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Anonymous Fri Mar 26 01:26:09 2010 No.478153 [Reply] [Original]

ITT: What we are currently reading.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 01:28:09 2010 No.478163 >/lit/ - Literature

Anonymous Fri Mar 26 01:30:09 2010 No.478168

Kingsley Amis - Take a Girl Like You

really, really good. Still has the Kingsley Amis Protagonist who congenitally drinks too much and cheats on everything that moves. But it's a lot more charming as a book, and a lot less loathable.

It's also a really good analysis of relationships in general. I feel like everyone on /r9k/ should read it. Especially this one speech.

Anonymous Fri Mar 26 01:31:09 2010 No.478174

Nothing consistently, due to classes. Last thing I read was some sections in The Ancient Economy by Finley to try to determine what status of people would be craftsmen. My gut was right when I figured it was low status stuff, in retrospect I didn't need to look it up as it involves working with your hands and, thus, is low class shit in Roman society.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 01:32:09 2010 No.478183 The Informant - Kurt Eichenwald

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 01:37:09 2010 No.478209 Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 01:40:09 2010 No.478216 the black swan grapes of wrath against the day.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 01:52:09 2010 No.478245 Mein Kampf. I'm enjoying it very much.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 01:55:09 2010 No.478255 Harry Turtledove - Days of Infamy

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 01:56:09 2010 No.478258 Just started Gravity's Rainbow. Not sure that I'll make it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 01:57:09 2010 No.478262 East of Eden

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 02:04:09 2010 No.478276 Moby Dick

>>	Tim Fri Mar 26 02:04:09 2010 No.478277 File: 46 KB, 302x452, lg86383-6+invisible-man-ranph-ellison-poster.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 02:18:09 2010 No.478314 File: 22 KB, 316x453, chasm city.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I've been alternating between this and Frankenstein lately. Getting more of a kick out of this.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 02:20:09 2010 No.478322 File: 30 KB, 316x540, n1387.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This bad boy right here.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 02:22:09 2010 No.478328 File: 11 KB, 260x400, FileWeCover.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 02:26:09 2010 No.478345 File: 32 KB, 301x475, n16781.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 02:27:09 2010 No.478350 File: 36 KB, 262x400, 9780226306520.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 02:27:09 2010 No.478347 File: 194 KB, 331x500, saturns-children-US-cover.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I just finished Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell and I'm about to start Saturn's Children.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 02:27:09 2010 No.478348 >>478345 Lovely edition cover.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 02:29:09 2010 No.478355 >>478348 Glad I'm not the only one who gets excited about the designs on good editions.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 02:33:09 2010 No.478373 "The Economy of Cities" by Jane Jacobs "The Sound and the Fury" by Faulkner "Loneliness" by some science fags "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Pirsig

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 02:39:09 2010 No.478389 >>478348 I saw it at Barnes and Noble and snatched it, great book so far

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 02:44:09 2010 No.478399 >>478347 Charles Stross brofist. I'm reading Accelerando. Manfred makes a more interesting main character than does his daughter, but I'm getting over it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 02:47:09 2010 No.478403 Alice in Wonderland A Simple Plan

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 02:53:09 2010 No.478408 File: 56 KB, 328x475, storms.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Just finished re-reading A Clash of Kings last night.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 03:09:09 2010 No.478424 File: 47 KB, 308x500, name-of-the-wind..jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Name of the Wind, liking it so far but I'm 70 pages in and the story has only just begun.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 03:10:09 2010 No.478429 Dresden files second book Fool Moon.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 03:13:09 2010 No.478431 >>478424 excellent book

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 03:18:09 2010 No.478433 File: 84 KB, 277x400, geb.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 03:18:09 2010 No.478434 File: 113 KB, 628x953, CarlinLastWords.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 03:20:09 2010 No.478436 Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 03:26:09 2010 No.478440 File: 32 KB, 331x475, machiavelli.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 03:26:09 2010 No.478441 >>478433 How is it? I just ordered it.

>>	CHINAnon !!7ejSD+0wbfO Fri Mar 26 03:29:09 2010 No.478442 File: 13 KB, 162x240, one.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] 1/2

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 03:31:09 2010 No.478447 >>478441 Book of the Month on Bibliotik.

>>	CHINAnon !!7ejSD+0wbfO Fri Mar 26 03:31:09 2010 No.478448 File: 135 KB, 600x954, onetwo.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] 2/2

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 03:41:09 2010 No.478464 >>478153 That cover would have helped me out when I read Sun Also Rises. It took me a lonnnggg time to pick up on the impotence thing.

