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bedward · Post by **bedward** » Fri May 30, 2008 10:34 am

Jubscarz wrote:The Man In the High Castle - Philip K. Dick

got this in my "next" pile.
had a little look and was intrigued by the dry, corporate setting.
really enjoyed "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldridge."
very original seeming, very unsettling, mind-altering even.

just finished "If On A Winter's Night A Traveller" by Italo Calvino.
it starts off being about a reader who has just started the new novel by Italo Calvino, but only gets as far as the first chapter because of a printing error.
very amusing, wry, stylistically diverse.
someone said "Calvino holds up a mirror on reality,
and then talks about the mirror."
which is fitting in this instance.
i recommend it to anyone who generally finds the beginnings of stories more readable than the ends.

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Fri May 30, 2008 1:28 pm

just got delivered

"white jazz" by james ellroy

"swag" by elmore leonard

"pimps, hos, playa hatas and all the rest of my hollywood friends: my life" by john leguizamo

dali · Post by **dali** » Fri May 30, 2008 3:18 pm

Just picked up
Breakfast at Tiffany's - Capote
Tale of Two Cities - Dickens
Invisible Monsters - Palahniuk
Harry Potter - Prisoner of Azkaban - Rowling

Trying to beat the library due date but I think Dickens is gonna catch me up a bit... been awhile since I went that vintage...

dr_dischord · Post by **dr_dischord** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:55 pm

Reading this graphic novel about a second civil war that breaks out in the US between the "Free Armies" and the USA. Has several sort of paralell alegories going at once. Cool artwork, too. This is the second volume.

donkey · Post by **donkey** » Fri May 30, 2008 8:08 pm

Dr_Dischord wrote:Reading this graphic novel about a second civil war that breaks out in the US between the "Free Armies" and the USA. Has several sort of paralell alegories going at once. Cool artwork, too. This is the second volume.

It's brilliant. The best series i've read in a long time.

d-T-r · Post by **d-T-r** » Sat May 31, 2008 12:24 pm

Just started reading The Celestine Prophecy last night (yeah i know,a friday-night, im lame)

only a tiny bit in but its really quite good.

sang-froid · Post by **sang-froid** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:52 am

dTruk wrote:Just started reading The Celestine Prophecy last night (yeah i know,a friday-night, im lame)

only a tiny bit in but its really quite good.

This book was recommended to me years ago. And, what a load of old tosh. Most unenlightening, despite claims to the contrary.

sang-froid · Post by **sang-froid** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:17 am

sang-froid wrote:
dTruk wrote:Just started reading The Celestine Prophecy last night (yeah i know,a friday-night, im lame)

only a tiny bit in but its really quite good.

This book was recommended to me years ago. And, what a load of old tosh. Most unenlightening, despite claims to the contrary.

Time was - and not so very long ago - that I would plough through all kinds of dross by virtue of it being in print. Hence much time wastage. But, in the same way that a piece of music can be turgidly derivative, so too with writing. And, like awful music, it can be switched off.

No offence like.

psyolopher · Post by **psyolopher** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:45 am

Readin:
how to please those 5 hot girls in your bed at the same time

Since having only one penis is a burden, leaves so many holes unfilled!

lol

no, reading:
http://www.oilendgame.com/

fun fun fun! Thougt i'd take a break from philosopy, tired my head out and made me worried!

d-T-r · Post by **d-T-r** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:08 pm

sang-froid wrote:
sang-froid wrote:
dTruk wrote:Just started reading The Celestine Prophecy last night (yeah i know,a friday-night, im lame)

only a tiny bit in but its really quite good.

This book was recommended to me years ago. And, what a load of old tosh. Most unenlightening, despite claims to the contrary.
Time was - and not so very long ago - that I would plough through all kinds of dross by virtue of it being in print. Hence much time wastage. But, in the same way that a piece of music can be turgidly derivative, so too with writing. And, like awful music, it can be switched off.

No offence like.

each to their own i guess. i really enjoyed it. never read a book so fast before. read like 200 something pages the second or theird time i opened it. all depends on what your looking for in life.
for me personally, alot of the stuff in there is logicly explained aswell as 'spiritualy ( a word that puts people off a lot)
if your in tune with the slightlier different side of things/perception in life; chakras,auras, energy, mayans ,vibrations,waveleghts,quantum physics etc ,then i'd reccomend it.

its also nicely squeezed into an indianna jones style peruvian adventure.(without the cheesiness) could easily viuslaize a film version of this.

dont expect it to 'enlighten' you or anything. it might help shift your focal point or change your cohesion slightly. just an alternative look at what 'life' was, is and will be.

the 2012 heads might find it interesting.

it wont be everyone's cup of tea obviously but if your open minded to these types of things and your sensing a change in perception in the world right now, go pick it up. even if your not 'sensing; anything, its worth a read just for the different points of veiws.

sang-froid · Post by **sang-froid** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:43 pm

dTruk wrote:
sang-froid wrote:
sang-froid wrote:
dTruk wrote:Just started reading The Celestine Prophecy last night (yeah i know,a friday-night, im lame)

only a tiny bit in but its really quite good.

