Literary Snobs

Kuvaus: There's a time and a place for badly-written populist mind-candy. This is neither. It is, however, the place to appreciate good writing - both past and present, genre or non-genre. No deathless prose, no cardboard characters, no idiot plots. The good stuff. Such as Lawrence Durrell, John Fowles, Anthony Burgess, Don DeLillo, Thomas Pynchon, Graham Greene...

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Aiheet		viestiä	Viimeinen viesti
Film Snobs 5--The Cinephiles Strike Back!		183	emaestra, Tänään 1:17pm
Best Books of the '00s		50	bobmcconnaughey, Tänään 12:19pm
What are you reading NOW Dec 09?		82	gonzobrarian, Tänään 12:04pm
Richard Powers		13	bobmcconnaughey, Tänään 12:02pm
Book Hauls		152	CliffBurns, Tänään 10:30am
More modern music. part 2		188	gonzobrarian, Tänään 8:52am
Just another poetry thread ...		78	CliffBurns, Tänään 8:26am
What books are you planning to read in 2010?		28	mejix, Eilen 10:01pm
Personal Message Board (II)		93	bardsfingertips, Eilen 2:02pm
Noting Passings and Obits 2		14	kswolff, sunnuntai 10:35pm
Building a library for the next generation		13	Sandydog1, lauantai 8:51pm
SNOB TV, Part 2		134	mathgirl40, lauantai 11:55am
Chinese novels: any recommendations?		3	inaudible, lauantai 10:12am
snob art thread		1	mejix, lauantai 12:54am
Alternative to Twilight?		51	anna_in_pdx, perjantai 2:52pm
V. and the Savage Detectives		15	JoseBuendia, perjantai 2:03pm
Any John Hawkes fans out there? Why not?		4	tamster008, keskiviikko 12:01am
Science books for the non-specialist		20	bobmcconnaughey, joulukuu 13
Peter Watts and American Thugs in Uniform		20	CliffBurns, joulukuu 13
Any Cloud Atlas dissenters?		5	littlegeek, joulukuu 11
I Wish I'd Written That...		149	kswolff, joulukuu 11
Interviews/Features on Writers 2: Now with 30% more quiddity!		39	kswolff, joulukuu 9
What is the best translation of...		2	Sutpen, joulukuu 7
Have yourself a snobby little Christmas (2009)		24	SilverTome, joulukuu 7
Growing Out of Fandom		55	theaelizabet, joulukuu 7
Henry James-- which to choose?		15	geneg, joulukuu 7
What are you reading NOW November 09?		175	iansales, joulukuu 6
Internet for Smarties: Interesting sites on diverse topics/subjects		19	kswolff, joulukuu 5
Grave robbing? Or scholarship?		23	ajsomerset, joulukuu 3
Dan Brown's latest attempt at grammar and narrative		145	geneg, joulukuu 3
Book mockery		8	Irieisa, joulukuu 1
Do you keep a book journal?		15	plutopsyche, marraskuu 29
Heil Heidegger!		38	holcombjmarie, marraskuu 27
Tom Clancy's new digs: $12 million+ condo		8	holcombjmarie, marraskuu 27
Things that make you go "Hmmm...." (A catch-all thread for subjects/topics/articles of interest to		107	kswolff, marraskuu 26
Facebook "Well Read" Meme		23	kswolff, marraskuu 26
Before There Was Sesame Street, There Was . . .		11	DeusExLibrus, marraskuu 21
Book burning, it's not just for 1930s Germans any more ...		81	Third_cheek, marraskuu 20
Help save Baltimore's reputation!		15	cndkey, marraskuu 10
The Savage Detectives		72	kswolff, marraskuu 10
E-readers: Yes or No		146	Sutpen, marraskuu 4
New Yann Martel book--Any LIFE OF PI fans here?		7	emaestra, marraskuu 3
Political and religious rants...Excoriating the right and left (and keeping it out of other threads		30	kswolff, marraskuu 3
