tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post242266651440449595..comments2023-10-22T05:51:58.898-04:00Comments on Soob: The Quantum LibraryJay@Soobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208597218366281778noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-6679585185131736822008-10-16T15:45:00.000-04:002008-10-16T15:45:00.000-04:00wish i could include Shogun, but i've only read it...wish i could include Shogun, but i've only read it once.<BR/><BR/>getting ready to post my list...Sean Meadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05065687969605540072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-77955379984783011952008-10-15T07:56:00.000-04:002008-10-15T07:56:00.000-04:00I just finished Shogun, thanks for the recommendat...I just finished Shogun, thanks for the recommendation.Ymarsakarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11246906722493964175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-40798680618190423982008-10-14T13:47:00.000-04:002008-10-14T13:47:00.000-04:00Hmm, yeah, an interesting way to try and quantify ...Hmm, yeah, an interesting way to try and quantify a book. Here are a few that took on new meaning after my perspective had changed for whatever reason.<BR/><BR/>Book of Lamentations (Old Testament): It became a different book reading it as a description of conditions after Judah was invaded and dismantled.<BR/><BR/>Catch-22: One of the funniest books I've read. Took on new meaning when I began to realize that instead of being pure fiction, it reflected the absurdities of war.<BR/><BR/>Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: the image of the gunboat firing shells that were merely swallowed up by the African jungle has become one of my favorite metaphors for the difficulty/futility of trying to move something as large as a country or continent.Jeff Koubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08443715657019956926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-47149768248935401682008-10-12T15:07:00.000-04:002008-10-12T15:07:00.000-04:00I'd add Black Swan as well, but it's on loan and s...I'd add Black Swan as well, but it's on loan and so I haven't had a chance to re-read it.<BR/><BR/>James, great post on the hierarchical layer of books.<BR/><BR/>Jeff, one of these years I'll get around to finally reading the Great Gatsby.<BR/><BR/>munz, a surprisingly short list but then given the rapidity and volume in which you read it makes sense.<BR/><BR/>glenn, yep not sure how that one got forgotten. Perhaps because it, unlike some of the others, isn't falling apart. Some books I have literally read to death. I am an unkind and very demanding dictator in my library.Jay@Soobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208597218366281778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-48969044529627858952008-10-12T10:12:00.000-04:002008-10-12T10:12:00.000-04:00I'm in agreement with Purpleslog, the Quantum Libr...I'm in agreement with Purpleslog, the Quantum Library should be a very elite list of books. Too many in your Anti-Library to go back much. <BR/><BR/>How could you ever forget Atlas Shrugged? hahaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-31062417191241599822008-10-12T05:07:00.000-04:002008-10-12T05:07:00.000-04:00I only have a couple of books I read over and over...I only have a couple of books I read over and over and find new stuff in (maybe if I read more over and over, I'd find others). <BR/><BR/>Robert Greene's 48 Laws of Power<BR/><BR/>Robert Henri's The Art Spirit<BR/><BR/>Tolstoy's Confessions<BR/><BR/>Robert Shattuck's Forbidden Knowledge<BR/><BR/>I'd also add Taleb's Black Swan. I think if I read that again I'll see more stuff in it. I'm reading Braudel's Civilization and Capitalism (vol 1) as well, and it has heaps of stuff I missed out on and also having new perspectives on. So that may be on the list in the future.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10588546748297924666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-82082400201330475792008-10-11T20:10:00.000-04:002008-10-11T20:10:00.000-04:00Thanks for the list, Soob. I have a feeling as muc...Thanks for the list, Soob.<BR/><BR/> I have a feeling as much as I have been suggested to read Atlas Shrugged and 1984, they would be in my list also. I'll keep an eye on the blog to see if Munzenberg put's his up. Going to check out the rest of your blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-8742195792398572782008-10-11T19:50:00.000-04:002008-10-11T19:50:00.000-04:00Interesting, because most good books I re-read yea...Interesting, because most good books I re-read years later I end up seeing them a little differently. Age and perspective does that. Now major shifts from re-reading years later, these come to mind:<BR/><BR/>Plato's dialogues<BR/>The Great Gatsby<BR/>Shakespeares Tragedies<BR/>Mark Twain's AutobiographyJeff Willshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05943209290786814576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-66087118142047445662008-10-11T13:52:00.000-04:002008-10-11T13:52:00.000-04:00yep, the more I think about it the more I'll likel...yep, the more I think about it the more I'll likely be adding to this list.Jay@Soobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208597218366281778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37179942.post-14728363063333452852008-10-11T13:49:00.000-04:002008-10-11T13:49:00.000-04:00heh. edited this to add atlas shrugged. how the he...heh. edited this to add atlas shrugged. how the hell could I have forgotten that one?Jay@Soobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208597218366281778noreply@blogger.com