SlowRain Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 I've read a few pages of "True Tales of American Life", edited by Paul Auster and published in 2003. I saw Auster being interviewed on Charlie Rose, and this was brought up. Auster said he was amazed by how many of the stories, although written by people all over the country, were set in New York City. I don't know how many New York stories made the final edition, but it may be something to watch for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krey20 Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 Finished The Wanderer's Tale - David Bilborough, which I enjoyed a lot and will attempt to start a thread on it later. Started Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie ,after picking through the thread about it here, carefully, so I didn't find out too much about it. Thoroughly enjoying it so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazel Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 I've read a few pages of "True Tales of American Life", edited by Paul Auster and published in 2003. That book was my gateway to Auster - ironically so, as it isn't much of his actual writing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grammath Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 I saw Auster being interviewed on Charlie Rose, and this was brought up. Auster said he was amazed by how many of the stories, although written by people all over the country, were set in New York City. I don't know how many New York stories made the final edition, but it may be something to watch for. I haven't noticed that yet, SlowRain, maybe because I am still in the Animal Stories section which naturally lend themselves to more rural setting, but if it is true then it doesn't surprise me that much for three reasons: 1. As I said in my post, the kind of people who listen to NPR and would submit stories are what the outgoing President and his cronies would dismiss as the East Coast liberal intellectual elite, many of whom live in New York City and the surrounding area. 2. Brooklyn resident Auster is inextricably linked with the city thanks to "The New York Trilogy" and was perhaps prone to being favourable towards stories set there when selecting which ones to anthologise. 3. NYC is the kind of place people pass through at some point in their lives even if they don't live there long term. Anyway, I'll shut up as this thread isn't meant for this kind of discussion, although if the mods want to split some of the posts off into a new thread I'm not sure where you'd put it since it isn't fiction. Biography?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grammath Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 Incidentally, I've also started George Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 Nobody True by James Herbert Obviously experimenting with a new writing style, which is absolutely...........hate using these words, but nothing else fits...........crap. Story's an interesting concept, which is why I'm still reading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offscott Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 I'm reading hox, I'm not far into it and so far its this boy what is something to do with cats, somehow its like hes turning into one but I'm not completely sure if thats true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Harley Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 Right now I think I'm reading a book about Kafka's letters to that woman...Whatshername. And a writer's blog, but that's not a book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 Now I have an hour on the train at the beginning and end of each working day I'm getting through books at a rate of knots! This morning I started If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazel Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 I started William Golding's, The Spire last night. My last free-choice read till I have read my pile of uni texts for this September. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenmcd Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 Started The Outsider by Albert Camus in the early hours of this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 I`ve just started The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 I'm planning to start The Dig by John Preston later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenomanjaro Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 Yesterday I made a start on 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close' by Jonathan Safran Foer. I really enjoyed 'Everything is Illuminated', so I've got high expectations for this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted June 22, 2008 Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 I've not devled into the world of crime fiction for a while so next I'm goign to start a book recommended to me by my mum, Friend of the Devil by Peter Robinson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blithe_spirit Posted June 22, 2008 Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 I intend to start "The Pure in Heart" by Susan Hill later this evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuntzy Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Just started The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brightphoebus Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Just started The Good Soldier by Ford Madox FordI seem to remember this is not megustaleer's favourite book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megustaleer Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 I seem to remember this is not megustaleer's favourite book I don't even remember having read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brightphoebus Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 I don't even remember having read it. Umm, I've been trying to find the thread. I don't think I dreamed it, though it's possible as I do dream about books and about BGO sometimes (sad, I know). Maybe it was pre-crash. I remember being impressed at the depths of your loathing, m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 I've got a long weekend away coming up with a couple of long train journeys. Seems like the ideal time to start on David Copperfield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megustaleer Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Umm, I've been trying to find the thread. I don't think I dreamed it, though it's possible as I do dream about books and about BGO sometimes (sad, I know). Maybe it was pre-crash. I remember being impressed at the depths of your loathing, m. You know me better than I know myself! I had checked my 2006 & 2007 reading lists, and the BGO thread on the book, none of which were any help. but after your post above I went further back, and consulted my old reading diary, and there it was! Back in June 2004 I wrote: After a gripping start, with a palpable feeling of distress, betrayal and impending disaster, I was disappointed with the way the story continued, told in snippets of past and future events, hints and innuendo. None of the characters were at all attractive, and I abandoned it halfway through I guess that I wrote about my deep disappointment with the book sometime during the 14 months that were lost in The Crash, and have subsequently banished it completely from my memory. I still don't recall a single thing about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 I still don't recall a single thing about it A recommendation if ever there was one This morning I started The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuntzy Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Back in June 2004 I wrote: ...with the way the story continued, told in snippets of past and future events, hints and innuendo. None of the characters were at all attractive, and I abandoned it halfway through What disappointed you Meg was what enthuses me so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirelightSpirit Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Almost finished the Oxford Book of English Love Stories, so I've cheated a bit and brought The Polysyllabic Spree with me for lunch and train reading. Will finish the other at home tonight, or possibly tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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