So far the only book I've read by Bukowski. I really enjoyed it, especially by the end where he just turns into the epitome of the word misanthrope. I really need to read more of his stuff, have you heard any other good ones by him?

I find that of authors I've read, I identify the most with Mr. Bukowski. Substitute horse racing for theatre, and you've got me.

I really enjoyed this book in particular. I feel like of what I've read of his fiction, this one is the most Bukowski. The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship is in my opinion an essential read of his as well. Nonfiction, although very, very much a trip into the man's psyche near the end of his life.

One of my favorites.

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I started reading this in 12th grade, but for some reason never finished it. I only got through three or four of the short stories. Giving it another go, finally.

Ham on Rye, Women and Factotum are all excellent too. If you dig Post Office, then I'd check out Factotum - that was his second novel after Post Office.

Ham on Rye is probably my favourite, overall. You can't go wrong, though.

That's a good one, I'll have to reread it, but I think I may have given it to someone else :/

I just got done reading The Hobbit. I enjoyed it, although J.R.R. Tolkien wrote this in a way that gave you a brief overview of what happened, rather than getting down into the nitty, gritty details. It seemed to follow a very clear pattern of problem-solution 'til the end of the book, which got on my nerves. Nevertheless, it still managed to hold my interest, so I'd recommend it. One thing that interested me though is that there are no female characters whatsoever.

I'm going to start Neuromancer by William Gibson later.

I didn't particularly enjoy that the first time I read it, but I gave it another go some months ago and it really clicked. Gibson's now becoming a favourite writer of mine, as is Bruce Sterling (another 'cyberpunk' author).

I'm currently reading We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. I'm half-way through, and it's very compelling so far - and very clearly was an influence on Orwell's 1984. And it's pretty short, thus I reckon I'll have it finished by tomorrow.

he is one of my favourite authors, and i have all his works, bar his latest Zero History

Neuromancer is still a pretty good read, although it is rather simplistic compared to his later works

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On The Farm: Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver's Missing Women

It's about a serial killer who preyed on drug-addicted prostitutes in the downtown east side of Vancouver in the mid '90's to the early '00's. He actually almost got convicted for attempted murder on a victim in '97, but when the prostitute failed to appear in court for fear of meeting Willie again, the case was dropped and he walked. Despite all the evidence that had accumulated over the years, it took a long time for the VPD and RCMP to finally search his pig farm and start looking for the bodies of about 40 prostitutes.

Reading this book is kind of like watching an episode of The Wire because of the internal politics of a dysfunctional institution, in fact there are a lot of parallels between the show and the real life events. The begrudging start of the investigation into the missing women by the VPD and the quickly assembled detail of people who didn't care to work the case. It strongly resembled the way season 1 started.

Anyways it's a great book if you're into true crime.

Allegations have been surfacing lately that the task force for the case didn't prioritize it or take it very seriously; coming from one of the female officers on it.