I liked Horns by Joe Hill.
I'm looking for a new book and was hoping some of you guys could point me in the right direction. After reading a thread a while back I got American Psycho, which was awesome, and was looking for something somewhat similar. I haven't read any of Hunter S. Thompson, but when I hear the narration in the movies he sounds like an interesting writer.
I liked Horns by Joe Hill.
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I just started...11/22/63 by Stephen King...
If you like time travel...psych thrillers....you will love this.
The date is, of course, the day JFK was killed...and this is a time travel...portal...back to 1958...and the character has a chance to change history by stopping oswald....
pretty awesome so far...
Finnegan's Wake...you'll have a stroke by the 2nd page.
Agloco, go yourself. I've been tortured with enough physics. silverblk, that sounds interesting I'll look into that.
"Going Wrong" by Ruth Rendell
It's not new, but, it is outstanding work. I've read it 3 times and each time it only gets better.
"Victim: The Other Side of Murder" by Steven Kinder
It's nonfiction and is the story of the "hi-fi murder case" in SLC in the late 70s. The retelling of the actual murder won't leave you ever so take that in account afore you start.
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"Last Rampage" by James Clarke. The Tison gang's breakout from the Arizona State Pen in the late 70s and their murderous rampage reads like a novel. It's fantastic.
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I particularly enjoy some of the stuff that the time traveler observes from 1958...such as;
Milk Bottles delivered to your door every morning...and the taste of the milk...
The switch on cars to change from low lights to bright lights...on the lower left foot panel...in a metal switch that you work with your left foot....(when was the last time anyone mentioned that...or if anyone here has any grandpas with old pickup trucks--might remember seeing this)
Women in sundresses who would die of embarrassment if even a bra-strap peeked out of their dress...and the time traveler observes how shocked these women would be if they could see 2011's women with their tats...bodies displayed without shame,etc....
5 or 10 cent frosty mugs of rootbeer...bought in a drugstore or pharmacy...and the full bodied taste of the root beer....
love reading some of these gems....
^I'll be looking into that as well.
so far a great read....and it is around 850 pages....yikes!
Try ebay...for a little discount...I usually wait for the paperback version...but kinda knew I couldn't wait...so I will just keep the hardcover....
probably grab an electronic bookreader soon...
Yep, these are EXACTLY like American Psycho.
Oh and my favorite book is "Demon Haunted World; Science as a candle in the dark" by Carl Sagan.
I also like "The Sign and the Seal" by Graham Han . I find his conclusions are much farther out there than I would go, but there is a lot of history in the story and that is what I like about it.
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Grandpas? Dude, my first car (a 1987 Dodge Ramcharger) had this. Oh and it was freaking awesome. I wish they all still had it.
I haven't liked King since after "The Stand"...he's always treating men like dirt. Grows old after awhile.
But, this one I'll have to read.
Last King book I read was the DT7. Haven't been back since, but stuff like the Stand is gold.
Actually, if you want something good go back and read the first four dark towers. Don't read 5,6,7 though. They're not bad per say, just unsatisfying, IMO. Pretend King died.
Ahh, yes. My drive-by posting fails again.
Sorry Hal, didn't see you elaborate on what you were looking for. At any rate, both books I recommended are light reading to be sure. A glass of fine Cognac and a pipe go well with them.
100%. I really liked a lot of his older books and tried his new ones over the last 10 years from time to time but never could finish them. I told myself I was going to give it one more shot on 11/22/63 because it looked like an interesting story. Glad I did. Finished it a few days ago and definitely recommend it.
I liked the ending of the Dark Tower, personally. Roland as Sisyphus. And Joe Hill is writing better books than his dad these days, too.
On another note, everyone should read Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke. The Plot Against America is also an excellent work of historical fiction by Philip Roth - Lindbergh beats FDR in the election and the US does not enter WW2. I also recommend anything by Philip K .
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For the OP, you ought to try Chuck Palahniuk. He wrote Fight Club. I've read Survivor and Invisible Monsters and both were pretty good. Although I've started a couple of others of his and didn't make it through them. But if you liked American Psycho, you should enjoy these.
As to Hunter Thompson, I read Fear and Loathing in LV and it had it's moments. He really nails certain moments. But as a whole, I wouldn't recommend.
In the last few years, the best and most memorable book I read was City of Thieves. One of the few books I've read lately that lived up to the the rave reviews.
Dang... and I was about to recommend MTW.
Most people think King is only horror...
I tend to gravitate to his psychological stories...like the Dead Zone...Delores Claiborne...
...and his memoir...On Writing...was excellent...
his short story...The Body (Movie: Stand by Me) was nice...
Hearts in Atlantis...good...
I agree with sbm again. His non-horror holds up much better than a lot of his other work. Check out Different Seasons which has 4 novellas. 3 were made into movies including the excellent Shawshank Redemption (orginally Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption) and as mentioned above, Stand by Me. Also the Bachman Boooks were very good although they leaned more toward the horror side.
How could I forget Shawshank....
A book like American Psycho....hmmmmm. Oh I know
Hearts in Atlantis was a great book, and possibly one of the worst movies ever.
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