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farvacola
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States18821 Posts
November 13 2016 00:22 GMT
#281
too bad it ends right where it starts
"when the Dead Kennedys found out they had skinhead fans, they literally wrote a song titled 'Nazi Punks Fuck Off'"
IgnE
Profile Joined November 2010
United States7681 Posts
November 13 2016 00:27 GMT
#282
On November 13 2016 08:53 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
i did it guys, i finally beat literature

[image loading]


What's that book about?
The unrealistic sound of these propositions is indicative, not of their utopian character, but of the strength of the forces which prevent their realization.
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
November 13 2016 01:37 GMT
#283
is goodreads good? ima make an account if having people see what i read will make me read more
IgnE
Profile Joined November 2010
United States7681 Posts
November 13 2016 02:30 GMT
#284
you can post here bro. ill see you what you read.
The unrealistic sound of these propositions is indicative, not of their utopian character, but of the strength of the forces which prevent their realization.
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21242 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-11-13 05:44:24
November 13 2016 05:43 GMT
#285
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

On November 13 2016 09:27 IgnE wrote:
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On November 13 2016 08:53 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
i did it guys, i finally beat literature

[image loading]


What's that book about?


some guy taking a dump
TranslatorBaa!
dmnum
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Brazil6910 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-11-13 06:43:07
November 13 2016 06:40 GMT
#286
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German intellectual history of the last 250 years or so.


-

Cheep, you should try Bottom's Dream next.
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21242 Posts
November 13 2016 21:31 GMT
#287
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.
TranslatorBaa!
Flicky
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
England2659 Posts
November 14 2016 00:57 GMT
#288
On November 14 2016 06:31 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


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
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21242 Posts
November 14 2016 01:44 GMT
#289
John E Woods is an absolute beast. His work with Mann is also top notch.

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.
TranslatorBaa!
B.I.G.
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
3251 Posts
November 14 2016 16:16 GMT
#290
I use goodreads for book reviews and my own to read list. Have like 30 books in there at any given time that I choose from when I finished my current book and am looking for something new.
Redox
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany24794 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-11-14 23:07:11
November 14 2016 23:04 GMT
#291
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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.
Off-season = best season
Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain17953 Posts
November 14 2016 23:21 GMT
#292
Kevin J. Anderson is a terrible author. Almost as bad as Peter F. Hamilton. Both absolutely awful with their bland pseudo scientific fantasy space opera bullshit. No interesting characters, no interesting plot, terrible world building and shitty writing. Stay away.
Redox
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany24794 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-11-14 23:23:36
November 14 2016 23:21 GMT
#293
[image loading]

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.
Off-season = best season
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-11-17 12:48:26
November 17 2016 11:49 GMT
#294
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.

farvacola
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States18821 Posts
November 17 2016 11:52 GMT
#295
That's why I went to law school
"when the Dead Kennedys found out they had skinhead fans, they literally wrote a song titled 'Nazi Punks Fuck Off'"
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
November 18 2016 20:00 GMT
#296
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.

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"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
Redox
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany24794 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-11-19 10:14:05
November 19 2016 10:10 GMT
#297
Idk I think it is rather trashy, pulp style SciFi. The hero is this super human character I rather want to punch in the face than see succeed. I read this as a kid and liked it but when I tried to reread I could not finish it. If one likes these stories full of action Phillipp Jose Farmer is infinitely better imo.

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.
Off-season = best season
IgnE
Profile Joined November 2010
United States7681 Posts
November 19 2016 18:08 GMT
#298
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.

[image loading]


The film was better.
The unrealistic sound of these propositions is indicative, not of their utopian character, but of the strength of the forces which prevent their realization.
IgnE
Profile Joined November 2010
United States7681 Posts
November 19 2016 19:13 GMT
#299
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?
The unrealistic sound of these propositions is indicative, not of their utopian character, but of the strength of the forces which prevent their realization.
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
November 20 2016 03:42 GMT
#300
you have more than a 1% chance of getting a job after if you finish, dropout rates are high.
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