what are you reading? - Page 46

Stijn · 09.15.2007, 01:53 PM

American Splendor

fugazifan · 09.15.2007, 09:57 PM

just read the power and the glory by graham greene
now i am reading
justine by the marquis de sade
also reading poetry by blake and rimbaud

Ripchord · 09.15.2007, 09:58 PM

reading more plays:
Angels In America
Spring Awakening (both versions)
Fuddy Meers

Silent Dan Speaks · 09.16.2007, 05:54 PM

I'm reading a whole mess of things for college, but I'm thinking about reading Gravity's Rainbow again.

Is anyone else here into Pynchon? I'm wondering if I should read Mason and Dixon or Against the Day first, but it'll be a while since school doesn't leave me much time to read for fun.

drrrtyboots · 09.16.2007, 06:06 PM

Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney.

racehorse · 09.16.2007, 06:09 PM

funeral rites by jean genet, i'd recommend it.

Bunbury · 10.18.2007, 05:02 PM

Myth Today-Barthes.

tearaway spine · 10.18.2007, 05:34 PM

a book of short stories by truman capote. i had forgotten how much i prefer the breakfast at tiffany's story to the movie.

Norma J · 10.18.2007, 05:35 PM

Ham on Rye by Bukowski.

Very good, although rather depressing.

Пятхъдесят Шест · 10.18.2007, 06:28 PM

Still...

!@#$%! · 10.18.2007, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Пятхъдесят Шест

Still...

how is that book? the title of his first novel was so aggravating i never picked it up. actually i did. the first pages didn't impress me, so i chucked it back to the pile.

which reminds me, i have to go to the library & supermarket #2.

see you later.

gmku · 10.18.2007, 08:43 PM

finding nobody · 10.18.2007, 09:21 PM

nomadicfollower · 10.20.2007, 11:01 AM

Almost painfully, but with much anticipation still, Hegel's Phenomenology of the Spirit.
Just a sort of prelude to my rereading it and maybe understanding it.

Glice · 10.20.2007, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by racehorse

funeral rites by jean genet, i'd recommend it.

Having read, I think, all of his books available in English, I'd say this was his best. He's an awesome writer, I always entirely forget how brilliant he is. If you've not read Bataille yet I can't recommend him highly enough. In a similar vein, but darker.

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Originally Posted by nomadicfollower

Almost painfully, but with much anticipation still, Hegel's Phenomenology of the Spirit.
Just a sort of prelude to my rereading it and maybe understanding it.

I admire you for trying. I can't think of anyone I've met that happily says they've got that book... bearing in mind that, unlike a lot of people, I know about 30-odd who've tried. It's a fucking monster of pain. Which reminds me, must batter my head against it again at some point in the future.

I'm dipping in and out of Kant's 3rd Critique and Deleuze's 1000 plateaus with a side-order of re-reading Homer for my lunch breaks.

noumenal · 10.20.2007, 11:45 AM

You know, I've been reading some music theory of antiquity lately. I can't recommend this more--it's fucking enlightening and downright hilarious.

For example: Cleonides, Aristides Quintilianus, Boethius, Hucbald, Guido of Arezzo, etc.

racehorse · 10.20.2007, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by gmku

how is this?
i've just finished his 2007 book "tree of smoke" - it's a really stunning and impressive novel.

Dead-Air · 10.20.2007, 01:36 PM

I just started Odds Are Murder by the late Mike McQuay. It's part of his Mathew Swain, 21st Century Private Detective series that put Raymond Chandleresqe formulas into a science fiction setting. Almost parody in it's cliches, but always fun. And no, his 21st Century isn't this one, but it's not too different from what Ridley Scott made famous in Blade Runner.

m1rr0r dash · 10.22.2007, 01:03 AM

m1rr0r dash · 10.22.2007, 12:32 PM

also this

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09.16.2007, 05:54 PM	#904
Silent Dan Speaks the destroyed room Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 603	I'm reading a whole mess of things for college, but I'm thinking about reading Gravity's Rainbow again. Is anyone else here into Pynchon? I'm wondering if I should read Mason and Dixon or Against the Day first, but it'll be a while since school doesn't leave me much time to read for fun.
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drrrtyboots invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: in the forest(s) Posts: 2,946	Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney. __________________
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racehorse 100% Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 784	funeral rites by jean genet, i'd recommend it. __________________ She holds the room up by talk alone
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Bunbury stalker Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 432	Myth Today-Barthes.
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tearaway spine little trouble girl Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: somewhere Posts: 34	a book of short stories by truman capote. i had forgotten how much i prefer the breakfast at tiffany's story to the movie. __________________ i never plan to let go of the hand that has been clinging by its sick country skin to my yellow country teeth
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Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	Ham on Rye by Bukowski. Very good, although rather depressing. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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nomadicfollower invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North America Posts: 2,672	Almost painfully, but with much anticipation still, Hegel's Phenomenology of the Spirit. Just a sort of prelude to my rereading it and maybe understanding it.
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10.20.2007, 11:45 AM	#916
noumenal expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,855	You know, I've been reading some music theory of antiquity lately. I can't recommend this more--it's fucking enlightening and downright hilarious. For example: Cleonides, Aristides Quintilianus, Boethius, Hucbald, Guido of Arezzo, etc.
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10.20.2007, 01:36 PM	#918
Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	I just started Odds Are Murder by the late Mike McQuay. It's part of his Mathew Swain, 21st Century Private Detective series that put Raymond Chandleresqe formulas into a science fiction setting. Almost parody in it's cliches, but always fun. And no, his 21st Century isn't this one, but it's not too different from what Ridley Scott made famous in Blade Runner. __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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