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What are you currently reading? v2

I prefer reading non fiction, so scour the web when a nice subject presents itself.
I'm cleaning out my Safari Reading List, I thought I'd share a few with you guys.

The Father of the Digital Synthesizer

The Brotherhood of Eternal Love
Stewart Tendler and Davaid May
This book fuelled a long investigational binge of sorts..

Owsley Stanley: The King of LSD

For the unrepentant patriarch of LSD, long, strange trip winds back to Bay Area
Owsley Stanley

Ronald Hadley Stark: The Man Behind the LSD Curtain
An intriguing character, through which I found out about the book The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein, which he used as a a bible of sorts.. Be it it's cell structured OPSEC he implemented, or the revolutionary aspects, it's a good read and can understand it's appeal to him. And I only recently found out the book is part of a whole series called World as Myth.

The Pirate of Penance
By Joe Donnelly

More on The Brotherhood of Eternal Love

The Life & Times of the King of LSD
About William Leonard Pickard.
(Copy, paste into a txt file and save as PDF)

Legal highs: the dark side of medicinal chemistry
David Nichols

The Underground Empire: Where Crime and Governments Embrace
By James Mills
'Underground Empire' : Credibility of Drug Book Challenged

When hearing of George Jung's release or maybe it was from watching the tv series Pablo Escobar: el Patrón del Mal I went on another binge looking up key players starting with various articles on Carlos Lehder including a forum with fascinating personal accounts from people who visited Norman's Cay. (just google it) Barry Seal etc.. I won't list all of them but it goes trough all the way to more current events like the mysterious death report of the elusive El Azul or the escape of el Chapo.

Almost finished reading Jon's Jail Journal (by Shaun Attwood) after hearing about it on Locked Up Abroad.

This is it for now. Reading List cleanup clearly isn't getting finished tonight.. So please let me know if you want more!:)
 
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I'm reading 'Stop Walking on Eggshells,' by P Mason et al. There was a thread on BPD on Bluelight somewhere this book was mentioned - n as an ex-friend had borderline, thought I'd read out of for a laugh n out of plain curiosity. Will let you know how this book goes as really excited about reading it. No offence but thank goodness I'm NT. An old mate of mine, had an ex with BPD n they were having a custody battle. He was obsessed with borderline parents should not be allowed to have kids as apparently it's damaging for the kids.

Every day he'd send me a new article n I'd yawn say "this interesting" as he bored me senseless with his woes. Of course I stuck up for her she was a single mam of four n he was totally over-reacting n acting out of malice (even social said so).

Anyway will give my review on this. Anyone else read this?????

Evey
 
I'm reading fanfiction (Digimon fanfiction, to be precise; a series of stories called "The Saga"), but I don't know if that counts. :P
 
Just finished Peter Watts - Beyond the Rift. Sci Fi short stories, but like his other books (eg blindsight i mentioned upthread) it's some seriously clever, and pretty dark sci fi. He's a biologist so the science is quite 'hard' (not hard to read) and reductionist and a bit pessimistic, but fascinating. The starting story is a retelling of The Thing from the point of view of the thing and like each of the stories leaves you thinking for a while after.

My next book is The Wikileaks Files - an anthology of different authors analysing the wikileaks cables with an introduction by Julian Assange.

Shamanism: The Father of the Digital Synthesizer looks interesting on John Chowning (though surely Max Matthews is also in the running?)
 
I'm currently reading The Two Towers:

I got those 50th Anniversary edition hardbacks, what almost 5 years ago now but they've been gathering dust on my bookshelves largely speaking. I guess I read The Fellowship of the Ring maybe 2 years ago, so it was more than overdue to read the next!

I've got to say I'm really enjoying it so far too. There is so much more depth to the books & there are lots of bits that never made it into the films. Definitely reinvigorating my love for LotR. I've no doubt a marathon of the extended edition films will be in order soon... =D
 
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Are you lurking? Oh I hope so.... Listen if I've some advice please don't rank up these infractions, un kle fulka. Bluelight is an utterly amazing place that has helped so many, including ME. It's not worth it. Be a productive member n learn from this infraction---I wish I had. My PMis always open 'k. Please don't waste the opportunately you're given for this community is amazing, full of caring people xxxxxx

Evey
 
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Pretty great so far. Subliminal was an amazing book by him as well
 
I am reading am currently reading The Alchemist. A story about a young sheperd named Santiago who heads across the desert towards the pyramids in search of a treasure that he feels he is destined to. The book discusses a lot of things in regards to finding your destiny such as observing the unspoken language between all things, listening to the omens presented to you by the universe, and trusting your heart.
 
The Global Minotaur by Yannis Varoufakis (the motorbike-riding ex Syriza Finance minister (this book was written before that though) and professor of game theory). Yannis explains economics really clearly whenever i've seen him on telly - so far this book is the same: the global minotaur is the metaphor he uses to describe the neoliberal finance system that developed since the 70s. Not a technical book and pretty easy to read narrative.
 
Miss Peregrines's home for peculiar children - A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of curious photographs.

A horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.

I'm only a couple of chapter into it but pretty interesting so far :)
 
Cormac McCarthy - The Road

Also... Wasteland Vol 1. which is a graphic novel. Post apocalyptic story line, very well drawn with a dark narrative, most enjoyable.
 
I am currently reading 'The Martian' by Andy Weir which has been turned into the film starring Matt Damon. If the film lives up to the book then it should be a damn fine film.
 
@Max - I enjoyed the film man (it wasn't perfect, definitely worth a watch and up there with best films of 2015 I'd say), I've not read the book though so had nothing to compare it with.
 
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