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Post by mcm1610 on May 31, 2012 17:03:31 GMT -5
I've been bouncing back and forth between novels and non-fiction since I finished my master's a year ago, or two... I forget how long ago I graduated. But anyway, I'm reading Sylvia Nassar's Grand Pursuit - The Search For Economic Genius and I don't know how I feel about it. I'm about 80 pages in and it's just rambling stories about famous economic writers like Marx.
What should I be reading? I missed out on a lot of classics because I slacked in high school (even though I got good grades) so don't be afraid to recommend something seemingly obvious.
Are Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy books good reads compared to the rest of his stuff?
As far as my suggestion, Peter Matthiasson's Shadow Country trilogy, or at least Killing Mr. Watson and the third book, whatever it's called, are fantastic reads. The way the endings of book 1 and 3 tie together is fantastic.
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Post by blanchardoswald on May 31, 2012 17:19:17 GMT -5
Ive jumped on the Game of Thrones bandwagon recently. Fantastic stuff.
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science and bullshit
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Post by hankmurphy on May 31, 2012 17:36:59 GMT -5
I recently read Confessions of an Economic Hitman. It's a very informative look at globalization and the function of the IMF and World Bank. Would recommend.
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Post by mcm1610 on May 31, 2012 17:49:36 GMT -5
Oh, I forgot about that book. I want to check that out.
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This is my want-to-read list. Anyone read any of them? What do you think? (Yes, I have a document on my desktop... shutup!)
Non-Fiction
Sam Harris
David Rakoff – Half Empty
Philip Dray – There’s Power In A Union
Paul Krugman – End This Depression Now!
Tim Noah – The Great Divergence
Joe Klein – Woody Guthrie: A Life
Elizabeth Partridge – This Land Was Made For You And Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie
David Corn – Showdown
Errol Morris – Believing Is Seeing: Observations on the Mysteries of Photography
Michael Hiltzik – The New Deal: A Modern History
Bill Clinton – Back To Work
David Cordingly – Under the Black Flag
Neil MacGregor – History of the World in 100 Objects
Fareed Zakaria – The Post-American World: Release 2.0
Bill Moyers – The Conversation Continues
Bahari – Then They Came For Me
Novels
John Schwartzwelder
Charles Dickens – A Christmas Carol
Cormac McCarthy – All The Pretty Horses
Cormac McCarthy – The Crossing
Cormac McCarthy – Cities of the Plain
Cormac McCarthy – No Country For Old Men
?? – Children of Men
Graphic Novels
Batman – The Long Halloween
Batman – Dark Victory
Batman – A Death in the Family
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Or any additions?
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Post by batman on May 31, 2012 18:08:33 GMT -5
i just torrented the animorphs series. stoked!
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Post by Holtergeist on May 31, 2012 19:33:14 GMT -5
A lot of my friends tell me to read Philip K. Dick. I have yet to do so, but they say his stuff is excellent.
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1 copy of 10 records > 10 copies of 1 record
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Post by Patron on Jun 1, 2012 4:57:44 GMT -5
A lot of my friends tell me to read Philip K. Dick. I have yet to do so, but they say his stuff is excellent. Your friends are correct. I'm currently reading Daniel Dafoe's Robinson Kruso. If you like 18th century travel narratives, this is the best one I've read. |
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Post by tape on Jun 1, 2012 8:59:42 GMT -5
I've been in a reading phase after not having been in one for a long time. Recently I've gone through:
Mike Doughty, The Book of Drugs (HIGHLY recommended if you are at all familiar with him)
John Nichols, Uprising
Chuck Klosterman, The Visible Man
FreeDarko Presents: The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History
Mike Brown, How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
I just started the first Hunger Games book. I was skeptical, but a friend of mine whose opinion I deeply trust said it was actually really good, so I'm giving it a shot.
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Post by roadmonkey on Jun 11, 2012 10:33:48 GMT -5
Graphic Novels Batman – The Long Halloween Batman – Dark Victory Batman – A Death in the Family ---- Or any additions? You are going to want to add Batman: Hush, The Dark Knight Returns, and Batman: Year One to that list. Also Grant Morrison's, Batman & Robin Series is also really fucking good. I'm currently reading Neil Gaiman - American Gods. |
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Post by sharkie on Jun 11, 2012 11:46:46 GMT -5
Currently,
Shutter Island and Drive.....
I usually don't read two "movie" books at once, I'm gonna have to go to the library and correct that.
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Post by dynamitekid on Jun 11, 2012 11:51:51 GMT -5
Right now I'm reading a book called Packing For Mars. It's about space travel. Great stuff!
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Post by lexicondevil on Jun 11, 2012 14:18:27 GMT -5
Way removed from the Anne Rice romanticism of vampires, David Wellington tackles the genre with grit and darkness. There is a lot of depth to his writing. He also does werewolves and zombies in his other novels.
