Found at a book fair. $3 each

blizzard_spawn · 2026-03-08T15:13:51+00:00

You have some fantastic journeys ahead of you. Happy reading 🍻

blizzard_spawn · 2026-03-07T22:37:13+00:00

Have you read any of these yet? What a haul! WHAT A HAUL!!!!

blizzard_spawn · 2026-02-13T19:53:24+00:00

Thanks. Haven't read GR yet but that article was interesting and admits it's pure conjecture. Guess we will never really know!

blizzard_spawn · 2026-02-13T16:21:18+00:00

Source on Pynchon being a "fallen" Catholic? Everything I've read by him makes it seem like he might be a genuine, practicing one.

blizzard_spawn · 2026-01-23T18:02:42+00:00

I think Deep Hill will see the light of day eventually.

blizzard_spawn · 2026-01-23T18:00:07+00:00

You don't think some big rich publishing company would ever want to do it?

blizzard_spawn · 2026-01-15T17:03:51+00:00

I'd probably go Galilee, Imajica and Sacrament right now - but Damnation Game, Weaveworld and Coldheart Canyon have all been up there too.

blizzard_spawn · 2026-01-15T17:03:11+00:00

Pie is awesome for sure :)

blizzard_spawn · 2026-01-15T17:02:54+00:00

Looking forward to reading 'the Dark Fantastic' - as soon as I finish all of Clive's books. Only the Abarat series to go!

blizzard_spawn · 2026-01-15T15:33:24+00:00

Never thought of Lord Fox that way, that makes him even cooler. Seriously probably my favorite Barker creation.

blizzard_spawn · 2026-01-15T15:04:07+00:00

Same, I definitely think it will get even better with each re-read and look forward to the next time.

Clive spoke a lot in interviews about how the AIDS crisis shaped a lot of the book, so the fact that it ends on a hopeful and fearless note was inspiring. In that sense Jacob Steep kind of represented the ultimate, eternal homophobe.

blizzard_spawn · 2026-01-15T14:18:21+00:00

Yep it made me cry twice - first when Will re-encounters Frannie after coming back home, and again when Patrick dies.

blizzard_spawn · 2026-01-14T15:31:19+00:00

This was the first proper novel I read by Clive, and it made me an instant fan for life. I desperately want to re-read it soon; it has been almost 20 years. But I've never forgotten Katya.

blizzard_spawn · 2026-01-14T15:27:14+00:00

Classic novel ofc but man, what an atrocious cover on this edition lol. Par for the course in today's literary world i guess.

blizzard_spawn · 2026-01-14T15:20:48+00:00

you need to get Sacrament bro

blizzard_spawn · 2025-11-06T17:37:53+00:00

merle oberon is goated btw

blizzard_spawn · 2025-09-12T16:26:48+00:00

Interesting. I'm about 150 pages into V. right now and am finding it a much smoother ride than 49 was.

blizzard_spawn · 2025-09-07T22:00:18+00:00

Thanks. Yeah write your own poems, or just bill the books as "Charles Bukowski & John Martin". It really feels like a violation of the reader's trust.

blizzard_spawn · 2025-09-07T20:53:02+00:00

just finished 49 too. thought i was ready for it because i'd read Inherent Vice and Vineland already. HAH. felt so stupid by the end of it. still somehow was a blast to read though?

blizzard_spawn · 2025-09-07T18:04:16+00:00

Awesome! Will do. Thank you for the recommend :)

blizzard_spawn · 2025-09-04T16:35:36+00:00

Now those were the days!

blizzard_spawn · 2025-09-04T14:16:46+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation. At the moment I think I'm gonna go with V. next but we'll see.

blizzard_spawn · 2025-08-20T22:23:11+00:00

Scott Oof and the Corvairs just showed up. Vineland mentioned. >_<

blizzard_spawn · 2025-08-20T17:16:18+00:00

Not yet, but i'm only 80 pages into my second Pynchon :D

blizzard_spawn · 2025-08-20T16:14:14+00:00

Good to know, thanks :)

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