What are you reading?

[odontophobia]

*whispers*

It's Kafka on the Shore, not Beach - or at least, it is in the english translation, there's a cat in this one.

I just let him have it... Scandinavia and such....

[D.o.S.]

"all Murukami"

single man, not too old, not too young, likes to cook, earns enough money "from somewhere" that he can afford to eat and travel a bit, ends up somewhere a bit weird but it all seems to work out in the end despite nothing much having happened.

sometimes there's a cat.

I haven't read any Murakami since 2008(?) so my memory is rusty, but this is spot on.

[UglyCasanova]

*whispers*

It's Kafka on the Shore, not Beach - or at least, it is in the english translation, there's a cat in this one.

Oh yeah, it's beach in Norwegian.

[coldbrightsunlight]

"all Murukami"

single man, not too old, not too young, likes to cook, earns enough money "from somewhere" that he can afford to eat and travel a bit, ends up somewhere a bit weird but it all seems to work out in the end despite nothing much having happened.

sometimes there's a cat.

I haven't read any Murakami since 2008(?) so my memory is rusty, but this is spot on.

It describes the only one I've read very well.

speaking of Kafka, are there any good modern translations available? when i read Kafka back in the 70s i found it kind of flat and confusing, and rather suspect that this was the fault of the translator. i always wanted DarkAxel to have a go since he's native Czech speaker with an excellent grasp of English, and it's likely that someone starting from Czech would be better at it. FWIW this is also true of Hermann Hesse.

I couldn't tell you which editions I read but I really enjoyed Metamorphosis and The Castle, the only books of his I've read. The Castle is of course essentially meant to be confusing, so maybe that was in the original.

By the way his books were actually all written in German originally.

[D.o.S.]

By the way his books were actually all written in German originally.

Scientists believe it to be the root of his existential angst.

[popvulture]

Yep it was originally called Hard Boiled Wünderbar

[D.o.S.]

Also the influence of a particularly well-known brand of bass amplification.
WünderbarHartgekochte
Wünderbar Hartgekochte
Hart ge kochte
Hartk ocht e
Hartke


Which is why when you use a Hartke amp it sounds like really you wanted to die with all of your music unpublished.

[popvulture]

But hey, still at least looks a little better than a Markbass, right?

[D.o.S.]

In German, der Bass von Mark's you!

[popvulture]

I like the new direction of this thread.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-bgiiTxhzM[/youtube]

[Paul_C]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La4Dcd1aUcE[/youtube]

[SecretMachine]

Shogun by James Clavell

The Earthsea books.

[BitchPudding]

Been reading Ozzy Osborne's biography "I Am Ozzy" at work. Shit is both hilarious and kind sad at parts. I have Tony Iommi's bio ready to read next.

I also impulse bought an Anton LaVey book called "Satan Speaks!", which has been a fascinating read. I've been really curious about the occult and Satanism in general. Now that I'm living on my own and am away from my religious parents, I can finally explore that shit as much as I want.

If anyone has any recommendations for interesting stuff about the occult to read, I'm all ears. Probably gonna get The Satanic Bible next.

[coldbrightsunlight]

Shogun by James Clavell

The Earthsea books.

I used to love the Earthsea books as a kid!! I should reread those sometime.

[D.o.S.]

Been reading Ozzy Osborne's biography "I Am Ozzy" at work. Shit is both hilarious and kind sad at parts. I have Tony Iommi's bio ready to read next.

I also impulse bought an Anton LaVey book called "Satan Speaks!", which has been a fascinating read. I've been really curious about the occult and Satanism in general. Now that I'm living on my own and am away from my religious parents, I can finally explore that shit as much as I want.

If anyone has any recommendations for interesting stuff about the occult to read, I'm all ears. Probably gonna get The Satanic Bible next.

The occult is a pretty wide ranging subject with lots of interesting history around the subject itself as well as the history of the history of the subject.
I think the last really good books I picked up on the subject were these (although I definitely didn't pay 76 pounds for the first one ffs)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Britis ... 0955523702

Or this one:
https://www.timeless-shop.com/prod/the- ... 2,101.html


Unfortunately most of the really fun stuff is either hard to find or expensive or both (bit like pedals really).

Good reading recs a little later into this thread. Maybe bump it?
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