Dane Cook making a terrible joke does not strike me as newsworthy.

Dane Cook making a terrible joke does not strike me as newsworthy.

Yes they happen in real life. All the fucking time. But people are usually discreet about it.

depression
"… at times charged exploration of the relationship between depression and mental illness."

Gateway to Doctorow
I've never read any of this guy's stuff, but I'm interested. What's the best place to start, and what's his best book? Thanks.

Bone Machine
Bone Machine is his most well rounded album, and its very accessible. Thats the album I would recommend to the ignorant.

Best WWII history books?
Hey Leonard (and everyone else)

switching genres
It always takes me a while to get into pretty much any book, and the fact that Cloud Atlas changes genres constantly was a bit of a struggle at first. But by the end of each section in the first half i was hooked. I was reading on a KIndle and had no idea taht these stories would be continued in the…

Birthmarks and other symbols
Yes, the birthmarks were obvious and a bit forced, but I loved it. Along with the other intertextual commentary, it played to remind you that you're reading a bit of postmodern fiction, not just a connection of short stories. These connections weren't just nice for me, but essential to the…

Vic Chesnutt 1964-2009
There's an error in the review. "it's sung by Vic Chesnutt, who also took his life earlier this year." He actually died on December 25, 2009.

Not bad
for a first novel.

I don't think Arctor's interest in Donna is based solely on his desire for a fix. Yes, he does buy drugs off her, but he also has a genuine affection for her.

Me too. I didn't know that Donna was Hank until I read it here.

Brain splitting
Identity did seem like the main theme of this book. I thought the main point being that drugs destroy one's sense of self. Maybe I misread this, but in the book, one of the side effects of substance D is that it literally causes a split between the two sides of the room. So we can talk about a…

To me A Scanner Darkly is specifically about drug addiction, and Infinite Jest is about addiction in general. Yes, Wallace specifically addresses the drug user state of mind(imo in much greater and more accurate detail than Scanner), but the book as a whole is about so much more than mere drug addiction. To discuss IJ…