what are you reading? - Page 287

Rob Instigator · 08.15.2019, 11:41 AM

I have always heard Mike Love was a grade a asshole.

ilduclo · 08.19.2019, 01:57 PM

last books trimpie HASN'T read

https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-...ir-authors-fox

Rob Instigator · 08.20.2019, 04:31 PM

finished Joseph McCabe's Is Spiritualism Based on Fraud? (1920)

https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2019/...-see-crap.html

Severian · 08.24.2019, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

Yes indeed. As you originally stated, the BOTNS is like a mindworm, and once it is in your head, it seems as real, if not more real, than the day to day around me. cool. stuff.

Rob,
Nice review of Claw of the Conciliator!

But this bugged me:

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After a [b]hiatus of quite a few months[b], in which I have occupied my mind with books on gender-disparity and anthropology, the horrors of Soviet-era gulags, early science fiction, modern science fiction, and Joan Didion’s exploration of her grief following her husband’s sudden death, among other books, I turned my attention to the second volume of Gene Wolfe’s The Book of the New Sun tetra-logy, The Claw of the Conciliator...

BRO IT WAS YEARS! Straight up YEARS, fam. Lol.

I am really glad you’ve lived the books so far, though. Can’t wait to read the next review.

Rob Instigator · 08.26.2019, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Severian

Rob,
Nice review of Claw of the Conciliator!

But this bugged me:

BRO IT WAS YEARS! Straight up YEARS, fam. Lol.

I am really glad you’ve lived the books so far, though. Can’t wait to read the next review.

HAHAHHAHHAHHA. it was YEARS! time flies time flies.......

Rob Instigator · 08.26.2019, 09:34 AM

celebrating last weekened early for my birthday and my wife gifted me this holy grail of Star Trek Deep Space Nine collectibles. This book was written by Andrew Robinson who played garak on DS9, and it is awesome, and out of print like a mafk, and rare, and it goes on ebay for $60-90 and my wife managed to find the very last copy held by Texas half price books for only $4.00 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fuck I am a book nerd.

Rob Instigator · 08.26.2019, 09:38 AM

sword of lictor https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2019/...g-with-my.html

d.sound · 08.26.2019, 04:08 PM

Ursula k le guin - the dispossessed

Severian · 08.27.2019, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

sword of lictor https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2019/...g-with-my.html

Yeah, I read that one. Just waiting for Citadel of the Autarch now.

choc e-Claire · 09.08.2019, 10:12 PM

Lucy E. Parsons - The Principles of Anarchism

ilduclo · 09.09.2019, 10:11 AM

I Can't Breathe, the history and particulars of the killing of Eric Garner.

very helpful in understanding the issues. Recco'd

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...-can-t-breathe

Rob Instigator · 09.10.2019, 03:37 PM

finished Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun Vol4 - The Citadel of the Autarch
https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2019/...f-new-sun.html

sonic sphere · 09.15.2019, 11:59 AM

!@#$%! · 09.15.2019, 12:23 PM

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that photo... he must have massive jowls because that’s a huge effort to hide them. the hand , the shade... photoshop would look more natural

Severian · 09.21.2019, 12:50 PM

Finished the “His Dark Materials” series, and now I’m reading the sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale” that just came our - “The Testaments.”

Honestly I’m enjoying it more than Handmaid, which I respect conceptually, but don’t particularly love in terms of style and flow. Quite a pretentious tone, to be honest. I vastly prefer the (also sometimes pretentious) show to the book, but Testaments is written much differently. More in the style of a political thriller. Still plenty of guessing and uncertainty, but more direct and clips right along at a smooth and satisfying pace.

Also it has this whole Trump thing to kind of indirectly lean on as reference material. I’m enjoying it.

tw2113 · 09.21.2019, 04:08 PM

Finished up some B&N pairing of The Time Machine and The Invisible Man. I'm 2 books away from my 20 book goal for 2019. I'll potentially go over

Rob Instigator · 09.23.2019, 02:07 PM

Finished Volume 1 of The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life, by Drunvalo Melchizedek.

https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2019/...c-gets-to.html

tw2113 · 09.23.2019, 09:04 PM

because "Briefing For A Descent Into Hell" isn't presently burning my eyes in joy at the spot I'm at, I decided to start in to a fresh read of "The Hardcore Diaries" by Mick Foley.

