Now Reading

A Briefer History of time, I really liked the way he described the theorey and the people behind it. Interesting read.

Murakami, After Dark. I think this is his first book I have read that actually took place in the present (for me). Didnt like the chapters in Eri´s room, with the "camera-perspective", but the rest was solid.

Next: A Pale blue Dot. Really looking forward to this one, cause its at least 1/3 space-pictures

Read Carl Sagan's Cosmos too. One of the most enjoyable books I've read in years.

Finished Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and thoroughly enjoyed it. Just started The Winds of War by Herman Wouk.. been looking forward to read this masterpiece of ages!

the electric kool-aid acid test

  On 1/23/2011 at 2:16 PM, dese manz hatin said:

and i think we have a synchronicity there.

lol, thanks, google

just finished "Close Range" by Annie Proulx. it's a collection of short stories, including the one that they made into brokeback mountain. they're all set in wyoming.

her writing is dark but very musical, and her details could tell the whole story on their own. a really nicely done group of stories. i am a huge fan of brokeback mountain, the film, and i thought the story was every bit as beautiful, impressive for how close and succinct it was. i recommend this collection to fans of the english language.

The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere by Habermas

It's really dense and slow going but I'm enjoying it.

Bukowski, bukowski, bukowsi, .... and knut hamsun

  On 2/2/2011 at 12:18 AM, A/D said:

just finished "Close Range" by Annie Proulx. it's a collection of short stories, including the one that they made into brokeback mountain. they're all set in wyoming.

 

her writing is dark but very musical, and her details could tell the whole story on their own. a really nicely done group of stories. i am a huge fan of brokeback mountain, the film, and i thought the story was every bit as beautiful, impressive for how close and succinct it was. i recommend this collection to fans of the english language.

gonna have to check this out. have you ever read sherwood anderson? i feel he was possibly the best american short story writer yet.

enjoying so far

Everything Vonnegut-related that I've read is excellent. Also read Slaughterhouse Five and Mother Night.

my friend gave me her copy of the annotated Lolita because i've been on a bit of a Nabokov spree lately. i'd read Lolita before (even though Dan C's been holding my copy hostage for a couple of years) but the annotations and commentary shed a lot of light on some of the more obscure games and allusions Nabokov plays with.

i think there are very few novelists who can even come close to him, frankly.

  On 2/2/2011 at 4:02 AM, morphis2525 said:

  On 2/2/2011 at 12:18 AM, A/D said:

 

gonna have to check this out. have you ever read sherwood anderson? i feel he was possibly the best american short story writer yet.

i have not! recommend a collection?

Iain M fucking Banks

GENIUS

Can we sticky this thread?

  On 2/4/2011 at 1:20 AM, halisray said:

Can we sticky this thread?

  On 2/4/2011 at 1:20 AM, halisray said:

Can we sticky this thread?

yeah.

Conscience and its problems.an introduction to casuistry by kirk.

The velveteen rabbit by margery williams.

Just so stories by rudyard kipling.

  On 2/4/2011 at 1:26 AM, ruiagnelo said:

  On 2/4/2011 at 1:20 AM, halisray said:

Can we sticky this thread?

  On 2/4/2011 at 2:44 AM, kaini said:

  On 2/4/2011 at 1:20 AM, halisray said:

Can we sticky this thread?

 

yeah.

NR: The Pornography of Power by Lionel Rubinoff

  On 2/2/2011 at 5:01 AM, Capsaicin said:

Everything Vonnegut-related that I've read is excellent. Also read Slaughterhouse Five and Mother Night.

I'm currently on Galapagos, I love it.

I love him, such a talented writer.

  On 2/7/2011 at 2:40 PM, rixxx said:

Slaughterhouse Five

mushroom cellar.

  On 2/7/2011 at 2:09 PM, AJW said:

 

awwwww yea