What are you reading? - Page 24

itsallgoodbabyGb · 12-10-2009, 09:38 AM

i finished the gospel of the FSM and i think that you should all be touched by his noodly appendage

i'm also close to the end of any human heart which is a fascinating confessional of an intriguing life. the diary format actually makes it seem as though it's skimming a surface i want to penetrate with gusto, even though it's almost 500 pages long. perhaps that's the point; a human life is massive and full of a vast gamut of things.

picked up the novelisation of the abyss and i think that's the next thing i'll read

hoobastankychic · 12-10-2009, 03:28 PM

Does anyone read on a Kindle?
I'm thinking of getting one.

Socratis · 12-10-2009, 07:07 PM

no worries, mr. whore should be coming along pretty soon here to promote it

itsallgoodbabyGb · 12-11-2009, 06:48 AM

what is a kindle?

in your words, i could easily look these things up but it's more interesting to hear it in the words of forumers IMO

Damien Stryker · 12-12-2009, 08:06 AM

A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-esque computer designed to store and display eBooks, in this case produced by Amazon.

Socratis · 12-12-2009, 02:34 PM

it's really annoying when it just starts flashing 42 over and over

Glexn · 12-12-2009, 03:54 PM

It'd be great if they had a novelty one that had Don't Panic, in large friendly letters on it.

Damien Stryker · 12-12-2009, 04:09 PM

Teehee.

itsallgoodbabyGb · 12-12-2009, 04:46 PM

i could read xkcd until the cows come home. what is xkcd? what is home? what are cows?

Miss Lucifer · 12-14-2009, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by itsallgoodbabyGb

nearly got this in books etc. because they're doing a stock clearout but i had about 15 other books and i ended up getting about 9 because i couldn't be arsed carrying so many

have you seen the film? i was very impressed by that - the score and the cinematography were incredible - an absolute feast of the senses that captured at least the essence of the intensity of grenouille's world and good cast too - hoffman rickman hurt narrating etc.

No I haven't - I will check it out though. I did think the book dragged in places (the it up the top of a mountain, bore-off) but overall it was excellent. I found my sense of smell was heightened when I read the book, my mind was "smelling out" for differen aromas more.

itsallgoodbabyGb · 12-20-2009, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Miss Lucifer

No I haven't - I will check it out though. I did think the book dragged in places (the it up the top of a mountain, bore-off) but overall it was excellent. I found my sense of smell was heightened when I read the book, my mind was "smelling out" for differen aromas more.

yeah, the movie was quite good at conveying the arresting experience of acute sensory immersion. you can't smell, so it uses crisp and evocative cinematography and beautiful music, and i'm assuming dialogue and narration from the novel which was pretty good as well. i was pretty smashed while i was watching it, so that may have had something to do with it

but i do recommend it. the bit on the mountain is hilarious in the film too, it's when he realises what the one thing he cannot smell is isn't it? and he tries his hardest to smell it. nekkid. but yeah, good film, check it out.

i'm done with any human heart which is excellent, and i'd love a beefier account of logan's life but that's the point. also finished the story of how spiderman initially encountered venom; good comic, dealing with moral issues in a psuedo realistic way and good, non-ridiculous character building and conflicts.

lumberjack · 01-20-2010, 08:05 AM

currently reading Awakening, book on Sufism by Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan.

itsallgoodbabyGb · 01-20-2010, 07:51 PM

cloud atlas by david mitchell - the diary of mr 'quillcock' ewing was getting really interesting, and then it just stops, mid-sentence... !

Damien Stryker · 03-20-2010, 03:25 PM

Just put down Fall on Your Knees, by Ann-Marie Macdonald. It's a family saga/historical novel that tracks three generations of the Piper family in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia from the late 19th century through the early sixties. It's a great book but also bolsters my thesis that modern Canadian literature as a whole is pretty fucked up. Macdonald manage to intertwine themes of family, religion, sex and race without the narrative feeling crowded (granted, she has 566 pages to fit everything into nicely).

I plan to start On the Road next, even though I purchased it back in November/December. It's the "original scroll" transcription, meaning there are no chapter or even paragraph breaks, just the single, unbroken narrative that Kerouc hacked out on a scroll all those years ago.

Renegade 2501 · 03-21-2010, 02:00 AM

Just finished reading Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons. Great fucking book, like Stephen King said on the cover, "one of the three greatest horror novels of the twentieth century. Simple as that."

Dangerous_D · 03-21-2010, 02:39 AM

currently reading Aliens Original Sin

itsallgoodbabyGb · 03-21-2010, 07:24 AM

put down cloud atlas although it's a fantastic book... now mere pages from the end of the fellowship of the ring, superb, quite simply.

