Gilgamesh for World Lit. class. Read it before as a kid, so I should ace my upcoming quiz. Why the fuck isn't there a Fuzz on the market called Enkidu? That could be the next in line for the dude that makes the Wendigo and the Yeti fuzz
Re: What are you reading?
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 5:18 pm
by RR Bigman
plz to not start gun debate
plus a java for beginners book...cause I've never learned an event driven language. Not that I'm an expert in any language, but I've dabbled here and there with Cpp and QBASIC and the like. Python looks pretty sweet too.
Re: What are you reading?
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 5:20 pm
by coldbrightsunlight
Achtane wrote:
monkeydancer wrote:Read I, Robot yesterday, LOVED it. I'm excited to start David Byrne's latest book when I get home tomorrow, I love David Byrne.
How Music Works? I've only read a little of it but it seems very informative. I gave away two copies as Christmas gifts, gotta borrow one back sometime. The cover itself is super cool, too.
Yeah that's the one, forgot the title for a sec. The cover is sooooo nice I just want to touch it.
Re: What are you reading?
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:19 pm
by smile_man
DFW's 'oblivion' literally kill be for being a pretentious hipster
Re: What are you reading?
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:41 pm
by D.o.S.
smile_man wrote:DFW's 'oblivion' literally kill be for being a pretentious hipster
Dude's a great writer, ain't no shame in reading his books.
Slowly working my way through The Pale King... but I always have like five or six books on rotation so I haven't touched it in about a month.
Re: What are you reading?
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 12:52 am
by smile_man
D.o.S. wrote:Slowly working my way through The Pale King... but I always have like five or six books on rotation so I haven't touched it in about a month.
in the same boat
Re: What are you reading?
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 3:39 am
by zRobertez
RR Bigman wrote:
plz to not start gun debate
plus a java for beginners book...cause I've never learned an event driven language. Not that I'm an expert in any language, but I've dabbled here and there with Cpp and QBASIC and the like. Python looks pretty sweet too.
DUDE I've been learning objective c for about 3 months. They're both c based languages. We have so much in common!
I'm gonna start reading the Fellowship of the Ring. dun dun dun! Some time soon. I just watched all the movies with my gurlfrann last week because we went to the hobbit and wanted to see the lord o da rings stuff again and it make a me want to read the book. SO IM GOIN 2
Re: What are you reading?
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 4:41 am
by MannequinRaces
If you like art and science and unanswered questions in life you might like this book.
Re: What are you reading?
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 8:06 pm
by phantasmagorovich
phantasmagorovich wrote:I'm reading a book by that dude that got the nobel prize. Mo Yan. It's much better than I expected actually. Pretty funny and weird in an enjoyable way. He does many things that make me wonder if they are cultural or just him making jokes. For example he likens all the character's faces to food. (His face looked like a dumpling before it gets boiled.)
Looked it up, the english translation is called The Republic of Wine.
Still haven't finished it, but I'm loving the audiobook of the first part of Patrick Rothfuss' The Wise Man's Fear. This dude writes really well.
Re: What are you reading?
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 8:12 pm
by Josh Pelican
Still making my way through Rand's Atlas Shrugged. Starting chapter six now.
Re: What are you reading?
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:05 pm
by coldbrightsunlight
One of these days I'm going to make myself read that, but I don't really think I'll enjoy the experience...
Re: What are you reading?
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:06 pm
by Chankgeez
I couldn't bring myself to read it. Her writing is horrible.
Re: What are you reading?
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:55 pm
by Josh Pelican
Her writing style is indeed different. The amount of em dashes (--) is remarkable. She certainly knows how to make a run-on sentence into an entire paragraph.
I don't mind this book so far. It's a large book, so it certainly takes a long time to read. Before this I read McCarthy's The Road and Plath's The Bell Jar. Great books. Plath was an incredible writer.
After I make it through this, I've got two books from Danielewski and another Rand book to read. I have a list of books I need to buy.
Re: What are you reading?
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:00 pm
by Wes Mantooth
I always pick up True Norwegian Black Metal from time to time. Great photos and the old newsletters and interviews at the end are cool as well.
Just finishing up this one: Less historical and more analytical. Really enjoyed Hunt-Hendrix's 'Transcendental Black Metal' essay.
Also working on the Quantum Thief (I'm more of a non-fiction guy so this one doesn't get as much attention)
