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*What book are you reading? (part 2)
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Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
The Time of Our Singing - Richard Powers.
An Introduciton to Pierre Bourdieu: The Practice of Theory - Various ppl.
The Field of Cultural Production - Pierre Bourdieu.
An Introduciton to Pierre Bourdieu: The Practice of Theory - Various ppl.
The Field of Cultural Production - Pierre Bourdieu.
mentalchik
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit."
The State Of The Art - Iain M Banks................still reading Altered Carbon too !
now reading this, which is wonderful - one of those gorgeous special edition Virago jobbies (Pie Eye got the whole set for her birthday)
I've never read that, but it's always been on my list
I'm massively into African American female writers
ChrisC
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Altered Carbon is quite good, what do you think of it?
mentalchik
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit."
Wiil let you know when i've finished it.......have read one of his others before.........
*reminds self to not get distracted*
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
mentalchik
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit."
i'm reading it at the moment - enjoying it
I'm enjoying it too but i have to say it's not blowing me away or nufin...iykwim
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
I'm enjoying it too but i have to say it's not blowing me away or nufin...iykwim
no, it's not a great book, but it is a jolly good read, I want a new sleeve
mentalchik
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit."
I want a new sleeve
Me too........in fact i spent ages thinking about that when i went to sleep
I'm reading 'The Mitfords - Letters between six sisters' edited by Charlotte Mosley. I feel a bit guilty about it, what with the fascist/Nazi connections, but it is truly fascinating. Half because I love details of the minutae of people's lives and half because it is horrifying and car-crash addictive. Unity Hitler-mania: 'Went to lunch with the Fuhrer. He knew I had been ill and was so sweet about it. He's the sweetest man alive. We talked about the Jews and it was simply heaven!'
But some of it is just quite touching: the Communist sister eloping with her cousin at 18 and being wildly in love, and the youngest one marrying at 20 and sort of playing at the role of being a Lady, when still utterly childlike.
But some of it is just quite touching: the Communist sister eloping with her cousin at 18 and being wildly in love, and the youngest one marrying at 20 and sort of playing at the role of being a Lady, when still utterly childlike.
now reading this, which is wonderful - one of those gorgeous special edition Virago jobbies (Pie Eye got the whole set for her birthday)
Ooh yes. That is a brilliant book. Really beautifully written.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Still reading Powers' The Time of our Singing, but need to get a move on and start Richard Wright's Native Son. Might put the Powers' on hold for a while until I have time to come back to it.
Still reading Bourdieu though.
Still reading Bourdieu though.
Fictionist
Serving Eargasms....
Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik ibn Anas
This is fantastic.
This is fantastic.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
A re-read of Illuminatus!
It's just as pleasingly bonkers as I remembered it to be
It's just as pleasingly bonkers as I remembered it to be
Dirty Martini
gets what he cant want
Finished Isolarion: A Different Oxford Journey by James Attlee, which was generally enjoyable, Diet Psychogeography.
Now Closely Observed Trains by Hrabal.
Now Closely Observed Trains by Hrabal.
jeff_leigh
What happened to Dubversion ?
Mona Lisa Overdrive - William Gibson
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
1974 - David Peace
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
ooh let us know what you think of that? I have strong opinions on Boyd.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
What a surprise 
Finished Return of the Crimson Guard by Ian C Esslemont. It's the best Malazan Book since Deadhouse Gates I reckon.
I love it when some of my least favourite characters die. Must. avoid. spoilers. Although they do have a tendency to make death nothing more than an inconvience.
Started Vineland by Thomas Pynchon. My first book by him. Already learnt a lot about the 1934 San Francisco general strike and Senator McCarthy's witch hunts.
Keep putting the book down though.
Are you studying Islamic Law? Do you read Arabic? That looks a little dry for me to read for pleasure.
Me too. How great would it be to get a new sleeve! I think my favourite, of the one I've read, is Woken Furies. The surfer hippies stuff is a little annoying.
Still seems to be something lacking in his novels though. Can't quite put my finger on it.
I love it when some of my least favourite characters die. Must. avoid. spoilers. Although they do have a tendency to make death nothing more than an inconvience.
Started Vineland by Thomas Pynchon. My first book by him. Already learnt a lot about the 1934 San Francisco general strike and Senator McCarthy's witch hunts.
Keep putting the book down though.
Are you studying Islamic Law? Do you read Arabic? That looks a little dry for me to read for pleasure.
no, it's not a great book, but it is a jolly good read, I want a new sleeve
Me too........in fact i spent ages thinking about that when i went to sleep
Me too. How great would it be to get a new sleeve! I think my favourite, of the one I've read, is Woken Furies. The surfer hippies stuff is a little annoying.
Still seems to be something lacking in his novels though. Can't quite put my finger on it.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
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