What are you reading now?
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DON’T let them eat cake.
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@jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:
Geekiest response of the day.
Almost as geeky as Klaus's "Markdown" thread from this weekend.
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I read that a few years ago. Some people think that it tended toward being a hit-piece directed at the docs she talks about.
I'm agnostic as to that charge. It is, nevertheless, a compelling description of what people did under the worst of circumstances.
Perhaps Jolly can comment.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@George-K It's fun as a cultural artifact; same reason you might, say, pick up Fear and Loathing.
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@George-K - Did you like Easy Rider or Into the Wild? If yes, then maybe yes. I did the audiobook while running. It is interesting reading about people living literally on their last dollar. It is a product of its times - people living for the experience of exploring/seeing the world, dropping out, turning on. I'll probably read some more of his work.
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@kluurs Might I recommend Desert Solitaire and basically anything by Bukowski.
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Hey, Phibes...
The Gap series?
On the advice of Phibes, I persisted. I'm halfway done with the 5th and final book.
Donaldson takes a great idea, several, as a matter of fact, and stretches out to Wagnerian length. The five books total over 2600 pages of print. He spends way too much time describing how characters feel, how they are conflicted, how they worry about possible outcomes of their actions. Every time I read "Morn could feel the rage boiling within her..." I wanted to
put the book downpull my earbuds out.This could have been half the length it is and it would have been a much better, tighter tale.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@George-K said in What are you reading now?:
Donaldson takes a great idea, several, as a matter of fact, and stretches out to Wagnerian length.
It is supposed to be loosely based on the Ring Cycle
Proud supporter of Plan 2525. Everything you think, do and say will be in the pill you took today.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in What are you reading now?:
@George-K said in What are you reading now?:
Donaldson takes a great idea, several, as a matter of fact, and stretches out to Wagnerian length.
It is supposed to be loosely based on the Ring Cycle
And that's a justification for its length because.....
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At least it's not in German.
Proud supporter of Plan 2525. Everything you think, do and say will be in the pill you took today.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in What are you reading now?:
At least it's not in German.
Half-full guy you are, eh?
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Ohhhh shit, son. I like this already. Which probably makes me a Certified Middle-Aged Person, but I don't care, this is awesome. Good recco.
I also don't know a damn thing about ships, so I'm trying to reference some background information just so I can better wrap my head around the descriptions.
Please love yourself.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in What are you reading now?:
Ohhhh shit, son. I like this already. Which probably makes me a Certified Middle-Aged Person, but I don't care, this is awesome. Good recco.
I also don't know a damn thing about ships, so I'm trying to reference some background information just so I can better wrap my head around the descriptions.
That's ok, the guy who wrote it supposedly didn't know much either. Which is interesting, because most of the nautical stuff in the books is considered accurate.
