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This thread has spurred me to start on:
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What book are you reading now?
495 durable postsStarted 2004-10-07Latest 2023-09-15
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The Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum
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[h=1]Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers[/h]
Just finished Double Down a few days ago which was about the 2012 election. Reading The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver now.
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i just started [COLOR=#0033cc]House[/COLOR] of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
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The Prince by Machiavelli
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Gaiman was ok, disappointed that it was a young adult book pitched as his first adult novel after American Gods.
On to this: Ocean's 11 in a medieval setting.
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^^cool cover
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Considering "Actors Anonymous" by James Franco
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[QUOTE=res0nat0r;1108973]^^cool cover[/QUOTE]
Yeah nice details in the headdress and arms.
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Reminds me of Eyes Wide Shut^
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[QUOTE=floridaorange;1109020]Reminds me of Eyes Wide Shut^[/QUOTE]
For real.
The best part of Eyes Wide Shut. This song:
[video=youtube;CoZJdil0_HI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoZJdil0_HI[/video]
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First time I saw that movie my eyes were wide open :lol:
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Been on a reading binge lately.
Currently:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/0MW7enQ.png[/img]
Just finished:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/xYep3aD.jpg[/img]
This was really good. Pretty scary and talks about how it is pretty much a miracle we didn't have a nuclear accident here in the USA due to all of the risky crap we were doing with our weapons.
Also finished these:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/C8qsLSs.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/Go83yHK.jpg[/img]
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[QUOTE=feather;1102849]This thread has spurred me to start on:
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How was this?
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How is "double down" reso?
Currently reading "The Intent to Live." by Larry Moss
Rob Lowe's Autobio "Stories I Only Tell My Friends"
Denzel Washington's - "A Hand to Guide Me"
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[QUOTE=res0nat0r;1113477]How was this?[/QUOTE]
Ambivalent about it. Pitched as his first adult novel since American Gods but it's actually a young adult novel because the premise is an adult protagonist flashing back to an incident in his childhood.
Otherwise it's good ol' Gaiman: well-written, some supernatural horror, and myths.
He claims this is his most personal story yet, but over the years, IMO, Gaiman just feels like he's cruising on auto. He's an innate storyteller and the craft is always evident in the writing, but a lot of the stories lack a huge impact to me. Nothing he's written comes close to American Gods.
Still on The Republic of Thieves, 10% left. Going slow because the novel introduced some flashback interludes that I'm finding uninteresting, while the current timeline's plot has revealed a 'twist' that I'm not sure helps with anything and could possibly ruin the original appeal of the character and the nature of the stories.
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[QUOTE=floridaorange;1113480]How is "double down" reso? [/QUOTE]
It was good. Interesting inside stories of the 2012 election and it was an entertaining read. As the NY Times reviewer pointed out, the authors seemed to have their thesaurus handy because they kept using crazy words you wouldn't normally hear to describe something in place of something more common. That was a bit annoying but otherwise good stuff.
I've been on a book buying binge lately and prob have 25 new books I've bought in the last 6 months.
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Forgot I also finished this:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/3Y9UyRn.jpg[/img]
This was ok. More like a 200 page rant of how dumb the CIA / State Dept is and how corrupt Saudi Arabia is.
3/5.
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I see, ya big words for the sake of big words is only good if you know the big words :Lol:.
Have you read this? I want to.
[url="http://www.amazon.com/Consumed-Markets-Children-Infantilize-Citizens/dp/0393330893"]Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole: Benjamin R. Barber: 9780393330892: Amazon.com: Books[/url]
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Last book of Game of Thrones
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^^nice
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Finished Republic of Thieves, on to [URL="http://io9.com/ancillary-justice-is-the-mind-blowing-space-opera-youv-1430076479"]Ancillary Justice[/URL].
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[QUOTE="feather;1113850"]Finished Republic of Thieves, on to [URL="http://io9.com/ancillary-justice-is-the-mind-blowing-space-opera-youv-1430076479"]Ancillary Justice[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
This looks interesting. Haven't been reading much fiction lately but might check is out. Let me know how it goes...
