One Hundred Books
7.06.2005
Sabbatical
Due to foreseen circumstances, One Hundred Books now enters a six-month sabbatical, wherein I will participate in a few other relevant projects. Much gratitude to those who have participated in One Hundred Books through donations and support, and big love to the readers who recommended books for the project. Please leave comments, book suggestions, and the PINs to your debit cards. We will reconvene right here in January 2006.
Thank you for your attention. ¶ 12:12 85 comments
Thank you for your attention. ¶ 12:12 85 comments
Fiftieth Book
My Date With Satan : Stacey Richter
Scribner : 1999
Donated by Elisa Albert
Started 7.1.05
Finished 7.1.05
The Line: "There's something oddly beautiful about the way he can't sit still and can't complete a thought and can't finish exhaling before he inhales, and even though it's likely he'll spend most of his life in jail, and fucking deserves it, at this point in his development it seems entirely obvious that he's a wonder of creation anyway -- graceful and predatory, like a shark" (93).
"Goal 666" made
me laugh so hard I forgot
how sad it made me. ¶ 09:42 0 comments
My Date With Satan : Stacey RichterScribner : 1999
Donated by Elisa Albert
Started 7.1.05
Finished 7.1.05
The Line: "There's something oddly beautiful about the way he can't sit still and can't complete a thought and can't finish exhaling before he inhales, and even though it's likely he'll spend most of his life in jail, and fucking deserves it, at this point in his development it seems entirely obvious that he's a wonder of creation anyway -- graceful and predatory, like a shark" (93).
"Goal 666" made
me laugh so hard I forgot
how sad it made me. ¶ 09:42 0 comments
7.05.2005
Forty-Ninth Book
Automated Alice : Jeff Noon
Corgi : 1997
Bought at Strand Book Store for $3.50+
Started 6.30.05
Finished 7.1.05
The Line: "The first victim was a young Spiderboy, name of Quentin Tarantula. He was a Chimera artiste, famous for his violent, celebratory portrayal of the criminal life. I must admit that I won't be shedding any tears at his demise. That kind of Chimera show shouldn't be allowed" (108).
On a scale from one
to ten, is "cyberpunk" a
dirty word? Check one. ¶ 09:26 0 comments
Automated Alice : Jeff NoonCorgi : 1997
Bought at Strand Book Store for $3.50+
Started 6.30.05
Finished 7.1.05
The Line: "The first victim was a young Spiderboy, name of Quentin Tarantula. He was a Chimera artiste, famous for his violent, celebratory portrayal of the criminal life. I must admit that I won't be shedding any tears at his demise. That kind of Chimera show shouldn't be allowed" (108).
On a scale from one
to ten, is "cyberpunk" a
dirty word? Check one. ¶ 09:26 0 comments
Forty-Eighth Book
A Wizard Of Earthsea : Ursula K. Le Guin
Bantam Spectra : 1984
Bought at Better World Books for $1.75+
Recommended by Peter Rothbart
Started 6.30.05
Finished 6.30.05
The Line: "He saw that in this dusty and fathomless matter of learning the true name of every place, thing, and being, the power he wanted lay like a jewel at the bottom of a dry well. For magic consists in this, the true naming of a thing" (46).
In my youth, I carved
many a wizard staff. Where
are they now? (Right here!) ¶ 09:13 0 comments
A Wizard Of Earthsea : Ursula K. Le GuinBantam Spectra : 1984
Bought at Better World Books for $1.75+
Recommended by Peter Rothbart
Started 6.30.05
Finished 6.30.05
The Line: "He saw that in this dusty and fathomless matter of learning the true name of every place, thing, and being, the power he wanted lay like a jewel at the bottom of a dry well. For magic consists in this, the true naming of a thing" (46).
In my youth, I carved
many a wizard staff. Where
are they now? (Right here!) ¶ 09:13 0 comments
Forty-Seventh Book
A Voice Through A Cloud : Denton Welch
Dutton : 1966
Bought at Better World Books for $2.22+
Recommended by Travis Catsull
Started 6.29.05
Finished 6.30.05
The Line: "He had worn such a look when he showed me his black drawings. The drawings themselves were grim enough to have been done with a corpse's dirty finger-nail split down the middle and dipped in the excrement of cockroaches" (79).
Dude complains a bit,
but can't blame him, his being,
you know, dead and all. ¶ 08:52 0 comments
A Voice Through A Cloud : Denton WelchDutton : 1966
Bought at Better World Books for $2.22+
Recommended by Travis Catsull
Started 6.29.05
Finished 6.30.05
The Line: "He had worn such a look when he showed me his black drawings. The drawings themselves were grim enough to have been done with a corpse's dirty finger-nail split down the middle and dipped in the excrement of cockroaches" (79).
Dude complains a bit,
but can't blame him, his being,
you know, dead and all. ¶ 08:52 0 comments
