The Books/Reading Thread

Well, I do like books you sort of "live in", that stay with you, that you think about when you're not reading them. And books that are self-contained, that are their own universa. Also, I appreciate the borgesian notion of footnootes in absurdum as well as made-up authors and books.
 
As unknown said, many of the footnotes are totally fictitious (in some cases, they're merely extensions of the primary narrator's fucked up story). But, there are also explicit references to Borges. So you should enjoy that... ;)
 
It's a great book, but I would read the Gay Science first, as it is a more direct text and will introduce you to Nietzsche's core concepts, including the eternal return, which is central to the text, and will orient you to the meaning of a number of the symbols he uses in TSZ.
 
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I'll second what cf said. I spent an entire semester on Nietszche (also had dept honors for my paper on him for that class), and TSZ received very little coverage compared to his other texts, primarily because it contains very little new stuff compared to the other works, but it presents it all in a more opaque format.

The Gay Science and Beyond Good and Evil will cover most of what you need from Nietzsche.
 
Yeah that sounds about right. Damn I remembered correctly. I never picked it back up after the original guy died. By the time the new stuff started coming out I didn't care anymore.
 
The Ozzman said:
The prequel and Book 2 are on my list near the top. Dune is next..
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Dune is on a list to read eventually (already bought it). My little subheading is from it even though I haven't read the book, just because I have had a friend say I reminded him of those things in the book.
 
After Silmarillion the Dune series are probably my favorite books ever. Very ambigious works with almost fantasy feel in it's grandeur.

My title right now is also from Dune actually. :)
 
When I bought Thus Spoke Zarathustra and took it to my parents for a visit (because they live near the bookstore) my mother asked whether this book isn't forbidden in my country. Ah, Poles.
 
Vilden said:
After Silmarillion the Dune series are probably my favorite books ever. Very ambigious works with almost fantasy feel in it's grandeur.

My title right now is also from Dune actually. :)
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I just read the first Dune not too long ago. Aside from a few moments, I thought it was tedious to the point where I almost put it down. Glad I stuck with it though because the last hundred pages or so are absolutely fantastic.
 
Huh, they are? I'm actually reading Dune for the first time right now and I love it, but I lost motivation with around 150 pages to go because the book got all psychedelic and it seemed like there wasn't enough time for Paul to get off his ass and drive out the Harkonnens until the sequel.
 
The "psychedelic" aspect is what was ultimately appealing to me. I got bored with the talky political sections between the opposing houses, which seemed to last hundreds of pages after the good note that book one left me on.
 
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