What are you in the middle of reading right now?

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[–]Tetrahedron 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I just finished reading The Martian, which was a fun one. I'm just about to start The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I'm excited for this one.

Edit: I am also reading Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson. Ive only just started and it has already given me material to think about for months. Very cool!

[–]PurpleAmathea[S] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Man, the Martian was fun. Also, it had a really good film adaptation which is even more surprising given how easy to ruin the subject matter is... I think there was an xkcd about that.

What is prometheus rising about?

[–]Tetrahedron 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I enjoyed the movie a lot as well.

Prometheus Rising takes a look at a whole pile of things in an attempt to find out more about how the mind works. He looks at ideas from Timothy Leary's eight neurological circuits, to Yoga disciplines, to relativity and quantum mechanics.

I'm still very early in the book and I have had a whole lot to think about!

[–]HideYourDogItsTheATF 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Have you read any other books by McCarthy? I'm working my way through Blood Meridian but the writing style can confuse me at times (during dialog) and I'm wondering if his other books are the same or if it was specifically chosen for this book. Enjoying it regardless and look forward to his other works.

[–]Tetrahedron 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have not, this is my first of his. I can relate to a kind of confusing structure with dialogue in The Road, but I think the style fits. Im enjoying it so far