This week, Adam, Will, and Norm talk about their favorite books. Expect to hear about Michael Chabon, Raymond Chandler, and a whole lot more. Enjoy!
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Did Norm say a word att all? 🙂 Would love to hear what books the Chanman likes!
Is that a face hugger hanging from the ceiling?
I don’t read much – though I wish I did. The last book I read was American Psycho… for the third time. Love that book! I love reading it as a comedy, I love the endless descriptions of absolutely pointless stuff in Patrick Bateman’s world, and I love all the subtle and clever details that reveal important things about Patrick Bateman as a character.
man this was a fantastic podcast
Listening to Adam talk about literature is so much fun! He is one of those individuals whose enthusiasm is contagious. Thank you for all of the suggestions (kudos to Arcon for the written list!). It’s a good thing the kindle can hold so many books.
Also… Good god man, that back-lit artifact case looks incredible!!!
You guys should totally post a long, slow, pan-shot of that corner of the room. Cave pans (with or without a narrative) might even make for an interesting new Tested video segment.
Love Parker, but not the movie adaptations (eg payback)
I would be shocked if Adam hasn’t read the Parker novels so let me add the comic adaptations by Darwyn Cooke are fantastic, capturing the mood and feel of the books with fantastic art by Cooke. One modern pulp writer I have been enjoying is Charlie Huston. His books are short and punctuated by brief acts of extreme violence followed by the aftermath and how things spiral out of control for the protagonist. The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death is a good standalone book and Caught Stealing is a good start as Huston’s first book and the beginning of a trilogy.
Edit: Oops, Will got it; pastebin anyway http://pastebin.com/4tfiXmr2
I don’t know how well they translate to english, but Walter Moers Zamonia books are hillarious. I have read them in german. Zamonia is a fictional continent with mythical creatures, a little bit like the diskworld, but quirkier. hard to explain… lets just take two protagonists:
captain bluebear: aquamarin talking bear, former professional congladiator and king of lies, seafarer
Echo: a crat, just like a cat but speaks all languages and has two livers
All books work on multiple layers. they are great stories and they a parody and hommage of literature and literates
And he is a comic book author by trade so all books are suberbly illustrated.
The next thing I will read is The Big Sleep. I’m a huge fan of Chabon so yeah…
I read The Big Sleep earlier this year. That is the only Chandler book I have read so far. I found it to be beautifully written (great prose, great dialogue) but, all the same, not especially smoothly paced. The narrative arc is kinda jumpy and lurches forward in disconcerting ways. I thought it was a decent book but I’m not so sure it’s worthy of the amount of praise lavished upon it.
I am curious to read The Long Goodbye to see how his writing developed. First novels always have the bambi legs effect to some extent. Authors always hit full stride a book or two after the first one.
agreed, I’m really enjoying Still Untitled as a series a lot. Will and Adam play off each other quite well.
Some great tips. I’ll make sure to check them out. Though I’m more in the Jamie camp right now as I almost exclusively read non-fiction. So much to learn, so little time.
Added to the to-read list. Thanks for the recommend!
Guys–
Fascinating discussion with little to be argued with. However, I must recommend a book destined to be hailed as the best tech/nerd work of speculative fiction of our young century:
God Bless the Dead, by Evan Geller {Kindle only to date, paper version to be released “soon”)
The opening sentence says it all, and it just gets better from there. Check it out.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008NCD766
I’m a little late to the game here but you guys should read The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore by Benjamin Hale. Best novel I’ve read for awhile.
Cien años de soledad? cool, G.G Marquez is our most famous writer. Every time a hear you guys talking about an author and a book, i can’t resist to look for it on Amazon, i have a huge list of books to get me on Christmas. This pod-casts are full of entertainment and culture and fun, and knowledge.