Gothic.net Community

Gothic.net Community (https://www.gothic.net/boards/index.php)
-   Literature (https://www.gothic.net/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=7)
-   -   What Are You Reading? (https://www.gothic.net/boards/showthread.php?t=517)

ThwanCondu 06-18-2005 01:39 PM

what the fuck is going on in here

kerioctober 06-18-2005 06:49 PM

Really, what is going on in here. Seems like a lot of bullshit just because I started a new thread rather than adding to a different one. Give me a break. I was only recommending some novels and asking others to reccommend some to me.

sevenpointsofinanity 06-19-2005 10:59 PM

Neal Stephenson
 
Right now I'm reading Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. I'm in love with both Snow Crash and The Diamond Age, so I'm sure it will be awesome.

kerioctober 06-20-2005 09:08 AM

Shall we all cry for TStoned?

kerioctober 06-20-2005 10:38 AM

My heart goes out to you, T. It must be hard being so anal retentive that something like this bothers you so much. It just eats you up inside, doesn't it? You poor pathetic man.

pigman 06-20-2005 10:49 AM

All of you just need to take a deep breath and let it go.

WolfMoon 06-20-2005 12:28 PM

Oh Tom, you're my hero! Thank you for saving us from this hideously inane thread! You deserve a kiss!

: *

kerioctober 06-21-2005 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThwanCondu
I may look into those.

Everyone go and check out Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake. Or at least look it up on Amazon. first of three books that are a huge part of my life. Mervyn Peake was so beautiful! I swear you'll love it. (Though if you're going in for plot...not much happens. But it's the most vivid world you'll ever visit.)

I just started reading Titus Groan. So far I'm very impressed. Thanks for the recommendation, ThwanCondu.

Jane13 06-22-2005 06:27 PM

I can't do very much but read at the moment, and I'm finally allowed limited internet access. Hi guys! I just finished The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde and Twelth Night buy Shakespeare. Heh heh, my frien was telling mt that there's this cray proffessor at the local university that is cinvinced the that Shakespeare was really an Arab man named "Sheak es Spear" or something... too many crazy people in this town.

pitseleh 06-23-2005 05:05 PM

If you are of a disposition to enjoy Kurt Vonnegut as much as I do, you should at least read Timequake. You'll laugh like hell, cry, and feel fortified at the end of it, appreciating the absurd details of life and looking through creased glasses at the beauty of it all. Maybe. Try it and see. Breakfast Of Champions, also very good.

Sorry, I wasn't here for the argument, was that correctly presented?

crashnightshade 06-24-2005 08:53 PM

On the side from reading these forum threads, I'm keeping adobe open with The Space Between Dreams, an unpublished, free e-book by a man named Lee Turcotte, alias, "K'an". It's great. THe writing is so different from anything I've ever read. I am flabbergasted as to why such a wonderful and different novel is not yet published.

anyway you can find the book for download here.

and i quote,

"The Space Between Dreams is a 339-page work of literary urban surrealism overflowing with novelty, metaphysics, hiphop, martial arts, assassins, ninjas, dreams, nightmares, hallucinations and designer psychedelics. This is a strangely crafted tale for the enjoyment of surrealists, martial artists, introverts, sociopaths, b-boys and b-girls, underground intellectuals, outcasts, party people, philosophical minorities, fugitive drug subcultures, urban shamen and fine connoisseurs of psychotic ideas. If you're a literate weirdo of any flavour, I wrote this book for you."

:D

Outside of the internet, I have yet to select my next book.

ThwanCondu 06-25-2005 02:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kerioctober

I just started reading Titus Groan. So far I'm very impressed. Thanks for the recommendation, ThwanCondu.

Wonderful! That makes me so happy that I got through to someone!

Granny-like_the_apple 07-08-2005 11:26 PM

I can't believe I'm about to say this, but I'm halfway through "The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design."

A freaking science book. And it's awesome. I've never been interested in science, but Dawkins is badass.

Also, I second pitseleh on Timequake. Possibly my favorite Vonnegut.

winged_dreams 07-12-2005 11:26 AM

I be a nerd. I'm reading Lord of the Rings again.

pitseleh 07-12-2005 02:21 PM

Don't worry about being the biggest nerd, Winged Dreams - I have friends who have read it 20 times or so.

I'm currently reading Reefer Madnes by Eric Schlosser. A book about America's underground economy, the legal and economical consequences of the government's drug policy, working methods of both pot growers and the DEA, the porn industry, migrant workers... A look in to various aspects of the shadow economy, both historically and current.

Very interesting read. Did you for instance know that "During the 1980's federal spendings to incarcerate drug offenders rose more than 1,300 percent, from $88 million to $1,3 billion."?

Or: "In 1970 there were 3,384 drug offenders in federal prison. Today there are more than 68,000."


Yep. The War On Drugs sure is WORKING!

DCreep 08-22-2005 06:49 PM

I'm reading the back of a hornet spray can, and you?

Nynnisiva 08-23-2005 12:46 PM

Currently Reading Kushiel's Avatar, by Jacqueline Carey. Erm, *again.*

Eizenat 08-23-2005 11:30 PM

Erich Fromm's ESCAPE FROM FREEDOM. Not very easy to begin.

NyQuil of Doom 08-24-2005 08:19 AM

I'm currently reading a six-part serial novel called The Blackstone Chronicles, by John Saul. It's quite good, but I consider it only mildly creepy... your creepy tolerance may vary.

winged_dreams 08-24-2005 09:29 AM

I'm reading the third book in a six part series. It's called War of the Spider Queen and involves drow. And did I mention I'm a huge geek? XD


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 08:36 AM.