Venting...the "I Hate James Patterson" et all thread		62	CliffBurns, marraskuu 1
It Was Forty Years Ago Today...		10	bobmcconnaughey, lokakuu 30
What are you reading NOW? October, 2009		139	kswolff, lokakuu 30
Best Books on CD		22	Osbaldistone, lokakuu 20
Before		5	Osbaldistone, lokakuu 15
Interviews/Features on writers and literature		262	CliffBurns, lokakuu 14
What do you need to read to consider yourself 'well read'?		201	semckibbin, lokakuu 13
At 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, and Beyond		38	SilverTome, lokakuu 11
2666		8	inaudible, lokakuu 10
Unreliable narration		92	kswolff, lokakuu 4
Where do you read book reviews?		37	semckibbin, lokakuu 2
What Are You Reading , September 2009 ?		214	anna_in_pdx, lokakuu 1
New to Group-- reading Sister Carrie		8	kswolff, syyskuu 27
Ayn Rand Character Flow-chart		78	CliffBurns, syyskuu 24
Harold Bloom: Pro on con?		152	kswolff, syyskuu 19
Elizabeth Bishop, anyone?		10	coffee.is.yum, syyskuu 18
Noted Passings and Obits		234	CliffBurns, syyskuu 15
Four Days With the Taliban		18	kswolff, syyskuu 14
Film Snobs 4: Snob vs. Mecha-snob		310	kswolff, syyskuu 14
Personal message board		333	CliffBurns, syyskuu 14
What is "genius?"		39	kswolff, syyskuu 13
Authors Should Be Seen and Not Heard		149	kswolff, syyskuu 6
Is There Any Media Criticism That Isn’t Suicidal?		37	Irieisa, syyskuu 5
Difficult Novels 2: This time ... it's personal!		22	bobmcconnaughey, syyskuu 4
August 2009 Reading		106	CliffBurns, elokuu 31
Dancing with the literary stars		22	holcombjmarie, elokuu 29
a challenge		66	kswolff, elokuu 29
Why do you read in public?		58	inaudible, elokuu 26
People Who Believe Books are a Waste of Time and Money		300	holcombjmarie, elokuu 24
Create a literary ice cream		30	geneg, elokuu 19
Giving bad writers a kick, Part II: The Kickening		215	ajsomerset, elokuu 16
The World Digital Library		20	kswolff, elokuu 15
Playlist for a high time		13	bobmcconnaughey, elokuu 12
Burroughs/Naked Lunch?		3	kswolff, elokuu 12
Bad Titles, or What The Hell Was The Author Thinking?		28	geneg, elokuu 12
Bad Writers III: Getting their kicks on Route 666		4	GeoffWyss, elokuu 3
test		15	bobmcconnaughey, elokuu 2
Audiobooks		41	ajsomerset, heinäkuu 30
July 2009 reading		132	Medellia, heinäkuu 28
What are you reading? 1st Quarter, 2009		301	bobmcconnaughey, heinäkuu 27
Is reading a luxury...or a necessity?		39	geneg, heinäkuu 21
Literary Snubs		192	kswolff, heinäkuu 15
The Worst Writers--Give them a kick (low blows permitted, even encouraged)		279	Booksloth, heinäkuu 12
2009 Bulwer--Lytton Award Winners		6	inaudible, heinäkuu 9
New books or old?		44	Irieisa, heinäkuu 8
Literary Tattoos		14	polutropon, heinäkuu 6
Fast Food Fiction at the Library		28	inaudible, heinäkuu 2
June 2009 reading		155	holcombjmarie, heinäkuu 2
Why don't men read novels?		89	kswolff, heinäkuu 1
What's becoming of our book culture?		127	kswolff, heinäkuu 1
Rhetorical Bastardization		94	anna_in_pdx, kesäkuu 29
Pynchon Pandaemonium		15	GeoffWyss, kesäkuu 28
Portrait of a Lady		20	geneg, kesäkuu 27
The Post That Changed LibraryThing Forever		21	Sandydog1, kesäkuu 26
Writers with no style		151	ejj1955, kesäkuu 23
That 10%		81	benjclark, kesäkuu 22
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