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speed · December 26th, 2006, 06:23 PM

We have alot of reading threads, but they're all tied to philosophy, so I dont mind making the following post:

I just finished Will Self's Book of Dave. The book is split between Dave, a London cabbie, and the future (AD--or After Dave), a dystopian place, where Dave's bible if you will, is adopted by a primitive human society. Thus, Dave's ideas about women, society, etc, become the religion of the future. Its very interesting in form and idea, and Self has some serious prose skills, but his future sections are terrifically difficult to read, and downright idiotic, and Dave himself is hard to believe: a balding paunchy poor jewish cabbie who marries a former irish model. Still, he writes with more talent and creativity than entire shelves of authors at most libraries or bookstores

Julian Barnes The Lemon Table. Nice, nothing special. Its just a collection of short stories. I do highly, highly recommend Flaubert's Parrot to anyone.

And I picked up a general fiction book at the library today by an Italian philosopher, titled Critique of Criminal Reason. Its about Kant solving a mystery. It sounded so interesting and ludicrous, I checked it out. I will report later how it is. Kant apparently begins writing this new criminal critique after solving the case.

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speed Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 5,185	We have alot of reading threads, but they're all tied to philosophy, so I dont mind making the following post: I just finished Will Self's Book of Dave. The book is split between Dave, a London cabbie, and the future (AD--or After Dave), a dystopian place, where Dave's bible if you will, is adopted by a primitive human society. Thus, Dave's ideas about women, society, etc, become the religion of the future. Its very interesting in form and idea, and Self has some serious prose skills, but his future sections are terrifically difficult to read, and downright idiotic, and Dave himself is hard to believe: a balding paunchy poor jewish cabbie who marries a former irish model. Still, he writes with more talent and creativity than entire shelves of authors at most libraries or bookstores Julian Barnes The Lemon Table. Nice, nothing special. Its just a collection of short stories. I do highly, highly recommend Flaubert's Parrot to anyone. And I picked up a general fiction book at the library today by an Italian philosopher, titled Critique of Criminal Reason. Its about Kant solving a mystery. It sounded so interesting and ludicrous, I checked it out. I will report later how it is. Kant apparently begins writing this new criminal critique after solving the case. __________________ If a fool would persist in his folly, he would become wise (William Blake). The road of excess, leads to the palace of wisdom (William Blake). Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing (Oscar Wilde). Last edited by speed : December 26th, 2006 at 06:26 PM.