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This is offtopic, but I'd be curious to hear which five books you chose.

• unalone 17y ago
  Sure, if it's not a huge digression. Gravity's Rainbow and In Remembrance Of Things Past, which I haven't read yet and are long enough to justify print reading. House of Leaves, a favorite book of mind which has a very unusual typographic layout. A Best of The Onion encyclopedia, for reading when I have to kill a little time. The last book is called Syrup, by Maxx Barry, and is maybe the best light reading I've ever come across. It's not at all deep, but it's three hundred fast-paced pages and I've read it more than anything else I can think of, because I've never been in a mood where I've picked up the book and it hasn't been appealing. Then on the Kindle I have all the Asimov, medium-length novels, nonfiction, kid's books, essays, etc. It's a dream set-up and it all fits in a backpack.
  • antipaganda 17y ago
    Five books? What do you do the next day?
    • unalone 17y ago
      I don't read much. My childhood was a childhood of literature: For me, there's more joy in undiscovered mediums than there is in one that I mined. So I'm more frequently following RSS feeds while listening to new music, or I'm watching movies.
      • antipaganda 17y ago
        Fair enough. My childhood was also spent reading books, but I haven't stoppped. I read while the lights change. In queues. Making love. Nah, not really. That's mental. Reading in your car is dangerous.