On November 16 2014 19:39 NinthMango wrote: Anyway the DeLanda book is in a truck somewhere in Sweden on it's way as of this moment.
nice man I hope you like it... Manuel DeLanda is the real deal
No kidding. It's insane how clear as a writer he is. Like, how did someone get that out of Deleuze WHAT THE FUCK?
On November 17 2014 03:55 babylon wrote: I read this, then thought, "You must be German."
Checked the location tag. Yup.
My BA thesis was so short (just a little over 20 pages) that I was worried I might've hit below the department's unstated minimum and that I wouldn't graduate that spring.
its 35 to 70 pages here. And I'm not sure its too german. I just like footnotes is all
On November 17 2014 03:55 babylon wrote: I read this, then thought, "You must be German."
Checked the location tag. Yup.
My BA thesis was so short (just a little over 20 pages) that I was worried I might've hit below the department's unstated minimum and that I wouldn't graduate that spring.
its 35 to 70 pages here. And I'm not sure its too german. I just like footnotes is all
On November 17 2014 03:55 babylon wrote: I read this, then thought, "You must be German."
Checked the location tag. Yup.
My BA thesis was so short (just a little over 20 pages) that I was worried I might've hit below the department's unstated minimum and that I wouldn't graduate that spring.
its 35 to 70 pages here. And I'm not sure its too german. I just like footnotes is all
Said every German academic ever in my field.
But... but... How do you not use footnotes! They are amazing! They let me develop two arguments at once! The only thing that is more amazing is writing in two columns simultaneously!
...which I may or may not have done once for an assignment.
edit: Oh my god I've just read a BA thesis by someone else. it had 400 footnotes. I am SO HARMLESS in comparison!
Last year(I think) somebody mentioned a Borges-esque book in which the narrator is a critic reviewing a book(that the author invented) that basically contains all knowledge(I don't know if I made myself clear). I think the author's name sounded eastern european, but I'm not sure. Does anyone remember the name of the damn book? It has been bugging me for days.
On November 20 2014 11:27 dmnum wrote: Last year(I think) somebody mentioned a Borges-esque book in which the narrator is a critic reviewing a book(that the author invented) that basically contains all knowledge(I don't know if I made myself clear). I think the author's name sounded eastern european, but I'm not sure. Does anyone remember the name of the damn book? It has been bugging me for days.
On November 20 2014 11:27 dmnum wrote: Last year(I think) somebody mentioned a Borges-esque book in which the narrator is a critic reviewing a book(that the author invented) that basically contains all knowledge(I don't know if I made myself clear). I think the author's name sounded eastern european, but I'm not sure. Does anyone remember the name of the damn book? It has been bugging me for days.
On November 20 2014 11:29 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
On November 20 2014 11:27 dmnum wrote: Last year(I think) somebody mentioned a Borges-esque book in which the narrator is a critic reviewing a book(that the author invented) that basically contains all knowledge(I don't know if I made myself clear). I think the author's name sounded eastern european, but I'm not sure. Does anyone remember the name of the damn book? It has been bugging me for days.
So, update on my read list. Finished : The world as will and representation Very readable, sometimes very smart, sometimes not that much. Art and ethics are his stronger suits imo, the art part having a lot to do with the works of a guy named Marcel^^
Les deux étendards Some part are too didactic, the hero's ethos is annoying as hell, and don't tell me Rebatet's polotical opinions are nowhere to be found in this book. His opinion of humanity isn't an improvement upon Céline imo, and the nitzschean obsession... That being said it is magnificently written, psychologically very well seen, moving, and often very smart. Overall a very good book imo.
The brothers Karamazov Everything has already been said, amazing. I'd put it slightly under The Idiot though.
Water Margin Classic chinese novel, and it is amaaaaaaaaazing. Wu Soooong <3 Completely crazy, great rythm, varied and smart. Fuck the mandarins.
Dora Bruder (Patrick Modiano) A very short read, as the book is 140 small pages, and is written in a very simple way. I'm sympathetic toward Modiano at the end of it, literature couldn't help him, yeah. Still very skipable.
Laws (Plato) Not as funny as The Republic, though some laws are pretty lulzy. The goal of his laws is so at odd with the ideas modern jurists have it's often refreshing. Definitely not among my fav, now that I've read every dialogue.
Sculpting in Time (Andrei Tarkovski) Reading the thoughts about cinema by one of the greatest director of all time was bound to be interesting, and I was not disappointed. Some people will be annoyed by what he says, but he is in a lot of ways quite modest, and knows his ideas are not the end of all.
Now reading : Under the volcano (Malcom Lowry) and La distinction (Pierre Bourdieu).
On November 20 2014 11:29 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
On November 20 2014 11:27 dmnum wrote: Last year(I think) somebody mentioned a Borges-esque book in which the narrator is a critic reviewing a book(that the author invented) that basically contains all knowledge(I don't know if I made myself clear). I think the author's name sounded eastern european, but I'm not sure. Does anyone remember the name of the damn book? It has been bugging me for days.
On November 20 2014 17:42 corumjhaelen wrote: Water Margin Classic chinese novel, and it is amaaaaaaaaazing. Wu Soooong <3 Completely crazy, great rythm, varied and smart. Fuck the mandarins.
On November 20 2014 17:42 corumjhaelen wrote: Water Margin Classic chinese novel, and it is amaaaaaaaaazing. Wu Soooong <3 Completely crazy, great rythm, varied and smart. Fuck the mandarins.
that looks cool
I thought it was ! I'd say the Scholars might be a bit more your style. Anyway those two really made me want to dig more into chinese culture.
I wanted to check up on Water Margin. Its one of the four most important chinese novels and I cant buy it new on amazon! What a world we live in. Maybe I'll just download one of the many TV adaptations of it. reading books is for losers anyway, after all. :3
On November 21 2014 06:09 Surth wrote: I wanted to check up on Water Margin. Its one of the four most important chinese novels and I cant buy it new on amazon! What a world we live in. Maybe I'll just download one of the many TV adaptations of it. reading books is for losers anyway, after all. :3
Just listen to this instead it's basically like reading the book.
(This is the theme song to a popular TV adaptation of Water Margin. Extremely famous in China, everyone knows the tune lol)
EPT
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