Sean Monahan Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Currently reading Malcolm Gladwell's books. I've read Outliers and I'm now reading Blink, have really enjoyed both so far. Anybody else read them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 (edited) City on Fire - knew from the first sentence that I was reading something good, took until pg 600~something to know it was truly great; still with 200 to go. One is a gas, Two is a match / And we too are a city on fire http://floodmagazine.com/24832/finding-life-in-a-city-on-fire/ Edited August 15, 2016 by The Bookie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 2 hours ago, The Bookie said: City on Fire - knew from the first sentence that I was reading something good, took until pg 600~something to know it was truly great; still with 200 to go. One is a gas, Two is a match / And we too are a city on fire http://floodmagazine.com/24832/finding-life-in-a-city-on-fire/ that sure does sound interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLuciano Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 MONSTER - The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 finished Ulysses. i dunno what to say, or what to think. some chapters are highly enjoyable (the final chapter is shocking, funny, pornographic, full of references to Joyce's disgusting fetishes, AND beautiful) - while others are borderline incomprehensible. certainly an intellectual triumph, but that doesn't mean it's enjoyable. that said, i had read it once before (ages ago) - and while i probably only understood 10% of it then, i understood and enjoyed it a lot more this time. maybe if i ever read it again i'll get even more out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
420since1974 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I'm currently re-reading all of Robert A. Heinlein's books. I never get tired of the "Grand Master of science fiction". He received 6 Hugo awards. "Time Enough for Love", "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls" and "To Sail Beyond the Sunset" are my favourites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realtor Rod Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Bullies by Ben Shapiro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragar Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 20 hours ago, 420since1974 said: I'm currently re-reading all of Robert A. Heinlein's books. I never get tired of the "Grand Master of science fiction". He received 6 Hugo awards. "Time Enough for Love", "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls" and "To Sail Beyond the Sunset" are my favourites. Heinlein's great. I liked what little I had read of his wtuff, but when my now-wife and I were just dating, she introduced me to a boatload of his work that I didn't know about. I can't think of anything he wrote that I didn't enjoy reading. Have you read Variable Star? Written by Spider Robinson, but based on an outline Heinlein wrote back in the 50's. I suspect you would like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon45ca Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 21 hours ago, GLASSJAW said: finished Ulysses. i dunno what to say, or what to think. some chapters are highly enjoyable (the final chapter is shocking, funny, pornographic, full of references to Joyce's disgusting fetishes, AND beautiful) - while others are borderline incomprehensible. certainly an intellectual triumph, but that doesn't mean it's enjoyable. that said, i had read it once before (ages ago) - and while i probably only understood 10% of it then, i understood and enjoyed it a lot more this time. maybe if i ever read it again i'll get even more out of it. I have similar feelings about The Sound & The Fury 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 55 minutes ago, falcon45ca said: I have similar feelings about The Sound & The Fury Yeah, I read Sound and the Fury in a class setting, so I got a fair bit out of it, but I was really confused at times when Faulkner would switches voices so often. I really dig Faulkner's stuff though, so there was some pleasure in the confusion that one brought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
420since1974 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 On 8/22/2016 at 2:23 PM, Kragar said: Heinlein's great. I liked what little I had read of his wtuff, but when my now-wife and I were just dating, she introduced me to a boatload of his work that I didn't know about. I can't think of anything he wrote that I didn't enjoy reading. Have you read Variable Star? Written by Spider Robinson, but based on an outline Heinlein wrote back in the 50's. I suspect you would like it. I have and did enjoy it. Spider is a great sci-fi author who built on a master's work. You may want to read the "Connections" section of this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_Star 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragar Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 10 minutes ago, 420since1974 said: I have and did enjoy it. Spider is a great sci-fi author who built on a master's work. You may want to read the "Connections" section of this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_Star I'm not surprised about the various connections, as there are a number of crossovers in RH's works. It's great that Spider continued that, giving it the appearance of more Heinlein involvement in Variable Star. I've read most of Spider's Callahan books, enjoying them all. Looking at Spider on Wikipedia, there might be some additions to the series that I haven't checked out yet. I better get on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
420since1974 Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I was impressed that Spider was generous enough to allow Henlein's name above his on the cover. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 felt slightly confident after doing ulysses in, so i gave Finnegans Wake a shot. got 35 pages in and i have absolutely zero desire to finish. don't have the patience for this stuff right now time to do some palate cleansing Wodehouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master 112 Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 12 hours ago, GLASSJAW said: felt slightly confident after doing ulysses in, so i gave Finnegans Wake a shot. got 35 pages in and i have absolutely zero desire to finish. don't have the patience for this stuff right now time to do some palate cleansing Wodehouse Were you reading with secondary resources or no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 12 minutes ago, One one two said: Were you reading with secondary resources or no? nope, it's probably a lot more enjoyable if you do, but i just don't have the patience to spend that much time with a book right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McIlhargey the Lesser Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 15 hours ago, GLASSJAW said: felt slightly confident after doing ulysses in, so i gave Finnegans Wake a shot. got 35 pages in and i have absolutely zero desire to finish. don't have the patience for this stuff right now time to do some palate cleansing Wodehouse Oh man, I had parts of Finnegan's Wake read to me while I was on Halucinogens overlooking the bay-area (from Grizzley Pass) at about six in the morning. One of the weirder moments of my life. Now it's: 1,500 pages for just Nixon`s time in the White House. Talk about verbose. Ever the academic, HK waxes on with analytical prefaces to every situation and encounter. About 430 pages in. A tough read given the language which was made to seem ancient. Interesting. Certainly his most straightforward treatise on the Ubermensch in which he also coins the phrase, "God is dead." But I also just finished a fascinating book called Red Notice by Bill Browder which reads like a novel but is in fact his non fiction account of how he almost singlehandedly opened up Russia to foreign invesors when they moved to Capitalism in the early 90's earning his clients billions but then having to deal with the rampant corruption of Russian officials which resulted in his, and others' having to flee for their lives. One of his lawyers did not run and ended up dead. Afterwards it outlines his pursuit of international justice for those Russian figures who were responsible. Just great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 (edited) Surprisingly enjoying these for light reading. Edited August 26, 2016 by J.R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Joseph Conrad's "Victory" A guy tries to drift through life and the world without any attachments. Then he does a good deed and it comes back to bite him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Currently reading "Evil Eye" by Michael Slade. Slade is the pen name for Jay and Rebecca Clarke, a father/daughter collaboration. Both are Vancouver based lawyers. Their novels are all Vancouver/Seattle based, fictional crime stories about serial killers and the the RCMP's "Special X" division's efforts to catch them. There's quite a bit of history about the origins of the RCMP in the west, as well as the backstories and history of a lot of the greater Vancouver area. I've read several of Slade's books and very much enjoyed all of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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