Reading List Thread
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last books I read-
Choke- Chuck Palahniuk
Survivor- Chuck Palahniuk
This man is brilliant and most likely the best writer alive in our days. Anything he's written is a must.
Whale Rider- Witi Ihimaera
I had this sitting in my bookshelf for 3 years and finally read it in a day... really great, likeable characters, sweet story, very well told.
The Double- Fedor Dostoevsky
Unsurprisingly and scarily wonderful
atm reading "Notes from the Underground" by Dostoevsky and gonna start up on Hobb's Ship of Destiny
Choke- Chuck Palahniuk
Survivor- Chuck Palahniuk
This man is brilliant and most likely the best writer alive in our days. Anything he's written is a must.
Whale Rider- Witi Ihimaera
I had this sitting in my bookshelf for 3 years and finally read it in a day... really great, likeable characters, sweet story, very well told.
The Double- Fedor Dostoevsky
Unsurprisingly and scarily wonderful
atm reading "Notes from the Underground" by Dostoevsky and gonna start up on Hobb's Ship of Destiny
marduk1507
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Hitori said:
True, true, I must get those at last.
Im still reading Melville and Selected Poems from T.S.Eliot (any suggestion where may I get the Complete stuff, including plays and essays, if there is such a thing?).
RampageSword
AWARE! BEWARE! WAR!
marduk1507 said:
You'd have to be one powerful Jedi to get that, mister.
Seriously, I've never seen such a thing. It's always excerpts or selected stuff....
La Rocque
I am that I am
'John' by Cynthia Lennon
In 'John', Cynthia has created a vivid portrait of the 1960's, the Beatles and a man she never stopped loving. Great story of a man, a legend and a marriage... Recommended
In 'John', Cynthia has created a vivid portrait of the 1960's, the Beatles and a man she never stopped loving. Great story of a man, a legend and a marriage... Recommended
QRV
historyphobic
work and school haven't let me read much lately, at least not what I want to read.
Last novel I read was The Day Niezsche Wept, by Irvin D. Yalom, which just became a favorite of mine. The way the guy descifers the human mind is simply astonishing. He took up the challenge of recreating the personalities of Nietzsche and Breuer (and also Freud), and of even coming up with a believable therapy for Niezsche. And he succeeded, so that's quite a thing.
Right now I'm reading a book on Judaism, by Nicholas de Lange, and soon after I'll finally be able to read the first book of A Song of Fire and Ice. It's been on the shelf for months already. I really want to start it.
Last novel I read was The Day Niezsche Wept, by Irvin D. Yalom, which just became a favorite of mine. The way the guy descifers the human mind is simply astonishing. He took up the challenge of recreating the personalities of Nietzsche and Breuer (and also Freud), and of even coming up with a believable therapy for Niezsche. And he succeeded, so that's quite a thing.
Right now I'm reading a book on Judaism, by Nicholas de Lange, and soon after I'll finally be able to read the first book of A Song of Fire and Ice. It's been on the shelf for months already. I really want to start it.
La Rocque
I am that I am
'Wilderness volume 1' the lost writings of Jim Morrison
"alcohol/drugs are a bet with your mind"
"alcohol/drugs are a bet with your mind"
QRV
historyphobic
now that I have time, I've just satarted A Song of Ice and Fire book 1. And man, is this thing slow or what?
QRV
historyphobic
King Chaos
Pomeo Osoponeor
QRV
historyphobic
I agree, it's a great story. The only thing that kind of annoys me is that I'm pretty much idling the whole day and still I cannot advance through the fucking book, at least not as I'd like to. Maybe it's the edition with such long pages or maybe I'm just too goddamned lazy. At this point I can't really tell.
But yeah, I'm liking it a lot though.
But yeah, I'm liking it a lot though.
La Rocque
I am that I am
On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt
One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit.
Should be required reading for all forum members
One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit.
Should be required reading for all forum members
Magrathean
worldbuilder
I read Flatland by Edwin Abbott Abbott in twi sittings (heh, my father was right when he said it wouldn't take more than two sittings). It's amazing, indeed (thanks to those forum members who said it was). Great story, great use of words and great ending (though just a tad cliché with the "i hope my book inspires revolutions" shit).
Another (far less) interesting semi-scientific book is Einstein's dreams by Alan Lightman. It's a collection of really short (as in you-can-read-them-in-two-minutes-or-less) "stories" about (more like descriptions of) different worlds in which time flows differently. Some are more interesting than others, and some are just lame, but it's a good read.
Another (far less) interesting semi-scientific book is Einstein's dreams by Alan Lightman. It's a collection of really short (as in you-can-read-them-in-two-minutes-or-less) "stories" about (more like descriptions of) different worlds in which time flows differently. Some are more interesting than others, and some are just lame, but it's a good read.
marduk1507
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La Rocque
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The Pleasure of Hating by William Hazlitt
Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust: hatred alone is immortal -
Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust: hatred alone is immortal -
