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message 1: by Ross (new)
Oct 14, 2014 02:11PM

Ross Scott-Buccleuch | 43 comments Mod
Below is a list of books beloved by Chomu Press authors, and in many cases considered hugely influential in their writing. These are all culled from interviews, reviews, facebook discussions, goodreads profiles, forum posts, blog posts, nocturnal mumblings, involuntary vocal emmissions etc. The list will be added to as a hopefully ongoing process. I have intentionally neglected to mention which Chomu authors praise which book as an attempt to preserve a sense of mystery.
Some will be obvious, as they are openly mentioned as influences on the Chomu page, but I have hopefully included many that further expand those vistas.

I will start with just a few for now, as I have very little time, having just returned from Iceland. So, in no order whatsoever, we begin.....

The Beak Doctor: Short Fiction, 1972-1976
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
The Member of the Wedding
The Quest for Corvo: An Experiment in Biography
The Rediscovery Of Man
Moravagine
Là-Bas
The Sanatorium under the Sign of the Hourglass
A Strange Tale from East of the River
Hopscotch
Swann's Way

many more to come.....


message 2: by Axolotl (new)
Oct 14, 2014 03:38PM

Axolotl | 176 comments Mod
Can't wait for more, Ross. Good post!


message 5: by Sirensongs (new)
Oct 15, 2014 12:37PM

Sirensongs | 4 comments Great, just what I need, more books to add to my wishlist! *grumble, grumble* All joking aside, thanks for compiling this list, Ross. I love the fact that I have to guess which books influenced which authors!


message 6: by Ross (new)
Oct 15, 2014 04:41PM

Ross Scott-Buccleuch | 43 comments Mod
hehe, yes I imagine for some this list will be quite a burden! Hopefully the works themselves will be rewarding enough. I don't estimate there being much here that will be particularly hard to find or expensive. There is more to come by the way, much more....


message 7: by Axolotl (new)
Oct 15, 2014 05:37PM

Axolotl | 176 comments Mod
Doesn't he say that "the more you know, the more your 'anti-library' grows"?


message 8: by Axolotl (new)
Oct 15, 2014 08:00PM

Axolotl | 176 comments Mod
No, he would say it has to be "entertaining"...yes, I suppose you are right.


message 10: by Ross (new)
Oct 16, 2014 03:39PM

Ross Scott-Buccleuch | 43 comments Mod
Indeed. I certainly hope this list isn't seen as something to be daunted by or as an imposition. This certainly isn't a 'you must read these if you like Chomu Press' list. They are merely curious alleyways to slip down, curtains to peer behind if one so chooses.


message 11: by Axolotl (new)
Oct 16, 2014 04:52PM

Axolotl | 176 comments Mod
The Inmates---->That's D.F. Lewis


message 12: by Axolotl (new)
Oct 16, 2014 04:54PM

Axolotl | 176 comments Mod
Stoner---->Another Lewis pick which I didn't see on your list, but I might have missed it.


message 15: by Douglas (new)
Oct 19, 2014 09:09AM

Douglas Penick (mpduke1msncom) | 4 comments Un Coup Des - Mallarmé
Microscripts- Robert Walser
Surangama Sutra
Avatamsaka Sutra
Glimpses of Realization- Trungpa Rinpoche
The Arabian Nights
Heterologies- Michel de Certeau
Mahbharata
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Plays- Zeami
Duchess of Malfi- Webster
A la Recherche de Temps Perdu
Tonio Kroger
Das Kapital
Dreamsongs- John Berryman
Arcades Project- Walter Benjamin


message 16: by Douglas (new)
Oct 19, 2014 10:17AM

Douglas Penick (mpduke1msncom) | 4 comments No. Too victorian quasi biblical a kind of prose. Malcolm Lyons for Penguin or Hussein Haddawy which has a wonderful spoken lilt.


message 17: by Axolotl (new)
Jul 31, 2015 12:21PM

Axolotl | 176 comments Mod
-The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
-Nightbook by William Kotzwinkle (a novel in "pieces"
-The Fan Man a novel by William Kotzwinkle
-The Exile a novel by William Kotzwinkle
-Elephant Bangs Train stories by William Kotzwinkle
-Joko’s Anniversary by Roland Topor
-Vermilion Sands by J.G. Ballard
-As I See: The Fantastic World of Boris Artzybasheff
-Remember Your Grammar: And Other Haunted Stories by Simon Raven


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