747Music Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 I'm currently reading The Law of Nines by Terry Goodkind. I absolutely loved the Sword of Truth by him, and this one is awesome so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest bacteriatastic Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chosen_(Potok_novel) have to read this for class. i swear the more i read the longer the book gets. it never ends http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_For_Chameleons i like capote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Just finished 'More Than Human' by Theodore Sturgeon and it is pretty mind blowing, suggest it to all sci-fi fans, lovers of speculative fiction... About to start 'The Great God Pan/The Hill of Dreams' by Arthur Machen... have heard nothing but good things about this author... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 probably should can vamos' thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamos scorcho Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 yeah i did a search for this thread but it didn't come up, i searched "reading" my bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theSun Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 i was reading this thread. until now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dese manz hatin Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 I've been re-reading hemingway's the sun also rises this weekend on a camping trip...what a great novel, it's really his greatest. hemingway's talent in constructing characters, emotion, atmosphere (especially recreating the atmosphere of those hot-tempered pamplona-nights) and general depth with minimal means is truly exceptional. Besides this, I'm halfway through kafka's the trial....it reads like a similitude on existentialism so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamos scorcho Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 i have trouble getting through the trial need to try again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 I caved in to hipster pressuring and am now reading House of Leaves. Given how popular it is with people who think Lost is well-written, I'm not expecting much. At first I was "ahh, yeah, clever, sorta" and now, 150 pages in (plus corresponding appendix reading), I'm all "I get it, I get it, jesus fuck, please move on, conceit well-established." But I'll withhold judgment until I finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uptown devil Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 I've been re-reading hemingway's the sun also rises this weekend on a camping trip...what a great novel, it's really his greatest. hemingway's talent in constructing characters, emotion, atmosphere (especially recreating the atmosphere of those hot-tempered pamplona-nights) and general depth with minimal means is truly exceptional. easily one of my favorite books. hemingway is unparalleled. everything he writes is so perfectly simplified and beautifully detailed at the same time. he plays to all senses in completion. i am planning on reading For Whom The Bell Tolls soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Dylan Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 I caved in to hipster pressuring and am now reading House of Leaves. Given how popular it is with people who think Lost is well-written, I'm not expecting much. At first I was "ahh, yeah, clever, sorta" and now, 150 pages in (plus corresponding appendix reading), I'm all "I get it, I get it, jesus fuck, please move on, conceit well-established." But I'll withhold judgment until I finish. After you've finished reading House of Leaves, try to check out a little on the internet about it (there are a lot of stuff on it), you'll find that the whole universe "outside" just plain reading the novel is as interesting as the content of the book! Crazy things you didn't find the first reading, a lot of forum content and analyzing, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigs Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 just getting into the crying of lot 49 by pynchon. pretty great so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamos scorcho Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 i have crying of lot 49 sitting in my apartment i'm looking for an enjoyable trip should i read it? i've never really read pynchon i also have vineland is it based around paranoia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 It's based around Los Para Noias. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlisuite Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 i'm reading Rabindranath Tagore, and studying G.I. Gurdjieff. Anyone familiar with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Wasn't familiar with Tagore but read a bit about him and would like to read some of his work..... have studied a bit of the Fourth Way and I love 'In Search of the Miraculous'.... a non-fiction work titled 'Madame Blavatsky's Baboon' is essential reading if you want to know more about Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, the Theosophists, Rudolph Steiner and early religious groups in the United States.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlisuite Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 I have just finished Tagore's Gora. I love the way he describes characters and their thoughts, but the story is so involved with religion. Some ideological squabbles slightly bored me... I bought Beelzebub's tales to his grandson one year ago. It was recommended to me after a very inspiring talk I've had with a foreign actor. This massive chunk is like squeezing the world into a cardboard box. Very promising though, some stuff is just amazing and that's what keeps me on dwelling through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest illway Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Didn't realize this thread was here! I'm reading "Accelerando" by Charles Strauss. It deals with a family during a post-singularity world. NANOBOTS, MAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Reading Le Corbusier's Modulor (1 & 2). Most of watmmers don't know Le Corbusier, but he was the most influential architect in the 20th century and modern architecture movement. It's been years since i don't read a novel or fiction book. Architecture always seems to come first and i can't do anything about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Dylan Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Uh... most people here do know who is Le Corbusier. Cmon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yegg Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Reading Le Corbusier's Modulor (1 & 2). Most of watmmers don't know Le Corbusier, but he was the most influential architect in the 20th century and modern architecture movement. It's been years since i don't read a novel or fiction book. Architecture always seems to come first and i can't do anything about it. Are you retarded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 I feel retarded trying to say his name....ROOEEAAAHGGGGGUUUNNEELLLLo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dese manz hatin Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Reading Le Corbusier's Modulor (1 & 2). Most of watmmers don't know Le Corbusier, but he was the most influential architect in the 20th century and modern architecture movement. It's been years since i don't read a novel or fiction book. Architecture always seems to come first and i can't do anything about it. + + Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 I bought Beelzebub's tales to his grandson one year ago. It was recommended to me after a very inspiring talk I've had with a foreign actor. This massive chunk is like squeezing the world into a cardboard box. Very promising though, some stuff is just amazing and that's what keeps me on dwelling through. read 'In Search of the Miraculous' by P D Ouspensky, the book that Gurdjieff wanted to write but wasn't as a good of a writer as P D, so he had him write it for him..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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