As title says - what have you been reading lately? Post interesting books, zines etc
Recently took a look at the zine being published by Lainchan, pretty interesting - mainly broken up into small 'bits', mostly concerned with programming, computer type stuff
lainzine.org
Still waiting for Sunny's translation of the Rig Veda - might never happen though
As title says - what have you been reading lately? Post interesting books, zines etc
Recently took a look at the zine being published by Lainchan, pretty interesting - mainly broken up into small 'bits', mostly concerned with programming, computer type stuff
[url]lainzine.org[/url]
Still waiting for Sunny's translation of the Rig Veda - might never happen though
I'm listening to the princess of mars audiobooks right now and reading through a research book on tantric traditions in India, Tibet, and Japan. Every now and then I pick up the journals of Anais Nin, I really enjoy reading them and it motivates me to put more effort into my own diaries. I'm also getting back into reading medical papers, when I was younger I read The Epigenetic Revolution and it's nice to go back to old interests, revisit them with more experience. Sometimes when I look at memories I feel like I am staring across an ocean at them.
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Posted at 2020/07/05, 18:13:11Post ID: 260:271
I'm listening to the princess of mars audiobooks right now and reading through a research book on tantric traditions in India, Tibet, and Japan. Every now and then I pick up the journals of Anais Nin, I really enjoy reading them and it motivates me to put more effort into my own diaries. I'm also getting back into reading medical papers, when I was younger I read The Epigenetic Revolution and it's nice to go back to old interests, revisit them with more experience. Sometimes when I look at memories I feel like I am staring across an ocean at them.
Brave New World, soma is real and I can find it, I will.
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Posted at 2020/07/05, 18:15:19Post ID: 260:272
Brave New World, soma is real and I can find it, I will.
Really was a big fan of Gene Wolfe's novels. They were not like the other fantasy alternatives out there that focused 2 much on fairytale esque story writing. PKD is an all time favorite as I'm going back 2 his collection this summer.
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Posted at 2020/07/05, 18:34:35Post ID: 260:281
Really was a big fan of Gene Wolfe's novels. They were not like the other fantasy alternatives out there that focused 2 much on fairytale esque story writing. PKD is an all time favorite as I'm going back 2 his collection this summer.
Recently bought an ereader [ used sqlite script-kiddying to bypass the 'mandatory' device registration ] and have been uploading a bunch of shit from gutenberg and z-lib. Trying to finally get that massive backlog I've developed over the years of netsurfing down.
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Lainzine's non-fiction is generally breddy gud and informative, but the sci-fi shit that ends up in there is usually utter dreck.
Posted at 2020/07/05, 21:28:09Post ID: 260:333
Recently bought an ereader [ used sqlite script-kiddying to bypass the 'mandatory' device registration ] and have been uploading a bunch of shit from gutenberg and z-lib. Trying to finally get that massive backlog I've developed over the years of netsurfing down.
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Lainzine's non-fiction is generally breddy gud and informative, but the sci-fi shit that ends up in there is usually utter dreck.
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Ereaders are ok but not great if you already have an adroid phone or tablet. The only good ereader that I ever used that beat those was a first-gen Kindle because of the display, no backlight and doesn't hurt your eyes.
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Ereaders are ok but not great if you already have an adroid phone or tablet. The only good ereader that I ever used that beat those was a first-gen Kindle because of the display, no backlight and doesn't hurt your eyes.
Finished Book of the New Sun and started reading its sequel Urth of the New Sun, both by Gene Wolfe. As Post 260:273 & Post 260:281 have said, Gene Wolfe's work is highly recommended.
Posted at 2020/07/06, 03:28:09Post ID: 260:412
Finished Book of the New Sun and started reading its sequel Urth of the New Sun, both by Gene Wolfe. As [post=260:273]Post 260:273[/post] & [post=260:281]Post 260:281[/post] have said, Gene Wolfe's work is highly recommended.
I'm currently reading a book titled "The Devouring Fungus". It's all about early computer history that goes all the way back to Charles Babbage's Difference Engine. There's really fascinating knowledge that kept me reading more and more. I'm currently at a part where it talks about Joseph Weizenbaum with his ELIZA program and script - that were created to demonstrate the superficiality of communication between humans and machines - and how they attempted to use an ELIZA script called DOCTOR to treat patients based of some psychotherapist's work
Posted at 2020/07/06, 04:12:44Post ID: 260:421
I'm currently reading a book titled "The Devouring Fungus". It's all about early computer history that goes all the way back to Charles Babbage's Difference Engine. There's really fascinating knowledge that kept me reading more and more. I'm currently at a part where it talks about Joseph Weizenbaum with his ELIZA program and script - that were created to demonstrate the superficiality of communication between humans and machines - and how they attempted to use an ELIZA script called DOCTOR to treat patients based of some psychotherapist's work
Beasts, Men and Gods, historical fiction about some guy fleeing the bolshevik revolution who runs into Baron von Urngern Sternberg, that famous white guy who tried to revive the mongol empire while fighting the communists. It's pretty good so far. Mostly dry and realistic with occasional pops of dramatic and gory detail that really fits the subject matter.
