The Fish 9008 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Am I missing something here, I thought there were 4 up there? Parky/Wolfy say otherwise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Currently flying through the Meg series by Steve Alten. Modern day fiction about the fact some Megalodons managed to survive through time and accidentally surface causing havoc. I know some will immediately think ofJaws but they're a lot different so far as in it goes quite in depth at times and tasks about the scientific aspect of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 (edited) If you can get hold of it, Magick Without Tears is a good Crowley book to start with, The Vision and the Voice is the book I've enjoyed the most of his. You could also check out the works of Pete Carroll for some recent stuff that treads similar waters, although from a much more scientific/mathematical position. If you're a fan of grimoires then Jake Stratton Kent has put some very good stuff out, and if Kabbalah is an interest then David Chaim Smiths' work is well worth looking at, I've just dug out my old copy of The Kabbalistic Mirror of Genesis to go through again, his artwork is well worth checking out as well. Did you read those Mark Fisher books you ordered a while ago? Zero Books have recently released the next 2 volumes to Eugene Thackers Horror of Philosophy series, I've not read 2 and 3 yet but they're on my list (first one is very good). http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dust-This-Planet-Horror-Philosophy/dp/184694676X Thanks for those ideas RM will definitely get hold of a couple of those..Think the starter book would be a good place to enter the river...It's a big ole river innit. Somehow I feel I know these things but need a refresher. The two Fisher books were excellent btw, preferred the thin one which was more hardcore and full of my faves - Derrida,Foucault, Baudrillard etc...The thicker one was a bit more potted history and obviously semi-autobiographical so some of it resonated and some not so much...I'm on a project at the moment where I keep having to do double takes with regard to reality and 'the real' the Fisher books have really complicated something which I had thought I had approached 'neutrally' (if there is such a thing sweetie). The universe has impeccable timing so they say. Ordered the Thacker. Edited July 5, 2015 by Park Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 (edited) Am I missing something here, I thought there were 4 up there? One of those rovers is near Norway and one in the dessert someplace (Mohave)? There's no vehicles on Mars. Think the original one afaik the battery would be fucked on Mars cause it's too hot. It was basically like a laptop battery that would have had to survive for years on end...Just not credible. Can't remember what the issues were with the later one but it was a gaff of comparable nature. Edited July 5, 2015 by Park Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedfernMag 0 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Thanks for those ideas RM will definitely get hold of a couple of those..Think the starter book would be a good place to enter the river...It's a big ole river innit. Somehow I feel I know these things but need a refresher. The two Fisher books were excellent btw, preferred the thin one which was more hardcore and full of my faves - Derrida,Foucault, Baudrillard etc...The thicker one was a bit more potted history and obviously semi-autobiographical so some of it resonated and some not so much...I'm on a project at the moment where I keep having to do double takes with regard to reality and 'the real' the Fisher books have really complicated something which I had thought I had approached 'neutrally' (if there is such a thing sweetie). The universe has impeccable timing so they say. Ordered the Thacker. yeah Fishers first book Capitalist Realism (the slimmer one) was the better of the two for me as well, I was a little bit disappointed with the second one, although it does have it's moments. metamute.org is a good site for articles by Thacker (and Fisher), amongst others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30447 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 One of those rovers is near Norway and one in the dessert someplace (Mohave)? There's no vehicles on Mars. Think the original one afaik the battery would be fucked on Mars cause it's too hot. It was basically like a laptop battery that would have had to survive for years on end...Just not credible. Can't remember what the issues were with the later one but it was a gaff of comparable nature. Reading Cities in Flight by James Blish atm. You'd love it, you crazy diamond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Reading Cities in Flight by James Blish atm. You'd love it, you crazy diamond Just checked it on Amazon. Right up my street. Ordered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Just finished "The Beekeeper's Apprentice" by Laurie R. King. Long retired, Sherlock Holmes quietly pursues his study of honeybee behavior on the Sussex Downs. He never imagines he would encounter anyone whose intellect matched his own, much less an audacious teenage girl with a penchant for detection. Miss Mary Russell becomes Holmes' pupil and quickly hones her talent for deduction, disguises and danger. But when an elusive villain enters the picture, their partnership is put to a real test. Totally does the Arthur Conan Doyle series justice and I totally bought into the premise of a retired Holmes. If you're into the originals then I really do recommend this as a must read. Quality stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30447 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-obsessively-detailed-map-of-american-literatures-most-epic-road-trips Meenz will love this (as do I) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14060 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Meant to say, bookmarked that for a quieter moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasticvancl 0 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 amusing ourselves to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Hog 336 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 amusing ourselves to death. Is he one of your lot @Park Life? The lizard overlords distracting us in the Matrix with shiny technology while they form a one world government? Cheerful bugger, either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30447 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Is he one of your lot @Park Life? The lizard overlords distracting us in the Matrix with shiny technology while they form a one world government? Cheerful bugger, either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13876 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 I've just finished ''Behind The Curtain'' by Jonathan Wilson, which was very interesting in places but at times quite boring - which is expected as it's essentially a collection of articles. So at times he may go into detail about club ownership complications etc but generally there's enough enjoyable reading to counteract the stuff about 3rd party ownership avoiding tax laws or some shite. Worth a read. I've moved on to ''The Footballer Who Could Fly'' by Duncan Hamilton, which is pretty class and like most ''football'' books football tends to be in the peripheral & it focuses on the relationship he had with his father - so far any way! There's some beautifully written stuff about Newcastle & Jackie Milburn etc, enjoying it so far. He's obviously wrote some class stuff in the past so I don't expect to be let down. In between I'm reading 'The Gambler' by Dostoevsky & a few shite Bukowski poems before bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14060 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 I've signed up to Goodreads, because apparently last.fm, MyFitnessPal and co. aren't quite enough life-tracking for me. Currently working my way through Rich Hall's Otis Lee Crenshaw book, which is about the right level for distracted public transport consumption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Love a bit of Goodreads like. Currently reading a book about some blokes adventures travelling through all of the old Soviet countries in a camper van. My idea of heaven tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Next up after that will be Robin Hobb's new one about Fitz and my Fool. Can't wait for that as the whole series is the best fantasy that I've ever read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Catcher In The Rye 36 is probably a bit too old read it for the first time. Still enjoying it like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12767 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Love a bit of Goodreads like. Currently reading a book about some blokes adventures travelling through all of the old Soviet countries in a camper van. My idea of heaven tbh. Sounds canny that, what's it called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 One Steppe Beyond by Tom Wheeler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12767 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 One Steppe Beyond by Tom Wheeler. Cheers, big ears. Got the paperback for £2.81. What a world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 If you're into that then I'd really recommend The Red Quest by Jason Smart. Canny funny in parts too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30447 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Just reading Hangover Square by Patrick Hamilton. Heard lots about him and have been meaning to read it for ages. It's class. He's the bloke who wrote, amongst other things, the play Rope which Hitchcock made into a classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30447 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Catcher In The Rye 36 is probably a bit too old read it for the first time. Still enjoying it like. Proper teenage angsty but still one of my favourite books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34595 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 I want to read it again. I read and loved it as a teenager, and have recently been reminded of it as Stephen King's latest is about a Salinger type figure who gets killed and manuscripts of his other unpublished books get stolen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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