What are you reading?

[cosmic_surgeon]

Typical of Heidegger; rich, dense, profound, difficult, original, and extremely enlightening. I'd even call it essential reading (with patience). Studying Heidegger over the last 9 months has been incredible biz.

[AxeD]

Went through a few pages of this thread and haven't seen it once so...














This thread

[jameshk]

Seeing what the fuss is about.

[borrowed]

Just finished this. Saddest book ever.

[kingldub]

Never read anything by him before, seen a few lectures and interviews though. Intersting stuff.

[Motorway to Roswell]

Got this in the post a couple of days ago. Hopefully going to start it shortly.

[64hz]

i'm reading Willie Suttons autobiography, that man is my new hero.

[iamallthings]

[thelostone]

[JemGrover]

A novel about a Neanderthal tribe who adopt a modern Cro-Magnon girl after her parents die in an earthquake, called Clan of the Cave Bear

The main protagonist is full of existentialist turmoil (eh...?!)

It's possibly the shittiest thing I have ever read.

[christophera]

[karmacazee]

Re-reading this. Possibly one of my favourite books. It's wildly original, and the ending is very intense.




Highly reccommended for sci-fi fans. Also the Demolished Man by Bester is terrific.

[firky]

Read this:

Probably one of the toughest books I have read but very rewarding. It's utterly horrific but gives you some understanding into how people succumb to genocide.



Reading this at the moment, a Buddhist Thai thriller, very good and dead easy to read after Kindly Ones:

[isiahfire]

Just finished 'A Farewell To Arms' by Hemingway, pretty baffling.

Read 'Saturday' by Ian McEwen not long ago which was fucking brilliant.

[manillathrilla]

This^

[apmje]

[64hz]

i'm looking to read more scifi so who should it be:
Ian M Banks
or
Alfred Bester
or another not yet mentioned in this thread

my manager leant me the nights dawn trilogy by peter hamilton, fairly epic shit! need more mindblowing scifi though.

[gettingcolder]

Typical of Heidegger; rich, dense, profound, difficult, original, and extremely enlightening. I'd even call it essential reading (with patience). Studying Heidegger over the last 9 months has been incredible biz.

Do you know this one?
Rüdiger Safranski: Martin Heidegger. Between Good and Evil

Was reading this (mainly) intellectual biography over the weekend (in German) and was so delighted. It's not only interesting as to the historical/political background. It's also a very good book on the philosophy itself. It neither paraphrases Heidegger in his own words nor approaches him with alien concepts that miss the point of his thinking.
And, although it is delightful, 'easy' reading even, it has all the complexity and insight I was after. All my respect to this book.

[koro inu]

finishing this:


before that was on:


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[cosmic_surgeon]

Typical of Heidegger; rich, dense, profound, difficult, original, and extremely enlightening. I'd even call it essential reading (with patience). Studying Heidegger over the last 9 months has been incredible biz.

Do you know this one?
Rüdiger Safranski: Martin Heidegger. Between Good and Evil

Was reading this (mainly) intellectual biography over the weekend (in German) and was so delighted. It's not only interesting as to the historical/political background. It's also a very good book on the philosophy itself. It neither paraphrases Heidegger in his own words nor approaches him with alien concepts that miss the point of his thinking.
And, although it is delightful, 'easy' reading even, it has all the complexity and insight I was after. All my respect to this book.

Not familiar with that one at all mate, but I'll be sure to have a look! Thanks for the reccomendation.