what are you reading? - Page 38

Bunbury · 04.23.2007, 07:51 PM

Currently Reading:
The Death and Life of Great American Cities- Jane Jacobs.

Future Reading:
My Mother: Demonology- Kathy Acker
Notebooks of a Naked Youth- Billy Childish

Iain · 04.24.2007, 04:14 AM

Currently reading Recollections of a Golden Triangle by Alain Robbe-Grillet.

jon boy · 04.24.2007, 04:29 AM

the secret history.

nomadicfollower · 04.24.2007, 04:11 PM

Nothing.
And I've never been more proud.

gmku · 04.24.2007, 04:14 PM

Batman: Dark Victory

Cued up: Batman: The Long Halloween

I also have Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas tucked in my bag, but I keep forgettting to pull it out and open the damned thing. It would be a re-read.

Bunbury · 04.25.2007, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iain

Currently reading Recollections of a Golden Triangle by Alain Robbe-Grillet.

oh my,
"The Golden Triangle of the title refers to a bizarre sex cult that requires a steady supply of adolescent girls for sacrifice. The sordid tale is narrated by a kidnapper who passes himself off as a mad doctor who revels in slicing off the clothes of his prey ("I slit the golden dress axially with a single stroke of the scalpel"). He muses, "No sooner have I opened the paper at the sex-crimes page than I feel a flush come to my cheeks," and offers recurring images of "golden pubic fleece," "the black triangle of fleece," "the incipient fleece" and the "Titian-red pubis."

Quote:

the secret history.

I've always wanted to read that, Are you enjoying it?

Quote:

Nothing.
And I've never been more proud.

whys that?

Iain · 04.25.2007, 07:30 PM

I meant to type Recollections of THE Golden Triangle. That's the actual title. It isn't that kinky so far and the last book I read by the same author (Djinn) wasn't kinky at all. I had no idea, honest!

nomadicfollower · 04.25.2007, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bunbury

whys that?

Reading constantly takes away from one's own thoughts. It only likens thoughts to what is read.

pbradley · 04.25.2007, 08:56 PM

I will read The Man Who Was Thursday over the summer when I don't have all this class reading to do.

But what I am reading right now:
Metaphysics - Aristotle
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison - Foucault
Critique of Pure Reasion - Immanuel Kant (yet again)

!@#$%! · 04.25.2007, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nomadicfollower

Reading constantly takes away from one's own thoughts. It only likens thoughts to what is read.

it's true, reading can be a form of addiction/evasion. a lot better than tv though, unless you're talking danielle steel (sp?) & such other pap.

Пятхъдесят Шест · 05.21.2007, 08:52 PM

Recently finished:

Currently reading:

Anyone care to share some thoughts on these books, if indeed you have read them?

Dead-Air · 05.21.2007, 10:33 PM

Just finished True Blood by Mike McQuay and now about to start the sequel Mother Earth. He was a working class guy, turned science fiction writer, who never made much money writing and died young. He was incredibly prophetic in some of his ideas though. In the early '80s he wrote Jitterbug which predicted a future world conquered by Islamic extremists, and in these books he deals with a world gone post-apocolypse not from nuclear war, but from global warming and genetic engineering. Pretty amazing, since he wrote the books in 1985 in the heighth of the Reagan years when nukes were the only civilization destroyer in most SF lit.

Alex's Trip · 05.21.2007, 11:03 PM

The List of Seven by Mark Frost. My English teacher let me borrow because we were talking about Twin Peaks the other day, and he remembered he had the book.

finding nobody · 05.21.2007, 11:15 PM

Just finished these:

I'm now reading:

and, I'm about to start:

Alex's Trip · 05.21.2007, 11:20 PM

Oh man. House of Leaves was a truly amazing book. I loved it.

SynthethicalY · 05.21.2007, 11:24 PM

I want to get house of leaves, but by the time I go to a bookstore, my funds are already depleted.

finding nobody · 05.21.2007, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex's Trip

Oh man. House of Leaves was a truly amazing book. I loved it.

