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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: enpiping on May 15, 2013, 03:48 am
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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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The Bible by god
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The Bible by god
So you're into fiction?
I'm reading Notes from an exhibition by Patrick Gale.
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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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hunger games!!
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A Game of Thrones!
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pain killers by jerry stahl
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this post
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the Quran
the Herion user Handbook by Francis Moraes
And a book about Lucid dreaming
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I'm currently share my time between two books -
El Narco by Ioan Grillo
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Anatomy of the State by our favorite anarcho-capitalist Murray Rothbard
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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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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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The Picture of Dorian Gray again.
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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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I would recommend " Surely Your Joking Mr Feynman" That book is very insightful i would recommend it to anyone ;D
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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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Finally got my hands on an old paperback of the electric kool aid acid test by Tom Wolfe.
Fun book.
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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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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein.
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THE ÇOUNT OF MONTE ÇRISTO
OPEN VEINS OF LATIN AMERIÇA
THE TRUE BELIEVER
...TOP SHELF BOOKS MATES.. :)
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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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Currently reading:
David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest"
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Evelyn Underhill's"Mysticism"
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the trial by franz kafka
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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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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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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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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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books for my finals... finals: 4 weeks of joy -__-
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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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1984 is a well written book. No as could as A Brave New World I think.
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The Strain trilogy by Guillermo Del Toro & Chuck Hogan
8)
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Im reading "You are being lied to" The disinformation guide to media distortion, historical whitewashes and cultural myths
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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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.
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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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just started dan brown's new book inferno seems ok so far
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Head over to the bookclub, great reads there!
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The Essential Chomsky
Interesting conclusions, but i don't like the slow pace of the endless repetitions and validations.
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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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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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DMT: The Spirit Molecule
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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.
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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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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Motley Crue The Dirt
Helter Skelter-The Manson Murders
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EROWID!!
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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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"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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THEE INGLISH DICKSHONERY
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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!