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just read animal farm by orwell. nice short little satire on communist russia.

Almost finished with The Godfather, stuck about 75% of the way through Tolstoy's Anna Karenin (it's fucking arduous), and also reading John Steinbeck's Cannery Row in between.

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov This was recommended in an earlier book thread, and I've had it on my bookshelf for a few months now and am only just getting around to reading it. And it's absolutely fantastic - definitely met the high expectations set by whoever posted it before. The prose is fairly simple, but very rich.

Excellent book and one that has been very popular in Australia. I didn't realise it was popular internationally. The only aspect of the novel that disappointed me was how much of it is bullshit. It's a great story, but a lot of it is heavily embellished or else I suspect completely made-up.

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Originally posted by Domesticated Excellent book and one that has been very popular in Australia. I didn't realise it was popular internationally. The only aspect of the novel that disappointed me was how much of it is bullshit. It's a great story, but a lot of it is heavily embellished or else I suspect completely made-up.

Agreed, though it does help to think of the entire work as a piece of fiction rather than an autobiography. I'd never heard of it before seeing it in a thread here, so I'm not sure whether it's well known in the states or not. Barnes and Noble only had one copy on the shelves.

Currently reading:



Much darker than expected thus far.

I've just started reading Andrew Loog Oldham's two part autobiography 'Stoned & 2Stoned'.
He was The Rolling Stones manager throughout the 60's. Interesting read about rock n roll back then.

Halfway through this, and it's one of the best books I've ever read.



Highly recommended.

reading a bunch of law-related articles atm

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Originally posted by woscar Halfway through this, and it's one of the best books I've ever read.

Lol, im half way through this one:

Just reread Harrison Burgeron by Kurt Vonnegut. I remember reading this nearly 6 years ago. Very good story, even if the ending is miserably predictable.

Awesome, that is on the queue as well along with "Cosmos".

yeah, i also have Cosmos. it looks more like a big picture book tho

Have you read "The Demon-Haunted World"?

Myself:

About a hot blonde model who fucks successful men to work her way up the social ladder in New York City

Half-way through... very dynamic characters
A very enjoyable kind of trashy read

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Originally posted by woscar Have you read "The Demon-Haunted World"?

No, I haven't! since you've read most of it, what's it generally about?

I'm about 2/3 of the way through:



I love his prose - it's so earnest and emotive.

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Originally posted by yukii No, I haven't! since you've read most of it, what's it generally about?

It's mostly about fighting pseudo-science and embracing critical thinking and skepticism. It's quite remarkable how he calmly explains subjects like UFO abductions, faith-healers, psychics, religion, demons, and many other "paranormal" phenomena without sounding pompous or arrogant. Not only does he explain the things people have believed and accepted as fact over history but why. It reads like a love poem to science and reason. It's a book that everyone should read, I highly recommend that you do.

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Originally posted by woscar without sounding pompous or arrogant. Not only does he explain the things people have believed and accepted as fact over history but why. It reads like a love poem to science and reason.

that's why i love him. when i buy books i guess thats the next one

I'm currently reading The Dune Chronicles (6 books, I'm on the 4th). They are absolutely the best books I have ever read.

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Originally posted by woscar It's mostly about fighting pseudo-science and embracing critical thinking and skepticism. It's quite remarkable how he calmly explains subjects like UFO abductions, faith-healers, psychics, religion, demons, and many other "paranormal" phenomena without sounding pompous or arrogant. Not only does he explain the things people have believed and accepted as fact over history but why. It reads like a love poem to science and reason. It's a book that everyone should read, I highly recommend that you do.

I've been meaning to read this for quite some time, actually. It's definitely in queue now.

I am actually reading Michael Talbot's The Holographic Universe right now which actually offers a very interesting (and bewildering) theory on the nature of reality, and reality as we know it. It offers numerous scientific and historical data attempting to provide, essentially, a far more nebulous (but brilliant imo) explanation of various medical and physical abnormalities and how they could indeed be related to human perception. This is a piss-poor explanation on my part, but the book essentially posits that there is a lot of evidence to suggest that everything we experience is indeed being projected to us through a sort of overhead and nearly incomprehensible amount of images and realities that do not necessarily originate in the human mind... it's odd, but compelling. It sounds like something Sagan would maybe hate at first, but then wrinkle his eyebrow at later on, I dunno.

The dance music manual

American Phsycho.. Certainly enjoyed it and it's on the re-read pile as my usual process is read through once without much in depth analysis and go through again with a fine tooth comb if it looks worth it, and it certainly does.

I think main areas for analysis are going to be Bateman's anonymity and how this seems to be making a point about all of yuppiedom, not just him and his own weeknesses and psychoses. There also seem to be minor themes of the meaning in life being what you make of it, but that's a little cliche for me to want to spend much effort picking apart.

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Originally posted by Enigmatik American Phsycho.. Certainly enjoyed it and it's on the re-read pile as my usual process is read through once without much in depth analysis and go through again with a fine tooth comb if it looks worth it, and it certainly does. I think main areas for analysis are going to be Bateman's anonymity and how this seems to be making a point about all of yuppiedom, not just him and his own weeknesses and psychoses. There also seem to be minor themes of the meaning in life being what you make of it, but that's a little cliche for me to want to spend much effort picking apart.

Still haven't read that. It's actually banned in the state of Queensland, where I live Tools.

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