My brain is fucked just by flipping through it!

Silent Dan Speaks · 05.21.2007, 11:59 PM

I didn't think House of Leaves was as great as everyone says it is, but I did enjoy it quite a bit.

I'm reading Gravity's Rainbow at the moment.

SynthethicalY · 05.22.2007, 12:00 AM

I am reading Memory Babe.

racehorse · 05.22.2007, 07:04 AM

i'm rereading Leaves of Grass.
Novelwise i'm reading 100 years of solitude by gabriel garcia marquez

04.23.2007, 07:51 PM	#741
Bunbury stalker Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 432	Currently Reading: The Death and Life of Great American Cities- Jane Jacobs. Future Reading: My Mother: Demonology- Kathy Acker Notebooks of a Naked Youth- Billy Childish
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

04.24.2007, 04:14 AM	#742
Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	Currently reading Recollections of a Golden Triangle by Alain Robbe-Grillet.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

04.24.2007, 04:29 AM	#743
jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	the secret history. __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

04.24.2007, 04:11 PM	#744
nomadicfollower invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North America Posts: 2,672	Nothing. And I've never been more proud.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

04.24.2007, 04:14 PM	#745
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Batman: Dark Victory Cued up: Batman: The Long Halloween I also have Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas tucked in my bag, but I keep forgettting to pull it out and open the damned thing. It would be a re-read. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

04.25.2007, 07:30 PM	#747
Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	I meant to type Recollections of THE Golden Triangle. That's the actual title. It isn't that kinky so far and the last book I read by the same author (Djinn) wasn't kinky at all. I had no idea, honest!
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

04.25.2007, 08:56 PM	#749
pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	I will read The Man Who Was Thursday over the summer when I don't have all this class reading to do. But what I am reading right now: Metaphysics - Aristotle Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison - Foucault Critique of Pure Reasion - Immanuel Kant (yet again)
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.21.2007, 08:52 PM	#751
Пятхъдесят Шест invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Omaha, Nebraska, USA Posts: 3,063	Recently finished: Currently reading: Anyone care to share some thoughts on these books, if indeed you have read them?
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.21.2007, 10:33 PM	#752
Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	Just finished True Blood by Mike McQuay and now about to start the sequel Mother Earth. He was a working class guy, turned science fiction writer, who never made much money writing and died young. He was incredibly prophetic in some of his ideas though. In the early '80s he wrote Jitterbug which predicted a future world conquered by Islamic extremists, and in these books he deals with a world gone post-apocolypse not from nuclear war, but from global warming and genetic engineering. Pretty amazing, since he wrote the books in 1985 in the heighth of the Reagan years when nukes were the only civilization destroyer in most SF lit. __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.21.2007, 11:03 PM	#753
Alex's Trip invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 5,608	The List of Seven by Mark Frost. My English teacher let me borrow because we were talking about Twin Peaks the other day, and he remembered he had the book.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.21.2007, 11:15 PM	#754
finding nobody invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 7,275	Just finished these: I'm now reading: and, I'm about to start:
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.21.2007, 11:20 PM	#755
Alex's Trip invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 5,608	Oh man. House of Leaves was a truly amazing book. I loved it.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.21.2007, 11:24 PM	#756
SynthethicalY invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,408	I want to get house of leaves, but by the time I go to a bookstore, my funds are already depleted.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.21.2007, 11:59 PM	#758
Silent Dan Speaks the destroyed room Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 603	I didn't think House of Leaves was as great as everyone says it is, but I did enjoy it quite a bit. I'm reading Gravity's Rainbow at the moment.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.22.2007, 12:00 AM	#759
SynthethicalY invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,408	I am reading Memory Babe.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.22.2007, 07:04 AM	#760
racehorse 100% Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 784	i'm rereading Leaves of Grass. Novelwise i'm reading 100 years of solitude by gabriel garcia marquez __________________ She holds the room up by talk alone
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|