what are you reading? - Page 284

!@#$%! · 06.27.2019, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

I pre-ordered this bad boy from Re-Search when it was announced. Awesome. Interview from 1985 unearthed in the reSearch archives.

ooooh yes

curious to read your review— let us know when it’s up!

Rob Instigator · 06.28.2019, 02:14 PM

finished the book. review up. https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2019/...o-me-from.html

tw2113 · 06.29.2019, 01:59 PM

Five chapters in to the Back To The Future novelization, which puts me at right when he's hit by his grandpa's car

Rob Instigator · 07.02.2019, 01:23 PM

Yo Sev, another article about Gene Wolfe https://thefederalist.com/2019/04/19...aJ4.facebo ok

Rob Instigator · 07.02.2019, 01:24 PM

I am reading a book from 1897 called Instead of a Book, By a Man Too Busy to Write One: A Fragmentary Exposition of Philosophical Anarchism - Benjamin R. Tucker

tw2113 · 07.03.2019, 12:02 AM

Forgot to post that I finished BTTF some time sunday. Onwards Neuromancer followed by IT

Severian · 07.03.2019, 08:08 AM

I NEED a new book.

Really want something dark and engaging and weird. Something that will suck me into it’s world.

Goddamn I hate having to look for books. Shit fuck.

!@#$%! · 07.03.2019, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Severian

I NEED a new book.

Really want something dark and engaging and weird. Something that will suck me into it’s world.

Goddamn I hate having to look for books. Shit fuck.

try this

h8kurdt · 07.03.2019, 08:15 AM

[quote=Severian
Goddamn I hate having to look for books. Shit fuck.[/QUOTE]

life's hard, ey?

Anyway, I'd love to help however my current read is football related so I can't say it's up your street. It's dark and engaging but not exactly the weirdest book in the case.

Rob Instigator · 07.03.2019, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Severian

I NEED a new book.

Really want something dark and engaging and weird. Something that will suck me into it’s world.

Goddamn I hate having to look for books. Shit fuck.

Have you read Mark Danielewski's HOUSE of Leaves? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...ouse_of_Leaves

demonrail666 · 07.03.2019, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by h8kurdt

Anyway, I'd love to help however my current read is football related so I can't say it's up your street. It's dark and engaging but not exactly the weirdest book in the case.

What is it? (OK, scratch that ... I thought you were talking about a 'dark and engaging' book about football)

Rob Instigator · 07.03.2019, 08:55 AM

I am also reading Claw of the Conciliator - Gene Wolfe (1981)

(back in URTH Sev)

ilduclo · 07.03.2019, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Severian

I NEED a new book.

Really want something dark and engaging and weird. Something that will suck me into it’s world.

Goddamn I hate having to look for books. Shit fuck.

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

Rob Instigator · 07.03.2019, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Severian

I NEED a new book.

Really want something dark and engaging and weird. Something that will suck me into it’s world.

Goddamn I hate having to look for books. Shit fuck.

Have you read The Box Man by Kobo Abe' ?

https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2018/...n-my-mind.html

LifeDistortion · 07.04.2019, 07:40 AM

July 1st I started Get In Trouble- short stories by Kelly Link.

Severian · 07.04.2019, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

I am also reading Claw of the Conciliator - Gene Wolfe (1981)

(back in URTH Sev)

YES

I’ll want updates.

Power through the remaining books like one book. It’s best that way.

h8kurdt · 07.05.2019, 05:00 AM

Blitzed through this book in the space of a couple of days. I can get why James o'Brien could rub people the wrong way. However, I don't think you can fault his logic. It's too easy to let people with opinions that are not opinions but absolute bollocks viewpoints lacking in any logic and letting them off saying "well I guess that's your views" when they're not. It's crap spouted but the newspaper rags and they repeat happily without thinking what's been said.

