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Userlands
new anthology edited by Dennis Cooper
:: STARTED BY Sypha has left the building
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:28 30.01.07
Ishiguro's Latest *SPOILERISH*
On novelists, editors and apocalyptic educational establishments. Keywords: Never Let Me Go. Kazuo Ishiguro.
:: STARTED BY Psych Safeling
:: 12 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:12 22.01.07
Finding books by Helene Cixous and Luce Irigaray in the english speaking world
finding la feminine ecriture en francais in london
:: STARTED BY neutral
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 04:24 17.01.07
Recommend me some poets
Okay, those of you who are po-partial, recommend me a favourite, and let's try to keep away from the canon if we can. I'm looking for new voices I ain't heard much of before...
:: STARTED BY matsya
:: 54 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:02 12.01.07
Sexiest Books
Sexiest books, however you catalogue such, by potency, by sheer number of references, or even just variety... and sexual meanness/roughness
:: STARTED BY Decadent Daytripper in Love
:: 23 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:05 11.01.07
Poetry of your life
Poetry that articulates your stance/thoughts/actions at any given time of life whether it be past, present or possibly future (with discussion).
:: STARTED BY Green My Eyes
:: 25 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:22 09.01.07
Funky, head-trip sci-fi
Drugs-taking, bellbottoms-wearing sci fi from the late sixties to the late seventies
:: STARTED BY buttergun
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:54 09.01.07
Authors Playing Critic
Being a great writer does not necessarily mean that one is great at talking about writing. Recommend me people who are not only great authors but great critics as well, if you please.
:: STARTED BY Good Intentions
:: 13 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:46 03.01.07
2006: What are you currently reading?
The ever-popular thread for details on what you're reading, with details on how it's going. Now in its fourth glorious year!
:: STARTED BY Our Lady Drinks Your Milkshake
:: 375 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:21 28.12.06
Medieval and Early Modern Literature
Reading and studying early literature in English
:: STARTED BY Blake Head
:: 22 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:10 27.12.06
Very short recommendations thread
A thread for short and sweet recomendations
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 94 REPLIES, LAST AT 07:00 26.12.06
Books, Criticism & Writing Questions
A random Q&A thread on books & lit.
:: STARTED BY Ariadne
:: 66 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:09 20.12.06
How do I get a job in publishing?
Lionheart asks:
How do I get a job in publishing?
:: STARTED BY Lionheart
:: 22 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:17 18.12.06
A Thread of Its Own
Primarily a discussion of Virginia Woolf's pathbreaking feminist argument, A Room Of One's Own (1929); contributions drawing on Woolf's other writings and/or responses to the work by later writers, positive and negative, are also welcome.
:: STARTED BY alas
:: 26 REPLIES, LAST AT 03:32 13.12.06
Print Fetish
check it out
:: STARTED BY True Art
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:55 13.12.06
Fantastic Histories: Pros and Cons
How do fictional worlds that draw on historical eras compare with 'proper' historical fiction?
:: STARTED BY Ex
:: 13 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:18 08.12.06
New ideas in sci fi
New ideas in sci fi. Chris Nakashima-Brown. Charles Stross. Others?
:: STARTED BY glitch
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:15 07.12.06
When genres collide!
too many genres, how many genres is too many, genre novels, stylistics - style of writing when too many genres are used.
:: STARTED BY Benny the Ball
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:15 05.12.06
Free copy of my book!
Icelandic review of Icelander
:: STARTED BY Dusto
:: 18 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:27 05.12.06
I wish I had written that!
Your favorite books that you wish you had actually written
:: STARTED BY Sypha has left the building
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:59 04.12.06
Unintentionally funny lines found in books
Any unintentionally funny lines found in books. Share them.
:: STARTED BY Joggy Yoghurt
:: 31 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:04 04.12.06
Does anybody read Lovecraft anymore?
Do you read Lovecraft even though he's a sexist, classist and racist? And he's a little boring?
:: STARTED BY matthew.
:: 70 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:02 29.11.06
Old Books Smell Good
A thread for gloating over second-hand bargains and fetishizing the smell/feel/design of old (used) books. What we love about books as objects, not just as vehicles for content.
:: STARTED BY Cat Chant
:: 47 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:20 28.11.06
Book Statistics
Book stats are intriguing, Amazon offers free Concordance and such now, talk about it here.
:: STARTED BY Quantum
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:14 28.11.06
Orson Scott Card
Will you admit to loving him?
:: STARTED BY Foust is SO authentic
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:02 27.11.06
City of Saints & Madmen
A discussion of the book by Jeff VanderMeer
:: STARTED BY Dusto
:: 11 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:30 25.11.06
Recommended Read: The Traveller
by John Twelve Hawkes. 1984 + The Davinci Code / The Invisibles in the style of a Wilbur Smith Romper
:: STARTED BY solid~liquid onwards
:: 14 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:45 24.11.06
Pynchon rumours....
A new novel by Pynchon, or just a hoax?
:: STARTED BY Trebor
:: 18 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:15 18.11.06
Richard K. Morgan
Altered Carbon seems good. Recommend me some other good, recent sci-fi or fantasy.
:: STARTED BY Dusto
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:15 18.11.06
I'm trying to read Anna Karenina.
Maybe it's the translation or maybe it's Tolstoy, but I get the overwhelming feeling that this 800-page novel could have just as easily been written in 200 pages.
:: STARTED BY Brittanie
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:37 16.11.06
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