Wayfarer's Tavern

Yeah, not only is one of my friends really REALLY depressed, and I'm trying to cheer her up, but one of my friends is trying to get me to explain to them what The Call of Cthulhu is about, and I have an essay to write.

Really busy day.

 

Can't they just read it? It's not like that's a long story and it's pretty complex; not to mention it has one of the coolest opening paragraphs. Sucks you have so much to do. I just have to write a giant essay today and then be in my friends commercial.

 

He wants me to explain the story to him so then he can make up his mind on reading it, and getting into H.P. Lovecraft. Kind of like a taster.

And damn right about the opening paragraph. I can recite it from memory.

 

From what I heard, he was too paranoid about the consequenses of what would happen if higher authorities found out he gave me permission to light my candles. Can't imagine what it would be like if I wanted to light Sabbath candles every week.

 

That made me giggle. Thanks.

 

Figures. Well at least your RAs were willing to fight for ya.

And no problem for the Albatross haha

 

Hey guys, what book would you add to this list?

American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
Life of Pi, by Yann Martell
1984, by George Orwell
Animal Farm, by George Orwell
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
Dune, by Frank Herbert

 

1984 AND Animal Farm.
Orwell is amazing.

 

for?

 

This list is beautiful.

How about: The Picture of Dorian Grey. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde. The Road. Moby Dick(I'm sorry, but I love seafaring novels)

I'm completely blanking on others at the moment.

 

Tomorrow I'm going to Tucson, Arizona for a week (shopping time!) and those are the books I plan on buying. However, I want another book, but I can't decide.

 

V. by Thomas Pynchon.

Trust me, it's amazing.

 

Agreed...see I told you I was blanking.

 

What's the book about? :redface:

 

ah, lucky you

well, let's see, havent bought much fiction lately - Ive been stuck on non-fiction for a bit

Any of the Books of Blood by Clive Barker if you're a beginner

An anthology of Lovecraft maybe?

Uh, personally I prefer Gaiman's Neverwhere to American Gods

The Hobbit is a classic too

Hmmm, 2001 or Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke - classics

 

I could go on all night.

How about One Flew over the Cukoo's nest too.
Or one of these: On the Road by Jack Kourac, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, Libra by Don Delillo, For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemmingway, or House of Leaves (if you can find it!) by Mark Z. Danielskwi.

See, I told you I could go on all night.

Edit. Lovecraft and The Hobbit too! And Edgar Allen Poe.

 

Oh, if you like seafaring you forgot Treasure Island!

 

Once again, blanking. But I like Melville more than Stevenson.

 

It's about two men, one named Benny Profane who runs about with a rag-tag group of artists and bohemians called The Whole Sick Crew, who hang around Jazz Clubs and get drunk in 1950s New York, the other is Herbert Stencil who is on a search for the meaning behind a symbol that keeps coming up in his life, the letter V..

 

hmmmhhffff!

have you seen Dagon yet?

 

^ Yes, what a movie.

 

I fell asleep on my couch while finishing watching the movie Hard Candy. So I didn't get to it. Sorry, I'm disappointing today.

 

Books, ey? I would say Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, but I don't quite know if that's your taste... it's a great book, though.

 

Great books you've mentioned there, but I'll stick to Neverwhere. I've only read Good Omens and Stardust from Neil Gaiman's works, but I want to explore them further.
Thanks people!

 

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Flamingo, it made me feel a little better seeing your sig.

I still feel like sh*t, though. Just less like sh*t than before.