The Literature Thread

[daftphunk]

Haven't seen one of these posted. If I overlooked it, point me in the right direction!

I have a lot of free time at work. I enjoy reading during that free time and was curious as to what some of you guys are reading or have read before that you might like to share.

I'm currently reading Kurt Vonnegut's 'Slaughterhouse-Five' and enjoying it so far. Probably be done in a few days so I need some new material for the upcoming days.

Share. Comment. Etc

[Future240]

I am reading a lot of Stephen King's older novels. "It" by far is my favorite, with "Salem's Lot" coming in at a close second.

[TougeLove]

Just started reading "Dismantling the Empire: Americas last best hope" by Chalmers Johnson. Really good stuff.

[word sux]

I have been reading allot of Chomsky lately.

[BustedS13]

i recently bought a copy of Being and Nothingness because i thought it'd look good on the shelf.

[lflkajfj12123]

i did the same

can't handle 800 pages on existentialism

[BustedS13]

i did the same

can't handle 800 pages on existentialism

i get weird boners when i see 70s paperbacks of iconic books on amazon for a dollar. but i can't read this shit.

[lflkajfj12123]

i usually do the same thing find cheap good books on amazon then they sit while i sift through the lighter reads

recent stuff i read

http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1309209805l/666.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/417tDPAWUOL.jpg

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw67qoY6Zh1qzsghno1_500.jpg

http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6402028-L.jpg

[ronmcdon]

Im usually reading a couple different books at the same time, & I don't always get around to finishing everything.

Reading 'The Denial of Death' (ernest becker) on & off.
it is terribly depressing but also a fascinating read.

I'm always reading psychology themed books for my grad studies.
past few that I enjoyed, all of them are easy to read even if you're not that academic.
'Love's Executioner' great existential themed therapy book that's easy to get into even from a layman's perspective
'The boy who was raised as a dog' looks at the effects of trauma in child development
'prisoner of hate' looks at how we're wired to behave aggressively from a cognitive behavioral perspective.

just done reading the sci-fi 'Hyperion' (Dan Simmons) series. was an entertaining read.

for trashy fiction I'm always reading something from the Warhammer 40k series.

http://dyn4.media.forbiddenplanet.com/products/2029436.jpg.size-300_square-true.jpg

[omgRWDgoodness!]

Last two books I read:

http://www.tantor.com/BookImage/0832_DangersHour_D.jpg

&

http://i43.tower.com/images/mm100184247/1942-year-that-tried-mens-souls-winston-groom-paperback-cover-art.jpg

Yeah, WWII nerd. Some of you may already know via the Aviation thread. Got pretty much nothing but war and combat novels in my little bookshelf.

[WanganRunner]

http://www.americanplacetheatre.org/content/roster/KiteRunner_BC.jpg

[santosspl]

try some 18th or 19th century stuff..all are free on a kindle

Project Gutenberg - free ebooks (http://www.gutenberg.org/)

must read:
count of monte cristo
crime and punishment
david copperfield
short stories by guy maupassant
short stories by somerset maugham


recent sci-fi for fun and adventure
illium & olympos : dan simmons
hyperion series: dan simmons

[VROOOM]

just bought this on Amazon.

http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/119150000/119151298.JPG

one of my friends from back in the day wrote it so i thought i should give it a try

[BustedS13]

right now i'm reading this.

http://i.imgur.com/80nMk.jpg

this is on standby.

http://i.imgur.com/lNgfd.jpg

[ESmorz]

http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6402028-L.jpg

Just read that last week, and in the past month:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51P-JN0wQBL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_crD9r6Q-h-Q/S9SFJxWiWSI/AAAAAAAAAVI/JK1_sFeP-O0/s1600/BreakfastOfChampions(Vonnegut).jpg

http://montanawriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Trout-Fishing-in-America.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tjENXkqtdGw/TOEbti1htuI/AAAAAAAAAAM/zrFtX5ybuog/s1600/67064.gif

All damn good stuff.

[BustedS13]

^i'm reporting you to the government

[lflkajfj12123]

if you got through all of nietzsche's book i recommend this one

http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167544908l/24964.jpg

[ESmorz]

^i'm reporting you to the government

Well I already mailed you testicle hairs. So, there's that.

if you got through all of nietzsche's book i recommend this one

http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167544908l/24964.jpg

I remember reading some very limited Kierkegaard passages in some Philosophy class, I may have to give it a gander.

[BustedS13]

I'm currently reading Kurt Vonnegut's 'Slaughterhouse-Five' and enjoying it so far.

when i was 19, me and my lady at the time were driving up from Mizzou in her Neon. i was driving because i was the man. she loved Vonnegut, and she wanted me to enjoy it too, so she read aloud about 30 pages of Slaughterhouse-Five, and i probably would have enjoyed it but i was too busy thinking about banging her on my old futon that weekend, and then i tried to listen and get into it but i'd missed a lot of setup, so i thought she'd stop reading if i reached over and tried to finger her, but she totally kept reading, so i had to make her orgasm from fingering while driving a car through some hills, and then she came and stopped for a while, then she goddamn restarted and read me the first couple chapters while i paid attention. she loaned me the book and i never read it. never even gave it back.
i think i still have it on the shelf. yeah, there it is. good times. cool story bro. sorry.

