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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Posts: 36,982
    beautiful scars: the story of tom wilson
    new album "Cigarettes" out Spring 2025!

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  • 23scidoo23scidoo Posts: 19,255
    RIP Ursula Le Guin

    https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/23/ursula-k-le-guin-sci-fi-fantasy-author-dies-at-88
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    23scidoo said:
    RIP Ursula Le Guin

    https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/23/ursula-k-le-guin-sci-fi-fantasy-author-dies-at-88
    :(
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • oftenreadingoftenreading Posts: 12,845
    23scidoo said:
    RIP Ursula Le Guin

    https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/23/ursula-k-le-guin-sci-fi-fantasy-author-dies-at-88

    One of the greats.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • riotgrlriotgrl Posts: 1,895
    Men we Reaped Jesmyn Ward


    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...

    I AM MINE
  • PapPap Posts: 28,989
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Posts: 7,265
    I just finished, They Can't Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery, which I would recommend, and I started, Best Food Writing 2017, edited by Holly Hughes. Good so far.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • 23scidoo23scidoo Posts: 19,255
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • SD48277SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    No Time to Spare, by Ursula Le Guin.
    ELITIST FUK
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    23scidoo said:
    Second only to Ulysses.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    Re-reading WG Sebald's Austerlitz. I recommend it, but you should read his novels Vertigo and The Emigrants first. 
  • PapPap Posts: 28,989
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,031
    Pap said:
    I love that quote of Bukowski's that goes something like, "I like the idea of poetry and poets but I'm really not a fan of reading poetry."  The man had grit!

    Speaking of poet/novelists, I'm reading this remarkable and intense memoir by Native American writer Sherman Alexie:

    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • oftenreadingoftenreading Posts: 12,845
    Stories of Your Life and Others. A collection of short stories and novellas by Ted Chiang. One of them, Story of Your Life, is the novella that the movie Arrival was based on. I haven’t seen the movie but now I’d like to. The story is gorgeous. 
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,173
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • 23scidoo23scidoo Posts: 19,255
    lord dunsany
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,355
    Read Player One

    The movie looks hideous...
  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain Posts: 31,265
    Yeah they are going to butcher the movie, I imagine.  Book was fun.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • POLISPOLIS Posts: 9
    Moonglow by Michael Chabon.   Very interesting review of the history of rocketry and the early space program,
    with an absorbing cast of characters.  
                                                                 

  • oftenreadingoftenreading Posts: 12,845
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Yeah they are going to butcher the movie, I imagine.  Book was fun.

    I've read nothing but positive reviews. I'm toying with the idea of seeing it, actually.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,355
    oftenreading said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Yeah they are going to butcher the movie, I imagine.  Book was fun.

    I've read nothing but positive reviews. I'm toying with the idea of seeing it, actually.
    https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ready_player_one/

    Wow!  Looking at the coming attractions it looked awful but reading the reviews it says it's stellar!
  • i_lov_iti_lov_it Posts: 4,007

    Three different Psychology Books for my Psychology degree haha

  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    tempo_n_groove said:
    oftenreading said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Yeah they are going to butcher the movie, I imagine.  Book was fun.

    I've read nothing but positive reviews. I'm toying with the idea of seeing it, actually.
    https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ready_player_one/

    Wow!  Looking at the coming attractions it looked awful but reading the reviews it says it's stellar!
    Never heard of the book. But since I only like five of Spielberg's fifty or so films (and only one of those was made in the 21st century), this is an easy skip for me. I'll see it when it comes on television. I have a feeling that I shouldn't read the book first -- that way I at least give the film more of a chance.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • riotgrlriotgrl Posts: 1,895
    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...

    I AM MINE
  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain Posts: 31,265
    dankind said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    oftenreading said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Yeah they are going to butcher the movie, I imagine.  Book was fun.

    I've read nothing but positive reviews. I'm toying with the idea of seeing it, actually.
    https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ready_player_one/

    Wow!  Looking at the coming attractions it looked awful but reading the reviews it says it's stellar!
    Never heard of the book. But since I only like five of Spielberg's fifty or so films (and only one of those was made in the 21st century), this is an easy skip for me. I'll see it when it comes on television. I have a feeling that I shouldn't read the book first -- that way I at least give the film more of a chance.
    It is a very light read but overloaded with 80s pop culture references and especially for video game lovers.  I thought it was a fun book.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,031
    After seeing the mind boggling incredible climbing film, Meru, I decided it was high time I pick up Jon Krakaur's Into Thin Air. I am simply ripping through this incredible book!


    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain Posts: 31,265
    I love that book.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,031
    :plus_one:
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • jerparker20jerparker20 Posts: 2,501
    brianlux said:l
    After seeing the mind boggling incredible climbing film, Meru, I decided it was high time I pick up Jon Krakaur's Into Thin Air. I am simply ripping through this incredible book!


    A fantastic read! I'm a big fan of Krakauer's work.
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