What are you reading right now?

LoathsomePete · 09-19-2015, 09:19 AM

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And what a mini-series it was. Death by coke machine was hilarious.

So hilarious he had to use it again in Maximum Overdrive.

Oriphiel · 09-20-2015, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

So hilarious he had to use it again in Maximum Overdrive.

Ahahaha, I forgot about that movie! Best Stephen King cameo ever...

innerspaceboy · 09-20-2015, 02:31 PM

Picked up wonderful writings on 21st century cultural studies and software technology this afternoon.

Below is a magnificent hardcover from MIT Press on the viability of Free Software Foundation, Libre, and Open Source software. I can't wait to read it.

The other title, Commodify Your Dissent is a collection of essays from The Baffler. From Amazon:

[These] essays analyze the ways in which this Culture Trust has co-opted the power of dissent by appropriating the language and symbolism of nonconformist youth culture, from hippie slang to grunge fashion; in other words, when the media markets rebellion, it becomes just another consumer choice. The result is a highly original book, a satirical and savage indictment of '90s consumerist culture.

GuD · 09-21-2015, 03:44 PM

I just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy and was sufficiently bored throughout. I suggest it highly if you are a fan of self harm. Very beautiful imagery, though... just not much in the way of... things happening. Not a lot of things happened in that book.

I have a book about the history of Ska, Dancehall, and Reggae on hold at the library that I'm looking forward to.

Ashwell John · 09-21-2015, 09:15 PM

Now reading religious book.

Oriphiel · 09-22-2015, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Ashwell John

Now reading religious book.

Now reading ambiguous post.

LoathsomePete · 09-22-2015, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Oriphiel

Now reading ambiguous post.

Hey, religious book is an uncontested classic.

The Batlord · 09-22-2015, 10:13 AM

Now reading cereal box nutrition label.

Chula Vista · 09-22-2015, 10:27 AM

Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke. Not sure why I'm only getting around to this now.

The ending of the novel was the inspiration for this:

Mondo Bungle · 09-23-2015, 12:43 PM

09-21-2015, 03:44 PM	#5364 (permalink)
GuD Dude... What? Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,322	I just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy and was sufficiently bored throughout. I suggest it highly if you are a fan of self harm. Very beautiful imagery, though... just not much in the way of... things happening. Not a lot of things happened in that book. I have a book about the history of Ska, Dancehall, and Reggae on hold at the library that I'm looking forward to. __________________ I spit bullets in my feet Every time I speak So I write instead And still people want me dead ~msc

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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke. Not sure why I'm only getting around to this now. The ending of the novel was the inspiration for this: __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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Ashwell John Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 100	Now reading religious book.