EPTWhat Are You Reading 2013 - Page 141
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farvacola
United States18846 Posts
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Vegetarian Wolf
China434 Posts
She'll get bumped up a bit on my slow quest to read something by every Nobel laureate. It will be completed SoonTM (aka not even close) | ||
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00Zarathustra
Bolivia419 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/QVcj2Z8.png) I always read books about this book, finally I found one in my local library :D I will try to read the whole series before new year. | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
On October 15 2013 07:41 YoucriedWolf wrote: Are they also not good, or am I wrong? they stand alone. they are of varying quality. but i think left hand of darkness is brilliant so we are not on the same page about this. the dispossessed is the other really good one in the Hainish cycle but they are not connected really | ||
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
On October 14 2013 17:55 YoucriedWolf wrote: I don't know. I'm leaving for Barcelona tomorrow so whatever makes me attractive to spanish honeys. I'm thinking either one hundred years of solitude or some Hemingway (bitches love Hemingway). Don Quixote feels a bit to big to read parallel to IJ but I would really like to read that too. Read Borges Borges is the shit - Long time since I've posted here, college taking up all my time Gonna start the master and margarita | ||
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packrat386
United States5077 Posts
On October 14 2013 17:55 YoucriedWolf wrote: I don't know. I'm leaving for Barcelona tomorrow so whatever makes me attractive to spanish honeys. I'm thinking either one hundred years of solitude or some Hemingway (bitches love Hemingway). Don Quixote feels a bit to big to read parallel to IJ but I would really like to read that too. Regardless of whether bitches love hemingway, he is well worth it. I would suggest The Sun Also Rises for a shorter one. Also, 100 Years of Solitude is an amazing book. | ||
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lungic
Sweden123 Posts
On October 15 2013 01:46 Batcha wrote: What would be a good choice for starting out with Banks? The guy I used to play UT99 with was a hardcore fan of his and ever since, I've wanted to give it a try. (Have not read much of sci-fi in general) Most of the Culture Books are rather stand alone so one could pick any of them more or less. But I would go for "Consider Plebas" or "Player of Games". Consider Plebas is of the classical military Sci-Fi book. Misadventures, shooting and blowing stuff up, only with better language. Player of games is a completely different genre of the Sci-Fi genre. It's a bit toned down. The only book I can recall that's similar (vaguely) is "Speaker for the Dead" by Orson Scott Card. | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f6/The_Birth_of_the_Clinic.jpg) | ||
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IgnE
United States7681 Posts
![[image loading]](http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1320533137l/6106.jpg) I recommend it as an interesting, readable overview of the political history of the Byzantine Empire. Kept my interest, while the repetition of certain themes in the rise and fall of the emperors helps out with a bit of understanding for an empire that lasted for another thousand years after Rome's fall, oft-neglected in western history discussions. | ||
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Shiragaku
Hong Kong4308 Posts
1. The Burmese Civil War and Burmese democracy movement. Please do not give me something that only focuses on Aung Sang Suu Kyi as she is overly discussed and overrated. 2. History of any of the Indochina nations pre-colonial era. 3. The years 1968 and 1969 that does not have Europe, America, or Japan as the main focus. | ||
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YoucriedWolf
Sweden1456 Posts
On October 15 2013 08:39 sam!zdat wrote: they stand alone. they are of varying quality. but i think left hand of darkness is brilliant so we are not on the same page about this. the dispossessed is the other really good one in the Hainish cycle but they are not connected really Yea I get they are stand alone so I say feel because what I thought was brilliant was + Show Spoiler + the whole take gender equality[indifference] very playfull and creative it did not come across as a whining woman at all just very a complex (however accurately it was depicted) sociologic phenomenon. But the idea is not properly explored it was in need of more exposure. Instead they spent the remainder of the book running around in the mountains. I did like the very end with the storytelling part though. Can you tell me why it was so good and what part I should revise? I don't actually own any Borges books. You could ask me why but I would not be able to come up with an acceptable excuse. On October 15 2013 09:32 packrat386 wrote: Regardless of whether bitches love hemingway, he is well worth it. I would suggest The Sun Also Rises for a shorter one. Also, 100 Years of Solitude is an amazing book. Good taste man. Hemingway is one of my favorites but I feel rather silly because I only ever read the old man and the sea, it was just very convincing so I say that anyway. But I only have A farewell to arms and For whom the bell tolls so it's gonna be one of those. As it turns out I actually did start reading 100 years of solitude. I only read a few pages but I just love books where even dunces like me can tell straight away that this is good penmanship. Thoroughly enjoyed so far. | ||
