Sorry for the late megathread everyone.
Listen Liberal.
I started reading it 'cause I thought it was about chapo dot chat, but then it was about the Clinton era starting in the 90's. Figured I would just keep reading it anyway.
Is that by Thomas Frank, his follow up "What's the matter with Kansas" is also good.
I'm a slow reader and find myself reading only when I get tired of staring at a screen. I'm making my way through Stalin's Foundations of Leninism.
This one RevLeft episode got me interested in reading Blood in My Eye by George L Jackson next.
I started reading Blood in My Eye and its incredibly, good is the wrong word, I'd say moving and changed my outlook a lot.
Perdido Street Station.
It's my first by Miéville, really enjoying it so far.
That one really started slow for me, and I wasn't enjoying it, but at some point, I was totally pulled in and felt like it was one of the better books I read this year. The Scar is good too. I haven't read October yet, but I'm looking forward to it.
Ooh my first Miéville was October. I like him, he is good!
I'm getting through Daddy Marx's big book with David Harvey's companion. Reading time has been limited lately, but I'm trying to make myself focus on it.
I’m literally reading the exactly same conbo right now! Capital by Karl Marx with Harvey’s Companion Guide, what part are you at right now? I’m midway through the 3rd Chapter of Volume One
Capital? I loved Capital but never got David Harvey's companion book. I did use this podcasts a lot for reference and explanations.
Specters of Marx by Derrida. I’m not very far into it, it’s a difficult read for me. It’s the first thing by Derrida I’ve read which I’m starting to think was a mistake, and that I should maybe stop and read some of his earlier works first? It almost feels like I started reading a book series by skipping the beginning and jumping into the 3rd or 4th volume or something idk.
I finished the semester so I’m reading The Idiot by Dovtoyesky (I will figure out his last name by the time I’m done with the book).
Make sure to read the censored chapter if your copy doesn't already include it.
Edit: Wait sorry, I was thinking of Demons.
Just finished NATO's Secret Armies Operation GLADIO and Terrorism in Western Europe By Daniele Ganser
and started America’s Deadliest Export: Democracy by William Blum
both are worth checking out and available on libgen if anyone is interested
Just finished Inventing Reality, and about to finish Socialism: Utopian and Scientific. Next will be Dead Labor: Toward a Political Economy of Premature Death.
The Ethical Slut. One of the classic books on polyamory and modern relationships. It's good but so much of the info is downstream in podcasts and articles nowadays that it's less groundbreaking for someone like me to read it.
"Vietnam: Logic of withdrawal" by Zinn.
Pretty interesting and concise bit of reading.
I'm reading The New Adult's Guide to Sweating and Breathing in the Twenty-First Century. It's the autobiography of writer and video game critic Tim Rogers and mostly focuses on his life in Japan in the early 2000s.
Hey, is there any chance you can point me to where you found a copy? I can't find anything about it online and it seems to be almost entirely inaccessible.
someone linked it on twitter. I'll see if I can find the thread and post it here
edit: I found it here https://twitter.com/brewingparlour/status/1333865540830392321
in sci-fi land, i'm started reading Provenance by Ann Lecke. The Ancillary series was strongly anti-imperialist, i'm hoping this one goes in the same direction. I'm too early in to really get the shape of the plot yet, but the many characters who use e/em pronouns make my gay little heart sing.
I also started State & Revolution after finishing up Rosa luxemburgs Reform or Revolution.
I'm also giving myself bonus points because i got my mom to read Blackshirts & Reds and it's been really impactful on her. I keep getting messages to the effect of "Wow it's wild how this book was written so long ago but the same exact stuff is happening now"
Arrighi and Silver's Chaos and Governance in the Modern World System. So far it's clearly the predecessor to ideas Arrighi consolidated for The Long Twentieth Century
Next will be finally getting back to Capital, Vol II
I had started Arrighi's Long Twentieth Century during the summer and before fall semester of Grad school started. Just from what I got through, it blew my mind. Check out Trillbilly's episode "Year 0" with Sean from Antifada were they talk Arrighi (it's mostly a book summary but I love both of them riffing and discussing!).
Making my way through the Death series in Discworld this month. On Hogfather now, feeling seasonal.
I've heard amazing things about Discworld, do you have a place you'd recommend I start with?
There are guides online that show the books to start with depending on the characters you'd like the series to be focused around.
If you want just an intro to the world generally Small Gods is a great start, but if you wanna go with Death then start with Mort.
A lot of people swear by the Watch series, in which case start with Guards, Guards!
Sorry, just saw this. Honestly, I'd start with the Death series. Mort is the first one in that and a nice short read.
