What are we reading?

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The Perineum Falcon

#1170
July 20, 2008, 01:59:55 PM
I'm not very far into it just yet, but it's really quit beautiful. I was surprised at how easy it is to follow, too. It's certainly something I've recommended to others, but it seems that whenever I mention Proust, the first thing that comes to their minds is Little Miss Sunshine....... I don't exactly know how I feel about that or those people.

Also, there's this:

We often went to the cinema, the screen would light up and we would tremble, but also, increasingly often, Madeleine and I were disappointed. The images had dated, they jittered, and Marilyn Monroe had gotten terribly old. We were sad, this wasn't the film we had dreamed of, this wasn't the total film that we all carried around inside us, this film that we would have wanted to make, or, more secretly, no doubt, that we would have wanted to live.

Ghostboy

#1171
July 20, 2008, 02:23:01 PM
I'm reading Swann's Way right now, too. Really really beautiful.

MacGuffin

#1172
August 01, 2008, 08:38:31 AM
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


Skeleton FilmWorks

GodDamnImDaMan

#1173
August 01, 2008, 12:38:54 PM
Quote from: 72teeth on July 19, 2008, 05:49:53 AM
Quote from: GodDamnImDaMan on June 20, 2008, 03:53:14 PM

My favorite book, ever.

apples poop!?

You have to read the book to find out, ass. I'm not going to give you my opinions and beliefs, just so you can go blurt it in some book club and have everyone believe they came from your head! 
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Sleepless

#1174
August 02, 2008, 10:54:57 AM
He held on. The dolphin and all the rest of its pod turned and swam out to sea, and still he held on. This is it, he thought. Then he remembered that they were air-breathers too. It was going to be all right.

squints

#1175
August 04, 2008, 07:58:02 PM
Quote from: Sleepless on August 02, 2008, 10:54:57 AM


Just read this earlier this summer. While it was enjoyable I think Night by Elie Wiesel was a better holocaust memoir. All the parts with the guy arguing with his whiny father just got too old. Worth reading though..i guess. As far as graphic novels are concerned I'm trying to get through as much of Y: The Last Man before Lebouf ruins it.
"The myth by no means finds its adequate objectification in the spoken word. The structure of the scenes and the visible imagery reveal a deeper wisdom than the poet himself is able to put into words and concepts" – Friedrich Nietzsche

Gamblour.

#1176
August 17, 2008, 03:38:24 PM
Just finished reading the entire Harry Potter series. At a loss for what to do now. I've been watching the movies after I read the corresponding books. It's an interesting exercise in seeing how books get adapted, but mostly just a huge disappointment. As far as the films go, Azkaban has been by far the best, but I know everyone has their own unique view of each film. All of the other films are either cram too much (4, 5) or are way too long (1, 2). I'm kinda glad that 6 and 7 are being paced out to three films. Seems like they finally realized it's a jumble if rushed.

I think for the books, my favorites go 6, 7, 3, 1, 2, 4, 5.
WWPTAD?

Sleepless

#1177
August 20, 2008, 08:42:39 AM
Highly recommend to other writers:

He held on. The dolphin and all the rest of its pod turned and swam out to sea, and still he held on. This is it, he thought. Then he remembered that they were air-breathers too. It was going to be all right.

Ravi

#1178
August 27, 2008, 06:45:48 PM

ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ

#1179
September 02, 2008, 05:09:58 PM


:drool:
"As a matter of fact I only work with the feeling of something magical, something seemingly significant. And to keep it magical I don't want to know the story involved, I just want the hypnotic effect of it somehow seeming significant without knowing why." - Len Lye

The Perineum Falcon

#1180
September 02, 2008, 09:36:54 PM
La Nausée by Jean-Paul Sartre
We often went to the cinema, the screen would light up and we would tremble, but also, increasingly often, Madeleine and I were disappointed. The images had dated, they jittered, and Marilyn Monroe had gotten terribly old. We were sad, this wasn't the film we had dreamed of, this wasn't the total film that we all carried around inside us, this film that we would have wanted to make, or, more secretly, no doubt, that we would have wanted to live.

Sunrise

#1181
September 04, 2008, 08:35:04 PM
Just finished:



Just started:

Sleepless

#1182
September 04, 2008, 08:44:24 PM
The Road.

Was struggling to get into it for the longest time, but read about 40 straight pages last night :)

He held on. The dolphin and all the rest of its pod turned and swam out to sea, and still he held on. This is it, he thought. Then he remembered that they were air-breathers too. It was going to be all right.

gob

#1183
September 05, 2008, 03:31:29 AM
Quote from: Sleepless on September 04, 2008, 08:44:24 PM
The Road.

Was struggling to get into it for the longest time, but read about 40 straight pages last night :)



Me too. Just finished it yesterday. It's pretty astounding.

Bram

#1184
October 25, 2008, 05:10:06 AM


My first Murakami in English.
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