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[jlhoots]

1 hour ago, Serioza said:

Great writer - Station Eleven, The Glass Hotel - new novel coming out early April.

Edited January 29, 2022 by jlhoots

[Serioza]

5 hours ago, jlhoots said:

Great writer - Station Eleven, The Glass Hotel - new novel coming out early April.

can't place her entirely as crime fiction writer, Station Eleven is quite baffling..

 

Edited January 30, 2022 by Serioza

[jazzbo]

[BillF]

[ghost of miles]

On 1/8/2022 at 10:29 AM, Bluesnik said:

Hat off to Ghost who hipped me to this. It's an in-depth survey on glam rock and its followers, by Simon Reynolds, one of the most interesting writers on popular culture from the last times. I know his Retromania, Pops obsession with its own past. Turns out he's my age. So he's lived through both glam and post punk. Just as me: the first as a kid, the second in my twens. Glam and Post punk are the two faces of the same coin. And Reynolds has books on both, which I both have.

So glad you’re enjoying it! I picked up Reynolds’ book on rave culture recently, though I’m not sure when I’ll get around to reading it. He’s certainly a writer for whom I like to make time.

Reading this very interesting volume from PM Press right now. They have similar essay collections about both radical sci-fi and depictions of youth culture in 1950s/60s/70s pulp paperbacks. (A world still so prominent when I was a kid, just before the advent of VCRs, cable TV, and the eventual rise of digital tech.) 

[jlhoots]

Charlotte Carter: Rhode Island Red

[Bluesnik]

2 hours ago, ghost of miles said:

I picked up Reynolds’ book on rave culture recently,

I plan on picking this up too. In the near future. Energy Flash it's called, I think. Just as the John Beltran song. I also lived through all that: electronic music in the 90s and the 2000s, so I'm interested in the book.

2 hours ago, ghost of miles said:

depictions of youth culture in 1950s/60s/70s pulp paperbacks

I have a very interesting book called Teenage. The prehistory of youth culture 1875-1945. Though not by him but another Englishman, Jon Savage.

[jlhoots]

Michael Connelly: The Law Of Innocence

[relyles]

Just finished this with my family book club. Good read with a couple of references to Mingus Ah Um and Ornette Coleman. It was not a jazz book, but it hinted that one of the characters was a fan.

[jlhoots]

1 hour ago, relyles said:

Just finished this with my family book club. Good read with a couple of references to Mingus Ah Um and Ornette Coleman. It was not a jazz book, but it hinted that one of the characters was a fan.

[ghost of miles]

12 hours ago, relyles said:

Just finished this with my family book club. Good read with a couple of references to Mingus Ah Um and Ornette Coleman. It was not a jazz book, but it hinted that one of the characters was a fan.

Friend of mine and I have committed to reading this before we meet for lunch next month. 

Right now, a book that’s really fascinating so far:

 

 

 

[Chuck Nessa]

About to re-read this after too many years. Created by an old friend since 1973.

[Dmitry]

Wife and I just joined a book club. It's a noble exercise - a monthly meeting at the member's home, potluck, drinks, followed by the discussion. This is what was chosen by the next month's host -

Kristin Hannah - The Four Winds

While in possession of the library-borrowed tome of significant Amazon repute, I observed and documented an Interesting parasympathetic phenomenon. After reading the first 25 pages, this is exactly how my lower intestinal tract heralded the cessation - by emitting four giant, Texas-sized winds. Obviously I had to comply. 

My wife is promising to soldier through the remainder of this masterpiece of socrealism.. I'll tag along for company [read - alcohol], and hopefully will keep my mouth shut. But the winds...they may still make their way.

 

[JSngry]

3 hours ago, Dmitry said:

...four giant, Texas-sized winds. Obviously I had to comply. 

not with winterizing your turbines, you didn't.

[HutchFan]

This just arrived in the mail:

Looking forward to diving in.  

 

[soulpope]

43 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

This just arrived in the mail:

Looking forward to diving in.  

Would be interested in your thoughts about this book ....

[HutchFan]

2 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Would be interested in your thoughts about this book ....

Sure thing. Will share my impressions after reading.

 

[soulpope]

3 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Sure thing. Will share my impressions after reading.

Thnx .... btw this book (as paperback) is not easily obtainable in Europe .... sigh ....

[HutchFan]

Just now, soulpope said:

Thnx .... btw this book (as paperback) is not easily obtainable in Europe .... sigh ....

If you'd like the book, we can get you a copy.  I'll be your "American connection," order the book and then send it along to you after I receive it. 

No problem.   Just ping me if you'd like to go down that path.

 

[soulpope]

10 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

If you'd like the book, we can get you a copy.  I'll be your "American connection," order the book and then send it along to you after I receive it. 

No problem.   Just ping me if you'd like to go down that path.

Thnx for your kind offer ....

[jlhoots]

Michael Connolly: The Drop

[BillF]

[ghost of miles]

The second book of Ian W. Toll’s Pacific War trilogy—an excellent counterpart to Rick Atkinson’s Liberation Trilogy, which covers the American war effort in the European Theater:

[BillF]

[ghost of miles]

Two new arrivals that I’m going to start this evening:

Edited March 11, 2022 by ghost of miles