what are you reading? - Page 35

whorefrost · 03.28.2007, 04:51 PM

tremendous book. ignore bunbury's uninformed rant about existentialism (if indeed that was directed at a previous Celine reader as I got the impression it was, if not I apologise).

something · 03.28.2007, 05:26 PM

yea i was kinda in a french mood before celine it was sartre* i dunno there just something i dig about early 20th century french writing their thoughts on war as if the charcters were mere observers rather than being soliders its wicked hip
*i think i spelled it wrong

Iain · 03.28.2007, 06:50 PM

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JG Ballard- High Rise
very impressive novel

I haven't read that one yet but I have read a fair few of Ballards other books (about 5 of them...I haven't kept track) and he is generally pretty ace. The Atrocity Exhibition I would rate as one of his best. And perhaps most obtuse. Super Cannes was also really nice.

I think I am going to read Djinn by Alain Robbe-Grillet next.

nomadicfollower · 03.28.2007, 06:56 PM

Poetry, Language, Thought - Martin Heidegger

whorefrost · 03.29.2007, 03:12 PM

Atrocity Exhibition is my friend's favourite novel of all time. I found it great but a bit taxing at times... we named some of our songs by opening Atrocity Exhibition and selecting arbitrary phrases... came out with Beach Fatigue and Dead Planetarium... High Rise is the best thing I've read of his so far.. unless it really starts to suck at the end but I doubt it will

A Thousand Threads · 03.29.2007, 03:21 PM

Lew N. Tolstoj - How Much Land Does a Man Need

I don´t like it very much so far.

Iain · 03.29.2007, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by whorefrost

Atrocity Exhibition is my friend's favourite novel of all time. I found it great but a bit taxing at times... we named some of our songs by opening Atrocity Exhibition and selecting arbitrary phrases... came out with Beach Fatigue and Dead Planetarium... High Rise is the best thing I've read of his so far.. unless it really starts to suck at the end but I doubt it will

I need to read that one. I am a pretty big David Cronenberg fan so any comparison to Shivers interests me. And obviously there are plenty of similarities between Cronenberg and Ballard I think. Not least the fact that Cronenberg obviously adapted Crash (which I still haven't read)

Alas, my local library is pretty lame when it comes to their selection of JG Ballard stuff.

Washing Machine · 03.29.2007, 07:03 PM

I end up reading about 4 books at once usually. At the moment its 'Yes: Yoko Ono' retrospective I got for xmas, A Clockwork Orange and a book on radiohead.

Bunbury · 03.29.2007, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Iain

I need to read that one. I am a pretty big David Cronenberg fan so any comparison to Shivers interests me. And obviously there are plenty of similarities between Cronenberg and Ballard I think. Not least the fact that Cronenberg obviously adapted Crash (which I still haven't read)

Alas, my local library is pretty lame when it comes to their selection of JG Ballard stuff.

I went to the opening of stars, deaths and disasters (Cronenberg's co-curated Warhol exhibit at the art gallery of ontario), to see him speak and I was a little disappointed. It was a really good exhibit, but he just slanted all the interpretations of non-death/disaster works to fit into his theme, which annoyed me a little.

!@#$%! · 03.29.2007, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Bunbury

I went to the opening of stars, deaths and disasters (Cronenberg's co-curated Warhol exhibit at the art gallery of ontario), to see him speak and I was a little disappointed. It was a really good exhibit, but he just slanted all the interpretations of non-death/disaster works to fit into his theme, which annoyed me a little.

read harold bloom's "the anxiety of influence" which will explain what cronenberg was doing

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by the way, miss, i attempted to read that book you posted

EAT THE DOCUMENT

but i couldn't get into it.

well i lack the time & focuse these days, so i don't blame her.

did you finish? you think is worth the effort of a 2nd charge?

!@#$%! · 03.29.2007, 07:25 PM

oh. just did chapter 1.

see i think i have a problem w/ american. what should i call it. realism?

i need writers who drink deep from kafka et. al.

but i'll give it a try again. maybe this weekend. thanks.

Iain · 03.29.2007, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

read harold bloom's "the anxiety of influence" which will explain what cronenberg was doing

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by the way, miss, i attempted to read that book you posted

EAT THE DOCUMENT

but i couldn't get into it.

well i lack the time & focuse these days, so i don't blame her.

did you finish? you think is worth the effort of a 2nd charge?

