here are some of the books ive gotten recently. there are others, but these had the best looking covers.
the one without the cover is called 'the book of general ignorance'. Jonnypantz got me this (and the next book) for Christmas. thanks JJ!!!! It is the perfect (and worst) book for me. the perfect book because i like arguing with people and the worst because i like arguing with people. there are enough myths busted in this book that in almost any hourish long conversation, i can find something that needs dispelling or clarification, consequences be damned!
zombie survival guide. let's face it, everyone thinks they would be the ones to survive a zombie attack; that getting bitten by a zombie and surviving only to become a zombie could only happen to someone else. i dont think that way anymore. and because of that i would survive.
who's afraid of postmodernism; bringing derrida, lyotard, and foucault to church. i always wanted to write this book. each chapter the author uses a movie (ie memento) to demonstrate a postmodern idea or aphorism ( ie 'there is nothing outside the text') coined by a postmodern thinker (ie derrida) that has heretofore been anathema-ed by most mainline christians. He then shows how a postmodern perspective can actually reveal our blindspots and give new reasonable credence to what the bible already says is true. (i know this probably sounds ridiculous to anyone who has not been exposed to po-mo theory) (thanks cara and toby!)
eat this book. got this book at a secret santa party where the only other christian there providentially had me. it made me excited to read the bible. the last couple chapters are a commerical for his other book, his translation of the bible called 'the message'. but that's ok.(thanks allison)
collected fiction of borjes. i think i already posted a pic of this book sometime. borjes is a bad-a. i have a really really bad memory. so sometimes i wonder why i read at all. but i love having the weird worlds and ideas he creates rolling around in my head, even if i can't remember where they came from or the details. (via littlejohns)
lost in the cosmos; the last self help book. i read this a few months ago, but still worth mentioning. percy wittily picks apart this idea of 'self realization' that it so rampant in western epistomology, revealing how synthetic and arbitrary our identities are. as an added bonus there is a 40 page digression to an intro to semiotics that is the most concise and layman friendly i have ever read. highly recommended if you're trying to find your place in this cosmos. (via jason jung, an up and coming demagogue of mine)
6 comments:
Hi Will Cote,
On the subject of books, I wonder what you would think of "Outcasts of Skagaray", by Andrew Clarke.
did you read the old books we sent you?
Will Cote-facebook me your address of I will have to come to Korea and hunt you down...which would be hard because I am in nursing school (and "they" control my life) and because I can't leave my house for long periods of time because David has big tools and he could potentially dismantle our house piece by piece.
I hope you are growing and learning and having great fun. eat good food for us! we miss you. and in addition to your address let us know if there is anything you greatly miss that you can't get there that we can send you.
im halfway through 'in the skin of a lion' right now. im really enjoying it. i was going to suggest it to a canadian friend of mine, but he said he has read it 6 times and its one of his fav books.
the survival guide really exposes how f'ed we'd be if there was a zombie apocalypse. remember: they can't climb stairs! i always thought the brighton would've been a good anti-zombie fortress.
thanks for the books update. i'm about to start "who's afraid of post-modernism." i'm really excited. also, i loved your synopsis of "lost in the cosmos." it made me want to re-read it. i love those southern authors, they know what's up.
Post a Comment