54876, RE: i never read modern books Posted by The Damaja, Tue Oct-11-05 12:02 PM
>like i said, im the same way...lol but i dont read childrens >books. i have to say, now that i think about it, ive done a >bit...i used to read some elmore leonard, some moseley...and i >guess morrison's cool..but u know..i dunnno..i like don >delillo *sp*...im talkin some real lyrical type cats on some >real stylish prose thing...thats just the sort of thing im a >fan of and cant imagine too many cats doing these days. >
i'm about to read Libra. sounds good
see my problem is... i've got no idea WHAT cats are doing these days. if i read all the new stuff, i wouldn't have time to read the old stuff
>>except for a few children's books, i don't think i've read >>any novels published during my lifetime >> >u bullshittin. >
no seriously... a few more maybe. Batman Forever: The Book (lol)... maybe some that I did when I was at school though they also would tend to be old
> >>there's like 5 centuries of writing to catch up on first! >> >agreed. i got madd stuff i need to read..madame bovary and >some other stuff i cant think of right now. but yeah im sure >something like that is more urgently necessary to read than >say the latest grisham novel...
yep... it sort of boggles my mind that we even have these threads. i couldn't begin to put together a "top ten current novelists"... i'm surprised that from the thousands of new books to choose from, anyone's EVER read the same one as someone else
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