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let's talk about books here, ill recommend some -kafka on the shore (haruki murakami) -infinite jest (david foster wallace) -of mice and men (john steinbeck) you should recommend some books too, friends |
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Here is my current reading list, OP: Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami (I have about 1/8 left). Trainspotting - Irving Welsh Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 - Hunter S. Thompson (I got halfway througu but had to put this on the backburner for a bit, it was too depressing). Book of Five Rings - Miyamoto Musashi Mr. Arkadin - Orson Welles (!!!) I'm also reading through Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, it's surprisingly good. As a side story, I think one of my favoritw book related memories was finishing Hunter S. Thompson's The Rum Diaries while perched on a rock on a sunny afternoon somewhere on the California coastline. I finished just as the sun went down. It was beautiful. |
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Apr 7, 2015 23:37
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lots of Cool books but only one Good one |
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Apr 7, 2015 23:39
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Vendor Trash posted:lots of Cool books but only one Good one |
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Apr 7, 2015 23:41
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I was really disappointed with wind-up bird chronicle
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Apr 7, 2015 23:42
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Bwee posted:I was really disappointed with wind-up bird chronicle It's getting pretty close to the end and not much has happened yet. |
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Apr 7, 2015 23:45
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the scene where the guy gets flayed is intense
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Apr 7, 2015 23:45
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If we're talking Murakami, I will say that I liked Norwegian Wood quite a bit. |
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Apr 7, 2015 23:45
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Bwee posted:the scene where the guy gets flayed is intense I liked the main guy's reaction to his wife's letter. "Welp. Looks like my wife had freaknasty sex with some random." *shrugs shoulders, chugs beer* |
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Apr 7, 2015 23:47
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he likes cutty sark
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Apr 7, 2015 23:48
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William Gaddis posted:remember the kobo Abe book about the guy who lives in the underground bunker and is really into bugs that spin around in circles in their own feces I lol'ed at this post a while ago and got around to reading this book. It's good. (Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe) |
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Apr 7, 2015 23:55
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In Norwegian Wood, I thought the scene where the main guy and the second girl sip on beer and play guitar while it's raining ash from a nearby housefire was one of the most beautiful, romantic things I've ever read |
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Apr 8, 2015 00:02
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neuromancer by william gibson cats cradle by kurt vonnegut |
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Apr 8, 2015 00:08
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indignation by Phillip Roth is very cool |
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Apr 8, 2015 00:10
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crust munch posted:neuromancer by william gibson excellent choices |
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Apr 8, 2015 00:10
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I don't think Neuromancer is the best book ever written or anything, but I do think it has absolutely astounding pacing. I love the foreword in the new printing 20th anniv edition neuromancer that is like 'now there is a new mystery for new readers to solve: why they don't have cell phones in Chiba city' |
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Apr 8, 2015 00:20
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joke_explainer posted:I don't think Neuromancer is the best book ever written or anything, but I do think it has absolutely astounding pacing. always assumed case was part of an illegal sneakernet that ran off of radio-free hardware to move whatever to wherever because the internet was basically an open book to artifical intelligence and military software. chiba is a self-contained darknet, a city of ghosts which exist only to accelerate human progress through the black market. nothing more popular than an anonymous phone terminal in a city of anonymous people |
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Apr 8, 2015 00:26
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Born to Run Run or Die Eat and Run The Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei War and Peace House of Leaves Becoming a Supple Leopard ---------------- |
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Apr 8, 2015 00:30
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not a book but Issac Asimovs short stories
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Apr 8, 2015 00:32
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Ulysses by a gentleman called james Joyce 
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Apr 8, 2015 00:32
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The wonderful story of Henry sugar
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Apr 8, 2015 00:33
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On Capital - Karl Marx Hegemony and Survival- Noam Chomsky Failed States- Noam Chomsky The Wealth of Nations - Adam Smith ---------------- |
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Apr 8, 2015 00:33
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the brothers karamazov by fyodor dostoyevsky inspector by nikolai gogol the war diaries of vasily grossman |
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Apr 8, 2015 00:36
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soon im going to read today i wrote nothing: the selected works of daniil kharms, apparently its a good collection of his stories. i'm looking forward to it |
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Apr 8, 2015 00:40
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the very cool book is ubik |
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Apr 8, 2015 00:44
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Bwee posted:I was really disappointed with wind-up bird chronicle I really liked it actually. Maybe it's because it was the first Murakami book I read? The main character's general malaise about everything seemed more like a statement about society. He was just another normal person intruding into the abnormal part of the world and he just wasn't able to react in a way other than "Try to continue being normal, drink a beer, sit in a well, put the door back." I havent read it in a while though so maybe I should re read it to see if my interpretation is still valid. |
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Apr 8, 2015 00:50
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No you're right I think it's a spirit of the times thing, the whole "normal guy reacts blandly to weird stuff" thing is fairly common in literature/film/tv/etc now but i'm sure main guy's shtick was more interesting and novel in 1994
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Apr 8, 2015 00:59
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Neuropath is right up there on my list. Blindsight, by Peter Watts is my absolute favourite book though. Also good: Kingdom of Fear by Hunter S Thompson Lord of Light of Roger Zelazny (Really cool, human settles planet, the original crew of the colonisation ship use technology to make themselves immortal and take on the powers and personalities of the Hindu gods to control the planet) Dark Tower series from King The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (Biopunk set in the future in Thailand, again, really cool) Tebulot fucked around with this message at 01:03 on Apr 8, 2015
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Apr 8, 2015 01:00
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neuromancer kinda sucks, sorry |
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Apr 8, 2015 01:10
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this is a relaly unique book http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._%28Dorst_novel%29
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Apr 8, 2015 01:11
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dogcrash truther posted:neuromancer kinda sucks, sorry gonna back that up with anything |
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Apr 8, 2015 01:13
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all of its female characters are bullshit |
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Apr 8, 2015 01:15
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if youc ant write believable characters of both sexes, gently caress you |
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Apr 8, 2015 01:16
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im reading the david duchonvy HOLY COW book but i think its kinda dumb!!! cows cant write books!!!! |
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Apr 8, 2015 01:17
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one of my favorites is 2666 by roberto bolaņo, even though it gets insanely tedious in some parts |
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Apr 8, 2015 01:17
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eig posted:im reading the david duchonvy HOLY COW book but i think its kinda dumb!!! cows cant write books!!!! woah, hello |
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Apr 8, 2015 01:17
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is this thread for "cool"? books only, or good books |
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Apr 8, 2015 01:17
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dogcrash truther: "hi I'm dct I don't like strong female protagonists" |
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Apr 8, 2015 01:17
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what is a "cool" book vs a good book |
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crust munch posted:dogcrash truther: "hi I'm dct I don't like strong female protagonists" bacalou: "hi I'm bacalou and I don't know what a strong female protagonist is." |
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