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Title: What are you reading?
Post by: enpiping on May 15, 2013, 03:48 am
Hey everyone: what are you currently reading?
I'm reading Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 and Vijay Prashad's Arab Spring, Libyan Winter.
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Post by: Madam Ave on May 15, 2013, 04:07 am
The Bible by god
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Post by: goldenrod on May 15, 2013, 05:28 am
The Bible by god

So you're into fiction?

I'm reading Notes from an exhibition by Patrick Gale.
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Post by: SnowBurn on May 15, 2013, 07:08 am
I'm re-reading The Great Gatsby right before I go to the cinema tomorrow and get it ruined by the movie. (Probably, I don't know, it might be a good movie but I'm doubtful).
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Post by: DMTdreamer on May 15, 2013, 07:14 am
hunger games!!
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Post by: Digital Buddha on May 16, 2013, 03:18 am
A Game of Thrones!
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Post by: dr0ping25 on May 16, 2013, 07:21 am
pain killers by jerry stahl
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Post by: kizuli on May 16, 2013, 07:24 am
this post
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Post by: jundullahi on May 16, 2013, 07:38 am
the Quran
the Herion user Handbook by Francis Moraes
And a book about Lucid dreaming
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Post by: Laissez-Faire on May 16, 2013, 07:58 am
I'm currently share my time between two books -

El Narco by Ioan Grillo

and

Anatomy of the State by our favorite anarcho-capitalist Murray Rothbard

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Post by: Chronos on May 16, 2013, 08:05 am
Reading the World of Warcraft: War of the Ancients Archive and half-way through the Rise of the Lich King. I don't play WoW anymore since it takes too much time and money, and I prefer pre-Cata - but I still like the stories.

Also reading The Quiet American.
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Post by: jundullahi on May 16, 2013, 09:42 am
Reading the World of Warcraft: War of the Ancients Archive and half-way through the Rise of the Lich King. I don't play WoW anymore since it takes too much time and money, and I prefer pre-Cata - but I still like the stories.

Also reading The Quiet American.

What is The Quiet American about?
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Post by: BodhiLight on May 16, 2013, 12:42 pm
The Picture of Dorian Gray again.
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Post by: alexcutter on May 16, 2013, 12:49 pm
Shedding the Layers -- ok book about a guy going to Peru and using ayahuasca to cure a debilitating case of eczema.
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Post by: HeatFireFlame on May 16, 2013, 12:52 pm
I would recommend " Surely Your Joking Mr Feynman"  That book is very insightful i would recommend it to anyone  ;D
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Post by: JohnyMerengue on May 16, 2013, 01:18 pm
Well it just so happens I've had a little light bedtime reading, or perhaps a chapter or so in the afternoon over a nice cup of tea before tickling down to the village green to bowl an over or two and knock the ball for six at Stowley-on-the-mound Cricket Club. 

It's a rather jolly little pamphlet called the ILUMINATUS TRILOGIES.... Have you heard of it?  I must say, I haven't the faintest idea what they are on about, but it's a terrible hoot anyway.  It's all so and so smoked this and disappeared into another dimension.  This and that discovered Atlantis and fucked a golden apple on the way and that kind of thing.  You know the type of yarn.  A little on the boring side to be honest.  Sort of along the lines of The Famous Five Go In Search of Treasure, or Billy Gets Home Just in Time for Tea - thats one of my favourites, and has certainsimilarities.

Anyway, must dash!
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Post by: Tellemetree on May 16, 2013, 01:25 pm
Finally got my hands on an old paperback of the electric kool aid acid test by Tom Wolfe.

Fun book.
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Post by: HeatFireFlame on May 18, 2013, 05:02 pm
Well it just so happens I've had a little light bedtime reading, or perhaps a chapter or so in the afternoon over a nice cup of tea before tickling down to the village green to bowl an over or two and knock the ball for six at Stowley-on-the-mound Cricket Club. 

It's a rather jolly little pamphlet called the ILUMINATUS TRILOGIES.... Have you heard of it?  I must say, I haven't the faintest idea what they are on about, but it's a terrible hoot anyway.  It's all so and so smoked this and disappeared into another dimension.  This and that discovered Atlantis and fucked a golden apple on the way and that kind of thing.  You know the type of yarn.  A little on the boring side to be honest.  Sort of along the lines of The Famous Five Go In Search of Treasure, or Billy Gets Home Just in Time for Tea - thats one of my favourites, and has certainsimilarities.

Anyway, must dash!

