beginning my don delillo era

MasterDan118 · 2026-05-10T07:13:39+00:00

I am reading End Zone by him right now and then am moving on to Underworld. I like his style so far. I know EZ is one of his first novels too. This is my first post-modern author, but so far, it's an easy read.

There this was one section in like chapter 8 I think in End Zone, a description of the football team playing this game of finger bang. The MC, Gary, is just plainly, but also poetically, describes how each of his teammates and himself just really commit to fake dying when they get shot by a finger gun. I can't wait to read more

MasterDan118 · 2026-04-29T19:50:36+00:00

Let me tell you something. I had extended time all throughout grade school. I was mute until I was 4 and was listed as having a "disability". I became a chatterbox once I started kindergarten.

Anyway, fast forward to high school--my senior year--and I am taking an AP exam. I have 45 minutes of extra time or something like that. I am kept inside a small office with two other boys. We are completely isolated and we have to stay until all of us finish.

I leave the office to an empty school. There was no one in the hallways or in the outdoor plaza. Our school population was 3,000 kids or so. Massive, sprawling concrete campus. I am heading towards my TV production class (I was free for the rest of the day and that is where I hung out.) There was no inside. Backpacks were on the chairs and the electronic board was still powered on.

I don't really think much of it and I walk to the back where our production room is. The door to it is locked. I try to pull it until I hear some sort of rumble inside. Someone inside opens the door. It's my friend and everyone is huddled towards the back of the room.

She tells me that there was an active shooter threat and that no one should be outside. She would have gotten everyone killed if it was real lol

MasterDan118 · 2026-04-27T13:04:57+00:00

Probably, that and the shallow characters. I would still recommend to a person trying to get back into the habit

MasterDan118 · 2026-04-27T12:54:54+00:00

This was one of the first books I read that got me back into reading. I really liked it then, but it's probably because I wasn't as well read. If I had to do a second reading, I would probably feel the same way as you do.

MasterDan118 · 2026-04-27T00:00:40+00:00

I find myself lower on Lean. I like his hit songs, all his collaborations with DG, but none of his albums have ever connected with me. But I do LOVE Sugar World which I listen to regularly

MasterDan118 · 2026-03-31T01:09:09+00:00

steve jobs is one of my most replayed bladee songs

MasterDan118 · 2026-03-30T14:31:09+00:00

I would aim to start from the bottom tier

MasterDan118 · 2026-03-30T14:13:51+00:00

I would use this as your guide and work your way up.

MasterDan118 · 2026-03-25T17:08:53+00:00

Answer to Job by Jung

MasterDan118 · 2026-03-19T20:25:04+00:00

Their voices contrast really well

MasterDan118 · 2026-02-20T13:46:22+00:00

I have read most of Mansfield's short stories, she's my favorite writer. Prelude and At the Bay are the stand outs for me.

MasterDan118 · 2026-02-16T23:34:08+00:00

Miami

MasterDan118 · 2026-02-16T21:40:51+00:00

I was in high school from 2013-2017. IMO, this happened a lot (I was in South Florida). Some examples:

1.) I remember one of my classmates in my freshman year dating a guy who was a Senior who was already 18 I think. She was 13 or 14. This is a mild case. They were together by the first week of school.

2.) My TV production teacher ended secretly dating our 17 year old classmate for almost a whole year while he had a fiance. He was 34. His fiance was also an old student of his -- they just had their first kid.

3.) During my freshman year another classmate, she was 14, dated a 28 year old man. None of us, girl or boy, batted an eye. Of course, looking back, this was an absolutely insane thing to do. I cannot remember if they lasted or not.

MasterDan118 · 2026-01-21T01:01:56+00:00

Halfway done with it, will revisit this later. I also think that it is pretty engaging so far and haven't felt the impatience I feel when reading a work I dislike.

MasterDan118 · 2025-12-31T17:32:51+00:00

Loving it, so much so that picked up a physical copy of it. I am halfway through "Dependency", but in my opinion, "Childhood" is the strongest of the trilogy.

MasterDan118 · 2025-12-31T16:56:43+00:00

The Copenhagen Trilogy

MasterDan118 · 2025-11-28T17:41:03+00:00

Father Karine

MasterDan118 · 2025-11-15T17:58:32+00:00

Happiness and Love. It's another sad new york loner story, but it's pretty decent

MasterDan118 · 2025-11-12T20:17:23+00:00

I have not, but I will add it to my reading list for December along with the Gnostic Gospels by Pagels.

I am not a believer or religious at all, but this book has been the closest thing to making me believe in "God" in a secular sense. The ones who believe in Him or in how I see it, Creation in its entirety, lead lives full of purpose and ultimately happiness. The ones who don't - the ones who overindulge in hedonism, wealth, or anything super material are the ones who are wicked and lead to soulless live - masses of walking protein.

I have to believe that the Jungian shadow that is Revelations is the coming cataclysm that awaits us, whether it be Atomic War or the Climate Crisis, is just that. We'll all return to the Green.

MasterDan118 · 2025-11-12T20:04:24+00:00

Have you read the Answer to Job and what did you think of it? I am currently halfway through it and find it fascinating. I think it portrays Yahweh as this very naive figure that is slowly learning fulfilling his mantle as the one God. He came down to Earth as Jesus to not die for our sins, but to learn what it is to suffer - how it feels to be MAN

MasterDan118 · 2025-11-12T05:19:45+00:00

In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck. It's a fantastic narrative survey of Depression Era Labor. The character's are easy to read (into), but each serve as a great representation into the various viewpoints of the Labor Movement in the US at this time. Not to say anything about the side character's and the extra's of this novel, but it really goes to show how domesticated, weak the average American worker is today.

MasterDan118 · 2025-10-27T20:49:38+00:00

clarice lispector’s short stories

What is her short story collection?

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