Books
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gimp the little documentary/movie "Freakanomics" is really well done. check it out, i think you would enjoy it.
just "found" this in my bookcase & have just re-read the forward, great stuff here:
think i need to start buying me one of these as well…thinking about a tattoo recently!
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no finn, not for the images. the introduction of the book gives incredible insight into "irezumi" & through out the text explains different meanings of symbols & such.
it's really an incredible book
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I find it interesting that it's done by two folks with the names Fellman and Thomas
kidding, I'm sure it is interesting. the notion of a tattoo especially a visible one has traditionally been rather taboo in japan yes? I believe there has been/was a general association of the tattoo with organized crime (yakuza) and I believe it is not uncommon for public places or businesses to have bans on visible tattoos
But of course I only know what I read on the internet
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i'll ship it off to you in a few when i return the items i have for you. great read & taken from a perspective i didn't expect (coming from the authors). the culture in general & the folks that make the items that we love(d). the artists tend to not work on folks unless they have some sort of "empathy" for them.
the sh!t is bonkers in a great way.
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no finn, not for the images. the introduction of the book gives incredible insight into "irezumi" & through out the text explains different meanings of symbols & such.
it's really an incredible book
when it comes to such things that have history and you having the chance to read up on it to know all about it, i´m really interested in things like that. so o/course not for the images only, further more for having the chance to get to know everything about it, how it´s done and o/course the meanings behind different styles and symbols…who wants a tattoo on his body that looks good but that also means "i´m gay"...ok there might be some folks around, but i´m really not one of those!
so having the chance to get to read up on an interesting part of human history is really what i´m looking for when purchasing such a book! -
so far this year I have read:
An Idiot Abroad, Karl Pilkington
Kill Your Friends, John Niven
JPod, Douglas Coupland
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
American Rust, Philipp Meyer
Skagboys, Irvine WelshAll enjoyable, though the one that stood out to me is American Rust..well worth checking out.
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Currently reading "Maus" by Art Spiegelman.
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Having just watched The Avengers movie, I spent yesterday evening buying comics via the Marvel app on the iPad. I'm massivley behind on the New Avengers, Avengers and Secret Avengers, but enjoying catching up!
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"Maus" is one I've always planned to read, but still haven't done yet.
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Still reading Richard Morgan at the moment, I'm not as much of a fan of his fantasy books as I am his SF.
Can't decide if I'll read Murakami's 'Trilogy of the Rat' next, or the new Jon Courtenay Grimwood.
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I haven't read the latest Richard Morgan, but I thought the first of the fantasy books was pretty good. He's heavily implied that it's connected to the Kovacs series, in a weird way… Grimwood is cool, but I couldn't get into the vampire/fantasy series.
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I haven't read the latest Richard Morgan, but I thought the first of the fantasy books was pretty good. He's heavily implied that it's connected to the Kovacs series, in a weird way… Grimwood is cool, but I couldn't get into the vampire/fantasy series.
I can buy that ' Black Man/Thirteen' and 'Market Forces' could be part of the same universe because of the tech involved… but 'The Steel Remains' and 'Cold Commands'. That would be weird.
I have to admit that I prefer JCG's SF over his Fantasy, but he has a history of vampire-like characters. NeoAddix had one... and there my memory fails me. 9 Tail Fox and End Of the World Blues had a couple as well.
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I loved the Arabesque series - awesome alt.reality. I've read most of the others, up to 9 Tail Fox then I fell behind.
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It's a pity that although there are a lot of recurring themes in his books, characters seem locked into trilogies. Ashraf Bey was a great character :).
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Just started, follows on from The Fallen Blade. Feels like it's going to be a quick read. The same easy flowing style as all of JCG's books. And the next two days off work :).
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Ah, good stuff! I like that cover as well, very cool. I'm on a strict diet of manuscripts at the moment for work, no time for my regular reads right now.
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The cover has brought to bear one of my pet hates. It's a completely different design than the Fallen Blade cover… Which has been re-released in line with the new cover:
I suppose it's to try and appeal to a larger market but it really irritates me
