Metal Reviews

Zad's correct. Each line is a seperate entry.

Although, if you think about it, there IS probably a way to link theoretical/philosophical computer science with Harry Potter and Lord Of The Rings.

After all, Douglas Hofstadter was able to link comp-sci with some rather unlikely figures: http://www.amazon.com/Godel-Escher-Bach ... 412&sr=8-1

And now, you've all seen what a nerd I am.

Ok smart guy if you thing the book was genius write me essay about it in 600 words

Yotsuba&!

finished You Shall Know Our Velocity. Hand's interlude comes out of nowhere but fits in really well.

Now reading Kurt Vonnegut - God Bless Your Mr Rosewater

600 words? Seriously the book is simple. The guy believed that he was above everyone else along the lines of Napoleon or Galileo, a person who's value to society was so great that they are allowed to kill if it is required to achieve their greatness. Him, being only a student, had much to achieve but in order to do that he needed money for his apartment so he kills Lizaveta and her sister.

Look up the idea of Nietzsche's ubermensch; it fits well into this whole story. And then the cross at the end is easy to recognize the symbolism in. The whole carrying the cross to judgment and all that, not really making him a christ figure but it is symbolizing his suffering.

Seriously, the book is fantastic. I really need to read more Dostoyevsky- The Brothers Karamazov is supposed to be even better.

that still doesn't saves me from flunking

Might that I'll check that out...I'm almost done with A Feast for Crows and I've got nothing else waiting on my list o_0. Anyone got recommendations?

I read half of Karamazov and it was really good. I stopped reading it due to me starting school a year ago. I intend on picking it up again this winter.

As for recommendations:

-Crime and Punishment is Dosteovsky's probably best to start off with, his book Notes from the Underground is shorter but a little more accessible.
-Vonnegut is always good as well.
-Try some Hemingway if you like war epics.
-Kafka's novellas are great like Metamorphoses or The Trial.

wat?

All I've read from him is Old Man and the Sea...which I guess sort of is a war epic, now that I think about it o_0

But anyways, I'll keep Vonnegut in mind....actually been meaning to read Slaughterhouse Five. Thanks.

Read some shit for school. One Hundred Years of Solitude, East of Eden and Don Quixote.

Now I'm supposed to read The New Life by Orhan Pamuk, hopefully it doesn't suck.

He wrote Farewell to Arms about WWI and For Whom the Bell Bell Tolls about the Spanish Civil War from the 30s. They aren't war novels exactly; they show more of the human side of war and less of the actual fighting.

Just finished reading Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere...I think it's my favourite book. I liked it better than American Gods (damn close battle though). The ending was extremely satisfying.

i liked Neverwhere a lot, the only thing that bugged me was that the main character wasn't that likeable. i mean he was a nice guy, but he came off like a bit of a cry baby sometimes. of course, it's still a great book.

i'll have to swing by fnac tomorrow to pick up/order A Feast for Crows and American Gods..

I personally really liked the main character. I thought he was realistic, and I know for damn sure that I'd act like him if I was thrust into the London Underground like he was.

Finally have enough time to read Plato's Republic.

Every time I try to read Plato, I just become frustrated and stop reading it several times before I finally finish it.

Have you tried reading some of his shorter, more ethically themed dialogues? The Apology in particular is readable and very entertaining, as well as thought provoking.

I've finished Euthyphro and The Death of Socrates and have stalled reading Symposium, The Republic, Phaedo and Crito. I prefer Epictetus or Aristotle more than Plato.

May I ask what do you find so frustrating about him, in comparison to Aristotle or the Stoics?