Category: books
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House of Leaves
I spent a fair chunk of the year reading House of Leaves. And it’s very good. It is one of the more challenging books I have read, not in terms of story, or narrative, but actual physical structure, which coincide with the story and narrative. The core of the story is this, a family buys…
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The Pastel City
On a recommendation at the Book Fair, I picked up *The Pastel City* by M. John Harrison. Set in a “dying earth” style story, in a time where a new empire has risen among the ruins of the preceding civilisation. And that civilisations technology and effect on the environment is still felt even in the…
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The Master and Margarita
I recently finished reading Mikhail Bulgakov’ *The Master and Margarita* and it was really good. But let me add some context to that. Being a Russian novel, it has been translated into English. Now the prose is excellent and it made me wonder how much liberty did the translator have with the prose. Are there…
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Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls
It’s been a long time since I read anything from David Sedaris. The last one was When You Are Engulfed In Flames, which I found thoroughly entertaining (and I should re—read in the near future). Let’s Explore… covers moving from France to Britain, collecting rubbish, praise for his squad of dental surgeons and technicians, learning…
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Reading List
Here’s a short ramble of what I have been reading of late. The Fade Out I’ve been reading Brubaker and Phillip’s Fatale and Criminal, and so far, I’m enjoying The Fade Out more. It’s a pretty compelling story about three people, two writers and an actress, working at a film studio a handful of years after…
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In the Post
Due to a friend’s continued harassment, I finally caved and purchased a copy of House of Leaves. I honestly have avoided looking inside, but apparently it’s really good… Books and covers, you know. Right now, I am reading The City & The City by China Miéville. It’s an interesting murder investigation, mostly from its setting…
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In The Post
Earlier I received a few things in the post. There’s the Sigur Rós deluxe edition of Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, which is a 200 page book, with a CD and DVD. It was on sale and thought why not. Then there’s Gareth’s Tips On Suck-Less Writing, which I picked up through Boing-Boing…
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Just My Type
I’ve spent many, many hours looking at fonts on the internet, mostly searching for one particular font, and then getting lost in the hundreds of potentials. And with computers, it’s easy to forget that creating a typeface was a specialised craft. And yes, it still is. In this modern age, there is a love of…
The Screaming Wall 