Damn, Think im guna give this a read at some point cheers mate
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Post by: f1shtr4pp3r on May 18, 2013, 05:12 pm
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein.
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Post by: Crack Fox on May 18, 2013, 05:51 pm
THE ÇOUNT OF MONTE ÇRISTO


OPEN VEINS OF LATIN AMERIÇA


THE TRUE BELIEVER


...TOP SHELF BOOKS MATES..  :) 

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Post by: enpiping on May 18, 2013, 07:10 pm
Anatomy of the State by our favorite anarcho-capitalist Murray Rothbard
Are you an anarcho-capitalist or just reading up on books that develop the ideology/philosophy? I've always been pretty skeptical of anarcho-capitalism as a syndicalist leaning anarchist.

I'm still trudging through 1Q84, but it's pretty good.  Also started an audiobook of Paul Auster's The Brooklyn Follies for when I'm walking.
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Post by: spiritguru123 on May 18, 2013, 07:14 pm
Currently reading:

David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest"

and

Evelyn Underhill's"Mysticism"
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Post by: RobLoblaw on May 18, 2013, 07:24 pm
the trial by franz kafka
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Post by: SOUTHPAW on May 18, 2013, 07:33 pm
You guys and gals are far to intellectual with your reading. haha  :o

I am just reading 'Silk Road forums'. Which is both fictional and nonfictional. The real trick is to just enjoy both.. lol ;)

Love it or leave it alone... :)
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Post by: ozymandias2013 on May 18, 2013, 07:48 pm
Currently reading:

David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest"


Currently reading:
David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest"

+1 to you. Some of the BEST description of the experience of being on different drugs that I have EVER encountered. Not sure if you're there yet, but the scene where Erdedy is waiting for his pot dealer to call him back--this was literally the perfect evocation of what I used to feel like when I had to "wait for my dealer to call."

Now I have SR :) Muahahah

And, knowing after Wallace's suicide that he abused drugs heavily in his 20s, one can only marvel how his amazing brain still put this book out.

Don't quit on the book if you feel like it's dragging. It's a book to be lived with and not necessarily just read straight through. When I read it, I was at the height of my cocaine binging and this was a book that literally saved my life in that it sort of explained my life back to me. Wallace manages to nail not only all the things I found (still find) wrong and fake about the world, but he also shows us the myriad ways in which we try to escape, and how ultimately difficult it is to be genuine, compassionate, and kind in a world that more often encourages irony and cynicism.

Many of my friends have heaped scorn on him ("overintellectual" "full of himself" "gimmicky"), not understanding that Wallace understood that life in modern America is hard, confusing, and disjunctive, and that a novel that sought to address this must necessarily itself be hard, confusing, and disjunctive. In a way, the book reads US as much as we read the book. There is virtually no way you can finish reading this book and be the same person as when you started it.

Enjoy him. It's too bad he left us so soon.
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Post by: Churchwarden on May 18, 2013, 07:53 pm
In the spirit of these forums I recommend Ellen Hopkins "Glass" and "Crank", written in free verse format so sort of frustrating to read if you're not into it but amazing books.

also Along Came Alice is a drug classic.

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Post by: RS7FI8ZRkm on May 18, 2013, 08:04 pm
The Bible by god

So you're into fiction?

I'm reading Notes from an exhibition by Patrick Gale.
;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: QuarterBaked on May 18, 2013, 08:48 pm
books for my finals... finals: 4 weeks of joy -__-
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Post by: AscendedAwakening on May 18, 2013, 09:29 pm
I've been reading 1984 for enjoyment and i like some of the books you guys are reading, thanks for the unique ideas  ;D
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Post by: jundullahi on May 18, 2013, 09:53 pm
1984 is a well written book. No as could as A Brave New World I think.
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Post by: Judge Smails on May 18, 2013, 10:02 pm
The Strain trilogy by Guillermo Del Toro & Chuck Hogan

 8)
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Post by: metabolicman on May 18, 2013, 11:20 pm
Im reading "You are being lied to" The disinformation guide to media distortion, historical whitewashes and cultural myths
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Post by: pzvTVzD6OL on May 18, 2013, 11:24 pm
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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Post by: enpiping on May 19, 2013, 07:46 am
Currently reading:

David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest"


Currently reading:
David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest"

+1 to you. Some of the BEST description of the experience of being on different drugs that I have EVER encountered. Not sure if you're there yet, but the scene where Erdedy is waiting for his pot dealer to call him back--this was literally the perfect evocation of what I used to feel like when I had to "wait for my dealer to call."
This was actually my favourite part of the book.  It may seem silly because there's so much more (and so many "larger ideas") in the book, but that episode was hilarious: a bit hyperbolic, but also hauntingly accurate, especially if you feel guilt over any drug use.  I've never had "that feeling" with any drug, but I can certainly see how some do and how perceptive David Foster Wallace was in writing that scene.

