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Lololololol.

Dick.

I'm still plodding through Huysmans' L�-Bas. It's awesome, I just fucking suck at sitting down and focusing on one thing for extended periods of time. :[

Halfway through this:

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On L.A. Bas

lololololol

On The Brothers Karamozov now, about halfway through. This novel is thoroughly kicking my ass. I expected to breeze through it as I did Crime & Punishment, but I simply can't bring myself to do that. It's taking me several hours just to get through 20, 30, or 40 (on a good day) pages due to me constantly setting the book down and evaluating my life (and trying to understand the Russian soul, which is bat shit insane). I'm getting headaches here .

I completely underestimated Dostoevsky because he had tendencies to babble a bit in his writing but this is pretty fucking awesome. I figure in a few weeks I'll be able to move on to Tolstoy, whose work will probably take even longer to read .

Damn you, Russia.

i'm enjoying

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini (Penguin Classics) [Paperback]
Benvenuto Cellini
Benvenuto Cellini (Author)

Finished The Brothers Karamazov (now properly spelled) yesterday. Easily one of the best books I've ever read... If Dostoevsky handled his prose with any sense of poetic flair this bad boy would be book of the year all years. But in a sense his ramblings about the psychology of every goddamn character in every goddamn situation is fitting, I just find it a bit of a shame his style isn't as passionate (or raving mad) as his characters.

So Tolstoy is going to have to wait; my body simply isn't ready for another hot wad of Russian soul. Thus begins my reading of The Tale of Genji, which upon completion will surely grant my weeaboo power level a promotion to over 9,000 or so.



Of course I'm reading the Penguin Classics edition, but I like this cover because the artist makes vidya games and the illustration features a boobie.

So I decided to write reviews of the books I (don't) like and make a Charlie Brooker impersonation at the same time.

The result? Bookswipe.

I wrote about how Origin of Species wouldn't be so polemic if Darwin wrote about pubic hair. Next week, I want to talk about J.S. Mill's "On Liberty".

Splitting my reading between...


http://www.amazon.com/Wizards-Armag...e/dp/0804718849

and


http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Hand-Unt...y/dp/0385524374


Both are pretty good, been reading the first one a lot more lately though. Lots of good history on the people that started The RAND Corporation and the beginnings of nuclear strategy and politics. Lots of stuff on Game Theory and economics as well (most of the strategists were not military people, but economists and sociologists).

Gonna see what Llosa's all about.

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Originally posted by Lira Next week, I want to talk about J.S. Mill's "On Liberty".

Heh, I tried giving that a go yesterday and quit on page seven. I found the writing hard to follow and the book didn't reveal anything new to me (liberty is nice, don't be a dick), I was just reading it for the sake of having read it (figured I'd finally get my $4.99's worth out of it, spent years ago).

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Originally posted by couch-potato Heh, I tried giving that a go yesterday and quit on page seven. I found the writing hard to follow and the book didn't reveal anything new to me (liberty is nice, don't be a dick), I was just reading it for the sake of having read it (figured I'd finally get my $4.99's worth out of it, spent years ago).

The reason why "On Liberty" doesn't seem to reveal anything new to you is because we now take its premises for granted. It wasn't so before he penned that treatise.

Anyway, I sort of want to be a bit more original about my reviews, and I'm thinking of calling it "Booklash" rather than "Bookswipe" (parodying Charlie Brooker). But is "lash" too strong a word? I've never seen someone use it as a synonymous for "criticise"...

Yeah I figured that much, just thought it'd be more enjoyable to read is all.

Lash is fine. I figure with a title you get a bit of leeway so long as the general point comes across. You could also try "Bookburn(er)" or "Bookbukkake"

Just finished Will Durant's The Story of Philosophy and now on to this:

I'm reading two at the moment.



I don't like Gibson or fiction, but I am willing to make an exception for steampunk:

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery

Cool, is it good? I've been thinking of picking them up.

Quantum touch: Art of healing by Richard Gordon

also going to pick up a book called "Artistic Anatomy".

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Cool, is it good? I've been thinking of picking them up.

Yeah, although the storylines are quite a bit different than the TV series.

I don't read a lot of fiction any more and to some extent I liked it because it was a selection of short stories that read like non fiction, the other book "Zombie Survival Guide" is also kind of cool in that way as well. He has a delightful handle on the more desperate side of human nature

^^^i just lent that book to my friend to read haha

Starting this

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Originally posted by woscar

Looks good. I'll grab that next.

os la recomiendo.

Really hoping to finish that up.

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