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    • Megatron1505M
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      You must explain it to me some day  😃

      Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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      • GilesG
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        😃 😃 😃 😃

        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          This is a really interesting read, written as a novel about a guy who visits every Supreme store in the world, by a guy who did visit every Supreme store in the world. It’s a cleverly disguised study and commentary on the brand, and how it markets itself, or rather doesn’t, and stays relevant with almost slavish devotion from its customers.

          Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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          • AnesthetistA
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            Reading Pet Semetary on the Kindle and just bought this today. It is pretty much Sottsass’ complete works and a hard to find first edition. I’ve seen copies in the $800+ zone, but I found mine as NOS and it was on sale.

            Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

            IG: bluehandsslim

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            • GilesG
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              I'm currently enjoying this….

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              • Stuart.TS
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                Written by Pussy Riot's singer about her time in the Russian correctional facility. Funny and brutal goes hand in hand.

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                • Stuart.TS
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                  @Megatron1505:

                  This is a really interesting read, written as a novel about a guy who visits every Supreme store in the world, by a guy who did visit every Supreme store in the world. It’s a cleverly disguised study and commentary on the brand, and how it markets itself, or rather doesn’t, and stays relevant with almost slavish devotion from its customers.

                  The Irony…who's ready to write an IH edition?

                  Supreme...the elitist's Superdry!

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                  • JDelageJ
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                    Crazy story…

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                    • AppfaffA
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                      Ooooo I’d be all Into that one!

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                      • JDelageJ
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                        I finished the book yesterday night (the book would not let me sleep); it's very good. The writer is an excellent storyteller.

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                        • mclaincauseyM
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                          Anyone read "Lost City of the Monkey God"?

                          Great true adventure story about the effort to discover a pre-Columbian society's lost cities in the harshest rainforest in the world in Honduras. Hard to put down and some great characters.

                          Think it, be it.

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                            After Giles dropped the Word WabiSabi yesterday googled a bit and then ordered these two books to educate myself a bit on the topic

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                            • JDelageJ
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                              Impulse purchase from a couple weeks ago. Very good.

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                              • AetasA
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                                The cover was attracting. Addictively readable…a bit wacky, but makes me laugh sometimes.

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                                • neph93N
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                                  @mclaincausey saw your post mentioning William Gibson in the WAYWT thread. If you've read it, how did you find "The Peripheral"?

                                  «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                  We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                    @mclaincausey saw your post mentioning William Gibson in the WAYWT thread. If you've read it, how did you find "The Peripheral"?

                                    Bloody brilliant! I really love his imagination and prose and enjoyed him getting back to a more dystopian futurist vibe per the Sprawl and Bridge trilogies (not that I didn't enjoy to a lesser extent the Blue Ant stuff as well).

                                    Think it, be it.

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                                      I need to go back to it and do it again. Of all the story arcs I love The Sprawl the best because it’s OG, next comes Blue Ant which I think is his best work, then The bridge Trilogy (which is last but still beloved).

                                      When I got my hands on The Peripheral I was seriously wired but it didn’t work out for me. There were things I loved but it didn’t gel into a full «Gibson» experience. I’m betting that’s more to do with me than him.

                                      I’ve keenly re-read everything he’s written so it’ll be interesting to go back to something with a slightly sceptical frame of mind.

                                      «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                      We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                      • mclaincauseyM
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                                        @neph93:

                                        I need to go back to it and do it again. Of all the story arcs I love The Sprawl the best because it’s OG, next comes Blue Ant which I think is his best work, then The bridge Trilogy (which is last but still beloved).

                                        When I got my hands on The Peripheral I was seriously wired but it didn’t work out for me. There were things I loved but it didn’t gel into a full «Gibson» experience. I’m betting that’s more to do with me than him.

                                        I’ve keenly re-read everything he’s written so it’ll be interesting to go back to something with a slightly sceptical frame of mind.

                                        As far as skepticism goes, I still haven't read "The Difference Engine," mainly based on the setting in the past. That's a crime, because I'm a huge fan of computer science and love books that similarly plumb the history of computer science and blend it with fiction, like "Cryptonomicon" by Neal Stephenson. Also love his "Snow Crash," which reads as a satire of cyber punk while still being cyber punk AF.

                                        Think it, be it.

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                                        • JDelageJ
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                                          Good book: easy to read but insightful.

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                                          • mclaincauseyM
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                                            The Field by Lynne McTaggart

                                            I'm only 12 % in and already this one of the most profound things I've ever read.

                                            Reality is far stranger that we think, and there is more connection within the universe than we can imagine.

                                            Think it, be it.

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