The Books/Reading Thread

[~Derek~]

Just got done reading all of Ron Paul's The Revolution Manifesto.

 

[unknown]

Currently reading:

Reading Wieland (not the second part) for my early american novel class. pretty good so far. One of the first (if not the first) American Gothic novels published around 1790. Fun stuff

 

[Zephyrus]

 

[Einherjar86]

Picking this up today. I'm psyched.

Recently finished Cormac McCarthy's Outer Dark. It's really cool to read his older works and watch the evolution of his style and thematic concepts slowly forming into the masterful creations that adorn books like Blood Meridian.

 

[tagradh]

Picking this up today. I'm psyched.

Recently finished Cormac McCarthy's Outer Dark. It's really cool to read his older works and watch the evolution of his style and thematic concepts slowly forming into the masterful creations that adorn books like Blood Meridian.

I bought The Judging Eye earlier.

 

[Crimson Velvet]

I finished it a week ago, losers.

 

[tagradh]

I'm not a massive fan of Bakker, all I know/have read of his is the Prince of Nothing books.


If anyone could recommend some good history books that would be awesome. Ancient history that is, avoid Romans/Greeks/Egyptians.

 

[unknown]

*waiting for zeph*

 

[tagradh]

That's pretty much who the post was aimed at.

 

[Zephyrus]

I didn't respond because I was offended.

 

[Thoth-Amon]

that's a good one.

 

[Crimson Velvet]

I want to read some works by Friedrich Nietzsche, but at the same time i think that this is a man who eventually went crazy, do i want the same insights, even if they're correct, as he had? Anyone who's read much Nietzsche?

Just read "On the Genealogy of Morals", and you should be set. Just remember, don't stare into the abyss for too long.

 

[Einherjar86]

I bought The Judging Eye earlier.

I finished it a week ago, losers.

That's the problem with American releases. We're always after Europe. It sucks.

I'm not a massive fan of Bakker, all I know/have read of his is the Prince of Nothing books.

That's all I've read too, but they're fucking amazing.

 

[Black Friday]

I want to read some works by Friedrich Nietzsche, but at the same time i think that this is a man who eventually went crazy, do i want the same insights, even if they're correct, as he had? Anyone who's read much Nietzsche?

All philosophers go over the deep end, Nietzsche just was the best one. I'm reading Beyond Good And Evil right now, so I can't be a very comprehensive judge, but so far it's extremely insightful.

 

[cookiecutter]

I read Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell for a class. It was pretty good and I really like Orwell's style.

 

[Zephyrus]

J

Just finished this. Highly recommended for anyone into ancient history and/or the sociology of religion.


And now I'm starting this. It was written by a UMaine professor, Michael Palmer.

 

[challenge_everything]

Is "revisioned" even a word?

 

[skeptik]

Yeah.

 

[tagradh]

I did some 'loling' at the past two posts.

 

[Einherjar86]

Revisionism is a major form of modern critical study, especially in history. I'm not sure if it has the same meaning for philosophy though.