What are you reading?

[Hebe]

I've nearly finished Last Exit to Brooklyn. I came across a reference to its being banned in the UK and I remember the Gene Pitney song.

Fairly tame stuff by today's standards, but God it's bleak! Has anyone read it?

[AiA in Atlanta]

Just finished "No Boundary" by Ken Wilber.

[Jovial Monk]

Reading Paul Krugman's "Conscience of a liberal" (Liberal actually spelled with a capital L) and Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash."

If you like SciFi grab one of Neal's books!

[Hebe]

I loathe sci-fi. I can't even read Discworld.

[Jovial Monk]

bwahahaha Good old Terry Pratchett. He writes some amusing books but whether I would call them science fiction is another thing.

[mantra.]

I loathe sci-fi. I can't even read Discworld.

I can't stand science fiction either. I've just finished The Moonlit Cage - Linda Holeman, about a young Afghan girl, repelled by her village, then sold onto a nomadic tribe. Intoxicating reading. I love all those sagas, encompassing mystery, history, adventure, murder and drama.

Who's the author of Last Exit to Brooklyn Hebe?

[Hebe]

Some guy called Hubert Selby

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Exit_to_Brooklyn

I'd never heard of him. It isn't really that good - it's more shock value, and I suppose in the early '60s it had plenty of that. There seems to be an abundance of transvestites, which I suppose was pretty racy stuff then.

There's an intro by Anthony Burgess discussing the meaning of obscenity and a history of the trial to ban it. Interesting stuff.

[JW Frogen]

I've nearly finished Last Exit to Brooklyn. I came across a reference to its being banned in the UK and I remember the Gene Pitney song.

Fairly tame stuff by today's standards, but God it's bleak! Has anyone read it?

I saw the movie, but it was long ago and I was drunk. I remember the gang bang scene however.

[JW Frogen]

I am currently reading the short stories of Hemmingway.

There is a much mention of cofee with a hint of shaking hands, one can tell he was often trying to ride that dry wagon.

[AiA in Atlanta]

I am currently reading the short stories of Hemmingway.

There is a much mention of cofee with a hint of shaking hands, one can tell he was often trying to ride that dry wagon.

I wonder if he had the shakes as he placed the barrel of the shotgun in his mouth.