What are you reading right now?

ando here · 02-21-2022, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marie Monday

I just finished Virginia Woolf's The Waves. The best Woolf I've read so far, it's incredible. She writes about people's inner lives in a very unique way. Like, of the mayor writers who are masters at describing complex inner life, Joyce does it by transcribing the flow of thoughts directly, Proust stretches language and vocabulary to its limits of descriptive power, Tolstoy attaches the inner life to outward situations and objects like comets or oak trees for illustration, but Virginia Woolf does does something less obvious. It's neither an outer or inner monologue, nor detached description. I guess instead of a literal transcription, it's a translation of inner life into poetry. (Not that Joyce isn't poetic, but his approach is more direct) Anyway it's beautiful

well put.

**Exo** · 02-21-2022, 03:16 PM

I'm 2/3 of the way through Sphere by Michael Crichton. I saw the flawed movie when I was a kid and the book is very similar. I hear the ending is different. I'm enjoying it a lot. Somebody dropped off vintage sci fi hardcovers at the shop last week so I've been swiping some of them. Andromeda Strain is next. I never read these.

rostasi · 02-21-2022, 04:38 PM

I loved Crichton as a child. The Andromeda Strain movie was so
engrossing for me at the time, that I even called Crichton in '71
to tell him so. I even made a pathetic attempt, at the age of 12,
to write a novel that was supposed to be a variation called
The Antilla Strategem which, instead of a virus from "outer space,"
it was from "below the sea." It had lines like
"Oh my God, histoplasmosis? You've got to be kidding me!"

In high school, for a book report in '75, I created a half-hour
multimedia event based on The Terminal Man that included
readings from the text, sampled and composed music,
and an elaborate multi-projector slideshow to tell
the story in a "Cliff Notes" audio style.

As I got older, it became clearer that he was a mess of a person -
a complete and utter pathetic disappointment that made me,
later, be ashamed that I'd ever had interest in his work.

The Batlord · 02-21-2022, 04:54 PM

Eaters of the Dead is a banger.

**Exo** · 02-22-2022, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rostasi

As I got older, it became clearer that he was a mess of a person -
a complete and utter pathetic disappointment that made me,
later, be ashamed that I'd ever had interest in his work.

Because of the criticism of climate change?

rostasi · 02-22-2022, 04:11 PM

Yeah, that and his general petty bullshit paired with a few other unflattering things.

rostasi · 02-25-2022, 12:29 PM

innerspaceboy · 03-05-2022, 02:29 PM

To date I've compiled 127 books on Free and Open Culture and related subjects. The latest additions include the titles pictured, as well as The Cyphernomicon and an archive of the Crypto-Anarchist mailing list from its run from 1992-1998. It's a thrilling and stimulating endeavor.

I may need to invest in a dedicated bookshelf specifically for the project. Their digital counterparts are organized into a network of spreadsheets, folder systems, and a notebook of rich-formatted documents linking directly to all content cited in the Archive. My organizational strategies have proven useful to aid me in navigating the material.

I'll keep working.

The Batlord · 03-05-2022, 02:45 PM

Mmmmmm. Organizing a new bookcase.

ando here · 03-05-2022, 04:01 PM

Arthur Miller Plays Vol. 2 1944- 1982

02-21-2022, 03:16 PM	#7452 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	I'm 2/3 of the way through Sphere by Michael Crichton. I saw the flawed movie when I was a kid and the book is very similar. I hear the ending is different. I'm enjoying it a lot. Somebody dropped off vintage sci fi hardcovers at the shop last week so I've been swiping some of them. Andromeda Strain is next. I never read these. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

03-05-2022, 04:01 PM	#7460 (permalink)
ando here Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: NY, NY Posts: 1,802	Arthur Miller Plays Vol. 2 1944- 1982 __________________ "A musician plays music. Other people name it." - Artie Shaw

02-21-2022, 04:38 PM	#7453 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,007	I loved Crichton as a child. The Andromeda Strain movie was so engrossing for me at the time, that I even called Crichton in '71 to tell him so. I even made a pathetic attempt, at the age of 12, to write a novel that was supposed to be a variation called The Antilla Strategem which, instead of a virus from "outer space," it was from "below the sea." It had lines like "Oh my God, histoplasmosis? You've got to be kidding me!" In high school, for a book report in '75, I created a half-hour multimedia event based on The Terminal Man that included readings from the text, sampled and composed music, and an elaborate multi-projector slideshow to tell the story in a "Cliff Notes" audio style. As I got older, it became clearer that he was a mess of a person - a complete and utter pathetic disappointment that made me, later, be ashamed that I'd ever had interest in his work.

02-22-2022, 04:11 PM	#7456 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,007	Yeah, that and his general petty bullshit paired with a few other unflattering things.

02-25-2022, 12:29 PM	#7457 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,007