what are you reading? - Page 62

davenotdead · 06.17.2008, 01:09 PM

these 2 at the moment

✌➬ · 06.17.2008, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

i bought my faulkner on sunday at the used bookstore for $4.50

and the new yorker new last night for $5

i meant the new yorker cos i said this summer. i loved the story by nabokov & the essay/reflection/whatever by murakami. looking forward to the rest-- annie proulx...

well shit here's the table of contents:

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/to...0080602/?yrail

plus, there's some web-only material.

the june 23 issue is already lsted so maybe subscribers are getting it already. im merely an occasional buyer.

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but find yourself a good used bookstore yo. best place ever.

The used bookstore I used to frequent is now closed.

Poor Immigrant · 06.18.2008, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

My Favourite book!

lucyrulesok · 06.18.2008, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by davenotdead

i read this recently, dunno if you got the same edition as me but mine had a really interesting and insightful introduction, not of the likes of of 'OMG KEROUAC WAS SOOO COOL'. always a good read.

terminal pharmacy · 06.18.2008, 08:40 AM

susan sontag regarding the pain of others

demonrail666 · 06.18.2008, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by terminal pharmacy

susan sontag regarding the pain of others

I really want to read that. Is it any good?

acousticrock87 · 06.18.2008, 02:19 PM

Ulysses for the last 6 months. I feel smart when I hold it and dumb when I read it.

Rob Instigator · 06.18.2008, 02:21 PM

from what I read, Ulysses and Finneganss wake are best if read aloud by an Irish person. the words/sounds make more sense that way.

acousticrock87 · 06.18.2008, 02:51 PM

I've tried sounding it out in an Irish accent in my head, and it does help. But in the end I just end up reading everything three times, and eventually it all makes sense. It's a lot of fucking work, but it is an amazing book despite all that.

Danny Himself · 06.18.2008, 02:55 PM

Good to see you back, acousticrock87!

acousticrock87 · 06.18.2008, 02:59 PM

Thank you much.

schizophrenicroom · 06.18.2008, 05:57 PM

sentimental education
the french lieutenant's woman

davenotdead · 06.19.2008, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by lucyrulesok

i read this recently, dunno if you got the same edition as me but mine had a really interesting and insightful introduction, not of the likes of of 'OMG KEROUAC WAS SOOO COOL'. always a good read.

good to know... i was saving the introduction for later... the pic i posted is exactly the one i'm reading

girlgun · 06.19.2008, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

i loved it.

Lamont Cranston · 06.19.2008, 02:14 PM

The Politics of Heroin, 1991 second edition

!@#$%! · 06.19.2008, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by acousticrock87

Ulysses for the last 6 months. I feel smart when I hold it and dumb when I read it.

just get an annotation book read it side by side, it's quite enlightening

this one is kind of a classic:

one of the things joyce does is inject the whole of irish history and western culture into the brains of his subjects, and then he puts a microphone inside their heads, so the book helps you understand what they were thinking about, making you gain a 3D perspective so to speak.

acousticrock87 · 06.19.2008, 02:52 PM

I plan to read it again like that, but I decided I would read it through once on my own. It's quite an experience, and you can only do it once.

I have been reading up a bit on each chapter after I finish, though. And that one you recommended I've considered buying several times, as it looks amazing (it has maps!), but it's about $30 minimum and I rarely have that much at once.

Cantankerous · 06.24.2008, 07:52 PM

still.

good book.

!@#$%! · 06.24.2008, 07:57 PM

read this on the weekend-- i read comix too fast to ever "be reading them"

also, im still stuck on this:

Cantankerous · 06.24.2008, 07:57 PM

eccchhhhhhh faulkner.

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acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	I plan to read it again like that, but I decided I would read it through once on my own. It's quite an experience, and you can only do it once. I have been reading up a bit on each chapter after I finish, though. And that one you recommended I've considered buying several times, as it looks amazing (it has maps!), but it's about $30 minimum and I rarely have that much at once.
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