What are you reading?

[stephan_jenkins]

the fountainhead: ayn rand

[0omnidirectional]

The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics

I used to read parts of this book when I was younger, I found it again and again started reading it. This is some good stuff, from 1896-1974.

Here is what it says at the beginning of the book:
I have enormous respect
for the comic strip as a
potential story and art
form, although far too few
of it's productions have
realized that potential.
If those few, however,
could be gathered into some
sort of complete collection,
the effect on those who
have scorned the comics as
a whole might well be
devastating. . . .

Edmund Wilson
from a letter to Bill Blackbeard
1966

[LiquidIce]

A fantasy antology (or whatever you call it) a collection of short stories by various authors from all the famous series, these stories are usually some sort of prequels -> Terry Goodkind, Stephan King, Robert Jordan, Tad Williams, Terry Pratchett, George R.R. Martin, Orson Scott Card...

I may only say - it's a fucking good read by some damn good authors.

Also, thanks to the old brainsturbator Library I'm reading "The Advertised Mind", good read.

And Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug. Been looking for something about information architecture but no success.

[Psynthetic]

Food Of The Gods by Terence McKenna

[ComradeAsh]

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray.

[CaptainCrunch]

I actually went to Books-a-million last night and grabbed the book 'when you are engulfed in flames'' by David Sedaris,ha ha.

I am only half way through and have'nt stopped laughing, great book

thanks AnastaciaDarling

good recomendation

[Euda]

I'm reading a series of books on creation myths throughout the world.

[Kwinnie Bogan]

Originally Posted by Euda

I'm reading a series of books on creation myths throughout the world.

Any good or the same old shit? What's the author's background? I have a few books of both for and against various religions and spirituality. Would be interested, if these are worthwhile.

[Struwwelpeter]

I'm currently reading the works of Elie Wiesel, comparing and contrasting older and new editions, it's remarkable how many times he has changed his story about the holocaust. It's clear he's lying.

[Silverfuck]

Originally Posted by Jim "fuck latinos" Carrey

I'm currently reading the works of Elie Wiesel, comparing and contrasting older and new editions, it's remarkable how many times he has changed his story about the holocaust. It's clear he's lying.

Er...I think the word is 'fiction.'

[Struwwelpeter]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel

[Cliche Guevara]

Ive recently been reading books by prominent Christian apologists/theologians just for the hell of it.

But on the literary popcorn side of things, I'm rereading harry potter from the beginning. I just love all the adverby descriptions of everything.

[Monkmaster]

Reading through my ethnic and race relations textbook to see what I got wrong on the midterm.

[Rocko]

Working on "The Right Stuff" by Tom Wolfe.

[Euda]

Originally Posted by KwinnieBogan

Would be interested, if these are worthwhile.

They're heavily illustrated with various works of cultural art, but I'd hesitate to say that they're worth a person's time.

[Peter File]

I always read a few books at a time. At the moment, i'm reading (nearly finished all of them) Agent of evolution, about bill hicks, The God delusion, by Richard Dawkins, and God is not great, by Christopher Hitchens.

All very good books. I would definetly recomend them all. My personal favorite, is agent of evolution. but i'd only recomend that if you like hicks. i would definetly recomend the god delusion to anyone though.

[porkkills]

i'm also reading Naked Lunch by burroughs. it takes a minute to get accustomed to the style, but burroughs is, as always, brilliant.

[CaptainCrunch]

ok stupid question, but is he related to augusten burroughs ive always been to embarresed to ask

[Proots]

Dark Tower Series : The Gunslinger.


I don't care what literary snobs say about King. I love him and I fucking love his books.

[Monkmaster]

Originally Posted by Midge

Dark Tower Series : The Gunslinger.

I loved the Gunslinger.

I just started god is not Great, Christopher Hitchens.

[Dionysus]

The Kandy Koloured Tangerine Flake Streamline Baby

By Tom Wolfe

[negz]

Got done with Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.

Now reading Contact by Carl Sagan.

[Cliche Guevara]

Finally picked up, On the Road Again by Jack Kerouac, but I would really have rather gotten Visions of Cody, oh well.

anyways, Contact is an amazing book.

[Ragnarök]

I'm just finishing up "Predictably Irrational" by Dan Ariely. It's ok, I guess. It's somewhat pretentious and makes some loose connections of the causality of his experiments he does but other than that it's a good read.

[skinny love]

choke, chuck palahniuk. he's definitely one of my favorite authors even if most of his books follow a similar formula

[Proots]

Originally Posted by skinny love

even if most of his books follow a similar formula

Why I stopped reading his books. They're all pretty much the same thing.

"Choke" was fun though, while it lasted. I hope you enjoy it, too.

[vericuester]

notes from underground by dostoyevsky. it's great so far. literarily, i mean. it's depressing as hell.

[Cathy McGee]

im reading,(or at least trying to) the worst hard time by timothy egan.

it sucks and is boring. :[

[Resign the King]

I just started An Illustrated Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright. It's really good so far.

[kingvitamin]

just finsihed the book, vagabonding by rolf potts.

now i'm thinking of the art of war. by sun tzu.

[negz]

Originally Posted by kingvitamin

just finsihed the book, vagabonding by rolf potts.

[kingvitamin]

yeah, i thought it was really cool. can't wait to aplly most of it when i have a career.

[Siu3d]

I just finished reading "The Husband" by Dean Koontz.

Meh...I gave it a 4 out of 10. And now I hear they're making it into a movie. Go figure...

[negz]

Originally Posted by kingvitamin

yeah, i thought it was really cool. can't wait to aplly most of it when i have a career.

Haha. That'll be the hard part. I read the book about 2 years back and have been dreaming since.

[LChitman]

I just finished Misery, and yes I know many people dislike King but I have to say Misery was great, really great, so I think I at least picked one of his good ones.

[kingvitamin]

Originally Posted by negz

Haha. That'll be the hard part. I read the book about 2 years back and have been dreaming since.

dreaming of doing what?> perhaps resources can be pulled?

[CitizenUzi]

Just re-re-read junky and naked lunch. Need to read some more Hunter S. Currently finishing "guns of the south" which is about people from our time helping the confederates with AK-47s in the civil war and then whutunfolds... pretty sweet!

[negz]

Originally Posted by kingvitamin

dreaming of doing what?> perhaps resources can be pulled?

Long term travel.

[Silverfuck]

I've just finished One Flew Over The Cuckoos' Nest, so I'm starting The Fountainhead, finally, as my not-by-choice book, and translating Voltaire's Candide from the original French text for leisure reading.

[Korivan i'Alagmarae]

Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell