What are you reading?

joseph-j · Post by **joseph-j** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:50 pm

Its one long paragraph, no chapters, no speech marks, no breaks. I'm over half way through and still have no idea what its about.

ifp · Post by **ifp** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 2:55 pm

good luck with that! i tried ulysses but its lying on my shelf half read. too much like hard work...

RubiconMan · Post by **RubiconMan** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:00 pm

Tombones · Post by **Tombones** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:08 pm

I've been a bit slack recently, anything by Philip K dick usually makes for a good read though.

boomnoise · Post by **boomnoise** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:26 pm

thecrane wrote:I've been a bit slack recently, anything by Philip K dick usually makes for a good read though.

So true but some more than others. PKD deserves a whole thread of his own really. Still looking forward to the A Scanner Darkly movice with bated breath.

joseph-j · Post by **joseph-j** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:28 pm

boomnoise wrote:
thecrane wrote:I've been a bit slack recently, anything by Philip K dick usually makes for a good read though.
So true but some more than others. PKD deserves a whole thread of his own really. Still looking forward to the A Scanner Darkly movice with bated breath.

HAVE YOU SEEN THE STILLS FOR THAT??? It looks DOPE.

Tis my favourite PKD book too.....

joseph-j · Post by **joseph-j** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:29 pm

ifp wrote:good luck with that! i tried ulysses but its lying on my shelf half read. too much like hard work...

I gave up after the first sentence.

rickyricardo · Post by **rickyricardo** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:32 pm

ADRUU wrote:damn son...a coupland fan? i havent gotten around to jpod yet, but i will soon...you have god hates japan?

right now -
foucault - order of things
dante - divine comedy
various mind-numbing technical manuals, acronyms, numbers, slashes, dots, techno-corporate b.s.

Damn. My hat's off to anyone that can read Foucault w/o giving themselves a brain hemmorage. I still have a half-read copy of "Power/Knowledge" that I'm trying my damndest to get through and comprehend.

Other than a bunch of uninteresting techie books, my reading list is pretty light these days:

"Bowling Alone" - Robert Putnam
"Man and His Symbols" - Carl Jung

datura · Post by **datura** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 5:42 pm

narcossist wrote:
Anyone into Camus at all?

I've read The Outsider and The Plague, both of which I really enjoyed. What else is worth checking for by him?

On a related note, I read somewhere that Michel Houellebecq is described in some parts as the new Camus. I think one of his books as been adapted for a film.

droidster · Post by **droidster** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:12 pm

A book called shed crew. set in Leeds in the 90's. proper grimey.This guy helps these runaway kids and puts them up and he trys conquering his demons but he can not do it without helping these little pitrats. it is touching and makes you think about kids that have fallen out of the system.

ifp · Post by **ifp** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:35 pm

datura wrote:
narcossist wrote:
Anyone into Camus at all?
I've read The Outsider and The Plague, both of which I really enjoyed. What else is worth checking for by him?

On a related note, I read somewhere that Michel Houellebecq is described in some parts as the new Camus. I think one of his books as been adapted for a film.

I read both of those too, great books. haven't got a clue about the philosophy behind it all - existentialism an that- but i love his writing style.

someone told me that i should read kafka but i read the trial and didnt get that at all. straight over my head... i need stuff to be pointed out to me straight and clear - animal farm's more like it!

mudda · Post by **mudda** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:26 pm

Martin Amis - Yellow Dog.

Not convinced yet.

boomnoise · Post by **boomnoise** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:05 am

dubsteppers are readers = the best news.

djshiva · Post by **djshiva** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:21 am

derrick jensen's "a language older than words"

also recommend "the culture of make believe" by the same author.

also reading howard zinn's "a people's history of the united states"

i cannot read only one book. i have to have a couple going at a time...

i am a nerd. but, it seems, i am in good company...

also, for those of you who like the academic dissections of music, i have to recommend this one:

it's pretty damn interesting, and what's more...i was interviewed for it...so there's that...

djshiva · Post by **djshiva** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:33 am

RickyRicardo wrote:
Damn. My hat's off to anyone that can read Foucault w/o giving themselves a brain hemmorage. I still have a half-read copy of "Power/Knowledge" that I'm trying my damndest to get through and comprehend.

"Bowling Alone" - Robert Putnam
"Man and His Symbols" - Carl Jung

right? i had the same problem with that very same foucalt book. still trying tho.

that jung book is a pretty damn good one tho.

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:58 am

boomnoise wrote:dubsteppers are readers = the best news.

Reading's rubbish. Idiots. Why waste ya time? I wanna be a waffle waitress.

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:02 am

Issac Bashevis Singer? Any one know this geeza? Get to know.

forensix (mcr) · Post by **forensix (mcr)** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:17 am

Atomised - Michel Houellebecq, bought this ages ago just started it last week top book

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:27 pm

metalboxproducts wrote:
boomnoise wrote:dubsteppers are readers = the best news.
Reading's rubbish. Idiots. Why waste ya time? I wanna be a waffle waitress.

You ARE a waffle waitress.

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Pis oot

shunkee

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:02 pm

Shonky wrote:
metalboxproducts wrote:
boomnoise wrote:dubsteppers are readers = the best news.
Reading's rubbish. Idiots. Why waste ya time? I wanna be a waffle waitress.
You ARE a waffle waitress.

But yeah reddnz fikan dat whah yoo doo it inet. ahm doo rox m8 ah dahn bohtha wit dat booshit, whezz da biches. A red "byon gud annd eefil" bah niche but waas shet, wah e abaht, jus crat fillsophy jokes fah mst pat, ah prfers Camoo, ee nos dat xstenshul castroophe in ddep innit bhlad

Pis oot

shunkee

xstenshul castroophe

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