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Brian’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Brian’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Brian Dice
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Blue Ice
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2011
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Volume One (July 5 - August 1, 2020)
Somehow I managed to reach my late 40s in a state of nearly complete oblivion to everything Arabian Nights. I only knew what the basic structure of the narrative, but I had no idea that stories such as Aladdin ...more "
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is on page 198 of 336 of How to Dodge a Cannonball: I can’t make a culture sane. United Americana inherited a single, insane lie. Freedom built on bondage. A structure demanding servitude and celebrating its absence.
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"I entered into this with a certain trepidation – after all, cannibalism seems au courant, almost to the degree that zombies were around 2010 or so. And guess what, I fucking hated zombies then, and I fucking hate cannibals now. Lazy, lazy tropes.
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"This, John A Williams' debut, is unsurprisingly fantastic. Just a few stray observations:
-Williams is the most unsung of the so-called 'Black Arts Movement' authors, despite being a coeval and every bit as talented as Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, B" Read more of this review » |
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"4.5 — Excellent — an early work, and with a slight hesitation in technique, but still a powerful story; a typical Cook type of tale."
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“Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
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“I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.”
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“I am reading six books at once, the only way of reading; since, as you will agree, one book is only a single unaccompanied note, and to get the full sound, one needs ten others at the same time.”
― The Letters of Virginia Woolf: Volume Three, 1923-1928
― The Letters of Virginia Woolf: Volume Three, 1923-1928
“Civilised life, you know, is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willingly. The trouble is we forget after a while that they are illusions and we are deeply shocked when reality is torn down around us.”
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“I love short stories because I believe they are the way we live. They are what our friends tell us, in their pain and joy, their passion and rage, their yearning and their cry against injustice.”
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William T Vollmann Central
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This corner of goodreads shall serve the needs of rainbow readers of Mr Vollmann's indulgent body of work. We welcome the veteran and the fresh flesh ...more
2015: The Year of Reading Women
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Join us for a year of member-run group reads to make 2015 the year of reading women! Rules Members are free to create author threads by surname if th ...more
500 Great Books By Women
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500 Great Books By Women A Reader's Guide to the Worlds of Women's Writing Be sure to check out the bookshelf and see if you've reviewed any of the ...more
Robert Coover's Fable Land
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Another "N.R." Author=Worship group. Coover -- one of the masters of American post=WAR postmodern & metaphyctional fiction. Read! ...more
The Kindred Spirits
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Place to meet and talk about anything.
Completists' Club
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A group for those attempting to complete, or who have completed, the canons of their favourite writers. Share your canon-wide knowledge and opinion wi ...more
Women and Men
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Women and Men began as a reading group for Joseph McElroy's masterpiece. It has developed into All Things McElroy. We have chapter threads for discuss ...more
Bottom's Dream
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This a group to read and celebrate the writings of Arno Schmidt, with especial emphasis upon the forthcoming release of the Woodsing of his Meisterstü ...more
The Year of Reading Proust
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2013 was the year for reading—or re-reading—Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu or In Search of Lost Time for many of us. However, these th ...more
Finnegans Wake Grappa
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Lotts hab funn at Finnegans wake!! Here Comes Everybody!! Alle Laffing Prettee!!!
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Thanks for the friend invite and kind words, Brian. I have also seen your updates often courtesy common friends and glad to finally connect! Looking forward to chatting books with you.
I wonder how much research the marketing geniuses behind the new vodka Blue Ice performed before coming up with that name. Maybe it's just me, but I would think that any product name (especially one you ingest) that had the potential of conjuring negative images would go immediately to the "no" pile.
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Hey Brian, thanks for the friend request, and the thoughtful words accompanying it. Happy to accept. Hopefully it'll be worthwhile having me around.
Brian, thank you for the friend invitation and for taking the time to write a message. I look forward to our future bookish interactions :)
Belated birthday wishes, Brian! Hope you had a great time.
Hello Brian! Thanks for your kind message! I really like your reviews I've read so far.
hello, brian! thank you for your sweet message and friend request. we have many books in common and i look forward to reading your reviews. see you around here on goodreads! :)
Thanks for the friend request and the kind words. I look forward to sharing books with you.
Thanks for the friend request. I look forward to our interactions.
Thought you may like to know, Caketrain's newest issue will have a piece by Brian Evenson.
Brian wrote: "It has just become 2015 here in Thailand, so I just wanted to say Happy 2015 to all of you wonderful friends. HAPPY NEW YEAR BRIAN! Greetings from snowy Zurich to Thailand :)
I read many wonderful fiction books in 2014, Memoirs of Hadrian being the one which left me most in awe.
