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You should definitely read Dostoevsky and Murakami, for sure. Start with Crime and Punishment for FD and I'm going to echo the short stories for Murakami, I think that's where he's at his best.

phantasmagorovich wrote:A character list for Dostoevsky (weird how he's transcribed to english!) is definitely helpful.

Most of the newer releases have character lists. Crime and Punishment is really, really good.

As for Murakami, I'm going to +1 Kafka. It's not too strange, like Hard Boiled.

I just ordered Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace. I really liked The Broom of the System and Infinite Jest. I don't have time to read for fun in a good while, with all my exams coming up, so these shorter stories will be perfect!

Brief Interviews is really good.

Just ordered a couple of film books from Dark Barn so I'll have those to dive into.

UglyCasanova wrote:

phantasmagorovich wrote:A character list for Dostoevsky (weird how he's transcribed to english!) is definitely helpful.

Most of the newer releases have character lists. Crime and Punishment is really, really good.

As for Murakami, I'm going to +1 Kafka. It's not too strange, like Hard Boiled.

I just ordered Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace. I really liked The Broom of the System and Infinite Jest. I don't have time to read for fun in a good while, with all my exams coming up, so these shorter stories will be perfect!

Loved Broom of the System.

As far as Murakami goes I think Kafka is a good start but Wind Up Bird would get my vote. I enjoy the shorts but think that the long form suits his style better.

Finished Perdido Street Station. Quite surprisingly for an 850 pages book, it ended almost abruptly (i.e. apart from the main plot, many things begged for more details/answers). Still, quite enjoyable.

Just started "Who Killed Mister Moonlight?: Bauhaus, Black Magick, and Benediction", the autobiographic book by David J., this morning. So I've been listening to Bauhaus non-stop, and yep, I'll never get tired of their music. Anyway, in addition to being an interesting thing to read about, David J. writes quite well, really looking forward to the rest of the book.

Next will probably be the new Gibson (The Peripheral).

I think I'll read Roadside Picnic again.

I just got "Blood Splatters Quickly" by Ed Wood yesterday! You can get the book with a little angora sweater book cover for $45, but I opted for the $20 book only.

A Goddamn Infinite Emergency John Mandel

Thanks Dark Barn!

Not a book but for what it's worth, I've been slowly digesting all the various interpretations and different ways people read into the movie The Shining.

This is probably the least cockamamie and most interesting read: http://www.mstrmnd.com/log/802

Empire of Scrounge

Finished "Who Killed Mister Moonlight?: Bauhaus, Black Magick, and Benediction" by David J. yesterday. Very nice, apart from the parts where he writes about his strange dreams and drug-fueled "magick" ceremonies with Alan Moore... Thankfully that mystic stuff is not the biggest part of the book. Anyway, apart from these it's a really interesting book, must-read for anybody into Bauhaus (but not only for fans, it's worth reading for anybody interested in music, really).

Just started "The use of weapons" by Iain M. Banks this morning...

Also considering getting a Kindle for all books that I do not intend to use as references or that I do not really need to have physically at home.

"In the Dust of this Planet" ... yeah, the book that was mentioned on Radiolab. pretty interesting, although it's kind of (typically) up its own butt. which is fine! a natural read, i think, if you're into black metal, lovecraft, maybe horror in general.

Yuval Hararis "Short history of mankind" is a definite recommendation! I'm not into science books much, but this one is amazing.

I have started reading Joseph Boyden's last book, The Orenda.

Boyden is a canadian novelist, his first book, three day road was definetely a masterpiece: a novel about two Cree snipers serving in the Canadian military during World War I, and their aunt who still lives in Canada as a Wyndigo killer. Both the guys feel awkward in the trenches of Ypres (near Belgium), they experience morphine, brothels and the destruction of humanity. The aunt prays for them and tries not to forsake her history and soul.