Atop Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 did it make you nauseous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iep Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 i don't like it. picked up In Siberia by my man Colin Thubron. bittersweet stories about post-perestroika siberia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 yeah I didn't even attempt to finish 'Nausea', I still own it but I have thought about throwing it away. Over-analytical, thought spirals meant to drive a person mad. Fuck you and your depressed emotional state Sartre. Give me Roald Dahl any day over that pretentious shit. although Sartre did say, "Terrorism is the atomic weapon of the masses." I like that quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iep Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 hm, lots of analytical ramblings about seemingly vapid shit, and an Algiers imperial connection that i can't really place. not my thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jasondonervan Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Just finished this off last night. An enjoyable read, set in Leningrad during the Nazi siege. Hungry for a new novel, will have to work back through this thread for some inspiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iep Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 the Ball Street Journal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweepstakes Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Haven't finished a book since Jeffrey Eugenide's "The Marriage Plot" in February or March. Just started on DFW's "The Pale King" yesterday. I'm enjoying it quite a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremymacgregor87 Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoodie Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 how do you guys read so much? serious question. i want to start reading more and i have the time for it, but i always find myself dicking around on the internet instead when i'm bored. if i start a book, i usually have to finish it in a few days or i lose interest. how can i improve my habits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 uh....read instead of not reading? it's very simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 (edited) What helps me is finding a good unique place to read, away from computers/etc. I like sitting outside at a table in my yard, for example, and I always associate that spot with reading/thinking, so when I go there I can forget about other things and enjoy myself Oh yeah and don't read something just because you think "it would be good for you" or whatever, only read about things you're really interested in and it will be hard to stop Edited June 4, 2012 by Joseph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KY Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 how do you guys read so much? serious question. i want to start reading more and i have the time for it, but i always find myself dicking around on the internet instead when i'm bored. if i start a book, i usually have to finish it in a few days or i lose interest. how can i improve my habits? 1/2 hour commute to and from work every day gets a chapter a day or so personally, and then maybe reading on weekends too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremymacgregor87 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 A good couch helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 (edited) Neal's basically disowned his first novel, but I'm still going to read it. Started a few pages last night; it actually seems closer to Neal's later early style (eg, Snow Crash) than Zodiac did. Edited June 4, 2012 by baph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsaicin Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 I'm about a hundred pages into Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 And what dost thou thinketh? Hope you have the a decent translation and not the one that is all in Bible speak. Destroy laws, make your own way, the spirit of gravity binding you to this world is misleading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iep Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Destroy laws, make your own way, the spirit of gravity binding you to this world is misleading. one of my fav 20th --or was it 21th Century Schizoid Man books evar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 (edited) the square root of negative one causes everything to be uncertain. D-503 is profoundly disturbed by the concept of the square root of −1 — which is the basis for imaginary numbers (imagination being deprecated by the One State). Edited June 9, 2012 by Atop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adam Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Just read Isaac Aimov's "the end of eternity", insanely good. One of the best books I've read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxien Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 starting Nietzsche's The Antichrist. never read any of his stuff, but from the few reviews and recommendations i looked up, this was suggested as a good summation of a portion of his philosophies. it's definitely involved, even only a few pages in. i find myself looking up some references he's making, which is usually a good thing imo, it usually means i'm learning something! ha any suggestions on any online source for complimentary summations of sections, suggestions on key points to take away from anyone here who's read it, or anything else to enhance the reading experience? being in college the past few years has geared my mind towards taking notes and such, and this seems like the kind of book that it would be beneficial to do so with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deep Fried Everything Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 just finished erik larson's "in the garden of beasts".. good, very entertaining, kinda anti-climactic by nature, but it's a very good companion to chris (?) isherwood's "denying hitler", although isherwood's book delved a lot more into the specific social lives of nazi party higher-ups during the nazi's ascent to power, and so was more interesting that way. larson's book is (naturally) from a diplomatic perspective. not sure what to read next.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcofribas Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 starting Nietzsche's The Antichrist. never read any of his stuff, but from the few reviews and recommendations i looked up, this was suggested as a good summation of a portion of his philosophies. it's definitely involved, even only a few pages in. i find myself looking up some references he's making, which is usually a good thing imo, it usually means i'm learning something! ha any suggestions on any online source for complimentary summations of sections, suggestions on key points to take away from anyone here who's read it, or anything else to enhance the reading experience? being in college the past few years has geared my mind towards taking notes and such, and this seems like the kind of book that it would be beneficial to do so with. not an online recommendation but i would highly recommend julian young's recent biography of nietzsche. it's a great read and young writes a sympathetic and moving portrait of the man infused with his philosophy (young has published two excellent monographs on nietzsche's philosophy of art and religion). there's also a companion website with recordings of nietzsche's musical compositions which should probably be the basis of a watmm compilation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 animal farm and jonathan stange (susanna clarke) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th555 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 My mom gave me the kite runner, is it any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
data Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 (edited) in the year 2889 (jules verne - 1889) Edited June 25, 2012 by data Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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