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What Are You Reading 2016 - Page 15
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farvacola
United States18869 Posts
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IgnE
United States7684 Posts
On November 13 2016 08:53 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: i did it guys, i finally beat literature ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/wMH70lN.png) What's that book about? | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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IgnE
United States7684 Posts
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21248 Posts
On November 13 2016 10:37 zulu_nation8 wrote: is goodreads good? ima make an account if having people see what i read will make me read more idk it seems pretty bad/worthless to me. i dont really use it/update it. the community/social aspect seems pretty geared towars YA. ymmv some guy taking a dump | ||
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
![[image loading]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51ljWV0HFnL._SX322_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg) German intellectual history of the last 250 years or so. - Cheep, you should try Bottom's Dream next. | ||
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21248 Posts
On November 13 2016 15:40 dmnum wrote: Cheep, you should try Bottom's Dream next. i preordered it the moment it was announced. i've been flipping through random pages. not doing a cover to cover read yet but i'm "reading" it. | ||
Flicky
England2675 Posts
On November 14 2016 06:31 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: i preordered it the moment it was announced. i've been flipping through random pages. not doing a cover to cover read yet but i'm "reading" it. I don't know much about these kinds of books but I was trying to figure out how you'd translate a book like that. Then I read up on John E. Woods. He translated Perfume, which is the absolute best translation I've ever read, so if anyone could do it, it's him. Cool guy. | ||
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21248 Posts
I've read one of Schmidt's earlier books (Nobodaddy's Children, a compilation of three of his early novellas) and it was quite interesting. John Woods translated large portions of Schmidt's work prior/alongside with his more famous endeavours like Suskind and Mann. | ||
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B.I.G.
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Redox
Germany24794 Posts
![[image loading]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41ndzQJw4ML._SX309_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg) Wanted to read some SciFi again and saw a later book in this series got some SciFi award so its probably not so bad. Well turns out it actually is bad. It is an epic saga involving many alien species and hundreds of characters. But the characters are so bland, all are predefined as either good or bad guys. Who is what you figure out after one sentence usually. Similar with the factions. And the things happening in this universe make little sense, a mix of hard sf with its technology and then tons of spiritual fantasy-like stuff. | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18473 Posts
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Redox
Germany24794 Posts
![[image loading]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51SfJEQl1GL._SX304_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg) Saw this at an airport and remembered reading it at like 10 or so. Back then it was pretty hard stuff. Pretty funny that this started as super hero RPGs that GRRM and some fellow writers played. At some point they had the idea to monetize their game stories and made books from it. Generally the super hero thing always feels a little silly to me, but this is a rather mature take on it (although still silly at times). Tries even harder to be dark than other super hero stories. It is well written and the characters are interesting. Am now reading the 2nd book in the series and it is even more fun. | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
Blog about the Classics job market: http://famaevolent.blogspot.com/ Leiter Reports has good advice on Phil grad schools, which comes down to: if you don't get into a top 20 institution then don't bother. Though his own rankings are a bit strange. For example CUNY is ranked high but lower everywhere else, they do have the smartest living person in the world though, but who's about to retire soon, Kripke. | ||
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farvacola
United States18869 Posts
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
![[image loading]](http://prodimage.images-bn.com/pimages/9781592129577_p0_v2_s192x300.jpg) | ||
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Redox
Germany24794 Posts
I kinda liked the first book of Mission Earth though, mainly because the bad guy was fun. The 2nd became too boring to read though and the main character again became unbearable. | ||
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IgnE
United States7684 Posts
On November 19 2016 05:00 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: L. Ron Hubbard might have been a con-artist and his followers batshit crazy but this book is pretty much a masterpiece of the Science Fiction genre that I am again rereading. The film was better. | ||
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IgnE
United States7684 Posts
On November 17 2016 20:49 zulu_nation8 wrote: Can we talk about how awful the job market for humanities PHDs is? It seems like professors have the moral obligation to discourage students from attending grad school. For any given non-TT job in the US there are probably a few hundred extremely well qualified applicants. Blog about the Classics job market: http://famaevolent.blogspot.com/ Leiter Reports has good advice on Phil grad schools, which comes down to: if you don't get into a top 20 institution then don't bother. Though his own rankings are a bit strange. For example CUNY is ranked high but lower everywhere else, they do have the smartest living person in the world though, but who's about to retire soon, Kripke. But what if you do get into a top 20 institution? | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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