Jun 16, 2007

recently read...

1. Autobiography of a Stutterer- Joseph Cooper

2. The Death of Speedy- Jaime Hernandez

3. Transfer #9

4. Bombay Gin #32

5. Binbo Jim #2

6. Theories of Translation An Anthology of Essays from Dryden to Derida- ed. Rainer Schulte/ John Biguenet

7. Musee Mechanique- Rodney Koeneke

8. Sarx- Pascal Quignard trans. Keith Waldrop

9. 3x3 Eyes: Flight of The Demon- Yuzo Takada

10. To Set Your Mind at Rest- Heinrich Heine trans. Benjamin Friedlander

11. The 9/11 Report A Graphic Adaptation- Sid Jacobson/ Ernie Colon

12. Smoke- Dorianne Laux

13. The Last Temptation of Christ- Nikos Kazantzakis

14. Stepdown #1 ed. Lauren Kohne

15. Ape and Essence A Novel- Aldous Huxley

16. Wicker- Lyn Hejinian/ Jack Collom

17. Pussey!- Daniel Clowes

3 comments:

Logan Ryan Smith said...

How was APE AND ESSENCE? I'm intrigued by the title.

John Sakkis said...

really really good.

it's written in the form of a movie script. it starts out with a narrative preable, then segues into a movie script that reads like a poem, then segues into a movie script that reads like a novel...it's actually a pretty amazing form...i sort of want to copy it.

and the book itself is about the aftermath of world war III where only new zealand is unaffected by "The Thing" of nuclear war...and all the people in southern california are Satanists and can only have sex for 2 weeks out of the year...it's awesome.

Logan Ryan Smith said...

holy shit. that book sounds like it was written just for me. i'm going to have to read that.