tas7 Posted December 29, 2016 Posted December 29, 2016 Coming to the end of reading Rush and Philosophy by Berti and Bowman, and it has been one very heavy read. Anyone else read this, in some parts it has been like reading Joseph Conrad or something by Steven Hawking?
Entre_Perpetuo Posted December 29, 2016 Posted December 29, 2016 I did a lot of heavy Rush reading over the past year and a half for my Rush paper, but I don't remember a lot of titles. However, I listed everything I used in the paper in the works cited section. My paper should have its own thread somewhere on the front page of this sub forum, I made it a few days ago.
Thunder Bay Rush Posted December 29, 2016 Posted December 29, 2016 I tried reading that book once... for about ten minutes. Too deep for me. Then, I turned on the Simpsons...
J2112YYZ Posted December 29, 2016 Posted December 29, 2016 Hardest Rush book? Not sure, i've never been hit with one. 3
Segue Myles Posted December 29, 2016 Posted December 29, 2016 Hardest Rush book? Not sure, i've never been hit with one. Oooooooh...can we make this a challenge?
catherine Posted December 29, 2016 Posted December 29, 2016 I have read quite a few Rush books but I bailed on that book too about halfway in. I am cool with philosophy but that one got boring to me. 2
Lurkst Posted December 29, 2016 Posted December 29, 2016 Hardest Rush book? Not sure, i've never been hit with one. If it happens make sure it's not this one... http://www.rushisaband.com/images/200603/110.f.gif 1
catherine Posted December 30, 2016 Posted December 30, 2016 Hardest Rush book? Not sure, i've never been hit with one. If it happens make sure it's not this one... http://www.rushisaband.com/images/200603/110.f.gif That sucker is no joke! Must weigh, what, #20? :laughing guy:
JohnRogers Posted December 30, 2016 Posted December 30, 2016 I did a lot of heavy Rush reading over the past year and a half for my Rush paper, but I don't remember a lot of titles. However, I listed everything I used in the paper in the works cited section. My paper should have its own thread somewhere on the front page of this sub forum, I made it a few days ago.I need to read that still. 1
tas7 Posted December 30, 2016 Author Posted December 30, 2016 Got another one to read; Rush; Rock music and the Middle Classes. Hope that's a bit easier! 1
ytserush Posted December 30, 2016 Posted December 30, 2016 Got another one to read; Rush; Rock music and the Middle Classes. Hope that's a bit easier! I enjoyed that. It made me think about connecting all of those things. It's not a breeze though. I haven't pulled Rush and Philosophy off of the shelf to read yet as I thought it would be heavy and I'd need time to concentrate on it. I figured it would be a tough one. I started Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Excellence a few months back, but haven't gotten back into it. That's a tough read too, but I didn't think what I read as too bad. There's a fair bit of MacDonald's book in there and having read that made it easier to get into. I let it sit for a week (a mistake) and never got back to it. I haven't read Bowman's Experiencing Rush yet, but not because it's difficult. That seems like a book I need to be sitting outside for to enjoy it. I never got to it last summer like I wanted. Mystic Rhythms (Carol Selby Price) is a bit heavy handed in a way that A Simple Kind Mirror is kind of well... simplistic. 1
tas7 Posted December 30, 2016 Author Posted December 30, 2016 The paper on Rush and Libertarianism by Steven Horwitz was interesting but the most intriguing was Neil Peart versus Ayn Rand by Deena and Michael Weinstein, showing that most critics hadn't read Anthem properly before making the comparisons with 2112.
Lucas Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 Coming to the end of reading Rush and Philosophy by Berti and Bowman, and it has been one very heavy read. Anyone else read this, in some parts it has been like reading Joseph Conrad or something by Steven Hawking? I bought that one, expecting it to have had authors contributing who were actually qualified to do so .. Very disappointed .. Most of it actually pales in comparison to many of the topics here
Entre_Perpetuo Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 I did a lot of heavy Rush reading over the past year and a half for my Rush paper, but I don't remember a lot of titles. However, I listed everything I used in the paper in the works cited section. My paper should have its own thread somewhere on the front page of this sub forum, I made it a few days ago.I need to read that still. I'm glad you'd like to! It's probably more than a bit dense itself, but quite a lot of it is stuff everyone here already knows and the rest is me arguing a rather simple point, the IB just declared it must be 4,000 words, so I could've done much more and made it epic, or I could have done much less and covered practically as much ground, but 4,000 words meant it turned out how it did, and I just hope folks here find it readable and enjoyable.
ytserush Posted January 6, 2017 Posted January 6, 2017 Coming to the end of reading Rush and Philosophy by Berti and Bowman, and it has been one very heavy read. Anyone else read this, in some parts it has been like reading Joseph Conrad or something by Steven Hawking? I bought that one, expecting it to have had authors contributing who were actually qualified to do so .. Very disappointed .. Most of it actually pales in comparison to many of the topics here Guess that means it will be the last Rush book I pull off of the shelf to read. Had high expectations for that one.
tas7 Posted January 6, 2017 Author Posted January 6, 2017 Rush; Rock music and the Middle Classes has been easier to read and more interesting.
ytserush Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 Rush; Rock music and the Middle Classes has been easier to read and more interesting. It's great you're enjoying it. It's a top ten Rush book for me. 1
Justus_2112 Posted January 15, 2017 Posted January 15, 2017 Hardest Rush reading: "The Drum Techniques of Rush"
edhunter Posted January 15, 2017 Posted January 15, 2017 The hardest read was Mereley Players. Full of grammar and timeline errors. Good hell that was agonizing. Honorable mention for Visions, the ultimate fanboi wet dream diary.
LedRush Posted January 15, 2017 Posted January 15, 2017 Cygnus X-1 Book II rocks harder than them all. 1
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted January 15, 2017 Posted January 15, 2017 Hardest Rush book? Not sure, i've never been hit with one. If it happens make sure it's not this one... http://www.rushisaband.com/images/200603/110.f.gif Had a scan of this yesterday, haven't opened it in years. Yes, quite the tome. The densest, in every sense of the word, Rush book I've attempted is Price & Price's "Mystic Rhythms: The Philosophical Vision Of Rush. A typewriter gave birth to a 2 headed baby.
ytserush Posted January 15, 2017 Posted January 15, 2017 The hardest read was Mereley Players. Full of grammar and timeline errors. Good hell that was agonizing. Honorable mention for Visions, the ultimate fanboi wet dream diary. Supposedly a second Telleria edition was promised from the get-go after the poor reviews, but I've never come across one I use the correct bits for a quick reference, but that's about it..
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