What are you reading?

parson · Post by **parson** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:16 pm

its one of his later works. was written in pencil on scraps of paper that were found and assembled into a novel.

its real good. i'm about half way through. its real funny and full of profound insight, but not silly like cat's cradle or breakfast of champions.

dj cal cutta · Post by **dj cal cutta** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:32 pm

datura · Post by **datura** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:36 am

Richard Price - Clockers.

Tekki · Post by **Tekki** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:50 am

Fromm, Erich.(1978). 'to have or to be'. A Cracking critique on the (now, possibly overworked) theme of having and consummerism, which goes on to give an alternative character orientation (the being mode) which is productive, non mechanical and 'meaningful'. Might seem a little dated to young ears, but Fromm's work was seminal, and it's (thankfully)not to demanding.

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 2:37 am

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 2:40 am

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 3:46 pm

Plot Summary: "This warts and all account of Brand's life follows, in vivid detail, the star's life from his troubled childhood in Gray's End Close, Essex to his first taste for fame in Stage School up to his turbulent drug addiction and his triumphant rise to fame from RE:Brand to Big Brother's Big Mouth to Hollywood..."

Dedication:
"For my mum,
the most important woman in my life,
this book is dedicated to you.
Now for God's sake don't read it"

ITS REEL GOOD!!1

sqwol · Post by **sqwol** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:08 pm

Lonely Planet : Indonesia

psyolopher · Post by **psyolopher** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:40 pm

DJ Cal Cutta wrote:

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Have ya read the Dubstep section?

COURT · Post by **COURT** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:26 pm

catcher in the rye - :O

parson · Post by **parson** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:41 pm

i love rereading catcher

i'm going to reread this one again soon.

http://www.amazon.com/Exit-Strategy-Dou ... 147&sr=8-3

one of my favorite writers (also wrote ecstasy club)
its an "open source" novel. the gimmick is its presented as a historical artifact that a future civilization has discovered and they are trying to learn about our culture by interpreting stuff in the footnotes. some of the footnotes are by the author, and some are by readers. its all free on the website or you can get a bound version.

edit: i guess its gone off the internet now
The Open Source Experiment

Although the book takes place in the near future, the text itself only “surfaced” online in the 23rd Century. The entire text is annotated with footnotes so that terms like “Microsoft” and “NASDAQ” make sense to the future reader who, presumably, lives in a world beyond such things.

The book was online for over a year as an “open source novel.” This meant that online readers could add their own footnotes and annotations to the text, in the voices of their own future anthropologists. 100 of these footnotes have been included in the US release of the book.

Yahoo Internet Life, where the novel was hosted, has since gone under (like so many of the businesses described in the novel). Thanks to all of you for the thousands of annotations you wrote. We’ll let you know if we put the project back online.

parson · Post by **parson** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:43 pm

this is such an incredible book right here:
http://rushkoff.com/books/ecstasy-club/

its about ravers who start a cult at a warehouse where they live and have parties in oakland

“A darkly comic contemporary fable: a brave, very funny, very knowing trip through the neo-psychedelic substrate of the wired world.”

–William Gibson

“Yeah, what Gibson said.”

—Julian Dibbell

shane · Post by **shane** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:01 pm

i read cats cradle the other day.

right now i'm in the process of re-reading and hopefully finishing Haunted by ol Chucky P.

bright maroon · Post by **bright maroon** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:36 am

I love "A Brave New World" - I know this classifies as standard high school reading, but I truelly believe that this is one of the most insightful and groundbreaking titles ever.

ch3 · Post by **ch3** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 6:44 pm

bright maroon wrote:I love "A Brave New World" - I know this classifies as standard high school reading, but I truelly believe that this is one of the most insightful and groundbreaking titles ever.

Yeah, that one, Lord of the flies and 1984 were the most stirring titles of my high school. I remember reading the second one scared shitless. It's really rare for the book to bring out such an emotion. Same with the torture scene in 1984, probably the most scary/sad scene I've read...

psyolopher · Post by **psyolopher** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:06 pm

psyolopher · Post by **psyolopher** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:07 pm

bright maroon wrote:I love "A Brave New World" - I know this classifies as standard high school reading, but I truelly believe that this is one of the most insightful and groundbreaking titles ever.

Good one!
Dont forget, Doors of perception!

d-T-r · Post by **d-T-r** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:27 am

finsihed that a few wees ago. the title is a bit off putting for most people. It basically looks at the way our mind tends to rationalize alot of things and how our thinking patterns arent usually helpfull.

Basically a really in depth look into the 'ego' which we all have and identify with without realising...

basically reminding you that you shouldnt see your life as a possesion, but see your life as the life you are...

i was skeptical about its authenticity at first but it explains evereyhting in a logical practical way so if your on that 'finding out' tip i would reccomend it.

just started this one. follow up to the first celestine phrophecy...basically a giant syncronicity intertwined parable.

already touched on alot of things. astral projection, afterlife, de-ja-vu,remembering your future, higher planes/dimenions etc.

tempest · Post by **tempest** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:18 am

Currently reading Bret Easton Ellis "Less Than Zero"

and yes I love Brave New World, going to have to get a copy of '1984' been meaning to read that and 'Catcher In The Rye' for waaaaay too long

number10 · Post by **number10** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:28 pm

just finnished "the unbearable lightness of being"

currently reading "dirty havana trilogy"

both are amazing.

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