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Posted at 2020/07/06, 07:15:05Post ID: 260:452
Beasts, Men and Gods, historical fiction about some guy fleeing the bolshevik revolution who runs into Baron von Urngern Sternberg, that famous white guy who tried to revive the mongol empire while fighting the communists. It's pretty good so far. Mostly dry and realistic with occasional pops of dramatic and gory detail that really fits the subject matter.
lately have been reading MANU FOR THE MAN TO COME - SERRANO. very enjoyable but i think i should have started with DEVI. all in all though very overnorthern literature
lately have been reading MANU FOR THE MAN TO COME - SERRANO. very enjoyable but i think i should have started with DEVI. all in all though very overnorthern literature
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timeless, books about ideas. will never not apply:
jean baudrillard "Simulacra & Simulation", "The Gulf War Did Not Take Place"
marshall mcluhan "Understanding Media and the Extensions of Man", "The Global Village", "The Medium is the Massage"
ezra pound "Guide to Kulchur"
Pentti Linkola "Can Life Prevail?"
wyndham lewis "The Art of Being Ruled", "Blasting and Bombardiering"
tk "Industrial Society and its Future", "The System's Neatest Trick"
Posted at 2020/07/06, 13:20:48Post ID: 260:500
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timeless, books about ideas. will never [i]not[/i] apply:
jean baudrillard "Simulacra & Simulation", "The Gulf War Did Not Take Place"
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marshall mcluhan "Understanding Media and the Extensions of Man", "The Global Village", "The Medium is the Massage"
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ezra pound "Guide to Kulchur"
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Pentti Linkola "Can Life Prevail?"
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wyndham lewis "The Art of Being Ruled", "Blasting and Bombardiering"
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tk "Industrial Society and its Future", "The System's Neatest Trick"
boosters:
mitchell heisman "Suicide Note" (as dense as Sim/Sim and GtK, set some time aside lol)
thomas pynchon "The Crying of Lot 49", "Mason and Dixon"
osamu dazai "No Longer Human"
percival everett "Erasure"
Posted at 2020/07/06, 13:25:37Post ID: 260:501
boosters:
mitchell heisman "Suicide Note" (as dense as Sim/Sim and GtK, set some time aside lol)
thomas pynchon "The Crying of Lot 49", "Mason and Dixon"
osamu dazai "No Longer Human"
percival everett "Erasure"
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SUPERPREDATOR.ZONE is equal parts website/zine/print publication/psychic terrorism assembly line. Looking forward to print issue #2 is almost done.
Wanna check out Gene Wolf and other stuff people have posted in this thread so far.
Currently reading The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness by Erich Fromm. I very much recommend it if you have the time.
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SUPERPREDATOR.ZONE is equal parts website/zine/print publication/psychic terrorism assembly line. Looking forward to print issue #2 is almost done.
Wanna check out Gene Wolf and other stuff people have posted in this thread so far.
Currently reading The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness by Erich Fromm. I very much recommend it if you have the time.
Last two books I have read and finished:
~Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
Lots of insight and ideas to think about mixed with a rambly history lession. Even though the intro talks about how the book's message is relevant and predicts society today, I feel it's off the mark and a bit pessimistic. I would argue the problems can be clearly seen in prevalant technology, but the technology is not the issue itself.
~Apathy and Other Small Victories by Paul Neilan
Quite a funny read up until 60% of the way through. Then it just felt stale and the book tried to force an ending that it didn't deserve.
Need to finish typing up my book as well, in part to explore new ideas and to build the foundation of the ideas I have now.
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Posted at 2020/07/06, 16:04:39Post ID: 260:532
Last two books I have read and finished:
~Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
Lots of insight and ideas to think about mixed with a rambly history lession. Even though the intro talks about how the book's message is relevant and predicts society today, I feel it's off the mark and a bit pessimistic. I would argue the problems can be clearly seen in prevalant technology, but the technology is not the issue itself.
~Apathy and Other Small Victories by Paul Neilan
Quite a funny read up until 60% of the way through. Then it just felt stale and the book tried to force an ending that it didn't deserve.
Need to finish typing up my book as well, in part to explore new ideas and to build the foundation of the ideas I have now.
“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
Post 260:500 Good taste, I'm fond of Pound's essay writings.
I'm juggling three books myself,
-"Borges Esencial", a compilation of Jorge Luis Borges's works curated by the Real Academia Española and published by Alfaguara.
-"Either/or", working through Kierkegaard's early works while taking notes.
-"The Sailor who Fell From Grace with the Sea", One of Mishima's cleanest novels. I'm a big fan of this one so far.
Besides that I have a few other things I read pages out of from time to time, nothing organized though.
Posted at 2020/07/06, 16:15:46Post ID: 260:534
[post=260:500]Post 260:500[/post] Good taste, I'm fond of Pound's essay writings.
I'm juggling three books myself,
-"Borges Esencial", a compilation of Jorge Luis Borges's works curated by the Real Academia Española and published by Alfaguara.
-"Either/or", working through Kierkegaard's early works while taking notes.
-"The Sailor who Fell From Grace with the Sea", One of Mishima's cleanest novels. I'm a big fan of this one so far.
Besides that I have a few other things I read pages out of from time to time, nothing organized though.
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great list. every one here should read.
For me I just finished 'after the planners' by Robert Goodman. Its all about the corporate takeover of our cities in the post war period. There are some materialist explanations to certain issues which I find too simple. But overall the book does a good job of explaining why our overlords want us all in cities.
Posted at 2020/09/23, 00:39:26Post ID: 260:2362
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great list. every one here should read.
For me I just finished 'after the planners' by Robert Goodman. Its all about the corporate takeover of our cities in the post war period. There are some materialist explanations to certain issues which I find too simple. But overall the book does a good job of explaining why our overlords want us all in cities.
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ezra pound "Guide to Kulchur"
Pentti Linkola "Can Life Prevail?"
wyndham lewis "The Art of Being Ruled", "Blasting and Bombardiering"
tk "Industrial Society and its Future", "The System's Neatest Trick"
