- if @plasticbrentley and @tofermoran were police officers. http://bit.ly/clJr5F #
- today's new music: the books – the way out. http://bit.ly/cyXZVX #
- new music: royksopp – senior. http://bit.ly/bpzYty (via & thanks to @jephjacques) #
- @vyemoran good to know my subliminal crib speakers are still working. finn's say "i will be a nobel prize winning playwright." in reply to vyemoran #
- http://bit.ly/74Lpnl bloodelephant and friends. #
- instead of blog posts about all the backlog of books i read last year & change, i’m going to use twitter. #lazy #books
- Cacioppo, J; Patrick, W – Loneliness. nonfic. all i remember is the story about monkeys & dolls-why do we always torture the monkeys? #books
- Ballard, JG – Crash. i read it on a roadtrip; you should not. instruction manual sex & heavy cars & violence & personal isolation #books
- Akutagawa, Ryunosuke – Rashomon & Other Stories. chunky prose that feels translated. stark venomous shorts. standout: “in a grove” #books
- Ballard, JG – War Fever. some effective shortstories, some gimmicky ones. standout: “Report on an Unidentified Space Station” #books
- Barker, Clive – The Thief of Always. tighter structured than coraline but not as visceral. #books
- Beagle, Peter S – A Fine and Private Place. quiet book in which not much happens. wellobserved, poignant, & welldrawn. a scout. #books
- Black, Holly – Tithe. brilliant first sentence, constant obstacles & a quick read. her current books far outstrip this, though. #books
- Black, Holly – White Cat. frothing fan of cassel & his hurting ways. watch him make doomed decisions. also: scams. #books
- Black, Holly – Ironside. i’m a sucker for faerie politics and angst and running around. #books
- Black, Holly – Valiant. my favorite of this series. drugs & homeless kids & fairies (& a troll). more running around. #books
- Brecht, Bertold – The Threepenny Opera. first: the beggar’s guild. & amazing music, once weill gets to it. #books
- @hollyblack they say it takes something like ten years to master a craft, & judging by the difference between tithe & white cat, that’s true
- @hollyblack & anyhow i enjoyed tithe too, so no sad points for it–i read it in one sitting. but white cat is ++good, and blows the rest out
- @hollyblack all deserved, of course. you put people in some untenable situations. i’m waiting with the twitchyeye for red glove to come out.
- the longer i watch this dog dance, the more i wonder: what if the bomb fantasies of the 50s were prophecies of mercy? http://bit.ly/achMyB
- Bukowski, Charles – Factotum. seedy people drunkenly doing bad things to one another. grit & poetry. #books
- Calvino, Italo – Invisible Cities. read this after marco polo. the world should be filled with cities like these & i’m sad it’s not. #books
- hanging sheets to dry in the upper room (have to ascend a ladder). first thought was: “man, this would make a pretty sweet bedouin fort.”
- Collins, Billy – Sailing Alone Around the Room. sweaterweather fresh air and teatime poetry. #books
- Crais, Robert – The Monkey’s Raincoat. quick and smooth, arresting characters; renewed noir, which means a fresh, human protagonist. #book
- de Saint-Exupéry, Antoine – Wind, Sand and Stars. i love every part of this book. i want a biplane. best storm description i’ve read. #book
- Delany, Samuel R – Dhalgren. hazy odd future that feels like the sixties. sex, philosophy, loops of interaction, but readable & clear #books
- Disch, Thomas – Camp Concentration. claustrophobic, insideout feeling. reminded me of the camp in v for vendetta. smart selfdestruct #books
- Dorfman, Ariel – Desert Memories. initially drew me to chile. stories of miners & their now obsolete way of life. #books
- “Ist mir mîn leben getroumet, oder is es war?” — Walther von der Vogelweide
- Ellison, Harlan – Dangerous Visions. best anthology in sf, designed to push publisher censorship. not a single bum story. leiber ftw #books
- Forster, EM – Aspects of the Novel. aspirational analysis, a peptalk on what’s possible. and again: books are about people. #books
- Fraser, George MacDonald – Flashman. q: how offensive can we make this protagonist? a: rather quite, pip pip. #books
- Freeman, Grace Beachum – Midnight to Dawn. tranquil, nature loving poetry; gardens, time, & loss. standout: boy watching a mushroom. #books
- Gaiman, Neil – M is for Magic. shortstories not necessarily for kids, collected. standout: how to talk to girls at parties. #books
- today explained in spanish: philosophy of minimalist rock & roll, various etymological influences of english, & why american girls are loud.
- Gaiman, Neil; Zulli, Michael – The Last Temptation. the first of gaiman’s comics i haven’t really liked. mopping bradbury’s gravy. #books
- Gardner, John – On Becoming A Novelist. you will be poor. work is hard. pay attention. #books
- Garner, Alan – The Owl Service. an entirely foreign fantasy. legends are coming & they don’t care for you. more welsh than s. cooper #books
- RT @lizargall: Listening to Kim Stanley Robinson’s guest of honor speech http://bit.ly/anV5m1 Delightful & wonderful via @garykemble #aus4
- with smashing vocals by @vyemoran RT @tofermoran: In The Circuit Of The Sun “Light Out For The Territory”: http://bit.ly/9pDpyP
- i have been summoned for jury duty in another hemisphere. my reaction has been both sedate and reasoned.
- A LINGERING ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT INFECTION IN YOUR EYES AND THE EYES OF ALL YOUR HOUSE FOR ALL TIME, BUREAUCRACY OF AMERICAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM
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