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I am reading GR and it's def some good poo poo. I'm also reading The Captive Mind by Czesław Miłosz, which is one of the best books about Why People Have Bad Ideologies, up there with Crowds & Power and The Tru Believer. It's about intellectuals who adapt to totalitarianism in their writing, specifically Polish intellectuals adopting the dialectical materialism of the Soviet Union, but the ideas are clearly broader than that. Way cool book.
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The "'You never did?' - The Kenosha Kid" part is my favorite and I have it bookmarked and read it a few times since I finished.
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Jul 15, 2016 17:08
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You never did? The Kenosha Kid. You never? Did the Kenosha kid? You never did the Kenosha, kid?
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Jul 15, 2016 17:13
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That was the dumbest part of the entire book
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Jul 15, 2016 17:16
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https://twitter.com/youneverdidthe
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Jul 15, 2016 17:22
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The best part of Gravity's Rainbow is the part where the norwegian cowboys black lover is described as having callipygian rondure
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Jul 15, 2016 17:27
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My favorite parts were Slothrop being force fed British candy, or Pig Bodine's coke binge in the Red Cross van. Least favorite was the poo poo eating or the castration scene
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Jul 15, 2016 17:30
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blue squares posted:I honestly think you would hate it. I would bet serious money
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Jul 15, 2016 17:48
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Nakar posted:Why is that? I just know his tastes.
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blue squares posted:I just know his tastes.
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Shibawanko posted:V. is the best Pynchon of the ones I've read. Gravity's Rainbow is good but intricate to the point that it's harder to connect with. I haven't read Mason & Dixon but I suspect I'd like it. I feel the same. I like V. a lot. It shares a lot of GR's themes and style but is much easier to absorb.
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Nakar posted:Why is that? he has posted pretty consistently that he doesn't enjoy writers like borges and calvino, and thinks they are more focused on ideas and cleverness than strong characterization, i think it's a pretty reasonable jump to assume that he would have a similar reaction to GR.
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Jul 15, 2016 18:54
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Franchescanado posted:Least favorite was the poo poo eating or the castration scene The poo poo eating was one of my favorites. It was the first time it became clear to me that the 20th century's death worship was one of the book's primary concerns. The castration scene was pretty good too, though I don't think I understood its thematic function very well.
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Jul 15, 2016 23:19
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Lightbulb sequence 4 lyf
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Jul 16, 2016 15:56
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quote:The Strand Bookstore has included a literary matching quiz in its job application form since the 1970s. Here are some quizzes from years past. Can you match the authors and titles? Beware of trick questions. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/07/14/nyregion/strand-quiz.html 47/50
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Jul 16, 2016 18:34
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Please don't post your quiz results everyone
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Jul 16, 2016 18:41
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Also it's an incredibly boring literary quiz, I preferred this "prescription drug or Tolkien elf" one
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Jul 16, 2016 19:00
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Well, sorry about that then. Anyway, about halfway through Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett and it is very good. The tone reminds of Speedboat in a way, but set in the Irish countryside instead. I didn't really care much for Speedboat, though, but I'm loving Pond. Has anyone read Zero K? Thinking about reading that next, curious to hear what anyone thought.
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Jul 16, 2016 19:12
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Wraith of J.O.I. posted:Has anyone read Zero K? Thinking about reading that next, curious to hear what anyone thought. It's the kinda book that will do absolutely nothing for you but I guess it's well written and will entertain you enough to take you two hours closer to the void.
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Incidentally, I just finished Libra a week or so ago and it's my favorite Delillo now. From the few books of his that I've read I think Oswald might be his best character. It's haunting and beautifully written--his prose is just staggeringly perfect. I'm going to start Underworld soon.
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Jul 16, 2016 21:53
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Ras Het posted:Please don't post your quiz results everyone 4/20
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Jul 17, 2016 01:44
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I read Aquarium. It was cute. That middle bit was difficult to read tho.
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Wraith of J.O.I. posted:http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/07/14/nyregion/strand-quiz.html wow, u must be a real literature buff
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Jul 17, 2016 09:04
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Jimmithy posted:It was cute. Not what I would go with as an adjective personally
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Jul 17, 2016 14:44
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Mel's a kawaii kind of guy.
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Jul 17, 2016 14:48
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Finished The Moviegoer. It was very good, with a lot of wonderful passages in the heart of the book. Next up is My Name Is Red.
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Mr. Squishy posted:Mel's a kawaii kind of guy. ~uguu~
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Jul 17, 2016 21:10
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rest his guts posted:I've been getting into early 20th pre WWI American lit and am wondering if anyone has suggestions? Henry James. Thomas Wolfe is just after WWI but he's pretty good too.
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Jul 17, 2016 22:49
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i want to read my own execution warrant before saudi wahhabists brutally decapitate me
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Jul 17, 2016 22:53
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Against the Day is a really good, incredibly researched book set in that time period.
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Jul 17, 2016 23:33
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rest his guts posted:I've been getting into early 20th pre WWI American lit and am wondering if anyone has suggestions? Just finished Check out this dude called Hamlin Garland if you like midwestern farmers being miserable.
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Nanomashoes posted:Henry James. I love Henry James. The Ambassadors is one of the sharpest books I've ever read. The clarity with which he conceives of and executes upon his characters' emotional states and social situations is staggering. And he manages to make it laugh-out-loud funny as well. I read Portrait of a Lady and didn't like it as much, but The Turn of the Screw is a great little ghost story to get lost in. I have a copy of The Golden Bowl floating around somewhere that I'm excited to tackle someday. Do you have any other recommendations from his body of work?
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Schmischmenjamin posted:I love Henry James. The Ambassadors is one of the sharpest books I've ever read. The clarity with which he conceives of and executes upon his characters' emotional states and social situations is staggering. And he manages to make it laugh-out-loud funny as well. I read Portrait of a Lady and didn't like it as much, but The Turn of the Screw is a great little ghost story to get lost in. I have a copy of The Golden Bowl floating around somewhere that I'm excited to tackle someday. Do you have any other recommendations from his body of work? Other than those I've really just read his short stories, The Aspern Papers is good.
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Jul 18, 2016 03:24
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What Maise Knew is his showpiece for various dramatic ironies.
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Jul 18, 2016 09:46
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book of disquiet is real cool btw real good, cool
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Jul 18, 2016 15:34
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read the collected poems of Alberto Caeiro next pessoa's cool and good
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Jul 18, 2016 20:52
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I'm reading Vargas Llosa's war at the end of the world and its sooo much fun im totally addicted, feels good to read a fast-paced soap opera novel every now and then
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Jul 18, 2016 21:13
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Ras Het posted:I'm reading Vargas Llosa's war at the end of the world and its sooo much fun im totally addicted, feels good to read a fast-paced soap opera novel every now and then It's really something and feels very different from his other work.
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Ras Het posted:I'm reading Vargas Llosa's war at the end of the world and its sooo much fun im totally addicted, feels good to read a fast-paced soap opera novel every now and then Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter is like that too, a real pageturner.
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