The Written Word

PBlade wrote:

I ordered Simulacra and Simulation a few days ago, because I've never actually read it *braces self*, so I will be annoying those of you who have already read it as and when I've read it.

That is all.

Look forward to it, ya no Simulacra and Simulation readin' mofo.

exsuscito wrote:

PBlade wrote:

I ordered Simulacra and Simulation a few days ago, because I've never actually read it *braces self*, so I will be annoying those of you who have already read it as and when I've read it.

That is all.

Look forward to it, ya no Simulacra and Simulation readin' mofo.

Indeed, as will I.


I think one of the most fascinating things about this book is that you can find a little of all the orgs' perspectives and philosophies as Ex and I have talked about at a ridiculous time of the morning(for me at least), this morning.

I almost felt guilty, as I'm sure at one point you forgot you were in the middle of a conversation and dozed off .  Either that or my skills as a conversationalist are as honed as my abilities in the field of nuclear physics. .

S & S - read, and converse.

I almost felt guilty, as I'm sure at one point you forgot you were in the middle of a conversation and dozed off " />.  Either that or my skills as a conversationalist are as honed as my abilities in the field of nuclear physics. " />.

S & S - read, and converse.

I feel so inadequate in this thread.  I just read a book about a boy in a boat with a tiger (although, in the end, it was much much more than just that) while you guys are reading Simulacra and Simulation and Nietzsche.

At least I knew who Nietzsche was without having to Google him.  That counts for something, right?

But I did have to google how to spell inadequate.

(Relevant necro, so release that locking trigger.)

Nothing like getting all stocked up and shiny, once again:

I'm continually amazed by how relevant, and almost prophetic '1984' is.

Just one example:

'In a way, the world-view of the Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it.  They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening...They simply swallowed everything...'

Stunning.

I'm totally reading that same version of 1984 right now! 
I did find a typo though...Page 197, Line 3, Word 7.  Tsk tsk. 

Have recently read:

- Roberto Bolano - Last Evenings On Earth
- Chuck Palahniuk - Fight Club
- Chuck Palahniuk - Lullaby
- Chuck Palahniuk - Invisible Monsters
- Chuck Palahniuk - Survivor
- Bret Easton Ellis - Less Than Zero
- Anton Chekhov - The Essential Tales Of Chekhov
- Friedrich Nietzsche - Thus Spoke Zarathustra
- Jean Baudrillard - The System Of Objects

Now reading:

- William Gibson - Pattern Recognition
- Friedrich Nietzsche - Human, All Too Human

MarsNova wrote:

Currently Reading - Cat in the Hat.

Favorite book - Green Eggs and Ham.

cat in the hat = Epic book ever made! heh.

in all seriousness though i have kindlee for the ipod touch and im gonna buy joe torres new book since im a Yankee fan and he's probally the top 5 coaches ever in the MLB

I would personally recommend George Orwell's "1984" and Plato's "Republic" and draw comparisons to our modern day society. Quite scary.

If you liked 1984 you'll probably like Brave New World.

Just finished 'History of Rasselas: Prince of Abbysinia' for revision. Quite good, interesting critique on society. Even if it's dated.

Now that I'm done with Uni for the year, I'm hoping to finish reading Pat Barker's 'Regeneration' Trilogy, and the revisit some of the classics, like Orwell. Try to get around to reading Simulacra and Simulation.

Bayamos wrote:

If you liked 1984 you'll probably like Brave New World.

Ugh Brave New World. Had to read it in High School. >.>

exsuscito wrote:

Now reading:

- William Gibson - Pattern Recognition

Excellent choice.  I found it to be one of Gibson's best novels since his earlier Cyberpunk work.  It just gelled as both a story and a concept better than some of his later cyberpunk books.  I've got Pattern Recognition's sort of sequel Spook Country on tap for when I find time to read.

Currently Reading: "Evolving the Alien" - Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart.

Bayamos wrote:

If you liked 1984 you'll probably like Brave New World.

I adore 1984, but never could get into Brave New World.  I still haven't finished it.

In other news - new Chuck Palahniuk in three days.  Much fervoured anticipation.

I enjoyed both 1984 and Brave New World. The former I read in high school whereas the latter I ended up watching as a TV movie first. I believe it aired on the Sci Fi channel one bored weekend while I had nothing to do.

It was my belief that the movie actually ruined the book for me but perhaps I simply had the same problem as exsuscito.

Has anyone tried Little Brother by Cory Doctorow?