TheVoid said:

my brother had one and i took it home with me for a few
days but i didn't like it.

i'm a book-o-phile, i need to be able to touch the book
and the paper.

kindle is ok, but not for me. i read a few books a year
on gutenberg.org but only if they're out of print and i
can't get them in a store.

i'm curious to see how far the kindle/e-readers will go
and if they'll ever be able to replace books the way
that mp3 is replacing the cd.

somehow, i don't think it will go that far.

IstenSzek said:

Once they get up to 3G or 4G status, I think I'll be a consumer
of these products.

I love books, but I plan to move a bit in the next few years
and it's very costly and troublesome to take the books with me.
And oddly heart breaking to have to get rid of books.

With a kindle-like device I won't have to. Also the instant
search, bookmarking, and various other features built into them
and soon-to-be-built-into them, I just see them as great devices.

I don't see them replacing books altogether. There's nothing like
having a handsome bookshelf of books; so I think I'll exist in
a hybrid world where most of my fiction and other books are on
a e-reader, while the books I really love and treasure will
be real books. Moreover, nothing beats the feel, the smell,
and just the overall novelty of thumbing through a really nicely
put together book.

The idea of taking a long trip or holiday somewhere and having
my entire library with me is just too good to be true.


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TheVoid said:

ugh, tell me about it. i've moved my books 5 times in the last
5 years and it's hell to pack up over 800 books.

you can't put too many in one box because it'll be too heavy
and thus you end up with like 20 big boxes to move up and down
stairs, into and out of cars etc.

on my last move, i had 4 boxes of household and loose stuff
next to a lorry full of book boxes. i cursed them at that
time.

before i packed them i went through them to see what i might
sell but i couldn't get myself to get rid of any of them.
you end up with like a buck for each book you sell and that
is just not worth it to me. i'd rather hang on to them, even
if they are things i figure i'll probably never read again.

but if, like you say, the kindle becomes more developed and
has lots of nice gimmicky features, i might be tempted

IstenSzek said:

lawd, you're so hot sometimes lars.
Imma end this conversation now, go masturbate, then read some more
Haruki Marakami.

TheVoid said:

War and Peace by Tolstoy.

IstenSzek said:

Thank you.

OK, the story has taken very strange 'metaphysical' twists and gotten a little disturbing in its subject matter

Perhaps in the USA, it would even be quite controversial.


And Prince references all all throughout the book. The child is alway splaying music, and when he's not playing classical rock or jazz, he's playing Prince (3 or 4 mentions thus far, some with song names).

OK, I finished Tafka on the Shore . The ended proved to be not what I was expecting at all, and much of it was a bit otherwordly and confusing. So, the verdict is out on how highly I rank the book.

I missed the characters once I put the book down though, so that says something.



Now I'm reading this:

Nicomathean Ethics

TheVoid said:

is that about a cat?
my sister named her kid after that cat, yet everyone thinks she named him after this guy

my sister has never heard of Franz Kafka OR his existentialist works and my mum thought thinks that's apalling

baroque said:

is that lady really called "BANANA"

ZombieKitten said:

No, but it's got a man who can talk to cats in it.


Strange story actually.
It's sort of a retelling of Oedipus from Greek mythology. Also it's an exercise on the Socrates' idea that once in love our souls are split in half until our 'other half' completes us. This is indicated by one of the lead character's having a shadow that is 'lighter' than it should be.


Strange, STrrrraaaange story. I would have preferred it be more of a coming-of-age book than what it ended up being, but it was still a fantastic read. Kept me awake for 3 nights finishing it. I was obsessed.

TheVoid said:

I have to read this! Oedipus is my favourite play and I did a whole year on the various versions at university.

And the love myth (also an explanation of homosexuality) as put into the mouth of Aristophanes, that you speak of, is in Plato's Symposium, which happens to be one of my favourite philosphical texts (I've just done 10 weeks on Plato on my Masters programme).

http://ancienthistory.abo...lMates.htm


As I said, I have to read it.

Incidentally, Kafka and I used to have the same hairstyle
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ZombieKitten said:

no.
thats is her pen name her real name is Mohoko.


sorry meant to say her
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I'm currently reading this one....


One of the funniest books I read in a looooong time.

I'll be reading this after...


I'm already a fan of Mr.Donald Bogle, so I know I'll get my money's worth.

I'm reading this:



since I loved this one so much

vivid said:

You are so totally flirting with me.

TheVoid said:

Yeah, right! You put that post up there to flirt with me

I ota ass put Alice's Adventures in Wonderland on my iPod