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[Saladyn]

Reading "14", going through that like hot knife through a butter, so I expect to finish it really soon. So far nothing unnatural is going on but you can sense it in the air. I wonder if it's gonna be some sort of "1408" type of action.

[heavens2kadonka]

"A Mencken Chrestomathy"
"The Ego and the Id" - Freud

Van

[zombiemutts]

"The Ego and the Id" - Freud

Any particular reason why you read that?

[Lane Adamson]

"The Ego and the Id" - Freud

Any particular reason why you read that?

Sometimes a book is just a good read.  A Mencken Chrestomathy is on all the beach-book lists this summer.

[zombiemutts]

"The Ego and the Id" - Freud

Any particular reason why you read that?

Sometimes a book is just a good read.  A Mencken Chrestomathy is on all the beach-book lists this summer.

I know that. Sometimes books are so specific a person can get curious if there is a reason behind it. I've read pieces of it.

[heavens2kadonka]

Any particular reason why you read that?

TheLastPsychiatrist and the contributors on partialobjects.com...  As well as the BBC documentary series "Century of the Self."  I've started on a 1950s-edition of "Introduction to Psychoanalysis" that I found for a few pennies on Amazon, as well.  The plan is to eventually work my way through Lacan and Foucault...  Though I am currently diverted by George Fitzhugh, of all people.

Mencken's Chrestomathy is certainly different than "Notes on Democracy," and I now see why the Mises Institute wasn't keen on buying the rights to THAT work.

Van

[zombiemutts]

Any particular reason why you read that?

TheLastPsychiatrist and the contributors on partialobjects.com...  As well as the BBC documentary series "Century of the Self."  I've started on a 1950s-edition of "Introduction to Psychoanalysis" that I found for a few pennies on Amazon, as well.  The plan is to eventually work my way through Lacan and Foucault...  Though I am currently diverted by George Fitzhugh, of all people.
Van

How interesting! How far are you going to go? 60's or 70's?

You might also find this interesting. I found this at a relatives house at Christmas two years ago and enjoyed it as everyone argued whilst in a drunken stupor.
http://www.lucistrust.org/en/books/alice_bailey_books/paperback/esoteric_psychology_vol_i

I still have it. I would like to read volumes II & III this year.

[Lane Adamson]

I've started on a 1950s-edition of "Introduction to Psychoanalysis" that I found for a few pennies on Amazon, as well.  The plan is to eventually work my way through Lacan and Foucault...  Though I am currently diverted by George Fitzhugh, of all people.

Despite my chronological age, I remain a Jung man at heart.

[heavens2kadonka]

I want to start with early 1900s Freud and work through the decades.  I had enough grasp of the theory to not be COMPLETELY lost in Ego and Id...  But I imagine there was a lot I missed due to a lack of proper foundation.  

I've also been unfortunate enough to stumble upon Mencius Moldbug's blog, which I have thus far lost two nights of normal sleep over.  

Jung wasn't bad, either.  INTJ man, through-and-through, right here.

Van

[Lane Adamson]

I imagine there was a lot I missed due to a lack of proper foundation.

You want to go pier-and-beam (especially in Texas) wherever possible; slabs shift and crack when you can least afford it.

Jung wasn't bad, either.  INTJ man, through-and-through, right here.

If pressed, I'd say I'm wearing the INTP jersey.  It's an interesting discussion.

[zombiemutts]

I imagine there was a lot I missed due to a lack of proper foundation.

You want to go pier-and-beam (especially in Texas) wherever possible; slabs shift and crack when you can least afford it.

 

The Tejas clay just makes a mess of post tension cables!

[Lord Anubis]

Warlords of Utopia by Lance Parkin

Through the wonders of British copyright laws, this is sort of a tie in to Doctor Who which chronicles part of the Time War.  To be more exact, it's one view of the war as viewed through the eyes of an innocent bystander on planet Earth.

Our main character is Marcus, a historian of the world-wide Roman Empire sometime in the 23rd century or so.  He encounters a strange traveler with an unusual bracelet and discovers how to shift "sideways" through reality.  Here he finds another Rome, one with a slightly different history.  And then another Rome.  And another.  And another.

And then one day, Marcus discovers a completely different world.  Here the dominant force is a Germanic tribe that rallies behind a "broken cross," currently overwhelming the island of Brittania.  The bizarre calendar of this world doesn't date from the founding of Rome, but renumbered itself to some date about 2000 years ago.  By the reckoning of this world, the year is 1941.  And then Marcus discovers another world where the Germanics hold power.  And another.  And another.  And another.

And then all of the unified Romes declare war on all of the Nazi Germanys...

It sounds really cool, and on one level it is.  But it's very plot heavy and the characters are barely developed at all.  It reads more like a history book than a story, but never quite commits to either.

A very, very interesting book, but I'd be hard pressed to say it's a really good one.   

[Warhammer]

Just finished Sandman Slim, by Richard Kadrey, the other day.  Pretty cool book.  Had a couple of small issues with the plot around the name "Sandman Slim" and some tense issue (not mistakes as much as how he decided to handle it).  Otherwise, a raucous read.

[Saladyn]

Reading "14", going through that like hot knife through a butter, so I expect to finish it really soon. So far nothing unnatural is going on but you can sense it in the air. I wonder if it's gonna be some sort of "1408" type of action.

Yep. 14 is done and dusted. Pretty good book, but had one or two weak moments. This does not mean I didn't enjoy it.

[Lane Adamson]

Kings of Vice, by Ice-T and Mal Radcliff

First:  Yes, that Ice-T, godfather of rap, long-time supporting star on Law & Order: SVU, etc.  And some other guy who doesn't even rate a jacket bio.

It's a story of revenge (with a soupcon of redemption) that in all honesty reads like Ice-T came up with the story and told it to Radcliff, who wrote it out.  Also reads like it's waiting to be made into a screenplay starring you-kow-who.

Still a pretty good, pretty gritty read--if you can get past the police invariably being referred to as "the po-pos," which tends to make me giggle.

It set up a sequel, which I'd read.