what are you reading? - Page 274

Rob Instigator · 02.19.2019, 05:22 PM

Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking. so sad. RXTT's Intellectual Journey continues with a book that hits REAL close to home, Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking. https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2019/...has-never.html

!@#$%! · 02.19.2019, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking. so sad. RXTT's Intellectual Journey continues with a book that hits REAL close to home, Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking. https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2019/...has-never.html

fucking shit, this is your best review ever man.

thank you.

tw2113 · 02.19.2019, 09:02 PM

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is anyone on goodreads??

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5295602-michael

Rob Instigator · 02.20.2019, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

fucking shit, this is your best review ever man.

thank you.

Thanks man. Means a lot. Please share or disseminate if you like....

Rob Instigator · 02.20.2019, 10:38 AM

I have an account on goodreads, but then I realized it was just doubling up the work I put in to the blog. hahahha/

choc e-Claire · 03.02.2019, 02:22 PM

Has anyone here read Rip It Up and Start Again, by Simon Reynolds? Post-punk history that I'm enjoying from the first two chapters

!@#$%! · 03.02.2019, 02:32 PM

“why big pharma is diving into gene therapy”

https://www.barrons.com/articles/why...py-51551493752

!@#$%! · 03.02.2019, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by choc e-Claire

Has anyone here read Rip It Up and Start Again, by Simon Reynolds? Post-punk history that I'm enjoying from the first two chapters

have not heard of it....

demonrail666 · 03.02.2019, 03:19 PM

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Has anyone here read Rip It Up and Start Again, by Simon Reynolds? Post-punk history that I'm enjoying from the first two chapters

Yeah, really good. Seem to remember his chapter on SY being a bit anti, but makes a fair argument.

ilduclo · 03.08.2019, 03:52 PM

Went to the Tiny Town Library Sale today. It’s a great way to find cheap versions of authors you’ve wanted to read, but didn’t want to pay much for, since you may not like them

Scored

Things Fall Apart -Chinua Achebe
The Deal Breaker-Edwidge Danticat
The Black Book-Orhan Pamuk

Plus a few from authors I already have read...

The Outsider-Richard Wright
Troll Nation -Amanda Marcotte
No Good Alternative & No Immediate Danger-William T Vollmann

Any Vollmann fans on here? He’s a wordy fucker, for sure, but I’ve always loved his prose.

dirty bunny · 03.08.2019, 03:58 PM

I haven't visited Goodreads in months. I reviewed some books. I obviously don't read as much as you guys though!

Bytor Peltor · 03.09.2019, 04:47 AM

Butthole Surfers - What Does Regret Mean?

Rob Instigator · 03.13.2019, 04:08 PM

Finished a Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsey (1920) https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2019/...920-still.html very cool old proto-sci fi book.

tw2113 · 03.16.2019, 06:20 PM

Finally finished Frankenstein. I'm definitely going a lot slower this year.

Started "The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture is Reinventing Capitalism" and I purchased these:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BvFXJbsn250/

!@#$%! · 03.16.2019, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

Finished a Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsey (1920) https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2019/...920-still.html very cool old proto-sci fi book.

i started reading that book once because harold bloom once called it the best novel ever or something

it’s supposed to be a great gnostic treatise or something

i got tired of the multiple eyes and murders and abandoned it 2/3 of the way

harold bloom was much more enamored of gnosticism than i’ll ever be and probably understood the referent of all that crazy imagery

Rob Instigator · 03.18.2019, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

i started reading that book once because harold bloom once called it the best novel ever or something

it’s supposed to be a great gnostic treatise or something

i got tired of the multiple eyes and murders and abandoned it 2/3 of the way

harold bloom was much more enamored of gnosticism than i’ll ever be and probably understood the referent of all that crazy imagery

I would not have got it at age 23. I have read a lot of gnostic writings and books about gnosis and the various states of being that the Voyage to Arcturus is actually talking about.

