Originally Posted by adidasss (Post 763156)

I've had that planned somewhere down the line based on this verse from Of montreal's The past is a grotesque animal:

I fell in love with the first cute girl that I met
Who could appreciate Georges Bataille
Standing at Swedish festival discussing "Story of the Eye"
Discussing "Story of the Eye"

Originally Posted by LoathsomePete (Post 763149)

Fine getting back on topic, I picked this up last night on a whim:

http://image.ebook30.com/data_images...12veoujhhl.jpg

So far it's... well here's the marketing blurb from the back.

"In 1928, Georges Bataille published this first novel under a pseudonym, a legendary shocker that uncovers the dark side of the erotic by means of forbidden obsessive fantasies of excess and sexual extremes. A classic of pornographic literature, Story of the Eye finds the parallels in Sade and Nietzsche and in the investigations of contemporary psychology; it also forecasts Bataille's own theories of ecstasy, death and transgression which he developed in later work."

Originally Posted by kayleigh. (Post 763763)

Does anybody know anywhere where I could get some decent free ebooks? I'm far to skint to buy a normal book, and I need a new book to read.

Originally Posted by kayleigh. (Post 763763)

Does anybody know anywhere where I could get some decent free ebooks? I'm far to skint to buy a normal book, and I need a new book to read.

Originally Posted by sidewinder (Post 764441)

You don't have a library? :( That's where I get almost all my books.

About to start Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-​Five.

http://img-2.h-img.com/media/img/s/s...ve-3983814.jpg

Originally Posted by sidewinder (Post 764441)

You don't have a library? :( That's where I get almost all my books.

About to start Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-​Five.

Originally Posted by sidewinder (Post 764595)

Ah. That sucks. I'm lucky to have a good library system here, with a branch in almost every neighborhood. One is 2 blocks from work (and right at my bus stop), another is a 15 minute walk from home. I can search and place holds on books online, and specify at which library I want to pick it up.

Originally Posted by adidasss (Post 764606)

Depending on what book you're trying to find, I'd recommend Gutenberg for legally downloadable books, mininova for other, popular titles, googling the name of the book + pdf for other books not available by the aforementioned means or trying to give a shout out here so maybe we can try and track it down for you....(:

Originally Posted by storymilo (Post 764724)

http://images.indiebound.com/578/433/9781582433578.jpg

Anyone else read this? I'm in the middle of it right now and it's been really interesting. A book of 13 short stories set in different places and times, but all of the characters are just a little weird. There seems to be a common theme of something that would be considered horrible and/or strange in this world seeming completely normal to people in the stories. The writing style reminds me a bit of David Sedaris.

Originally Posted by kayleigh. (Post 764727)

that book looks awesome, it has an interesting cover, I onyl read books with a good cover, but as the saying goes, never judge a book by its cover. Terrible habit though, and I automatically think a book is boring if it has a boring cover.

Originally Posted by storymilo (Post 764738)

I like the cover too. And it directly relates to one of the stories (kind of) so it's even better.

And I do the same thing, judging a book by its cover. The thing is, I'm usually right:p:

Originally Posted by LoathsomePete (Post 764844)

I've been waiting for the library to get that book, it looks like something I would enjoy, but not something I'd wanna spend 14-16 dollars on.

Originally Posted by storymilo (Post 764743)

^I saw that in the bookstore the other day and thought about getting it but ended up waiting cause I have so many other books to read too. Have you read his other stuff? High Fidelity was one of my favorite books ever.

Originally Posted by Barnard17 (Post 765597)

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn sums it up. Women swoon, blah blah blah. Thanks Jane Austen, so glad you're mentally engaging me and creating interesting philosophical questions to explore within your literature. Chick lit, hundreds of years old. Monotonous stories remain equally monotonous no matter how cute their bonnets are.

Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog (Post 764832)

how is it, CC?

Originally Posted by Barnard17 (Post 760327)

Eh. Video games and sci-fi movies have the potential to set up a valid universe to explorer in literary fiction. Unfortunately they do conform to the law that 90% of everything is ****. For example, Warhammer books are mostly a load of sci-fi war porn rubbish but there's the occasional magic with deeper plot lines and character development of Eisenhorn. It's not bad by necessity, as long as the author has the scope to not just write about gun fights and battlefields.

Originally Posted by boo boo (Post 765615)

Hell even a Metal Gear Solid adaptation could be cool.

Originally Posted by wiki

Director Hideo Kojima confirmed in 2006 that a film adaptation of Metal Gear Solid was in development.[107] He also hinted that the movie may be set in Alaska, the original setting for the game.[108] Despite pitching his ideas regarding the movie, the voice of Solid Snake, David Hayter, will not be writing the final script, appearing in the movie or directing the film. However, a petition has been started by fans to get Hayter involved in writing the script.[109] The movie's producers hoped to invite Kurt Wimmer to write the movie, but the final decision has not yet been announced[110][111], but DeLuca dismissed the claim. According to an interview in Nuts magazine actor Christian Bale is interested in playing Solid Snake in the film. [112]