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Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser.

What a book, bloody hell.  I'd highly recommend it but I don't really know what to say about it that would do it adequate justice.

It's in a similar vein to Stupid White Men by Michael Moore, but less of personal crusade and more outright facts. Focuses more on the Fast Food Industries attitudes towards the workforce etc.

A real eye opener for sure.

[Stunaep]

I never consume fast food, so I wouldn't care.

Currently: The trial by Kafka
the Testimony by Dmitri Shostakovitch

[Corsair]

Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger
The Bear and the Dragon by Tom Clancy

They complement each other quite well.

D'oh. Couldn't for get Canterbury Tales and The Dubliners for English class.

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Originally posted by Stunaep
I never consume fast food, so I wouldn't care.

Currently: The trial by Kafka
the Testimony by Dmitri Shostakovitch

It's not just about fast food, I am not a consumer of it either, it's more of an in depth study of capitalism and its effects, fast food is one of the most major capitalist industries, lots of processes developed there were passed on to other industries, such as franchise stores and assembly lines that require the most basic of human input.

It really is a good book and worthy of reading just for the complete insight into the capitalist model (advertising for children, advertising in schools, that sort of thing).

[Solatar]

Journey to the Centre of the Earth for science class...

Just finished with Cold Mountain

[Flipside]

The Ring of Five Dragons, Eric Von Lustbader.

If you liked Dune, this'll be right up your street,  it even has the same problem of hundreds of new concepts to absorb very very quickly.

[Kamikaze]

Reading "Suuki Ni ****e Mokei, Numerical Models" by Hiroshi Mori

[vyper]

Hegemony or Survival - Noam Chomsky.

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Originally posted by vyper
Hegemony or Survival - Noam Chomsky.

Oddly enough I was looking to start reading some Noam Chomsky myself, any recommendations?

[magatsu1]

Originally posted by Flipside
Eric Von Lustbader.

Meat van. Bread van. Food

[Flipside]

LOL Oh ok, Eric VAN Lustbader, so I wasn't reading it at the exact same time as I was typing the post

[magatsu1]

LOL, not quite what I was thinking about though.

[diamondgeezer]

STILL chewing through the History of Middle-earth. Anybody who wants to launch in to an uber Tolkien discussion, I'm your man

[Petrarch of the VBB]

You mean to say you're not reading WotW? Heresy!

[Stunaep]

you people are really into political stuff, it seems.

[diamondgeezer]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
You mean to say you're not reading WotW? Heresy!

I was considering it. I got a copy of Orson Welles radio broadcast. By God that was utterly ****ing fantastic

[01010]

Originally posted by Stunaep
you people are really into political stuff, it seems.

Now is a good time to read about it, before it's censored beyond public control.

[Corsair]

Listening to the Orson Wells WotW broadcast was amazingly cool. I can ALMOST see why people were spooked into thinking it was real. Except for the part where they say that it's not real, and it's just a performance. Like every five minutes.

As for political stuff, why not? It's important (especially now) and who knows when it may be censored? Plus...it's just something to do. Like weed, it can get you into serious trouble if you stick with it.

[Bri_Dog]

I've been reading whatever Heinlein I can get a hold of at the library.

[Corsair]

Heinlein is super. What've you been reading Bri_Dog?