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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On I finished Joris-Karl Huysmans' � rebours today and the best comparison I can make with it is with Ellis' American Psycho, written a century later. It's a practically plotless and only has one character - a seemingly eccentric and near-solipsistic sensophile bent on living out the rest of his life detached from society and the world. He lives only to surround himself with things which please his senses - not people, but objects. It's an odd little indictment of society as a whole, but more specifically, society at the time it was written: the novel was basically a non-novel in that it followed none of the conventions, a sort of liberating Gautieresque work that never ceases in its obscurity and relentless synaesthetic descriptions in some sensory-political fashion.

cool. read it to me next time i need to get to sleep.

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov I think you may have us confused.

you both turn me on in a pornographically intellectual kind of way that deflects any sense of reality

except of course your obvious interest in english and indo-european literature which I find exceedingly hot

Now reading:



It's getting harder to make much progress in a leisure book now that grad school is picking up a notch.

Just finished this last night.
A rather depressing lolita-esque tale of a pasteur who takes a blind "wild" girl under his wing and teaches her speech, life, music and Protestantism. Horrible ironic undertones as he begins to ignore and chastise his own family while getting closer and closer to her. It seems clear to me that Andr� Gide is using the pasteur's flaws to represent flaws in the Protestant religion, not to mention hypocrisy as the pasteur begins to have carnal thoughts about the girl and banishes his son away for attempting to court her.
Gide's descriptions of nature are what redeem the book, imo; trying to describe colours and textures to the blind girl.


Next, I think I'm going to give Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables another shot. Anyone read that one?

If you're interested in Mario Batali, Italian cooking, the New York city restaurant world, or rural Italy...I highly recommend it.

"Disquiet, Please!"

It's snippets from authors in The New Yorker. My belly hurts from laughing all the time

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov Now reading: It's getting harder to make much progress in a leisure book now that grad school is picking up a notch.

Finally finished - took over a month of reading on the train to work, but well worth it. A great author, and a very interesting take on the pre-Civil War period in Virginia.

The Archaic Revival, by Terrence McKenna


Etidorhpa: or The End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of a Remarkable Journey, by John Uri Lloyd.

It is basically Journey to the Center of the Earth plus several grams of mushrooms plus freemasonry plus period science plus philosophical and metaphysical inquiry.

The book was written as a book within a book within a book, under a psyeudonym... because this guy was so afraid of being outed as a psychedelic user in the late 1800s.

http://books.google.com/books?id=1R...num=4&ct=result

Southern Vampire Series (Sookie Stackhouse) by Charlaine Harris which HBO's True Blood is based off of. Just finished all of them and I am waiting for the next book to come out (#10)

Anyone ever read either Jupiter's Travels or Dreaming of Jupiter by Ted Simon?

I've heard they're supposed to be fantastic (especially Travels). I'm just wondering how well Travels has aged seeing its 25+ years old, so which of the two is better?

Finishing this:


Starting this:


All to appease the longings of my inner-hippie.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On I finished Joris-Karl Huysmans' � rebours today and the best comparison I can make with it is with Ellis' American Psycho, written a century later. It's a practically plotless and only has one character - a seemingly eccentric and near-solipsistic sensophile bent on living out the rest of his life detached from society and the world. He lives only to surround himself with things which please his senses - not people, but objects. It's an odd little indictment of society as a whole, but more specifically, society at the time it was written: the novel was basically a non-novel in that it followed none of the conventions, a sort of liberating Gautieresque work that never ceases in its obscurity and relentless synaesthetic descriptions in some sensory-political fashion.

I know, it felt like it took a year for it to end.

My dad gave it to me...and said that it's time for me to learn some stuff earlier rather than later...a great confidence booster but also very confusing at moments, can shake some people's beliefs and confidence...

I've been going through Pulitzer Prize winning books lately (Known World, City of God, etc.), and this is now on tap:



Same author as No Country For Old Men, etc., but my first taste of him. Unique so far.

http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature-read.aspx?id=400

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov I've been going through Pulitzer Prize winning books lately (Known World, City of God, etc.), and this is now on tap: Same author as No Country For Old Men, etc., but my first taste of him. Unique so far.

I started this on the metro this morning, and when I got home I had to keep reading - burned through nearly 250 pages today. Will finish tomorrow.

This book is completely messed-up, but it's riveting.

Read this on my flight back to Norway from NYC:



Quite entertaining and informative, though I don't know how much it will stand out in the crowd should MMA and UFC achieve mainstream acceptance at some point.

Science and Spirituality, A Quantum Integration, by Amit Goswami

Has someone read D. M. Thomas - The White Hotel?
I finished it recently and it's... well interesting.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN

What did you think of it? I haven't read it, but every time Hitchens opens his mouth he comes across as an arrogant twat - which is even more annoying when I agree with what he's saying.

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Originally posted by astroboy What did you think of it? I haven't read it, but every time Hitchens opens his mouth he comes across as an arrogant twat - which is even more annoying when I agree with what he's saying.

I don�t think he's as bad as dawkins, but you're right. I still havent finished it yet though, whereas i ripped thru dawkins (skipping the biological meme chapter coz that was gay).

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov I've been going through Pulitzer Prize winning books lately (City of God)

I was thinking about getting this the other day, but I read so seldom these days that when I buy something it better be good!

I absolutely loved the movie, especially because the actors were regular Joe's. Was it any good? Also, have you seen or read City of Men?

(Note that I rate your opinion higher than a Pulitzer )

edit: And please don't reply 'the book is ALWAYS better than the movie' since it's usually the other way around for me..

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Originally posted by DuBam I was thinking about getting this the other day, but I read so seldom these days that when I buy something it better be good! I absolutely loved the movie, especially because the actors were regular Joe's. Was it any good? Also, have you seen or read City of Men? (Note that I rate your opinion higher than a Pulitzer ) edit: And please don't reply 'the book is ALWAYS better than the movie' since it's usually the other way around for me..

Haha, it's not about Brazil at all - it's actually about the place of religion in modern society, and is based in New York.

edit: see original post in the thread.

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