I just read Kenny Anger's Hollywood Babylon for the first time and it was fuckin' awesome. defintely read this if you want to know about the raunchy 20-40s in hollywood.

I've been re-reading stuff lately. The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, in preparation for the new novel coming out in November. Also reading Warren Ellis' Transmetropolitan, because it's election season and while there's never a bad time to read Transmet, there's never a better time. 

'Tis that time of the year again....the BEST time :)

In loving memory of one of the best writers ever:)!!!

Jules Verne ~ Hektor Servadac (1877)

Hector Servadac est un roman de Jules Verne (1828-1905), paru dans le "Magasin d'Éducation et de Récréation" du 1er janvier au 15 décembre 1877, avant d'être publié par l'éditeur Jules Hetzel dans la collection des Voyages extraordinaires.

If you like the meaning of symbols, symbology and the history of symbols thru the ages, this is the book for you:):)

Have currently got two on the go, depending on my mood. "Why it's all kicking off" by BBC journalist Paul Mason, which is a dissection of the reasons for many of the protests we've recently seen the world over and the role of networking and new technologies in aiding protests. It's a good read. I also recommend his book "Live Working, Die Fighting" which is a history of current union movements in developing countries and a comparison of their movements with those of old.

For fiction I'm working my way through the first H.P. Lovecraft omnibus. Great psychological terror.

Currently reading my sister's new novel, Shadow Kin. Urban Dark Romance - vamps, werewolves, and magic. :-)

The cover art is v. kewl. Mel

SoundZ cool :)

melissa scott said:

Some non-fiction for a change - Christopher Hitchens' Why Orwell Matters. Witty, informative, thought-provoking, just like Orwell's writing. Worth reading.

Some non-fiction for a change - Christopher Hitchens' Why Orwell Matters. Witty, informative, thought-provoking, just like Orwell's writing. Worth reading.

I just finished reading THE KEEP by F. Paul Wilson. Good horror novel. I'd read it twenty-five years ago or so, but didn't remember all that much. Could be the start of an old 80s horror kick for me.

Currently reading Vonnegut's "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater", and am finding it's not one of his best, although I can't imagine he's ever written anything bad. Also just re-read "Catcher in the Rye" as I had all but forgotten it from grade school and my interest re-piqued on Salinger's passing. Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" is just waiting for me to pick it up. I'm ashamed to say that I'm Canadian & have yet to read any Atwood, and I really enjoy dystopian novels.

my man scored about 50? earl stanley gardner (perry mason and others) books from the 30's to the 50's...and the cover art isn't the only great thing about them...they say things like "dame" and "gams" and every other slang term from the time period...too great!

Andy Rampage said:

'SOUNDS like' a pretty interesting Read!! YOU finnish it Yet??

Yeah, it was pretty good. Not perfect, but it got me to watch a bunch of his films, and some old "Johnny Staccato" episodes. So bonus points for that. I just re-read Please Kill Me, and that was great. Best oral history I've ever read. Interesting to note that so much of my favorite music was made by complete fuck-ups and drug addicts. And I gotta say that Wayne/Jayne County was a no-talent poser and Handsome Dick Manitoba got a raw deal...

Mal Thursday said:

Accidental Genius: How John Cassavetes Invented the American Independent Film by Marhsall Fine. It's a pretty decent overview of Cassavetes' life and career. Makes me want to sit through The Killing of a Chinese Bookie again.

'SOUNDS like' a pretty interesting Read!! YOU finnish it Yet??

Accidental Genius: How John Cassavetes Invented the American Independent Film by Marhsall Fine. It's a pretty decent overview of Cassavetes' life and career. Makes me want to sit through The Killing of a Chinese Bookie again.

i read knut hamsun with mystries and i identified with the main character ...then he commited suicide

Happily i recently secured for myself a copy Of: "Flaming London"
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) & Jules Verne Team-up with NED THE SEAL (that's right! A SEAL!!
as in mammal!) in attempt to "Save The World" from a Martian Invasion ..ala "WAR Of THE WORLDS"!!
..as CAN ONLY BE told by my'man JOE r. Lansdale doing his best to imitate his idol Philip Jose Farmer..

I AM also Currently fumblin' through: Hugh Cornwell's Auto-Bio Of himself & THE STRANGLERS:"A Multitude of Sins"

I hear that had a lot of factual errors, but maybe it's been corrected with newer pressings. For instance, they claim the Bruisers were a white power band, when they weren't, etc. Jannell said:

American Hardcore by Steven Blush