What book are you reading at the moment?

[juantoo3]

Kindest Regards Vaj!

Originally Posted by Vajradhara

oh.. it's bee a long time since i've read it as well... i'm remembering the movie, most often, when i think of this work.

hmm... i'm not entirely sure... i'll have to sluth around...

The movie "Dune" was something of a disappointment for me, too much story in too little time. There was so much nuance glossed over or completely ignored. Frankly, had I not read the book, I suspect the movie would have gone over my head. My experience was much the same with "2001", except I saw the movie first. Of course, as a 9 year old, I don't think I was expected to "get it." I read the book as a teenager, and saw the movie again, and it made so much more sense then. Dune is even deeper regarding so many aspects of human nature. Also quite poignant and telling, considering the state of the world today, since the book(s) were written in the '60's.

[Zenda71]

Just picked up In Search of Zarathustra : Across Iran and Central Asia to Find the World's First Prophet by Paul Krizwaczek. A fascinating read. Has anyone else read this? Can anyone speak to whether his perceptions of Islam etc. are accurate?

With metta,
Zenda

[Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine]

Originally posted by Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
I finished The Wounded Land and am now on The One Tree. I'm seriously considering buying copies of the entire series for myself (if only for referense .) Isn't it grand to have friends who are so willing to "warp" one's "fragile little mind" in such a way?

Finished The One Tree and am now starting White Gold Wielder. I'm not sure how my friends are going to warp my fragile little mind after I finish this book. Perhaps with Cats In Space which I've been eyeing in their current residence. I think it's by Bill Fawcett, but I'm not sure (haven't gotten a chance to look that closely.)

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine

[Vajradhara]

Originally Posted by juantoo3

Kindest Regards Vaj!
The movie "Dune" was something of a disappointment for me, too much story in too little time. There was so much nuance glossed over or completely ignored. Frankly, had I not read the book, I suspect the movie would have gone over my head. My experience was much the same with "2001", except I saw the movie first. Of course, as a 9 year old, I don't think I was expected to "get it." I read the book as a teenager, and saw the movie again, and it made so much more sense then. Dune is even deeper regarding so many aspects of human nature. Also quite poignant and telling, considering the state of the world today, since the book(s) were written in the '60's.

Namaste Juan,

oh.. no doubt about it... in my experience, if someone hasn't read the books, the movie is mostly seen as some type of action flick... if that. there are alot of my friends that didn't the book and still have no idea what the movie is about.. though they've watched it often.

this is, of course, not unique to this movie treatment of the book... take a look at LoTR for instance... whilst i'm ok with leaving out all the singing... i wish they would have had the Tom Bombidil scene with the Barrow Wights.. that was a fantastic scene in the book.. though since Tom sings all the time... they probably left it out for that reason.

[Ostrich]

Whenever I try to read a book these days, it all appears scrambled to me. Can barely emulate an American dialect anymore, much less read a book from start to finish.

It's as though the book becomes a medium through which I and those around me are able to talk without speaking and, well, to be honest, I think most Americans, these days, spend far too much time trying to figure out what other people are doing instead of just...being themselves.

Magazines are somewhat tasty though.

[PersonaNonGrata]

hey sidi )

well try reading in the mornings when your brain's freshened. if yer working that'll be difficult of course but why dont you try reading @ weekends.
just finished reading kozinski's 'painted bird' if you havent read that yet, im quite sure you'll like it. right now, reading 'Galileo's Commandment'. i do really hate the book itself, though feeling quite illaterate in those matters.

[lunamoth]

The Spiral Staircase ( K. Armstrong, for a book club) and The Battle for God (also by K. Armstrong, thought I'd tackle 'em together). Gearing up for Anna Karanina (trying to do one classic per summer, and summer is almost over).

[Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine]

I finished White Gold Wielder, and am now reading Cats In Space and Other Places (which is an anthology of feline related scifi/fantasy stories collected by Bill Fawcett.) The oldest story in the collection is from 1939,and the newest ones are from 1991 (the anthology is from 1992.)

I shall soon be reading a heck of a lot more books at the same time (school begins September 2 for me.)

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine

[www.telic21.org]

Ken Wilber's "Sex, Ecology, Spirituality; The Spirit of Evolution."

Ok....I'm re-reading portions of it. It's a little dense and I proceed by reading small bits of it and then spending lots of time in contemplation. At my current pace, I'll finish it sometime next year.

[Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine]

I'm now reading This Immortal by Roger Zelazny (another book my ftf friend loaned me. Gotta reciprocate someday.)

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine

[Cross_+_Flame]

I just got a new book from my mother for my birthday...she teaches at a Catholic High School, so she sends me the best of their stuff.

Reading currently The Holy Longing by Ronals Rolheiser.

[mandrill]

The book I finished most recently was a biography of Anais Nin (I think that's even what it was called, can't check as its back at the library already.) She was an amazing woman, to be sure. I'm usually always reading something, as time allows, although I often find it hard to finish books in short order.

[maggie2]

Beyone Belief by Elaine Pagels (about the Gospel of Thomas)
The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
Plan of Attack by Bob Woodward
Against All Enemies by Richard Clark
A book about drumming by the drummer for the Grateful Dead (can't remember the title)
re-reading parts of The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck (one of my all-time favorite books)
Lots of different magazines and news pieces off the web.

Maggie

[ISFP]

right now i'm reading....

my e-mail

a book of poetry by Adrienne Rich (the fact of a door frame)

a rather lurid biography of Robert Stroud (the birdman of alcatraz)

the varieties of religious experience (i love this book...and keep coming back to it)

[BluejayWay]

Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Slave
Joseph Campbell, Creative Mythology