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Originally posted by lücid Orson Scott Card not that i have anything to compare his writing to. i just like Ender's Game.

Too bad he's an ultra-religious douche.

I think Ray Bradbury has excellent style, although I tend to prefer more "hard" sci-fi. I think Arthur C. Clarke is a good middle ground (for me).

I can't say I enjoy reading Derrida. In fact, if I hadn't had lecturers explain what he meant, I probably still wouldn't have a fucking clue how deconstruction works.

Foucault, however, I found pretty insightful. "Discipline and Punishment: The Birth of the Prison" is a very interesting and accurate explanation of how law, control and surveillence work in society. It makes 1984 seem like the paper-thin pop theory it actually is.

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I have a "clue" how deconstruction works in the sense that I have read summaries of deconstructive ideas and figures by people who know a lot more about them than I probably ever will. But if you gave me an actual example of a "deconstruction" of a work, I doubt I could get much out of it, and never did when I tried to read Derrida's takes on Levi-Strauss, Marx, or whomever.

I've seen that Foucault book recommended before and will have a look at it.

Man, I need to get more into literature.

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Originally posted by enydo Man, I need to get more into literature.

Why do you say that?

Because I have no idea about 80% of what you guys are discussing, and reading is cool!

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Originally posted by enydo Man, I need to get more into literature.

Nerd! *punch*

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles I agree, which was the reason for my clarification. See, I've read Nietzsche and Heidegger (who is also a big slog) and still haven't find Foucault or Derrida very worthwhile. Maybe you can direct me to something of theirs that you find insightful?

God, I bloody hate Nietzsche's style. As for Martin, I once read a book in which Heidegger talked about language with a Japanese scholar, and it was so appalling I flung my photocopies across the room - I like his ideas when they're not even wrong, but it was so egregious I couldn't go any further.

As for Foucault, I started reading a book of his but the reading was so sluggish I eventually put it down (I'm building up the courage to read it again). And, as for Derrida, he's fun as hell! And by fun, I mean random and nonsensical: If old age had not failed to kill De Saussure, I'm sure Derrida would eventually do that

Edit: I've got some Merleau-Ponty in my reading list. Ever read anything written by him, Brian?

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Try Ursula le Guin.

The Lathe of Heaven was amazing. Definitely recommend it.

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Originally posted by enydo Man, I need to get more into literature.

Most of the time I read literature, I regret it. Dostoevsky is one of the very few authors that don't make me feel like I'm wasting my time. Kafka is sort of amusing too. I think I only read Siddharta (by Hesse) and 1984 (by Orwells) because I wanted to understand why it is that Hesse got a bloody nobel prize and Orwells is so famous.

But, to no avail. I think I now know what it feels like to be a crack whore trying to get pumped up with coffee... or something

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Originally posted by Lira But, to no avail. I think I now know what it feels like to be a crack whore trying to get pumped up with coffee... or something

You're Doing It Wrong.

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