphors he creates the idea of a Prosthetic Libido and a Prosthetic Death, in which people can discard their unwanted desires and life, but then these simulacra continue to live while so many of the people in the world live their lives completely oblivious to the things going on around them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marley
Cisco also examines the relationship between the author and the reader, the reader and the book. The very physical aspect of holding a book whilst reading, and the feeling one gets when nearing the end of a story are called out; Cisco implores us - the readers - the cherrish that feeling, to relish in it, to allow ourselves to be absorbed into the book. The idea here is that the fantastic world of the book has been created to make the reader view his or her own reality in a more meaningful way. We are not supposed to escape into a world of fiction, but conversely the world of fiction should be used to more intensely focus our attention on our own lives.
I haven't checked yet, but I wouldn't be surprised to find that Cisco's books - at least the ones he's already written - will never be available as e-books. And without giving anything away (although saying even this may be too much), I wouldn't read The Great Lover without first reading The Divinity Student, The Traitor, The Tyrant, and The Narrator.
It is about itself. The book. The characters. The "plot." Everything is about The Great Lover - the book I was holding while reading. It's not telling a story, it is a story. It exists in my world, as do I.
Man, what do you read after something like that?
I feel the same way after having just finished Bester's "The Stars My Destination." :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by D_Davis
"We are not supposed to escape into a world of fiction, but conversely the world of fiction should be used to more intensely focus our attention on our own lives." I couldn't agree more about this statement. I don't mind reading books purely for entertainment but I get more out of literature that provides insight into humanity and allows the opportunity for deep personal reflection and ultimately, catharsis.
The last time I read that Bester book, last year, I immediately read it again. I actually own multiple copies of the book so that I can loan it out and still have one at home to read.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marley
I need to buy myself a copy for sure. My bookshelf feels naked without it. :(