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Started "AntiFragile"
Still churning through Karamazov, at where Alyosha wants to help the humiliated soldier. It is not very exciting or enlightening thus far, does it get better or am I an idiot?
And finished:
-Notes from the Underground by Dostoevsky: Very, very enlightening, as Nietzsche said: the first part is like some kind of unknown music, and the second part a true stroke of genius of psychology.
But I don't know how much fun our resident marxist samizdat would have with this book.
-Heart of Darknessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss: bleh, must read again, so that the ambiguity becomes less ambiguous (or more)
-Hundred years of solitude: Fascinating, funny and not a second boring. Must read!
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Steve Jobs biography, by Walter Isaacson. I have to say this book has been surprisingly good, as im currently 3/4 done with it. Im no stranger to Apple products, and i'd recommend this to everybody interested in either Apple, Jobs or the birth and evolution of a modern personal computer. It goes through quite a lot of history and involves a lot of other things besides Steve himself. Trust me, no need to be an "Apple fan" to get something out of this.
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On September 27 2013 01:29 sk1nex wrote:Steve Jobs biography, by Walter Isaacson. I have to say this book has been surprisingly good, as im currently 3/4 done with it. Im no stranger to Apple products, and i'd recommend this to everybody interested in either Apple, Jobs or the birth and evolution of a modern personal computer. It goes through quite a lot of history and involves a lot of other things besides Steve himself. Trust me, no need to be an "Apple fan" to get something out of this.
I couldn't get past page 150. Jobs just seems like such a huge dick to me and I don't like some of the ass kissing which goes on about him.
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On September 27 2013 01:26 blubbdavid wrote:
Started "AntiFragile"
Still churning through Karamazov, at where Alyosha wants to help the humiliated soldier. It is not very exciting or enlightening thus far, does it get better or am I an idiot?
nice! <3 taleb
you are probably The Idiot
my dad loves that book but I couldt get very far into it. I think I was like 16 though
all hail St. Jobs!
edit: how much does the book talk about reed?
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On September 27 2013 01:42 RvB wrote:
I couldn't get past page 150. Jobs just seems like such a huge dick to me and I don't like some of the ass kissing which goes on about him.
I agree, before reading I didnt realize he was being THAT bad. Personally im just too much in to all the other things on the book, can't stop anymore, no matter how dick he will turn out later on 
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So yeah, I finished this Houellebecq stuff. I didn't like it very much, the sci-fi part was quite boring and the endless complaints about sexuality were not in my taste, but it's not as bad as the Houellebecq hater would want you to see, because it certainly describes something.
Anyway, onto reading a few Plato dialogues, he's a cool guy 
PS : I'm a bit dumbfounded at the idea I should have any admiration for Jobs, but hey, what do I know...
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I am halfway through Shantaram, It's a true story of a guy who escapes jail in Australia for armed robbery and takes refuge in India. It's a slow start but the book has amazing stories and what life is like of the Indian way during the 80s. Really powerful and emotional book so far, makes me think that this guy has gone through so much while I sit on my ass in front of the computer ><.
The basic principle it's focusing on so far is the power of love and how India is the king of hearts. If anyone one likes factual life stories, I would recommend it!
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Finished, in order:
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The Recognitions by William Gaddis
I wound up reading after the prose for long stretches of this book, rather than the plot which only really grew on me in the latter half of the book. Definitely one to reread, I found it tough to penetrate on the first time round.
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera
My first Kundera and I really loved it - funny and sad and a very moving set of interlocking stories. I'll be on the lookout for more of his books.
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Naked Lunch by William S Burroughs
Wow, crazy novel - it's not very long but it's a pretty densely-packed set of stories in here, the prose is complex but always a lot of fun to read. Also added to the pile of books to re-read.
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Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon
Few days ago Mason & Dixon became my new favourite anything. That was even before I finished it, reading the last couple of pages today. All other things just seem underwhelming now. The nerd in me melted reading it. There are no higher recommendations I can make. Crazy and hilarious and heartwrenching and so much fun, and a tome of multi-level-up for Human Beings.
To read,
well, Mason & Dixon has left me in such a trance that I probably won't pick another book up for a couple of days, but once I do it'll probably be one of these (in descending order of likelihood):
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Well I mainly wanted to just get how great Mason & Dixon is off my chest. I sometimes stop myself from recommending it to total strangers, friends & family getting worried. Nah but really - everyone should read it. It's fucking ungodly good, stuff of a lettergod genius being.
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People with experience: How do Kundera's other works compare to Unbearable Lightness of Being, which is the only one I've read?
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On September 28 2013 03:48 SeinGalton wrote:Finished, in order: The Recognitions by William Gaddis I wound up reading after the prose for long stretches of this book, rather than the plot which only really grew on me in the latter half of the book. Definitely one to reread, I found it tough to penetrate on the first time round. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera My first Kundera and I really loved it - funny and sad and a very moving set of interlocking stories. I'll be on the lookout for more of his books. Naked Lunch by William S Burroughs Wow, crazy novel - it's not very long but it's a pretty densely-packed set of stories in here, the prose is complex but always a lot of fun to read. Also added to the pile of books to re-read. Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon Few days ago Mason & Dixon became my new favourite anything. That was even before I finished it, reading the last couple of pages today. All other things just seem underwhelming now. The nerd in me melted reading it. There are no higher recommendations I can make. Crazy and hilarious and heartwrenching and so much fun, and a tome of multi-level-up for Human Beings. To read, well, Mason & Dixon has left me in such a trance that I probably won't pick another book up for a couple of days, but once I do it'll probably be one of these (in descending order of likelihood): + Show Spoiler +Well I mainly wanted to just get how great Mason & Dixon is off my chest. I sometimes stop myself from recommending it to total strangers, friends & family getting worried. Nah but really - everyone should read it. It's fucking ungodly good, stuff of a lettergod genius being.
I liked Underworld, but the end kind of fell flat for me. It's a long read, but it's more of a landscape you can marvel at than a direct visceral experience.
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I need to reread underworld soon. I went through a big delillo phase in HS but forgotten most of it.
moby dick is an incredible book
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Cosmopolis and White Noise were always my favorites, but I'll admit to being the former student of a guy who took his Delillo perhaps too seriously.
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Watch Tarkovski's Stalker instead 
Read Euthydemus, I loled quite a few time. Socrates is hilarious.
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About to start Part 2 of the The Book of the New Sun.
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Can anyone recommend any easy-read German litterature? Preferably juveniele books such as Michael Ende. I need the books to improve my German in order to study for a semester in Germany, and at this point nothing is too easy.
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Micheal Ende. A never ending story was fucking long even in danish... (read it when I was maybe 12) I really felt like it would never end. I shiver just thinking about reading it in german :D
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This was the perfect book to read after having read Baudrillard which made this look very enjoyable and gave a very clear view on media and cultural analysis. Also, I like to think of Hedges as a Zizek without the bullshit.
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yeah i respect hedges a lot more than zizek. Especially after zizeks pathetic response to chomsky when he got called out.
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