What are you reading right now?

~~MicShazam~~ · 10-30-2017, 02:23 PM

Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself - by David Lipsky

It is one of the last non-fiction books related to David Foster Wallace that I haven't read yet. I just started on it last night. I've never actually read any of his fiction, but own almost all his non-fiction at this point. I'm hoping it can live up to my sky-high expectations, because I've been looking forward to reading this for a long time. Yes, it's technically written by another author, but it's mostly transcripts of David talking. I think this is some of the last material from David before he killed himself.

Otherwise I'm also reading a collection of letters written by the early 20th century Danish actress Asta Nielsen, plus I'm reading/looking through some photography collections I got recently.

innerspaceboy · 11-03-2017, 10:42 AM

After networking with a gent who founded a Creative Commons media organization, I found that the footnotes of his site recommended Cory Doctorow's Information Doesn't Want to Be Free.

I then realized that I had another of his titles yet unread on my Copyright bookshelf - Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Future with an introduction by John Perry Barlow.

In the true spirit of CC, Doctorow offers all of his writings in various formats for free on his website.

The essays offer a fascinating insider perspective of the content industry and I'm looking forward to learning more.

Chula Vista · 11-03-2017, 01:11 PM

Mindhunter

Having first watched both the Netflix series' Mindhunter and Manhunt: Unabomber, it's cool spotting where each of the shows leaned on the book in exact ways.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 11-03-2017, 01:30 PM

Mindy · 11-03-2017, 01:42 PM

this is going to give me invent app ideas, that have already been thought of prolly :/

and then still working through:
have to get that pip file installed to go further, i gave up. because i scanned the internet for how to do it, then did it and it didnt work for me :/

Pet_Sounds · 11-03-2017, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by grindy

Finally getting to read Gödel Escher Bach.
Absolutely ****ing brilliant and so up my lane.

I know I'm late, but what did you think of it after finishing?

Blue Hawk · 11-05-2017, 04:32 AM

Mondo Bungle · 11-06-2017, 03:47 PM

been reading all his books and I hate to say this one was a total bomb. Super weak and pointless. All kindsa things brought up early as usual, but this time around nothing came back at all. None of it really ended up having any meaning. It's literally like half of a book

LoathsomePete · 11-15-2017, 05:17 PM

Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier by Mark Frost

Pretty much a must read for anyone who watched Twin Peaks The Return as it provides a lot of narrative closure for many of the characters that we did not get over the 18 episodes. I won't go into anything specific, but a lot of theories I had about where certain characters were, turned out to be flat out wrong. Now, one could argue that there's a slight cynical bent to this, and that perhaps Lynch deliberately left stories out to ensure that people would have to buy this and The Secret History of Twin Peaks to experience the whole story, but honestly I don't have much of a problem with that. It's a great read (and a quick one), so it is definitely worth you time.

SoundboardTerrorSquad · 11-16-2017, 10:08 AM

If you count graphic novels/ comics as works of literature (which i do) im reading Vol.1 of The Incredible Hulk ESSENTIAL series.

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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Mindhunter Having first watched both the Netflix series' Mindhunter and Manhunt: Unabomber, it's cool spotting where each of the shows leaned on the book in exact ways. __________________ “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.”

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LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier by Mark Frost Pretty much a must read for anyone who watched Twin Peaks The Return as it provides a lot of narrative closure for many of the characters that we did not get over the 18 episodes. I won't go into anything specific, but a lot of theories I had about where certain characters were, turned out to be flat out wrong. Now, one could argue that there's a slight cynical bent to this, and that perhaps Lynch deliberately left stories out to ensure that people would have to buy this and The Secret History of Twin Peaks to experience the whole story, but honestly I don't have much of a problem with that. It's a great read (and a quick one), so it is definitely worth you time. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

10-30-2017, 02:23 PM	#5891 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself - by David Lipsky It is one of the last non-fiction books related to David Foster Wallace that I haven't read yet. I just started on it last night. I've never actually read any of his fiction, but own almost all his non-fiction at this point. I'm hoping it can live up to my sky-high expectations, because I've been looking forward to reading this for a long time. Yes, it's technically written by another author, but it's mostly transcripts of David talking. I think this is some of the last material from David before he killed himself. Otherwise I'm also reading a collection of letters written by the early 20th century Danish actress Asta Nielsen, plus I'm reading/looking through some photography collections I got recently.