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akira_akuma
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Sammy388]
#19797574 - 04/05/14 02:13 AM (9 years, 9 months ago) |
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the Circle just Opened.
The Stand has begun. (PS: also read Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka beforehand tonight; it was funny and twisted. reminds me of F&L in LV in the respect of how funny yet twisted it is at the same time. true story-telling with a twist; next i'm gonna grab up The Trial )
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SetTheControls
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: akira_akuma]
#19798362 - 04/05/14 08:00 AM (9 years, 9 months ago) |
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Just got Matthew B Crawford - Shop Class as Soulcraft yesterday, a very smart friend recommended it so I'm pretty sure it will be good! If anyone read it please let me know!
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akira_akuma said: The Stand has begun. (PS: also read Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka beforehand tonight; it was funny and twisted. reminds me of F&L in LV in the respect of how funny yet twisted it is at the same time. true story-telling with a twist; next i'm gonna grab up The Trial )
I think Metamorphosis the greatest short story I've ever read. The Trial is like a surreal bureaucratic dream, don't worry if the first chapter doesn't interest you right away, you'll get into the world of the book soon and man is it strange! 
PS. Akira, if you're into surreal humour and great storytelling read Master And Margarita by Mikhail Bulkagov if you haven't already. Not as twisted as Kafka but definetly worth a read, I'd say it's maybe my favourite novel of all time.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: SetTheControls]
#19798423 - 04/05/14 08:24 AM (9 years, 9 months ago) |
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Ron Paul's The Revolution.
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benfranklin
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Sammy388]
#19798430 - 04/05/14 08:26 AM (9 years, 9 months ago) |
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WHOA!! props dude! I tried and it is way over my level ( as was Crime and Punishment ) Although i bought it as motivation to someday read haha.
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Bridgeburner
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: benfranklin]
#19799615 - 04/05/14 02:59 PM (9 years, 9 months ago) |
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Bridgeburner] 1
#19799751 - 04/05/14 03:27 PM (9 years, 9 months ago) |
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I was trying to read The Rum Diary but I'm coming to find that its just not as good as Fear And Loathing
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akira_akuma
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: SetTheControls]
#19800655 - 04/05/14 07:17 PM (9 years, 9 months ago) |
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SetTheControls said:
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akira_akuma said: The Stand has begun. (PS: also read Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka beforehand tonight; it was funny and twisted. reminds me of F&L in LV in the respect of how funny yet twisted it is at the same time. true story-telling with a twist; next i'm gonna grab up The Trial )
I think Metamorphosis the greatest short story I've ever read. The Trial is like a surreal bureaucratic dream, don't worry if the first chapter doesn't interest you right away, you'll get into the world of the book soon and man is it strange! 
PS. Akira, if you're into surreal humour and great storytelling read Master And Margarita by Mikhail Bulkagov if you haven't already. Not as twisted as Kafka but definetly worth a read, I'd say it's maybe my favourite novel of all time.
sounds awesome. bookmarked.
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dodgem
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: akira_akuma]
#19801615 - 04/05/14 11:16 PM (9 years, 9 months ago) |
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Just started 'Island' by Huxley, 2nd time reading it.
Here are a few I finished in the past month.
Finished Cat's Cradle by Vonnegut earlier today. Enjoyable overall and quite witty. 'The Science of Living' by Alfred Adler was a decent psychology read. Good insight into why we turn in to the people end up being as mature adults.
