Thursday, February 12, 2009

What Are You Reading?

Just finished Photobucket
Which was good.

Now reading Photobucket

And Photobucket

What about you?
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  1. TyrannosaurusjrFebruary 12, 2009 at 1:53 PM

    I'm so un-tech-savvy, so here's my post sans the pics that make it interesting in the least:

    The Sandman (just finished the first collection) - Neil Gaiman

    People's History of the United States - Howard Zinn

    Death and Social Order in Tokugawa Japan: : Buddhism, Anti-Christianity, and the Danka System - Namlin Hur

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  2. marilynFebruary 12, 2009 at 4:05 PM

    Another un-techy response:

    Harry Potter book 7 (escapism anyone?)

    Happy to be here - Garrison Keillor

    Mycenaean World - J. Chadwick

    But I'm in the market for a something new. How is Zinn? It was highly recommended to me by Nick, I think?

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  3. TyrannosaurusjrFebruary 12, 2009 at 4:33 PM

    Yeah, both Nick and my friend Tony in Pittsburgh recommended it. Its pretty good so far (I'm about 200 some pages in). One thing that continually surprises me as I read it is how smoothly it transitions from one topic to another. Its very much a work of intellectual history, however, and isn't just a cut-and-dry "here's what happened" kind of book - but I like that.

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  4. AndrewFebruary 12, 2009 at 6:14 PM

    I'm reading:

    Lewis Hyde's "The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property"

    Alan Watts' "Behold The Spirit: A Study in the Necessity of Mystical Religion"

    Terry Southern's "Red Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes"

    aaand

    Roberto Bolaño's newest and last thing, that he died without even finishing, "2666"

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  5. AndrewFebruary 12, 2009 at 8:40 PM

    Also I just read Casanova. It was good. Weird. Reminded me of Planetary in twist-density-per-issue.

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  6. JamesFebruary 13, 2009 at 6:34 AM

    “If you want to read a real history book, read Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States. That book will knock you on your ass.” - Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting.

    How does this make you feel?

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  7. PeterFebruary 13, 2009 at 8:57 AM

    zinn is essential reading. if you like people's history, you might also want to check out people's history of american empire. they're both books that would drive james into a murderous fugue.

    matt, how are you liking sandman? its a classic.

    cassanova is so good. i haven't read the second volume yet (it isn't out in trade and i'm having a hard time locating the back issues), but this is like the fourth time i've read the first volume.

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  8. AndrewFebruary 13, 2009 at 10:52 AM

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  9. AndrewFebruary 13, 2009 at 10:59 AM

    Peter I got the whole extant Casanova run as .cbz if you want it. Also, Zinn is a real nice non-fiction wizard but if you've got the free time and want to read a real work of History I suggest Gibbon, "Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire. When those (6 or 12 depending on the edition) volumes combine they form a powerful robot warrior that serves as the basic template for writers of history in the modern age. Also, completing it officially makes you king of the nerds. Give yourself a radical tumor by reading the entire thing online here: http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=1681&Itemid=27

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  10. PeterFebruary 13, 2009 at 12:39 PM

    im so tempted to read it on my computer (as i do most comics), but its so good i kinda want to just own it.

    ill probably cave pretty soon.

    btw at last weekend's new york comic con matt fraction announced there'll be more casanova by the end of the year.

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  11. JamesFebruary 13, 2009 at 12:48 PM

    Yeah Peter you know me so well. Also, I got a history major probably because of that book. Get on my level. jeeeeezusss

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  12. NickFebruary 13, 2009 at 1:41 PM

    I've been reading:

    Dostoevsky "The Eternal Husband"

    A Thousand and One Nights (the Burton translation)

    The Journals of Lewis and Clarke

    Dostoevsky is a nice little novella full of drunk neurotic Russians with a great ending. The Nights are as I expected, sex and swords and totally badass. And the journals are dry and pretty tedious reading, but it's pretty incredible how good these guys were at what they did.

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  13. marilynFebruary 13, 2009 at 5:03 PM

    "the decline and fall..." scares me. even i can't justify that i kind of nerdiness. i guess i'll have to go with the zinn, then. unless i decide to bankrupt myself and buy the Loeb Greek library. that's nerdiness anyone can enjoy!

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  14. JonahFebruary 15, 2009 at 7:39 PM

    OH jeez you fuckin' lit nerds, whats an unread man to do...
    I've been doing NY-centric non-fiction for the past month essentially for this Brooklyn Play I'm involved in:
    Brooklyn: A State of Mind
    Song of Brooklyn
    as well as tons of essays about the place
    I was supposed to do a Lincoln's New York tour today for the mans bicentennial birthday, but no one showed up. I still got paid and the research was badass.
    I was halfway through Book of Daniel by Doctorow before I got lost in history geekery. What shalst I pick up next? I loved Revolutionary Road on film and Peter told me to pick it up but I want something hot, modern and page-turn-erific. My brother has been screaming about the Wondrous LIfe of Oscar Wao..any comments?

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