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« Reply #1260 on: April 05, 2012, 05:25:35 PM » |
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« Reply #1261 on: April 06, 2012, 02:13:31 AM » |
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I'm currently reading the Penguin's Classics collection of Franz Kafka's works. I admire how much he manages to say in such few words in his short stories.
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« Reply #1262 on: April 06, 2012, 02:47:10 AM » |
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Kafka's tone is so precise and distinct, the closest I've ever seen someone come to that level of oppressive silence is Ligotti. Ligotti managed in "My Work is Not Yet Done" to use the word 'spooky' in a way that in no way came across as the comical, watered down word for 'scary' it usually does.
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« Reply #1263 on: April 06, 2012, 09:48:10 AM » |
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Rereading Pale Fire by Nabokov
I don't care what anyone says, he's the greatest writer of all time.
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« Reply #1264 on: April 06, 2012, 10:27:28 AM » |
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Kafka is fucking amazing. particularly some of his short works burrowed their way into my skull and will never be dislodged
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« Reply #1265 on: April 06, 2012, 10:31:43 AM » |
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cats cradle by vonnegut - just finished and it was awesome
wisdom of no escape by pema chodron - My second read through. bummed it off a friend. most direct and personal book for anyone practicing meditation.
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« Reply #1266 on: April 07, 2012, 07:45:39 AM » |
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Walter Moers' Alchemaster's Apprentice. It is about Echo, cat like creature which is mostly like normal cat, except it can talk and has two livers. At the beginning he gets into streets of Malaisea, city of diseases and starves to almost death. Then chief alchemist of the city finds him and proposes a deal: until next full moon, he will serve Echo most fine dishes of food, pamper him etc. after he will kill Echo to extract his precious fat for alchemistic experiments. Starved Echo accepts the deal. I just started it but so far it seems just as good as I expect from Moers. I have been huge fan of his books many years. Someone described them as "children's books for adults" meaning that he doesn't fear to go direction of Grimm with black humour. Also, the world of books is filled with curious characters & creatures, and I can honestly say his books are some of the most imaginative ones I have ever read. Also, great illustrations:  |
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« Reply #1268 on: April 07, 2012, 01:25:53 PM » |
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the brief wondrous life of oscar wao, by junot diaz
good omens, by neil gaiman and terry pratchett
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« Reply #1269 on: April 07, 2012, 03:32:41 PM » |
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Oh God Ayn Rand.
Still yet to really start 1Q84, probably going to leave it for now in favour of a collection of Kafka I haven't read in a while.
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« Reply #1270 on: April 07, 2012, 03:39:51 PM » |
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« Reply #1271 on: April 07, 2012, 04:04:31 PM » |
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I ordered some copies of The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus and Nausea by Jean Paul Sartre, online.
My tendency to seek out works about Nihilism, Absurdism or Existentialism seems to be almost masochistic, based on how it affects my mind.
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« Reply #1272 on: April 07, 2012, 04:44:07 PM » |
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Add Camus' The Plague and The Stranger if you haven't read them already. Can't go wrong with some Kafka and Dostoevsky either.
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« Reply #1273 on: April 07, 2012, 04:47:54 PM » |
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How much heavier is your iphone/ipad with Atlas Shrugged uploaded onto it?
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« Reply #1274 on: April 07, 2012, 05:26:04 PM » |
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Just finished Dune, I'm considering reading Dune Messiah next. I'm just not sure how interested I am in reading about 'Paul's Adventures as the Emperor' though. I have a feeling that the whole thing will just be a lot of politicking.
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