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Freakonomics (SD Levitt & SJ Dubner) : Nonfiction book about economics and statistical tools applied to everyday situations. Very entertaining and thought provoking. To be classified in the same trend of reviewing common opinions through numbers as Moneyball (M Lewis).
Freakonomics is a great book, very interesting.
Currently reading two of A. J. Jacobs books, The Know-It-All (which I left at the gym last night) and Year of Living Biblically
Think for yourself. Question Authority.
Ludwig, if you enjoyed Freakonomics you'd probably like The Logic of Life by Tim Harford. It's of a similar vein and it's very interesting reading.
I read his original "The Undercover Economist" and thought it was ok. His new book "Logic of Life" did look much better. I've been wondering about that one.
Everybody thinks their whole life should be at least as much fun as masturbation - Tender Branson
Wonderful entries for Colored Chalk, Issue 5: The Sins of the Father - now accepting submission through the end of October! /plug
Also, The Raw Shark Texts.
[rosiemoonjumper] 9:52 pm: cheeks are great
[rosiemoonjumper] 9:52 pm: bum and face
[rosiemoonjumper] 9:52 pm: oh yeah bum here = bottom not street vagrant
starting THE TURN OF THE SCREW tomorrow, i think
How was Brave New World? I thought I brought it with me to Florida, but I realized the paperback I had was 'Brave New World Revisited', which is an essay collection about it or something.
If it's not consensual, it's not moral. Ever.
Eating the Cheshire Cat, by Hellen Ellis.
If you have never read this book, it is a must, this is like my sixth time through it, and I still love every word.
Lofivinyl: R uth I believe you. you are an oddd little piece of work. I find that I like you after all!
How was Brave New World? I thought I brought it with me to Florida, but I realized the paperback I had was 'Brave New World Revisited', which is an essay collection about it or something.
Is it this one?
If so, I've got that edition, too. It contains the actual novel, then essays after it. You should read it, it'll be right up your alley.
I'm 50 pages into Neverwhere myself and I'm not going to be able to put it down. I only recently started reading Neil Gaiman (Stardust first, then American Gods) and I am LOVIN' his stories. I saw a picture that Nate posted in another thread of the two (main?) bad guys in the story and it's exactly how I'm seeing them in my head, lolz.
There isn't anything of his I wouldn't recommend highly. His Sandman comics are just incredible works of art, particularly Ramadan and The Tempest. His short story books are just as good as the novels if you're wanting some quick reads of his after Neverwhere. His movie MirrorMask is pretty good and worth a watch just for the amazing look of it.
the closest thing to anything bad he's done was the tv mini-series for Neverwhere. incredibly low budget, but even with that, it's still quirky enough to enjoy after reading the book.
In fact, I'd also put the Marquis de Carabas in that thread for favorite fictional characters of mine!
in the heat of burning air to watch the naked famele body is insane,
There isn't anything of his I wouldn't recommend highly. His Sandman comics are just incredible works of art, particularly Ramadan and The Tempest. His short story books are just as good as the novels if you're wanting some quick reads of his after Neverwhere. His movie MirrorMask is pretty good and worth a watch just for the amazing look of it.
the closest thing to anything bad he's done was the tv mini-series for Neverwhere. incredibly low budget, but even with that, it's still quirky enough to enjoy after reading the book.
In fact, I'd also put the Marquis de Carabas in that thread for favorite fictional characters of mine!
did he come out with a new book this year? i think i heard that or made it up and i havent been able to get a straight answer since i heard it or made it up.
In fact, I'd also put the Marquis de Carabas in that thread for favorite fictional characters of mine!
Ya, I can see why (this is one of those days I could've stayed out of work just to read the book). I keep seeing the Marquis in Victorian-era Pimp garb.
Is it this one?
Unfortunately, no. It's just the essays. I got both Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited from a cousin a while ago and grabbed BNVR for my expedition because I figured it was just an updated version, but no, its just essays about the real BNW.
That would be the same as Apocalypse Now Redux being just the new scenes, rather than the whole film. Oh well, I'll find more to read while I'm here.
If it's not consensual, it's not moral. Ever.
Demian by Hermann Hesse.
stopped reading this because it was boring the shit out of me.
so I dumbed it down and started Creepers by David Morrell. It's cheap and there's a shitload of exposition but it does have some creepy parts to it and so far I'm enjoying it.
So far this month I've read The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland. The book has gum in the title. I love gum.
I went through a phase of really not rating this guy but now I realise I wasn't mature enough to appreciate just how good he is; always endlessly readable and I think his books have got a lot of heart.
At the moment I'm reading The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver. I liked We Need To Talk About Kevin so much I thought I'd take a chance and buy another book from the supermarket by the same author. So far it's insufferably smug and excruciating in every way. Someone tell me it gets better.
At the moment I'm reading The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver. I liked We Need To Talk About Kevin so much I thought I'd take a chance and buy another book from the supermarket by the same author. So far it's insufferably smug and excruciating in every way. Someone tell me it gets better.
It gets better! Okay, that's probably a lie...it stays the same high level of quality! I loved it.
I'm reading the Unfortunates by B.S. Johnson sort of in between other things, and just started The Great FIre of London [A Story with Interpolations and Bifurcations] by Jacques Roubaud.
did he come out with a new book this year? i think i heard that or made it up and i havent been able to get a straight answer since i heard it or made it up.
He's coming out with The Graveyard Book, a children's book, sort of based around the idea of the Jungle Book (except in a graveyard).
I'm reading Straw Dogs which is blowing my mind to pieces, so far I believe almost everything he says, even though I don't want to because it's so...un-magical, I don't know.
I'm going to read 1933 Was a Bad Year by Fante too.
I'm reading the Unfortunates by B.S. Johnson sort of in between other things, and just started The Great FIre of London [A Story with Interpolations and Bifurcations] by Jacques Roubaud.
did he come out with a new book this year? i think i heard that or made it up and i havent been able to get a straight answer since i heard it or made it up.
He's coming out with The Graveyard Book, a children's book, sort of based around the idea of the Jungle Book (except in a graveyard).
im glad i didnt just make it up. sounds cool, too. i may see him at the end of the month.
seeing salman rushdie in two hours!
I'm reading Straw Dogs which is blowing my mind to pieces, so far I believe almost everything he says, even though I don't want to because it's so...un-magical, I don't know.
I'm going to read 1933 Was a Bad Year by Fante too.
I loved Straw Dogs. Have you read his other books?
finished Creepers which sucked. had a good enough set up before it veered off into cheap thriller territory for 200+ pages but I was too far into it to quite. could make a decent movie if they changed like 75 percent of the story.
dont know what Im going to read next. maybe Answers to Job. or Geek Love. or maybe something else.
starting THE TURN OF THE SCREW tomorrow, i think
still havent started this, but i think im going to read it tonight.
Finished WHite Jazz. Now back to White Noise by DeLillo. What white book should I read next???
White Power!
read THE WHITE HOTEL by dm thomas. i just bought it today!
almost done with THE GRAVEYARD BOOK by neil gaiman. i love it, have only been able to put it down for half hours at a time. should be done tonight.
THE WHITE HOTEL by dm thomas and THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE by trevor harley
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