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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

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Went on a Hesse kick in the late 70's and read most of his novels.....I found Siddhartha, Steppenwolf, and The Glass Bead Game a bit boring but I enjoyed Demian and Narcissus And Goldman.

Loved Siddhartha at first read, coming back to it from time to time. Steppenwolf and Glass par contre...
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I found the writing Siddhartha absolutely beautiful, and certain parts very insightful or at least thought-provoking... but I often got the feeling that many of the religious themes went over my head since my knowledge of Hindu and Buddhist theology is very basic.
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Not something I've read lately, but I just uploaded some heavily revised versions of several book reviews I've written for this site to my GoodReads account.

Ian Abrahams - Hawkwind: Sonic Assassins
Hugh Barker - Faking It
Frank Moriarty - Seventies Rock
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Originally posted by Toaster Mantis Toaster Mantis wrote:

I found the writing Siddhartha absolutely beautiful, and certain parts very insightful or at least thought-provoking... but I often got the feeling that many of the religious themes went over my head since my knowledge of Hindu and Buddhist theology is very basic.
 
 
I think all of his novels are well written but I found Siddhartha somewhat boring as a novel....and I actually spent a good deal of time in college studying eastern philosophy-Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism. I actually practiced both Vipassana and Zen bench sitting for several years.
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Interesting! I'll probably get around to reading Demian or Narcissus & Goldmund at some point, as well as The Glass-Bead Game. If Siddhartha is any indication, though, it might be worthy brushing up on some of Hesse's inspirations both literary and philosophical beforehand.
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Just finished Fragment, funny novel about a "Lost World"
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Originally posted by Toaster Mantis Toaster Mantis wrote:

Interesting! I'll probably get around to reading Demian or Narcissus & Goldmund at some point, as well as The Glass-Bead Game. If Siddhartha is any indication, though, it might be worthy brushing up on some of Hesse's inspirations both literary and philosophical beforehand.

While I've since then read the whole thing and very much appreciate it, back when I first started out with The Glass-Bead Game I found myself completely overwhelmed by the slow and painstakingly descriptive start of it. Once you get past the first 40-50 pages it really unfolds though. Nearly as good as The Steppenwolf, but not quite imo.
Oh and I absolutely love Siddharta.
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Originally posted by Toaster Mantis Toaster Mantis wrote:

Interesting! I'll probably get around to reading Demian or Narcissus & Goldmund at some point, as well as The Glass-Bead Game. If Siddhartha is any indication, though, it might be worthy brushing up on some of Hesse's inspirations both literary and philosophical beforehand.
Demian and Narcissus are 'easier' reads and are more traditional in their story elements.
I never really dug into Hesse's  background but  In college in the early 70's a lot of us were into 'altered states of consciousness' , music, and certain authors like Hesse. I also read Alan Watts and Ram Dass....and sci-fi authors like Asimov, Clarke , and Heinlein. Those were the days.
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Looks like Thomas Pynchon has a new book out. Apparently it's a detective novel like Inherent Vice, yet set on 9/11 this time.
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Originally posted by Toaster Mantis Toaster Mantis wrote:

Looks like Thomas Pynchon has a new book out. Apparently it's a detective novel like Inherent Vice, yet set on 9/11 this time.
 
Haven't read any Pynchon for a long time. Is Inherent Vice any good..?
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Inherent Vice is nowhere as ambitious as most of his other books, but the type of humour is unmistakably Pynchonian. I might have enjoyed it more than other Pynchon fans, though: You need an in-depth knowledge of the hard-boiled detective genre's history, especially the stylistic shifts it went through in the 1970s when the novel is set, in order to really "get" some the humour.


Edited by Toaster Mantis - September 22 2013 at 03:28
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So far....so good.Hooked me from the beginning.


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Started "The Road" by McCarthy since it's like, the greatest novel ever and all according to a few people/sites from the internet LOL

Hope so with all this hype!
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Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

So far....so good.Hooked me from the beginning.




This is The Shinning Part 2, right? The first is good, although not my fav book of Stephen King.
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Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

Started "The Road" by McCarthy since it's like, the greatest novel ever and all according to a few people/sites from the internet LOL

Hope so with all this hype!


I didn't put it down at all while i was reading it. Even ended up missing the first hour of the Sunday Night Game that week while I finished it.
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Originally posted by tupan tupan wrote:

Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

So far....so good.Hooked me from the beginning.




This is The Shinning Part 2, right? The first is good, although not my fav book of Stephen King.
I read about this book being released this weekend and it certainly piqued my interest.
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Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

Started "The Road" by McCarthy since it's like, the greatest novel ever and all according to a few people/sites from the internet LOL

Hope so with all this hype!


I didn't put it down at all while i was reading it. Even ended up missing the first hour of the Sunday Night Game that week while I finished it.
This is what I mean. Well, come Friday afternoon I really buckle down with it, hoping it can live up these expectations.
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I will seriously reconsider our internet/texting friendship if you don't like the book.
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Oh snap D:

edit: Glad someone mentioned Pynchon, another I've been meaning to try. Already see my spending budget for this paycheck being used on books.

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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Originally posted by tupan tupan wrote:

Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

So far....so good.Hooked me from the beginning.




This is The Shinning Part 2, right? The first is good, although not my fav book of Stephen King.
I read about this book being released this weekend and it certainly piqued my interest.

Yes,it's the sequel to The Shining.I'm only about halfway through,but really like what I have read so far.


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