Books

[MajestikMøøse]

told ya!

 

[spaffe]

Started The Meaning of Conservatism by the english philosopher Roger Scruton. Seems really interesting.

[ame]http://www.amazon.com/Meaning-Conservatism-Roger-Scruton/dp/189031840X/[/ame]

 

[ChaosAD]

Some of my favourite books I have read:

Naked Lunch, Ticket That Exploded and Soft Machine by William Burroughs
anything by Robert Rankin
Love All The People by Bill Hicks
Black Coffee Blues and Do I Come Here Often by Henry Rollins
Innocent When You Dream: Tom Waits - The Collected Interviews
Sound Of The Beast by Ian Christe (history of metal)
the Hitchhiker's Guide series and The Salmon Of Doubt by Douglas Adams
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
romantic poetry - Blake, Keats, Coleridge etc.
Allen Ginsberg
Walt Whitman

 

[spaffe]

Finished C.K. Chesterton's The Man who was Thursday today. An easy and very funny read. It's about an undercover agent who manages to get into the international committee of anarchists, whose members are planning an attack on the tsar and french president.

Chesterton wrote this book in the first years of the 20th century and I don't know if it's a coincidence or not, but it reminded me a lot of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett. An influence on these two seems pretty likely since he was (is?) very well-known and very appreciated for his wit and intelligence

Anyway, warmly recommended for those who enjoy the two abovementioned authors, especially the more philosophical moments among all the giggles

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

Discovered a library like 15 blocks up from my apartment and picked up a bunch of books on the history of the Crusades. I'm mainly interested in the First and Second and that whole period in Medieval history, but this'll do. Also got the third Night Watch book, Twilight Watch, some random Terry Pratchett, and Titus Andronicus just because I like horrible people doing horrible things to each toher.

 

[Susperia]

I don't know if I believe it, but it's a very fascinating perspective-------Was Jesus really crucified? Did he actually die? There is apparently evidence in the Gospels and elsewhere that he did went to live on afterward, and that he never claimed to be the son of god,etc. Lots of really cool things. Swizzlenuts I think you'd dig this.

From the same guy who wrote Holy Blood, Holy Grail, Michael Baigent.


Here is a paragraph summary taken from another site describing the book:
"The supposed cover-up exposed by "The Jesus Papers" is that Jesus survived the crucifixion and was alive as late as A.D. 45. The "Jesus Papers" themselves are documents that "prove" the conspiracy theory, including documents supposedly written by Jesus Himself.
The gist of the book is that Jesus and Pontius Pilate made a secret agreement that Jesus would not be killed, but rather would be crucified and then rescued. Pilate did not want to crucify Jesus—likely the only concept in which "The Jesus Papers" and the biblical gospels agree.
Like most conspiracy theories, "The Jesus Papers" is high on conspiracy and low on evidence. Even the author admits that it is an unprovable theory. Further, the author admits that neither he, nor anyone else, has ever actually seen the supposed document that proves Jesus survived the crucifixion. There is absolutely not even a shred of evidence for "The Jesus Papers" theory, whether in the Bible, or in history. The real issue here is the authority of Scripture. The Bible is the very Word of God, given by inspiration of the Holy Spirit to the men who penned it (2 Timothy 3:16). Its prophecies, histories and science are 100% accurate, and its authenticity has been miraculously preserved through countless translations over thousands of years. Most of all, unlike frauds like The Jesus Papers and The DaVinci Code, the power of God to transform lives in its pages. God’s extraordinary plan for the salvation of mankind is the central theme of His book. Jesus died on the cross, as the atoning sacrifice for our sins, just as the Bible says He did."

 

[MajestikMøøse]

I personally wouldn't even waste my time with that tbh. The HBHG guys are kooks.


Meanwhile, I read this last night:

Interesting translation.

 

[spaffe]

I just finished "Thinkers of the New Left", a great review of some the most important thinkers among the modern socialist/communist intellectuals. It contains critical clear-sighted essays on such people as Habermas, Foucault, Gramsci, Sartre, Lukács and Dworkin, written by a brittish philosopher and professor in aesthetics (and philosophy?) called Roger Scruton. If you got a hunch that something's seriously awry with the left and its intellectuals, this is the book that will tell you what that more specifically is. I really can't recommend it enough.

 

[Mormagil]

I read Daisy Miller at the airport last week. It's probably not a good thing that I saw a lot of myself in Winterbourne (as far as personality is concerned--I'm certainly not a handsome dillettante).

 

[Dead_Lioness]

Just finally got around to reading the God Delusion, and I'm not sure whether I'm an agnostic or an atheist anymore. I'll have to sit down and logic it past my natural skepticism.

haha Py! I had the same thoughts
It's a good book!

 

[Dead_Lioness]

My order from Amazon yesterday:

and another copy of this book that was destroyed by my friend's doggie:

 

[~Neurotica]

Man, I tried to read Master and Margarita for a few times in high school, but still couldn't handle it. Shame on me.
I totally love "boring" Victor Hugo though.

 

[Dead_Lioness]

"boring" ???

I love Victor Hugo! Read his book as a child and as an adult and enjoyed it both times.

 

[~Neurotica]

Me too. He's my fave writer evarr.
I was just moking peoples' words.

 

[~Neurotica]

reading this now:

About submarine saboteurs during WWII.
The book consists of two parts:

The Sea Devils - by Borghese
German Sea Saboteurs - by Bekker.

Have to admit that the this thing is damn difficult for me so it takes more of time, but it's still interesting.

 

[MajestikMøøse]

I finally got around to finish reading Foucault's Pendulum. Now that book is awesome.

 

[Chromatose]

hahahahaha

I know there's some other David Foster Wallace fan(s) here that will laugh at this one.

 

[Hell Mike]

reading this now:

About submarine saboteurs during WWII.
The book consists of two parts:

The Sea Devils - by Borghese
German Sea Saboteurs - by Bekker.

Have to admit that the this thing is damn difficult for me so it takes more of time, but it's still interesting.

nOABOAHbIE
ANBEPCAHTbI

this here is not a language thank you very much

 

[MajestikMøøse]

This book is absurdly cool.

Finally started reading this one more than the first couple of pages and random dive-ins.

It's awesome.

 

[~Neurotica]

nOABOAHbIE
ANBEPCAHTbI

this here is not a language thank you very much

Jag alskar dig.