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Che Guevara Speaks: Selected Speeches and Writings by Ernesto Guevara

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Favorite authorsDante Alighieri, Margaret Atwood, J. G. Ballard, Georges Bataille, Alfred Bester, Paul Bowles, A. S. Byatt, James M. Cain, Italo Calvino, Storm Constantine, T. S. Eliot, Jostein Gaarder, Michael Moorcock, Vladimir Nabokov, Steven Pinker, Sylvia Plath, Ezra Pound, José Saramago, William Shakespeare, Tom Spanbauer, William T. Vollmann, David Foster Wallace, Andrea Zanzotto (Shared favorites)

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About meI like books. I will read most anything but I am always on the look out for a good fantasy novel. Suggestions are always appreciated.

I am one of those weird people who like watching a foreign movie with subtitles or reading a book in the original language (as long as the original language is English, Italian, French or Spanish). Part of the reason why I studied Italian was because one of my goals in life was to read Dante's "Divine Comedy" in the original. Which I did, at the age of 35.

I'm also one of those people who can't seem to read only one book at a time.

Last 15 books read:
"The History and Lore of Freaks" by C.J.S. Thompson
"Shadowdance" by Robin Wayne Bailey
"Otaku: Japan's Database Animals" by Hiroki Azuma
"Japanamerica" by Roland Kelts
"The Origins of Desire: Modern Spanish Short Stories"
"Corambis" by Sarah Monette
"The Mirador" by Sarah Monette
"Swordspoint" by Ellen Kushner
"Standish" by Erastes
"Heroes and Ghosts" by S. A. Payne
"Screening Violence" by Stephen Prince
"The Virtu" by Sarah Monette
"Count Brass" by Michael Moorcock
"The Devil in a Forest" by Gene Wolfe
"The Deadly Space Between" by Patricia Duncker

About my library"He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot." - Arabic proverb

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Hi,

Was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here as well as a few other book-related sites. Saw you liked Butcher Boy, and I thought you might like my novel since it's also about a disturbed adolescent and a bit dark. I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like. Let me know if you're interested. Here's a link to a summary in case you're interested:

http://christophertusa.com/blog/?page_id...
Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 10:50 am (EST) on Mar 25, 2009

I did read Story of the Eye and found it to really live up to the term 'trangressive fiction' in terms of both structure and subject matter. His other works are much in the same vein. Planning to read "Blue of Noon' by him next. I wrote on Story of the Eye as part of an argumentative essay on erotic literature and merit. I find his writing and philosophy quite fascinating. I feel his fiction was more a vehicle for his philosophy than anything else. I enjoyed Dearest Pet. I was surprised that it was so abstractly written and presented rather than just numbers as case studies.

posted by poetontheone at 12:12 am (EST) on Sep 19, 2008

We share quite a few books. I jsut purchased the collected works of Pierre louys recently, I have not read him yet, but I plan to in the coming months. What are oyur opininos of his work? Also, what did you think of Dearest Pet?

posted by poetontheone at 4:56 pm (EST) on Sep 10, 2008

hey, we have a ton of books in common!

posted by andtheshoreline at 3:38 pm (EST) on Sep 19, 2007

Just a couple of reading suggestions..

Charles de Lint (Canadian Author - Urban Fantasy) is just amazing and I would have a look at Melanie Rawn if you haven't already (very engaging high fantasy).

Hope you like them both,
Lizzie :)

posted by jaminger at 8:17 pm (EST) on Jun 30, 2007

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