Books
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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.
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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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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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Ooooo I’d be all Into that one!
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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.
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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"?
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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).
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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Thinking about reading Name Of The Wind again. While wondering about when Rothfuss is going to get the last book finished, I came across this interview Rothfuss did with Leo Laporte. It's very long and rambling, and the connection cuts out a lot, but there's some interesting stuff about the books and his creative process.
Oh, and the answer is probably 2014, if you're curious…
Well it’s 2019 and still nothing, BUT I heard Showtime is adapting the Kingkiller “trilogy” into a series, so I expect Rothfuss is going to pull a GRRM and they’ll finish the series long before we see the last book in the trilogy.
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Damn, I utterly forgot about that. ???
I think Rothfuss irritates me more at this point than Martin. C'mon Pat, it's just one more book! I feel so completely burned by these two that I've instituted a person rule to never read a book series until it's completed.
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Good rule. I'm done with epic fantasy after tiring of how long-winded The Wheel of Time series was. Not to speak ill of the dead, but the Robert Jordan was either milking it or just needed serious editing. He could have done many series in the world he created had he wanted, or created other worlds, instead of dying before he could complete the story.
