Re: so what books are you currently reading?

I'm currently working my way through The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand and
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. I just recently was recommended
Vonnegut, and the first book by him I read was "Cat's Cradle", and I enjoyed
it, so now I'm on to his most famous(?) book.
About Fight Club...Palahniuk I feel is a really great writer. I have read
most of his stuff (with the exeption of one, called 'Survivor', which many
Palahniuk fans consider his best), and his writing only gets better. He has
very strong nihilistic views (as you have all probably felt through watching
Fight Club, if you've seen it), and they come through in his writing in
waves...You'll be getting deep into his story-line and he'll hit you with
something really hard, and in your face. He is a very graphic writer as
well...not for the weak-hearted. ;)

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Rovira" <jrovira@drew.edu>
To: <bananafish@roughdraft.org>
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 9:26 AM
Subject: so what books are you currently reading?

> Good thread, Levi. Tell me what you think about Tender when you finish
> it -- I've been wanting to read Fight Club since I've seen the movie, so
> I'm especially interested in what you have to say about that.
>
> Jim
>
> lray wrote:
>
> >Moving right along.
> >Doot Do Doo
> >On another note I was wondering what books are floating around in the
mind's
> >eyes of all the bananafish.
> >I am currently reading Tender is the Night by Fitzgerald, Fight Club by
Chuck
> >Palahniuk, and Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. I had to step away
from
> >Tender is the Night for a bit because Rosemary was just becoming too much
too
> >handle. Fight Club seemed like a nice alternative, a quick gritty read
with
> >some content thrown in in short sharp bursts. And then there is Infinite
> >Jest, the month long read as a professor of mine calls it. Infinite Jest
is a
> >phenomenal book but there is only so much talk about AA at one time I can
> >handle. When I have more time and a clearer head I will finish it. Then
on
> >to Dubliners by Joyce and Gravity's Raibow by Pynchon. How about all of
you?
> >-Levi
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>===== Original Message From Jim Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu> =====
> >>Levi -- I have nothing to say to John except by way of response to his
> >>
> >>
> >absolutely
> >
> >
> >>pointless personal insults. I do -not- initiate any of this crap, and
he
> >>
> >>
> >always
> >
> >
> >>responds, out of the blue, to conversations I'm already having with
someone
> >>
> >>
> >else.
> >
> >
> >>If you aren't perceptive enough to see that's what's going on, I can't
help
> >>
> >>
> >you
> >
> >
> >>any more than this. I've also already apologized to you for my part in
this.
> >>
> >>If you choose to delete all my posts unread, that's fine, really (i.e.,
I
> >>
> >>
> >don't
> >
> >
> >>care). I don't see how you can consider that a threat to me. For my
part,
> >>
> >>
> >I've
> >
> >
> >>already decided to do that to John's posts, so you shouldn't be getting
any
> >>
> >>
> >more
> >
> >
> >>of my responses to John (because there won't be any more). I won't be
seeing
> >>anything to respond to (there really wasn't anything to respond to
anyhow).
> >>
> >>Message filters are beautiful things.
> >>
> >>Jim
> >>
> >>lray wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>My goodness Jim and John. Maybe some people on the list do not mind
> >>>
> >>>
> >arguments
> >
> >
> >>>and insults taking place in their inbox but I do. By all means feel
free
> >>>
> >>>
> >to
> >
> >
> >>>put each other down off-list, but I am on the verge of just deleting
every
> >>>single post the two of you make because they are likely to just be
pissing
> >>>contests between the two of you. Now I'm sure you are both just peachy
> >>>
> >>>
> >people
> >
> >
> >>>and all but the list is so much less enjoyable when people argue,
> >>>
> >>>
> >especially
> >
> >
> >>>when the "discussion" they were originally having has long since been
lost
> >>>among the trash. Of course, no one may feel the same as me, in which
case
> >>>continue berating each other, spiced eggnog or no.
> >>>-Levi
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>===== Original Message From "John Gedsudski"
<john_gedsudski@hotmail.com>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>=====
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>Yep, I agree. I probably shouldn't respond...don't know if that
would
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >help
> >
> >
> >>>>>or
> >>>>>not, but it certainly wouldn't hurt...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Jim
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>Dear Lord Jim,
> >>>>
> >>>>If you are wondering why I have erased all that clap-trap (mine
included)
> >>>>below, it is because I can't stand those messy quotes behind us. So
you
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >can
> >
> >
> >>>>fee free to call me "dishonest", as you have so before.
> >>>>
> >>>>Deciphering your posts on this board has given me some unexpected joy.
> >>>>Finding a point in a particular thread of yours, though, I feel like a
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >blind
> >
> >
> >>>>man in a dark room looking for a black cat, which doesn't even exist.
> >>>>Your web page is another reason why I am sure you need help.
> >>>>So pretentious, so full of disinformation...
> >>>>And that picture, shall I return to the old pscyhology thread and have
you
> >>>>give the old projective test a whirl?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>"You Needn't Be So Mean, Baby"
> >>>>
> >>>>If I insult you, Jim, understand I have begun to unravel under the
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >pressure
> >
> >
> >>>>of the ice and snow surrounding my domicile. Reading your pedantic
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >postings
> >
> >
> >>>>between swigs of spicy eggnog gives me hope for mediocrity in the
world.
> >>>>With such low standards conspicuous as they are, I am sure everyone
can
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >live
> >
> >
> >>>>peacefully in a warm and fuzzy universe where someone who remarks "Don
> >>>>Quixote is a fun book" can Make It Big.
> >>>>
> >>>>We've got a new year ahead of us, kiddo. There's still time for
renewal.
> >>>>In closing Jim, lets take a page from Issa:
> >>>>
> >>>> O snail
> >>>>Climb Mount Fuji,
> >>>> But slowly, slowly!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Yours,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>John Gedsudski
> >>>>Adjuct Professor of Egos
> >>>>Philistia Community College
> >>>>507 Boorish Drive
> >>>>NY,NY
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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