[QUOTE=BenJammin;13625345]*essay*[/QUOTE]

Brilliant, I thoroughly enjoyed that. I'm saving it.

Question: Does writing an essay on a piece of self-reflective fiction make it even less ficitonal?

[QUOTE=BenJammin;13625385]The Crying of Lot 49?

Not anymore. I sold it back to the university bookstore because I needed the money for this years books.[/QUOTE]

Damn, I can only find unbelievably expensive copies.

So I was just looking at this essay that I have to write and it is stupidily simple. I have to discuss (aka tear apart) three arguments by climate change skeptics. The arguments are: the present climate change is part of a natural variation and is not caused by human actions, climate warming will be beneficial to human societies and the economic cost of stopping climate change would be too great so we should just going "business as usual". That is so easy considering that my TA gave me two great sites to use and I have enough information in one paragraph to dispel all of those arguments. Better get working on ti though.

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[QUOTE=Left Shoe;13625377]i read that in 6th grade, i think i was a bit young, scary scary book[/QUOTE]

I read it last year for the first time and LOVED it. Anyone ever heard of Robertson Davies? Well if you haven't go pick up his trilogy "the deptford trilogy", he truly is one of the great story tellers of the 20th century.

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lowsound what do you think of william s burroughs

[QUOTE=progmegood;13625398]Brilliant, I thoroughly enjoyed that. I'm saving it.

Question: Does writing an essay on a piece of self-reflective fiction make it even less ficitonal?[/QUOTE]

Thanks. :) I impressed my prof with it (a huge post-modernism literature freak), so I figured I was on to something with it.

As for your question... I don't have the mental capacity to really think about that right now. :lol:

About Pynchon... sorry. If I still had my copy, I'd send it to you. There should be a pretty cheap paperback out there, though. That's what we used.

http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/item/books-978006091307/006091307x/Crying+of+Lot+49?ref=Search+Books%3a+'crying+of+lot+49'

There you go, Jesse.

[QUOTE=Left Shoe;13625444]lowsound what do you think of william s burroughs[/QUOTE]

I have this great recording of him reading a story overtop of wierd, feedback based guitar. I think Kurt Cobain was the guitarist actually. Very impressive piece of work, the writing and the guitar playing.

That's a good price! Thanks Ben.

40 minutes until Prison Break. :D

[QUOTE=progmegood;13625463]That's a good price! Thanks Ben.[/QUOTE]

:) Any time.

[QUOTE=progmegood;13625453]I have this great recording of him reading a story overtop of wierd, feedback based guitar. I think Kurt Cobain was the guitarist actually. Very impressive piece of work, the writing and the guitar playing.[/QUOTE]

feel like upping it?

[QUOTE=One Groovin Clown;13625468]40 minutes until Prison Break. :D[/QUOTE]

I've never watched it.

[QUOTE=Left Shoe;13625476]feel like upping it?[/QUOTE]

I can't, I have an upload limit. I'll get my friend to do it sometime this week though.

Hey Ben, I found one for $5.73:eek:

burroughs is my favorite writer, its fun reading it, and its wacked out satire at the same time

[QUOTE=progmegood;13625498]I can't, I have an upload limit. I'll get my friend to do it sometime this week though.

Hey Ben, I found one for $5.73:eek:[/QUOTE]

Go for it. It's a brilliant novel.

I am, I also found a copy of Dubliners for $3.00

[QUOTE=progmegood;13625539]I am, I also found a copy of Dubliners for $3.00[/QUOTE]

Oh, man. Snatch it up.

I need one more book to by, suggestions?

"As Birds Bring Forth The Sun" by Allistair McLeod is another very good read.

[QUOTE=Left Shoe;13625444]lowsound what do you think of william s burroughs[/QUOTE]
Never actually read any of his stuff. I just really got back into reading last year so I haven't read a lot of stuff. I am way too busy with all of my school stuff right now to read anything for my enjoyment, even though I am slowly working through some of CS Lewis' stuff.

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[QUOTE=progmegood;13625554]I need one more book to by, suggestions?[/QUOTE]

Fifth Business by Robertson Davies.

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[QUOTE=progmegood;13625210]Hell yes.
If you're into philosophy, you might appreciate this. I just bought a book entitled "Voltaire's Bastards" So far, it appears to be a Neo-Romanticist book. Heard of it?[/QUOTE]

sounds interesting. im reading a book called "the god delusion" by Kepler right now. its amazing. ill look into that one though, i haven't read very much romantic text.

[QUOTE=thelowsoundofbass;13625578]Fifth Business by Robertson Davies.

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Already read it.

Ben, did you listen to that Decemberists show? Or any of it?

I ask because there's one part that makes me laugh everytime.

During 16 Military Wives, the crowd is doing the "la di da di da" part, but not too loudly, so Colin says, "That wasn't very loud. Montreal was way louder," so the crowd is then about 10 times louder than the previous time, he says, "Whoa! Them's fightin' words!"

Makes me laugh... maybe because I'm Torontonian...

[QUOTE=progmegood;13625592]Already read it.[/QUOTE]

Did you see my suggestion?

[QUOTE=Spaceman Spiff;13625598]Ben, did you listen to that Decemberists show? Or any of it?

I ask because there's one part that makes me laugh everytime.

During 16 Military Wives, the crowd is doing the "la di da di da" part, but not too loudly, so Colin says, "That wasn't very loud. Montreal was way louder," so the crowd is then about 10 times louder than the previous time, he says, "Whoa! Them's fightin' words!"

Makes me laugh... maybe because I'm Torontonian...[/QUOTE]

No, I haven't listened to it yet.

[QUOTE=progmegood;13625592]Already read it.[/QUOTE]

Then read the manticore, it is the next book in the trilogy.

lowsound

[QUOTE=BenJammin;13625601]Did you see my suggestion?[/QUOTE]

I saw it, but I found out that shipping will more than double the costs, so I'm just getting the two.

Ah, well. That sucks.