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Don't quit on the book if you feel like it's dragging.
Essential advice.  I can't wait to reread it for the first time this summer.  It took me forever to get through my first read and I'm looking forward to the reread.
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Post by: Pax on May 19, 2013, 07:57 am
To kill a mocking bird by Harper Lee. And two of Douglas adams lesser know books "Dirk Gentlys Hollistic Detective Agency" and "Long Dark Tea Time for the Soul"             Douglas Adams was a master at his humerous art +1 to all above :)
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Post by: ozymandias2013 on May 19, 2013, 08:37 am
Currently reading:

David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest"


Currently reading:
David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest"

+1 to you. Some of the BEST description of the experience of being on different drugs that I have EVER encountered. Not sure if you're there yet, but the scene where Erdedy is waiting for his pot dealer to call him back--this was literally the perfect evocation of what I used to feel like when I had to "wait for my dealer to call."
This was actually my favourite part of the book.  It may seem silly because there's so much more (and so many "larger ideas") in the book, but that episode was hilarious: a bit hyperbolic, but also hauntingly accurate, especially if you feel guilt over any drug use.  I've never had "that feeling" with any drug, but I can certainly see how some do and how perceptive David Foster Wallace was in writing that scene.

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Don't quit on the book if you feel like it's dragging.
Essential advice.  I can't wait to reread it for the first time this summer.  It took me forever to get through my first read and I'm looking forward to the reread.

You have no idea how fucking stoked it makes me to be talking about DFW on Silk Road, of all places. It may be obvious to you longtime Silk Roaders... but this place is so much more than a place to buy drugs.

You make me want to read it again!!! Thanks for chiming in.
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Post by: touchthesky on May 19, 2013, 08:54 am
Read the declaration of independence today. Wow. Powerful

As for the book. Currently reading

- Count of Monte Cristo
- Catcher in the Rye
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Post by: Tellemetree on May 19, 2013, 09:49 am
Finished this book. If you remember when this was written and how it played a huge part in the whole "psychedelia" movement AND its pretty much all non fiction, it really makes an awesome read.

Iconic times thats for sure. All of you, go read, go......


now!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Kool-Aid_Acid_Test
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Post by: xstatic2012 on May 19, 2013, 09:56 am
Javascript: The Good Parts

(gimme a shout if there are any other web developers who love to get messy on here haha)
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Post by: growdan on May 19, 2013, 05:51 pm
just started dan brown's new book inferno seems ok so far
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Post by: Churchwarden on May 19, 2013, 08:15 pm
The Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx is also an awesome book. The presentation really makes it and it completely changed the way I look at Motley Crue. The Dirt was good too.
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Post by: enpiping on May 20, 2013, 12:39 am


You have no idea how fucking stoked it makes me to be talking about DFW on Silk Road, of all places. It may be obvious to you longtime Silk Roaders... but this place is so much more than a place to buy drugs.

You make me want to read it again!!! Thanks for chiming in.
Have you read his other stuff? I think I've read about 80% of his work and it's mostly exceedingly well written and a pleasure to read.  I have an audiobook of Consider the Lobster that he reads himself, which is great; his pacing really lends well to the style of his prose. That should be easily found on torrent sites if you haven't ran into it yet.
Anyway, I'm planning on tackling IJ again this summer and finally getting around to The Pale King after I've finished 1Q84 and The Tunnel.
I've also collected pdfs of essays written on his work in two special issues of a journal called Studies in the Novel that were recently published.  If you have access to university databases it's volume 44 and issues 3/4.  (EDIT: If you don't, I could probably find a way to splice them all into one PDF and link them to you through PM if you'd like.  PM me if you do.  I just need to find a way to cut the title pages from them because they reveal which school  I go to and when I accessed them, which I'd rather not have linked to my account here in any way.)
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Post by: soudrugs on May 20, 2013, 05:45 am
Just finished the wheel of time series since it's finally finished. Weird to think I've been reading it for 15 years.
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Post by: enpiping on May 20, 2013, 05:59 am
Just finished the wheel of time series since it's finally finished. Weird to think I've been reading it for 15 years.
Congrats.  I tried to read the first one quite a few years ago--a little before I was an avid reader--and didn't quite get into it.  There's a hell of a lot of them though, that's for sure.
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Post by: soudrugs on May 20, 2013, 06:44 am
I'd honestly suggest reading them, it was well worth the trip. Best developed characters/magic system I've ever found in fantasy. Everyone I know who's read the whole series read the final book in one sitting. It's damn good.
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Post by: Churchwarden on May 20, 2013, 07:47 am
Just finished the wheel of time series since it's finally finished. Weird to think I've been reading it for 15 years.

