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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
 Posted - 05/21/2004 : 05:40:18
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I'm reading Moby Dick. Started yesterday, and it's a great book, really. I'm preparing my imminent holidays, and it's a kind of book that makes you travel. I love the books where the characters are on a boat - my favorite is Cities of the red night.
Just finished Beckett's Molloy. I really have a problem with Beckett. I'm always very happy when I finish his books, but not always happy while reading them. I am very fond of Kafka and Joyce though, and he seems to be somewhere between these two writers. I don't know.
I keep feeling like people are just looking at screens and web sites all the time, but do they ever do anything? Or go out and say anything to anyone? I'm not so sure anymore. |
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mun chien andalusia
= Quote Accumulator =
Italy
2139 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 05:59:05
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Thomas Pynchon's "V".
 join the cult of errol\and you can have a beer\without having to quit smoking
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Bartholomew
= Cult of Ray =
USA
344 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 06:01:33
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| Just finished "The Wayward Bus" by Steinbeck. Great stuff as always. Funny you said Moby Dick cuz I was just thinking about trying it again. I loved parts of it a couple years back, but about halfway through was thrown against a brick wall and stopped. Maybe you've inspired me. Read "Mississippi Solo" if you want a great book where the character (only one) is on a river. And have fun in your travels. |
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misleadtheworld
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1222 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 06:30:27
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I have been reading 'The Invisible Man' by Herbert George, but haven't picked it up for about a week. Not that I don't like it, I love it, I just haven't felt like reading as much this last week or so.
 I wanna go to the moon. I wanna do this duet with Morrissey..... |
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soundofataris
= Cult of Ray =
USA
715 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 07:09:35
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I've been reading 'A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints', the memoires of Dito Montiel, who was in the band Gutterboy. I've also been reading 'Beat Punks', by Victor Bockris, which is about the cultural intersection between the beatniks and the punkers in NYC. Bitchin'.
warm....warmer.....disco! |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 07:35:22
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I loved Moby Dick the second time I read it. The first time I was 14 and I didn't connect with it, probably partly because it was a school assignment. Please let me know if you find that Laurie Anderson performance, will you Adnan? I have some rare LA stuff that you might be interested in.
I'm currently still reading link --> Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid. Amazing book! It's full of what the title says, and Zen koans, Bach's riddles, the structures of canons and how they relate to Escher's drawings, computer programming, isomorphisms, self-referential math (which I may never understand), strange-loop infinity, floops and gloops and ....it's incredible.
I'm rereading the Tao Teh Ching & Hua Hu Ching - The Complete Works of Lao Tzu -I'm surprised at my different perspective of it after 15 years -I can't remember what translation I read back then, maybe it was a better translation. Off and on, reading Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory, which sounds really deep but is pretty redundant and superficial- I hope it gets into more detail soon. I had to drop The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must, because I was trying to read it before sleeping, and the writing voice is, well, damn boring.
If the only tool you have is an elbow macaroni,
all your problems look like Schroedinger's cat. |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 07:38:18
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Well, I sort of got about 5 chapters into Don Quixote and then got stuck. That was two months ago. I've not read anything since. :( I refuse to abandon this book.
 "When 5000 posts you reach / Have a life you will not, hmmm?" |
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 07:57:51
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Wow, apl4eris, I always wonder how you do all these things at the same time. Are you just one person?
That book about Bach and Godel seems great - I truly love Bach and consider him as the most intellectually appealing musician ever, and I used to be (and still am, a little bit) a maths geek, so I guess that combining those two (especially non-euclidian spaces) gives a great result.
I keep feeling like people are just looking at screens and web sites all the time, but do they ever do anything? Or go out and say anything to anyone? I'm not so sure anymore. |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 08:09:18
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Adnan, not very well, I have to admit. But my feeble brain tells me that I think you would love that book, and I recommend it 110%.
edit: I think being self-"employed" has something to do with my ability to squander my time on all this stuff. I tell myself it's "research" for my "art", but c'mon, who am I kidding?
If the only tool you have is an elbow macaroni,
all your problems look like Schroedinger's cat. |
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 08:20:35
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Don't forget your major work of art is yourself. Of course, there is a problem of liquidity - you cannot sell yourself on e-bay, even at a discount price.
I keep feeling like people are just looking at screens and web sites all the time, but do they ever do anything? Or go out and say anything to anyone? I'm not so sure anymore. |
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jediroller
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1718 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 08:21:06
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David Brin's The Uplift War. So far I'm enjoying it.
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Everything I say to you is gonna come out wrong anyway |
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jimmy
= Cult of Ray =
USA
876 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 08:37:48
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Just finished "Glamarama" by Bret Easton Ellis for the second time. I think it's his best book yet. He's a great writer, probably one of the 10 best of the last 100 years.
Now I'm doing volume two of William Shirer's autobiography, The Nightmare Years. He was a foriegn correspondant during WWII and wrote Collapse of the Third Republic. Volume one was fun and really easy to read. |
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realmeanmotorscutor
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1764 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 09:48:13
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You people are too smart for me . . .
I'm reading "The Cabala" by Thorton Wilder. Haven't had much time to read it because of finals but I'm through today si I'll be able to get back to it.
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
1264 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 09:50:43
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Karolina Ferreira by Lettie Viljoen. This lady is a tremendous Afrikaans novelist.
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Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
3648 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 09:53:00
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Word Freak
by Stefan Fatsis |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 10:04:36
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Are you a Scrabble addict, LBF? How's the book?
