Cryptowen Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Symbols, Signals and Noise: The Nature and Process of Communication https://archive.org/details/symbolssignalsan002575mbp thx that sounds right up my chute currently reading arthur c clarke's the nine billion names of god Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Read Hesse's Siddhartha again after about 10 years. Seems like a completely different book now, lol. Interesting. And just got this delivered by the postlord.. shit is gonna get heavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Dylan Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Never read it! Told myself it was time before I grow too old of "coming-of-age" books : Because I like large contrasts between the two books I'm reading, this is my bed book : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Clive Barker's Mister B. Gone Michael Hewwit's Music Theory for Computer Musicians Matthew Gregory Lewis' The Monk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KovalainenFanBoy Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Palahniuk - Haunted Pretty mediocre book to be honest, the short stories are pretty meh and the main story is just silly. It's not subtle, it's not that witty, I don't know. It's like he's trying too hard. Don't think I'm gonna finish it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Dylan Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Only the first story was worth it! (The intestine-in-the-pool one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 That was the book that killed Palahniuk for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KovalainenFanBoy Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 That was the book that killed Palahniuk for me. I can see why... I've only read Fight Club, but Haunted is like someone trying to copy Palahniuk's style, poorly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tec Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Worth it for Guts, literally the most disgusting thing I have ever read, but yeah I read it a few years back and that's all I remember. I don't think he is here too often now but thanks zaphod for the The City and The City recommendation, very enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KovalainenFanBoy Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Guts is as 9 page story in a 400 page book which you can just read on the internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadameChaos Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LoveRhino Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Been on a Banks' book bender lately. I returned to Player of Games having never completed them (not sure why - their both fantastic), read The Hydrogen Sonata for the first time and am almost finished Consider Phlebas for the second time. I plan to alternate reading and rereading my wY through the entire "M" collection (only read Culture before) the perchance non "M". Saw a note way back page 1 (remember page 1? Obviously, I don't as it was before my time but I thoroughly look forward to reading back through it and expanding my book shopping list) about Dawkins. I enjoy his books but can never bring myself to finish them. He annoys me - mostly because of how right he is and how calm he is about his certainty in arguments. He's great on TV (working through that BBC series of the history of science in the UK at the mo). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 He annoys me - mostly because of how right he is and how calm he is about his certainty in arguments You say that because you know he's right, and displays the confidence in the rightness of his arguments, he annoys you? I saw one talk of the guy. Although I agreed with the wrongness of Institutionalized Religion, I feel that atheism is a delusion. I understand that atheism is a reaction to Institutionalized Religion, but I consider myself to have a belief in something that surpasses our understanding. I practice live and let live and the militant stance of some atheists reminds me of the dogmatic indoctrination of the Church, and it makes me laugh at the irony. But in cases like this, I always try to remember that there are idiots everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
may be rude Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 (edited) greg taylor is editor of the daily grail website, a news site replenished daily with links to articles on topics at the edge of what is known, like ufo sightings, cryptozoology stories, new theories and research on historical mysteries, scientific discoveries, and conspiracy theories. he put out an e-zine called sub rosa for a number of issues and has published several collections of original essays along the themes of his site called dark lore, both with many notable contributors. his writing is always thoughtful and he has a good mind for research and skepticism, so this book of his in which he examines the phenomenon of end of life experiences and other things relating to the possibility of an afterlife is a great thing. Edited May 18, 2014 by very honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Pessoa - The Book of Disquiet Supervert's - Perversity Think Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 The Monk - Matthew G. Lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Thinking: fast and slow. Kahneman. A good book about biases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunktronics Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 i haven't read a new book in about 6 months which is strange as i normally have about 3 on the go. just started Earthsea Quartet by Ursula Le Guin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tec Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 The Monk - Matthew G. Lewis Great book, one of my favourites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 The Monk - Matthew G. Lewis Great book, one of my favourites. Yes! I'm really liking it. Really dark and gothic, and gloomy atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xox Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 (edited) People of the Lie by Morgan Scott Peck (the 'new age' is not a part of the title and it's not a new age book. usual amazon confusion at work i'd say) Edited May 22, 2014 by xox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chartnok Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 vvvvvvvvvvvvasafeaf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny O Flannagin Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Miles The Autobiography Very conversational writing and he uses the word "motherfucker" a lot. Learning a lot about the new york jazz scene in the 40's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Dylan Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 LOL this is why his autobiography is awesome, all the ways he uses motherfucker (and all the possible variations) in it. He's a true motherfucker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJW Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 PKD - The Father Thing Volume 3 of the collected short stories. Packed full of imagination, ideas just flying everywhere and coming alive in your mind. Wonderful stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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