Starting
[img]http://signsofgrace.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/looming-tower.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE="floridaorange;1113546"]I see, ya big words for the sake of big words is only good if you know the big words :Lol:. Have you read this? I want to. [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Consumed-Markets-Children-Infantilize-Citizens/dp/0393330893"]Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole: Benjamin R. Barber: 9780393330892: Amazon.com: Books[/URL][/QUOTE] I havent, but looks interesting...
Reading this soon: [img]http://www.openlettersmonthly.com/stevereads/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/better-angels-of-our-nature.jpg[/img]
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"interesting" and depressing
[QUOTE]A powerful sequel to Benjamin R. Barber's best-selling [I]Jihad vs. McWorld, Consumed[/I] offers a vivid portrait of an overproducing global economy that targets children as consumers in a market where there are never enough shoppers and where the primary goal is no longer to manufacture goods but needs. To explain how and why this has come about, Barber brings together extensive empirical research with an original theoretical framework for understanding our contemporary predicament. [COLOR=#ffff00]He asserts that in place of the Protestant ethic once associated with capitalism—encouraging self-restraint, preparing for the future, protecting and self-sacrificing for children and community, and other characteristics of adulthood—we are constantly being seduced into an "infantilist" ethic of consumption[/COLOR].[/QUOTE]
This thread could be really dynamic if everyone would type out quotes and opened up discussion. brb
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[QUOTE=res0nat0r;1114006]This looks interesting. Haven't been reading much fiction lately but might check is out. Let me know how it goes...[/QUOTE]
Finished it this morning. Ancillary Justice was really good, don't think I've read anything like it. The protagonist is an individual that used to exist as a hive mind that was the AI for a battle spaceship.
There's a slight melancholia to the tale of loyalty and revenge. It's written from the first person so you really get into this 'AI's' head which is at once detached, dispassionate, yet oddly human.
You get a glimpse of existing with fragmented selves which is also the premise of the villainous plot. The novel is not techy at all which I really admire in a sci-fi story. I was almost reminded of Banks' Culture.
[URL="http://www.amazon.com/Ancillary-Justice-Ann-Leckie/product-reviews/031624662X/ref=cm_cr_pr_top_recent?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending"]You can read other reviews here[/URL].
This is also the author Ann Leckie's debut novel and there should be two more novels to make up a trilogy. Looking forward to them.
The last time I read a debut novel I could really get into was Patrick Rothfuss who also wrote in the first person.
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I started this when I was 13. Magician Apprentice was the first fantasy novel I read and got me hooked on this stuff (Sci-fi was Asimov). 24 years later it's finally [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Magicians-End-Book-Three-Chaoswar/dp/0061468436/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391728892&sr=1-1&keywords=magician%27s+end"]Magician's End[/URL]. Slow-going.
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just learned this was Kurt Cobain's favorite book:
[url="http://www.amazon.com/Perfume-Story-Murderer-Patrick-Suskind/dp/0375725849"]Amazon.com: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (9780375725845): Patrick Suskind, John E. Woods: Books[/url]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial][h=1]Perfume: The Story of a Murderer [COLOR=#888888 !important]Paperback[/COLOR][/h][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]by [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Patrick-Suskind/e/B000APV9DM/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1"]Patrick Suskind[/URL] [/FONT][/COLOR]
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Have you seen the movie? I thought it was great, some people didn't like it though.
[video=youtube;zutiIw_2e2g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zutiIw_2e2g[/video]
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^I think the trailer is enough for me personally :lol: but thanks for sharing it ;)
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Got sidetracked by
[IMG]http://www.zmbm.net/images/zmbm.gif[/IMG]
It's difficult reading.
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here's a decent list:
[url="http://imgur.com/gallery/D2ZEA"]25 books that define cool - Imgur[/url]
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[QUOTE=floridaorange;1122467]just learned this was Kurt Cobain's favorite book:
[URL="http://www.amazon.com/Perfume-Story-Murderer-Patrick-Suskind/dp/0375725849"]Amazon.com: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (9780375725845): Patrick Suskind, John E. Woods: Books[/URL]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial][B]Perfume: The Story of a Murderer [COLOR=#888888 !important]Paperback[/B]
[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]by [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Patrick-Suskind/e/B000APV9DM/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1"]Patrick Suskind[/URL] [/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
what a great book! I read it like 15 years ago....
and the movie is very faithful... good movie all round. The narrator in the movie is Malcom Mcdowell...
"Jean Baptiste Grenoille..."