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What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue January 01, 2013 4:40 pm
by Simple Torture
Original thread:
http://archive.theskyiscrape.com/viewto ... 9cdd6110a8
Over the last week (or two):
Denis Johnson - "Train Dreams"
Mariane Hauser - "The Talking Room"
E.L. Doctorow - "Ragtime"
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue January 01, 2013 4:54 pm
by The Argonaut
We had a great time at your dinner party, the wife wanted me to say thank you
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue January 01, 2013 5:14 pm
by Simple Torture
I liked Ragtime, but I've got no idea about anything else of his. It's a pretty quick read, I'd recommend it.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue January 01, 2013 5:30 pm
by Sigerson
The Five Red Herrings - Dorothy L. Sayers
After Dark - Haruki Murakami
From Hell - Alan Moore with art by Eddie Campbell
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue January 01, 2013 5:36 pm
by VinylGuy
what joe hill book should i read?
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue January 01, 2013 5:49 pm
by epilogue
Still reading this. About half way through. And I love, love, love it!
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Wed January 02, 2013 12:53 am
by washing machine
First up on my Kobo is CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, by George Saunders. Truly disturbing stuff.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Wed January 02, 2013 2:59 am
by Birds in Hell
The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler
Enjoying the hell out of it.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Fri January 04, 2013 5:56 am
by The Argonaut
We had a great time at your dinner party, the wife wanted me to say thank you
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Fri January 04, 2013 6:29 am
by Mickey
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Fri January 04, 2013 1:20 pm
by spike
- Spoiler: show
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Fri January 04, 2013 2:21 pm
by Chloe
When you are engulfed in flames - David Sedaris
Hope to finish it this weekend.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Fri January 04, 2013 4:53 pm
by griffinxi
Reading:
"The Greatest Show on Earth" -- Richard Dawkins
"Blueprints of the Afterlife" -- Ryan Boudinot
And I got a Kindle for Christmas, so I'm reading Moby Dick for kicks.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Fri January 04, 2013 6:42 pm
by nah
readers digest
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Fri January 04, 2013 11:15 pm
by dkfan9
Keynes- The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
Some good stuff early, but this "propensity to consume" section is boring the shit outta me. Looking forward to the "inducement to invest" section.
Tim Layden- Blood, Sweat, and Chalk
Liking it a lot so far. Seems a good deal better than Jaworski's book.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Fri January 04, 2013 11:23 pm
by washing machine
Still working on that Saunders. I'm finding that each story in this collection needs about a day to wear off before I begin the next one. I found that to be true of the Amy Hempel stories that I recently read as well.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sat January 05, 2013 2:48 am
by spike
nah wrote:readers digest
on average, how much time do you spend on the toilet per day?
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sat January 05, 2013 3:29 am
by Simple Torture
washing machine II wrote:Still working on that Saunders. I'm finding that each story in this collection needs about a day to wear off before I begin the next one. I found that to be true of the Amy Hempel stories that I recently read as well.
CivilWarLand, right? I started re-reading this today and got through everything except the novella. I actually think it's worth reading everything in nearly one sitting, as this time through I noticed lots of things that went over my head the first time.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sat January 05, 2013 3:35 am
by washing machine
Simple Torture wrote:washing machine II wrote:Still working on that Saunders. I'm finding that each story in this collection needs about a day to wear off before I begin the next one. I found that to be true of the Amy Hempel stories that I recently read as well.
CivilWarLand, right? I started re-reading this today and got through everything except the novella. I actually think it's worth reading everything in nearly one sitting, as this time through I noticed lots of things that went over my head the first time.
Yeah, CivilWarLand. What kind of stuff are you picking up? Every one of these stories has a narrator with such a bad relationship to the past, and there's an overwhelming amount of references to creepily named products. I don't quite know what to make of it, but I like it.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Sat January 05, 2013 4:39 am
by Simple Torture
washing machine II wrote:Simple Torture wrote:washing machine II wrote:Still working on that Saunders. I'm finding that each story in this collection needs about a day to wear off before I begin the next one. I found that to be true of the Amy Hempel stories that I recently read as well.
CivilWarLand, right? I started re-reading this today and got through everything except the novella. I actually think it's worth reading everything in nearly one sitting, as this time through I noticed lots of things that went over my head the first time.
Yeah, CivilWarLand. What kind of stuff are you picking up? Every one of these stories has a narrator with such a bad relationship to the past, and there's an overwhelming amount of references to creepily named products. I don't quite know what to make of it, but I like it.
The products and commodifications are definitely important, methinks. Other things I noticed: every story, with maybe the exception of "Isabelle," is about work and how it affects every characters' life. Some of them are dedicated, but for the most part work just isn't working for them (so to speak). Almost every story takes place during a time of economic hardship, too, so it's not like these characters can just walk away and find something else to do. Really interesting to me as these were all stories from the 1990s, when the economy was getting stronger and stronger. Also, I once almost wrote a paper on historical re-creation parks; could still happen!
