What are you reading?

[cryhavoc]

Ha - yeah - thats a it of a crude comparison...

But I just felt it didnt have as defined a plot arch or finale as other books....overall...so thats not to say it didnt have them- it did - but just so so many - im to tired, I cant easily sum up the experience..

But alot of Russian books were released in journals or periodicals spread over months. Nowadays I think - maybe for some people - its too easy to dismiss a Dostoevsky or something due to fear of not being able to finish it in 3 sittings and not getting the best out of it... this is simple not the case, take the time, read it bit by bit and relish each page.

Totally agree with this. I read War+Peace over the course of 3 months or so in my final year of high school, mostly on the short bus ride (no, not riding the "short bus") to/from school. Although for the last 1/3 of the book or so I ended up skipping classes to hide in the library and read it... I also agree with what you said about there being so many plotlines that for me the ending (using the term loosely, as as far as I can remember it was rather long process) didn't have as much impact as it could. Then again it's been a few years so I should probably re-read it.

I picked up a collection of Kafka today... Starting on Metamorphosis at the moment, only a few pages in at the moment so far. Any recommendations on which to read next?

[Faust]

/\ EVERYTHING!!!

[mamaboy]

i love so much reading warhol smart ass interview responces , his quotes about things , just stuff that sounds unedited, or almost unedited,....not stuff about him,not at all....just raw stuff that comes out of his mouth and goes to tape recorder..(and i know bukowski would not even pronounce his name without question/exclamation mark)

[reborn]

Dune!
its great after the first 40 pages.

All of the Dune books are awesome (plots within plots). After the original dune series, you may want pick up the prequels (which Herbert's son co-wrote). They help explicate some of the historical allusions to the House tensions and wars....also, the costumes in the original movie were amazing.

[reborn]

Double submitted...edit: I am re-reading Caucasia. It's so good, again.

[Faust]

i love so much reading warhol smart ass interview responces , his quotes about things , just stuff that sounds unedited, or almost unedited,....not stuff about him,not at all....just raw stuff that comes out of his mouth and goes to tape recorder..(and i know bukowski would not even pronounce his name without question/exclamation mark)

My favorite quote about him is, "I knew Warhol. He was stupid," uttered by a certain art critic. Ahoy.

[mamaboy]

..took me years to like warhol,to develope taste for his work....why others should be different?...

[LupinTheFourth]

always reading...

... Marcus Aurelius - Meditations.
You can open the book from anywhere and read a bit, also most of the stuff is somehow relevant even today.
Pure awesome.

Currently finishing David Bohm - Limitations of thought, Discussions
It's one of the most interresting books I've ever found, if you're into that kind of stuff.

[Faust]

..took me years to like warhol,to develope taste for his work....why others should be different?...

fuck warhol

[dontbecruel]

fuck warhol

Why bother? He was a life-sized fuck-you to anyone who ever said he was nothing. It's a shame you don't enjoy the poignancy in that. I agree with mamaboy: his tape-recorded conversations taste like human offal served on a bed of ice. If "raw" hadn't been cheapened by being used to describe writing with vulgar emotional content, it could be used to describe an elegant mess like Warhol.

[Faust]

Who said I bother? :-)

[Real Real]

Almost done with Lush Life. Good fast-paced read, some memorable set pieces. The dialogue also feels very authentic (when compared with my Wu Tang-based understanding of how urban youth talk).

I'm taking the first three volumes of Proust on vacation next week. Going to an island in Maine with no internet and very little electricity, and I'm only taking two or three other books, so I hope Proust and me get off to a good start.

[mamaboy]

warhol and proust,proust and warhol....my 2 idols....my 2 little gay idols.....who lived with their mothers and hided their love life so well

[mamaboy]

i know i know....it takes so much more effort then bulgakov or kundera....or murakami....but now i can not even try to convince myself they have anything to offer.

[Avantster]

i've tried to read swann's way in english three times, and have never gotten past the first fourty pages. but i'll keep trying.

been reading notes from underground recently, about half way through.