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Walden, or Life in t... 07/01 thom is currently reading:
Walden, or Life in the Woods (paper)
by Henry David Thoreau
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The Wind-up Bird Chr... 07/01 thom is currently reading:
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle (Paperback)
by Haruki Murakami
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Murphy 06/13 thom is currently reading:
Murphy (Paperback)
by Samuel Beckett
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July 01
Walden, or Life in t... thom is currently reading:
Walden, or Life in the Woods (paper)
by Henry David Thoreau
bookshelves: currently-reading, electronic-reads, non-fiction
my rating:
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The Wind-up Bird Chr... thom is currently reading:
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle (Paperback)
by Haruki Murakami
bookshelves: audiobooks, currently-reading
my rating:
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June 16
The Invisible Man thom gave 4 of 5 stars to:
The Invisible Man (Paperback)
by H.G. Wells
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read in June, 2009

thom thom said: "Characters and ideas in Wells novels have often become so iconic that it's difficult to distance oneself from the years of culture following a book such as The Invisible Man and read it fresh.

However, I was struck at the utter amorality o...more
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The Days Run Away Li... thom gave 4 of 5 stars to:
The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over The Hills (Paperback)
by Charles Bukowski
bookshelves: poetry
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read in June, 2009

thom thom said: "All Charles Bukowski poem books make a for a good read. This isn't my favourite, it's true, but it's still packed with some beautiful, grimy, profound and astonishing poems. "
June 13
Murphy thom is currently reading:
Murphy (Paperback)
by Samuel Beckett
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June 08
London Orbital: A Wa... thom marked as to-read:
London Orbital: A Walk Around the M25 (Hardcover)
by Iain Sinclair
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May 25
Outliers thom gave 5 of 5 stars to:
Outliers (Hardcover)
by Malcolm Gladwell
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read in May, 2009

thom thom said: "I found Malcolm Gladwell's Blink to be enjoyable, but to some extent rather confusing. The man writes beautiful prose, but the point of Blink was difficult to pin down. The message seemed something along the lines of 'making snap decisions can be goo...more "
May 19
The Eye in the Pyram... thom gave 2 of 5 stars to:
The Eye in the Pyramid (Illuminatus 1)
by Robert Joseph Shea
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read in June, 2009

thom thom said: "Although some of the conspiracy theories in this book are rather satisfying and enjoyable, you have to wade through a lot of pointless, badly written crap along the way. Clearly the book is supposed to be loosely structured, but it barely holds toget...more "
May 11
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Alan Moore
"Stood in firelight, sweltering. Bloodstain on chest like map of violent new continent. Felt cleansed. Felt dark planet turn under my feet and knew what cats know that makes them scream like babies in night.

Looked at sky through smoke heavy with human fat and God was not there. The cold, suffocating dark goes on forever and we are alone. Live our lives, lacking anything better to do. Devise reason later. Born from oblivion; bear children, hell-bound as ourselves, go into oblivion. There is nothing else.

Existence is random. Has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at it for too long. No meaning save what we choose to impose. This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It is not God who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that feeds them to the dogs. It’s us. Only us. Streets stank of fire. The void breathed hard on my heart, turning its illusions to ice, shattering them. Was reborn then, free to scrawl own design on this morally blank world.

Was Rorschach.

Does that answer your Questions, Doctor?"
Alan Moore (Watchmen)












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