Samnmax221 Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Read anything new lately? Recently I've read Anthem by Ayn Rand, reread Animal Farm by George Orwell, and read The Closer's by Michael Connelly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VampireNaomi Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 The only books I've read lately are for my university entrence exams. Right now I'm in the middle of The Study of Language by George Yule. It's quite entertaining, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuz Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 I've recentyl read The Long Emergency by J H Kunstler and Power Down by soemone I can't remember. They're basically about what life will be like when the human race runs out of oil in the next 10 years. Scary stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 I was reading a book on logic by Aristotle... show's I'm a true geek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted May 3, 2006 Author Share Posted May 3, 2006 I was reading a book on logic by Aristotle... show's I'm a true geek. What's the title? I'm currently off on a philosophical kick so I might be interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tall Guy Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Recently bought 'Lost Horizon' by James Hilton. A story based around the legend of Shangri La. Highly recommended although I've yet to watch the film by the same name. Looking forward to that actually... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 What's the title? I'm currently off on a philosophical kick so I might be interested.It's this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Isaac Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 I just finished reading 'State of Fear' by Michael Crichton... and now I don't know whether I should believe in global warming or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveBB Posted May 7, 2006 Share Posted May 7, 2006 "Animal farm", "The Da Vinci Code" and I'm reading "The Hobbit" at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JofaGuht Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 The Archaic Revival by Terence McKenna. Highly recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpicus Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Currently re-reading lord of the flies. Sehr gut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey721 Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 I was thinking about buying 'The Warriors' novel from Amazon by Sol Yurick. I've been reading in and out of my magazine though so.. yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 Currently re-reading lord of the flies. Sehr gut. I hate the way LOrd of the Flies is written, now the 1990 movie, that is funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JofaGuht Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Hate Lord of the Flies. The message behind it, in my opinion, is bullsh*t. People call me an optimist, but humanity in no way is inherently evil. I find people who think that way to be strange, and people who write books about it are just plain unlikable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 You want a bad book, try A seperate peace by John Knowls, scool administrators require us to read it luckily our english teacher is a good guy and just made us watch the movie. The highlight of the whole movie is a song about Hitlers testicles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpicus Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Hate Lord of the Flies. The message behind it, in my opinion, is bullsh*t. People call me an optimist, but humanity in no way is inherently evil. I find people who think that way to be strange, and people who write books about it are just plain unlikable. So what do you think a pack of boys would do left alone on an island? Do you really think they'd be able to keep a society together? I don't think so. As soon as they figure out that there is nothing stopping them doing whatever they want, then it would descend into chaos. And you can see that in the real world to. When a government collapses in a country, law and order dissapear and the people start to act on their worst instincts and will loot, pillage etc. Everything goes out of control. By no means is the message bullsh*t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 The metaphores in LOTF are harder to nail down then in most literature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpicus Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Makes for lots of irrating exam questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JofaGuht Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 So what do you think a pack of boys would do left alone on an island? Do you really think they'd be able to keep a society together? I don't think so. As soon as they figure out that there is nothing stopping them doing whatever they want, then it would descend into chaos. And you can see that in the real world to. When a government collapses in a country, law and order dissapear and the people start to act on their worst instincts and will loot, pillage etc. Everything goes out of control. You see, though, I don't think that's the point the book is trying to make. No, a group of young boys can't hold a society together. Yes, people go crazy when their government falls. But what the book seems to be emphatically stating is that if you go to year zero, to human's natural instincts where society is judging nothing, then humans would be naturally savage, hateful, selfish, etc. I feel that is bullsh*t, personally. I feel that we'd be a kinder people at year zero. I feel society made us selfish. People are addicted to their cultures, that's why people flip out when a government falls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 "Animal farm", "The Da Vinci Code" and I'm reading "The Hobbit" at the moment Animal Farm is a reat book, I'v got to get around to reading 1984 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpicus Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 You see, though, I don't think that's the point the book is trying to make. No, a group of young boys can't hold a society together. Yes, people go crazy when their government falls. But what the book seems to be emphatically stating is that if you go to year zero, to human's natural instincts where society is judging nothing, then humans would be naturally savage, hateful, selfish, etc. I feel that is bullsh*t, personally. I feel that we'd be a kinder people at year zero. I feel society made us selfish. People are addicted to their cultures, that's why people flip out when a government falls. Dude, society and rules are whatstop people from giving in to thier more evil instincts. People grow up with the training that certain things are off limits e.g. no killing, no stealing etc. When they lose the boundries of rules and society people beckon to their darkest instincts, these darkest instincts that in the end everyone has - mans hunter instincts. At year zero it's all about survival of the fittest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted May 14, 2006 Author Share Posted May 14, 2006 Dude, society and rules are whatstop people from giving in to thier more evil instincts. People grow up with the training that certain things are off limits e.g. no killing, no stealing etc. When they lose the boundries of rules and society people beckon to their darkest instincts, these darkest instincts that in the end everyone has - mans hunter instincts. At year zero it's all about survival of the fittest. Now we're talking Nature vs. Nurture, one of the ugliest discusion points around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbiolin Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Just going back to books I would like to mention some of them that most people can find: Flywheel, Shyster & Flywheel, transcriptions from Groucho and Chico Marx radio shows; Without Feathers and Side Effects, short stories by Woody Allen; and Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury - talking about year zero ... For spanish and italian readers I would recomend Il superuomo di massa or El Superhombre De Masas - Mass Superman - by Umbert Eco, western hero development on novels since XVII century until nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted May 14, 2006 Author Share Posted May 14, 2006 Liked the Martian chronicles, and had plenty of time to read it in "ISS" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbiolin Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 I was delighted with that book back on college. He's not talking about Mars but Earth instead, and in such a blue and poetic manner. In the end WE are the martians, he says. Also, I always liked those small chapters between the bigger ones. Like The Taxpayer, for example. Some trivia: The spanish version of the book is forworded by Jorge Luis Borges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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