Yeah, never read this in school. Anyways, it was ok. Didn't enjoy all the trivial day-to-day shit (I know, its a diary, w/e) but overall it gave a good idea of what it was like back then, hiding constantly.

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Some of the stuff here I have read about before, but this is still great. Every American should be forced to read Chomsky

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Watched the movie already, so I will check out the book next.

amatoer

Germany212 Posts

March 19 2011 21:29 GMT

#262

just finished:

1984 on german. i wanted to read this book since ages and i really, really enjoyed it.

now reading:

The Prince of Homburg by Kleist
this is for school, though. but quite good aswell.

craz3d

Bulgaria856 Posts

March 19 2011 21:40 GMT

#263

Goodseed

Korea (South)270 Posts

March 19 2011 21:53 GMT

#264

I read only in school because they make us read them. Some examples of what we read
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ThisisRaider

Namibia153 Posts

March 19 2011 22:11 GMT

#265

Was a fun book not too long ago, couple of years maybe.

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Read it in grade 8 I think, so thats probably more than 10 years ago? o0
I dont read allot lol, but this book was great. I read a heap load up untill grade 7 though, like:

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Loved that story, anywho.

Piscean

United States40 Posts

March 19 2011 22:32 GMT

#266

great book series ^^

Pecul

Sweden116 Posts

March 19 2011 22:37 GMT

#267

Reading it because of school. Not that impressed by the first 50 pages though

wonderwall

New Zealand695 Posts

March 19 2011 22:41 GMT

#268

It's part of my degree but I'd also highly recommend them to anyone with an interest in drama or literature.

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teekesselchen

Germany886 Posts

March 19 2011 22:53 GMT

#269

Admittedly, it's a tough read with endless sentences, complex structures and a huge variety of words. But it just feels so genius as it's unmatched in precise descriptions of almost everything. Many articles stated that this was the thing Hemingway demanded when talking of "reconquest of the full vocabulary".
It's the most pleasant read for me I ever had just for the sake of admiration for David Foster Wallace' use of language.
I recommend his Wikiquotes page: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Foster_Wallace
I think the examples chosen from Infinite Jest don't represent it well at all and most of them are really the worst kind of quotes you'll find in it. Rather look at the extracts from essays and speeches further below, they're great!

German/literature class really influenced me by the theory that most social issues come, because poorly educated people are unable to express themselves. In this way this book might be a small contribution to improve people's live by showing them how to express things with maximum precision.

Bobo_XIII

United States429 Posts

March 20 2011 01:29 GMT

#270

Just came out about a month ago. This book follows up on the article written by Wired a few years back and adds a little bit more depth to the people involved.

The book adds more color to Max's personality, the dual nature of his black/white hat hacking in his life, and the other characters involved with the crimes he commits online. His story is related to the recent TJX bust that happened not too long ago as well (expanded on at the end).

Kevin Poulsen writes simple enough for anybody not versed in the technical side of computer exploitation to understand, and tells the story as best as he could without adding fake conversations (it pisses me off that a lot of potentially good books are ruined because the author feels compelled to make up conversations between people)... the story itself is good enough to keep you hooked.

Anybody with the slightest interest in personal security, hacking, heists, forgery, cat-and-mouse between USA government agencies and hackers, etc ought to take a look at this.

Pinkie

United States145 Posts

March 20 2011 03:01 GMT

#271

Reading

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For school, thought it was pretty good. Ill check out her other works sometime

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For school. Really brought the Holocaust to a personal level.

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For school, really dislike it so far. Although it is much more humorous than other Shakespeare I've had to read, it is so complex that I am dreading impending tests...

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Finally a book for personal enjoyment. Really love this book, so well thought out and intelligent.

JerKy

Korea (South)3013 Posts

March 20 2011 04:03 GMT

#272

I just started:
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Candide by Voltaire, translated into english

Macabre

United States1262 Posts

March 21 2011 23:50 GMT

#273

Finally getting around to reading this. I loved Sharp Objects. Loving this so far as well. Recommend them both.

Jswizzy

United States791 Posts

March 26 2011 05:34 GMT

#274

Reading both of these I'll probably read the "Rights of Man" as well. Paine is actually very enjoyable to read.

rel

Guam3521 Posts

March 26 2011 05:35 GMT

#275

Spiffeh

United States830 Posts

March 26 2011 05:59 GMT

#276

AirbladeOrange

United States2574 Posts

March 26 2011 06:13 GMT

#277

It's really interesting. Some things he says are really insightful and some things are just ridiculous. You never know what end of the spectrum you will get page to page.

Mindcrime

United States6899 Posts

March 26 2011 06:18 GMT

#278

last finished:
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current:

I haven't been particularly impressed with this one so far.

teh_longinator

Canada725 Posts

March 26 2011 06:24 GMT

#279

Just read: Batman - Hush (Graphic Novel)
Reading Now: Batman Beyond - Hush Beyond (Graphic Novel)
Reading Next: Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 1

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