Author Topic: books to read (Read 508151 times)

cringe. · « **Reply #1170 on:** February 06, 2012, 01:24:19 PM »

also got this out the library today, anyone read it? how does it compare to other hemingway?

UgolinoTheSignificant · « **Reply #1171 on:** February 06, 2012, 01:38:33 PM »

GISM · « **Reply #1172 on:** February 07, 2012, 04:58:01 PM »

So stoked on this being repressed. It had one or two original runs and you could only find it on ebay for $80+

Inanimate Object · « **Reply #1173 on:** February 08, 2012, 12:17:47 PM »

Hey all you literary young men, stop posting pictures of your class reading list. I see through your ruse!!!
Also, I'm reading a Nabokov novel

Going to be time for some non-fiction after this.

oyolar · « **Reply #1174 on:** February 08, 2012, 12:51:59 PM »

I fucking love Nabokov.

Nosferatu · « **Reply #1175 on:** February 08, 2012, 01:26:39 PM »

Quote from: oyolar on February 08, 2012, 12:51:59 PM

I fucking love Nabokov.

I finally read Lolita over the summer. Lives up to the hype.

This was really good.

Started The Turn of the Screw today.

David · « **Reply #1176 on:** February 11, 2012, 08:47:09 PM »

picked this up in the library when I was in high school and never got to finish it. Finally picked up another copy. Great book.

oyolar · « **Reply #1177 on:** February 11, 2012, 11:26:14 PM »

Court Theater in Chicago, which is ran by my university, is currently doing a play based off of that book. I guess it's supposed to be really good.

kilgore. · « **Reply #1178 on:** February 16, 2012, 02:21:27 AM »

any of y'all fuck with Goodreads? it's like last.fm for books but way more detailed in its recommendations

dolphinstyle. · « **Reply #1179 on:** February 16, 2012, 02:46:50 AM »

thanks for the hint, kilgore. site looks very useful

sven thorkel · « **Reply #1180 on:** February 16, 2012, 10:30:27 AM »

Quote from: kilgore. on February 16, 2012, 02:21:27 AM

any of y'all fuck with Goodreads? it's like last.fm for books but way more detailed in its recommendations

it's good to catalog what you've read and what you want to read next. add Gerald Funk (or gooniemaster), i'm in desperate need of book friends

Nosferatu · « **Reply #1181 on:** February 16, 2012, 11:03:21 AM »

Site never really interested me. Can you make groups on there? If so, A SLAP book club would be sweeeet.

kilgore. · « **Reply #1182 on:** February 16, 2012, 11:52:28 AM »

yeah, you can make a book club!

Nosferatu · « **Reply #1183 on:** February 16, 2012, 01:11:56 PM »

Make it doood then add me up. I made one as smorales.

sven thorkel · « **Reply #1184 on:** February 18, 2012, 02:15:36 PM »

if you like vidya games and 80s pop culture references, this book is for you

layzieyez · « **Reply #1185 on:** February 18, 2012, 03:43:30 PM »

Dale Carnegie - How to Win Friends and Influence People

I wish I read this sooner.

cringe. · « **Reply #1186 on:** February 19, 2012, 08:15:28 AM »

Quote from: Nosferatu on February 16, 2012, 11:03:21 AM

Site never really interested me. Can you make groups on there? If so, A SLAP book club would be sweeeet.

this would be rad!

Nosferatu · « **Reply #1187 on:** February 19, 2012, 08:56:38 AM »

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/64583.SLAP_PALS

There it is. Not sure what to do with it but please everyone make an account and join.

cringe. · « **Reply #1188 on:** February 19, 2012, 10:44:14 AM »

Quote from: Nosferatu on February 19, 2012, 08:56:38 AM

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/64583.SLAP_PALS

There it is. Not sure what to do with it but please everyone make an account and join.

cool man, sent a request. When/if it gets a decent number, we could attempt something like deciding on a new book every month/fortnight depending on people's schedules. Hopefully this takes off, I like discussing books

buttpirate · « **Reply #1189 on:** February 20, 2012, 02:50:08 AM »

Quote from: layzieyez on February 18, 2012, 03:43:30 PM

Dale Carnegie - How to Win Friends and Influence People

I wish I read this sooner.

the anecdotes are nice, but sometimes I feel like it should be titled How to be a Doormat. not to be a cynic, but from what I've seen the way to get ahead in business applications (what the book is mainly intended for) is to be an unapologetic, single minded asshole.

funnily enough, currently reading this:

layzieyez · « **Reply #1190 on:** February 20, 2012, 07:36:08 AM »

I've been the cold, stone-faced asshole in the military and really, the only success I've had with people are the few I opened up to in the ways outlined in that book before I even read it. I had success gaining rank, but the ride is lonely when nobody seems to really have your back except because of it.