It has just become 2015 here in Thailand, so I just wanted to say Happy 2015 to all of you wonderful friends. If it isn't too much to ask, I'd love to know your favorite fiction and non-fiction read of 2014. My favorite fiction reads were Ulysses and State of Grace; my non-fiction bests were Volume 3 of Rising Up and Rising Down and The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad.
Here's to a fabulous year of reading in 2015!
Jasmine wrote: "Thank you for your friend request, Brian. I've been following your excellent reviews for a couple of months and enjoying them very much. Great that we are GR-friends now."Thank you, Jasmine! Very exciting to connect with another lover of the written word. I look forward to discussing books with you and perusing your shelves of favorite reads.
Thank you for your friend request, Brian. I've been following your excellent reviews for a couple of months and enjoying them very much. Great that we are GR-friends now.
Brian, I've bookmarked your review of The Last Generation of the Roman Republic _here_ (section D).no need to reply
Killer wrote: "Thanks for the friendvite, Brian. What lovely bookshelves you have!"Thanks, Killer - looking forward to discussing bookly things with you (and reading all of your awesome reviews)
Brian, I thank you for the add! I look forward to our bookish discussions!
julio wrote: "many happy returns!"Thank you, Julio!
Rowena wrote: "Happy birthday for tomorrow, Brian! Hope you have a great day:)"You are so awesome, Rowena - Thanks for the wishes!
Happy birthday for tomorrow, Brian! Hope you have a great day:)
Brian wrote: "Brian wrote: "I might be late to the party, but just-in-case: Dalkey Archive is having an AWESOME sale (buy 10 books for $70, 20 for $130) through June 11."There it is! Merci(!)
Brian wrote: "I might be late to the party, but just-in-case: Dalkey Archive is having an AWESOME sale (buy 10 books for $70, 20 for $130) through June 11.Not sure which titles to get? Friend MJ Nicholls has y..."
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I might be late to the party, but just-in-case: Dalkey Archive is having an AWESOME sale (buy 10 books for $70, 20 for $130) through June 11.Not sure which titles to get? Friend MJ Nicholls has you covered with an entire shelf dedicated to this publisher (peruse and purchase!)
Thanks so much, Brian! And you're not late at all -- still 1-22 here. And being in the UK is worth belated greetings. Hope you have a great time -- where will you be?
Same here, Brian! I've seen your profile pic from time to time and assumed we were already friends. Plus, I thought I'd already found all the O'Brian fans there were on GR! :)
Brian wrote: "Thanks for the friend request. Our kitties look like long-lost siblings!"Kitty siblings rock :)
Happy New Year, Brian - all the best for 2014!
Richard wrote: "Best wishes for a Happy New Year, Brian. I like the challenge you've set for yourself. I will be watching your progress with interest."Thanks Richard - the same to you! I look forward to another year of book discussions with you.
Best wishes for a Happy New Year, Brian. I like the challenge you've set for yourself. I will be watching your progress with interest.
Ian wrote: "I've always loved this black and white photo on your profile. It contains the present and the future and the communication between them."
That's an awesome quote Ian - you've made my day.
I've always loved this black and white photo on your profile. It contains the present and the future and the communication between them.
Thanks for the friendship request, Brian. very nice to meet you! Looking forward to reading your reviews:)
Ceridwen wrote: "Thanks for what you said. It really means something, because I've been so demoralized."Thank YOU, Ceridwen - keep up the good fight.
Jacob wrote: "I think so? Maybe? Not entirely sure...but anywho, which ones did you get? And does adding him as a favorite author mean you started reading them?"Not yet, "Rector of Justin" is still my only read. I was looking at the stack of his books yesterday and wanted to pick one up soonish.
Will send you a photo tomorrow of the books.
I think so? Maybe? Not entirely sure...but anywho, which ones did you get? And does adding him as a favorite author mean you started reading them?
Aubrey wrote: "Brian wrote: "Any GR friends that live in the Bay Area want to join me in this??I've been waiting all my life to compete in a literary themed pub quiz..."
Public transport looks plenty feasible,..."
YAAAAAAAY!
Brian wrote: "Any GR friends that live in the Bay Area want to join me in this??I've been waiting all my life to compete in a literary themed pub quiz..."
Public transport looks plenty feasible, so count me in.
Any GR friends that live in the Bay Area want to join me in this??I've been waiting all my life to compete in a literary themed pub quiz...
Fionnuala wrote: "Looking forward to having your reviews pop up on my home page, Brian - they sound like my kind of reviews!"Likewise, Fionnuala - your writing is fabulous. I look forward to spending time with your 200+ reviews!
Looking forward to having your reviews pop up on my home page, Brian - they sound like my kind of reviews!
Thanks for the request ! Hope to talk several books with you with utter joy :)
Thanks Brian for the book recommendation. I have a copy of the Sledge book and hope to read it soon.
Many thanks in advance!