Another of his book which i read a while back. Quite a good read.
"Writing in a leisurely and personal style that makes this complex subject utterly accessible, the author, Nassim Taleb, instructs us on how to account for randomness in our decision making, and illustrates the many ways in which we confuse luck with skill."

Skilledblob

Germany3392 Posts

March 18 2012 10:15 GMT

#503

will read this soon(tm)

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The Adventurous Simplicissimus

It's one of the first adventure novels ever written in german. It was published 1669 and takes place in the thirty years war. If people are interested in that time you might wanna check this out

english translations are around too.

deanyo

United Kingdom206 Posts

March 18 2012 10:23 GMT

#504

Currently reading through The Dark Tower series, loving it.

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Just finished the 1st song of fire and ice, and all 3 of the hunger games books.

BenBuford

Denmark307 Posts

March 18 2012 10:38 GMT

#505

Motivational and inspiring. quick read.

S. aureus

United States14 Posts

March 18 2012 20:35 GMT

#506

Hey all, new here.
I am also new to Murakami
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and Roth

kl0wn64

United States16 Posts

March 18 2012 20:45 GMT

#507

reading it for the second time, really nice book. i plan on buying the rest of the series as soon as possible

nubs

United States13 Posts

March 19 2012 13:25 GMT

#508

Just finished:
+ Show Spoiler [Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson] +

As always, Neal Stephenson impresses me with his attention to detail and research. Some parts of the book definitely moved slowly (big reason why it took me 2 months to finish this) but the characters and plot were very entertaining. For those interested in an interesting view of the Enlightenment, this could be a great series. I plan on reading the other 2, but need to take a break with something different first.

Reading now:
+ Show Spoiler [Glasshouse by Charles Stross] +

Another one of my favorite current authors, I haven't gotten around to this book and have been meaning to for too long.

ControlMonkey

Australia3109 Posts

March 19 2012 13:45 GMT

#509

On March 18 2012 19:23 deanyo wrote:
Currently reading through The Dark Tower series, loving it.

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Just finished the 1st song of fire and ice, and all 3 of the hunger games books.

Wizard & Glass is the best of the lot IMO.

Currently reading:

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Started reading the series last year, but got derailed by taking up university study after 10 years away from it.

Also currently reading:

for the above mentioned university degree. It's kinda dry.

Manit0u

Poland17850 Posts

March 19 2012 16:27 GMT

#510

Game Cultures: Computer Games as New Media by Jon Dovey and Helen Kennedy

Very good and interesting book. Required minimum reading to really comprehend what it is about:
The Structure of Sociological Theory by Jonathan Turner
The Information Age trilogy by Manuel Castells
The Language of New Media by Lev Manovich
Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games by Edward Castronova

Thankfuly, I had them all on my bookshelf

Also:

Horus Heresy series are truly epic.

Just finished:

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EVE: The Empyrean Age by Tony Gonzales

I must say I was rather reluctant to start on it. It was gathering dust on the shelf for almost a year before I gave it a chance. I was very pleasantly surprised. After a bit of a slow start it launches into epic, large scale political thriller. It is pretty well written, has a lot of surprises and plot twists in it, which makes it even better. All kept in a dark and gritty hard SF tone. It's also not for children as sex and violence in it, while not abundant, are pretty graphic.
Really great debut by Gonzales, will definitely keep an eye out for more of his works from now on.

ShadyKat

United Kingdom40 Posts

March 19 2012 20:59 GMT

#511

Great thread, definately need to get onto amazon and order some of these titles;

Just finishing this myself, great book even though it is nearly 25 years old!

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MaddogStarCraft

Canada64 Posts

March 19 2012 21:07 GMT

#512

Pretty good book so far.

Love Hitchen's writing style.

KNICK

Germany248 Posts

March 19 2012 21:21 GMT

#513

Seriously, if you are even the tiniest bit interested in horror fiction and are not put off by a good dose of pessimism, do yourself a favor and hunt down a collection of Thomas Ligotti's stories. Grimscribe is the only one of them I have yet to finish (three stories in right now) and it almost makes me sad that after I'm done with this one, there will be no more of this incredible author for me to discover.

trwkling

658 Posts

March 19 2012 21:23 GMT

#514

If you guys are interested with fiction with a sort of Chinese twist, read Ha Jin's Waiting, or A Free Life. Pretty amazing reads IMO.

Sableyeah

Netherlands2119 Posts

March 19 2012 21:25 GMT

#515

Planning to read tuesdays with Morie pretty soon!

mprs

Canada2933 Posts

March 19 2012 21:31 GMT

#516

I don't have a fancy picture, but I'm reading the complete canon work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.

Enki

United States2548 Posts

March 19 2012 21:37 GMT

#517

Last Read:
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A Clash of Kings - Loved it. Really like where the series is going so far. Even though I hear it goes downhill, I picked up A Storm of Swords and A Feast for Crows today. Can't wait to continue the series

Reading Now:
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The Art of Learning - Heard about it in the qxc video so I got this awhile ago. Already pretty interesting and alot of the stuff in it you can apply to pretty much anything competitive, including Starcraft.

Reading Next:
I'm so bad with choosing the next book I will read so I won't bother lol. Will probably continue the ASOIAF series though with A Storm of Swords.

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4rChon

150 Posts

March 19 2012 21:39 GMT

#518

Not long ago I started reading the Wheel of Time series. A friend of mine recommended it to me and he let me burrow the first book: The Eye of the World.

I have only read up to around page 200 something from over 800 pages but I have to say that Jordan is an incredible author. The text really draws you into the story and you actually care for the characters. Looking forward to the other books.

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miercat

394 Posts

March 20 2012 04:11 GMT

#519

On March 20 2012 06:23 trwkling wrote:
If you guys are interested with fiction with a sort of Chinese twist, read Ha Jin's Waiting, or A Free Life. Pretty amazing reads IMO.

What do you mean by - Chinese twist?

Pinkie

United States145 Posts

March 20 2012 04:42 GMT

#520

On March 18 2012 10:32 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
May I ask where you got a copy of Dr. Zhivago?

Stealth I'm getting mine from Amazon used books sellers. I need a certain edition for Aca Dec so hopefully I get the correct one and am not jipped