Books I'm reading

These are the last 3 books i've read -- I def recommend all of em --

Under the Volcano (this is an intense read -- but def a must for anyone who drinks as hard as me)

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Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul, has come to Quauhnahuac, Mexico. His debilitating malaise is drinking, an activity that has overshadowed his life. On the most fateful day of the consul's life—the Day of the Dead, 1938—his wife, Yvonne, arrives in Quauhnahuac, inspired by a vision of life together away from Mexico and the circumstances that have driven their relationship to the brink of collapse. She is determined to rescue Firmin and their failing marriage, but her mission is further complicated by the presence of Hugh, the consul's half brother, and Jacques, a childhood friend. The events of this one significant day unfold against an unforgettable backdrop of a Mexico at once magical and diabolical.

Under the Volcano remains one of literature's most powerful and lyrical statements on the human condition, and a brilliant portrayal of one man's constant struggle against the elemental forces that threaten to destroy him.
Under the Volcano

World War Z (a must read for any zombie/sci-fi fanatic)
World War Z
Brooks, the author of the determinedly straight-faced parody The Zombie Survival Guide (2003), returns in all seriousness to the zombie theme for his second outing, a future history in the style of Theodore Judson's Fitzpatrick's War. Brooks tells the story of the world's desperate battle against the zombie threat with a series of first-person accounts "as told to the author" by various characters around the world. A Chinese doctor encounters one of the earliest zombie cases at a time when the Chinese government is ruthlessly suppressing any information about the outbreak that will soon spread across the globe. The tale then follows the outbreak via testimony of smugglers, intelligence officials, military personnel and many others who struggle to defeat the zombie menace. Despite its implausible premise and choppy delivery, the novel is surprisingly hard to put down. The subtle, and not so subtle, jabs at various contemporary politicians and policies are an added bonus.

SemioText(e) -- sick collection of sci-fi short stories

SemioText(e)

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Collection of SF I Own, December 29, 2000
By Rich Gilmour "Reesh" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Semiotext (E) Sf (Paperback)
What happens when you take the likes of Burroughs, Gibson, Hakim Bey, Robert Anton Wilson and other speculative fiction greats, and invite them to submit their most shocking, break-your-mental-state stories? You get Semiotext(S) SF, a book that invites you to get high with Bigfoot on the side of a lonley highway; a book that let's you watch, in step-by-step medical detail, Jane Fonda's boob job; a book that includes a neat-o flip-book animation of a mechanical male organ interfacing with it's mechanical female counterpart. This collection of stories will make you laugh out loud as well as lead you down the dark allies and blind corners of your psyche where you'll roll your windows up and lock your doors....

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