what are you reading? - Page 51

emobear · 01.28.2008, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by m1rr0r dash

do you read them?

This is my first one, actually. I mean like first comic book not for kids. Unfortunately it is Czech only. The title can be translated as "Doctor Women or Another strange game with elephants". It reminds me of noir movies, but it is kinda funny too.

Dead-Air · 02.05.2008, 12:33 AM

Damn, this thread got buried. I had to dig under seven dozen threads about your parents' sexual preferences to find it! Anyhow...

Just started Sailing Bright Eternity, the last of the Galactic Center saga by Gregory Benford.

!@#$%! · 02.05.2008, 12:56 AM

fun!! delicious! disgusting! it will piss you off too!

Glice · 02.05.2008, 02:22 AM

It's a good read that hungry planet. Although it's the pictures that do it.

I'm reading the Penguin classic edition of Meister Eckhart's selected writings (mostly sermons). Good, and ever so slightly mental.

Death & the Maiden · 02.05.2008, 04:20 AM

33 1/3 Daydream Nation. A critical analysis of the album.

Norma J · 02.05.2008, 04:42 AM

My girlfriend ordered in and bought me Mix Tapes by Thurston Moore. It's very cool. I'm reading bits and pieces here and there. Not in the mood to read a novel or whatever at the moment. Mix Tapes is a nice book.

afterthefact · 02.05.2008, 12:31 PM

Just finished Tropic of Cancer last night. GREAT BOOK. Also finished "Bad Monkeys" by Matt Ruff this morning. Ok read, played out very much like a Hollywood action flick if you ask me, as though it's how he pictured to story as he wrote it.

fugazifan · 02.05.2008, 03:32 PM

i love Tropic of cancer

afterthefact · 02.05.2008, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by fugazifan

i love Tropic of cancer

As do I. I believe I'll get Tropic of Capricorn next, since it's supposed to be a sequel. Until then, I'm going to start on "Ironweed," by William Kennedy.

Norma J · 02.05.2008, 07:35 PM

^You've two of my favourite writers in your sig.

afterthefact · 02.05.2008, 07:40 PM

Bukowski. What can one say about him, really? Not a pleasent person, that is for sure. But then again, what artist usually is? He was an amazing writer, and even better poet. I've only recently gotten into him, but I'm glad I did.

Dead-Air · 02.06.2008, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by afterthefact

Not a pleasent person, that is for sure. But then again, what artist usually is?

Quite a few actually (look at say, Sonic Youth for instance) though I don't discount somebody's art just for being an asshole (unless I know them, then it gets harder to separate their art from their bad acts). I love Bukowski too. I think it's largely a myth though that all artists are difficult people, and all too often the myth is used by jerks to make themselves feel superior since they obviously must be geniuses to be such dicks.

afterthefact · 02.06.2008, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Dead-Air

Quite a few actually (look at say, Sonic Youth for instance) though I don't discount somebody's art just for being an asshole (unless I know them, then it gets harder to separate their art from their bad acts). I love Bukowski too. I think it's largely a myth though that all artists are difficult people, and all too often the myth is used by jerks to make themselves feel superior since they obviously must be geniuses to be such dicks.

Yes, but because of that, the myth is usually not so much of a myth as it is a stereotype, the difference being that while myths may have no basis on anything, stereotypes are usually backed up with plenty of examples.

Norma J · 02.06.2008, 04:45 PM

I don't think Bukowski was that terrible of a guy. He had his problems, was very honest, and liked his booze and women, but he realised all this, so doesn't that counteract all of that? He just wasn't as bad as most people make out. I found great pleasure in his Selected Letters* books, and I'm not a saddist. He was quite the gentle creature at times, too.

*As I do his poetry and his novels. But the Letters are very raw and stripped back to the bone.

tesla69 · 02.07.2008, 08:33 AM

Saturday's Child by Ray Banks.

afterthefact · 02.07.2008, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Norma J

I don't think Bukowski was that terrible of a guy. He had his problems, was very honest, and liked his booze and women, but he realised all this, so doesn't that counteract all of that? He just wasn't as bad as most people make out. I found great pleasure in his Selected Letters* books, and I'm not a saddist. He was quite the gentle creature at times, too.

*As I do his poetry and his novels. But the Letters are very raw and stripped back to the bone.

Didn't say he was a bad guy, just not very pleasant, that's all

nicfit · 02.07.2008, 09:18 AM

The original manuscript of Alice Underground with Carrol's illustrations etc etc, sick stuff. I mean, not THE original, a reproduction...

krastian · 02.07.2008, 03:02 PM

Getting ready for spring training!!!

afterthefact · 02.07.2008, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by nicfit

The original manuscript of Alice Underground with Carrol's illustrations etc etc, sick stuff. I mean, not THE original, a reproduction...

I was about to ask where you got that

uhler · 02.07.2008, 03:56 PM

dostoyevsky's short stories

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afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Northern KY, Cinci area Posts: 3,984	Just finished Tropic of Cancer last night. GREAT BOOK. Also finished "Bad Monkeys" by Matt Ruff this morning. Ok read, played out very much like a Hollywood action flick if you ask me, as though it's how he pictured to story as he wrote it. __________________ "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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02.05.2008, 07:40 PM	#1011
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Northern KY, Cinci area Posts: 3,984	Bukowski. What can one say about him, really? Not a pleasent person, that is for sure. But then again, what artist usually is? He was an amazing writer, and even better poet. I've only recently gotten into him, but I'm glad I did. __________________ "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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02.06.2008, 04:45 PM	#1014
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 5,083	I don't think Bukowski was that terrible of a guy. He had his problems, was very honest, and liked his booze and women, but he realised all this, so doesn't that counteract all of that? He just wasn't as bad as most people make out. I found great pleasure in his Selected Letters* books, and I'm not a saddist. He was quite the gentle creature at times, too. *As I do his poetry and his novels. But the Letters are very raw and stripped back to the bone. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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