Snow Crash for me, the sheer gyroscopic energy of that first chapter hooked my twelve year old self and I havent stopped going back to it every so often since.

My dad's cousin was the artistic director at the time, actually — I'll be sure to ask him about it if I see him again.

Seriously? He's one of the most famous American novelists of 20th century, and Gravity's Rainbow is arguably its most famous novel. I'm sure he was quite comfortable, if not exceedingly wealthy.

Bet you never did the "Cincinnati", kid!

Bet you never did the "Cincinnati", kid!

Aw hell naw. You're severely misconstruing the nature of the T-Dog ribbin', which has nothing in common with and in fact is even diametrically opposed to: a racial epithet. The irony's (IronE?!??) entirely directed at the writers for the above mentioned sins of tokenism, paucity and poorness of D-Log, and the…

Aw hell naw. You're severely misconstruing the nature of the T-Dog ribbin', which has nothing in common with and in fact is even diametrically opposed to: a racial epithet. The irony's (IronE?!??) entirely directed at the writers for the above mentioned sins of tokenism, paucity and poorness of D-Log, and the…

Wait, so like you disagree that SNUME can be identified by his silhouette? Or that he was a portly fellow? Or did you mistakenly assume cabspaintedyellow was referring to Hitchcock as SNUME, which is the only reason that could possibly arouse such ire?

Wait, so like you disagree that SNUME can be identified by his silhouette? Or that he was a portly fellow? Or did you mistakenly assume cabspaintedyellow was referring to Hitchcock as SNUME, which is the only reason that could possibly arouse such ire?

Except de Laurentiis' butcher knife made the last third or so of the movie very rushed, and incomprehensible to anyone who hasn't read the book. I like it myself, but the movie in its current cut is pretty seriously flawed and I don't think it's entirely accurate to chalk up people not liking it to the film being…

Except de Laurentiis' butcher knife made the last third or so of the movie very rushed, and incomprehensible to anyone who hasn't read the book. I like it myself, but the movie in its current cut is pretty seriously flawed and I don't think it's entirely accurate to chalk up people not liking it to the film being…

What?

What?

The Coens wrote it as a moment of hesitation (as they frequently include in their dialogue), but PSH just read it flatly. They thought it was hilarious so it was kept that way.

The Coens wrote it as a moment of hesitation (as they frequently include in their dialogue), but PSH just read it flatly. They thought it was hilarious so it was kept that way.

specifically, http://www.virginmedia.com/…

specifically, http://www.virginmedia.com/…

N-n-nicolas Cage, is that you???

N-n-nicolas Cage, is that you???

Clinton/Gore, yo.