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Ashinow
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 Re: what are you reading? [quote="Blank"]He turned an introspective lens onto certain notions we take for granted.[/quote] 
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Jomei
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Re: what are you reading? The World According to Garp by John Irving
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Marekenshin
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Re: what are you reading? Re-reading 1984, just read Animal Farm recently as well as Island by Aldous Huxley. Next is probably some Dostayevnskseykuysekyrsky.
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GoldenRhino
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Re: what are you reading? [quote="Marekenshin"]Next is probably some Dostayevnskseykuysekyrsky.[/quote]
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Lesser_Hamster
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Re: what are you reading? Thinking about picking up Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct. It seems interesting and I've heard a lot of good things about it.
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Re: what are you reading? [quote="Lesser_Hamster"]Thinking about picking up Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct. It seems interesting and I've heard a lot of good things about it.[/quote]
Just about everything Pinker's ever written is intriguing, especially if you're into linguistics (I am). I got kind of lost while reading The Stuff of Thought, though...
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Re: what are you reading? The Chronicles of Narnia
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Ashinow
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Re: what are you reading? I can really use a Murakami novel right now.
From his twelve novels so far, the only ones I haven't read are 'Hear the wind sing', 'Pinball, 1973' (his first two novels) and 'Sputnik Sweetheart'.
I'll get Sputnik Sweetheart tomorrow.
I'm currently reading Conrad's 'The secret agent', I'm half way but I can't really get through it.
I'm also reading 'Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism'. (Peter Marshall)
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Re: what are you reading? [quote="Ashinow"]I can really use a Murakami novel right now.
From his twelve novels so far, the only ones I haven't read are 'Hear the wind sing', 'Pinball, 1973' (his first two novels) and 'Sputnik Sweetheart'.
I'll get Sputnik Sweetheart tomorrow.[/quote]
Sputnik's pretty good, and the one I'd recommend out of the three. There's one long section in the middle that I found fairly frustrating to read though... maybe you'll feel differently.
At any rate it's leagues better than South of the Border, West of the Sun. Can we all agree that that novel is kind of shitty for Murakami?
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[quote="Lesser_Hamster"][i]Sawao utters a chilling whisper through the bathroom door; it's so faint that Manabe almost misses it.
"I WANNA BE YOUR GENTLE MAN."[/i][/quote]
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Jomei
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Re: what are you reading? It's been so long since I read it, but I remember enjoying most of it. Not a standout, though.
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terra
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Re: what are you reading? Still on the waiting list for 1Q84 at the library.
Continuing a fantasy/sci-fi kick, just got done with 'Wise Man's Fear'. Meandering but entertaining except for the minor bit of idiocy where an ethnic group believes women just randomly get pregnant sometimes. I'm no anthropologist but I'm pretty sure that's ludicrous, even for a fantasy novel.
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Lesser_Hamster
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Re: what are you reading? Decided to hold off on The Lanuage Instinct for now. Currently reading The Count of Monte Cristo.
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Ashinow
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Re: what are you reading? [quote="rockman240"]I'm 25% into The Basic Writings of Nietzsche. [color=#FF0000]B[/color][color=#FF8000]r[/color][color=#FFFF40]i[/color][color=#00FF00]ll[/color][color=#0000FF]i[/color][color=#8000FF]a[/color][color=#BF40FF]nt[/color] thus far. He is quickly becoming one of my most favorite people ever.[/quote]You're already 50% into it? I'd also like to know what you find so [color=#FF0000]B[/color][color=#FF8000]r[/color][color=#FFFF40]i[/color][color=#00FF00]ll[/color][color=#0000FF]i[/color][color=#8000FF]a[/color][color=#BF40FF]nt[/color] about it  [quote="Disco"]Sputnik's pretty good, and the one I'd recommend out of the three. There's one long section in the middle that I found fairly frustrating to read though... maybe you'll feel differently.[/quote] Yeah, one passage reminded me of the song 'Carnival'. "Passing the time alone on a ferris wheel Looking down at the world I hate" The book was okay, typical Murakami. Maybe a bit too typical. Yeah, the section in the middle was a bit flawed maybe. I enjoyed the book, but it was rather short. Too short actually to have a lasting impact.
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Re: what are you reading? [quote="Ashinow"][quote="rockman240"]I'm 25% into The Basic Writings of Nietzsche. [color=#FF0000]B[/color][color=#FF8000]r[/color][color=#FFFF40]i[/color][color=#00FF00]ll[/color][color=#0000FF]i[/color][color=#8000FF]a[/color][color=#BF40FF]nt[/color] thus far. He is quickly becoming one of my most favorite people ever.[/quote]You're already 50% into it? I'd also like to know what you find so [color=#FF0000]B[/color][color=#FF8000]r[/color][color=#FFFF40]i[/color][color=#00FF00]ll[/color][color=#0000FF]i[/color][color=#8000FF]a[/color][color=#BF40FF]nt[/color] about it [/quote] Nietzsche looks at morality coldly and objectively to a degree that I've never known anyone to come close. If you are interested I recommend Beyond Good and Evil.
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Re: what are you reading? And we have killed him. 
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