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[stingo]

Got "As I Lay Dying" for $2.50!

Me too. I've got about 36 books price watched as of now.

It wouldn't surprise me the site was connected to camelcamelcamel. Since CCC (for some reason) is not allowed to track Kindle books, and eqreader has a Chrome widget similar to the camelizer.

On a related note, I started reading Lancelot by Walker Percy. This is a book I would not otherwise have known about, but saw it one of Amazon's sales. Liking it so far, but I am only a quarter of the way into it.

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[Florestan]

  Just read M.T. Anderson's "Feed", mostly on an airplane coming home from vacation.  I suppose it's dystopian sci-fi, but the weird thing about it is that it's so recognizable from what I was seeing around me in airports and on the plane (everyone constantly "plugged in" while being fed information coated in advertising).  It was creepy.  It's a fast read, and more valuable as a possible--and surprisingly convincing--vision of the near future rather than for any remarkable story (this is the author's intention, I believe).  I got it for $1 at a book store.  Recommended.

You must have looked like a primitive barbarian, a paper book in hand amongst all those supercivilized plugged-in people. 

[Que]

Pessoa's Book of Disquiet - in a Dutch translation, of course.

Q

Note to myself: should visit Lisbon.

[Florestan]

Pessoa's Book of Disquiet - in a Dutch translation, of course.

Q

Note to myself: should visit Lisbon.

How do you like it?

[Que]

How do you like it?

Like it very much. Well deserving of its special status, I think.

Of course it is a certain specific type of book. No structure, no story line, just a continuous stream of observations, thoughts, memories, daydreams, and  theories about art, life and human nature by a brilliant social recluse.  What makes it special is that it is intellectually interesting, emotionally engaging and the poetic quality of the writing. The last quality makes a good translation indispensable.

My edition combines his diaries with several short essays. The whole book is pretty sizable.  But considering its nature it is perfect to put down and pick up where you left off at a later moment. Not recommended if you feel a bit down or are personally confromted by your purpose in life. Don't know if Pessoa's views on those matters will offer much consolation.....

[Wakefield]

Like it very much. Well deserving of its special status, I think.

Of course it is a certain specific type of book. No structure, no story line, just a continuous stream of observations, thoughts, memories, daydreams, and  theories about art, life and human nature by a brilliant social recluse.  What makes it special is that it is intellectually interesting, emotionally engaging and the poetic quality of the writing. The last quality makes a good translation indispensable.

My edition combines his diaries with several short essays. The whole book is pretty sizable.  But considering its nature it is perfect to put down and pick up where you left off at a later moment. Not recommended if you feel a bit down or are personally confromted by your purpose in life. Don't know if Pessoa's views on those matters will offer much consolation.....

It's a wonderful book, principally because of the heterogeneous nature pointed out by you. I read it several years ago, but these days I'm reading it again it because last Monday I bought a new translation available in Spanish (although the first one by Ángel Crespo is already superb). And it has been that stimulating as the first time. For some extra variety (maybe unnecessary), I have started at the same time a new reading of Anaïs Nin's diaries. I can say they do an incredible couple of artists by nature.

[Florestan]

Like it very much. Well deserving of its special status, I think.

Of course it is a certain specific type of book. No structure, no story line, just a continuous stream of observations, thoughts, memories, daydreams, and  theories about art, life and human nature by a brilliant social recluse.  What makes it special is that it is intellectually interesting, emotionally engaging and the poetic quality of the writing. The last quality makes a good translation indispensable.

My edition combines his diaries with several short essays. The whole book is pretty sizable.  But considering its nature it is perfect to put down and pick up where you left off at a later moment. Not recommended if you feel a bit down or are personally confromted by your purpose in life. Don't know if Pessoa's views on those matters will offer much consolation.....

It's a wonderful book, principally because of the heterogeneous nature pointed out by you. I read it several years ago, but these days I'm reading it again it because last Monday I bought a new translation available in Spanish (although the first one by Ángel Crespo is already superb). And it has been that stimulating as the first time. For some extra variety (maybe unnecessary), I have started at the same time a new reading of Anaïs Nin's diaries. I can say they do an incredible couple of artists by nature.

A fascinating book, indeed. Each time I open it randomly I find some interesting thought, or some striking poetic imagery.

His poetry is also fascinating. Of all his heteronims my favorite is Alberto Caeiro.

[Mookalafalas]

You must have looked like a primitive barbarian, a paper book in hand amongst all those supercivilized plugged-in people. 

  Yeah   I like a to take a real book on planes because all the "no electrical devices at this time stuff" drives me crazy!  However, the US airlines finally stopped hassling us about this.  I also had my kindle with Ken Auletta's "Googled", which is a few years old, but very good.

    Right now I'm reading Malcolm Gladwell's "The Tipping Point" and a book of his essays "What the Dog Saw".   I love his prose.  Short, muscular sentences that are full of info yet really hop along nicely.

[Ken B]

  Yeah   I like a to take a real book on planes because all the "no electrical devices at this time stuff" drives me crazy!  However, the US airlines finally stopped hassling us about this.  I also had my kindle with Ken Auletta's "Googled", which is a few years old, but very good.

    Right now I'm reading Malcolm Gladwell's "The Tipping Point" and a book of his essays "What the Dog Saw".   I love his prose.  Short, muscular sentences that are full of info yet really hop along nicely.

Indeed. If only he actually understood everything he writes about. 
Still, I enjoy his demolition of the FBI profiler John Douglas a lot. I read Douglas's book when it first came out, and decided it was twaddle.

[mn dave]

these...
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Finishing this off. I like it so much I'll probably read his others.

[mn dave]

Will dip into this as well. Highly recommended apparently.
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[Karl Henning]

Finishing this off. I like it so much I'll probably read his others.

Excellent!

[Ken B]

Finishing this off. I like it so much I'll probably read his others.

Rubicon by Holland

[mn dave]

Rubicon by Holland

I purchased something by him. I forget what. Maybe it's that one.

[It might be Persian Fire.]

[Henk]

Nietzsche - Beyond Good and Evil

[Geo Dude]

Got "As I Lay Dying" for $2.50!

On that note....

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That translation of Les Miserables is a recent one, so I'm pretty sure that price is an accident.  The OWC Three Musketeers series tends to run from $5 to $9 or so for each book, so I"m guessing that's an accident too.  Either way, I took advantage!

Thread duty:

[Moonfish]

Geo Dude,
If you like books on the Kindle there are plenty of great works in the Delphi Classics series. Very cheap and well formatted.
E.g. for Dumas:

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or Hugo

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[Ken B]

On that note....

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That translation of Les Miserables is a recent one, so I'm pretty sure that price is an accident.  The OWC Three Musketeers series tends to run from $5 to $9 or so for each book, so I"m guessing that's an accident too.  Either way, I took advantage!

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Oh dear. I have not read that Dumas so bought it on Kindle.  I cannot imagine rereading the Hugo. So, for now, I passed.

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[Geo Dude]

Geo Dude,
If you like books on the Kindle there are plenty of great works in the Delphi Classics series. Very cheap and well formatted.

I've taken advantage of Delphi's sets several times when it comes to English language writers, but I tend to be a bit more picky when I'm hunting down something that has to be read in translation.  (Lord help the poor fellow who buys a $3 Kindle edition of Verne's novels in translation.)

[Mookalafalas]

I'm almost done with Michael Lewis's book, "Flashboys".  It reads like a novel. I haven't been able to put it down!

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