What Book Are You Reading? Issue.8

Thorvald of Lym · Jun 12, 2009

I still need to read Dune Messiah.

Phlegmak said:
I read fragments of the book The Secret a few weeks ago. ... It's pure genius, and extremely evil.

You might enjoy Self-Help Nation by Tom Tiede. He makes a scathing attack on prominent self-help books (The Secret among them) and the incompetency of their authors.

downtown · Jun 12, 2009

Just finished P.J O'Rouke's Parliament of Whores. Its a very funny book...and prob the only "conservative" book I've ever thought was funny.

Phlegmak · Jun 12, 2009

Started reading Paradise Lost. It's quite an interesting take on the whole god & Satan myth. It's like an adventure story with Satan as the protagonist.

For example, a female creature or angel arose from Satan's head while Satan still lived in Heaven. Sort of like the budding of microorganisms, I guess. That creature or angel was a beautiful female person who became Satan's consort. She became pregnant, and while Satan was away, gave birth to a child. The child was a monstrous creature, that eventually raped his own mother (Satan's consort). The children of that particular union were a bunch of howling dogs, that would occasionally go back into Satan's consort's vagina, and continue howling while in her uterus. While in the uterus, they would eat her insides. Satan's consort's extremities were reptilian.

Nylan · Jun 12, 2009

I'm rereading Crazy As Me by Lim Yo Hwan, as well as slowly working on Jesus The Christ by James E. Talmage.

Flying Pig · Jun 12, 2009

Was he sober when he wrote Paradise Lost?

downtown · Jun 12, 2009

Nylan said:
as well as slowly working on Jesus The Christ by James E. Talmage.

I know I've said this before, but that book is the best non-scripture religious book I have ever read. It totally changed the way I read the bible. It kept me sane on my mission, since I think its really the only book in the standard missionary library that is written on a truly "adult" level. I recommend it to all.

Phlegmak · Jun 12, 2009

Flying Pig said:
Was he sober when he wrote Paradise Lost?

Couldn't say. He was certainly imaginative.

Eran of Arcadia · Jun 12, 2009

downtown said:
I know I've said this before, but that book is the best non-scripture religious book I have ever read. It totally changed the way I read the bible. It kept me sane on my mission, since I think its really the only book in the standard missionary library that is written on a truly "adult" level. I recommend it to all.

True story:

I decided that the dictionary was kosher, as it was in the apartment and had some perfectly legitimate uses. I got up to "D" before I got transferred from that apartment.

GoodGame · Jun 13, 2009

Phlegmak said:
I read fragments of the book The Secret a few weeks ago. If anyone doesn't know, it's a self help book. It's nigh lawsuit-proof because if good things fail to happen to the reader, the writers of The Secret can simply say, "You have to wait longer" or "You weren't actually thinking positively enough".

It's pure genius, and extremely evil.

You sound envious. :LOL:

Irish Caesar · Jun 14, 2009

Just recently finished A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, which was par for the Mark Twain course as far as little philosophical tidbits sprinkled through the text. What really makes the book are Dan Beard's illustrations; the pictures might have more to say than the text.

Smellincoffee · Jun 18, 2009

I'm reading Bagombo Snuff Box by Kurt Vonnegut. It's a collection of his short stories, and it's quite enjoyable. The plots are a lot easier to follow than Vonnegut plots usually are.

Ansar · Jun 18, 2009

The Cold War: A New History by John Lewis Gaddis

Phlegmak · Jun 19, 2009

GoodGame said:
You sound envious. :LOL:

I'm envious of the genius of it, but not the evil. I'd like to get filthy rich by doing something useful for people, rather than just fill up landfills and making people dumber.

Agent327 · Jun 28, 2009

The Oxford Shakespeare - The Complete Sonnets and Poems.

cardgame · Jun 28, 2009

Thorvald of Lym said:
I still need to read Dune Messiah.

Spoiler :

Thorvald of Lym · Jun 28, 2009

Well now that's out of the way, I can focus on Colossus by Niall Ferguson. He takes an objective approach to the subject of American Empire and dares to suggest that American imperialism may be good for the world... if the people are willing to put the necessary effort into it.

Mowque · Jun 28, 2009

"The Pursuit of Glory: Europe 1648-1815" Tim Blanning.......Very good so far.

musekick · Jun 28, 2009

Tam Lin- Pamela Dean.

Godwynn · Jun 28, 2009

Der Kleine Prinz (The Little Prince) - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (auf Deutsch)

Mowque · Jun 28, 2009

Godwynn said:
Der Kleine Prinz (The Little Prince) - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (auf Deutsch)

I thought that was pretty good...

What Book Are You Reading? Issue.8

A Little Sketchy

Crafternoon Delight

Deity

Characters Welcome

Utrinque Paratus

Crafternoon Delight

Deity

Stormin' Mormon

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Yellow Jacket

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Deity

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A Little Sketchy

Hypermodernist

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March to the Sea

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