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Old 04-25-2015, 07:09 AM   #5271 (permalink)
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Old 04-25-2015, 08:46 AM   #5272 (permalink)
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Old 05-06-2015, 07:15 PM   #5273 (permalink)
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I was thinking about reading Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media so I watched the documentary about his life last week. (I confess - the documentary was poorly cut and amateur in its presentation.) But production value aside - there was a scene where Chomsky walks down a hall to his office, and a Bertrand Russell portrait is visible on the wall right at his office door.

I knew immediately what I'd be reading this weekend. I've put off reading his critical essays for far too long!

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Old 05-07-2015, 07:47 AM   #5274 (permalink)
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It's pretty good all the way through, but it gets epic near the end, if you can bring yourself to read that far.
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Old 05-07-2015, 03:07 PM   #5276 (permalink)
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Ken Kesey - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

A very good read.
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Old 05-09-2015, 08:48 AM   #5277 (permalink)
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This one was out of print forever. Looks like it's back. Ever read it? If not I highly recommend it. Such an amazing story just simply about life and growing up/older.

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I have not read this one but definitely will. Thanks for the suggestion.
Moss, I'm about 2/3rds through re-reading it. If you want I can send it to you when I'm finished.
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I'm about 10% in so far, and to be honest, I fully understand what Easton Ellis is doing with his writing, but I find it incredibly tedious reading pages upon pages of descriptions of products. I love feeling and language so much that regardless of what the intention is, I just feel like I'm wading through mud in this one.

Patrick Bateman is played by Cillian Murphy in my head.
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Old 05-10-2015, 08:55 PM   #5279 (permalink)
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So I'm not the only one who imagines actors as characters while I'm reading.
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Old 05-10-2015, 11:00 PM   #5280 (permalink)
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Moss, I'm about 2/3rds through re-reading it. If you want I can send it to you when I'm finished.
Appreciate the offer but I'll end up wanting to own it so will just pick it up. Thanks though!
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