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Sonic Youth 37 · 01.10.2009, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by afterthefact

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

I'll be starting on it as soon as I'm finished with Holmes, which means mid-week. I'm having trouble tracking down "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" and a decently priced copy of "Atlas Shrugged"

acousticrock87 · 01.10.2009, 08:29 PM

They should have trade paperback copies of all of Rand's stuff at chain bookstores. Granted, that's not the most relaxing way to read million-page books, and her posse throws a sheet of cardstock advertisement in the middle so that it will always open to that fucking page, even if you tear it out.

Fucking objectivists.

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.10.2009, 08:30 PM

Yeah, I've found all but Atlas Shrugged at Borders or B&N. I really just want to find it at the used bookstore I have $24 trade credit at. It would be like $5 trade there.

acousticrock87 · 01.10.2009, 08:33 PM

Isn't Atlas Shrugged just Fountainhead Deluxe? I've heard they're pretty much the same. I can't stand her. I dunno.

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.10.2009, 08:39 PM

I'm not sure. Oh well. I have this thing about long novels. I'll flip my shit if/when The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion gets published.

acousticrock87 · 01.10.2009, 08:44 PM

I couldn't do that. I feel like I get trapped in those, and have a harder time reading other stuff when I feel like I have another thing to finish. That would be a lifetime project.

Speaking of which, I almost picked up e.e. cummings's Eimi. It looks amazing. I didn't even know it existed.

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.10.2009, 08:47 PM

I'm usually pretty good about reading several books at time. I'm hoping that for this semester I'll be able to keep up (mostly) reading 2 novels a time in English, along with one in French. I might have to cut that back to one in each language, but I'll give it a shot.

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.12.2009, 02:13 AM

laugh if you must, but I just sat down and read this in under an hour and found it to be quite enjoyable.

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.12.2009, 09:24 PM

finished Franny section.

bought these today:
The Prince - Machiavelli
Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
Fight Club - Chuck Palahnuik

afterthefact · 01.13.2009, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Sonic Youth 37

finished Franny section.

bought these today:
The Prince - Machiavelli
Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
Fight Club - Chuck Palahnuik

The Franny section is good, and the Zooey section is great because it adds more explaination to why the the Franny section happened the way it did. It's almost genius

I just finished that two nights ago, now I am on Crime and Punishment.

pbradley · 01.13.2009, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

SRSLY

Write a fiction about how to profit from it and sell it before it all comes tumbling down?

Green Magnesium · 01.13.2009, 09:36 AM

I'm going through all 6 volumes of Clive Barker's Books of Blood. Some truly twisted stuff going on here.

gmku · 01.13.2009, 11:02 AM

I'm writing a book called After the Crash: How to Make Oodles of Money from Other People's Misery after They Lose Everything.

Sonic Youth 37 · 01.13.2009, 11:07 AM

^half-priced lottery tickets and weapons-grade liquor

gmku · 01.13.2009, 11:10 AM

Haha, yeh, and Wal-Mart discounts.

Rob Instigator · 01.13.2009, 11:33 AM

Richard Dawkins - The GOD Delusion

demonrail666 · 01.13.2009, 11:41 AM

demonrail666 · 01.13.2009, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

Richard Dawkins - The GOD Delusion

What's that like? I keep umming and ahhing whenever I see it in the bookshops.

gmku · 01.13.2009, 11:45 AM

I'm a little over halfway through Schulz. My God, that man raked in some dough!!!

Rob Instigator · 01.13.2009, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

What's that like? I keep umming and ahhing whenever I see it in the bookshops.

It is a very interesting read man!

Mr. Dawkins is not a crackpot crank, even though his detractors claim so, and his writing is great. for athiests, he can crystallize a lot of the thoughts and ideas they may have but cannot put ino words. for theists, he gives food for thought, without outright indignation or insults.

01.10.2009, 08:29 PM	#1622
acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	They should have trade paperback copies of all of Rand's stuff at chain bookstores. Granted, that's not the most relaxing way to read million-page books, and her posse throws a sheet of cardstock advertisement in the middle so that it will always open to that fucking page, even if you tear it out. Fucking objectivists.
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01.10.2009, 08:30 PM	#1623
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	Yeah, I've found all but Atlas Shrugged at Borders or B&N. I really just want to find it at the used bookstore I have $24 trade credit at. It would be like $5 trade there. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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01.10.2009, 08:33 PM	#1624
acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	Isn't Atlas Shrugged just Fountainhead Deluxe? I've heard they're pretty much the same. I can't stand her. I dunno.
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01.10.2009, 08:39 PM	#1625
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'm not sure. Oh well. I have this thing about long novels. I'll flip my shit if/when The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion gets published. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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01.10.2009, 08:44 PM	#1626
acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	I couldn't do that. I feel like I get trapped in those, and have a harder time reading other stuff when I feel like I have another thing to finish. That would be a lifetime project. Speaking of which, I almost picked up e.e. cummings's Eimi. It looks amazing. I didn't even know it existed.
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01.10.2009, 08:47 PM	#1627
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'm usually pretty good about reading several books at time. I'm hoping that for this semester I'll be able to keep up (mostly) reading 2 novels a time in English, along with one in French. I might have to cut that back to one in each language, but I'll give it a shot. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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01.12.2009, 02:13 AM	#1628
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	laugh if you must, but I just sat down and read this in under an hour and found it to be quite enjoyable. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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01.12.2009, 09:24 PM	#1629
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	finished Franny section. bought these today: The Prince - Machiavelli Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand Fight Club - Chuck Palahnuik __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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01.13.2009, 09:36 AM	#1632
Green Magnesium 100% Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A House Like a Lotus Posts: 809	I'm going through all 6 volumes of Clive Barker's Books of Blood. Some truly twisted stuff going on here.
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01.13.2009, 11:02 AM	#1633
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I'm writing a book called After the Crash: How to Make Oodles of Money from Other People's Misery after They Lose Everything. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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01.13.2009, 11:07 AM	#1634
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	^half-priced lottery tickets and weapons-grade liquor __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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01.13.2009, 11:10 AM	#1635
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Haha, yeh, and Wal-Mart discounts. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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01.13.2009, 11:33 AM	#1636
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,990	Richard Dawkins - The GOD Delusion __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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01.13.2009, 11:41 AM	#1637
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510
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01.13.2009, 11:45 AM	#1639
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I'm a little over halfway through Schulz. My God, that man raked in some dough!!! __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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