Thread: What are you reading?

art psalms / alex grey

Originally Posted by babylemonade

I'm also in the middle of re-reading "House of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski. Although it's still a delicious mindfuck, it's kinda disappointing re-reading because I know what's coming up. Still fun to read, though.

I adore this book, if only because of its mind fuck. They way its all structured makes for a very interesting read!

I'm currently making my way through David Eddings' library of work. Fantasy has always been a favourite of mine ^^

Anyone read Anathem by Neil Stephenson? I heard it's really good but its a slow start so I was wondering what people thought about it.

(BTW I think House of Leaves is my favorite book of all time next to the HGTG series and Slaughterhouse Five)

Originally Posted by Quietus

I adore this book, if only because of its mind fuck. They way its all structured makes for a very interesting read!

I'm currently making my way through David Eddings' library of work. Fantasy has always been a favourite of mine ^^

I've always been so curious about House of Leaves, seems to have such mixed opinions though. Either love or hate kind of thing. I should pick it up some time.

Originally Posted by Omnis Dei

(BTW I think House of Leaves is my favorite book of all time next to the HGTG series and Slaughterhouse Five)

HGTG is amazing, one of my all time favourite quotes from HGTG or anything else for that matter is 'Time is an illusion, lunctime doubly so'.

When people ask me why I hate celebrating New Years Eve, that's what I tell them. Nobody has ever recognised where it comes from.

A Streetcar Named Desire, for english class... Boring as hell.

I am about to finish The fellowship of the ring

Finished the Tell-Tale Brain. My reading has diminished because the semester started up again but I started reading "The Upside of Irrationality" by Dan Ariely. I bought it expecting it to be an expose into behavioral economics but it turned out to be more of a self help(?) book focusing on how understanding and recognizing cognitive biases can lead us to make better decisions in life. I thought it was an academic book but was a bit disappointed.

I'm almost done I don't know what I want to pick up next I have literally 50 books on my book list (I have the bad habit of pushing books on this list back when I get a new book). Thinking about picking up Patricia Churchland's new BrainTrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us About Morality.

William Gibson - Pattern Regonication
O Scott Card - the Chrystal City
and comic version of Kings Black Tower

nice and revealing compo and good raeding for passing times

Had chamomile tea, finished Liar's Poker.

Highly recommend it.

The curious incident of the dog in the night-time ... gave up on it, tho - the worst book I remember reading
Reading On the Genealogy of Morality by Nietzsche for my philosophy study

I recommend Alamut by Vladimir Bartol (a slovenian author) - a great novel

I'm about to start reading Siddhartha by Herman Hesse for my English class. I get the gist of the book, but beyond that I'm not sure what to expect.

Mythology Of The Success-The Axioms Of the Last by Ivan Gaberov. In essence, this work is form criticism of the Bible, providing quite interesting views upon life, success, death, matrix, civilization, god(s). The text is 'heavy' at some points, but the book is worth reading; this guy puts great passion in writing.

Im on to the third book in the codex alera, titled Cursor's Fury. It is definitely cool having the setting being roman rather than english for a high fantasy series. Im pleased that the plot has taken some interesting political turns and the main character hasnt developed any super powers yet (though i kind of hope he does by the end of the series lol)

Sophie's World Norwegian philosophers quick history on philosophy mixed in with a pretty two dimensional character (at least in my opinion), but the non-fiction bits are still an interesting read.

The Solitaire Mystery Extremely good multi-layered foreign fiction. Finishing this one up.

Insomnia Stephen King at his best. Enthralling story that is thoughtful and fucked. I'm re-reading it but its one of my favorites from him, and worth it.

I'm totally sucked into Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep. It has a heavy dose of space opera, but also some great commentary on the internet (pretty impressive considering the state of the internet in the early '90s) and cross-cultural interactions.

Originally Posted by Supernova

I'm about to start reading Siddhartha by Herman Hesse for my English class. I get the gist of the book, but beyond that I'm not sure what to expect.

If it's the first Hesse you've read, just don't judge his work in general by that book. It's not a bad book, but it does tend to get overhyped, and it's hardly his best work. Narcissus and Goldmund is my favorite of his. Demian is also solid, and The Glass Bead Game (a.k.a. Magister Ludi) is dense, but rewarding.

The first bit of it has been pretty interesting, although after that I have a few things lined up that I'd like to get back to, not least of which being Brave New World, which I have on my kindle; however I could see myself enjoying some of his other works.

Just read Siddhartha this morning. Feel like reading some Herman Melville next.

I'm not reading anything

I have a couple hours left on The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle audiobook, but I wrapped up A Fire Upon the Deep yesterday (awesome! I can see its influence in a lot of sci-fi from the last 20 years, but I do wish it had a better editor to clean up Vinge's grammar/typos in a lot of places). I'm thinking about picking up Ready Player One, but only have it in big ol' dead tree format--ebooks have totally spoiled me

Originally Posted by Supernova

I'm about to start reading Siddhartha by Herman Hesse for my English class. I get the gist of the book, but beyond that I'm not sure what to expect.

I. Loved. Siddhartha. So much so that I bought myself a hardcover copy for excessive re-reading.

I'm currently reading Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey for my Euro course, (we had previously read The Decameron.) and I'll be reading For One More Day by Mitch Albom, because my friend told me it's a "must."

After that I'll be reading the two new books I bought, Fahrenheit 451 (it's new to me) and Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World by HH The Dalai Lama.

Update on my readings: I read "Fahrenheit 451," which I now understand why it is considered a classic. I read Animal Farm again (although last time, I was in 7th grade, and none of us understood the themes other than 'haha talking pigs.') I'm almost through "Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World" by HH The Dalai Lama. Interesting read, that one. I finished Innocent Traitor (very good) and Cat's Cradle (not sure how I feel about it... but that's always a good sign.)

For Spring Break I have just started "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Friend." I've read one page. And laughed aloud, twice. I think that's a good sign, perhaps? (My friend hasn't gotten me "For One More Day" yet, but I'm sure I'll have it soon.)

My next required reading is "Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague."

/takes a breath I have a lot of reading coming up... gunna be a great Spring Break (I hope.)

I dont know if it counts but im reading DC's 52 series right now

The Alchemist

Sanford Meisner on Acting
Of use even for those not interested in acting.

Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep

Just started this one. So far it seems interesting, but I'm only on Chapter 3.



A Briefer History Of Time

I wanted to start learning about the universe and physics, so I decided to start with this and move upwards from there.



Linchpin

A completely different book focused on the mindsets entrepreneurs, and most people in general, ought to have for gaining maximum value.