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123Gurke
France154 Posts
On October 15 2013 09:28 dmnum wrote: Read Borges Borges is the shit Gonna start the master and margarita I have been considering reading him for some time now. Where do I start? Any recommendations? | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
On October 15 2013 18:25 YoucriedWolf wrote: Yea I get they are stand alone so I say feel because what I thought was brilliant was + Show Spoiler + the whole take gender equality[indifference] very playfull and creative it did not come across as a whining woman at all just very a complex (however accurately it was depicted) sociologic phenomenon. But the idea is not properly explored it was in need of more exposure. Instead they spent the remainder of the book running around in the mountains. I did like the very end with the storytelling part though. Can you tell me why it was so good and what part I should revise? i think the book is more than just a showcase for a gender gimmick. I really like the stuff about shifgrethor and the two religions and also the journey over the ice and stuff. And what is the deal with the stories about Estraven and the children and all, can you figure out the lineage? it's not easy and a fun puzzle. we tend to focus on the kemmer aspect of that book too much because that is what is supposed to be "the point" of the book but I think it is just an aspect of the world | ||
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pedrlz
Brazil5234 Posts
Am I doing right? The worst part of buying books online is the waiting  | ||
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packrat386
United States5077 Posts
On October 15 2013 17:54 Shiragaku wrote: Hey guys, I am getting rather bored with philosophy and social sciences and I feel that I need some history. So does anyone have any recommendations of any of the following? 1. The Burmese Civil War and Burmese democracy movement. Please do not give me something that only focuses on Aung Sang Suu Kyi as she is overly discussed and overrated. 2. History of any of the Indochina nations pre-colonial era. 3. The years 1968 and 1969 that does not have Europe, America, or Japan as the main focus. I would suggest a University library. Other than that, I got nothing. That seems like a pretty specific area of study there. | ||
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llIH
Norway2144 Posts
How to make friends and influence people | ||
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KvltMan
Sweden1609 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://jesshaines.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Neverwhere.jpg) Richard, the story's protagonist, decides to help a young, bleeding, woman who stumbled out of a wall and finds himself trapped in a London few can see. + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://genreforjapan.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/anansi-boys.jpg) The protagonist's father passes away suddenly, and he is then visited by the brother he'd always known was there, but who he didn't know was there. + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WIl5MCuxMio/UCRzNrxSZNI/AAAAAAAAAvE/eWkSB4m-8z0/s1600/Good%2BOmens%2B%25282013%2529.jpg) An incredibly silly story about the dawning apocalypse and how an angel and a demon in charge of seeing to it that the anti-christ is brought up properly misplaces him. Aside from that, I got through Michael Herr's magnum opus Dispatches as well, which is an incredibly fascinating book about the press-corps present in Vietnam during the war. ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/81/Dispatches.jpg/200px-Dispatches.jpg) As of now I've started on several books, which include: Great Gatbsy So Long and Thanks for all the Fish The Death of Vishnu The Death of Bunny Munroe Is God an Astronaut? | ||
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packrat386
United States5077 Posts
On October 16 2013 01:57 KvltMan wrote: Worked myself through three of Neil Gaiman's novels this summer: If you liked those you should check out American Gods. It was pretty great. Also, So Long and Thanks For All the Fish is one of my favorites. | ||
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
On October 15 2013 20:00 123Gurke wrote: I have been considering reading him for some time now. Where do I start? Any recommendations? go with ficciones this and the aleph are borges' major works, after that there's the book of sand, a universal history of infamy, etc | ||
Xxio
Canada5565 Posts
On October 15 2013 15:50 IgnE wrote: Finished as a detour: I recommend it as an interesting, readable overview of the political history of the Byzantine Empire. Kept my interest, while the repetition of certain themes in the rise and fall of the emperors helps out with a bit of understanding for an empire that lasted for another thousand years after Rome's fall, oft-neglected in western history discussions. Is it only about Byzantium politics, or does it go into culture, military, and other subjects too? | ||
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