What are you reading right now?

goldendoodle · 06-01-2020, 04:01 AM

Valis by PKD and Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier.

OccultHawk · 06-01-2020, 05:14 AM

Let us know what you end up thinking of Valis

adidasss · 06-01-2020, 08:07 AM

I remember VALIS as one of his most impressive works (along with Ubik), although I don't remember much about it except that it's semi-autobiographical in a surprisingly sober self-critical way for someone who had a "religious experience".

I am finally reading (and finishing) Midnight's children by Salman Rushdie, which is my first novel by Rushdie. I am very impressed, although it is quite a large undertaking (650 pages).

goldendoodle · 06-01-2020, 08:26 AM

I'm crazy about anything that has vaguely gnostic undercurrents, so I knew I'd like Valis. (I originally started reading it several months ago after finishing The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick, which I was obsessed with, since I too was fully unhinged at the time + eyeballs-deep in my gnosticism phase)

OccultHawk · 06-01-2020, 08:46 AM

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Midnight's children

That’s right up there with the best of the best.

Golden, your impression of VALIS is so funny and so you and so right on.

**Marie Monday** · 06-01-2020, 08:51 AM

I'm reading something pretty unusual right now: my grandfather just finished writing a book on the history of my family. It's fascinating, very funny, and sometimes very confronting.

**Frownland** · 06-01-2020, 09:36 AM

That's pretty cool.

I recently got a copy of Derek Bailey's Musical Improvisation. Starts off with explorations of improvisation within genres and interviews from a 1974 radio series that he did on the same subject (does anyone know if this is available anywhere?). Pretty sure that it goes into other stuff too later on but I'm not there yet.

Viram Jasani is the artist that he interviews for the Indian music section.

adidasss · 06-01-2020, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by goldendoodle

I'm crazy about anything that has vaguely gnostic undercurrents, so I knew I'd like Valis. (I originally started reading it several months ago after finishing The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick, which I was obsessed with, since I too was fully unhinged at the time + eyeballs-deep in my gnosticism phase)

I came at it after reading Crumb's The religious experience of P.K.Dick, which was probably a very light version of the events, but definitely helped add an additional layer to reading VALIS, I'm not sure if I would have been so impressed if I hadn't know it was semi-autobiographical.

rostasi · 06-06-2020, 10:25 AM

again...

and

grindy · 06-07-2020, 07:29 AM

Finished reading "Consciousness Explained" by Daniel Dennett.
Great book.

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adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	I remember VALIS as one of his most impressive works (along with Ubik), although I don't remember much about it except that it's semi-autobiographical in a surprisingly sober self-critical way for someone who had a "religious experience". I am finally reading (and finishing) Midnight's children by Salman Rushdie, which is my first novel by Rushdie. I am very impressed, although it is quite a large undertaking (650 pages). __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

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goldendoodle god's favorite clown Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 139	I'm crazy about anything that has vaguely gnostic undercurrents, so I knew I'd like Valis. (I originally started reading it several months ago after finishing The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick, which I was obsessed with, since I too was fully unhinged at the time + eyeballs-deep in my gnosticism phase) __________________ formerly Chiomara

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	That's pretty cool. I recently got a copy of Derek Bailey's Musical Improvisation. Starts off with explorations of improvisation within genres and interviews from a 1974 radio series that he did on the same subject (does anyone know if this is available anywhere?). Pretty sure that it goes into other stuff too later on but I'm not there yet. Viram Jasani is the artist that he interviews for the Indian music section. __________________ 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

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rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,007	again... and

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grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	Finished reading "Consciousness Explained" by Daniel Dennett. Great book. __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*