Books
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Anyways, I read a lot of books across most genres. Some of my favorite writers are Haruki Murakami, Umberto Eco, William Gibson, Hunter S. Thomson (before he became senile), Knut Hamsun, Abo Rasol and Michel Foucault.
You have good taste. I'm reading Virtual Light by William Gibson at the moment and am a fan of Murakami and Hamsun.
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Seul: I never really liked Hunger. Sure, in its time it was quite revolutionary (at least in Norway) with focus on the indivudal psyche and the themes of angst and alienation. This was opposed to the literature at that time which focused on socieltal problems, which was the dominant view at that time, as exemplified in Ibsens plays. And I admire Hamsun for that. But I just could not relate much to it. Granted, I read Hunger in high school and I should probably read it again. But I think that Pan is the most beautiful book ever written.
Snowy: The Wheel of time series is not that bad. But the in the last books that Jordan wrote alone it seems to me that he ran out of plot and still tried to write long books. There is not so much going on to further the plot and instead he elaborates in length about things that isn’t really relevant. But the series got better when Brian Sanderson began to write. So in my humble opinion you get 10 OK to great books and 3 boring ones. I have not finished the last book so the verdict is still out on that one.
Thank you Sugar Mountain. You seem to have good taste too.
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An obligatory plug from a grad student of literature:
Everyone should read "Only Yesterday" by S. Y. Agnon, the only Hebrew writer to win the Nobel, and for good reason…
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Started pulp by bukowski last night. Finished the damned by palahniuk the other day. 50 pages into pulp and I haven't laughed this hard at a book in a long ass time
What was your thoughts on Damned? I enjoyed it more than some of his other recent books. Rant is still one of my favorites.
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Just picked up "Thinking, Fast and Slow". So far, it seems to be a masterpiece, though I've only read the introduction, first chapter, and an appendix with a seminal paper published in Nature on decision-making that lead to a Nobel Prize in Economics for the author.
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Rant was outstanding his best book since Survivor. I really enjoyed Damned. I have read all his fiction & non-fiction. My favorite being Invisible Monsters. My least favorite being Pygmy.
"Obstacles are stepping-stones That guide us to our goals"
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Just picked up "Thinking, Fast and Slow". So far, it seems to be a masterpiece, though I've only read the introduction, first chapter, and an appendix with a seminal paper published in Nature on decision-making that lead to a Nobel Prize in Economics for the author.
Dude, you're gonna have to let me how this goes. I've been reading some Nassim Taleb and was gonna pick this up soon.
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Will do, I expect to marinate on it for a little while bit I'll write a little report when I complete it.
Also just read Brian Greene's latest one The Hidden Reality. Great read, despite the revelation that there are an infinite number of universes that don't have Iron Heart…
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Haha.
Oh, it’s so haaaaard to be a white-collar man nowadays, what with laws and feminism and Ikea restraining our healthiest instincts. Oh, wait, no it’s not. We’re coddled and chubby pink piglets who don’t have to fight in wars or protect anyone. Enjoy your Frappuccino like a man and quit complaining, you teenager.
Yeah, the dude suffering from severe depression, insomnia, and multiple personality disorder should just shut up, be happy, and drink his frappiccino… like a man. That'd make for a great read!
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That was a gem. Some pretty good stuff there
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Those six are great, but I'd proceed with caution after that. I read a few more, then gave up. The original trilogy remains one of my all time favourites though, although in fairness I haven't read them for a VERY long time!
Appreciate it, I was very keen to read them all seeing how long/wide the saga goes. I'll tread carefully after #6. I really should get back to ITIL Service Transition study anyhow
:|I ended up reading ALL of them, and just finished the series (Magician's End) a few nights ago. 4-6 were my highlights, but there's some great books in there Talon of the Silver Hawk, and the second last trillogy. I think that stint was around 28 books of a few hundred pages long each. Not a bad effort. If found he started repeating himself a little too much, and the speed changed from slow to fast too frequently in the past few books.