This book was recommended to me years ago. And, what a load of old tosh. Most unenlightening, despite claims to the contrary.
Time was - and not so very long ago - that I would plough through all kinds of dross by virtue of it being in print. Hence much time wastage. But, in the same way that a piece of music can be turgidly derivative, so too with writing. And, like awful music, it can be switched off.

No offence like.
each to their own i guess. i really enjoyed it. never read a book so fast before. read like 200 something pages the second or theird time i opened it. all depends on what your looking for in life.
for me personally, alot of the stuff in there is logicly explained aswell as 'spiritualy ( a word that puts people off a lot)
if your in tune with the slightlier different side of things/perception in life; chakras,auras, energy, mayans ,vibrations,waveleghts,quantum physics etc ,then i'd reccomend it.

its also nicely squeezed into an indianna jones style peruvian adventure.(without the cheesiness) could easily viuslaize a film version of this.

dont expect it to 'enlighten' you or anything. it might help shift your focal point or change your cohesion slightly. just an alternative look at what 'life' was, is and will be.

the 2012 heads might find it interesting.

it wont be everyone's cup of tea obviously but if your open minded to these types of things and your sensing a change in perception in the world right now, go pick it up. even if your not 'sensing; anything, its worth a read just for the different points of veiws.

Good to get a considered opinion. You make it sound like a real racey read which is interesting. I remember being stalled the whole time by the 'spiritual' references which just spoiled any flow for me which meant the adventure side of it inevitably failed for me too.

Can't win 'em all tho.

Just started reading Eric Hobsawn, 'Age of Empire 1789 - 1840'

Taking it two chapters at a time I reckon.

King Cotton just comin in and . . . . whoah ! Did that usher in some serious repercussions. Seminal ! dotcom had nothing on that. Believe you me.

ands · Post by **ands** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:16 pm

Mr Hyde wrote: Keep going back to read: Underground London: Travels Beneath the City Streets (Stephen Smith) pretty interesting stuff but a bit much to just read in one go.

You might be interested in this site, travels and explorations underground and such
http://www.darkplaces.co.uk

concept_ · Post by **concept_** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:54 am

Mr Hyde wrote:
ands wrote:
Mr Hyde wrote: Keep going back to read: Underground London: Travels Beneath the City Streets (Stephen Smith) pretty interesting stuff but a bit much to just read in one go.
You might be interested in this site, travels and explorations underground and such
http://www.darkplaces.co.uk
Nice, Paris catacombes look quality. Never done it around london although been around a load of abandoned mines- me and my mate got scared shitless once about 15 mins underground found a room with a pentangle scratched on the wall and loads of burnt candles...made a quick exit! Have a friend who works for London Underground and another working in a big historic place for the City of London- so trying to get some access sorted.

New Oxford Street Old Sorting Office Underground Line is something else.
If you liked Underground London, might like the photography in Left London- deals more on the dereliction of the city, but some Underground locations featured.

dali · Post by **dali** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 2:53 pm

off topic... but detroit ruins...
http://reliques.online.fr/detroit/detroit00.html

concept_ · Post by **concept_** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:17 pm

dali wrote:off topic... but detroit ruins...
http://reliques.online.fr/detroit/detroit00.html

ok i seen a lot of impressive derelict stuff but now ima have to visit detroit!

*currently reading brooklyn follies- paul auster

basser · Post by **basser** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:47 pm

I knew Detroit has loads of run down buildings, but those pics are hectic!

I've just started reading Porno by Irvine Welsh. First book I've reading in years

Also bought The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks...read a few pages of a mate's copy and it sounds nuts!

dali · Post by **dali** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:15 pm

been readin' like mad...

This week I finished Breakfast @ Tiffany's - Capote and Lullaby - Palahniuk

Still reading Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban - Rowling and Tale of 2 Cities - Dickens.

Gotta swing by the library later for my hold on the Golden Compass.

paolo · Post by **paolo** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 6:25 pm

'Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A History of the Hiphop Generation' by Jeff Chang. Could have done with a bit more editing but overall a good read, even if you already know quite a lot about hiphop

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