What are you reading?

psycho · Post by **psycho** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:37 pm

I'm currently reading 'The art of War' by Sun Tzu. It's the earliest and still the most revered military treatise in the world.

It's really interesting, a lot of those strategies can also be used in our daily lives

scarecrow · Post by **scarecrow** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:42 pm

Art of war is fucking mad. It also depends which version you read, because there are many different versions due to translation.

benjybars · Post by **benjybars** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:00 pm

Spelf wrote:
benjybars wrote: I still have that one lying around, let me know if it's any good... I didn't like snow all that much, so I'm kind of hesitant to start with this one.

you didn't like snow?!

i really liked that.. struggles with 'my name is red' tho..

black book is DEEP.. highly recommended!

suzipedia · Post by **suzipedia** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:28 pm

Reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman right now... totally loving it.

j rock · Post by **j rock** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:59 pm

paolo wrote:
LEQ wrote:Just finshed Luna Park by Bret Easton Ellis, and about to start The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, anyone read this??

YESSSS! Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is probably my favourite novel ever (and I've read loads cos I'm dead brainy). Haruki Murakami is a BADMAN. He should get the Nobel Prize for Literature. And the Nobel Prize for Being a Badman

word i'm reading The Wild Sheep Chase by murakami. It's good so far

j dub u · Post by **j dub u** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:10 pm

j rock wrote:
paolo wrote:
LEQ wrote:Just finshed Luna Park by Bret Easton Ellis, and about to start The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, anyone read this??

YESSSS! Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is probably my favourite novel ever (and I've read loads cos I'm dead brainy). Haruki Murakami is a BADMAN. He should get the Nobel Prize for Literature. And the Nobel Prize for Being a Badman
word i'm reading The Wild Sheep Chase by murakami. It's good so far

What was luna park like i've been thinking about purchasing this book for a while now after reading american physco. Worth it?

antilynd · Post by **antilynd** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:27 pm

datura · Post by **datura** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:26 pm

AntiLynd wrote:

I tried to read this, but found it increasingly impenetrable and confusing..the plot and sequence is all over the place, good luck!!

antilynd · Post by **antilynd** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:55 am

datura wrote: I tried to read this, but found it increasingly impenetrable and confusing..the plot and sequence is all over the place, good luck!!

yea, there's dozens of sub-plots, and over 400 characters appearing and disappearing throught the book's 800 pages. This is the first time I've ever considered reading the German translation of a book instead of the original... we'll see... I've just started two days ago...

selector.dub.u · Post by **selector.dub.u** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:41 am

AntiLynd wrote:
datura wrote: I tried to read this, but found it increasingly impenetrable and confusing..the plot and sequence is all over the place, good luck!!
yea, there's dozens of sub-plots, and over 400 characters appearing and disappearing throught the book's 800 pages. This is the first time I've ever considered reading the German translation of a book instead of the original... we'll see... I've just started two days ago...

have you read "crying of lot 49"? . if you find " gravity's rainbow" difficult. i suggest reading "crying of lot 49".

poax · Post by **poax** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:46 am

selector.dub.u · Post by **selector.dub.u** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:57 am

poax wrote:

thats a classic

try this one as well:

don't expect to sleep well at night for a while though.

poax · Post by **poax** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:11 am

thanks, i will!

father Emmanuelle said

"dont sleep , its the devils work!!"

selector.dub.u · Post by **selector.dub.u** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:54 am

poax wrote:thanks, i will!

father Emmanuelle said

"dont sleep , its the devils work!!"

thats why i never sleep.

nas also said
"sleep is the cousin of death"

poax · Post by **poax** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:05 am

nas also said , at night i fucked her in assets..//.. something something something profelactics.

selector.dub.u · Post by **selector.dub.u** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:12 am

poax wrote:nas also said , at night i fucked her in assets..//.. something something something profelactics.

LOL
time for me to sleep....
good seeing you online poax.

testfeld · Post by **testfeld** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:40 pm

Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyamoto_Musashi

narcossist · Post by **narcossist** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:06 pm

Straw Dogs - John Gray.

Only read 50 pages but love it so far.

Whats "Gravity's Rainbow" about/like?

datura · Post by **datura** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:37 pm

selector.dub.u wrote:
AntiLynd wrote:
datura wrote: I tried to read this, but found it increasingly impenetrable and confusing..the plot and sequence is all over the place, good luck!!
yea, there's dozens of sub-plots, and over 400 characters appearing and disappearing throught the book's 800 pages. This is the first time I've ever considered reading the German translation of a book instead of the original... we'll see... I've just started two days ago...
have you read "crying of lot 49"? . if you find " gravity's rainbow" difficult. i suggest reading "crying of lot 49".

Yeah, I read Crying first and really enjoyed it..I enjoyed GR enough for the the first 2-300 pages, then kinda lost the thread..Maybe I'm just a thickie.

d_three · Post by **d_three** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:27 pm

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Pynchon - Gravity's Rainbow

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