What are you reading right now?

I'm reading 'Beneath a Marble Sky' by John Shors. It's historical fiction based on the creation of the Taj Mahal. Very remarkable so far!

 

Diary by Chuck Palahniuk... not diggin it as much as his others.

 

I'm presently reading "Antarctic Navigation: A Novel" by Elizabeth Arthur. It's so brilliantly-written that it's really tough to put down. It's so real that I find it almost impossible to accept it as fiction.

It's written in first person, autobiographical style, a woman telling her life story. There's more kewl things than I can even begin to describe, and I think I'll end up liking it even more than Kim Stanley Robinsons "Antarctica." In many places I laugh, in other places I learn. I'll probably say more about it when I'm done.

 

i've been reading Visions of Cody by Kerouac, but haven't been totally thrilled by it, so it's going slow. i'm thinking i might re-read the Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. i remember it being a cool book, but it was a good five years ago that i read it.

 

requiem for a dream-herbert selby jr

 

"Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte

"A Clockwork Orange" by A. Burgess

 

Anyone ever read John Irving's The World According to Garp? I just read it and thought it was quite interesting...wanted to talk about it....just e-mail me!

 

Brave New World
and
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
the first is like good porn for the genetic engineer,
while the second is a rather dissapointing update on the catcher in the rye.

 

I'm currently reading "Judaism: Between Yesterday and Today" by Hans Kung.
It's the first of three books (the others being about Christianity and Islam), and it attempts to open lines of communication between the Semitic Religions by showing our shared roots and similarities. I'm really enjoying the book, but I really appreciate the precept of what the author is trying to do... Which is help create peaceful dialogue between these very different (and at the same time, very similar) religions. I've learned a lot, and perhaps had my eyes opened about some things (don't tell anyone... heh!)

 

"Banana Rose"

can't tell you the author right now...
(don't wanna get up)

 

"Women" by Charles Bukowski.


Good God, that man is BLUNT! It's quite entertaining once you get past the misogyny though.

 

Kalle Lasn's "Culture Jam"...those who haven't read it MUST.

 

Just finished "Another Roadside Attraction" by Tom Robbins. Amazing author. His books make me think and laugh at the same time.


Currently:
"Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" - Tom Robbins
"Bagombo Snuff Box" a collection of short stories by Kurt Vonnegut.

 

On the Road - Jack Kerouac

 

Just finished On The Road, wich was amazing!!! And now I'm starting in a book called The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

 

I've just read Anima Mundi by Susanna Tamaro and it was nice... I felt like I was reading the conversations between my friends. Now I don't know what I'm going to read but take a look around here...*

 

Check out Kerouac's book on Buddhist thought called "Some of the Dharma".
Very high stuff.His speculations are incredible.
Take care,
Tomas in Flag

 

understanding power: the indispensible chomsky.
the tao of physics.
industrial society and its future: the unabomber manifesto.

chomsky should be read by all. ALL, i say. this is a good one to start with, it's very accessible.

.peace.

 

I guess they're about to make a movie from one of his books. Or maybe they already did. Try Googling Roger Ebert. He's did an interview with CB.
Yeah, that dude is messed up, but he is definitely entertaining.

Right now I'm reading Hemingway, who I despise. Unfortunately I have to teach Farewell to Arms this fall.

I wish I could teach Bukowski.