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Four books by Murakami. Halfway through Infinite Jest.

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Originally posted by couch-potato Halfway through Infinite Jest.

What do you think of it so far?

A little past half way of Gravity's Rainbow.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles What do you think of it so far?

It can be taxing, but the mental gymnastics during reading are usually rewarding.

There's a three page paragraph about a stripper who is speaking at an AA meeting and recalls the trauma of having to clean the post-incestuous mess by her stepfather and his own mentally handicapped and paralyzed daughter. He would place a Raquel Welch mask on her during diddling. One night the aspiring stripper removed the mask with the light on and sees that 'It's (the paralyzed girl's) face of utter catatonia and paralysis prevented the contraction of Its luridly rouged face's circumoral muscles into any conventional human facial-type expression, nevertheless some hideously mobile and expressive layer in the most regions below real people's expressive facial layer, some slow-twitch layer unique to It, had blindly contracted, somehow, to gather the blank soft cheese of Its face into the sort of pinched gasping look of neurologic concentration that marks a carnal bliss beyond smiles and sighs.

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Originally posted by couch-potato It can be taxing, but the mental gymnastics during reading are usually rewarding. There's a three page paragraph about a stripper who is speaking at an AA meeting and recalls the trauma of having to clean the post-incestuous mess by her stepfather and his own mentally handicapped and paralyzed daughter. He would place a Raquel Welch mask on her during diddling. One night the aspiring stripper removed the mask with the light on and sees that 'It's (the paralyzed girl's) face of utter catatonia and paralysis prevented the contraction of Its luridly rouged face's circumoral muscles into any conventional human facial-type expression, nevertheless some hideously mobile and expressive layer in the most regions below real people's expressive facial layer, some slow-twitch layer unique to It, had blindly contracted, somehow, to gather the blank soft cheese of Its face into the sort of pinched gasping look of neurologic concentration that marks a carnal bliss beyond smiles and sighs.

Sounds like pap to me. I think you'd like the book I'm reading, though.

Gravity's Rainbow is on my reading list

It's such a shame that David Foster Wallace killed himself.

Living Life as a Thank You

..on page 6.
Report due in 2 days.

http://naturalimagestatistics.net/

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles It's such a shame that David Foster Wallace killed himself.

Interview

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Originally posted by couch-potato http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/beit...e+im+Interview+(2003)

Funny, I tried to access that one earlier today, but it never loaded for me. And it still isn't. I did watch his interview with Charlie Rose on YouTube, though.

I intend to read this book in my free time:



Most of my time, however, is being spent reading articles not related in any way to any phenomenological minds

Sometimes I read National Enquirer.

Re-reading 100 years of Solitude. It's one of my comfort books when times are shit.

Anyone recommend a translation for the works of Homer? The Iliad and Odyssey specifically.

EDIT: Decided on Lattimore.

Reading this in its entirety, after having studied only various sections during my undergrad.

I'm about to embark on a self-propelled study of Michel Serres and reading Yaguello, among others, is my prep.

I'm currently reading A Confederacy of Dunces by JK Toole. It's damn brilliant. The story behind is awesome too.

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Originally posted by Ania_xox Reading this in its entirety, after having studied only various sections during my undergrad. I'm about to embark on a self-propelled study of Michel Serres and reading Yaguello, among others, is my prep.

"Les Mots et les Choses" is brilliant. Start with it if you want to study Michel Serres.

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Originally posted by d-miurge "Les Mots et les Choses" is brilliant. Start with it if you want to study Michel Serres.

My fiancée gave me this book because she couldn't stand Foucault's style in Portuguese. I didn't really read it seriously but, after a while, neither could I

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Originally posted by Lira My fiancée gave me this book because she couldn't stand Foucault's style in Portuguese. I didn't really read it seriously but, after a while, neither could I

It's a very particular point of view on humanities, with a strong historical overview. Of course, it's biaised like any other Foucault's book.

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Originally posted by Lira I intend to read this book in my free time: Most of my time, however, is being spent reading articles not related in any way to any phenomenological minds

Do you have any books to recommend on cognitive science or evolutionary psychology? Steven Pinker got me interested in such subjects and want to get more into them.

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Originally posted by woscar Do you have any books to recommend on cognitive science or evolutionary psychology? Steven Pinker got me interested in such subjects and want to get more into them.

How bout.. http://www.amazon.com/Science-Good-...79817703&sr=8-1

Thanks mate, I'll include it in my next shipment of books along with the one Lira posted.

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Originally posted by woscar Thanks mate, I'll include it in my next shipment of books along with the one Lira posted.

JP Changeux - Neuronal Man
It's more than cognitive science, but still very interesting (and easy to read, which can be better for non-scientist!)

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Originally posted by woscar Do you have any books to recommend on cognitive science or evolutionary psychology? Steven Pinker got me interested in such subjects and want to get more into them.

Well, I should just warn you that it is not exactly a science textbook, but a philosophy book infused with science (much like "The Brain and the Meaning of Life"). It spends quite a few pages on Husserl, for example, a person most scientists probably neglect.

Hmm... there's probably a couple of more titles on my virtual bookshelves on Goodreads, but I can't remember any specific title. But, now that you mentioned Steve Pinker, I remember he comes actually from a school my line of research harshly criticises, and I really enjoyed The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition by Michael Tomasello. Though Pinker is much more entertaining to read, I find Tomasello's book much more thorough. Specially on topics like - surprise! - language

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