What Are You Reading?

[mutmoo]

1984

[devnulljp]

anyone got any recommended non-fiction? don't really feel like reading fiction books, although i do fancy having a go at dune

I have a hard time justifying reading fiction (I know I know, I'm a philistine who doesn't appreciate literature... ), as time is a pretty rare commodity. I read a lot of pop-sci and biographical/historical non-fiction.

Depends what you're interested in I guess -- although I'm a molecular biologist and it's kinda my thing, I really think everyone should read the Selfish Gene (don't be put off by the title).
Dan Dennet's Consciousness Explained is great.
Guns Germs and Steel? (you mentioned sociology right? That's kinda relevant).
Anything by Richard Feynman -- his autobiographies are fascinating.

[metalmariachi]

Liberty and tyranny by Mark Levin.

MM

[thelonelyweeblo]

It'd be a little easier to read if it wasn't a huge collection of interviews, but I'm still really enjoying it. Recommended if you liked Our Band Could Be Your Life and obviously if you liked 90's Hardcore.

[Gilmourish]

the search for the dice man... sequel to the dice man by luke rhineheart which im sure you've all heard of..

[phantasmagorovich]

the search for the dice man... sequel to the dice man by luke rhineheart which im sure you've all heard of..

Er. No?

It'd be a little easier to read if it wasn't a huge collection of interviews, but I'm still really enjoying it. Recommended if you liked Our Band Could Be Your Life and obviously if you liked 90's Hardcore.

Cool. Is it interviews of one at a time or is it a collage of interview fragments in thematical/chrnological order? If so, there's a book about german punk that works the same way. It's probably not been translated though:



And speaking of german punk:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1qUXATgFEg[/youtube]

[HereticPride]

Infinite Jest

[phantasmagorovich]

Been eyeing that for a while. Just like Bolaños 2666. Both came out in german last year and everyone was making a huge fuss about them. Apparently awesome books.

[culturejam]

I'm about half-way through Dawkins' "The God Delusion".

And just before I started that, I went on a Charles Bukowski bender. I read Post Office, Factotum, and one of his poetry books.

[thelonelyweeblo]

Cool. Is it interviews of one at a time or is it a collage of interview fragments in thematical/chrnological order?

The first four chapters are about elements of the scene such as animal rights, straight edge, gender roles, spirituality, etc. Each chapter just has a ton of folks directly involved with the scene talking about those topics. Then, when the book switches gears to focus on one band at a time (about 30 are covered), members of each band take turns talking about their band.

Infinite Jest

Talk about digressive. Sheesh!

[fuzzstache]

Just finished "Freakonomics" and it was kinda awesome! Moving on to "Art of Virtue" cause a guy needs a little inspiration, ya know?

[futuresailors]

Freakonomics was pretty awesome...
I've been on a Haruki Murakami bender as of late. Now I'm trying to track down Dance Dance Dance...

[smile_man]

I've been on a Haruki Murakami bender as of late. Now I'm trying to track down Dance Dance Dance...

It's alright.

[blicero]

anyone got any recommended non-fiction? don't really feel like reading fiction books, although i do fancy having a go at dune

I have a hard time justifying reading fiction (I know I know, I'm a philistine who doesn't appreciate literature... ), as time is a pretty rare commodity. I read a lot of pop-sci and biographical/historical non-fiction.

Depends what you're interested in I guess -- although I'm a molecular biologist and it's kinda my thing, I really think everyone should read the Selfish Gene (don't be put off by the title).
Dan Dennet's Consciousness Explained is great.
Guns Germs and Steel? (you mentioned sociology right? That's kinda relevant).
Anything by Richard Feynman -- his autobiographies are fascinating.

Thanks for these. I'm also interested in popular science and historical stuff. I've got the whole summer ahead of me so I'll probably just go down the book shop and have massive splurge on a stack of books haha

[phantasmagorovich]

Naomi Klein's No Logo is an essential read. Haven't yet checked The Shock Doctrine but I think that's pretty awesome too.

And I can recommend the works of Plato, of Michel Serres, Friedrich Nietzsche and Giorgio Agamben, if you're into philosophy. If you're really into philosophy check out Heidegger and Derrida too.