Books Ok for the high brow crowd what books you are reading - Page 96

big nasty kcnut · 03-11-2006, 10:37 PM

I'm reading The New American Revolution by tammy bruce. She is a great thinker and funny.

Jenson71 · 10-21-2010, 07:55 PM

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War and Peace..

Really? Tell us about this experience. How much of it do you read in a day? How long do you think it will take you? Does it draw you in right away? How heavy is it on the historical details of the battles?

yhf · 10-21-2010, 08:06 PM

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I haven't gotten it yet. Been a horribly lame reader lately.

I'm right there with ya man.

I did knock out some Augusten Burroughs on my way back from the east coast (GD layovers) but that's about all I have read in the last couple of months. Kinda lame.

irishjayhawk · 10-21-2010, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by NewPhin

I haven't gotten it yet. Been a horribly lame reader lately.

Same. Dunno why.

Jenson71 · 10-21-2010, 08:07 PM

Football season.

yhf · 10-21-2010, 08:12 PM

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Football season.

Good point.

Are the Chiefs restraining my intellect?

Dammit. I think they are. That'll be my excuse anyway.

Discuss Thrower · 10-21-2010, 08:14 PM

Gravity's. Rainbow. And not because I want to out of my own accord.

yhf · 10-21-2010, 08:16 PM

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Gravity's. Rainbow. And not because I want to out of my own accord.

Dude. You're gonna love it.

NewChief · 10-21-2010, 08:17 PM

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Gravity's. Rainbow. And not because I want to out of my own accord.

For a class? That's a weird reading assignment.

Discuss Thrower · 10-21-2010, 08:21 PM

@ yhf: I have read a sizable portion of it. I agree that it's not a bad novel; it's complexity is incredible. But sometimes it seems like Pynchon shows off just to prove that he can. But the subject matter and its humor make up for it... Though it gets incredibly grotesque at times.

@NewPhin: It's an upper division prerequisite literature class. The professor decided to apply a theme of Post-Modernism on a Post-Atomic Culture tangent.

NewChief · 10-21-2010, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by J-Town Fan 1988

@ yhf: I have read a sizable portion of it. I agree that it's not a bad novel; it's complexity is incredible. But sometimes it seems like Pynchon shows off just to prove that he can. But the subject matter and its humor make up for it... Though it gets incredibly grotesque at times.

@NewPhin: It's an upper division prerequisite literature class. The professor decided to apply a theme of Post-Modernism on a Post-Atomic Culture tangent.

Ahh. Post-atomic makes sense. Most classes do V. because it is more manageable in a shorter amount of time.

Discuss Thrower · 10-21-2010, 08:29 PM

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Ahh. Post-atomic makes sense. Most classes do V. because it is more manageable in a shorter amount of time.

For reference, the rest of the course materials are/have been:

Eliot's The Waste Land
Kubric's Dr Strangelove
Kerouac's On the Road
Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five
Gravity's Rainbow
Delillo's White Noise
Watchmen (graphic novel)
Cormac McCarthy's The Road.

I'm supposed to be re-reading Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury for the same professor's class. Don't think that's gonna happen.

NewChief · 10-21-2010, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by J-Town Fan 1988

For reference, the rest of the course materials are/have been:

Eliot's The Waste Land
Kubric's Dr Strangelove
Kerouac's On the Road
Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five
Gravity's Rainbow
Delillo's White Noise
Watchmen (graphic novel)
Cormac McCarthy's The Road.

I'm supposed to be re-reading Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury for the same professor's class. Don't think that's gonna happen.

Nice list for a class. On the Road is kind of a throwaway for an otherwise impressive group of works.

yhf · 10-21-2010, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by J-Town Fan 1988

@ yhf: I have read a sizable portion of it. I agree that it's not a bad novel; it's complexity is incredible. But sometimes it seems like Pynchon shows off just to prove that he can. But the subject matter and its humor make up for it... Though it gets incredibly grotesque at times.

@NewPhin: It's an upper division prerequisite literature class. The professor decided to apply a theme of Post-Modernism on a Post-Atomic Culture tangent.

I feel ya but shit who can blame a litterateur for being wanky when his dick is so damn big.

NewChief · 10-21-2010, 08:39 PM

I'd probably substitute Neal Stephenson for Kerouac were I putting together that readingl list. I also think if you're going Beats that Burroughs is more PoMo than Kerouac.

Bewbies · 10-21-2010, 08:40 PM

I just read and loved American Assassin by Vince Flynn.

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Discuss Thrower "You like to drink?" Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: "I like to drink." Casino cash: $3276869	@ yhf: I have read a sizable portion of it. I agree that it's not a bad novel; it's complexity is incredible. But sometimes it seems like Pynchon shows off just to prove that he can. But the subject matter and its humor make up for it... Though it gets incredibly grotesque at times. @NewPhin: It's an upper division prerequisite literature class. The professor decided to apply a theme of Post-Modernism on a Post-Atomic Culture tangent. __________________ Chiefs 2016 Opponents: Home: JAX, TEN, NO, TB, NYJ. Away: HOU, IND, ATL, CAR, PIT Chiefs 2017 Opponents: Home: BUF, MIA, PHI, WSH, AFC North. Away: NE, NYJ, NYG, DAL, AFC South
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