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    Seul
    Joined: 24 Nov 2009

    Hamsun's "Hunger" is a great book…

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      Snowy
      Joined: 15 Jun 2012

      @Pushragner:

      I’m a bit embarrassed but at the moment I’m reading the last book in the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. The series started quite well off, but it started going downwards around book six. I guess it was just stubbornness and curiosity as to how it would end that made me read all the 13 books before the one I’m currently reading.

      Someone who's taste has lead me onto MANY good books has always suggested this series and said it has highs and lows, but is worth it all in all, even if a bit predictable after around book 8-9? I will get around to reading, still working through The Magician series….

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        Sugar Mountain
        Joined: 18 Jan 2012

        @Pushragner:

        Anyways, I read a lot of books across most genres. Some of my favorite writers are Haruki Murakami, Umberto Eco, William Gibson, Hunter S. Thomson (before he became senile), Knut Hamsun, Abo Rasol and Michel Foucault.

        You have good taste. I'm reading Virtual Light by William Gibson at the moment and am a fan of Murakami and Hamsun.

        last edited by 16 Apr 2013, 12:52 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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          Pushragner
          Joined: 8 Jan 2013

          Seul: I never really liked Hunger. Sure, in its time it was quite revolutionary (at least in Norway) with focus on the indivudal psyche and the themes of angst and alienation. This was opposed to the literature at that time which focused on socieltal problems, which was the dominant view at that time, as exemplified in Ibsens plays. And I admire Hamsun for that. But I just could not relate much to it. Granted, I read Hunger in high school and I should probably read it again. But I think that Pan is the most beautiful book ever written.

          Snowy:  The Wheel of time series is not that bad. But the in the last books that Jordan wrote alone it seems to me that he ran out of plot and still tried to write long books. There is not so much going on to further the plot and instead he elaborates in length about things that isn’t really relevant.  But the series got better when Brian Sanderson began to write. So in my humble opinion you get 10 OK to great books and 3 boring ones. I have not finished the last book so the verdict is still out on that one.

          Thank you Sugar Mountain. You seem to have good taste too.  🙂

          "The city is the hardware" Iain Borden

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            Snowy
            Joined: 15 Jun 2012

            Charles Stross' Accelerando is one of my favs. The Takeshi Kovacs series by Morgan's pretty good (tappers down).

            The most unexpected enjoyable read I've had is the Ware Tetralogy. Closely followed by The Golden Age series by John Wright…..

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              Spring Son of Light
              Joined: 30 Apr 2013

              An obligatory plug from a grad student of literature:

              Everyone should read "Only Yesterday" by S. Y. Agnon, the only Hebrew writer to win the Nobel, and for good reason…

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                Seul
                Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                @Seul:

                Hamsun's "Hunger" is a great book…

                So I bought it in English this time…

                Absolute best thing was finding out it came from a Bawl'more library…

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                  natehate
                  啓蒙家
                  Joined: 18 Jun 2012

                  Started pulp by bukowski last night. Finished the damned by palahniuk the other day. 50 pages into pulp and I haven't laughed this hard at a book in a long ass time

                  don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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                    Seul
                    Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                    You should read Buk's Post Office…

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                      natehate
                      啓蒙家
                      Joined: 18 Jun 2012

                      I'll add it to my list

                      don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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                        summ3rhays
                        Joined: 28 Nov 2012

                        @natehate:

                        Started pulp by bukowski last night. Finished the damned by palahniuk the other day. 50 pages into pulp and I haven't laughed this hard at a book in a long ass time

                        What was your thoughts on Damned? I enjoyed it more than some of his other recent books. Rant is still one of my favorites.

                        IG: summ3rhays & Indigobleed

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                          natehate
                          啓蒙家
                          Joined: 18 Jun 2012

                          it was alright
                          wasnt amazing

                          don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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                            mclaincausey
                            見習いボス
                            Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                            Just picked up "Thinking, Fast and Slow".  So far, it seems to be a masterpiece, though I've only read the introduction, first chapter, and an appendix with a seminal paper published in Nature on decision-making that lead to a Nobel Prize in Economics for the author.

                            Think it, be it.

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                              derivative666
                              Joined: 30 Jan 2011

                              Rant was outstanding his best book since Survivor. I really enjoyed Damned. I have read all his fiction & non-fiction. My favorite being Invisible Monsters. My least favorite being Pygmy.

                              "Obstacles are stepping-stones That guide us to our goals"

                              "honorable mention to the bearded giant aka derivative666 for being a stand up dude & not changing with the seasons since i've been around these parts" Monday

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                                GimpKid
                                Joined: 20 Jul 2010

                                @mclaincausey:

                                Just picked up "Thinking, Fast and Slow".  So far, it seems to be a masterpiece, though I've only read the introduction, first chapter, and an appendix with a seminal paper published in Nature on decision-making that lead to a Nobel Prize in Economics for the author.

                                Dude, you're gonna have to let me how this goes. I've been reading some Nassim Taleb and was gonna pick this up soon.

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                                  mclaincausey
                                  見習いボス
                                  Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                                  Will do, I expect to marinate on it for a little while bit I'll write a little report when I complete it.

                                  Also just read Brian Greene's latest one The Hidden Reality. Great read, despite the revelation that there are an infinite number of universes that don't have Iron Heart…

                                  Think it, be it.

                                  last edited by 13 Jun 2013, 11:16 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                    Clint_D
                                    啓蒙家
                                    Joined: 5 Jun 2011

                                    Great, short and very entertaining read:

                                    ATX IH Hoarder

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                                      natehate
                                      啓蒙家
                                      Joined: 18 Jun 2012

                                      http://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/28-favorite-books-that-are-huge-red-flags

                                      don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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                                        mclaincausey
                                        見習いボス
                                        Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                                        Haha.

                                        Oh, it’s so haaaaard to be a white-collar man nowadays, what with laws and feminism and Ikea restraining our healthiest instincts. Oh, wait, no it’s not. We’re coddled and chubby pink piglets who don’t have to fight in wars or protect anyone. Enjoy your Frappuccino like a man and quit complaining, you teenager.

                                        Yeah, the dude suffering from severe depression, insomnia, and multiple personality disorder should just shut up, be happy, and drink his frappiccino… like a man.  That'd make for a great read!

                                        Think it, be it.

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                                          natehate
                                          啓蒙家
                                          Joined: 18 Jun 2012

                                          i really enjoyed the finnegan's wake one the most

                                          don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

                                          last edited by 12 Jul 2013, 03:38 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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