Good book though I really think the Part About the Crimes should have had more editing. I know it’s *the point* that it’s so tedious, but it’s the only thing that prevents me from reading it again. Shame he died before he could finish.
main reads >The Landmark Herodotus >Conversations with Goethe by Eckermann
dipping in and out of >Plutarch >Chuang Tzu >The Wisdom of the Taoists >7 Greeks by Guy Davenport >old Chinese and Japanese poems translated by Kenneth Rexroth >Montaigne >Boccaccio >Buddhist writings
I feel like I pick up Montaigne every so often, read a few essays, and place him back on the shelf. I don’t really want to go through his entire collection in a sitting, but he’s great every so often.
Revisiting Moby Dick. I'm 100 pages in and am having a wonderful time with the novel.
Try not be too discouraged by the 200 page whale anatomy portion. Some of the book’s best moments are embedded there, but it’s easy to have your eyes glaze over as you go through it.
Death on Credit by Céline.
I’ve only read Journey to the End of the Night. How is it?
I just got Dery’s I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts, and I’m loving it so far. I was recommended the Pyrotechnic Insanitarium a long time ago on this board, and it’s been one of my favorite essay collections since. I haven’t posted here in like ten years, good to see you guys are keeping the board alive
>Try not be too discouraged by the 200 page whale anatomy portion
Cetology chapters are based, and besides, I have already read Moby Dick once. So thanks for the advice, but I'm good!
main reads >The Landmark Herodotus >Conversations with Goethe by Eckermann
dipping in and out of >Plutarch >Chuang Tzu >The Wisdom of the Taoists >7 Greeks by Guy Davenport >old Chinese and Japanese poems translated by Kenneth Rexroth >Montaigne >Boccaccio >Buddhist writings
You realize the dipping in and out section are either poems that can be read in minutes, short stories that can be read in minutes, or essays and can be read in 30 minutes or so. Not difficult to use those to supplement the main reads
Just about to start a new book, probably going to read Ice and Train Dreams tonight and tomorrow and then dive into something more substantial, The Obscene Bird of Night, The Sot-Weed Factor and The Recognitions (reread) are the likely candidates
Reading the Bible at work, a Nero Wolfe novel at home. Probably will finish a Randall O'Toole book next, then it's off to working on stuff on the eReader.
The Tso Chuan. I just started it, but it reads like Confucius' longer Analects. The parables and morals are great but the stories are all >Duke Chin of Yue was engaged to Lady Chang of Lu when the concubine Ch'ing broke off her arrangement with Chin's father, the Viscount of Li, to take custody of his half son, Lü
I keep meaning to read this one
The Witches of Karres by James Schmitz, it has been going pretty comfy so far after reading The Stainless Steel Rat. I'm a sucker for sci-fi, especially the space opera subgenre.
It's nice to read something easy and fun after reading hard material anyway.
Ghibiesque kino
St Justin Martyr - Dialogue with Trypho
Maximos the Confessor - The Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ
Those sound interesting, I'll save those up for Lent
Book six in the Aubrey/Maturin series. Blood Meridian is my truck book--almost done with that--and The Korean War by Max Hastings is my breakfast table book.
>In the realm of hungry ghosts by gabor m8
Because I keep eating opiate pills >The human zoo by desmond morris
Cuz frick cities and gaygety status-mimicry >Change maker by some dood
Because I am jacked and would like to be off neet bux and work in a field where I can develop my unique abilities >Philosophy for polar explorers by erling kagge
Because I like his way of thinking
None of this matters though, because I am incapable of dropping the pill habit and will just end it using an exit bag once my standard of living drops. I should have never broken up with her. I can admit it now.
The Witches of Karres by James Schmitz, it has been going pretty comfy so far after reading The Stainless Steel Rat. I'm a sucker for sci-fi, especially the space opera subgenre.
It's nice to read something easy and fun after reading hard material anyway.
Switching between Being and Time, and Freud as Philosopher. Society of the Spectacle and Kafka's short stories are in my current stack but not getting much attention yet.
2 chapters into slaughterhouse five (started today)
17 chapters into we are our brains by dick swaab which I picked up again after putting it down months ago
I started The Count of Monte Cristo this week. I'm a bit past where Franz and Albert start hanging out with Edmund. I will admit that it took me an embarrassing amount of time to realize who Albert is. It's pretty good so far, I'm not really a fan of the Franz sections but I get that it's basically setup.
Working my way through Shakespheare's plays in no particular order. Just finished Hamlet, on to The Merry Wives of Windsor
Hope you like King Lear, it’s my favorite.
Good book though I really think the Part About the Crimes should have had more editing. I know it’s *the point* that it’s so tedious, but it’s the only thing that prevents me from reading it again. Shame he died before he could finish.
I feel like I pick up Montaigne every so often, read a few essays, and place him back on the shelf. I don’t really want to go through his entire collection in a sitting, but he’s great every so often.
