*What book are you reading? (part 2)

[sojourner]

Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere.

Nevermeh more like. I suspect I'm about to give up on fantasy again.

still no doris then

I want that bloody back if you're not reading it

 

[sojourner]

I've just joined a feminist book group.

Have you?!

 

[electrogirl]

Have you?!

what is with the shock?!

 

[sojourner]

what is with the shock?!

just never thought you would do that. like i know you really well, and that

 

[electrogirl]

just never thought you would do that. like i know you really well, and that

Heh.

I studied Sociology you know! I am very interested in feminist theory, but it never got covered in much detail in my degree, so yes, I have.

 

[sojourner]

Heh.

I studied Sociology you know! I am very interested in feminist theory, but it never got covered in much detail in my degree, so yes, I have.

 

[El Jefe]

Well I finished Neverwhere and quite enjoyed it in the end.

Now I'm reading Maps & Legends, a collection of essays about literature by Michael Chabon.

 

[_pH_]

i have just read this:

 

[_pH_]

and am now reading this:

i'm all historied up

 

[_pH_]

I've also been reading some open uni science text books that someone on here (can't remember who) sent me about 5 years ago. they're very interesting, as are the scribbled comments from the urbanite in question:

Quantum numbers - it's fucking impossible - 2 fucking electrons - what the fuck is that fucking about? that [illegible] of impossible shit HATE HATE HATE HATE

 

[mentalchik]

Line War - Neal Asher

 

[Voley]

Just started 'Pogue Mahone - Kiss My Arse: The Story Of The Pogues' by Carol Clerk. Very entertaining so far. Not entirely sure about the writing style but tales of Shane getting his ear bitten off at early punk gigs and the like have raised a smile or two. I used to drink in quite a few of the pubs mentioned, too. I always like it when you find that out, for some reason.

 

[Dirty Martini]

Finished Tales of Pirx The Pilot, loved these stories. A different Lem to the fantasy Lem. Really arresting and moving stories that aren't really about space at all.

Wondering whether to read another one, this time Mortal Engines.

 

[Dillinger4]

I am tempted by 2666 by Roberto Bolano.

It looks kind of heavy and intense.

 

[sojourner]

Did you finish Shelagh?

 

[Dillinger4]

Yes.



I will return it to you when I see you next.

 

[sojourner]

Yes.



I will return it to you when I see you next.

next weekend I am free, btw

 

[Fictionist]

Covering Islam - Edward Said

(Again). It was so bad that I feel a refutation underway.

 

[DotCommunist]

Brief History of Neoliberalism.


and in the fiction corner I'm re-reading Midnight Tides by steven erickson

 

[Dillinger4]

Brief History of Neoliberalism.

I have been reading that one as well.

 

[DotCommunist]

cool. I watched the youtube talks he did on neoliberalism and thought it worth a go. I'm still only midway through 'freedom is just a word' cos of the graphs. I have to sit and work them out, as I am not big on maths/graphs

 

[Dillinger4]

I also got Limits to Capital as well, but that is a lot more heavy and academic.

It makes me feel like I am studying.

Apparently David Harvey will be publishing a book that is a guide to Capital, or something, in a month or two. That looks pretty good.

 

[DotCommunist]

I also got Limits to Capital as well, but that is a lot more heavy and academic.

It makes me feel like I am studying.

Apparently David Harvey will be publishing a book that is a guide to Capital, or something, in a month or two. That looks pretty good.

that migh be cool. He has a series of lectures on Capital as well, available free online. I watched the first one, the introducion bit. When I get round to picking up Capital I'll watch the chapter-by-chapter lectures.

 

[Dillinger4]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Introduction-Marxs-Capital-David-Harvey/dp/1844673596/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239549552&sr=8-4

This is the one I meant. It looks pretty good, for a beginners introduction. He seems pretty good at making complex ideas (and Capital is nothing if it is not complex) seem pretty simple.

I have the link on his site about his guide to Capital. I think this is basically the same thing in book form.

 

[Dillinger4]

I am also thinking of getting Daughters of Juarez by Teresa Rodriguez.

I am not normally into crime books. But there is something that seems really really really really wrong about all those murders in Juarez. Hundreds of them. Mostly unsolved. I want to know more.

 

[ChrisC]

Re-reading Dune by Frank Herbert now.

 

[Fictionist]

Re-reading Dune by Frank Herbert now.

I tried reading that and failed, I just couldn't progress beyond the first few pages (despite the fact it has been recommended to me countless times). Maybe it was just not the right time for me.

Best of luck!

 

[Shevek]

I've just read "the devils" by fyodor Dostoevsky. It seemed quite dry and I found it hard to follow

 

[Dillinger4]

I've just read "the devils" by fyodor Dostoevsky. It seemed quite dry and I found it hard to follow

That is Dostoyevsky for you.

You should try The Brothers Karamazov.

 

[cyberfairy]

Have finished and utterly adored The Observations by Jane Harris, a superbly funny and thrilling romp of a book narrated by a nineteenth century prostitute in a crumbling Scottish manor