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mk  ·  4682 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What book are you reading right now?
You and Hein recommended Robert Holdstock's Mythago Wood some time back:

http://hubski.com/pub?id=6171

I recently finished Anna Karenina, and was going to read that but I couldn't get it on Kindle. I had The Hobbit laying around, and I decided to read it again. I hadn't read it since about the 7th grade. I'm going to pick up the dead tree version of Mythago Wood this week. That will be my next read.

If you haven't read Broca's Brain by Carl Sagan, I highly recommend that. That's one I often recommend to people. Most of his other stuff is very good, but that one has the most personality, IMO. I'm trying to think of the book I just put behind Mythago Wood... recently recommended to me. Oh, I need to read Slaughterhouse Five. I've never read it. It's one of those that fell through the cracks.

If you haven't read any John Irving, read A Prayer for Owen Meany. I didn't love it, but it really sticks with you. Dave Egger's You Shall Know Our Velocity is a brilliant book that isn't mentioned enough.





thenewgreen  ·  4681 days ago  ·  link  ·  
A Prayer for Owen Meany was a really enjoyable read. I agree that it "stays with you".
lessismore  ·  4681 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I guess I will have to add that to the list as well. :)
cgod  ·  4680 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I didn't like Anna Karenina very much, but love War and Peace.
mk  ·  4680 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Yes, I didn't like Anna Karenina as much as I liked War and Peace. I think the backdrop of the invasion moved War and Peace in a way that Anna Karenina didn't.

The books seemed similar in their treatment of Pierre Bezukhov in W&P and Konstantin Levin in AK, regarding their search for meaning, which I enjoyed.

Unfortunately, I don't think my translation of AK was as good as the version of W&P I read. I was at a friend's house, and picked up his version of AK. It was much better. Maybe that could have had some affect on your feelings about the book.

BTW, color photo of Tolstoy!:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:L.N.Tolstoy_Prokudin-Gorsk...

lessismore  ·  4681 days ago  ·  link  ·  
mk  ·  4681 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I should also add A Clockwork Orange. Materially it is actually not too unlike the movie. But the book has so much more to offer. I've never read anything like it.
kleinbl00  ·  4681 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Then add "The Wanting Seed" to your mix. I thought it was a better book than Clockwork.
mk  ·  4680 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Maybe I should compile a "Hubski thinks you should read this!" page.
lessismore  ·  4681 days ago  ·  link  ·  
My to read list is growing by leaps and bounds.
lessismore  ·  4681 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I never saw the movie, so it is a double plus. :)
b_b  ·  4681 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I just started it. Fun language in it. In the foreward to the edition I bought Burgess rails against the movie and original American edition of the book, because his editor stripped the final chapter. Apparently, its the chapter of redemption and change. He claims that without it, the audience just sees a nihilistic worldview, and that wan't his intent. Then Kubrick based the movie on the American, not British version. Anyway, I really enjoyed the movie, so I interested to see how different the book feels.