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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Dapper Bandit » Thu Nov 16, 2017 7:04 am

$harkToootth wrote:Anyone have a fantasy/science fiction series that it seems "only you" love? Looking for something off the cuff and involving as I need to stop watching so much goddamn Howard Stern on E! circa 2001 - 2009.


If you're looking for off the cuff I would have to point you at Iain M. Banks' Culture series (set in a universe but the novels are all standalone). More involving would be the Hyperion/Endymion cycle by Dan Simmons. If you can pick it up cheap the Starfarers series by Vonda N. McIntyre was alright. Kinda Star Trek-y.

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Is that the Ralph Ellison novel or the H.G Wells novel?


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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Iommic Pope » Thu Nov 16, 2017 7:13 am

Chipping away at Neil de Grasse Tyson’s Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Invisible Man » Thu Nov 16, 2017 7:23 am

I assume it was Ellison. Wells is ‘The Invisible Man.’ Both pretty dope, though.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby $harkToootth » Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:37 am

@dapper bandit - Thank you for the reply! That was a contender around the time I was looking...I wound up cracking open my old philosophy books instead.

Sort of related to reading...I finally watched this last night. Having read a significant amount of Wallace and having read the source material (Lipsky's book)...I liked it enough I guess? The two lead actors are always a pleasure. Kind of reminded me of THE QUEEN in that, I thought, "Did this really need a theatrical release? Seems more like a made for TV movie." Sort of irrelevant though, as most people (I include myself) stream anyway. I just re-read some of INFINITE JEST and this movie kind of helps drive in some of the key ideas from that novel. Which lead me to thinking about pedal demos 'as a source of entertainment'. I consume a great amount of these videos and at the end of the day, it's entertainment coming indirectly from companies that just want my money. So you have a phenomenon of people working for "free" to create "ads" for companies that just want money. I'm thinking out loud here so I reserve the right to get smarter :lol:. In any case, the influx of 'pedal demoers' or 'demoers' in general is a strange phenomenon (although, I am fully aware most of us were into stomp boxes well before youtube was a thing).
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby weebles » Thu Nov 16, 2017 7:54 pm

Currently readin Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. And l, just, jeez it’s frustrating and makes me sad.
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Re: What are you reading?

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Re: What are you reading?

Postby PeteeBee » Fri Nov 17, 2017 12:39 am

Invisible Man wrote:I assume it was Ellison. Wells is ‘The Invisible Man.’ Both pretty dope, though.


Yeah the one by Ellison
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Lurker13 » Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:55 pm

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$harkToootth wrote:Anyone have a fantasy/science fiction series that it seems "only you" love? Looking for something off the cuff and involving as I need to stop watching so much goddamn Howard Stern on E! circa 2001 - 2009.


If you're looking for off the cuff I would have to point you at Iain M. Banks' Culture series (set in a universe but the novels are all standalone).

I'll definitely second Ian M. Banks' Culture stories. He did a great job of imagining the distant future. Consider Phlebas, The Player of Games, and Excession are all great reads.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby fcknoise » Fri Nov 24, 2017 4:57 am

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Re: What are you reading?

Postby dozicusmaximus » Tue Dec 05, 2017 12:05 am

$harkToootth wrote:What I'm reading:
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I'd like to read some of his stuff. But I think I need to start with some of the basics first. I've been wanting to get into philosophy for a good while now.

Just started

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There is some really good shit in here and I'm only 50 pages in.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby $harkToootth » Tue Dec 05, 2017 1:34 pm

dozicusmaximus wrote:I'd like to read some of his stuff. But I think I need to start with some of the basics first. I've been wanting to get into philosophy for a good while now.

Just started

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There is some really good shit in here and I'm only 50 pages in.

I don't think you do. The first 40 pages of the book I posted is actually for people who may not have the done the groundwork. It's a really good introduction for 'the problems in German Metaphysics' during that period. Most of Schopenhauer's aphorisms, like Nietzsche's, can be read on their own accord. No pre-requisites.

Some philosophy does require a lot of the ground work done beforehand, namely 'ethics', 'moral philosophy' and 'political philosophy' and that is because a vast majority (read, NOT ALL) of thought comes from a few source texts (for example, any current political philosophy has a high likelihood of referencing Locke, Hobbes, Hume, Rawls, Mill, and Nozick [among others]).

I do happen to like Ancient Greek Philosophy (part of the groundwork so to speak) though because...it's fairly simple and...I can understand it. That said, I have always appreciated more 'abstract' thought like Deleuze, Foucault, Guattari, and Deridda (that said to that said, I don't 'get it' 100% of the time. 80% would be generous tbh).

That book you posted looks rad.

All coming from someone who derives a lot of moral instructions and critical thinking from 'Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn' so don't listen to me ever.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby dozicusmaximus » Tue Dec 05, 2017 3:47 pm

$harkToootth wrote:I don't think you do. The first 40 pages of the book I posted is actually for people who may not have the done the groundwork. It's a really good introduction for 'the problems in German Metaphysics' during that period. Most of Schopenhauer's aphorisms, like Nietzsche's, can be read on their own accord. No pre-requisites.

Some philosophy does require a lot of the ground work done beforehand, namely 'ethics', 'moral philosophy' and 'political philosophy' and that is because a vast majority (read, NOT ALL) of thought comes from a few source texts (for example, any current political philosophy has a high likelihood of referencing Locke, Hobbes, Hume, Rawls, Mill, and Nozick [among others]).

I do happen to like Ancient Greek Philosophy (part of the groundwork so to speak) though because...it's fairly simple and...I can understand it. That said, I have always appreciated more 'abstract' thought like Deleuze, Foucault, Guattari, and Deridda (that said to that said, I don't 'get it' 100% of the time. 80% would be generous tbh).

That book you posted looks rad.

All coming from someone who derives a lot of moral instructions and critical thinking from 'Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn' so don't listen to me ever.


Cool. I appreciate the encouragement. I have realized I should figure out which area I would like to focus on. But I do have some Plato and stuff just sitting here waiting to be read.

I recently came across Deleuze and added some stuff to my Amazon list.

It's an interesting book that you don't really need to blow through like a novel.

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Re: What are you reading?

Postby chuckjaywalk » Tue Dec 05, 2017 4:38 pm

Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records Book

I'm sort of obsessed with Superchunk. I had no idea this book existed and I found it for cheap. Pretty stoked to read it.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby $harkToootth » Wed Dec 06, 2017 10:52 am

Taking a very lateral move...I think I HAVE TO read the new Doug Stanhope book.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby PeteeBee » Wed Dec 06, 2017 11:32 am

fcknoise wrote:Image

On my phone so picture might be weird :)

It's a great read so far


I read this whole book on my phone haha. I too really enjoyed it. Homage and Keep the Aspidistra Flying are my two favorite Orwell’s.
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