literature
Geek literature from the New York Times or the recesses of online. Our favorite stories showcase geeks.
B.S.D. Broken Shattered Destroyed
After leaving the nursing club room, Amar had left campus with his headphones plugged in. He began to walk towards the bus stop located on the outer layer of the Major city. By the time Amar was halfway over the bridge leading out to the city, his bus had pulled up to the stop. With haste, Amar ran toward the bus shouting. "Ayye Aye Aye, hold the bus. Hold the bus!" "Five more seconds and I would've left your ass at that bridge." said the bus driver before closing the door behind him. "Aww damn, you would've left my cute ass behind?" "Tch, Boy go take a seat." said the bus driver with a smirk on her face. Walking through the bus Amar could smell the faint push of cigarettes, mixed cologne, and B.O. As he reached the back of the bus to take a seat he placed his hoodie on and drifted to sleep.
By D.C. Senju5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Cowboy Graves" by Roberto Balaño
Roberto Balaño’s novel “2666” was written when he was sick and dying, “Cowboy Graves” is a compilation of short stories written on his deathbed. When I read “2666” I was absolutely astounded. I spent approximately two days reading it and then the next week going back and forth over the book, its structure, its story and its brilliance. A rugged mixture between Sci-Fi and realism, it takes over the mind and you, the reader, must piece together a story in which the puzzle pieces do not fit as obviously as you would like to think. Without giving too much away, if you are new to his novels then I would start with “2666” as it is a masterpiece. If you have already read it then you can check out my review of the book here.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Analysis
This analysis will be defined by the following themes: (a) Community, (b) Empathy & Love, ( c ) Truth, (d) Good vs Evil, (e) Youth/ Coming of Age, (f) Abuse & Neglect, (g) Generally Problematic, (h) General Observations.
By Bri M Jenkins5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Redhead by the Side of the Road" by Anne Tyler
I used to read some Anne Tyler books back when I was studying my undergraduate degree and mainly because I wanted to learn her style of writing such well-constructed character-based pieces. The character studies I used to do on the people that populated her books came flowing back to me in this one entitled "The Redhead by the Side of the Road". It was like experiencing it all over again. The writing style is cautious in what it tells us about the character - only as much as is relevant to the time and place. The character’s decisions are always based on their character type rather than what the writer thinks that they should be doing. Let’s take a look at what it is about then.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
City of Thieves
I’m going to be perfectly honest about the fact that this took me a lot longer to read than it should have. For some reason, I just couldn’t motivate myself to read, despite the fact that this book was incredibly good. This book came to me in my first monthly subscription to the Literati Book Club (which I received as an amazing birthday gift--thank you!), and I was hooked as soon as the package arrived in the mail. I have always been fascinated by the World War II era, and I have always had a love for all things Russian, so I figured that this would be a perfect fit for me--and I was right.
By Kurt Mason5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Arsonists' City" by Hala Alyan
Hala Alyan is a poet and author and since publishing her work “The Arsonists’ City” she has garnered a lot of attention as it has also been used for a ‘pick of the month’ for the Belletrist Book Club. This book has honestly gotten some incredible reviews all over the internet and the reason I decided to read it was based on many of these which gave some quotations to get me into the book itself. Whilst actually reading the book, I found the most incredible thing to be the language; the author seems to have a great understanding of the inner-workings of the human soul and uses the grand amounts of description to her advantage when speculating about the positions of her characters. An amazing and expansive story filled with moments of great contemplation by which the characters seem to stop in time.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Confessions Of A Book Collector
I used to work at a thrift store, and I must say that I have always been so fascinated by the items that people donated. I worked in the e-Commerce department where I would list items that would potentially make a lot of money on eBay. I have seen a lot of items I never knew I would come across in real life. I have seen rare trading cards. I have seen vintage wardrobes and jewelry. I have seen gorgeous antiques. I have seen pure gold coins worth at least five thousand dollars. I have seen huge, bizarre paintings. I have seen military attires from major wars. I have seen an old family album with actual pictures from the early 1900s. I came across so many different objects that I want to say that I have seen them all, but I know I have not.
By Leona Valentine5 years ago in Geeks
Perrmo the Practical
The band was whipping up a frenzy of song, filling the pub with music, and Greta was swaying back and forth, mesmerizing with her hips. She circled the floor, causing folks to get out of their chairs and move. She could get even the grittiest, most ruthless thug to begin tapping their toes at least, watching her gracefully swing about the space. Greta was a curvy woman, a unique beauty with enthralling charm. Perrmo was having trouble himself, doing his best to watch the bartender while Greta’s enchanting dance continued.
By Jesse Terrance Daniels5 years ago in Geeks
Wiltshire: some literary connections
Wiltshire is the only landlocked county in southwest England, stretching from Dorset and Hampshire in the south to Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire in the north. It is dominated by the chalk plateau of Salisbury Plain that separates the medieval city of Salisbury in the south from the market towns on the western side of the county and the industrial town of Swindon to the north that was largely created by the Great Western Railway in the 19th century. Wiltshire’s claims to literary merit lie with a select group of notable writers from across the centuries. These include:
By John Welford5 years ago in Geeks
Cornwall: some literary connections
Cornwall, with its dramatic coastal and moorland scenery, has inspired many writers and poets to set their stories and poems there, but there are several who have a more direct connection with the county, due to having been born, or spent an appreciable part of their lives, in Cornwall. These include:
By John Welford5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" by V.E Schwab
V.E Schwab is an amazing writer of fantasy and a brilliant constructer of stories. Whilst I was in university, I would love treating myself to the odd book by V.E Schwab in order to escape my literary studies for a while and honestly, this is possibly the best book she has ever written. “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” is written with such incredible and detailed precision and attention to order that you feel like you are moving through a series of events that happens so seamlessly in your mind. It does not jolt from one to the other, it does not flash from 2014 all the way back to the 1700s. Instead, it presents you with two simultaneous stories running alternatively together and makes it very, very simple to understand why it moves like it does. Personally, I love this post-modern structure to writing (and if you have read some of my other book reviews then you will know what I am talking about when I say ‘love’). The novel is a masterpiece of the genre and I hope that you too, choose to pick this up.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
