2005-07-18 00h54

Reading and swimming

Off in Cap-Ferret

I was off for one week at Cap-Ferret and so reading is a nice thing to do on the atlantic beach. I was able to complete the following reading :

• William Hjortsberg, Angel Heart (Le Sabbat dans Central Park).
• Walter Jon Williams, Plasma.

Very nice and pleasant.

• André Ruellan, Mémo.
• Michel Houellebecq, H.P. Lovecraft Contre le Montre, Contre la vie.

I'm big fan of this author but I missed this biography published in 1991. A very nice analysis and (small) biography of the master : H.P. Lovecraft. There is a kind of "positive" (if we can talk about a positive in his world) biography but also an anti-biography. Very complete in concise way. A nice book.

• Philip K. Dick,Si ce monde vous déplait.

The sci-fi novels of Dick are often very good but this book is a compilation of "papers" made by Dick in various conferences. For my perspective, not really interesting except some discussion regarding reality… IMHO, I was a bit disappointed by his gnostic view, strange comments about dreams and the fuzziness of the proposed discussion. The positive point is the notes and references included in the book.

• Harlan Ellison, Dérapages.

Various strange novels…

• Gaston Kelman, Je suis noir et je n'aime pas le manioc.