Unofficial What are you Reading Thread?

[Brotep]

Brotep, I have a copy of Postman's Technopoly and I can get a copy of the book you are reading for about fifty cents. Is it worth reading either? I was hoping to balance out my technoutopian attitude, but there's a tendency for books that counter it written by nontechnical people to be mostly bullshit.

Hmm...I haven't gotten into McLuhan's stuff yet, so I couldn't give much of a comparison. You seem to have more exposure to the subject matter than I do, so you might find AOTD a bit boring. It was also written during the eighties, and is primarily aimed at television.

For me it was a solid introductory text. I will dig into some McLuhan and get back to you on the comparison in the next couple days.

[Rococo Modem Basilisk]

I think I missed something. Where did I mention McLuhan?

(Sorry. I'm not running on all five cylinders today)

[Brotep]

I think I missed something. Where did I mention McLuhan?

(Sorry. I'm not running on all five cylinders today)

In the McLuhan thread. Postman drops McLuhan's name quite a bit in AOTD, which is why I brought it up ITT.

[Rococo Modem Basilisk]

Oh, ok . McLuhan says a lot of stuff in very non-straightforward ways, so I might make the argument that things credited to McLuhan are a whole different bag of pears than things McLuhan actually said.

[Faust]

William S. Burroughs audio...Hilarious shit. Just finished listening to Apuk

Is that the same as  Ah Pook? He played with the name of the mexican god to make it sound silly... er.

Finished the great Gatsby, thoroughly depressed now. Starting on Middlemarch on a friends suggestion, he says its good but its like a million pages long.

[Sister_Gothique]

Just starting Cries Unheard: The Story Of Mary Bell by Gitta Sereny...

[Brotep]

William S. Burroughs audio...Hilarious shit. Just finished listening to Apuk

Is that the same as  Ah Pook? He played with the name of the mexican god to make it sound silly... er.

Yes, I think that is the spelling he uses...Only saw it briefly when I queued up the track.

Oh, ok . McLuhan says a lot of stuff in very non-straightforward ways, so I might make the argument that things credited to McLuhan are a whole different bag of pears than things McLuhan actually said.

Yeah, I am beginning to see what you mean. You should probably skip Amusing Ourselves to Death--again, it's a great intro text, but not so great on the in-depth analysis.

[Iason Ouabache]

I finally decided that I needed to read some Lovecraft. Amazon had the "ultimate collection" of his short stories fairly cheaply for the Kindle so I got that. Starting on "The Colour Out of Space" and will probably read "The Call of Cthulu" next. Any suggestions for after that?

[BadBeast]

William S. Burroughs audio...Hilarious shit. Just finished listening to Apuk

Every time I listen to him talking, he breaks my fucking heart.

Sigmatic,
Just listened to "A Thanksgiving Prayer"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXJN2_Btofc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCGs0jHiEVE&feature=related

[Triple Zero]

I finally decided that I needed to read some Lovecraft. Amazon had the "ultimate collection" of his short stories fairly cheaply for the Kindle so I got that. Starting on "The Colour Out of Space" and will probably read "The Call of Cthulu" next. Any suggestions for after that?

I liked Nyarlathotep (very short one) and Shadow over Innsmouth too.

[BadBeast]

I finally decided that I needed to read some Lovecraft. Amazon had the "ultimate collection" of his short stories fairly cheaply for the Kindle so I got that. Starting on "The Colour Out of Space" and will probably read "The Call of Cthulu" next. Any suggestions for after that?

I liked Nyarlathotep (very short one) and Shadow over Innsmouth too.

Before you read "Shadow over Innsmouth"  it's probably best to watch this little cautionary video first.
I wish I'd paid attention to that crazy, drunken man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tTHn2tHhcI

[Triple Zero]

Oh, wow that was awesome!!

Not sure if you really should watch it before or after you read the story because of spoilers, but it's been a while since I read it so I forgot if these are spoilers?

[LMNO]

"At the Mountains of Madness"
"Pickford's Model"
"The Lurking Fear"
"The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"
"The Statement of Randolph Carter"

[Jasper]

The dark tower series. 

A bunch of TTC lectures.  Psych, cosmology, physics, history.  Good stuff.

[Brotep]

Amusing Ourselves to Death, again. I went through it too fast last time, and it's been worth the second look so far.