I'm re-reading Herbert Farjeon's Cricket Bag, which funnily enough is by Herbert Farjeon.

I've read Velvet Glove. Didn't care much for it--seemed like Clowes was just being weird to be weird, if you know what I mean. I've also read Caricature, which I liked much better. Ghost World's probably my favorite Clowes--this is a re-read, this time.

after i read 'like a velvet glove cast in iron' i just thought "what the fuck was he on when he wrote that?", Caricature is the only Daniel Clowes book i dont have, i recently got '20th Centuary eightball' and liked that alot.
Ghost Worls is still his best, then Ice Haven, then David Boring, then 20th Centuary Eightball, then the rest.

i really really really reccomend to everyone who likes Daniel Clowes to read anything you can find by Adrien Tomine, he is just like him!!!, his drawing style is exactly the same, but he is far far more realistic than Daniel Clowes.


At the moment i am reading "staring at sound", its about the Flaming lips, its pretty great so far.

Oh yeah, I read David Boring, too. That's a good one.

really? i thought the surrealism of it was cool.i guess some things were just weird to be weird, but i still thought it was cool, and funny as hell. like the women who had a child with the mermaid..man...

Yeah, I mean, on one level, I dug it. But it doesn't have lasting appeal for me like Ghost World & other more straightforward work.

Re-reading the Upinishads and Joyce's Ulysses. Do I win the prize? Can it be Lady Sov?

the bonfire of the vanities.. my father gave me a bunch of books he'd like me to read once in my life and i have loads of time now :D

more work-related stuff:




actually it's not boring. but very entertaining. quite addictive as a matter of fact.

am i the only geek here??


oh brother-- you shouldn't have. hit the used bookstore instead. of course hand-made book covers are quite interesting if you make one. or giving ford a little hitler moustache for that matter.

Some short stories by Cora Sandel,
A book by Jens Bjørneboe.
And a whole lot of Red Youth magazines.

And yeah, Haruki Murakami - Windupbird. I don't what the english title is, so ecxuse me.

I am reading Our Band Could Be Your Life

Pretty good book, but I thought cutting off the history once the band went "corporate" was a bit arbitrary.

books on a sonic youth forum!...i can do that...i was reading dharma bums...i brought it to milwaukee to read while waiting for the doors to open for the syouth concert...well i ran to the hotel connected and asked if they'd hold it for me and i never remembered to pick it back up...good book though

right now im reading BARREL FEVER by david sedaris
ON THE ROAD by jack keruac, i know i had been putting it off
and short stories by flannery oconnor

^Flannery O'Conner rules.

A friend lent me a Dave Eggers book. How We Are Hungry, I think, is the title. I've got the first two stories in. I like his style (even though it doesn't really seem new or inventive), but the stories - again, that I've read - are kind of boring..
Actually boring's not a good word. Easy? I'm not sure.

were reading a book in school called "runner" a great great book

I'm reading breakfast of champions by kurt vonegut for the second time and it is glorious as is everything he has written except Time quake

Salvador Dali, the surrealist Jester by who I cannot remember.

The Body Artist by Don Delillo and Small is Beautiful by E.F. Schumacher, and miscellaneous buddhist teachings.

I'm rereading Lolita. It's dirty and beautiful at the same time. I should be reading The Great Gatsby for my summer homework but, oh well.

C++ Programming by Malik
Invitation to Computer Science by Schneider/Gersting
Exploring Psychology by David G. Meyers

School is upon us all.

The Catcher in the Rye, again.

Woo.

Believe it or not, I'm reading Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol

Nightly at the moment:

 

Twenty Missed Beats - The Portsmouth Music Scene 1977-1996, by Tony Rollinson.
A total nostalgia trip for me, as I lived just outside Portsmouth throughout the period the book covers and saw loads of the bands that are covered.

I'm kind of in between books at the moment, so I'm reading the latest Private Eye and Fortean Times, plus I'm flipping through my book of Fry and Laurie scripts.

A book with a collections of interwievs with Jens Bjørneboe. It's called "conversations with Jens Bjørneboe". He was a great man.

I'm reading a proof copy of this:

 

It's terrible, but I have to read some terrible books for work just to keep up with what's happening in the book world.

That should say The Keeper by Sarah Langan if you can't see it.

Glad this was bumped.
I've been looking for a pretty comprehensive book on Greek philosophy, but there are many to choose from. I want one that touchs upon the main philosophers and that maybe even gives a little history. Suggestions?


Currently I'm reading The Rebel by Albert Camus. It's an interesting read, even if I am lost on most of the historical references.

i just bought Slaughterhouse-Five today.

Very good book. I don't believe you'll be dissapointed.

It's frowned upon, but I would've thought you couldn't go wrong with the 'Introducing: Greek Philosophy' books.

I would reccommend any of Robert Grave's books on Greek Mythology (which isn't really what you're looking for).

I would also reccommend Plato's Last days of Socrates & the Republic as well as Aristotle's The Nichomachaen Ethics. Again, that's probably not what you're looking for, but I haven't ever read a secondary text which is as good an introduction as the primary ones.

I was thinking about this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/002...706263?ie=UTF8


I really just wanted to be introduced to various Greek philosophers, and then, upon choosing the ones I enjoyed most, I could explore further into their works.
I have The Portable Plato which has The Republic in its enterity, as well as, others (I can't name any specific without going back to look).

I did plan on getting an Introduction to Greek Philosophy book, but when searching on Amazon numerous results came up and most of the reviews seemed to be very positive, making my choice hard.

That looks pretty good. I would say that, for an overview, you probably only need to dip into Plato's last days of Socrates (which you'll read in an afternoon), Plato's Republic/ a compilation and something by Aristotle. I found it a lot easier to distinguish between the various schools after I had an overview of Plato > contemporary stuff. I expect you've probably read everything and this statement is entirely defunct, but hey, it's here now.

I'm reading stuff for work. Tell me if you think my lead is okay (story is about a new building).

Seeing the new Art Building West go up, people have said, has been like watching a piece of art take shape. The rusty steel plates slotted together for the exterior walls reminded them of an outdoor sculpture—and many know that the building was inspired by Pablo Picasso’s Guitar.
In fact, since ground was broken in 2002, the building has sparked considerable speculation. No, there were no abandoned Buicks or dumped bodies at the bottom of the Hutchinson Quarry Pond when workers drained it (the pond since has been refilled). Yes, the outside is supposed to look... et cetera

The second installment of "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants". No lie.

Almost finished with it

"Drugs are nice" by Lisa Crystal Carver. It's good.