[ESmorz]

when i was 19, me and my lady at the time were driving up from Mizzou in her Neon. i was driving because i was the man. she loved Vonnegut, and she wanted me to enjoy it too, so she read aloud about 30 pages of Slaughterhouse-Five, and i probably would have enjoyed it but i was too busy thinking about banging her on my old futon that weekend, and then i tried to listen and get into it but i'd missed a lot of setup, so i thought she'd stop reading if i reached over and tried to finger her, but she totally kept reading, so i had to make her orgasm from fingering while driving a car through some hills, and then she came and stopped for a while, then she goddamn restarted and read me the first couple chapters while i paid attention. she loaned me the book and i never read it. never even gave it back.
i think i still have it on the shelf. yeah, there it is. good times. cool story bro. sorry.

I liked the part where this reads like Vonnegut.

[s13silvia123]

vampire hunter d graphic novels

[rc1honda]

American Gods: Neil Gaiman

The Name of The Wind: Patrick Rothfuss
The Wise Man Fears:Patrick Rothfuss

Now if you haven't read the Lord of the Rings you should. Played out I know but the books are amazing.

[Lees_Garage]

"The Kite Runner" is a very captivating read. When your finished read "A Thousand Splendid Suns", if you haven't already. I am currently reading "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Larson.
http://www.americanplacetheatre.org/content/roster/KiteRunner_BC.jpg

[Matej]

Over the past few years I have been reading mainly classics. Most recently; Karl May, Jules Verne, Dumas, and Tolstoy.

[DS562]

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j288/1xe1xf/41MjG0pGDgL_SL500_.jpg
Im tryin to find a copy of this. i find them fascinating.

[omgRWDgoodness!]

↑ I wonder who's going to be the first idiot to call you a Nazi sympathizer or asks you why you want to read about Nazis...lolol

That reminds me of this book that I've wanted to find for quite a while:

http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/731703-L.jpg

[axiomatik]

If you like History:

1776 - David McCullough
http://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/uploads/products/1776_estore.jpg

Devil in the White City - Erik Larson - about a serial killer operating during the Chicago World's Fair
http://www.chron.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/devil-white-city-216x342.jpg

Guns, Germs and Steel - Jared Diamond - how some civilizations grew to great power and others didn't
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bT2CzLtfRJ8/TRAeJ8lvZxI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/jAa_LxM7cwM/s1600/guns-germs-and-steel.jpg

The Wordy Shipmates - Sarah Vowell - about the first American colonists
http://thelesseroftwoequals.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/thewordyshipmates.jpg


Humor:
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim - David Sedaris
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xpIrZxwWvv8/TNhsmhuhQqI/AAAAAAAAD2I/fjZnp6RTUqI/s1600/dress+your+family.jpg


umm, that's enough for now i suppose

[word sux]

this is my current before bedtime book


http://i43.tower.com/images/mm100565762/necessary-illusions-noam-chomsky-paperback-cover-art.jpg

[Future240]

Devil in the White City - Erik Larson - about a serial killer operating during the Chicago World's Fair
http://www.chron.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/devil-white-city-216x342.jpg

umm, that's enough for now i suppose

This was a great book. I could not put it down once I started it.

[DS562]

↑ I wonder who's going to be the first idiot to call you a Nazi sympathizer or asks you why you want to read about Nazis...lolol

That reminds me of this book that I've wanted to find for quite a while:

http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/731703-L.jpg

seriously, i was waiting for it ha that memoir one looks promising ^

[wonpoo]

Cass Sunstein Democracy and the Problem of Free speech.

Kate Chopin The Awakening.

[Wake]

I thought for sure mein kampf was the next one getting posted.

I actually do want to read it tho, hitler was one crazy motherfucker.


Im surprised by some of the selections on here, maybe its more the people reading them. I mean between me, soap, busted, and esmorz we have a pretty fucked up group of individuals in here reading some seriously heavy shit.

[DS562]

forgot about Mein Kampf.......

[Matej]

Mein Kampf sucks and is quite poorly written. Hitler and the SS only gave the otherwise awesome Nazi Germany a bad reputation.

Finished a collection of Voltaire's most popular stories today. I have been 'enlightened.' :)

[omgRWDgoodness!]

forgot about Mein Kampf.......

Haha, I think we found a winner!

[daftphunk]

Agreed you Guys are reading some pretty heavy shit.

Id recommend The Alienist. That's a real good one. Psychiatric killers and what not. Very good

[lflkajfj12123]

Mein Kampf sucks and is quite poorly written. Hitler and the SS only gave the otherwise awesome Nazi Germany a bad reputation.

Finished a collection of Voltaire's most popular stories today. I have been 'enlightened.' :)

Did you read Candide in that collection?

[DS562]

Haha, I think we found a winner!

i just think if i read about his armies, i might as well read a piece by the man himself.

why is every body is so hesitant to read something like this?

[Walperstyle]

Timothy Zahn Best Star Wars Author, Ever.
(i'm a super nerd, but this series of 3 books is far better then the original movies by George Lucas)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dc/HeirToTheEmpire.jpg/200px-HeirToTheEmpire.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/86/DarkForce_Rising.jpg/200px-DarkForce_Rising.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/24/TheLastCommand.jpg/200px-TheLastCommand.jpg

[Matej]

Did you read Candide in that collection?
Yes sir.
Currently reading Tolstoy's Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth.