what are you reading today?

[Charlie Delta]

Learned alot already!

[tweeds]

^ is there hope for us?

[Charlie Delta]

Little to none...

But I'm only halfway through the book.

Just stay clear of highly populated areas as the nr of undead there will be much higher than in the countryside, remember to have short hair and tight fitting clothing and also, guns need recharging, blades don't!

[tweeds]

does it work if we go higher up in a building? can zombies climb skyscrapers?

thomas hardy doesn't teach me how to stay alive, dammit

[Charlie Delta]

Actually office towers are regarded as very good hiding places. Make sure you destroy the stairs of the lower 2 floors, they can't climb but they can walk stairs.

Also make sure that there is a big enough supply of fresh water etc.

[tweeds]

noted. will forward to relevant authorities.

ducky you're a lifesaver

on a more relevant note: do we have any thomas hardy readers here?

[OptimaDies]

I'll concern myself with Hardy when Zombie Jude makes himself less obscure with my brains.

[tweeds]

fair enough. zombie tess is quite the dramatic tale.

[Yardsale]

I actually found AHWOSG riveting but did not enjoy his 2nd novel nearly as much. The tone is very Dave Eggers, but I just found Velocity kind of jumbled and insincere. Although what I read was the first edition and from what I understand he editted it very heavily for the paperback release.

What is the What was very enjoyable.

Hrm I'm liking Velocity a lot more than AHWOSG, at least comparing the early parts of the respective books. Just much more coherency with it all.

[tg76]

ive been reading what ever is lying round at my house, bangkok tattoo .. the 5 people you meet in heaven.. neither are books i would normally look at but they were there and served the purpose of giving me something other than watch tv in the evening, life with no internet at home sure is hard.

just got this in the mail

'restricted to people with geeky film knowledge'

do comics count as reading?

[CBM]

[jeepster]

cotton - i bring that book with me whenever i go on a trip more than 2 days. you never know what might happen. ever.

my house is inferior and vulnerable to zombie attacks. i'd have to make sure i have a getaway plan and enough gas to do it...

[fallen angels]

[2000dB]

Found a translation of all of kafka's work with journals and diaries with interesting footnotes. Currently at Amerika.

[polishmike]

Found a translation of all of kafka's work with journals and diaries with interesting footnotes. Currently at <i>Amerika</i>.

Which one did you get? I have both older by Edwin and Willa Muir and newer by Eithne Wilkins and Ernst Kaiser, which are the definite editions. It's interesting to read both. There are also Malcolm Pasley translations which are called critical editions but I didn't read those.

Kafka is great, I learned German pretty much to read him and Wittgenstein.

[2000dB]

Which one did you get? I have both older by Edwin and Willa Muir and newer by Eithne Wilkins and Ernst Kaiser, which are the definite editions. It's interesting to read both. There are also Malcolm Pasley translations which are called critical editions but I didn't read those.

Kafka is great, I learned German pretty much to read him and Wittgenstein.

I'm reading it in french so it's none of the above. Maybe I should try reading it in english to see if it feels different.

[sycamore no more]

Only halfway through, it's legit.

[Charlie Delta]

^That is nice, never really read it, only passages.

I think there is enough interest to start a specific zombie survival thread no?

Teegs, tell me where to and I'll send you a book (my favorite book actually), just hope you haven't read it yet...

[polishmike]

I'm reading it in french so it's none of the above. Maybe I should try reading it in english to see if it feels different.

That's cool. First time I read it was in polish so it's interesting how different each translation is.

[youngluc]

big ups sycamore, that book is great.

read "child of god" by cormac mccarthy today in a few hours. real good.

[alf]

the information revolution as ideology -- in media, culture, and society, by jennifer slack

is there life after the information revolution? -- in the myth of the information revolution: social and ethical implications of communication technology, by cees hamelink

yay

[napoleon]

To all those reading Kafka in the various translations, how humorous do the stories feel based on the tone of the language, colloquialisms, that sort of thing?

[ogre]

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard Feynman

[automaton]

do comics count as reading?

Yes, yes they do.

[Advantage]

On the Road

[hamburglar]

Only halfway through, it's legit.

check out peter beste he shot photos of gaahl and other crazy black metal guys in norway. he also produced a doc about it. they talk about that book in it.

[whitney]

Being Analog

[Knugget]

[dino might]

going to try to finish up the rest of my new favorite..

before starting..

opinions on this one? been thinking about picking it up..

[jeepster]

The Stranger is one of my favorite's dino, and Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is great. actually last year they had a passage from it on the SAT's (hah!)

i'm reading:

Fall of the House of Usher - Edgar Allen Poe

re-reading The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman

still working on The Great Gatsby