Anonymous Fri Mar 26 03:43:09 2010 No.478468
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I'm about 100 pages from the end.

DAMN IT MURAKAMI, START FUCKING TYING THINGS TOGETHER

FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

-

The Brothers Karamazov next....or Hound of the Baskervilles.

I haven't decided.

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>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 03:48:09 2010 No.478472 >>478347 I <3 johnathan strange and mr norrell.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 04:00:09 2010 No.478492 >>478469 You reading it on iPhone for some reason?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 04:04:09 2010 No.478497 File: 42 KB, 335x500, 513A-EOK5vL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 04:04:09 2010 No.478498 File: 32 KB, 330x500, before_the_dawn.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Pic related. Also, The Sound and the Fury.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 04:06:09 2010 No.478504 >>478498 Spoilers: The Neanderthals die.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 04:08:09 2010 No.478507 Haruki Murakami - what i talk about when i talk about running

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 04:09:09 2010 No.478509 The Color of Magic. Enjoying it so far.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 04:10:09 2010 No.478511 File: 90 KB, 469x800, good-omens-pb.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] It's Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy with a religious twist. Fun stuff.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 04:11:09 2010 No.478512 >>478504 I was going to read that, fucker.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 04:14:09 2010 No.478518 File: 44 KB, 311x500, clash2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Just started

>>	noko Anonymous Fri Mar 26 04:16:09 2010 No.478523 The Name of the Wind Dance, Dance, Dance >>478448 do you recommend this one?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 04:20:09 2010 No.478530 >>478523 not the guy that posted that. I thought it was pretty good. Worth a read. wouldn't buy it unless you have a hard on for murakami.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 04:24:09 2010 No.478538 >>478530 I really like murakami, but lately I've grown reluctanct to expose myself to the kind of emotion rape he specialzes in.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 04:26:09 2010 No.478545 File: 30 KB, 289x475, c5920.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] At the mountains of madness.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 04:28:09 2010 No.478548 File: 34 KB, 258x410, the-summoner.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] <This.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 04:28:09 2010 No.478550 >>478538 I would say of the murakami books i've read South of the border west of the sun has the least emotion rape. short and simple.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 04:30:09 2010 No.478556 >>478550 then I will be picking it up the next time i get paid. Many thanks.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 04:38:09 2010 No.478575 bump!

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 04:46:09 2010 No.478584 File: 49 KB, 389x599, 389px-TheGodsThemselves(1stEd).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 05:09:09 2010 No.478611 File: 63 KB, 510x680, Marx Capital Volume III.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] fuck year!

Anonymous Fri Mar 26 05:13:09 2010 No.478619
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Third volume of Min Kamp. No, no one went and made sequels to Mein Kampf in Norway, but this writer guy, who is really good, one day decided to write his entire life down into six volumes. So far four are out and the critics are already comparing him to Hamsun and Ibsen in terms of importance. I don't know about that but I'm fucking loving it. I can relate to the main character in every way so in that fashion it work well, and how he manages to make beautiful dramaturgy out of his life is just awesome. For example with the second book he juggled all these themes about before he brought them all together by telling a simple everyday story and I just sat there with tears in my eyes. I'm not sure if it'll work this well cross-culture, but I recommend you anons check it out when first volume of "My Struggle" is released somewhere near you. Yupyup.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 05:15:09 2010 No.478620 >>478619 http://www.aschehougagency.no/authors/oktober/knausgaard_karl_ove haha, no english version! But I'll check vol.1 out in german.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 05:16:09 2010 No.478622 >>478620 I read it was coming, but it might take a while.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 05:22:09 2010 No.478629 >>478622 Amazon doesn't carry the german version, so that means it hasn't been released yet. Alas! Off to A Time to Every Purpose Under Heaven.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 05:24:09 2010 No.478631 >>478629 Now that is an awesome novel as well. Good luck.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 05:33:09 2010 No.478641 >>478631 I WILL SET SAILS TO NEW SHORES RIGHT AFTER I FINISHED THIS COFFEE ALSO: WHERE IS THE PLUMBERGUY HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE HOURS AGO I EVEN GOT UP EARLY FOR THAT FUCKER

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 26 05:34:09 2010 No.478644 >>478641 >I FINISHED :3

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