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What Are You Reading 2013 - Page 130
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
 )Read ton of book in that collection <3 Almost done with Foucault, should be starting soon : ![[image loading]](http://madimado.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/les_particules_elementaires11.gif) Les particules élémentaires. That's for you farva ! | ||
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123Gurke
France154 Posts
On September 21 2013 19:42 corumjhaelen wrote: Almost done with Foucault, should be starting soon : Les particules élémentaires. That's for you farva ! That book is really great! Of course I do not share his pseudo-fascist beliefs and he seems to be quite an obnoxious person, but I still enjoyed that book a lot (except for some really disgusting parts). One things that occured to me only much later when I had met more french people and lived in France for some time is that this is a very french book in a way that I cannot explain. It just feels french in a subtle way that I could never quite grasp. Did anyone else feel similar about this book? Definitely recommended to anyone who has not read it. | ||
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farvacola
United States18838 Posts
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
 I tried. | ||
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123Gurke
France154 Posts
![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ta3ybe1eL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_SX385_SY500_CR,0,0,385,500_SH20_OU03_.jpg){kind=icon} I really like Batman from time to time, but this book is just awful. Reading: ![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41BQzs6IhnL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_SX385_SY500_CR,0,0,385,500_SH20_OU03_.jpg){kind=icon} Not really good either. The translation is super bad, but in the library they do not have english originals. I should probably just reread The Dark Knight... ![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qPjKZqlOL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_SX385_SY500_CR,0,0,385,500_SH20_OU03_.jpg){kind=icon} I had not read Verne for, say, 20 years. So far this book is surprisingly fun. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
![[image loading]](http://img1.imagesbn.com/p/9781400053094_p0_v1_s260x420.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://img2.imagesbn.com/p/9780375758973_p0_v1_s260x420.JPG) | ||
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
@sam : nah, you were doing well, don't worry  | ||
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leakey
United States21 Posts
![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AE9QT0R1L._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg){kind=icon} The Great Shark Hunt. Collection of papers published by Hunter S Thompson. Fun reads that really help you get into Thompson's head. Sometimes that can be a downright scary place, but so can the world. | ||
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ZapRoffo
United States5544 Posts
On September 25 2013 02:54 leakey wrote: The Great Shark Hunt. Collection of papers published by Hunter S Thompson. Fun reads that really help you get into Thompson's head. Sometimes that can be a downright scary place, but so can the world. Oh yeah that has a lot of his best stuff. I just finished Journey to the End of the Night by Céline. I can't put it anywhere but among the greatest novels I've ever read, and I find it rather indescribable, I can't seem to get across to anyone else (except my family, they are on the same page) how compelling it is. Next up I have Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, and Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. | ||
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leakey
United States21 Posts
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Joshuawesome
United States57 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.doyletics.com/arj/eugeneob.jpg) started this book a little bit ago. Hard to get through but im enjoying it. | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
![[image loading]](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/78/4e/628fe03ae7a0c02e4da11210.L._SY300_.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/29/T_c_boyle_east_is_east.jpg) | ||
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lungic
Sweden123 Posts
Opinions on Flatland? | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
edit: also hilarious satire of victorian attitudes about class and race and gender. Great book! | ||
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packrat386
United States5077 Posts
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
![[image loading]](http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/images/full13/9780300101607.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1348081591l/289669.jpg) | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
![[image loading]](http://images.betterworldbooks.com/041/Paris-Capital-of-Modernity-Harvey-David-9780415952200.jpg) | ||
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lungic
Sweden123 Posts
Edit: Just finished: ![[image loading]](http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1334426634l/12022815.jpg) Not really sure what I think about this one. It's a somewhat interesting phenomenon where light travel at different speed depending on it's wavelength. But the book reads like a arXiv.org paper. The story elements are ok, but their presentation is lacking. Characters feels very one dimensional, and chronologically it jumps almost randomly. One chapter discussing 20 minuts of lecture, and suddenly 6 years into the future. It reminds me of Flatland to some extent, only where Flatland succeeds by being short and to the point, "Clockwork Rocket" fails for the same reason. It's almost as if this book is the sum of it's part, and not more. But if you like mathematical / physical contemplation and similar mysteries then you might enjoy this book more than me. | ||
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packrat386
United States5077 Posts
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