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Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:37 am
by jheri
Course in General Linguistics by Ferdinand de Saussure
English degrees can be so fucking boring...
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:41 am
by d-T-r
paulo coelho - the alchemist

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:37 am
by nousd
The Illustrated Alchemist
shipping gold
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:41 pm
by hysteria
Im reading "The art of war" by Sun Tzu
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:32 pm
by d-T-r
SD5 wrote:The Illustrated Alchemist
shipping gold
didnt even notice that. i actually have the audio book but pictures are nice.
audio books are cool- still get the impact of the words just without the...effort.
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:13 am
by nesslei
falling man by don de lillo and the perfect crime by jean baudrillard.
just finished the end of america by naomi wolf. heavy.
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:14 am
by LEQ
I'm about to start Underworld by Don De Lillo. Had it for ages and have never got round to opening it.
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:19 am
by nesslei
LEQ wrote:I'm about to start Underworld by Don De Lillo. Had it for ages and have never got round to opening it.
IT IS MY FAVOURITE BOOK IN THE UNIVERSE. ENJOY!!!! (and let me know what you think)
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:23 am
by LEQ
Heh, will do. Have you read Mao II? I loved it.
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:37 am
by nesslei
LEQ wrote:Heh, will do. Have you read Mao II? I loved it.
no, i haven't... but you just decided my next amazon purchase for me. thanks LEfunkQ

Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:55 am
by betamaxnomates
LEQ wrote:I'm about to start Underworld by Don De Lillo. Had it for ages and have never got round to opening it.
Couldn't get into that book at all. Made it about halfway through but when the narrative starts to fragment I just couldn't keep up. Keep meaning to go back to it though as I've loved most of DeLillo's other books, particularly Mao II and White Noise. Hope you do better than me LEQ!
Anyway, just started Jeremy Scahill's 'Blackwater', the expose of the U.S. paramilitary contractors in Iraq. Shocking stuff, to say the least.

Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:11 am
by LEQ
nesslei wrote:LEQ wrote:Heh, will do. Have you read Mao II? I loved it.
no, i haven't... but you just decided my next amazon purchase for me. thanks LEfunkQ

Good stuff! Let me know what you think of it...
Cheers beta, I haven't checked out white noise yet either so I might grab that this afternoon.
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:33 am
by nesslei
LEQ wrote:nesslei wrote:LEQ wrote:Heh, will do. Have you read Mao II? I loved it.
no, i haven't... but you just decided my next amazon purchase for me. thanks LEfunkQ

Good stuff! Let me know what you think of it...
Cheers beta, I haven't checked out white noise yet either so I might grab that this afternoon.
i studied white noise at uni - it was what got me hooked on de lillo in the first place. you'll love it!!
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:45 am
by LEQ
Sounds good, both this thread and you Ness have cost me money today...

Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:19 am
by nesslei
LEQ wrote:Sounds good, both this thread and you Ness have cost me money today...


should i expect a gift in the mail...?

Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:48 am
by LEQ
You can expect a brand new copy of White Noise......

Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 12:31 pm
by three2do1
Bill Bryson - A Short History Of Nearly Everything
Not a fan of his travel books but this is an amazing read. Covers everything remotely scientific and does it well. Swells the brain but amuses you while he does it
Bright Shiny Morning - James Frey
Got sucked in by the hype, and its entertaining enough. Halfway through at the moment all the stories here are interesting, nothings started to come together yet though so I'm hoping there will eventually turn out to be a point to it all
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:38 am
by jheri
three2do1 wrote:Bill Bryson - A Short History Of Nearly Everything
Not a fan of his travel books but this is an amazing read. Covers everything remotely scientific and does it well. Swells the brain but amuses you while he does it
Maaaate,
A Walk in the Woods is a sick book, ridiculously funny.
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:50 am
by thashadowcast
The Beach. Amazingly how bad they made the movie with Leo in it. So many main characters were totally left out of the movie. The book is sooooooooo much better. Look foward to reading COMA aswell.
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:20 pm
by method x
Robert Heinlein - The Door Into Summer
nice book