If you have any interest in monsters, you will enjoy his writing.
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Post by bathroommonkey on Jun 11, 2012 22:43:02 GMT -5
my wife is trying to get me to read the 50 shades books, i honestly don't know what I should take away from this.
i am actually reading the free Barsoom books off of Amazon on the wifes Kindle. After i'm done with the free ones I might pick up a real book, thinking aboot Conferency of Dunces
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Post by roadmonkey on Jun 12, 2012 13:06:53 GMT -5
My brother was actually talking to me about the 50 shades books... Apparently it's Twilight Fan Fiction with way more sex. wikipedia confirms it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Shades_of_GreyI want to read more of the Haruki Murakami Trilogy of the Rat series, but I can't find anything except A wild sheep chase anywhere that is in English and less than $40. Not even the library.. Anyone wanna start a book club.. or let me borrow the other 2 books? |
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Post by sharkie on Jun 12, 2012 14:18:40 GMT -5
Hahaha... Fifty Shades of Grey... I went to 2 hotels over the course of last month and both times there were middle age ladies just straight up reading that book by the pool.
I gotta admire the straight up "not give a fuck" to read a well known quasi-porno book in public.
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Post by roadmonkey on Jun 12, 2012 15:51:13 GMT -5
hmmm mental note.. steps to get with hot cougars step 1: jump into tub of silver glitter and wear fake fangs step 2:  ? step 3: profits |
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Post by lexicondevil on Jun 12, 2012 16:20:30 GMT -5
thinking aboot Conferency of Dunces Dunces is a great book. If you like that you should give John Fante a try. "Wait Until Spring, Bandini" or "1933 Was A Bad Year" are good places to start. Fante was a big influence on Bukowski. |
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Post by bathroommonkey on Jun 12, 2012 22:05:02 GMT -5
thinking aboot Conferency of Dunces Dunces is a great book. If you like that you should give John Fante a try. "Wait Until Spring, Bandini" or "1933 Was A Bad Year" are good places to start. Fante was a big influence on Bukowski. thanks. also i need to read more Bukowski. I think, novel wise, I've only read Hollywood. I very much enjoyed it and it made me want to become a wino. |
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Post by mcm1610 on Jun 12, 2012 22:11:53 GMT -5
Graphic Novels Batman – The Long Halloween Batman – Dark Victory Batman – A Death in the Family ---- Or any additions? You are going to want to add Batman: Hush, The Dark Knight Returns, and Batman: Year One to that list. Also Grant Morrison's, Batman & Robin Series is also really fucking good. I'm currently reading Neil Gaiman - American Gods. I h ave year one and Dark Knight Returns. -- I scrapped reading Grand Pursuit because it's just a bunch of rambling, and instead re-started reading American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis. I started it when I was in the London Heathrow airport and then just kinda forgot about it 15 pages in. On deck is either There's Power In a Union or The President and the Assassin unless I find another good novel or something. I really want to read "A Christmas Carol" even though it's summer, more for the historical context than the story itself. |
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Post by lexicondevil on Jun 13, 2012 12:38:15 GMT -5
Dunces is a great book. If you like that you should give John Fante a try. "Wait Until Spring, Bandini" or "1933 Was A Bad Year" are good places to start. Fante was a big influence on Bukowski. thanks. also i need to read more Bukowski. I think, novel wise, I've only read Hollywood. I very much enjoyed it and it made me want to become a wino. I've read most of his novels and poetry. I used to have a bunch of rare stuff from him. Now I just have one signed broadside and a signed copy of Barfly. My favorites of his novels are Women and Post Office. |
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Post by mcm1610 on Jun 13, 2012 21:18:05 GMT -5
I'm flying through American Psycho and loving it. I don't know why I didn't read this a long time ago, like when I bought it in 2006.
I just bought Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations and JM Keynes' General Theory for some light reading when I finish this one. I'm helping a friend set up his IB Economics course for next year's high school and always wanted to read them anyway.
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Post by gkersey on Jun 14, 2012 9:23:16 GMT -5
i'm still trying to get through all the pretty horses.
it's great - just taxing.
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Post by philspins on Jun 15, 2012 9:24:17 GMT -5
I'm flying through American Psycho and loving it. I don't know why I didn't read this a long time ago, like when I bought it in 2006. Just picked this up the other day! Bret Easton Ellis is great. I've read Glamorama and The Rules of Attraction but have not yet broken into American Psycho. Also picked up the newest Chuck Palanhiuk book, Damned. |
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Post by mcm1610 on Jun 16, 2012 2:56:10 GMT -5
The first time I picked up American Psycho to read, I got a couple pages in and was annoyed by his rambling run-on sentences. The whole first page is maybe 2 sentences that are very poorly constructed. I'm glad the whole book isn't like that, but what a bad first impression. Where's the editor?
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