currently reading?

jOHN rODRIGUEZ · #1 03-03-2009, 08:33 AM

CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS:

http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...882747,00.html

Spell it out, boy. What have you to lose?

On a side note, I've wondered about Ronnie-O. of the Sacrament everyday.

stimpee · #2 03-08-2009, 02:08 PM

Just finally read Douglas Adams - Salmon Of Doubt - which was excellent and well worth it, not for the 11 chapters of the 3rd Dirk Gently novel but mostly for the other articles, interviews and speeches that he did which are either funny or very wise indeed.

Now reading: Lonesome Traveller by Jack Kerouac, a bunch of short stories with him travelling all over the world in 1950s america.

holden · #3 03-08-2009, 07:19 PM

"Then We Came to the End" by Joshua Ferris.
Awesome first person plural account of a downturn in a Chicao advertising agency, and the gossip, disfunctional coworker dynamics and half-truths that go along with any work "Family".

cock-a-doodle · #4 03-09-2009, 08:08 PM

The world's pulse.

froopy seal · #5 03-29-2009, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by stimpee

Just finally read Douglas Adams - Salmon Of Doubt - which was excellent and well worth it, not for the 11 chapters of the 3rd Dirk Gently novel but mostly for the other articles, interviews and speeches that he did which are either funny or very wise indeed.

True, there are some wise, hearty, and of course funny gems in there.

Did you read Last Chance to See? I cannot recommend it highly enough. It's one of my all-time favorite books; funny, sad, and witty throughout. Definitely belongs to the essential Adams, imo.

mc boy · #6 04-13-2009, 07:13 AM

ilja stogoff - dead can dance. he borrows name of the book from australian band. book is about stogoff`s travelling in intent to find timeless and untouched ancient parts of our world.

stimpee · #7 10-01-2009, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by froopy seal

True, there are some wise, hearty, and of course funny gems in there.

Did you read Last Chance to See? I cannot recommend it highly enough. It's one of my all-time favorite books; funny, sad, and witty throughout. Definitely belongs to the essential Adams, imo.

Yeah long time ago. Theres a new BBC TV series where Stephen Fry tracks down the animals in the book. Looks good.

froopy seal · #8 11-30-2009, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by stimpee

Yeah long time ago. Theres a new BBC TV series where Stephen Fry tracks down the animals in the book. Looks good.

Thanks for the hint, hadn't heard of that.