oh yeah, i have no doubt that the Goldstein book section os great, but when i was already struggling to engage with the novel as a whole, by the time i got to that part i was just reading to get past it with out taking it in so much.

I've seen people say it's the most important part of the book and saw a quote that said "Orwell may seem to be imitating the writing style of Trotsky, who was a "Goldstein" to Stalin's "Big Brother"."

so yeah it might be something i revisit some time

also we should sticky this thread since its so popular

brave new world > 1984

Fortunate for the Books section Fr

pitch it, I’ve been thinking about getting to that one

yea the brave new world seems more plausible than 1984

Just a more realistic dystopian society and huxley a better writer

oh yea i was just trollin lol just everyone forgets the raunchy s***shit and romanatic stuff when people discuss the book which i just find funny

Last one I finished was A Christmas Carol. Short read. Great prose.

I agree

@safe whaddya say?

Done

Wouldn’t recommend if you don’t have an economics background but a pretty f***ing impressive piece of work. Highlight is definitely the historical work and a***ysis of current inequality levels. At times a little too Eurocentric and I’m not entirely sold on his ideas to fix the issue but an interesting look at how he believes capitalism can be got under control

Ventured to read this because I’m tryna do my due diligence w jazz history. I found it most interesting when Miles talks about his relationships to other artists (had no idea he was friends w Jimi Hendrix, Prince, James Baldwin ) and his ideas about music. His top priority was always the music, which I really respect.

Craziest story was the one where he was driving with a lady and he got his car shot at by these random dudes and started to carry around brass knuckles afterwards

As cool as these insights were, tho, I really do not wanna read another autobiography for a while. Especially at 400+ pages. Dragged on like a motherfucker in certain spots.

Norwegien Wood

My first Murukami book, and it lived up to the hype.

I've heard people say Murukami's books are hard to read, and that might be true with his other books, but this one was pretty simple

It had the feel of an adult coming of age movie, which i loved.
I expected just a romance book, but it was actually really depressing and touched on some serious issues.

Favourite quote:
“What the hell kind of revolution have you got just tossing out big words that working-class people can't understand? What the hell kind of social revolution is that? I mean, I'd like to make the world a better place, too. If somebody's really being exploited, we've got to put a stop to it. That's what I believe, and that's why I ask questions.”

Just finished The Stand. Incredible. From what I’ve read of King I liked it even more than IT and just as much as books 4 and 7 of The Dark Tower.

More italo calvino id say. Like “if on a winters night” and “cosmionics”

Theres not much like him ngl. Hes an extremely unique writer even in magical realism standards

You rock with the ending?

anyone ever read dune? i want to check it out

I was gonna rec borges too haha. But they are pretty different from eachother

favorite book I’ve read in a long time. It’s a space epic but it’s more about psychology and ecology than technology. It’s really interesting the way characters try to a***yze each other’s thoughts