OT: What's the last book you read?

jb61264 · Post by **jb61264** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 4:32 am

I know, I know...with all the music everyone is creating with Live 6 now...who has time to read?

I just finished a book by Ernest Gaines called "A Lesson Before Dying" and just wondered what books others on the forum have most recently finished.

smutek · Post by **smutek** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:40 am

Last one I read was probably "The Night Manager" by john LeCarre. I'm a huge LeCarre fan.

Currently reading Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins (for the 2nd time), Hegemony or Survival by Noam Chomsky, and last but not least, (a real thriller) the Adobe Print Publishing Guide.

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:44 am

The Mixerman Diaries hardcover edition.

dmacintyre · Post by **dmacintyre** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:47 am

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy.

D.

njh · Post by **njh** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:51 am

who killed kurt cobain

chewy · Post by **chewy** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:55 am

Live 6 PDF manual.

An adventure of mystery and intrigue.

~chewy

continuous · Post by **continuous** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:00 am

Just started up Count Zero by William Gibson again. Second time around loop.

ethios4 · Post by **ethios4** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:15 am

Last books read :
Ruminations - KRS-ONE - read at night (Thoughts on race, politics, hiphop, and thought by one of hiphop's founding, and most profound, activists)
Hegemony or Survival - Noam Chomsky - read in the morning (Mind-blowing, and depressing, study of imperialist actions by the US. Excellent!!)
SAS Survival Handbook - John Wiseman - read on the pot (How to survive in any environment with very little to go on. Excellent!)

Currently reading :
The Act of Marriage - Tim LaHaye - night (A Christian perspective on sex within a marital relationship. Surprisingly good)
The Owners Manual for the Brain - Pierce Howard - day (Practical applications of neuropsychology. Very informative and practical)
Noodles, Nitwits, and Numskulls - Maria Leach - on the pot (A silly collection of universal jokes and riddles from around the world)

I'd highly recommend :
Silence - John Cage (Helps to break down pre-conceptions about sound/music, may change the way you hear forever!!)
Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon (Incredible novel - hard to explain, but my favorite work of fiction)
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Very organic and beautiful Colombian novel dealing with humanity and human nature)
Finnegan's Wake - James Joyce (Incredible literary fun! A river of puns in 17 languages telling an archetypal dream tale!)

djmyke · Post by **djmyke** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:16 am

powerbook =)

continuous · Post by **continuous** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:21 am

ethios4 wrote: Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon (Incredible novel - hard to explain, but my favorite work of fiction)

So...hard...to....read...getting...lost...again. How do you do it?

ethios4 · Post by **ethios4** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:30 am

I had 2 months in Greece with almost nothing else to do relax and read. Also, I let go of trying to understand everything I was reading. Parts of it had me feeling really confused, but I just kept reading and soon got to parts that had me feeling there are great and wonderful mysteries in the world that lie just at the edge of our perception.

I got a companion guide to it after I read it and realized there is far more to that book than I got out of it, but what I did pick up affected me for years

continuous · Post by **continuous** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:38 am

ethios4 wrote: but I just kept reading and soon got to parts that had me feeling there are great and wonderful mysteries in the world that lie just at the edge of our perception.

wow..... I've had others express similar experiences which makes me want to "get into it all the more". I've taken to opening it randomly and reading parts.

Mike Goodwin · Post by **Mike Goodwin** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:18 am

Make Money with your Studio

HAL-Leonard, auther is Tom Volinchak. A good read.

AdamJay · Post by **AdamJay** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:28 am

Children of Dune and then God Emperor of Dune shortly after.

minimal · Post by **minimal** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:35 am

Bass Culture
historty of jamaican music