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AlteredAgain
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Lion] 1
#6217773 - 10/27/06 11:58 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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AlteredAgain said: interesting read. i'm not all that far into it yet, but he comes off as more down to earth than many other 2K12 authors i have seen.
pinchbeck? down to earth? really?
that guy rubs me entirely the wrong way. to me he comes across as an opportunist, and a male chovinist, but that's just from my (limited) reading of him
i can see definitely see him as an opportunist, but hey everyone's got to eat.
i guess in a way any person who talks about the end of time is never really "down to earth."
so i'll take that back, let's just say: i don't think he goes "over the edge."
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Clean
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: AlteredAgain] 1
#6218802 - 10/27/06 06:45 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Alfred Korzybski - Science and Sanity awesome work, first out out in the 1930s. I probably wouldn't be reading it if Robert Anton Wilson had not been so influenced by him as to write about his work.
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BigNerd
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Clean] 1
#6222163 - 10/28/06 09:38 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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almost done with The Minority Report and Other Stories by Philip K. Dick, next on the list is Philip Jose Farmer's To Your Scattered Bodies Go
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Geneephurr
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: BigNerd] 1
#6226189 - 10/30/06 10:36 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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I've only read Dick's Do Andoids Dream of Electric Sheep?, but I enjoyed it a lot. Don't know too much about him as an author though, but I might need to check out a few other titles. Any specific recommendations for him?
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Clean
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Geneephurr] 1
#6226224 - 10/30/06 10:54 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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definitely check out Valis. It's the only Dick book I've read so I don;t know how it compares to his others, but I enjoyed it immensely. apparently it's more like a twisted autobiography than pure fiction.
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Hyper_Panda_GO
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Clean] 1
#6331448 - 12/03/06 09:19 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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God damn mandatory reading sucks
Cuirrently reading Hamlet and Tuesdays with motherfucking Morrie
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takk
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Hyper_Panda_GO] 1
#6331518 - 12/03/06 09:52 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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"a dozen dopey yarns: tales from the oz pot prohibition" by J.J. McRoach
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Kerr
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: LedHead] 1
#6331530 - 12/03/06 09:55 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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LedHead said: 1984
I probably read that one once every couple months.
I just finished and am re-reading some sections of Uriels Machine by Robert Lomas and Christopher Knight, it talks about megalithic sites in the United Kingdom, ancient forecasting tools, early calenders and time keeping, solstices etc. It talks about the great flood, the Books of Enoch, the Grooved Wear People and early language. Id recommend it.
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Kerr
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: LedHead] 1
#6331533 - 12/03/06 09:55 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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LedHead said: 1984
I probably read that one once every couple months.
I just finished and am re-reading some sections of Uriels Machine by Robert Lomas and Christopher Knight, it talks about megalithic sites in the United Kingdom, ancient forecasting tools, early calenders and time keeping, solstices etc. It talks about the great flood, the Books of Enoch, the Grooved Wear People and early language. Id recommend it.
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demiu5
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Kerr] 1
#6331577 - 12/03/06 10:06 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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DMT: The Spirit Molecule by Rick Strassman
and have been trying to read Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche, but I'm not comprehending it...need cliff notes
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sacred_mushroom
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: demiu5] 1
#6331769 - 12/03/06 11:25 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - Tom Wolfe I'm really ejoying this one.. what an adventure!! Almost to much to handle just reading it!!
Lies, And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them - Al Franken So far this has been a waste of my time. I think I'm done with it.
The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien Yeah, this book is the shit. This is my third time reading it. Gets better each time!
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WScott
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: sacred_mushroom] 1
#6331868 - 12/04/06 12:44 AM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay Living Yoga by Christy Turlington Human by [lots of authors/scientists]
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stefan
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Hyper_Panda_GO] 1
#6332095 - 12/04/06 04:44 AM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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shadow of the wind - carlos ruiz zafón
I'm halfway and it's a good book
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lukeboots
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: sacred_mushroom] 1
#6334289 - 12/04/06 08:34 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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sacred_mushroom said: Lies, And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them - Al Franken So far this has been a waste of my time. I think I'm done with it.
I agree 100%. I remember trying to read that when it first came out.
I'm trying to read The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, but I left my copy halfway across the united states. It might be a month or two before it gets shipped to me.
So, in the mean time, I've discovered Italo Calvino. I'm reading Marcovaldo right now, and it's delightful. It's about one working-class man's experiences each season, as he tries to follow the simple dreams of his imagination. =]
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FL_accciD
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: lukeboots] 1
#6334746 - 12/04/06 10:55 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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some damn good inspiration in that list...
im in one my "half done with six books" phases right now.
god bless you mr. rosewater - vonnegut the things they carried - o'brian shit what else. *cringe* state of denial by mr woodward...fuck i had a morbid curiosity
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: FL_accciD] 1
#6336030 - 12/05/06 10:57 AM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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Shogun. Damn amazing book. Its one of the best books I've ever read.
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moho456
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Toddo] 1
#6344023 - 12/07/06 10:23 AM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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I just finished Machiavelli's The Prince.
Trying to get a copy of Plato's Republic.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: moho456] 1
#6344029 - 12/07/06 10:27 AM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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Paul Auster - Moon Palace.
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geedorah
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The Secret Life of Plants - Thompkins + Bird
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Hyper_Panda_GO] 1
#6344626 - 12/07/06 01:33 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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Dhalgren - Samuel Delaney
The Philosophy of The Matrix
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