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gmku · 01.06.2009, 09:38 AM

Just finished re-reading A Clockwork Orange.

Am now about halfway into Schultz and Peanuts. Can't quite decide if I'm bored with it; there's just enough fascination with his life to keep me going, but it can get a little slow.

Have also been sporadically re-reading a so-so bio of James Dean from the 1970s by David Dalton.

gmku · 01.06.2009, 09:39 AM

For some reason, I've got it in my head that I want to re-read Rabbit, Run by John Updike, but I can't find my personal copy. A run to the library is in order.

afterthefact · 01.06.2009, 09:58 AM

I'm in the middle of Franny & Zooey now. Crime and Punishment is next on the list. There are so many of the classic books that I haven't read.

StevOK · 01.06.2009, 10:58 AM

Currently reading Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. Next is Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut.

demonrail666 · 01.06.2009, 11:26 AM

acousticrock87 · 01.06.2009, 02:45 PM

What is that? A biography? I picked up a book of plays by Harold Pinter at a bookstore once and read one, and it was so good I remembered his name, but I assumed he was relatively unknown so I never really looked him up.

demonrail666 · 01.06.2009, 02:52 PM

Yeah, it's a biography that's just been updated and re-released after his death. He's a bit of a hero of mine.

acousticrock87 · 01.06.2009, 02:56 PM

Huh. I had really thought I stumbled upon some amazing obscure playwright at the time, but forgot about him until just now. I'm still going to have to read more of his stuff.

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.06.2009, 05:52 PM

I bought Franny and Zooey and The Great Shark Hunt today. I'm going to finish the Sherlock Holmes stuff before I start those, which will take about 3 days.

demonrail666 · 01.06.2009, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by acousticrock87

Huh. I had really thought I stumbled upon some amazing obscure playwright at the time, but forgot about him until just now. I'm still going to have to read more of his stuff.

Since his now infamous Nobel Prize acceptance speech just before his death his fame as a playwright has been largely eclipsed by his anti-War stance. But you still can't beat his plays like The Homecoming, The Dumb Waiter and The Birthday Party. That he died on Christmas Eve genuinely depressed me.

[Sandbag] · 01.06.2009, 08:21 PM

the wasteland by t.s. eliot

!@#$%! · 01.06.2009, 10:19 PM

SRSLY

atsonicpark · 01.06.2009, 10:21 PM

Ohhh!

!@#$%! · 01.06.2009, 10:24 PM

well the economic collapse already came exactly like he predicted (its a 2006 book) but he's got long term strategies cuz things won't end here. HIGHLY recommended.

long story short: the dollar is going down the sewer, invest in gold, foreign stocks, etc.

(have you seen those ads of companies that offer to buy gold, on tv? they know what the fuck's up)

GravitySlips · 01.06.2009, 10:25 PM

i picked up a couple of Isaac Asimov books yesterday, gonna start one of them tonight.

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.08.2009, 12:08 AM

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, finished 3 stories tonight
I'm also going to start on this tonight:

List of books I have already purchased/have for near future reading:
The Great Shark Hunt-Hunter S. Thompson
Franny and Zooey-J.D. Salinger
Silence of the Lambs-Thomas Harris
Angels and Demons-Dan Brown

Books I'm trying to find at a decent price (I don't want to pay $20 for copy)
Atlas Shrugged-Ayn Rand
Good Omens-Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
something by Nietzsche

acousticrock87 · 01.08.2009, 12:40 AM

I just bought Rushdie's Midnight's Children and Marquez's 100 Years of Solitude. Add that to Absalom, Absalom! and this year's going to be a nice study in magic realism.

Rob Instigator · 01.08.2009, 10:29 AM

robert anton wilson "Illuminati papers"

guerilla ontology at it's finest.

afterthefact · 01.08.2009, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Sonic Youth 37

I bought Franny and Zooey and The Great Shark Hunt today. I'm going to finish the Sherlock Holmes stuff before I start those, which will take about 3 days.

I'm in the middle of Franny and Zooey right now. It's no Catcher In The Rye, but it's good.

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01.06.2009, 09:38 AM	#1602
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Just finished re-reading A Clockwork Orange. Am now about halfway into Schultz and Peanuts. Can't quite decide if I'm bored with it; there's just enough fascination with his life to keep me going, but it can get a little slow. Have also been sporadically re-reading a so-so bio of James Dean from the 1970s by David Dalton. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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01.06.2009, 09:39 AM	#1603
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	For some reason, I've got it in my head that I want to re-read Rabbit, Run by John Updike, but I can't find my personal copy. A run to the library is in order. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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01.06.2009, 09:58 AM	#1604
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	I'm in the middle of Franny & Zooey now. Crime and Punishment is next on the list. There are so many of the classic books that I haven't read. __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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01.06.2009, 10:58 AM	#1605
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01.06.2009, 11:26 AM	#1606
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01.06.2009, 02:45 PM	#1607
acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	What is that? A biography? I picked up a book of plays by Harold Pinter at a bookstore once and read one, and it was so good I remembered his name, but I assumed he was relatively unknown so I never really looked him up.
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01.06.2009, 02:52 PM	#1608
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Yeah, it's a biography that's just been updated and re-released after his death. He's a bit of a hero of mine.
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01.06.2009, 02:56 PM	#1609
acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	Huh. I had really thought I stumbled upon some amazing obscure playwright at the time, but forgot about him until just now. I'm still going to have to read more of his stuff.
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01.06.2009, 05:52 PM	#1610
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	I bought Franny and Zooey and The Great Shark Hunt today. I'm going to finish the Sherlock Holmes stuff before I start those, which will take about 3 days. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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01.06.2009, 08:21 PM	#1612
[Sandbag] 100% Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 820	the wasteland by t.s. eliot __________________ My new facebook page for my new mainstream noise band
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01.06.2009, 10:19 PM	#1613
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,576	SRSLY
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01.06.2009, 10:21 PM	#1614
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Ohhh! __________________
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01.06.2009, 10:24 PM	#1615
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,576	well the economic collapse already came exactly like he predicted (its a 2006 book) but he's got long term strategies cuz things won't end here. HIGHLY recommended. long story short: the dollar is going down the sewer, invest in gold, foreign stocks, etc. (have you seen those ads of companies that offer to buy gold, on tv? they know what the fuck's up)
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01.06.2009, 10:25 PM	#1616
GravitySlips children of satan Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 373	i picked up a couple of Isaac Asimov books yesterday, gonna start one of them tonight.
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01.08.2009, 12:08 AM	#1617
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, finished 3 stories tonight I'm also going to start on this tonight: List of books I have already purchased/have for near future reading: The Great Shark Hunt-Hunter S. Thompson Franny and Zooey-J.D. Salinger Silence of the Lambs-Thomas Harris Angels and Demons-Dan Brown Books I'm trying to find at a decent price (I don't want to pay $20 for copy) Atlas Shrugged-Ayn Rand Good Omens-Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman something by Nietzsche __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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01.08.2009, 12:40 AM	#1618
acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	I just bought Rushdie's Midnight's Children and Marquez's 100 Years of Solitude. Add that to Absalom, Absalom! and this year's going to be a nice study in magic realism.
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01.08.2009, 10:29 AM	#1619
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	robert anton wilson "Illuminati papers" guerilla ontology at it's finest. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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