What book? If there's one thing I'm keen on, it's free books. Obviously, an actual hard copy would be preferable but you can't be fussy when something is free.

Reliable Pharmacy · 03.29.2007, 07:40 PM

!@#$%! · 03.29.2007, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Iain

What book? If there's one thing I'm keen on, it's free books. Obviously, an actual hard copy would be preferable but you can't be fussy when something is free.

i got mine at the library. i do pay taxes!

Iain · 03.29.2007, 07:43 PM

Actually, I had forgotten how good David Cronenberg is until yesterday. I rewatched eXistenZ and enjoyed it for the Nth time. I thought I was burnt out on him (haven't got round to seeing History of Violence yet even) but I guess I still have a lot of time for him. I wrote my dissertation about his films...I thought that had killed any enjoyment I might have of his stuff but it hasn't at all. Actually, I just found my dissertation in a box today...my my, what pseudo intellectual tosh.

Iain · 03.29.2007, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

i got mine at the library. i do pay taxes!

Oh, I thought you meant posted a link to a text file on the internet or something. I just looked and my library has it 'on order'. I have a pile of books that have been sitting on my shelf waiting to be read....I might stick that one in the queue.

Reliable Pharmacy · 03.29.2007, 07:45 PM

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Actually, I had forgotten how good David Cronenberg is until yesterday. I rewatched eXistenZ and enjoyed it for the Nth time. I thought I was burnt out on him (haven't got round to seeing History of Violence yet even) but I guess I still have a lot of time for him. I wrote my dissertation about his films...I thought that had killed any enjoyment I might have of his stuff but it hasn't at all. Actually, I just found my dissertation in a box today...my my, what pseudo intellectual tosh.

sorry, not special.

I got my Cindy Sherman/POP culture/Identity paper back today.

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CONvoluted!

!@#$%! · 03.29.2007, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Reliable Pharmacy

sorry, not special.

I got my Cindy Sherman/POP culture/Identity paper back today.

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CONvoluted!

well youre not an academic so don't worry.

don't let those eggheads kill your joy.

!@#$%! · 03.29.2007, 07:58 PM

CONvoluted?

Reliable Pharmacy · 03.29.2007, 07:59 PM

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03.28.2007, 04:51 PM	#681
whorefrost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arrived in Smoke, Arrived in Gold Posts: 2,569	tremendous book. ignore bunbury's uninformed rant about existentialism (if indeed that was directed at a previous Celine reader as I got the impression it was, if not I apologise).
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03.28.2007, 05:26 PM	#682
something bad moon rising Join Date: May 2006 Location: i live in the desert where nobody goes Posts: 234	yea i was kinda in a french mood before celine it was sartre* i dunno there just something i dig about early 20th century french writing their thoughts on war as if the charcters were mere observers rather than being soliders its wicked hip i think i spelled it wrong __________________ i'll ride off into the sunset of yr colour T.V.* http://www.myspace.com/usedtoaster
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03.29.2007, 03:12 PM	#685
whorefrost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arrived in Smoke, Arrived in Gold Posts: 2,569	Atrocity Exhibition is my friend's favourite novel of all time. I found it great but a bit taxing at times... we named some of our songs by opening Atrocity Exhibition and selecting arbitrary phrases... came out with Beach Fatigue and Dead Planetarium... High Rise is the best thing I've read of his so far.. unless it really starts to suck at the end but I doubt it will
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03.29.2007, 03:21 PM	#686
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Washing Machine expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cardiff, Spiderland Posts: 1,465	I end up reading about 4 books at once usually. At the moment its 'Yes: Yoko Ono' retrospective I got for xmas, A Clockwork Orange and a book on radiohead. __________________ ....Of Course its some kinda cosmic payback for being too ironic!
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03.29.2007, 07:25 PM	#691
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,579	oh. just did chapter 1. see i think i have a problem w/ american. what should i call it. realism? i need writers who drink deep from kafka et. al. but i'll give it a try again. maybe this weekend. thanks.
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03.29.2007, 07:43 PM	#695
Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	Actually, I had forgotten how good David Cronenberg is until yesterday. I rewatched eXistenZ and enjoyed it for the Nth time. I thought I was burnt out on him (haven't got round to seeing History of Violence yet even) but I guess I still have a lot of time for him. I wrote my dissertation about his films...I thought that had killed any enjoyment I might have of his stuff but it hasn't at all. Actually, I just found my dissertation in a box today...my my, what pseudo intellectual tosh.
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