What are you reading now?

[Psi Wavefunction]

I'm just finishing The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan. (excellent book!)

Yes! I treasure my copy as a book of inspiration...and pure awesome!

[anna09]

I'm just finishing The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan. (excellent book!)

Yes! I treasure my copy as a book of inspiration...and pure awesome!

My copy has been read so many times it looks like a library book! My fiance has had it a while and has read it multiple times. The spine is torn and there are coffee and red wine stains on some of the pages.

You should see our copy of Pale Blue Dot! It's falling apart.

[zeppelin]

Grumpy Old Men - The Handbook
The more I read it the more I think I've been spied on.

[Chinaski]

Finished Kafka's The Metamorphosis recently, have now started on Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 100 Years of Solitude.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

Finished Kafka's The Metamorphosis recently, have now started on Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 100 Years of Solitude.

+2

You should try Kafka's The Trial & The Castle, if you haven't already.

[Pappa]

Finished Kafka's The Metamorphosis recently, have now started on Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 100 Years of Solitude.

+2

You should try Kafka's The Trial & The Castle, if you haven't already.

And Amerika, that stops mid sentence though, unlike the Castle which at least ends on a full stop.

All his books are really odd. When I read them, I always think the protagonist always makes decisions that are diametrically opposed to what I would do in the same situation. The thought process always seems irrational to me.

100 Years of Solitude is a wonderful read too.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

All his books are really odd. When I read them, I always think the protagonist always makes decisions that are diametrically opposed to what I would do in the same situation. The thought process always seems irrational to me.

Exactly. It's that gorgeous, claustrophobic feeling that there is an obvious way out of the inevitable but the fool can't see it because he's so caught up in irrational thought-loops.

100 Years of Solitude is a wonderful read too.

Hence the +2, 1 for each book.

[Pappa]

Exactly. It's that gorgeous, claustrophobic feeling that there is an obvious way out of the inevitable but the fool can't see it because he's so caught up in irrational thought-loops.

They are very claustrophobic. Kafka and Orwell are my favourite authors, for similar reasons. I love that darkness, and the focus on the internal workings of the protagonists mind.

have you read Burmese Days?

[Animavore]

Being and Nothingness by Sartre. Only on page 20 no no judgements as of yet.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

have you read Burmese Days?

No. The only Orwell I have read is 1984, Animal Farm and Keep the Aspidistra Flying. I bought Wigan Pier once but it got lost before I could read it. (I know, how can you lose a pier? )

[Geoff]

have you read Burmese Days?

No. The only Orwell I have read is 1984, Animal Farm and Keep the Aspidistra Flying. I bought Wigan Pier once but it got lost before I could read it. (I know, how can you lose a pier? )

My local pub:

[Pappa]

have you read Burmese Days?

No. The only Orwell I have read is 1984, Animal Farm and Keep the Aspidistra Flying. I bought Wigan Pier once but it got lost before I could read it. (I know, how can you lose a pier? )

Burmese Days is on a par with 1984 for me (which is more or less my favourite novel ever). It was his first novel too. It's one of the few books which I have described as 'knocking me off my perch'.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

have you read Burmese Days?

No. The only Orwell I have read is 1984, Animal Farm and Keep the Aspidistra Flying. I bought Wigan Pier once but it got lost before I could read it. (I know, how can you lose a pier? )

Burmese Days is on a par with 1984 for me (which is more or less my favourite novel ever). It was his first novel too. It's one of the few books which I have described as 'knocking me off my perch'.

I will add it to my long long list of books I must get around to reading. (About 200 of which I already own - and the bastits keep writing more!)

[Existentialist1844]

Im reading this:

[Geoff]

Im reading this:

Looks interesting - you far enough into it to recommend or not? It's a subject I do kinda follow.