Red Mosquito

tommymtcom wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

tommymtcom wrote:I really enjoy books about human endurance. It really is amazing what people can overcome when they don't really have a choice.

what would you do if faced with such extreme adversity?

Die.

would you wait on the elements to overtake you, or just off yourself?

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

tommymtcom wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

tommymtcom wrote:I really enjoy books about human endurance. It really is amazing what people can overcome when they don't really have a choice.

what would you do if faced with such extreme adversity?

Die.

would you wait on the elements to overtake you, or just off yourself?

I'd probably go the noble sacrifice route.

tommymtcom wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

tommymtcom wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

tommymtcom wrote:I really enjoy books about human endurance. It really is amazing what people can overcome when they don't really have a choice.

what would you do if faced with such extreme adversity?

Die.

would you wait on the elements to overtake you, or just off yourself?

I'd probably go the noble sacrifice route.

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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

tommymtcom wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

tommymtcom wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

tommymtcom wrote:I really enjoy books about human endurance. It really is amazing what people can overcome when they don't really have a choice.

what would you do if faced with such extreme adversity?

Die.

would you wait on the elements to overtake you, or just off yourself?

I'd probably go the noble sacrifice route.

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I am just going outside and may be some time.

i have a captain ahab/moby dick dynamic with this one chipmunk that always runs across the walkway to my apartment and stops to look at me with food in its mouth

Alex wrote:the only literature that's worth reading is about the bravery of men at sea, with only scurvy and male companionship to shepherd their paths into the ineffable void

This reminds me of my favorite Onion headline:

Bought this (Reflections: An Oral History of Twin Peaks) forever ago:



Finally started reading it this afternoon. What a great GREAT read. If you're a fan of the show, this is a must.

Alex wrote:i have a captain ahab/moby dick dynamic with this one chipmunk that always runs across the walkway to my apartment and stops to look at me with food in its mouth

I KNEW IT!!!

Starting "Alive" tonight, btw. Wife just finished it. I've seen the movie, but it was a long time ago, and I'm sure the book is a more accurate account. Been really into non-fiction adventure these past few years.

I just finished The Terror by Dan Simmons. It was one of the better modern books that I've read. I will probably read another Simmons book someday. Does anyone recommend any of his other works?

AMC owns the rights to this. It's supposed to be a series or mini-series someday.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

One of those books I probably should have read a long time ago. Finally getting around to it. I'm only about 100 pages in, but I'm fucking loving it. This is a really lovely book, so far.

Got an advanced reader copy of Among the Ten Thousand Things by Julia Pierpont. I'm about half way through and I'm blown away. Lights out debut.

I was a research assistant on this book, you should all get it: http://www.amazon.com/Disappear-Here-Vi ... 8&sr=&qid=

durdencommatyler wrote:Got an advanced reader copy of Among the Ten Thousand Things by Julia Pierpont. I'm about half way through and I'm blown away. Lights out debut.

Guys, this book is fantastic. I can't recommend it enough.

A finished A Turn Of The Screw last night. I didn't think of it as a classic. Meh.

Yes, I'm reading Jane Eyre. And yes, I'm 35 and I've never read it before. Big whoop, wanna fight about it?

Joe hill's nosferatu.

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Did you read it?

Light Years. My first foray into James Salter.