BOOK! (Hardcopy edition)

[GekkoP]

^ Looks really interesting.

[ivanovnegro]

Reading the first book of Game of Thrones.

[pidsley]

[pidsley]

[GekkoP]

A wonderful book that tells the story of Italian war campaigns in Ethiopia under Mussolini fascism. An often overlooked story which Italians like to forget and don't talk about.

[GekkoP]

[GekkoP]

[GekkoP]

Pidsley, you might find this one interesting - if you didn't already read it

[Dr_Chroot]

Nothing like a good, depressing Dostoyevsky to sit down and read with a cup of coffee in the afternoon :D

[Dr_Chroot]

I gobbled these two quick reads over the weekend:



And this is on the way (planning on savoring it over the next few weeks):

[maso]

I am into rock criticism lately.

On the nightstand currently:
Greil Marcus, _Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music_ (1974).

Dated and a bit pompous, but has moments. Some good investigations of the roots of rock in 1920s blues recordings and American country music. If you're into The Band, it's a must-read.

The best rock criticism is by Lester Bangs. He's a trip. Try the compilation of his columns called _Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung_.

[GekkoP]

^ I like both those books. Bangs inspired me a lot during my short time as music critic.

I got these two beauties, 50% off in a little bookshop in the city center. Both Italian translations from French critics (I can't read French, but I love French film criticism).

[GekkoP]

[bones]

The latest. Notice a theme? :)

[simgin]

^ Moved to Germany or are you testing a german linux/BSD atm? :D

[machinebacon]

Bones rediscovered his German roots. Great book, the Myth of Germany Vallainy.

[bones]

^^ Nah, just discovering the truth about WWI and II, and also a fan of Germanic and Norse mythology/that old time religion. Happy New Year, sim!
^ I do have a little on my dad's side, bacon. I am enjoying the book quite a bit. The more I read, the more I realize the extent of the bullshit we are fed in American schools, Hollywood, etc.

P.S. My wife and I are going to the local community college soon to learn German. :O

[simgin]

^ Cool and good luck, love learning languages. We are quite a few here in the grill that are bilingual, trilingual etc. It's all good.

And btw Bones, you probably know a norse myth then. Vikings did not have horns in their helmets, typical Hollywood bullshit :/


cheerio
simon

[machinebacon]

Lieber Bones,
die Brüder mit dem Würstchen wünschen ein frohes neues Jahr ;)

[rhowaldt]

^ hahahaha :D