Severian · 03.18.2019, 09:21 AM

I just finished re-reading Alfred Bester’s classic, “The Stars my Destination,” and now I’m looking for something new, slimming through samples on Kindle.

This looks good. I saw the author speak a while back, and I’m enjoying the sample. Might dive in:

ilduclo · 03.18.2019, 09:32 AM

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I just finished re-reading Alfred Bester’s classic, “The Stars my Destination,” and now I’m looking for something new, slimming through samples on Kindle.

This looks good. I saw the author speak a while back, and I’m enjoying the sample. Might dive in:

looks interesting, but a lot of current Middle Eastern history seems to stem from times way before that. If he doesn't go back at least to 1920, I think it's missing a lot

!@#$%! · 03.18.2019, 12:13 PM

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I would not have got it at age 23. I have read a lot of gnostic writings and books about gnosis and the various states of being that the Voyage to Arcturus is actually talking about.

oh nice. i got nothing of it unfortunately.

who is 23?

Rob Instigator · 03.18.2019, 01:15 PM

Just meaning, 23 years ago I would not have understood what I understand at 46.

02.19.2019, 05:22 PM	#5461
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,959	Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking. so sad. RXTT's Intellectual Journey continues with a book that hits REAL close to home, Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking. https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2019/...has-never.html __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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02.20.2019, 10:38 AM	#5465
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,959	I have an account on goodreads, but then I realized it was just doubling up the work I put in to the blog. hahahha/ __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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03.02.2019, 02:22 PM	#5466
choc e-Claire expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 2,460	Has anyone here read Rip It Up and Start Again, by Simon Reynolds? Post-punk history that I'm enjoying from the first two chapters __________________ Making myself up as I go along. Check out my music-themed blog, 79:57.
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03.02.2019, 02:32 PM	#5467
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,546	“why big pharma is diving into gene therapy” https://www.barrons.com/articles/why...py-51551493752
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03.08.2019, 03:52 PM	#5470
ilduclo invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3,305	Went to the Tiny Town Library Sale today. It’s a great way to find cheap versions of authors you’ve wanted to read, but didn’t want to pay much for, since you may not like them Scored Things Fall Apart -Chinua Achebe The Deal Breaker-Edwidge Danticat The Black Book-Orhan Pamuk Plus a few from authors I already have read... The Outsider-Richard Wright Troll Nation -Amanda Marcotte No Good Alternative & No Immediate Danger-William T Vollmann Any Vollmann fans on here? He’s a wordy fucker, for sure, but I’ve always loved his prose.
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03.08.2019, 03:58 PM	#5471
dirty bunny expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: oh, why Texas actually Posts: 1,680	I haven't visited Goodreads in months. I reviewed some books. I obviously don't read as much as you guys though! __________________ kiss me kiss me in the shadow of a doubt
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03.09.2019, 04:47 AM	#5472
Bytor Peltor Banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Arlen, Texas Posts: 3,784	Butthole Surfers - What Does Regret Mean?
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03.13.2019, 04:08 PM	#5473
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,959	Finished a Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsey (1920) https://rxttbooks.blogspot.com/2019/...920-still.html very cool old proto-sci fi book. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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03.16.2019, 06:20 PM	#5474
tw2113 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,145	Finally finished Frankenstein. I'm definitely going a lot slower this year. Started "The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture is Reinventing Capitalism" and I purchased these: https://www.instagram.com/p/BvFXJbsn250/ __________________ Shake shake
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03.18.2019, 09:21 AM	#5477
Severian invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 11,743	I just finished re-reading Alfred Bester’s classic, “The Stars my Destination,” and now I’m looking for something new, slimming through samples on Kindle. This looks good. I saw the author speak a while back, and I’m enjoying the sample. Might dive in:
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03.18.2019, 01:15 PM	#5480
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,959	Just meaning, 23 years ago I would not have understood what I understand at 46. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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