'Neuromancer' by Gibson is a very interesting sci fi read that I finished a couple weeks ago. I was supposed to read it many years back for a sci fi college course I took, but just used spark notes for it. Glad I came back to it and gave it a real chance. And then 'The Dharma Bums' by Jack Kerouac was a fantastic book overall. Very entertaining and insightful. I can't wait to get his other work, 'One The Road', back from my buddy who I let borrow it.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: plektheplek]
#19802396 - 04/06/14 06:38 AM (9 years, 9 months ago) |
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plektheplek said: I was trying to read The Rum Diary but I'm coming to find that its just not as good as Fear And Loathing
Its his earlier, more sane novel. Buyt try HST's articles. Get "The Great Shark Hunt" for example.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Bridgeburner]
#19805127 - 04/06/14 07:29 PM (9 years, 9 months ago) |
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War god by by Graham Hancock is some good shit, his first shake at fiction
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dontknow
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Does]
#19809515 - 04/07/14 06:41 PM (9 years, 9 months ago) |
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Does said: reading the book of five rings
its the life philosophy of a samurai who was 60 something and 0 in one on one sword fights
i listened it before but reading it this time, feel like i absorb better that way
I bought that a year or two ago but haven't read it yet
I'm reading Eldest right now. 2nd book in the Eragon series
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“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of Life’s coming attractions.” Albert Einstein
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: dontknow] 2
#19809654 - 04/07/14 07:10 PM (9 years, 9 months ago) |
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Roadside Picnic by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Just finished, for the 2nd time, Island by Aldous Huxley. Such a great read concerning the society we live in today. Amazing how it was written over 50 years ago and almost all of its ideas are prevalent to today's society.
Starting 'Arts and the Man' by Irwin Edman tomorrow.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: dodgem]
#19810593 - 04/07/14 10:45 PM (9 years, 9 months ago) |
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Yeah, I remember reading that when I was a kid and really liking it. I bet it's the kind of book that has untold depth ... now that I'm a bit older.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: OldHam]
#19828878 - 04/11/14 03:05 PM (9 years, 9 months ago) |
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PS. Akira, if you're into surreal humour and great storytelling read Master And Margarita by Mikhail Bulkagov if you haven't already. Not as twisted as Kafka but definetly worth a read, I'd say it's maybe my favourite novel of all time.
-I'll second that. I love this book.
Just finished Post Office by Bukowski. I enjoyed it's cynicism, and shameless drunken contempt towards society(and the reader). There is something fascinating about Henry's life, that he has given up on any sense of purpose, any desire for better things perhaps. Bukowski is the poet laureate for the people who don’t give a fuck and, for the rest of us who still care about some things, some of the time, seeing the idea of apathy taken to its extreme is disturbing but mesmerising at the same time.
Just started Murakami's Wild sheep chase.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Expiscator]
#19831673 - 04/12/14 07:30 AM (9 years, 9 months ago) |
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i have some books on the SCOTUS lined up for the summer. i need a good comic series to lighten it up some though.
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Edited by millzy (04/12/14 07:30 AM)
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broken
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: millzy]
#19831852 - 04/12/14 08:42 AM (9 years, 9 months ago) |
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Fool by Christopher Moore
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: broken]
#19832217 - 04/12/14 11:06 AM (9 years, 9 months ago) |
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Forensic Psychology, 3rd edition
by Solomon M. Fulero and Lawrence S. Wrightsman.
A great read.
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SetTheControls
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Expiscator]
#19836096 - 04/13/14 02:56 AM (9 years, 9 months ago) |
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Expiscator said:
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PS. Akira, if you're into surreal humour and great storytelling read Master And Margarita by Mikhail Bulkagov if you haven't already. Not as twisted as Kafka but definetly worth a read, I'd say it's maybe my favourite novel of all time.
-I'll second that. I love this book.
Just finished Post Office by Bukowski. I enjoyed it's cynicism, and shameless drunken contempt towards society(and the reader). There is something fascinating about Henry's life, that he has given up on any sense of purpose, any desire for better things perhaps. Bukowski is the poet laureate for the people who don’t give a fuck and, for the rest of us who still care about some things, some of the time, seeing the idea of apathy taken to its extreme is disturbing but mesmerising at the same time.
Just started Murakami's Wild sheep chase.
Man you obviously know your stuff(and propably recognize my signature too). Whenever I meet dudes who hate their job I tell them to read Post Office, it really helped me through some shitty times Extreme apathy, well put. Factotum is almost as good IMO
I'm going to check out Wild Sheep Chase, never heard of it unless it goes by some totally different name around here.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: SetTheControls]
#19874567 - 04/20/14 04:00 PM (9 years, 9 months ago) |
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Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
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