What are you reading?

cubistking1906 · Post by **cubistking1906** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:17 pm

Digital Mantras: The Languages of Abstract and Virtual Worlds

This is an awesome book for anyone interested in computer music production or abstract visual art. It explores the relationship between art, linguistics, computers, Eastern spirituality, and abstract expression. It manages to connect all these disparate topics seamlessly and completely breaks down the process and nature of creating abstract art (such as electronic music) with computers and technology. All in all, a highly recommended and enlightening read.

s7409651 · Post by **s7409651** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:13 pm

I was lent this by my art teacher, he considers it to have been his 'right of passage' book in his youth. I'm halfway, and really enjoying it!

Synthestesia · Post by **Synthestesia** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:54 pm

watership down for the third time. I feel like an idiot

edit: when don't i feel like an idiot

harpoon dodger · Post by **harpoon dodger** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:06 pm

2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke.

Aside from being one of my heroes, Clarke's novelization provides a great alternate view to the film. I bought this book almost 7 years ago when I was still in high school and put off reading it til now (though I started and failed once or twice before).

For anyone who is a fan of the film and has always wanted to learn more about the story...read this book!

aged sea · Post by **aged sea** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:04 pm

I read this article this morning, which oddly made me think of BOC and the effect and complexity of their music.

http://www.permaculture.org/nm/images/u ... nzberg.pdf

pointlessdude · Post by **pointlessdude** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 1:22 pm

s7409651 wrote:

I was lent this by my art teacher, he considers it to have been his 'right of passage' book in his youth. I'm halfway, and really enjoying it!

It's amazing indeed. Hermann Hesse has quite a bibliography, lots of content and extremely easy to read. You should read some of their essentials too, Steppewolf and Siddhartha are my personal favourites.

Me, I've just finished reading a short story by James Joyce. It's called A Little Cloud or A Tiny Cloud, depends. Only twenty pages, neat material though. Reminded me of Madame Bovary, that is my literary Bible, because it manages to express how human desire and its inherent insatisfaction can get people easily into trouble. Inner trouble, I mean.

s7409651 · Post by **s7409651** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:00 pm

pointlessdude wrote:It's amazing indeed. Hermann Hesse has quite a bibliography, lots of content and extremely easy to read. You should read some of their essentials too, Steppewolf and Siddhartha are my personal favourites.

Will check them out for sure! yes, I'm sailing through the book, it's a pleasure to read, yet it tickles the brain in all the right places and not a sentence feels wasted.

aged sea · Post by **aged sea** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:22 pm

lately am reading Jared Diamond's Collapse, as well as Black Elk Speaks.

Treefingers · Post by **Treefingers** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:26 am

Just finishing (for the second time) Haruki Murakami's A Wild Sheep Chase.

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 12:32 pm

I'm reading Flowers for algernon again, and a book about game design.

novayshun · Post by **novayshun** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:44 am

Just started the 100 Bullets graphic novels, vol 1&2 done yesterday. plan to do at least vols 3&4 Today.

mechanismj · Post by **mechanismj** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:25 am

The Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall

Cryabetes · Post by **Cryabetes** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:41 pm

Treefingers wrote:Just finishing (for the second time) Haruki Murakami's A Wild Sheep Chase.

I just started "the Wind Up Bird Chronicles" for the second time. Loving it. Wild Sheep Chase any good? I've read "Dance Dance Dance" but haven't found that one yet.

Twoism-ist · Post by **Twoism-ist** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:58 pm

a book of short stories by philip k dick

Treefingers · Post by **Treefingers** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:11 am

Cryabetes wrote:
Treefingers wrote:Just finishing (for the second time) Haruki Murakami's A Wild Sheep Chase.
I just started "the Wind Up Bird Chronicles" for the second time. Loving it. Wild Sheep Chase any good? I've read "Dance Dance Dance" but haven't found that one yet.

I definitely recommend 'A Wild Sheep Chase' (esp. if you like 'Dance Dance Dance', which is its sequel (sort of)). I jumped for joy at the chance to write an essay on it for university this year and have found it a lot better than I remember it being at first.

It's got that bleakly humorous, melancholy, surreal vibe that he does really well... which is great!

Also - have you read 'After Dark'? That's probably my favourite of his; very understated and, for want of a better word, 'ambient'. Make sure to read it late at night though for maximum effect.

Amo Bishop Roden · Post by **Amo Bishop Roden** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:24 am

Just acquired a library of 5200 eBooks, so I have a lot of reading ahead of me. Currently reading On the Road by Jack Kerouac, something I've been meaning to read for some time. Also, if anybody gets the chance to read Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey I strongly advise you do so. By far my favorite book, I've read it three times

Cryabetes · Post by **Cryabetes** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:36 pm

Treefingers wrote:
Cryabetes wrote:
Treefingers wrote:Just finishing (for the second time) Haruki Murakami's A Wild Sheep Chase.
I just started "the Wind Up Bird Chronicles" for the second time. Loving it. Wild Sheep Chase any good? I've read "Dance Dance Dance" but haven't found that one yet.
I definitely recommend 'A Wild Sheep Chase' (esp. if you like 'Dance Dance Dance', which is its sequel (sort of)). I jumped for joy at the chance to write an essay on it for university this year and have found it a lot better than I remember it being at first.

It's got that bleakly humorous, melancholy, surreal vibe that he does really well... which is great!

Also - have you read 'After Dark'? That's probably my favourite of his; very understated and, for want of a better word, 'ambient'. Make sure to read it late at night though for maximum effect.

Yesssss, ha that is basically exactly how I thought of it - subtle and quiet, but most excellent; My friend's got it on loan right now so I've no idea when I'll get it back. My favorite of his is probably Kafka on the Shore with a close second of Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. dat surrealism.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:23 pm

Red Plenty by Francis Spufford

An interesting take on life in the Soviet Union in the 1950's which is up front about it's somewhat liberal blurring of reality with fiction.

The Friendly Stranger · Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:28 pm

Mexicola wrote:Red Plenty by Francis Spufford

An interesting take on life in the Soviet Union in the 1950's which is up front about it's somewhat liberal blurring of reality with fiction.

I would probably buy that book based on the cover alone.

saurus · Post by **saurus** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:24 am

Taking on Infinite Jest and I have no idea what to expect