Severian · 09.23.2019, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

Finished Volume 1 of The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life, by Drunvalo Melchizedek.

https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2019/...c-gets-to.html

You ever finish BOTNS?

Rob Instigator · 09.24.2019, 09:25 AM

https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2019/...f-new-sun.html Bad ass

08.15.2019, 11:41 AM	#5721
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,961	I have always heard Mike Love was a grade a asshole. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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08.19.2019, 01:57 PM	#5722
ilduclo invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3,305	last books trimpie HASN'T read https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-...ir-authors-fox
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08.20.2019, 04:31 PM	#5723
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,961	finished Joseph McCabe's Is Spiritualism Based on Fraud? (1920) https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2019/...-see-crap.html __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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08.26.2019, 09:34 AM	#5726
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,961	celebrating last weekened early for my birthday and my wife gifted me this holy grail of Star Trek Deep Space Nine collectibles. This book was written by Andrew Robinson who played garak on DS9, and it is awesome, and out of print like a mafk, and rare, and it goes on ebay for $60-90 and my wife managed to find the very last copy held by Texas half price books for only $4.00 !!!!!!!!!!!!!! fuck I am a book nerd. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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08.26.2019, 09:38 AM	#5727
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,961	sword of lictor https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2019/...g-with-my.html __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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08.26.2019, 04:08 PM	#5728
d.sound the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 553	Ursula k le guin - the dispossessed __________________ http://chaotropics.bandcamp.com http://seatone.bandcamp.com
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09.08.2019, 10:12 PM	#5730
choc e-Claire expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 2,464	Lucy E. Parsons - The Principles of Anarchism __________________ Making myself up as I go along. Check out my music-themed blog, 79:57.
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09.09.2019, 10:11 AM	#5731
ilduclo invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3,305	I Can't Breathe, the history and particulars of the killing of Eric Garner. very helpful in understanding the issues. Recco'd https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...-can-t-breathe
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09.10.2019, 03:37 PM	#5732
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,961	finished Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun Vol4 - The Citadel of the Autarch https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2019/...f-new-sun.html __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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09.15.2019, 11:59 AM	#5733
sonic sphere invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 4,446	__________________ "trolling asshat" - All Hail WATT "wanker" - All Hail WATT
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09.21.2019, 12:50 PM	#5735
Severian invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 11,743	Finished the “His Dark Materials” series, and now I’m reading the sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale” that just came our - “The Testaments.” Honestly I’m enjoying it more than Handmaid, which I respect conceptually, but don’t particularly love in terms of style and flow. Quite a pretentious tone, to be honest. I vastly prefer the (also sometimes pretentious) show to the book, but Testaments is written much differently. More in the style of a political thriller. Still plenty of guessing and uncertainty, but more direct and clips right along at a smooth and satisfying pace. Also it has this whole Trump thing to kind of indirectly lean on as reference material. I’m enjoying it.
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09.21.2019, 04:08 PM	#5736
tw2113 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,147	Finished up some B&N pairing of The Time Machine and The Invisible Man. I'm 2 books away from my 20 book goal for 2019. I'll potentially go over __________________ Shake shake
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09.23.2019, 02:07 PM	#5737
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,961	Finished Volume 1 of The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life, by Drunvalo Melchizedek. https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2019/...c-gets-to.html __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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09.23.2019, 09:04 PM	#5738
tw2113 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,147	because "Briefing For A Descent Into Hell" isn't presently burning my eyes in joy at the spot I'm at, I decided to start in to a fresh read of "The Hardcore Diaries" by Mick Foley. __________________ Shake shake
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09.24.2019, 09:25 AM	#5740
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,961	https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2019/...f-new-sun.html Bad ass __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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