lala Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 really enjoyed the 1408 short story, was the first onei went to in EE, as i loved the film. The books better, but the film is still alright, weird how the director had the place blow up etc when in the book it was melting. much more scarier changed it so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lala Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Anyone read dark tower? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Dark Tower is awesome. 1408 is one of the best short stories he's written in years. I fucking hate the film lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lala Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 you probably read the story first, right? i would if i had I might start dark tower. Never did before because i dont like cowboys. i think they are dicks. Texas is one of my least want to go places in the world lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 The cowboys in DT are more like post-apocalyptic knights from another dimension. And there's only one left anyway. Get stuck in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 (edited) The Temple of Dawn (Sea of Fertility Book 3) by Yukio Mishima The Beautiful Thing Which Awaits Us All by Laird Barron Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen and a smattering of late 1800s horror stories Edited August 21, 2015 by doublename Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tec Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 I've really tried with Dark Tower, read the first in the series, I didn't like it but was persuaded by my brother to give it another try as we are both such fans of King so read it again, still not my cup of tea. Third time lucky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Parts II & III are where it gets good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lala Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 read up to about 50% last night. When he meets the boy that was a massive A-HA moment, and yeah, i reckon i could get into this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Sumbitches Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 I started with the fifth Dark Tower book, for some reason. Great series anyway. The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen Love this one. I've been reading the Carnacki stories lately, slightly similar vibe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QQQ Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 The Temple of Dawn (Sea of Fertility Book 3) by Yukio MishimaHow are you finding this series? Temple of Dawn is the next one I have to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muflontillah Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Mark Hodder - The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny O Flannagin Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Just finished The Shallows by Nicolas Carr. About how the internet shapes our minds, not necessarily in a good way. Highly critical of Google and how we are expected to behave on the internet (consuming as much information as possible without going in depth on one thing.) I feel like internet addiction is a very real thing, and many times i find myself browsing for hours on end without any goal or progress and my focus has been waining since using the internet consistently. Of course, I don't think the internet itself is bad, just how it is being used. I recommend this book, not very long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prdctvsm Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 ^that book on the internet looks interesting thx 4 tip (: just started, & v. much ejnoying so far: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berk Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Man, the ending to Anna Karenina is a bit of a disappointment, anyone agree? Or am I missing something? Gotta say I agree with this article: http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2010/feb/01/anna-karenina-ending Now reading: Bel-Ami by Maupassant. Really nice read and it reads fast too I feel. About 70 pages in I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellyrajah Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Man, the ending to Anna Karenina is a bit of a disappointment, anyone agree? Or am I missing something? Gotta say I agree with this article: http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2010/feb/01/anna-karenina-ending It's been a few years since I read the book, but now that I think back on it, I do remember the ending being pretty bad compared to the rest of the novel. So it's definitely not just you thinking that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 I started with the fifth Dark Tower book, for some reason. Great series anyway. The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen Love this one. I've been reading the Carnacki stories lately, slightly similar vibe. I just downloaded a bunch of those, can't wait to get into them. The Temple of Dawn (Sea of Fertility Book 3) by Yukio MishimaHow are you finding this series? Temple of Dawn is the next one I have to read. I thought Spring Snow was brilliant, but Runaway Horses really got bogged down in Mishima's politics to me. A lot of it probably has to do with the effects of political/religious extremism in today's world (and Mishima's own political activities), but I have hard time taking his ethics seriously. I haven't had a chance to make much more progress in book III, but I'm hoping for more subtle character moments and less of a screed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caze Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 (edited) Just finished Mind: A Brief Introduction, by John Searle. As it the title suggests it's a good introduction to the topic, written in fairly straight forward language (aside from a minimal sprinkling of the usual philosophical jargon), and it covers the basics and history of the philosophy of mind better than other books I've read on the subject. It is lacking in depth though, the sections at the end on free will and the sense of self are particularly lacking, though he admits as much himself. He also failed to convince me of his Chinese Room argument, which I'd read about in other books before. He only gives a few limited responses and dismisses them fairly quickly without much exploration (another slight flaw in a few other parts of the book). I'm not sure I agree with all of his conclusions in other areas as well, in particular I think he failed to distinguish his own conception of things from certain of the ideas he too quickly dismisses (materialism and epiphenominalism in particular), though this could be a failure on my part to recognise some subtle part of his argument, I dunno. A good book overall though, and definitely worth a read if you're interested in this stuff. Edited September 6, 2015 by caze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KovalainenFanBoy Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Reading a translated copy of Catch 22. I was worried some of the humor was going to get lost in translation but the first chapter has made me laugh already so it's all good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QQQ Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Reading a translated copy of Catch 22. I was worried some of the humor was going to get lost in translation but the first chapter has made me laugh already so it's all goodEasily one of the best books I've read. Enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Sumbitches Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Man, Catch-22's one of the few books I can properly laugh out loud at, so good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxien Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Finished House of Leaves. Would be curious to see some good literary critiques of the novel; only came across one or two decent ones online. Also ran through Nathan Ballingrud's The Visible Filth... essentially just a short story, but a pretty grim and dark one. His short stories are great horror pieces like that generally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lala Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 did you like HoL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxien Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Yeah, it was my first (and likely only) Danielewski book, but it was overall enjoyable; I'd fault it in the ways you'd expect a first novel, done in such an 'artsy' and sprawling way, to be faulted. It was a bit too long, tried a bit too hard, missed on some opportunities that could've taken the story elsewhere, and it definitely was a bit too high-minded. All that said, it was good, and I would surely recommend it for the right type of reader. And there's some really interesting and very intriguing aspects to the text that I'd love to delve into deeper than I can alone; the current forums (I haven't checked reddit yet...) seem to be dead, and at first glance, I didn't see much to warrant sifting through hundreds of 10 year old posts. I would love to see more about the Minotaur thread; I see the obvious aspects of that red/omitted/shaped text, but I can't help but feel there's some stuff to it that I'm missing. I'd love to see some other theories as to what is 'real' in the context of the novel, as in was Navidson real? Was Zampano real? What about Truant? I saw one post about theories that it was all made up by Pelafina, but that doesn't come across to me... Truant seems to be at least real, along with P., but beyond that I'm not so sure. By the end of the book I was really doubting the 'reality' of the Navidsons. But moreso, Danielewski's point he may be trying to make about reality in fiction, etc., if there is any, would be interesting to ruminate on. I'd love to see some evidence of any of Danielewski's alternate/early texts, discrepancies between, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KovalainenFanBoy Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 I get the feeling that not even Danielewski has made his mind on that book and just leaves it to the reader to make up his own interpretation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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