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OneMoreRobot3021



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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: ashfiken]
#20273701 - 07/14/14 09:25 PM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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Third is out, it's called MaddAddam, came out last summer.
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ashfiken
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Sweet thanks for the insight I'll have to order it this pay period as the local bookstore was too lame to carry it.
Cheers!
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: ashfiken]
#20275919 - 07/15/14 09:19 AM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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The Madman of Freedom Square by Hassan Blasim - short stories about modern Iraq by a really talented writer
Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East, ed. Reza Aslan - collection of short stories, excerpts, and poems spanning over one hundred years of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu and other Middle Eastern literature
The Yellow Wind by David Grossman - by one of Israel's most renowned novelists, a nonfictional account of his time in the West Bank in 1987
All three amazing reads.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: dodgem]
#20278134 - 07/15/14 06:44 PM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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dodgem said: Opened 'The Perennial Philosophy' by Aldous Huxley a couple days ago. It is pretty heavy so it may take a while, but just after the first couple chapters I am hooked.
i wanna check that out now.
I just finished this over the weekend and highly recommend it. It delves into some very interesting and concerning topics about mysticism/spirituality, very applicable information.
I began 'Fever Pitch' by Nick Hornby for an enjoyment read.
And then 'This is your Brain on Music' by Daniel Levitin, which is already thoroughly intriguing 50 pages in.
Huxley is one of my favorites, no doubt about it. Island is my top by him, but Eyeless and BNW are also great. That being said I have some book by him that I couldn't even finish... forget the name, but it's a collection of short stories and plays. Just couldn't capture my attention.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Absent Minded]
#20278251 - 07/15/14 07:16 PM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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About to start Michael Chabon's Yiddish Policemen's Union in a couple of days.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: AcidAstronaut]
#20278397 - 07/15/14 07:53 PM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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dodgem
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Absent Minded]
#20278820 - 07/15/14 09:16 PM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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dodgem said: Opened 'The Perennial Philosophy' by Aldous Huxley a couple days ago. It is pretty heavy so it may take a while, but just after the first couple chapters I am hooked.
i wanna check that out now.
I just finished this over the weekend and highly recommend it. It delves into some very interesting and concerning topics about mysticism/spirituality, very applicable information.
I began 'Fever Pitch' by Nick Hornby for an enjoyment read.
And then 'This is your Brain on Music' by Daniel Levitin, which is already thoroughly intriguing 50 pages in.
Huxley is one of my favorites, no doubt about it. Island is my top by him, but Eyeless and BNW are also great. That being said I have some book by him that I couldn't even finish... forget the name, but it's a collection of short stories and plays. Just couldn't capture my attention.
Island is definitely my favorite by him as well, such an entertaining, and yet introspective work. I really enjoyed Time Must Have a Stop and Ape and Essence as well.
I tried reading Grey Eminence by him, and only got 50 or so pages in before I gave up. One of the few books I have ever started and not finished. It was a bit of a bore, and covered a topic I was not interested in.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: dodgem]
#20281221 - 07/16/14 01:14 PM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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@absent minded I like your mpc
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akira_akuma
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ashfiken said: Onto second book of maddadam trilogy by Margaret Atwood, the year of the flood. First book relatively compelling.
Cheers
2nd book is just a bridge to the third, not so compelling in its own right. Esp. compared to the first which is so fantastic.
hmmm, been meaning to check this out. so it's best to not hold to much expectations for the second book but the other two are what? still good, right?
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dontknow
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: akira_akuma]
#20283065 - 07/16/14 08:12 PM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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Reading The Princess Bride right now.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: akira_akuma] 1
#20284980 - 07/17/14 06:29 AM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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ashfiken said: Onto second book of maddadam trilogy by Margaret Atwood, the year of the flood. First book relatively compelling.
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2nd book is just a bridge to the third, not so compelling in its own right. Esp. compared to the first which is so fantastic.
hmmm, been meaning to check this out. so it's best to not hold to much expectations for the second book but the other two are what? still good, right?
The trilogy itself is def worth the read and yes good on the whole. Def check out what Atwood does with these. Second book only is overshadowed by first and as omr says the third does the same, only BC its a detailing and time fill in between the two. Seriously still enjoyable if you've gotten into the trilogy and enjoy the first one.
Cheers
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: millzy] 1
#20286612 - 07/17/14 01:59 PM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quite the mix heh 
read this. it's a book about bible scholarship, written for laity, by one of the world's top bible scholars (who happens to be agnostic). good stuff.

Will do, thanks for the heads up!
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: aykaye47]
#20286646 - 07/17/14 02:06 PM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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He sure is haha and that's what makes him so unique. But he's my favorite author for sure, I really gravitate to his writing style. You should pick it up again and finish it!
I'd say his best work is The Great Shark Hunt.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Abuse]
#20286890 - 07/17/14 03:13 PM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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Ill check it out some day whenever I come across it again I do need to finish it as far as the great shark hunt if I come across it ill definitely read it
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: aykaye47]
#20292659 - 07/18/14 05:48 PM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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Flowers of Evil. Charles Baudelaire. Not as mind blowing as I expected...
Rumi. Awesome,as ecpected.
Some Walking Dead novel bs. Trying to force myself to finish it even though it reads like something a friend of mine could splurt out over the weekend and be better at...
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: OldHam]
#20296402 - 07/19/14 01:16 PM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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The Jerusalem Stone of Consciousness: DMT, Kabbalah and the Pineal Gland by Joel David Bakst.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: muistrue]
#20298615 - 07/19/14 10:30 PM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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This nice hardback, illustrated version of The Hobbit. Haven't read this book in about 20 years so...should be interesting.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: aykaye47]
#20299917 - 07/20/14 09:39 AM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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Island is definitely my favorite by him as well, such an entertaining, and yet introspective work. I really enjoyed Time Must Have a Stop and Ape and Essence as well.
I tried reading Grey Eminence by him, and only got 50 or so pages in before I gave up. One of the few books I have ever started and not finished. It was a bit of a bore, and covered a topic I was not interested in.
A+E is great too! I have that as well, love it, but forgot about it! But yeah some of his stuf (even doors of perception) I find myself glossing over words, then paragraphs, then pages, hahaha. Some of his stuff I just can't get into.
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 Not mine, but planning on getting one in the near future. And if I win the lottery an SP1200
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Absent Minded]
#20300150 - 07/20/14 10:19 AM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Bridgeburner]
#20310166 - 07/22/14 08:50 AM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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i'm (sadly) caught up on elephantmen at the moment, so i started east of west. really good.
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