What are you currently reading?

lennytheweedwhacker · Post by **lennytheweedwhacker** » Tue May 16, 2017 2:06 am

BurtReynolds wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:Why are novels sooooooo long?
have you read ready player one?
2 chapters and returned.
omg
did you like it?

it was fun enough, but nothing earth-shattering...it's just short and was a quick read and would seem to appeal to real nerds so i thought you might have liked it

bada · Post by **bada** » Tue May 16, 2017 2:43 am

You ever read Mouse Guard Burt? It looks interesting.

lennytheweedwhacker · Post by **lennytheweedwhacker** » Tue May 16, 2017 2:49 am

you read of mice and men, burt?

doug rr · Post by **doug rr** » Tue May 16, 2017 2:52 am

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:you read of mice and men, burt?

lennie small? rabbit killer

lennytheweedwhacker · Post by **lennytheweedwhacker** » Tue May 16, 2017 2:55 am

doug rr wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:you read of mice and men, burt?
lennie small? rabbit killer

you bet ur butt

doug rr · Post by **doug rr** » Tue May 16, 2017 2:58 am

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
doug rr wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:you read of mice and men, burt?
lennie small? rabbit killer
you bet ur butt

who is RMs george milton?

lennytheweedwhacker · Post by **lennytheweedwhacker** » Tue May 16, 2017 3:14 am

doug rr wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
doug rr wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:you read of mice and men, burt?
lennie small? rabbit killer
you bet ur butt
who is RMs george milton?

self

doug rr · Post by **doug rr** » Tue May 16, 2017 3:25 am

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
doug rr wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
doug rr wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:you read of mice and men, burt?
lennie small? rabbit killer
you bet ur butt
who is RMs george milton?
self

i don't think justin would shoot you..burt might though

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Tue May 16, 2017 3:31 am

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

BurtReynolds · Post by **BurtReynolds** » Tue May 16, 2017 3:37 am

I'd shoot you, Lenny. I wouldn't let them get you.

bada wrote:You ever read Mouse Guard Burt? It looks interesting.

a little bit.

BurtReynolds · Post by **BurtReynolds** » Tue May 16, 2017 3:39 am

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:Why are novels sooooooo long?
have you read ready player one?
2 chapters and returned.
omg
did you like it?
it was fun enough, but nothing earth-shattering...it's just short and was a quick read and would seem to appeal to real nerds so i thought you might have liked it

there was a audiobook narrated by Wil Wheaton and all the nostalgia/geek pandering was more than I could bear.

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Fri May 19, 2017 3:40 pm

I've got a lot of reading to do...

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci ... -70-years/

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Tue May 23, 2017 11:53 pm

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

lennytheweedwhacker · Tue May 23, 2017 11:56 pm

about to finish up moonglow (which is excellent, btw)...anybody have any recommendations? i'm not really sure what direction i want to go next

malice · Post by **malice** » Wed May 24, 2017 1:21 am

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:about to finish up moonglow (which is excellent, btw)...anybody have any recommendations? i'm not really sure what direction i want to go next

what type of books do you read?

Simple Torture · Post by **Simple Torture** » Wed May 24, 2017 1:21 am

malice wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:about to finish up moonglow (which is excellent, btw)...anybody have any recommendations? i'm not really sure what direction i want to go next
what type of books do you read?

Mostly Catch-22

Post by **The Argonaut** » Wed May 24, 2017 1:26 am

Take a look at The Professional by W.C. Heinz. Or Heroes of the Frontier by Dave Eggers. (This post is in response to lenny)

lennytheweedwhacker · Post by **lennytheweedwhacker** » Wed May 24, 2017 1:30 am

malice wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:about to finish up moonglow (which is excellent, btw)...anybody have any recommendations? i'm not really sure what direction i want to go next
what type of books do you read?

different kinds of fiction...what ya got?

lennytheweedwhacker · Post by **lennytheweedwhacker** » Wed May 24, 2017 1:31 am

The Argonaut wrote:Take a look at The Professional by W.C. Heinz. Or Heroes of the Frontier by Dave Eggers. (This post is in response to lenny)

i'll look into the professional

i couldn't finish a heartbreaking work of staggering genius, though

Post by **The Argonaut** » Wed May 24, 2017 1:34 am

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
The Argonaut wrote:Take a look at The Professional by W.C. Heinz. Or Heroes of the Frontier by Dave Eggers. (This post is in response to lenny)
i'll look into the professional

i couldn't finish a heartbreaking work of staggering genius, though

Well, I love the Genius book, but it's definitely one of a kind. His novels are typically a bit more chill.

Red Mosquito

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