Now Reading

(not the manifesto)

The collected fairytales of H C Andersen. Lovely old book I found in a fleamarket, about 110 years old and near mint condition. Might ebay it when I'm done.

  On 2/8/2011 at 2:22 AM, jim said:

The collected fairytales of H C Andersen. Lovely old book I found in a fleamarket, about 110 years old and near mint condition. Might ebay it when I'm done.

Jim!If you do please let me know.

Cheers x atty

Again always doing 1 fiction / 1 non-fiction thingy :

NON-FICTION : The Rest is Noise, Alex Ross. Really fun to read in the subway.

FICTION : 2666, Roberto Bolano. I'm at mid-point of the first part (out of 5). It's fun, but I'm searching for... something out of it

Went to the library yesterday:

Because it was his birthday and I never read any of his books: Jules Verne Facing the Flag. Well wow.

Besides that the occasional Bukowski, Sibylle Berg-Das Unerfreuliche zuerst and the second book of dune.

  On 2/8/2011 at 2:22 AM, jim said:

The collected fairytales of H C Andersen. Lovely old book I found in a fleamarket, about 110 years old and near mint condition. Might ebay it when I'm done.

I tried to sold an old book (1756). It was worth 100-200€. People who buy this kind of book are looking for illustrations. My book didn't contain any. So i guess your book is probably worth nothing, hélas.

  On 2/9/2011 at 10:07 AM, Babar said:

  On 2/8/2011 at 2:22 AM, jim said:

The collected fairytales of H C Andersen. Lovely old book I found in a fleamarket, about 110 years old and near mint condition. Might ebay it when I'm done.

 

I tried to sold an old book (1756). It was worth 100-200€. People who buy this kind of book are looking for illustrations. My book didn't contain any. So i guess your book is probably worth nothing, hélas.

Mine has something like 60 illustrations.

mine's 18cm

Currently Reading:

Korea's Place in the Sun

Japan's Orient: Rendering Pasts into History

The Looming Tower

Revolutions and Revolutionary Movements

plus about a thousand pages worth of journal articles on international relations in South Asia.

some day I'll have time for fiction again.....

  On 2/10/2011 at 5:05 AM, Babar said:

mine's 18cm

lol

Thanks for stickying!

Joseph Conrad - Nostromo

  On 2/8/2011 at 11:27 PM, Philip Glass said:

 

FICTION : 2666, Roberto Bolano. I'm at mid-point of the first part (out of 5). It's fun, but I'm searching for... something out of it

i know exactly what you mean but bolano does not deliver that "something" you seek. i find that to be a rather compelling aspect of his books though. the whole of 2666 seems to be emerging out of that "something" or revolving around it without ever removing the veil. makes it much more eerie imo but it can be frustrating too.

I just started the third re-read, very pleased with my decision.

just finished -

good book, talented (borderline?) sociopath.

phil spector = ASSHOLE.

enjoying my subscription to Poetry magazine. thanks, mum.

also, one of my favourite books of poetry:

fuck the haters. hart fucking crane.

haters? who the fuck hates hart crane? james franco is playing him in a bio pic ffs.

they're making a hart crane bio pic? what is the world coming to!

i know dude, i know.

Good book on the failings of the left, at a time when they should be at their strongest.

  On 2/16/2011 at 10:02 AM, Dirty Protest said:

 

Good book on the failings of the left, at a time when they should be at their strongest.

Lolz, I'm reading In Defence Of Lost Causes at the moment.

Slavoj all up in this bitch.

Love the way he writes like he speaks, its like having a audio book in your head. Its good to have Slavoj in your head =)