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Catcher In the Rye-half finished
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coincidentally, im reading Naked Lunch as well for the third time. But i'm hoping to pick up Desolation Angels as soon as I can find it.
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Death Kit- Susan Sontag
Strangeland- Tracy Emin Hey Nostradamus- Douglas Coupland |
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I've got that one. Yeah, it's quite good. Argumentative though. Might make you angry in parts. (That nature vs. nurture, one or the other debate always does.) I'd say read a bit of Chomsky first (especially if you're interested in language/linguistics.) Pinker's very much one of Noam's disciples. |
i cant read much lately. ive been overworking and i stop here & burn stress & all i read are mostly crap posts-- there are of course wonderful, honorable exceptions, and you know who you are.
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naked lunch is so insane you should watch the movie it has nothing to do with the book or very little i should say but more so with burroughs and durgs as well as ginsberg |
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The movie's a fascinating interpretation of the book, really. |
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Maybe. However, from the reviews I read it appeared that Pinker should be read before Chomsky. Ever since I read Hegemony or Survival, I've been meaning to pick up something else by Chomsky, perhaps his linguistic works - considering I have trouble finding much interest in politics - but, obviously, I haven't. Hopefully soon. |
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oh that book is fucking funny i was about to recommend it to someone here |
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pinker is definitely more accessible, chomsky is highly abstract-- besides, there's been a lot of fresh evidence coming from the neuroscience of language side of things since chomsky wrote his language stuff. so there are new lots of new things. |
another good read is irvine welsh's bedroom secrets of master chefs its pretty insane like a fucked up british twilight zone meets the food channel
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the psychic soviet - i. f. svenonius
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how's that? the little bastard was my neighbor-- we used to run into each other in the elevator -- actually not a bastard at all-- really nice guy |
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very very funny. have you seen this? he's got an internet tv show http://www.vbs.tv/shows/index.php?show=Soft%20Focus the book is a bit like the bits were ian svenonius asks iain mackaye those high falutin' questions |
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an old teacher of mine lent me "going after cacciato" and so far it's ok.
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Never read this, but I loved The Things They Carried. A really unusual book, and he's such a good, naturally gifted writer. |
Leo the African Amin Malouf - i love his writing
Imperial City Geoffery Moorhouse - a history of NY, fucking monster |
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