*What book are you reading? (part 2)
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May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
jeff_leigh
What happened to Dubversion ?
Outer Dark - Cormac McCarthy
MellySingsDoom
Decimated by the shrapnel of his rhetoric
A re-read of "Keep It Together!" - a biog of the groups The Deviants and the Pink Fairies.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Just finished
Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. It was slow to get going but worth it in the ends
Stonemouth by Iain Banks. As ever with his books, you are completely pulled in from the first page.
With Banks and Ian McEwan, as soon as I start, I know I'm in the hands of someone who knows what they'r doing
Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. It was slow to get going but worth it in the ends
Stonemouth by Iain Banks. As ever with his books, you are completely pulled in from the first page.
With Banks and Ian McEwan, as soon as I start, I know I'm in the hands of someone who knows what they'r doing
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Inevitably, I am now storming through Emperor of Thorns. It's not up to its predecessor's lovely standard of prose so far, but there is at least a touch of clayfoot about the main character. As compelling as he is, it gets a bit tired having him constantly whip out the right, unthought-of answer before anyone else has even got their sword drawn.
About halfway through 'How is the internet changing the way you think?', a collection of short essays by 154 leading intellectuals and scientists, edited by John Brockman. What I thought was really interesting without even reading it was that they must all have been given a maximum word count, as each one is between 2 to 3 pages long, which kind of mirrors the internet browsing experience! Not sure how deliberate that was.
Anyway, it's fascinating so far. Lots of stuff you already suspected about depth of thought being linked to intensity of attentiveness, reduced attention spans etc, but also much more positive stuff about increasing your support circle. Good stuff!
John Brockman asks a different question each year apparently. More info here http://edge.org/annual-question/how-is-the-internet-changing-the-way-you-think
Anyway, it's fascinating so far. Lots of stuff you already suspected about depth of thought being linked to intensity of attentiveness, reduced attention spans etc, but also much more positive stuff about increasing your support circle. Good stuff!
John Brockman asks a different question each year apparently. More info here http://edge.org/annual-question/how-is-the-internet-changing-the-way-you-think
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
wonderful book.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Love the story about the Dove font
Decided to ditch it. Too many other decent books out there to waste time on an utterly shit one...
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
was that the one that got chucked into the river? top stuff
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Aye, Hammersmith Bridge!
N_igma
Epistemic nuisance
Irish Freedom, The History of Nationalism in Ireland - Richard English.
Good overview of Irish Nationalism starting with proto-nationalist movements and causes to the modern day. He actually lectured me in university so touched on a lot of it anyway but good to revisit he has a good grasp of the issues.
Good overview of Irish Nationalism starting with proto-nationalist movements and causes to the modern day. He actually lectured me in university so touched on a lot of it anyway but good to revisit he has a good grasp of the issues.
maya
timewasting fool (in every universe)
I'm supposed to be reading "The White Goddess" and "I, Claudius" by Robert Graves... but my brain is in a mush at the moment, so I'm mostly reading "Yé-yé Girls of 60s French Pop" by Jean-Emmanuel Deluxe (not sure that's his actual name 
), and a book on Baader Meinhof.
), and a book on Baader Meinhof.
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
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May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Finished this yesterday. Very flawed, nowhere near as complete an experience as King of Thorns, but still an immersive read and a decent conclusion to the series.
Now reading Reality, Reality by Jackie Kay. I seriously need something that's set in this world, with no living dead, murder and maiming!
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
SF written in 1975. I've been meaning to read this book for years, but never got ahold of a copy. I ended up buying the large-size paperback for $20 (Jesus Johosaphat!, $20 for a paperback!
) I think it's going to worth it.Brunner has always been a favorite of mine. He presages cyberpunk by a good 15 years. I got 10 pages in and at the top of the page it refers to who is president in 2010--an African named "President Obami." (I kid you not.)
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
John Le Carre "A Delicate Truth". Am enjoying it 
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
BY WHO?The Humans. Excellent stuff so far
Yetman
Cheesecar Fucksquad #1
Tell you wha, since OU became a librarian, he's got right fucking arsey on here
Anyhoo - I am halfway through A Kind of Loving, by STAN BARSTOW - alright Orang Utan ?!
Enjoying it, but ooo some of that casual racism from back then proper sticks in me craw.
Anyhoo - I am halfway through A Kind of Loving, by STAN BARSTOW - alright Orang Utan ?!
Enjoying it, but ooo some of that casual racism from back then proper sticks in me craw.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Arsey for a reason! And nowt to do with being a librarian.
It's so disrespectful not to say who wrote it and it's necessary so people know what you're on about.
You wouldn't do it with a music album!
It's so disrespectful not to say who wrote it and it's necessary so people know what you're on about.
You wouldn't do it with a music album!
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
an irvine welsh short story collection. The person who sent me it points out my distressing similaity to the main character in the final novella length piece.
There is also a story based in america, I'm halfway through that short. A bloke gets bittenon the cock by a snake. etc.
There is also a story based in america, I'm halfway through that short. A bloke gets bittenon the cock by a snake. etc.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
SF written in 1975. I've been meaning to read this book for years, but never got ahold of a copy. I ended up buying the large-size paperback for $20 (Jesus Johosaphat!, $20 for a paperback!
Brunner has always been a favorite of mine. He presages cyberpunk by a good 15 years. I got 10 pages in and at the top of the page it refers to who is president in 2010--an African named "President Obami." (I kid you not.)
It's eerily prescient, but at the same time it's very late 1960s, not in a hippy way, but in that it extrapolates trends of that era into the 21st century. E.g. Yatakang instead of North Vietnam, Beninia instead of Biafra or Ghana, etc. Of course in it dope is legal and tobacco is not, which isn't quite how it turned out, but not that wide of the mark either.
I haven't read it since the 1980s, but by G-d I salute your taste in reading material.
E2A: Actually, eerily prescient is absolutely the wrong term, but I think it does stand up as a vision of the future, albeit a dated one.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
And did you have to suck the venom out?
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