What are you reading?

[Faust]

I'm reading some short stories by Ingeborg Bachmann. Everything feels so suspended in her writing. I really wish I read german well enough to read the original text. Still, it really shoes how great a poet she is...

You should tackle Malina. It will really bend your noodle. Can't say I'm a big fan, but it's certainly a complex, abstract book.

[rocknrollnigger]

Better late then never,



I thought it was interesting how SZ relates: "Kings and queens who wear a suit but once, though made by some tailor or dressmaker to their majesties, cannot know the comfort of wearing a suit that fits" (Thoreau, 20). Reminds me of how often people sell stuff on here and discard their clothes after one season.

Though I think it's import to read the whole passage...

[Fade to Black]

Reminds me of how often people sell stuff on here and discard their clothes after one season.

Other than the issue of an example in close proximity, this is a pretty common occurrence among people heavily into fashion. Not something I ever really related to though, either.

[eris quod sum]

I never get tired of Ayn Rand. I'm sure not everyone here loves her work, but I can read it time and time again. I just ordered a series of texts, and I am really looking forward to reading We the Living.

[Fuuma]

I never get tired of Ayn Rand. I'm sure not everyone here loves her work, but I can read it time and time again. I just ordered a series of texts, and I am really looking forward to reading We the Living.

But do you like, subscribe to Randism as a philosophical movement?

[een]

Anyone has the Toshio Shibata landscape books (1-2)?

You may want to try Chris Pichler/Nazraeli Press directly, I think he still has original editions of both - he's a great guy as well.

[eris quod sum]

But do you like, subscribe to Randism as a philosophical movement?

I do not. I can just appreciate her viewpoint. She was a brilliant writer, at least in my opinion.

[galia]

I'm giving my brain a break by reading Jar City by Arnaldur Indridason

so far, so good... quite gripping

[Faust]

I do not. I can just appreciate her viewpoint. She was a brilliant writer, at least in my opinion.

my opinion is that your opinion is crazy.

[eris quod sum]

my opinion is that your opinion is crazy.

Or could it be your opinion that is? ...

“A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?”

[Sombre]

This conversation about Ayn Rand just caused my computer to crash.

[Faust]

This conversation about Ayn Rand just caused my computer to crash.

it's ok, every time i hear her name, my brain crashes.

no offense, eris. god knows i've read some books i loved only to realize later that they were worthless. Anyway, there was a good article on Rand in the last week's New Yorker. I wish I could post it, but it's only in the digital edition, which is not copyable.

[laika]

sophie calle, double game
& take care of yourself

it's making me want to read Paul Auster, too bad he's not good anymore.

[rider]

on the nighttable...the wolf totem by jiang rong and the lilith lookbook

[galia]

sophie calle, double game
& take care of yourself

it's making me want to read Paul Auster, too bad he's not good anymore.

What would be a good paul auster book? I've read a few when I was younger and liked the NY atmosphere while still thinking they were sort of meh.