It's not about being a pushover.

I read it as reaching out to people and being sincere in the face of all that coldness that exists in the business space. If you're the one guy who honestly wants to know about and appreciate the people that work for you, then your people will champion you for being unlike other managers and bosses.

It's very much how I treat people in my personal life that I allow into my circle, but I kept it very separate from how I acted in the military.

Seems like I've been mostly doing wrong following the wrong examples when I could have been doing right all along if I just did what I usually do.

I'll just leave the shitting on other people to this messageboard.

dolphinstyle. · « **Reply #1191 on:** February 20, 2012, 12:59:51 PM »

Quote from: Nosferatu on February 19, 2012, 08:56:38 AM

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/64583.SLAP_PALS

There it is. Not sure what to do with it but please everyone make an account and join.

I sent a request

Blue Fescue · « **Reply #1192 on:** February 20, 2012, 02:39:21 PM »

Quote from: dolphinstyle. on February 20, 2012, 12:59:51 PM

Quote from: Nosferatu on February 19, 2012, 08:56:38 AM
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http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/64583.SLAP_PALS

There it is. Not sure what to do with it but please everyone make an account and join.
[close]
I sent a request

Joust Ostrich · « **Reply #1193 on:** February 27, 2012, 12:06:18 PM »

Started this last night. So far so good.

Don't Bother · « **Reply #1194 on:** February 27, 2012, 03:01:59 PM »

Quote from: rfox on February 20, 2012, 02:39:21 PM

Quote from: dolphinstyle. on February 20, 2012, 12:59:51 PM
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Quote from: Nosferatu on February 19, 2012, 08:56:38 AM
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http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/64583.SLAP_PALS

There it is. Not sure what to do with it but please everyone make an account and join.
[close]
I sent a request
[close]

Not a slap pal but I sent a request anyways

sleepypancakes · « **Reply #1195 on:** February 27, 2012, 07:29:17 PM »

Quote from: dolphinstyle. on February 20, 2012, 12:59:51 PM

Quote from: Nosferatu on February 19, 2012, 08:56:38 AM
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http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/64583.SLAP_PALS

There it is. Not sure what to do with it but please everyone make an account and join.
[close]
I sent a request

Going by my first name though.

David · « **Reply #1196 on:** March 06, 2012, 06:32:49 PM »

Thought this might interest some people here (it's a little old).

46 Things to Read and See for David Foster Wallace's 50th Birthday

http://www.theawl.com/2012/02/46-things-to-read-and-see-for-david-foster-wallaces-50th-birthday

sametelt · « **Reply #1197 on:** March 07, 2012, 03:43:21 PM »

Thanks!

Greg Ostertag · « **Reply #1198 on:** March 07, 2012, 04:56:34 PM »

Cosmic Trigger by Robert Anton Wilson (I'm on an iPad, and it would appear I'm too Apple illiterate to post a picture of the cover)

The first section (180 pages) is mostly about major players in the occult and Wilson's own experience, and can be a bit redundant and cluttered, but it prepares one for the next two sections, which are pretty much mind-blowing. Changed the way I look at everything, and I was already a pretty skeptical and agnostic dude.

Monty Burns · « **Reply #1199 on:** March 08, 2012, 03:39:02 AM »

Quote from: rfox on February 20, 2012, 02:39:21 PM

Quote from: dolphinstyle. on February 20, 2012, 12:59:51 PM
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Quote from: Nosferatu on February 19, 2012, 08:56:38 AM
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http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/64583.SLAP_PALS

There it is. Not sure what to do with it but please everyone make an account and join.
[close]
I sent a request
[close]

sent one too !

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