What are you reading right now?

Badlittlekitten · 12-22-2010, 06:35 PM

Just finished A Confederacy Of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. It's fucking glorious, like my favourite book . .. ever. Ignatius is certainly one of the great comic creations

Also been dipping in and out of JG Ballard's Short Stories 1. The only previous Ballard I've read, Cocaine Nights, was decent but nothing more so it's great to see what he's really all about. I love the ideas he brings to the stories and the subtlety in which he creates surreal set ups. And you get the feeling there is always something sinister going on in his worlds, even if it's never made apparent. 'Escapement' 'The Concentration City', 'Manhole 69' and 'The Waiting Grounds' are the highlights so far. 'Escapement' especially left me feeling unsettled, to the point that I was contemplating how sanity/the mind is such a fragile thing, and had a dream that night with the same Groundhog Day scenario.

loveissucide · 12-29-2010, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3

Can anyone recommend me a book on WW1? I'm looking for an in-depth text leading up to covering and the aftermath of WW1. Any help is really appreciated.

The Oxford Companion to The First World War is pretty useful as a starting point.

debaserr · 12-29-2010, 04:29 PM

holy **** how'd it take me this long.

adidasss · 12-30-2010, 02:39 AM

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Zarko · 12-30-2010, 09:23 AM

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<3

Im so hesitant about starting this (Though keen as for the TV show) simply because I know if I read the first I will have to read the rest ASAP, and I already have a backlog of purchases as is

gabidragomir · 01-01-2011, 05:54 AM

Hi,

I am reading a very interesting book,

it's called Quantum Psychology and it written by my favourite author
Robert Anton Wilson.

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**Janszoon** · 01-01-2011, 06:15 AM

Ringworld—Larry Niven
On my continuing sci-fi kick. This is great, super-geeky, very strange stuff. I'm almost done and really enjoying it.

DeathBreath · 01-01-2011, 12:10 PM

I am currently reading Rant by Chuck Palahniuk

Hank The Drifter · 01-02-2011, 05:37 AM

I'm going to start Enders Game by Orson Scott Card. After that's finished I will start The Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hurbert Selby Jr.

NSW · 01-02-2011, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Ringworld—Larry Niven
On my continuing sci-fi kick. This is great, super-geeky, very strange stuff. I'm almost done and really enjoying it.

Wow...I just read the synopsis for this one on wiki and it looks awesome! I'm going to put it on my to-read list now. It's part of a series though, right? Have you read any of the other books?

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Originally Posted by Hank The Drifter

I'm going to start Enders Game by Orson Scott Card. After that's finished I will start The Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hurbert Selby Jr.

Hope you like Ender's Game, it is on my top 10 list of favorite books.

12-22-2010, 06:35 PM	#3141 (permalink)
Badlittlekitten And then there was music Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Near Wild Heaven Posts: 287	Just finished A Confederacy Of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. It's fucking glorious, like my favourite book . .. ever. Ignatius is certainly one of the great comic creations Also been dipping in and out of JG Ballard's Short Stories 1. The only previous Ballard I've read, Cocaine Nights, was decent but nothing more so it's great to see what he's really all about. I love the ideas he brings to the stories and the subtlety in which he creates surreal set ups. And you get the feeling there is always something sinister going on in his worlds, even if it's never made apparent. 'Escapement' 'The Concentration City', 'Manhole 69' and 'The Waiting Grounds' are the highlights so far. 'Escapement' especially left me feeling unsettled, to the point that I was contemplating how sanity/the mind is such a fragile thing, and had a dream that night with the same Groundhog Day scenario. __________________ 'Said do you feel it? Do you feel it when you TOUCH ME?. THERE'S A FIRE! THERE'S A FIRE!' The Stooges. Dirt. https://soundcloud.com/bad-little-kittens My Top 100 LPs My Top 52 Indie Tracks Of The 21st Century (incomplete)

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adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	<3 __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

01-01-2011, 05:54 AM	#3146 (permalink)
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Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	Ringworld—Larry Niven On my continuing sci-fi kick. This is great, super-geeky, very strange stuff. I'm almost done and really enjoying it. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

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DeathBreath Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: A hot place Posts: 106	I am currently reading Rant by Chuck Palahniuk

01-02-2011, 05:37 AM	#3149 (permalink)
Hank The Drifter Take it easy, but take it Join Date: May 2010 Location: Georgia Posts: 213	I'm going to start Enders Game by Orson Scott Card. After that's finished I will start The Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hurbert Selby Jr. __________________ “If a song can't be written in 20 minutes, it ain't worth writing.” - Hank Williams