Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth117 reviews

Jonathan Cape, 2004

"the first formal masterpiece of the medium"

+ A wacky yet insightfull journey

I first became aware of this book through a review in the October 17, 2005 issue of The New Yorker. The critic stated that this was "the first formal masterpiece of the medium." It was the first review of a comic that I had ever seen in that magazine. While I'd probably say the first formal ...
  
  











  



  
The Crying of Lot 49 (Perennial Fiction Library)177 reviews
Thomas Pynchon

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006

A Beautiful Sad and Funny Book

+ Pynchon is God
+ cozy paperback
+ El martillero llama a la realidad
  
  











  



  
Catch-22822 reviews
Joseph Heller

Simon & Schuster, 1996

Precursor of MASH and more

+ Great great book
+ The soldier in white;
+ One of, if not the, funniest book(s) ever written!
  
  











  



  
Lord of the Flies (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)1268 reviews
William Golding

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999

Do Humans Make Civilizatin, or vice versa?

+ Who needs Rowling when you've got Golding?
+ The Monsters of the Island . . .

What an incredible first novel, a story of civilization, how humans create it and how easily it can be destroyed. It deals with fear, and the atrocities it can make people commit. Golding wrote often about the connection between humanity and civilization. Does civilization make us human? This story ...
  
  











  



  
Candide, Zadig, and Selected Stories (Signet Classics)6 reviews
Francois Voltaire

Signet Classics, 2001

More Bang for your Buck with the Signet Classics volume

+ Great deal - Good book.
+ Fatema Girnary - Candide
+ The Best Edition of Candide
+ Uplifting
  
  











  



  
House of Leaves566 reviews
Mark Z. Danielewski

Pantheon, 2000

Cronenberg For Movie

+ Terrifying, Horrifying and Tragic
+ amazing
+ Great Book
  
  











  



  
The Basic Eight: A Novel96 reviews
Daniel Handler

Harper Perennial, 2006

Amazing!

+ A simple review
+ So glad I read this unique story!

I first fell in love with the Series of Unfortunate Events books... and so I decided to read this and I loved it. It is definitely not for kids, but it is written amazingly and keeps you riveted until the last page.
  
  











  



  
The Third Policeman77 reviews
Flann O'Brien

Dalkey Archive Pr, 2002

This Way To Eternity

+ An Astounding Pancake
+ Modern, more adult Alice in Wonderland
+ Kafka meets Monty Python in this guided tour of hell.
  
  











  



  
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?208 reviews
Philip K. Dick

Del Rey, 1996

Hit me with a rock - this is NOT Blade Runner!

+ Competing Future Religions, Animal Life Extinction, Android Pets & More
+ Enjoyable if abstract vision of the future
+ Quality Read
+ good
  
  











  



  
Brave New World (P.S.)724 reviews
Aldous Huxley

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006

Almost a Perfect World

+ Satire at its best
+ Experienceing Scifi for the nerd in you

This book was truly amazing at certain points i was so touched by what i was reading that i was forced to read out loud just to hear these words spoken, Huxley takes commend of the english langage as no other author and creates an almost perfect world if only the savages were included. If this is ...
  
  











  



  
A Clockwork Orange (Norton Paperback Fiction)615 reviews
Anthony Burgess

W. W. Norton & Company, 1986

Even better than the movie

+ Dark but Philosophical
+ Great Book
+ A Clockwork Orange
+ Gruesome, and Astounding.
  
  











  



  
Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke (Bison Frontiers of Imagination)13 reviews
Philip Jose Farmer

Bison Books, 2006

Super Reader

+ Very good...however...
+ The House of Tarzan
+ Good book... but...
+ Fun biography, even for casual fans of Tarzan and/or Farmer
  
  











  



  
Catch-22822 reviews
Joseph Heller

Simon & Schuster, 1996

Precursor of MASH and more

+ Great great book
+ The soldier in white;
+ One of, if not the, funniest book(s) ever written!
  
  











  



  
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?208 reviews
Philip K. Dick

Del Rey, 1996

Hit me with a rock - this is NOT Blade Runner!

+ Competing Future Religions, Animal Life Extinction, Android Pets & More
+ Enjoyable if abstract vision of the future
+ Quality Read
+ good
  
  











  



  
Candide, Zadig, and Selected Stories (Signet Classics)6 reviews
Francois Voltaire

Signet Classics, 2001

More Bang for your Buck with the Signet Classics volume

+ Great deal - Good book.
+ Fatema Girnary - Candide
+ The Best Edition of Candide
+ Uplifting
  
  











  



  
The Third Policeman77 reviews
Flann O'Brien

Dalkey Archive Pr, 2002

This Way To Eternity

+ An Astounding Pancake
+ Modern, more adult Alice in Wonderland
+ Kafka meets Monty Python in this guided tour of hell.
  
  











  



  
Brave New World (P.S.)724 reviews
Aldous Huxley

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006

Almost a Perfect World

+ Satire at its best
+ Experienceing Scifi for the nerd in you

This book was truly amazing at certain points i was so touched by what i was reading that i was forced to read out loud just to hear these words spoken, Huxley takes commend of the english langage as no other author and creates an almost perfect world if only the savages were included. If this is ...
  
  











  



  
House of Leaves566 reviews
Mark Z. Danielewski

Pantheon, 2000

Cronenberg For Movie

+ Terrifying, Horrifying and Tragic
+ amazing
+ Great Book
  
  











  



  
The Crying of Lot 49 (Perennial Fiction Library)177 reviews
Thomas Pynchon

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006

A Beautiful Sad and Funny Book

+ Pynchon is God
+ cozy paperback
+ El martillero llama a la realidad
  
  











  



  
The Basic Eight: A Novel96 reviews
Daniel Handler

Harper Perennial, 2006

Amazing!

+ A simple review
+ So glad I read this unique story!

I first fell in love with the Series of Unfortunate Events books... and so I decided to read this and I loved it. It is definitely not for kids, but it is written amazingly and keeps you riveted until the last page.