The Good Books Thread/ATARnotes Book Club!

[JellyDonut]

Has anyone read Neuromancer by William Gibson?
I hear it is beyond fantastic, can't find a copy anywhere

Yeah, it's not that great but it remains a hallmark of the cyberpunk genre

[brenden]

RE: Jk Rowling, my Mum said it was stellar.

[Felicity Wishes]

I'm betting a few of you have read the Lord of the Flies at school but I'm just going to say I adore that book with a passion and if you have not read it, you should. Although.. I found it really depressing as well as being a good read but it does pose some interesting questions about human nature.

[Yendall]

Jasper Jones - Craig Silvey

Great novel

[VivaTequila]

Hoh no shit, that J.K. Rowling book got released?

Do Uni libraries buy novels like this or is it all just for strictly academic purposes?

[Russ]

The rowden white should have it, but there will probably be a million reservations

[VivaTequila]

The rowden white should have it, but there will probably be a million reservations

Is the Rowden White library/uni libraries open during the holidays / out of semester?

[Charmz]

Hoh no shit, that J.K. Rowling book got released?

Do Uni libraries buy novels like this or is it all just for strictly academic purposes?

You can find it on the internet. I'm not endorsing anything illegal just stating it is available.

[pyro-53]

The Book Thief is also a really entertaining read.

I highly recommend anyone doing 'The Imaginative Landscape' and planning on writing an imaginative piece to read it because the way it's narrated and the imagery content in the book is amazing.

You do need to understand a little bit about 20th Century German history for it to be fully accessible though, but anyone can read it and get along.

Love, love it so much. Sad story but moving story telling.

[MonsieurHulot]

Has anyone read Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon? I'm considering reading it after my current book, but I don't want to spend $20 on 760 pages of something not recommended by you good folks.

[JellyDonut]

how much of a reader are you?

I heard that it's not the easiest book to get into and sometimes the references might just go above you

[MonsieurHulot]

I read a lot, and it'd be a book I'm prepared to work to understand, it's considered a postmodern classic. As I haven't read much postmodern literature I'm not sure if that's a good or a bad thing yet 

[JellyDonut]

Postmodern literature is really hit and miss (though that's probably the same for all literature). Go for it, and tell me how it goes.

[pyro-53]

Has anyone read Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon? I'm considering reading it after my current book, but I don't want to spend $20 on 760 pages of something not recommended by you good folks.

Just a small guess, is this book mentioned in American Gods by Neil Gailmans?

[MonsieurHulot]

Has anyone read Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon? I'm considering reading it after my current book, but I don't want to spend $20 on 760 pages of something not recommended by you good folks.

Just a small guess, is this book mentioned in American Gods by Neil Gailmans?

Haven't read it, so I'm not sure sorry.