Ryus: in which ryus learns how to read (or, book talk)

Ryus 04.15.22	need less normie and also non-fiction recs (philosophy, history, science)
GhandhiLion 04.15.22	idk Johhn hasn't rec'd me a book to read yet, but albums 5 and 7 rule ard
parksungjoon 04.15.22	stephen king is to literature what clever girl is to math rock
GhandhiLion 04.15.22	lol
MrSirLordGentleman 04.15.22	1, 2 and 4 are classics
Ryus 04.15.22	i loved brave new world when i read it in high school, still really enjoyed it but not as much this time. the narrative kind of falters in the second half, even though its still conceptually really excellent. but yeah, 1 and 2 are two of the best things ive ever read
CottonSalad 04.15.22	(Philosophy/Non-Fiction): Bachelard on the elements - Air and Dreams, Water and Dreams, Earth and Reveries of Will, Earth and Reveries of Repose, Psychoanalysis of Fire. Michel Serres on foundations - Rome, Statues, Geometry (less normie Fiction): Renee Gladman trilogy - Event Factory, The Ravickians, Ana Patova Crosses A Bridge
MrSirLordGentleman 04.15.22	For more latin american essentials you might be interested in: Todos los Fuegos el Fuego (All The Fires the Fire) - Julio Cortazar 2666 - Roberto Bolaño One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez (though I assume that's the entry point for most into latin american literature) Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair - Pablo Neruda Pedro Paramo - Juan Rulfo Hopscotch - Julio Cortazar
Ryus 04.15.22	i just bought "the savage detectives" by bolaño, gonna check out 2666 as well if i dig it. havent read anything else youve mentioned, but im hoping to get to most of it soon. @cotton that renee gladman trilogy sounds super interesting, definitely adding it to my list
CottonSalad 04.15.22	Cheers! If you check it out would love to talk about em :]
Hyperion1001 04.15.22	here’s some recent ones I’ve really liked. t.a.z.: the temporary autonomous zone by hakim bey mount analogue by Rene dumal the illuminatus trilogy by robert shea and robert Anton Wilson fanged noumena by nick land
CottonSalad 04.15.22	That Dumal and Land are going on my list! Thanks Hyp
Sinternet 04.15.22	i havent read a full book in four years lmao but i respect it, ill get back on it soon tho probs big ups for 3, def a top-tier murakami also east of eden is super good! i know a lot of people get soured on his work because of having to read of mice & men as a kid (which is by far the least interesting of his major works imo), but east of eden and grapes of wrath are both classics for a reason
bludngorevidal 04.15.22	Edinburgh by Alexander Chee Ada or Ardor by Nabokov Gilead by Marilynne Robinson 10:04 by Ben Lerner +1 for Renee Gladman trilogy and for 2666. That's an excellent Murakami you've chosen. Norwegian Wood should also be on your radar if you haven't had the pleasure already.
Ryus 04.15.22	thanks for the recs yall
Egarran 04.15.22	No wait this is the most important rec: The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. Chesterton. >the illuminatus trilogy by robert shea and robert Anton Wilson It's my bible.
budgie 04.15.22	IT was ok
budgie 04.15.22	read the exorcist 👍
Ryus 04.15.22	it was my first king and yeah i didnt love it. it was pretty good tho "read the exorcist 👍" hopefully its better than the movie
BMDrummer 04.15.22	cormac mccarthy is where it’s AT
YoYoMancuso 04.15.22	got 2 of my all-time favs on here (4 and 6), and 8 is another! hope you like it
Josh D. 04.15.22	I'll rec some non-fiction, I'll mix subjects: The Zealot and The Emancipator by HW Brands (John Brown and Lincoln) Empire's Workshop by Greg Grandin (American empire building in Latin America) The Sword and The Shield by Peniel Joseph (Malcolm X and MLK) The Story of the Human Body by Daniel Lieberman (comprehensive human evolutionary biology) Havana Nocturne by TJ English (entertaining account of how the mafia ran Cuba before the revolution) Border and Rule by Harsha Walia (migration and border politics) See if any of those tickle your fancy.
Ryus 04.16.22	"cormac mccarthy is where it’s AT" yep, maybe my favorite author. blood meridian is the goat The Story of the Human Body sounds cool
Josh D. 04.16.22	If that's your thing, you could also do worse than The Third Chimpanzee (Jared Diamond), Why We Get Sick (a couple doctors, don't remember the names), and Catching Fire (by Richard Wrangham, not the hungry games thing)
Josh D. 04.16.22	Oh! I forgot The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein, an infuriating and illuminating history of housing segregation since the dawn of The New Deal. I rarely read fiction, but I've got Frankenstein, A Clockwork Orange, and Paradise Lost on my shelf. I enjoyed them.
MrSirLordGentleman 04.16.22	"Empire's Workshop by Greg Grandin (American empire building in Latin America)" Seems cool. Should be a must read for 90% of americans lol
Josh D. 04.16.22	I have 3 books on the 1954 Guatemalan coup alone. Seems like we're a bad country!
budgie 04.16.22	killing hope: US military and CIA interventions since WWII (blum) should be a mustread for 100% of mericans
Hyperion1001 04.16.22	next read about what we did in east timor!
Josh D. 04.16.22	If you're into Presidential shit, the LBJ bio Flawed Giant by Robert Dallek is pretty good. It's expansive and detailed, and since the 60s were defined by Vietnam and Civil Rights Movement, it's a good book about the tumult of the decade.
Ryus 04.16.22	josh have u read the jakarta method? its about the mass killings in indonesia backed by the US gov
Josh D. 04.16.22	No, I've heard a lot about it though. Except for a few specific places, I tend to keep my history reading a little more broad. I'm sure I'll get to it one day.
budgie 04.16.22	on the subject of modern history mazower's dark continent: europe's 20th century is fantastic. reading judt's postwar now but i haven't bitten too much into it
Ryus 04.17.22	i read like a third of postwar and it was terrific, just got too busy. should get back to it
Josh D. 04.17.22	I'll have to look into that and Legacy of Ashes.
Trebor. 04.17.22	It rules East of Eden is based
Purpl3Spartan 04.17.22	Also a good song
ToSmokMuzyki 04.17.22	gone with the wind
Winesburgohio 04.17.22	fuuuuuuuck i read East of Eden in high school and i was utterly engrossed, essential on my "love of literature" trajectory by the same author!: Cannery Row, which I've read probably 100 times (i employ no hyperbole) and which never loses it's luster, really special delight of a novel
Mort. 04.18.22	china mieville for philosophy read iris murdoch or simone weil
Egarran 04.18.22	Mieville's Kraken was great weirdness. But I couldn't finish Embassytown.
Mort. 04.19.22	ive only read 'city and the city' and 'perdido street station' by mieville but thought they were both great. i became aware of him due to an introduction for the gormenghast illustrated edition he wrote. which im now ashamed i forgot to rec read gormenghast ryus!
madrigal30 04.19.22	borges and vonnegut are both great
Ryus 04.19.22	i've heard so many good things about mieville. my brother is always trying to get me to read him. i'll get to him v soon gormenghast looks cool, thanks mort
Josh D. 04.19.22	I tried reading China's book about the Russian revolution, but I felt like it was so packed with small info that it wasn't fun to read. I'll have to skip to bigger moments one of these days so I can claim I've read it.
Josh D. 04.20.22	I'm reading The Republic of Violence by JD Dickey, about the violence against the abolition movement in the 1830s. I should be receiving David Blight's Frederick Douglass bio today. Been on a run of books about the era lately, a lot of good stuff has been coming out for a while.