I was thinking about mentioning this series but it's a pretty intense series to commit to. I reread the whole thing partially 3 times waiting for books to come out to refresh my memory each time a new one was released. Read the first one when I was around 12, finished the last one this year, pretty surreal experience finishing a series like that. Hands down the best fantasy series ever written IMO, Robert Jordan is incredible with the thought and care he put into building that universe and the relationships between SO MANY critical characters.

Just started reading Infinite Jest today, thanks to everyone who recommended it, I'll post what I think when I finish it.
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Post by: SealTeam6 on May 20, 2013, 07:52 am
Head over to the bookclub, great reads there!
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Post by: menj on May 20, 2013, 08:03 am
The Essential Chomsky

Interesting conclusions, but i don't like the slow pace of the endless repetitions and validations.
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Post by: Churchwarden on May 21, 2013, 01:36 am
So reading Infinite Jest...

You guys did not appropriately prepare me for it's length. This dudes been stressing about whether or not the girl bringing his weed is gonna show or not for like half hours read time now.

I mean, I'm enjoying every second of it because the accuracy in which he portrays the anxiety of 'the waiting game' is incredible, but damn. This a long book.
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Post by: xtremeDetail on May 21, 2013, 02:21 am
I just finished The Great Deformation. Long and dry but a good comprehensive look over the past 80 years of American Finance/Economy and it's decline.
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Post by: ExperienceAll on May 21, 2013, 09:36 am
DMT: The Spirit Molecule
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Post by: enpiping on May 21, 2013, 09:48 pm
The Essential Chomsky

Interesting conclusions, but i don't like the slow pace of the endless repetitions and validations.
I've always liked Chomsky, but you really do get what he's all about pretty quickly after reading a handful of his books.  Even he says that anyone can "do" what he does, it just involves looking for sources that reveal parts of the "picture" that are often hidden.

So reading Infinite Jest...

You guys did not appropriately prepare me for it's length. This dudes been stressing about whether or not the girl bringing his weed is gonna show or not for like half hours read time now.
Next to the episode written in ebonics (which I think is before the part you're at), as I said, this is my favourite part of the book.  Certainly there are "better" parts, but I just think it's so hilarious and tediously written.
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I mean, I'm enjoying every second of it because the accuracy in which he portrays the anxiety of 'the waiting game' is incredible, but damn. This a long book.
It really is; just force yourself through it if you find that you're slowing down.  Some of it is painstakingly detailed, especially with the end notes, but it's worth it.  Plus it'll be a breeze on your second read, I'm sure.
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Post by: moopydog on May 21, 2013, 11:01 pm
I'm going back to the classics. Just read Tom Sawyer and now I'm reading A Christmas Carol. On the short list:
More Twain
Bronte sisters
Dumas

We already knew everything hundreds of years ago.
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Post by: rockchick on May 21, 2013, 11:30 pm
Motley Crue The Dirt
Helter Skelter-The Manson Murders
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Post by: b85ZpYX on May 21, 2013, 11:40 pm
EROWID!!
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Post by: Churchwarden on August 05, 2013, 12:04 pm
Just wanted to resurrect this thread to thank all the users that brought Infinite Jest to my attention...what a book. Never read anything like it.
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Post by: Mustee on August 05, 2013, 02:39 pm
"Calling All Invisible Women" by Jeanne Ray
Ladies book group lit with a sci fi twist and subtle humor


I'm off to the library for #1 volume "Wheel of Time" book. I can't believe I missed noticing this series!

Thanks!
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Post by: KayTwebs on August 05, 2013, 02:42 pm
THEE INGLISH DICKSHONERY
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Post by: afperser on August 05, 2013, 03:07 pm
The Bible by god

So you're into fiction?

I'm reading Notes from an exhibition by Patrick Gale.

hahaha make my day im a non believer you make me proud!