Try not be too discouraged by the 200 page whale anatomy portion. Some of the book’s best moments are embedded there, but it’s easy to have your eyes glaze over as you go through it.
I’ve only read Journey to the End of the Night. How is it?
I just got Dery’s I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts, and I’m loving it so far. I was recommended the Pyrotechnic Insanitarium a long time ago on this board, and it’s been one of my favorite essay collections since. I haven’t posted here in like ten years, good to see you guys are keeping the board alive
>Try not be too discouraged by the 200 page whale anatomy portion
Cetology chapters are based, and besides, I have already read Moby Dick once. So thanks for the advice, but I'm good!
The only masterpiece written in the 21st century
main reads
>The Landmark Herodotus
>Conversations with Goethe by Eckermann
dipping in and out of
>Plutarch
>Chuang Tzu
>The Wisdom of the Taoists
>7 Greeks by Guy Davenport
>old Chinese and Japanese poems translated by Kenneth Rexroth
>Montaigne
>Boccaccio
>Buddhist writings
So, you're not reading anything actually.
???
You realize the dipping in and out section are either poems that can be read in minutes, short stories that can be read in minutes, or essays and can be read in 30 minutes or so. Not difficult to use those to supplement the main reads
Meant for
Just about to start a new book, probably going to read Ice and Train Dreams tonight and tomorrow and then dive into something more substantial, The Obscene Bird of Night, The Sot-Weed Factor and The Recognitions (reread) are the likely candidates
I'm reading the death of ivan ilyich over the next few days and I'll be continuing suttree afterwards
You have meddled with the primal forces of nature, Mr Beale, and I won't have it!
Amusing ourselves to death. I am a pseud
Wheelock's Latin for class
"The Unruly Torrent: Old Man Yells at Cloud" because my dad gave it to me
Reading the Bible at work, a Nero Wolfe novel at home. Probably will finish a Randall O'Toole book next, then it's off to working on stuff on the eReader.
IQfy
Sun and Steel, Mishima
Lotr
Henry James short stories to prepare myself for his novels
This
How is it?
The Tso Chuan. I just started it, but it reads like Confucius' longer Analects. The parables and morals are great but the stories are all
>Duke Chin of Yue was engaged to Lady Chang of Lu when the concubine Ch'ing broke off her arrangement with Chin's father, the Viscount of Li, to take custody of his half son, Lü
I keep meaning to read this one
Ghibiesque kino
Those sound interesting, I'll save those up for Lent
Book six in the Aubrey/Maturin series. Blood Meridian is my truck book--almost done with that--and The Korean War by Max Hastings is my breakfast table book.
More like wtf is it, a book about lazy japs?
>In the realm of hungry ghosts by gabor m8
Because I keep eating opiate pills
>The human zoo by desmond morris
Cuz frick cities and gaygety status-mimicry
>Change maker by some dood
Because I am jacked and would like to be off neet bux and work in a field where I can develop my unique abilities
>Philosophy for polar explorers by erling kagge
Because I like his way of thinking
None of this matters though, because I am incapable of dropping the pill habit and will just end it using an exit bag once my standard of living drops. I should have never broken up with her. I can admit it now.
I love when people make him cranky
The Witches of Karres by James Schmitz, it has been going pretty comfy so far after reading The Stainless Steel Rat. I'm a sucker for sci-fi, especially the space opera subgenre.
It's nice to read something easy and fun after reading hard material anyway.
Revisiting Moby Dick. I'm 100 pages in and am having a wonderful time with the novel.
Switching between Being and Time, and Freud as Philosopher. Society of the Spectacle and Kafka's short stories are in my current stack but not getting much attention yet.
2 chapters into slaughterhouse five (started today)
17 chapters into we are our brains by dick swaab which I picked up again after putting it down months ago
Aeneas - How to Survive under Siege
http://demonax.info/doku.php?id=text:how_to_survive_under_siege
St Justin Martyr - Dialogue with Trypho
Maximos the Confessor - The Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ
Industrial Society and It’s Future and re-reading The Power of the Powerless (Vaclav Havel).
Death on Credit by Céline.
I started The Count of Monte Cristo this week. I'm a bit past where Franz and Albert start hanging out with Edmund. I will admit that it took me an embarrassing amount of time to realize who Albert is. It's pretty good so far, I'm not really a fan of the Franz sections but I get that it's basically setup.
just got the part where the magicial negress sang the national anthem and everyone clapped. nearly puked out my lungs from laughing so hard
Just finished A Voyage to Arcturus.
Just starting Plato: Five Dialogues
Nearly done this
Pretty critical of Napoleon.
Ney sounds like a complete and utter badass though.
some western book called lone pine trail
Crime and Punishment (almost done)
Gay Science (almost done)
The Idea of the world (started 2 days ago)
The trials of Socrates (started yesterday)