!@#$%! · 07.05.2019, 06:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by h8kurdt

Blitzed through this book in the space of a couple of days. I can get why James o'Brien could rub people the wrong way. However, I don't think you can fault his logic. It's too easy to let people with opinions that are not opinions but absolute bollocks viewpoints lacking in any logic and letting them off saying "well I guess that's your views" when they're not. It's crap spouted but the newspaper rags and they repeat happily without thinking what's been said.

that sounds interesting and very useful these days

does it offer tools?

h8kurdt · 07.05.2019, 11:44 AM

Don't know about tools per se. The guy is a talk show radio host who has a pretty good record of getting through to people's bullshit. That might not sound like much but how many times do you see an interview and you're waiting for the follow up question to the one the interviewee just avoided.

Anyway, the book is him writing about dealing with callers he talks to every day on different subjects from Brexit, to the favourite buzzword of morons "politically correct" and so on. I'm really enjoying it any road.

here's one he did with Rees-Mogg

!@#$%! · 07.05.2019, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by h8kurdt

Don't know about tools per se. The guy is a talk show radio host who has a pretty good record of getting through to people's bullshit. That might not sound like much but how many times do you see an interview and you're waiting for the follow up question to the one the interviewee just avoided.

Anyway, the book is him writing about dealing with callers he talks to every day on different subjects from Brexit, to the favourite buzzword of morons "politically correct" and so on. I'm really enjoying it any road.

here's one he did with Rees-Mogg

at 3:10 it made me explode with laughter

“it is...”

haahaaaha

i’ll watch the rest. thanks for sharing. more later.

06.28.2019, 02:14 PM	#5662
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,978	finished the book. review up. https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2019/...o-me-from.html __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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06.29.2019, 01:59 PM	#5663
tw2113 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,149	Five chapters in to the Back To The Future novelization, which puts me at right when he's hit by his grandpa's car __________________ Shake shake
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07.02.2019, 01:23 PM	#5664
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,978	Yo Sev, another article about Gene Wolfe https://thefederalist.com/2019/04/19...aJ4.facebo ok __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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07.02.2019, 01:24 PM	#5665
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,978	I am reading a book from 1897 called Instead of a Book, By a Man Too Busy to Write One: A Fragmentary Exposition of Philosophical Anarchism - Benjamin R. Tucker __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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07.03.2019, 12:02 AM	#5666
tw2113 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,149	Forgot to post that I finished BTTF some time sunday. Onwards Neuromancer followed by IT __________________ Shake shake
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07.03.2019, 08:08 AM	#5667
Severian invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 11,746	I NEED a new book. Really want something dark and engaging and weird. Something that will suck me into it’s world. Goddamn I hate having to look for books. Shit fuck.
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07.03.2019, 08:15 AM	#5669
h8kurdt invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In Mulder's Basement room Posts: 5,459	[quote=Severian Goddamn I hate having to look for books. Shit fuck.[/QUOTE] life's hard, ey? Anyway, I'd love to help however my current read is football related so I can't say it's up your street. It's dark and engaging but not exactly the weirdest book in the case. __________________ Down with this sort of thing.
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07.03.2019, 08:55 AM	#5672
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,978	I am also reading Claw of the Conciliator - Gene Wolfe (1981) (back in URTH Sev) __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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07.04.2019, 07:40 AM	#5675
LifeDistortion expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CA Posts: 2,457	July 1st I started Get In Trouble- short stories by Kelly Link.
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07.05.2019, 05:00 AM	#5677
h8kurdt invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In Mulder's Basement room Posts: 5,459	Blitzed through this book in the space of a couple of days. I can get why James o'Brien could rub people the wrong way. However, I don't think you can fault his logic. It's too easy to let people with opinions that are not opinions but absolute bollocks viewpoints lacking in any logic and letting them off saying "well I guess that's your views" when they're not. It's crap spouted but the newspaper rags and they repeat happily without thinking what's been said. __________________ Down with this sort of thing.
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07.05.2019, 11:44 AM	#5679
h8kurdt invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In Mulder's Basement room Posts: 5,459	Don't know about tools per se. The guy is a talk show radio host who has a pretty good record of getting through to people's bullshit. That might not sound like much but how many times do you see an interview and you're waiting for the follow up question to the one the interviewee just avoided. Anyway, the book is him writing about dealing with callers he talks to every day on different subjects from Brexit, to the favourite buzzword of morons "politically correct" and so on. I'm really enjoying it any road. here's one he did with Rees-Mogg __________________ Down with this sort of thing.
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