What are you reading Chapter 4

[biguglyman]

The Show That Never Ends (The rise and fall of prog rock) byavid Weigel
My son got this for me for Christmas and I'm already a good 3/4 done with it. Excellent history of the people and bands from the early days of prog up to the present.

 

[12BitSlab]

"Surreal Numbers" by Donald Knuth

It is an expansion of John Conway's writings on number theory.

 

[NullPorch]

"The Hero With a Thousand Faces" by Joseph Campbell which is an analysis of myths and legends across all human cultures and the common themes and symbols within. It really shows how unified people are by basic human nature, common human experience, and a fundamental spirituality that permeates all religion and mythologies.

"Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void" by Mary Roach which is a humorous journalistic telling of the most absurd but true stories and facts about sending squishy meat bags which are incredibly unsuited to space travel into space.

"The Complete Kobzar" poetry by Taras Shevchenko and translated by Peter Fedynsky.

I'm one of those weird people that may read multiple books at once.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

When I was young I thought I was a fan of Clive Barker's work, but TBH maybe I was wrong.
Recently I read about halfway through what he considers his best novel, Imajica.
I kept waiting for something to make it interesting, but it just got more & more weird, kind of like how Stephen King movies seem to end.

Everville is ok so far, but if starts getting too weird I'm giving up on reading C.B. novels.

 

[slobake]

 

[Gorn]

Anyone read the His Dark Materials trilogy? There's a new book. Anyone read it?

 

[crucislancer]

"The Hero With a Thousand Faces" by Joseph Campbell which is an analysis of myths and legends across all human cultures and the common themes and symbols within. It really shows how unified people are by basic human nature, common human experience, and a fundamental spirituality that permeates all religion and mythologies.

"Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void" by Mary Roach which is a humorous journalistic telling of the most absurd but true stories and facts about sending squishy meat bags which are incredibly unsuited to space travel into space.

"The Complete Kobzar" poetry by Taras Shevchenko and translated by Peter Fedynsky.

I'm one of those weird people that may read multiple books at once.

Loved Packing for Mars.

I'm reading Babylon's Ashes by James S.A. Corey, the sixth book in the Expanse series. Just started, but so far so good.

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

"The Hero With a Thousand Faces" by Joseph Campbell which is an analysis of myths and legends across all human cultures and the common themes and symbols within. It really shows how unified people are by basic human nature, common human experience, and a fundamental spirituality that permeates all religion and mythologies.

This is an incredible book because it focuses on the similarities between cultures rather than highlighting the superficial differences. I wish more people would read it and hear its message. Enjoy!

 

[Fat Freddy]

This is an incredible book because it focuses on the similarities between cultures rather than highlighting the superficial differences. I wish more people would read it and hear its message. Enjoy!

I read this book last year.....

Spoiler

The Butler did it....

 

[Amory2113]

I just finished David Lynch's book, Catching the Big Fish. Great insight into his method.

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

I read this book last year.....

Spoiler

The Butler did it....simultaneously and continuously in 1000 languages in 1000 countries.

Fixed it for you.

 

[Fat Freddy]

Fixed it for you.

I hate being "Fixed".........

 

[Jim Nazium]

Just finished "Hillbilly Elegy". The author grew up in Middletown Ohio (after his family migrated from rural Kentucky), Joined the Marines, and eventually went to Yale law school. Really good book, has a lot to say about the current state of American society, without being preachy, angry, or one-sided.

Also just finished "Tattoos on the Heart", written by a priest who lived and worked with gang members for 20 years in the worst part of LA. Very powerful and touching.

 

[Jmilitsc]

This: Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original

Great book, about 2/3 thru it so far. So much detail and context around Monk’s life and music.

 

[MAJOR METAL]

 

[slobake]

 

[Justinvs]

Anyone read the His Dark Materials trilogy? There's a new book. Anyone read it?

I saw that he added a new book. I really enjoyed the first book in the series, but by the end of the trilogy thought he was going out of his way to bash Christianity rather than bring the series to a rewarding conclusion. Still, I'll probably have to read the new one once the price drops.

 

[Gorn]

I saw that he added a new book. I really enjoyed the first book in the series, but by the end of the trilogy thought he was going out of his way to bash Christianity rather than bring the series to a rewarding conclusion. Still, I'll probably have to read the new one once the price drops.

Yah I was cool with the bashing. I love those books. I'm a big fan of well developed fictional worlds. The price has kept me from getting it yet. I think the Kindle version is something like 17 bucks. I'll wait a while.

 

[Justinvs]

Just finished reading Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology. Really enjoyed it.

 

[Opdelibears]

Last book I finished was Oathbringer. I feel like it was the weakest of the three stormlight novels, but I guess it was because it had a slow start to it. Looking to start Elantris soon.