I heard one of our local Mockingbirds today. I'm still waiting... 
If the only tool you have is an elbow macaroni,
all your problems look like Schroedinger's cat. |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 10:06:10
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I have just recently finished 'The Rules Of Attraction' and now I am half way through 'Stone Junction' by Jim Dodge. It's excellent so far. Great storytelling!!!
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!! |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 10:06:58
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I'm trying to read 'Chocolat' by Joanne Harris, but I'm not really getting into it. I just finished 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' before that, and I absolutely loved it, I think its fantastic.
 "Everywhere I go I want to travel by X-Wing" |
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The Calistanian
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1342 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 11:20:27
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"Einstein's Universe" and, oh, um..."Curious George Goes to the Circus".
I am a man with 3 fingers...but that doesn't count my index finger nor my thumb. |
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 11:28:14
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The Da Vinci Code
You guys are givin me some great Ideas about what to read next...
I have yet to read Naked Lunch...and enjoy one.
Her life was saved by Rock & Roll. |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 11:42:06
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Originally posted by jimmy
Just finished "Glamarama" by Bret Easton Ellis for the second time. I think it's his best book yet. He's a great writer, probably one of the 10 best of the last 100 years.
Now I'm doing volume two of William Shirer's autobiography, The Nightmare Years. He was a foriegn correspondant during WWII and wrote Collapse of the Third Republic. Volume one was fun and really easy to read.
I've tried to read Glamorama twice, for some reason I can't get into it. I am currently reading "Polaroids from the Dead" by Douglas Coupland (not his best). I take 3 books out of the library at a time, I've got Polaroids, "Choke" by Chuck Palahniuk, and James Joyce's "A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man"
Do dyslexic-insomniac-agnostics stay up all night wondering if there really is a dog? |
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frank_black_francis
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
895 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 11:45:26
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| Choke is pretty good.....i'm reading "The Culture of Cities" by Sharon Zukin (non-fiction) about the disneyfication of New York City. |
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1887 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 12:05:56
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Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal by Ayn Rand
Phooey!
*Shka-pow! |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 12:08:48
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Phooey on Rand?
I never found out who John Galt was. I dunno 'bout you Obfuscate, but I think she was buggin'. 
If the only tool you have is an elbow macaroni,
all your problems look like Schroedinger's cat. |
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Sir Rockabye
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1158 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 12:29:22
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I'm currently reading Robbin's Even Cowgirls Get The Blues. Really good so far, although I still perfer Another Roadside Attraction. The next book on my list is either Gravity's Rainbow or Siddhartha. I'll have to wait 'til I'm done with Cowgirls to decide which of the two I'll read.
Aloha means goodbye, and also hello. |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 12:41:56
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I just finished the second volume of a Darwin biography (Charles Darwin: the Power of Place by Janet Browne). It was very good. Very complete with great context.
Now I'm trying to decide between the latest Harry Potter, a baseball book (The Glory of Thier Times), or a WW II history book (An Army at Dawn). |
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greg
- FB Fan -
Canada
159 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 12:54:05
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| Roots, Alex Hailey.... wow! |
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NimrodsSon
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1938 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 13:24:57
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I just finished Point Counter Point by Huxley--incredible novel! I'm now reading Dennis Wilson: The Real Beach Boy (horribly written, but informative biography) and The Martian Chronicles by Bradbury. As soon as I finish those I'm moving on to more Huxley, probably After Many a Summer Dies the Swan or Time Must Have a Stop
ˇViva los Católicos! |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 13:48:15
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| not reading anything now, but finished life of pi last week. pretty good. |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 14:33:31
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this book recently changed my life:
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Skatealex1
* Dog in the Sand *
1670 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 15:14:55
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The DAy AFter Rosswell
The Truth Is Out There |
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1834 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 15:35:54
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quote:
Originally posted by floop
this book recently changed my life:
Any Dr. Who fans here? Of course. Remember that one humanoid species whose very existence revolved around food? What were the called? Gastrogums or something like that? Well, that's floop. |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 15:58:31
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Sounds fair enough to me. That looks like a darn good read.
"Everywhere I go I want to travel by X-Wing" |
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The King Of Karaoke
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3759 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 16:36:56
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1984, by George Orwell.
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Confucious say - The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
He also say my lucky numbers are: 16 27 36 23 11
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/
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SpudBoy
= Cult of Ray =
Equatorial Guinea
649 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 17:17:38
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Originally posted by mun chien andalusia
Thomas Pynchon's "V".
Cool...me too. Also "Creative Visualization" by Shakti Gawain, Machiavelli's "The Prince", "Option Pricing and Volatility", "Fun With String", and "The Open Group Architecture Framework Version 8.1".
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Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
3648 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 19:57:07
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apl4eris
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
2444 Posts
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 10:04:36
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Are you a Scrabble addict, LBF? How's the book?
I heard one of our local Mockingbirds today. I'm still waiting...
No, not an addict anymore. I was for a couple years, that and chess. I was over at a friend's house the other day, and her mother and I used to play all the time, and she lended me the book to read. WE're supposed to start playing again.
The book is okay, but it's not written very well at all. It feels like it was written by a junior in college, very scattered and confused and weird tangents and no real cohesion, yet the guy is pretty interesting, and it gives you a peak into a world you never knew existed. His character descriptions are pretty good. It's a quick read for sure, despite being 250 pages or whatever.
And I was listening to my mockingbird too the other night, I need to record and maybe Dean will let us upload it on the FTP site... if we say pretty please...
Bring it Apl! : ) |
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