Glexn · 03-21-2010, 02:52 PM

I'm reading Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordon.

12-12-2009, 08:06 AM	#695 (permalink)
Damien Stryker "IGNORE ME!!!" Forum Officer Hardcore Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ottawa, ON Posts: 5,972	A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-esque computer designed to store and display eBooks, in this case produced by Amazon.
	This is not for you. The poster formerly known as Warrior Alien.

12-10-2009, 09:38 AM	#691 (permalink)
itsallgoodbabyGb beep street Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2003 Location: london Posts: 4,383	i finished the gospel of the FSM and i think that you should all be touched by his noodly appendage i'm also close to the end of any human heart which is a fascinating confessional of an intriguing life. the diary format actually makes it seem as though it's skimming a surface i want to penetrate with gusto, even though it's almost 500 pages long. perhaps that's the point; a human life is massive and full of a vast gamut of things. picked up the novelisation of the abyss and i think that's the next thing i'll read

12-10-2009, 03:28 PM	#692 (permalink)
hoobastankychic Registered User Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 351	Does anyone read on a Kindle? I'm thinking of getting one.

12-10-2009, 07:07 PM	#693 (permalink)
Socratis Registered User Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,233	no worries, mr. whore should be coming along pretty soon here to promote it

12-11-2009, 06:48 AM	#694 (permalink)
itsallgoodbabyGb beep street Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2003 Location: london Posts: 4,383	what is a kindle? in your words, i could easily look these things up but it's more interesting to hear it in the words of forumers IMO

12-12-2009, 02:34 PM	#696 (permalink)
Socratis Registered User Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,233	it's really annoying when it just starts flashing 42 over and over

12-12-2009, 03:54 PM	#697 (permalink)
Glexn The cop inside all our heads must be destroyed. Hardcore Veteran Join Date: May 2003 Location: Melbourne Posts: 5,741	It'd be great if they had a novelty one that had Don't Panic, in large friendly letters on it.

12-12-2009, 04:09 PM	#698 (permalink)
Damien Stryker "IGNORE ME!!!" Forum Officer Hardcore Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ottawa, ON Posts: 5,972	Teehee.

12-12-2009, 04:46 PM	#699 (permalink)
itsallgoodbabyGb beep street Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2003 Location: london Posts: 4,383	i could read xkcd until the cows come home. what is xkcd? what is home? what are cows?

01-20-2010, 08:05 AM	#702 (permalink)
lumberjack Registered User Forum Fledgling Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Vinum Sabbathi Posts: 101	currently reading Awakening, book on Sufism by Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan.

01-20-2010, 07:51 PM	#703 (permalink)
itsallgoodbabyGb beep street Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2003 Location: london Posts: 4,383	cloud atlas by david mitchell - the diary of mr 'quillcock' ewing was getting really interesting, and then it just stops, mid-sentence... !

03-20-2010, 03:25 PM	#704 (permalink)
Damien Stryker "IGNORE ME!!!" Forum Officer Hardcore Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ottawa, ON Posts: 5,972	Just put down Fall on Your Knees, by Ann-Marie Macdonald. It's a family saga/historical novel that tracks three generations of the Piper family in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia from the late 19th century through the early sixties. It's a great book but also bolsters my thesis that modern Canadian literature as a whole is pretty fucked up. Macdonald manage to intertwine themes of family, religion, sex and race without the narrative feeling crowded (granted, she has 566 pages to fit everything into nicely). I plan to start On the Road next, even though I purchased it back in November/December. It's the "original scroll" transcription, meaning there are no chapter or even paragraph breaks, just the single, unbroken narrative that Kerouc hacked out on a scroll all those years ago.

03-21-2010, 02:00 AM	#705 (permalink)
Renegade 2501 Caveat Emptor Hardcore Veteran Join Date: May 2001 Location: "Kahlifoania" Posts: 9,458	Just finished reading Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons. Great fucking book, like Stephen King said on the cover, "one of the three greatest horror novels of the twentieth century. Simple as that."

03-21-2010, 02:39 AM	#706 (permalink)
Dangerous_D Registered User Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,003	currently reading Aliens Original Sin

03-21-2010, 07:24 AM	#707 (permalink)
itsallgoodbabyGb beep street Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2003 Location: london Posts: 4,383	put down cloud atlas although it's a fantastic book... now mere pages from the end of the fellowship of the ring, superb, quite simply.

03-21-2010, 02:52 PM	#708 (permalink)
Glexn The cop inside all our heads must be destroyed. Hardcore Veteran Join Date: May 2003 Location: Melbourne Posts: 5,741	I'm reading Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordon.