• marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      It’s pretty fucked up so far and has a chapter literally advocating for psychological terrorist attacks against any business rivals or defiant employees.

      What the fuck

    • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      I remember reading the Art of War and a lot of people use it in the context of Business. Should have been a warning sign.

  • Birdy [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Going to try and finish Blackshirts & Reds and Pedagogy of the Oppressed this week. I’ve got a bit of an urge to reread Neuromancer

    • kelptea [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      oh how have you found blackshirts? been meaning to read parenti after dragging my feet on his writing for way too long

    • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”

      It’s one of my favorite lines of science fiction.

      https://youtu.be/ZeQ5xeX-PaM

      • Birdy [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        It’s an incredible line. I walked into town this morning and bought a new copy. Thanks for the link, I’ll watch it tomorrow when my Internet is hopefully back up

  • AllCatsAreBeautiful [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I just started reading Lolita and jesus fuck this book is so uncomfortable which I get is the point. I see why it's a classic and the prose is amazing but I hesitate to call it a "good" or a "beautiful" book. The best word I could use is "effective." It mobilizes its prose to get the reader deep into the mind of this horrible man to see how he rationalizes his repugnant behavior, but it's so successful in doing so that it makes me want to vomit. A close friend and another woman recommended it to me, both saying it was their favourite book, and I'm not sure what that says about them or about me. I guess I can't appreciate "difficult" novels in the way some people can.

    • kelptea [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      oof sounds rough. he's a talented writer so i can imagine how effective it must be. i just started pale fire, also by nabokov, and the prose is a thing of beauty. not so problematic as what you're reading—though, really, what could be? it's a novel, laid out as a poem, with the poet dead before publication. also provided are extensive notes and commentary by a friend. there's much more to it but i'll stop there. it gets very interesting. full of humor and the prose is very often dazzling. might be worth checking out if lolita doesn't sit right with you but you enjoy the writing, provided well-executed metafictional nonsense appeals to you (i'm finding out that it very much appeals to me!)

  • BadWithNames [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Towards a New Socialism was recommended by a couple of posters on here. Haven't got to the meat of the book yet (Central Economic Planning by means of modern computing), but it is certainly interesting.

  • FloridaBoi [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Finishing up Imagined Communities then moving on to Settlers

  • BenkB [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Dune and Re-reading Wretched of the Earth