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Pit Book/Discussion Thread

TenaciousKory said:
He's interested in Biology and the general tone of the novel is anti-brain. Good read for someone who's brain makes it hard to get out of bed in the morning.
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You ever read Annihilation? I keep recommending it to all my biologist friends, but i guess they don't read. or care.
 
JuiceCrewAllStar said:
Just listened. I thought the interviewer was pretty bad.
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haha, probably one for the Unpopular Opinions thread. Terry Gross is pretty well-regarded. Does that mean you didn't like the interview itself? I thought ZS was pretty insightful.
 
I don't listen to podcasts or NPR, but I was not impressed.

But yeah, I thought Zadie's answers were pretty good. I love her dry, dispassionate style.

Just read her essay - On Optimism and Despair - where she discusses the same time travel idea she spoke on in the interview.
 
Taking philosophy of language next semester - looking for winter break reading recs re: language, linguistics.

Has anyone here read Pinker's The Language Instinct?
 
word. good rec. haven't read Chomsky yet.

further info from prof:

I have not yet finalized my readings. However, I do know that they will include work on meaning and reference by philosophers Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, Saul Kripke, and Hilary Putnam; there will also be readings on more "applied topics", like offensive language and slurs, whether and why art and pornography are forms of speech, and perhaps the doctrine of "originalism" in constitutional law.
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Picked up Galápagos and Annihilation based on this thread. Winter reading is going to be those two, Woody Guthrie's Bound for Glory (taking me a while to hook in, so putting it down for now), and Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano, which I started many years ago, but wasn't in the mood for a depressing, alcoholic novel. I guess I might be now, we'll see.
 
For those of you that consider yourselves big readers, how many books are you reading a month/year? One of my resolutions is to decrease tv/phone consumption and increase my reading. Trying to set some realistic goals.

I'm finishing up The Sellout today and then starting on White Trash: the 400 year untold history of class in America by Nancy Isenberg.

Does anyone have recommendations on post-WWII american history or presidential biographies for that same time period?

Thanks.
 
MHBDemon said:
For those of you that consider yourselves big readers, how many books are you reading a month/year? One of my resolutions is to decrease tv/phone consumption and increase my reading. Trying to set some realistic goals.

I'm finishing up The Sellout today and then starting on White Trash: the 400 year untold history of class in America by Nancy Isenberg.

Does anyone have recommendations on post-WWII american history or presidential biographies for that same time period?

Thanks.
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I'm a slow reader and I got through 20 books in 2016 - two of them being Game of Thrones tomes.

ETA: I alternate 2 "fun" books with 1 "work" book. It always takes me longer to get through the work books.
 
I finally finished The Sellout after leaving it at a friend's place, having it due back to the library, then finally just buying a copy. Really fucking funny and highly recommended to everyone.

I'm in school, so I don't read for pleasure much these days, but if you count journals then I probably read two a month normally. My reading goes way up in the winter when I don't bike to work as often and take public transit.
 
TownieDeac said:
I love to read, but I only really make time for it before bed. I've recently switched from watching TV before my wife gets home from work/gym to reading right when I get home, which gives a little more time. I think I read around 30 books this year, but I'm a very slow reader.
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Like Townie, I've tried to purposefully make more time to read. For instance, I'll read 10 pages before allowing myself to watch the next episode of whatever I'm binge watching.
 
MHBDemon said:
For those of you that consider yourselves big readers, how many books are you reading a month/year? One of my resolutions is to decrease tv/phone consumption and increase my reading. Trying to set some realistic goals.

I'm finishing up The Sellout today and then starting on White Trash: the 400 year untold history of class in America by Nancy Isenberg.

Does anyone have recommendations on post-WWII american history or presidential biographies for that same time period?

Thanks.
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I ask for 18 books for Christmas each year, 6 classic literature and 12 about the Civil War, and am usually able to work through those in a year. I also do religious reading every night before bed. Those books tend to be shorter, easier reads, so I'd guess I get through 30-40 a year.
 
What are the best books people read in 2017? I have a bad memory, so I'm sure I'm leaving something out but the ones that stand out are The Sellout, Madam Bovary, Giovanni's Room, and Tree of Smoke.
 
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