kaini Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 still reading neal stephenson's anathem - i've made it my bathroom book, something it's weirdly suited for. seeing as it's basically large chunks of discussion/thought on philosophy/quantum physics/linguistics/orbital mechanics kinda bound together with a few pages of plot development here and there, it actually works great. take a shit, read a little contemplation followed by a little plot... that being said i headed downtown and read in a beer garden in the sun with a few excellent guinness the other day, and it was wonderful. nearly done now, next up is john fowles' the magus, i reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 was thinking about reading The Magus as well, strange... just finished The Great God Pan by Machen and it freaked me out... haven't been scared by a book in a long time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest A/D Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 i read about half of "orange is the new black" by piper kerman. it is the story of a well-to-do white woman's year in federal prison. it's not sensational, and has a lot of quiet respect for the inmates. i enjoyed her humility. if i ever go to jail i want to go to woman's prison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doorjamb Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 (edited) Yesterday I read De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium Eater, a nifty little artifact of drug history if nothing else. Today I shall tackle Barth's Lost in the Funhouse. I also have a copy of Ulysses (Joyce) sitting on my desk looking dauntingly impregnable. edit: and I keep getting the urge to reread Lloyd Alexander's Taran, Wanderer series. I used to love those as a kid Edited May 29, 2010 by doorjamb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlisuite Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 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..... I might, thanks. I'm still in search for some scripts called The Lecture on Symbolism by the same author. That piece holds quite interesting points on symbolism between the work of man through history and his supposed spiritual origins. And more. I must get my hands on this somehow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Sounds good! I suppose you have read some Blavatsky..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 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? Are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 I feel retarded trying to say his name....ROOEEAAAHGGGGGUUUNNEELLLLo Your language doesn't allow you to say it in a non retarded way, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vertsk8er419 Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 (edited) just starting this one: we'll see... Edited May 31, 2010 by impotentwhitecapitalist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 I feel retarded trying to say his name....ROOEEAAAHGGGGGUUUNNEELLLLo Your language doesn't allow you to say it in a non retarded way, really. Touche... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yegg Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 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? Are you? Are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest viscosity Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Cloud Atlas although I have plans to read more Beckett this summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 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? Are you? Are you? We R Are Why Are Y Are We? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Are you? You bold what i wrote "he was the most influential architect in the 20th century" like you know something about it and then call me a retarded. Seriously, who the fuck are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Dylan Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 (edited) Dude you aren't the supreme being of the universe in all-things-related-to-architecture, you still continue here above trying to patronize ffs. Please realise on earth there are people with more knowledge of it than you. Edited June 3, 2010 by Philip Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Dude you aren't the supreme being of the universe in all-things-related-to-architecture, you still continue here above trying to patronize ffs. Please realise on earth there are people with more knowledge of it than you. Thank you, but i am aware of that. Maybe you know more than i do, but that is not the question here. I just don't accept being called a retarded like this guy did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dese manz hatin Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 painting is dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest the anonymous forumite Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 (edited) How good is this ? Is it a novel ? Edited June 3, 2010 by the anonymous forumite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Nannou 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yegg Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Are you? You bold what i wrote "he was the most influential architect in the 20th century" like you know something about it and then call me a retarded. Seriously, who the fuck are you? LOL, whoo the fuck are you to make such a statement? Such a sweeping retarded statement must be accompanied by a retard, no? I think we both know who that retard is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Squee Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 The Shining - Slow start... REALLY slow start... I hope things get better soon because so far it has taken me about a month to read around 50 pages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 finished anathem, which was fucking great. started david mitchell's cloud atlas, which is interesting. i like the way the first part ended mid-sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest viscosity Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 yup, i'm on orison of sonmi-451. i like the genre shifting; keeps things interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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