Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga (Modern Library)116 reviews Hunter S. Thompson Modern Library, 1999 Quick and Fast + Brilliant writing about a grtty reality in American culture. + Hunter at his best + One of the greatest writers of all time             Foucault's Pendulum395 reviews Umberto Eco Harvest Books, 2007 I can add little to the other wonderful reviews + Loved it! (The second time around.) Okay, this WAS a hard book to read. So much going on and so many references to cults and phenomina. Reading this book is more of an education than an entertainment. But what fun! Eco is a true literary genius, in the same class as his italian brethren of musical fame. Baudolino is perhaps ...             In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex283 reviews Nathaniel Philbrick Penguin (Non-Classics), 2001 Excellent and Enthralling Book from a most Perspicacious Author + Great white whale sinks ship . . . . who'd believe that story? + horrifying + I was cheering for the whales + in the heart of the sea             The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay597 reviews Michael Chabon Picador, 2001 The Most Super of All Powers + Chabon vents his issues + Great Fiction + Comic history in the making             Survivor: A Novel385 reviews Chuck Palahniuk Anchor, 2000 Survivor: A Novel + Great + amazing imagination Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk ***** Survivor is the story of where it all went wrong. The point in our lives where we have all had choices to make. The choices that affect the rest of our lives. Survivor is the search for something far and something big, maybe something bigger than all of us, it ...             The Road (Oprah's Book Club)1606 reviews Cormac McCarthy Vintage Books, 2007 Wow. What a great book but - whew - don't expect to be lift up. Another outstanding book from Cormac. And out of his normal genre. I really enjoyed the book but it is gonna leave you feeling like you need some sunshine afterwards. Dark book, dark story telling done very well.             Heart of Darkness (Norton Critical Editions)12 reviews Joseph Conrad W. W. Norton, 2005 "Mistah Kurtz--he dead." An influential work on five 20th century seminal works + Book Review + Norton Critical strikes again + After all these years, ... + The Devil Froze From Fear             The Alienist: A Novel472 reviews Caleb Carr Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006 A superb story and excellent insight into life in 1800 New York + Awesome book + I shouldn't have waited so long... A great read. A page turner. Characters are alive. Relationships are all too real. Setting is most interesting.             Catch-22832 reviews Joseph Heller Simon & Schuster, 1996 Lighthearted and comical, yet dark and meaningful + 25 words or less + Incredible + Great Characters Living With Death             Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead82 reviews Tom Stoppard Grove Press, 1994 Brilliant. + Rosencrantz & Gildenstern Are Dead + A grand aimlessness No mean to be offensive or anything, but I honestly feel that if people do not find R&G Are Dead hysterically funny and/or wonderfully ingenious, they have probably missed Stoppard's point in this play. This play was during the age known as Theatre of the Absurd, when ridiculous plots and ...             Mason & Dixon: A Novel134 reviews Thomas Pynchon Picador, 2004 Wow! + A marathon, not a sprint + Wow. Fantastick...eeh! + Twice-read Jeremiad             Jennifer Government179 reviews Max Barry Vintage, 2004 Dystopia for Western grown-ups + jennifer government + Cyberpunk without the cyber + "Can I get a Diet Stephenson, please?"             Another Roadside Attraction75 reviews Tom Robbins Bantam, 1990 a slightly mad take on a crazy idea about an unthinkable notion + Genius Robbins + first tom robbins book + Brilliant             Cat's Cradle375 reviews Kurt Vonnegut Dell Publishing, 1998 Surreal yet all too close to the truth... + Great Storytelling + Still relevant to this day + WONDERFUL BOOK + The master of Cat's Cradle             Catch-22832 reviews Joseph Heller Simon & Schuster, 1996 Lighthearted and comical, yet dark and meaningful + 25 words or less + Incredible + Great Characters Living With Death             The Road (Oprah's Book Club)1606 reviews Cormac McCarthy Vintage Books, 2007 Wow. What a great book but - whew - don't expect to be lift up. Another outstanding book from Cormac. And out of his normal genre. I really enjoyed the book but it is gonna leave you feeling like you need some sunshine afterwards. Dark book, dark story telling done very well.             Cat's Cradle375 reviews Kurt Vonnegut Dell Publishing, 1998 Surreal yet all too close to the truth... + Great Storytelling + Still relevant to this day + WONDERFUL BOOK + The master of Cat's Cradle             Foucault's Pendulum395 reviews Umberto Eco Harvest Books, 2007 I can add little to the other wonderful reviews + Loved it! (The second time around.) Okay, this WAS a hard book to read. So much going on and so many references to cults and phenomina. Reading this book is more of an education than an entertainment. But what fun! Eco is a true literary genius, in the same class as his italian brethren of musical fame. Baudolino is perhaps ...             Mason & Dixon: A Novel134 reviews Thomas Pynchon Picador, 2004 Wow! + A marathon, not a sprint + Wow. Fantastick...eeh! + Twice-read Jeremiad             Survivor: A Novel385 reviews Chuck Palahniuk Anchor, 2000 Survivor: A Novel + Great + amazing imagination Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk ***** Survivor is the story of where it all went wrong. The point in our lives where we have all had choices to make. The choices that affect the rest of our lives. Survivor is the search for something far and something big, maybe something bigger than all of us, it ...