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Fri, 30 Sep 2005

literary acquisitions

I forgot to mention that Marissa and I hit Barnes and Noble the other night and I was sucked right into the sale rack. I was thinking "I should get a Chuck Palahniuk book," and Choke was sitting right there in front of me on the buy-N-get-M free rack. It was a sign.

Also in my sights that night were Breakfast of Champions, The Big Sleep, and American Psycho. Unfortunately, since it was buy 2 get 1 free, Chandler failed to get the nod. I'll get some Sleep later.


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hippo wrote

yeah you will
if the book version of the big sleep is half as boring as the movie.

Choke is a pretty good book though... but once you've read one Palahniuk novel you've read them all.

Sherv wrote

eat five dicks
Hippo, damn you to hell. The Big Sleep is seminal noir, and anybody who loves The Big Lebowski -- a film just about as derivative of Chandler's story as can be -- should at least fuckin' respect it.

hippo wrote


I respect it; and it has some key lines:
"she tried to sit on my lap while I was still standin' up"

but you got to admit it is long winded. thats what happens when faulkner writes the screenplay.

Sherv wrote

fux
I'm talking about the book. I don't really care either way about the movie, although I think it's significantly more enjoyable than you do.




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