GR Book Club - The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Phillip K Dick

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Don't say I'm not good to yous.

Just realised they're in mixed formats so whatever e-reader you have you'll need Calibre to change the file type.

Dorian Grey was my choice, mostly because it's short, we have it in the house and I really should have read it. Sometimes I just need a kick up the arse. I'll make a start on it as soon as I've finished the book I'm reading instead of Zazie (The ocean at the end of the lane, which is a most excellent read).

Finally finished Stars My Destination tonight.

3/5

I'll get started on Zazie this week, although it doesn't seems like many have enjoyed it, or even bothered reading it.

I'm still reading Zasie. Since the Switch came out I've found myself gaming in bed instead of reading so progress has been slow. I don't find Zasie that engaging either. The little essay at the start of the book kept mentioning how she's such a likable iconic character, but I can't warm to her at all.

I'll finish the book, as it's only 150 pages long and the short chapters mean you do progress quite quickly.

I read Dorian Gray not so long ago so might read a book from elsewhere instead.

just bought Zazie so will try and get it finished by the end of the week

I managed to finish Zasie. It was easy enough to get through due to being quite brief and fast-paced.

It made me smirk a few times with a turn of phrase or a touch of the absurd, but it felt a bit like Ulysses-lite at times (I mean, pretty much any work of literature comes under that bracket).

It also felt a bit like a stage play, if that makes any sense. I could easily imagine it being performed by a comic troupe. I think it's probably be much more amusing like that. Not just in the way it was spelt phonetically, but some of the dialogue sounds like it was meant to be spoken out loud.

Well this has died on its arse. Zasie seems to have killed it.

Did the Kaufman book technically start this last weekend? It's pretty short so everyone can easily get back on board.

Yeah I ended up skipping Dorian Gray because I've read it a bunch of times, and quite recently.

I'll read this one.

We have: All My Friends are Superheroes by Andrew Kaufman:

Epub:

As Parksey says, it is a mammoth 108 pages so I'm sure a few of us can get through this one.

I might reorder some of the choices after this one because to be frank I think there's a couple of other books that will be Zazie- levels of unpopular.

I'm about 1/3 of the way through Dorian Gray. Quite enjoying it but for some reason I thought it was much more sinister than it currently is. It's amusingly arch though.

So I managed to dust off the Kaufman book in about 30-40 minutes last weekend.

Which book was supposed to be next? Have that physical copies of Hedgehog, Joyland and Palmer Eldrich so I'll be working my way through them regardless of inactivity here.

The link to the epub doesn't seem unable, is there a full links somewhere?

Parksey wrote:So I managed to dust off the Kaufman book in about 30-40 minutes last weekend.

Which book was supposed to be next? Have that physical copies of Hedgehog, Joyland and Palmer Eldrich so I'll be working my way through them regardless of inactivity here.

What did you think?

I lost track of time, was thinking the next book was next weekend and not this.

I enjoyed the Kaufman book, it was incredibly short but a nice unchallenging read.

I've lost my copy of it Errkal as I'm back home and had it on my other PC, I'll maybe grab it again another time.

How about The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Phillip K Dick for the next, think this was Falsey's choice. I'll get links to it soon.

i like a bit of Dick, going to pick this up now

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im beginning to dislike Dick, because whenever i read his books i feel stupid :lol:

the only one ive understood is Do Android's Dream of Electric Sheep?, Ubik was bizarre, and so is this.
only click if youve finished the book! :fp:

I stopped reading halfway through that post but have you just written what happens at the end of the book?

Rocsteady wrote:I stopped reading halfway through that post but have you just written what happens at the end of the book?

yeah im a strawberry floating idiot :fp:

No worries none of it has stuck in my brain.

Any chance we could get the next book up as a PDF in the next day or so?

Got a flight to Australia on Wednesday afternoon and am saving the Dick book for then (plus had a long-ish physical one I was dusting off).

Would prefer getting the kindle version for the next one as well, as it means I don't have to cart loads of books about, especially as I'll likely move through them quickly and they'll be dead weights.

As for the Kaufman book, I found it quite sweet and endearing. Nothing massively effecting, as it's short length lends it a whimsical throwaway feel and it doesn't really stay in your brain. I can't really remember any particularly evocative imagery or language, but it makes a good impression on you and is "funny" in that very bookish way that, erm, books sometimes are. I'd read it again, which obviously isn't saying much as it was only 45 minutes long, but it was perfectly formed for what it was and an enjoyable way to pass that time.

GR Book Club - The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Phillip K Dick

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