What are you reading right now?

**Exo** · 12-09-2016, 01:26 PM

Picked this up after seeing Arrival as it's based off of one of this book. Haven't gotten to it yet but the first two stories are awesome. Really cool sc-fi writing.

**Janszoon** · 12-09-2016, 10:45 PM

Don Quixote
Things I've learned from reading this:

It's surprisingly funny for a four hundred year old book.
"Don Quixote", as generally published in modern times, is actually both the original book from 1605 and its sequel from 1615—which means it's really long.
I'm still glad I decided to read it and still find it pretty entertaining, even if the length has made it feel like a bit of a project at times.

**Janszoon** · 12-14-2016, 09:21 PM

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
It's interesting to read something that you're extremely familiar with through other media. The movie takes a lot directly from the book, but there's a lot more to the book—including the backstories of both the Tin Man and the flying monkeys.

Planet of the Apes
Another case of familiarity from other media. This book is very different and way more dark, disturbing, and downright gruesome than any of the movies. It’s also much more satirical. I thought it was pretty great.

All Quiet on the Western Front
Disturbing and depressing as hell, but great. Remarque's gritty yet poetic style is both beautiful and gut wrenching.

Chula Vista · 12-14-2016, 10:25 PM

Just finished Flowers for Algernon based on recommendations from here. Very touching story. Reminded my of the DeNiro / Williams movie Awakenings.

**Janszoon** · 12-14-2016, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Just finished Flowers for Algernon based on recommendations from here. Very touching story. Reminded my of the DeNiro / Williams movie Awakenings.

I read that a couple years ago. Good book!

~~[MERIT]~~ · 12-14-2016, 11:36 PM

The recent #PizzaGate revelations prompted me to re-open this book. I am still searching for a free digital copy of a similar one, entitled "The Franklin Scandal: A Story Of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse & Betratyal" by Nick Bryant.

This sh*t goes further than most people realize.

Neapolitan · 12-15-2016, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by [MERIT]

The recent #PizzaGate revelations prompted me to re-open this book. I am still searching for a free digital copy of a similar one, entitled "The Franklin Scandal: A Story Of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse & Betratyal" by Nick Bryant.

This sh*t goes further than most people realize.

Is PizzaGate real? Just on the news a couple of days ago they did a spot about "fake news" and mentioned something about PizzaGate. They cut to a clip of Hillary saying (paraphrasing) "People got to stop believing in fake news." So is it true or not? Is the mainstream media is some kind of cover up? (NB I am in no way justifying the actions of the NC man, Edgar Welsh for firing an assault riffle inside the Washington restaurant. Fake or not, that was wrong.)

I know next to nothing about it, however I have a friend who absolutely believes the PizzaGate story. I told him about report they did on "fake news" and he said it was a cover-up.

~~[MERIT]~~ · 12-15-2016, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

Is PizzaGate real? Just on the news a couple of days ago they did a spot about "fake news" and mentioned something about PizzaGate. They cut to a clip of Hillary saying (paraphrasing) "People got to stop believing in fake news." So is it true or not? Is the mainstream media is some kind of cover up? (NB I am in no way justifying the actions of the NC man, Edgar Welsh for firing an assault riffle inside the Washington restaurant. Fake or not, that was wrong.)

I know next to nothing about it, however I have a friend who absolutely believes the PizzaGate story. I told him about report they did on "fake news" and he said it was a cover-up.

Is PizzaGate real? YES and NO. Is there an underground network which facilitates child sex slavery and provides these children at the beck and call of the elites? YES.

Is it all being ran out of a f*cking pizzeria in downtown Washington D.C.? NO.

BUT, numerous retail locations / restaurants ARE frequent hangouts for the scumbags who utilize the services of the child sex slaves. These pizza parlors are where the sleeze balls hang out. And they use pizza / food-related terminology as codewords for their dirty deeds whilst communicating via email, SMS, etc.

The Clinton & Podesta emails that WikiLeaks released are chock full of such code words. Not only are the Clintons a part of this ring, but Donald Trump is as well. He also visited Jeffrey Epstein's private pedophile island.

This has been going on for ages. The books I was talking about harken back to the 1980's and blow the lid off an underage homosexual call-boy service that the Raegan/Bush administration utilized.

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**Frownland** · 12-15-2016, 06:41 PM

djchameleon · 12-19-2016, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Just finished Flowers for Algernon based on recommendations from here. Very touching story. Reminded my of the DeNiro / Williams movie Awakenings.

Was it not required reading for you in school?

12-09-2016, 01:26 PM	#5671 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	Picked this up after seeing Arrival as it's based off of one of this book. Haven't gotten to it yet but the first two stories are awesome. Really cool sc-fi writing. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

12-09-2016, 10:45 PM	#5672 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	Don Quixote Things I've learned from reading this: It's surprisingly funny for a four hundred year old book. "Don Quixote", as generally published in modern times, is actually both the original book from 1605 and its sequel from 1615—which means it's really long. I'm still glad I decided to read it and still find it pretty entertaining, even if the length has made it feel like a bit of a project at times. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

12-14-2016, 09:21 PM	#5673 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz It's interesting to read something that you're extremely familiar with through other media. The movie takes a lot directly from the book, but there's a lot more to the book—including the backstories of both the Tin Man and the flying monkeys. Planet of the Apes Another case of familiarity from other media. This book is very different and way more dark, disturbing, and downright gruesome than any of the movies. It’s also much more satirical. I thought it was pretty great. All Quiet on the Western Front Disturbing and depressing as hell, but great. Remarque's gritty yet poetic style is both beautiful and gut wrenching. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

12-14-2016, 10:25 PM	#5674 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Just finished Flowers for Algernon based on recommendations from here. Very touching story. Reminded my of the DeNiro / Williams movie Awakenings. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

12-15-2016, 06:41 PM	#5679 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	__________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

12-14-2016, 11:36 PM	#5676 (permalink)
~~[MERIT]~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Missouri, USA Posts: 4,814	The recent #PizzaGate revelations prompted me to re-open this book. I am still searching for a free digital copy of a similar one, entitled "The Franklin Scandal: A Story Of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse & Betratyal" by Nick Bryant. This sh*t goes further than most people realize.