What are you reading?

[kaeth]

Where did you find a copy for less than a bazillion dollars?

Someone lent it to me. It's out of print again, but there's a softcover reprint that still sells on eBay for about $30.

looks like a good one...ive tried my damndest to purchase wreckers of civilization throbbing gristle story but that shits always like 200 bucks or somthing crazy....boyd rice is a cunt but that larry wessels or whatever his name is made the iconoclast dvd where he goes into a bunch of storys on that type of music its like 4 hrs and pretty fun.

Wasn't aware of these. I'll have to look into them. Thanks!

[warwick.hoy]

10 year old book that is super relevant regarding the times we live in.

[popvulture]

Currently Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer. Can't decide if I'm into it yet.

[oscillateur]

Currently Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer. Can't decide if I'm into it yet.

Yeah, that was a weird one. I still have a the next two in my Amazon wishlist so I'll probably get them at some point on the Kindle I guess .

[popvulture]

Yep, it's a disorienting read, which I get in terms of being a useful device... just not sure I'll say it was an enjoyable experience when it's over. Fortunately it's got me curious enough to find out .

[Wittgenstein]

Wife talked me into reading Paradise Lost with her. Rly good, especially when considered in light of TRUMP

[Lurker13]

Just polished off two Michael Lewis books, Liar's Poker and The Big Short. Both are really good. Liar's Poker is hilarious, and The Big Short explains things at an adult level, unlike the movie, which devolved into vague analogies by celebrities (although I otherwise liked the movie a lot).

[bloatedsack]

Months ago, I started re-reading all of the Discworld books in order. I said as much in this thread. Two days ago I started "Making Steam," the last of the main books. I've read all of them before, mind you, I've read all the Discworld novels. I wanted to reexperience them all, in order, from start to finish and really dig in.

Except for the Shepard's Crown, which was post-posthumously released. It's the first time in probably 20+ years I didn't preorder a Pratchett book. I didn't even think about it because it made me sad. Sunday night, I downloaded a copy of it and I actually teared up knowing that I was about to take the last new step I'd ever really experience on the Disc, again.

I'm extremely emotional about this, and I dread the moment I have to start, adn then finish, his novels.

[warwick.hoy]

Shock Doctrine was getting a little too depressing so I moved onto a different kind of depressing.

[oscillateur]

I recently read The Scar by China Mieville (not bad but not his best) and The Fractal Prince by Hannu Rajaniemi (entertaining). I started 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami a few days ago. I used to read a lot of his novels 10-15 years ago but only read one or two since. I think I'll like this one. Also, it takes place in Tokyo and often in areas I know well and that's always something I somehow appreciate in a book (just like when one character from a book lived in the street I lived in at the time in Paris ).

[popvulture]

I liked The Scar! It's been quite a long time since I read it though, so I've forgotten a good bit. I still need to get back to Iron Council—for some reason I could never get into that one.

[warwick.hoy]

I recently read The Scar by China Mieville (not bad but not his best) and The Fractal Prince by Hannu Rajaniemi (entertaining). I started 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami a few days ago. I used to read a lot of his novels 10-15 years ago but only read one or two since. I think I'll like this one. Also, it takes place in Tokyo and often in areas I know well and that's always something I somehow appreciate in a book (just like when one character from a book lived in the street I lived in at the time in Paris ).

Murakami is one if my favorites. Windup Bird Chronicles and Norwegian Wood are the ones I've read. I don't think I fully related to either one which begs a reread of both at some point.

[Jwar]

Finally finished This Symbiotic Fascination by Charlee Jacob. I've had that book for like 10 years now and have just got around to reading it. Charlee is an amazing author and she writes the most twisted and fucked up shit I'v read. That was 400 pages of insanity at it's best.

Going to move onto a new book. We Eat Our Own is on my new list, so I think that's what I'll start diving into tonight.

[chuckjaywalk]

Conjuring by James Randi. A history of prestidigitation and legerdemain. I love stage magic to a terrifying degree, so this is a book I have wanted to read for a long time.

[Achtane]

Incoming:
Pan by Knut Hamsun
Black Holes and Time Warps by Kip Thorne
Pygmy by Chuck Palhhnnnehlleh
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky