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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:37 pm
by psycho
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 ;)

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:42 pm
by scarecrow
Art of war is fucking mad. It also depends which version you read, because there are many different versions due to translation.

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:00 pm
by benjybars
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!

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:28 pm
by suzipedia
Reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman right now... totally loving it.

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:59 pm
by j rock
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

Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:10 pm
by j dub u
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?

Pynchon - Gravity's Rainbow

Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:27 pm
by antilynd
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Re: Pynchon - Gravity's Rainbow

Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:26 pm
by datura
AntiLynd wrote:Image
I tried to read this, but found it increasingly impenetrable and confusing..the plot and sequence is all over the place, good luck!!

Re: Pynchon - Gravity's Rainbow

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:55 am
by antilynd
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...

Re: Pynchon - Gravity's Rainbow

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:41 am
by selector.dub.u
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".

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:46 am
by poax
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:57 am
by selector.dub.u
poax wrote:Image
thats a classic :lol:

try this one as well:


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

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:11 am
by poax
thanks, i will!


father Emmanuelle said

"dont sleep , its the devils work!!"

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:54 am
by selector.dub.u
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"

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:05 am
by poax
nas also said , at night i fucked her in assets..//.. something something something profelactics.

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:12 am
by selector.dub.u
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.

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:40 pm
by testfeld
Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era

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

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:06 pm
by narcossist
Straw Dogs - John Gray.

Only read 50 pages but love it so far.

Whats "Gravity's Rainbow" about/like?

Re: Pynchon - Gravity's Rainbow

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:37 pm
by datura
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.

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:27 pm
by d_three
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