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Picked it up at the Spy Museum in Washington
After that, I actually want to take a look at the Quran.
2013 - What are you reading? - Page 36
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
Picked it up at the Spy Museum in Washington After that, I actually want to take a look at the Quran. | ||
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mmp
United States2130 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i43.tower.com/images/mm102140704/rose-martin-cruz-smith-paperback-cover-art.jpg) The first ~350 pages were awesome, Smith always delivers. | ||
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TheFish7
United States2824 Posts
![[image loading]](http://alimental.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/xenocide.jpg) 3rd book in the Ender's Game series, which will be a movie soon http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1731141/ ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/11/Deadhouse_Gates.jpg/200px-Deadhouse_Gates.jpg) 2nd in the series, awesome so far I have already finished all of The Foundation, A Song of Ice and Fire, LOTR, Wheel of Time, Dune, and His Dark Materials, which I highly recommend to anyone at all interested in scifi/fantasy, and still recommend to those not interested in the genres cause they are that damn good. If I get bored of fantasy, I may spend some time in reality; (I teach a class on econ) ![[image loading]](http://www.fundacionbases.org/cms/images/stories/human_action.jpg) | ||
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jimmydu444
Canada250 Posts
On June 21 2012 13:37 TheFish7 wrote: If I get bored of fantasy, I may spend some time in reality; (I teach a class on econ) You really shouldn't waste your time on anything that man writes. Just reread MWG instead. To the OP and anyone interested in Mathematics/Physics/Computer Science/AI you may be interested in Godel, Escher, Bach and The Emperor's new mind. The latter is a much more technical read but presents a very different stances on the issue of AI in contrast to the one presented in the former. ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f1/GEBcover.jpg/200px-GEBcover.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MCqyoBmDldg/T5lwhJlVD_I/AAAAAAAABwU/Q6XTWx-SQlk/s1600/gautamsoman-emprerorsnewmindrogerpenrose.png) I am currently doing some light readings in children's fictions. ![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Iyx4zT2ZL._SL500_AA300_.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://shelfelf.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/runemarks2.jpg) | ||
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dAPhREAk
Nauru12397 Posts
![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e0/Time_of_the_Twins_first_edition_cover.jpg) re-reading all the series. | ||
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ZapRoffo
United States5544 Posts
On June 03 2012 14:18 ZapRoffo wrote: I've started re-reading The Crying of Lot 49 by Pynchon. It entered my mind when Pete Campbell was reading it in Mad Men, but what more specifically inspired me to re-read was just that Mad Men was taking place at the time it came out and the book to me seems like an essential piece capturing some element of that time that I'm trying to flesh out in my mind. Like they can lend perspective to each other for me, especially since looking back--even though I first read it maybe 3 years ago at most--it had dissolved into a whirlwind in my mind, I only really remembered the one main theme of the conspiracy and imagination interplay, and that I thought the play part was a riot. Finished that one now, I think it's a pretty outstanding read. Once you get through chapter 1 it flows by pretty effortlessly straight through to the end. It's almost structured like a mystery, pulling you continually onward. Plunging into the heart of something, but what exactly? That's part of the mystery. It's a real mind-bender, plus it has some great humor about it. It's remarkable. Next up, I'm going on vacation starting tomorrow with some sizable flights, and I have two books lined up that I'm excited for. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (funny to have her mentioned two other times in the last page, I didn't look at that before picking it), and For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemingway. | ||
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visselli
Canada76 Posts
![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a3/BriefHistoryTime.jpg/200px-BriefHistoryTime.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://itthing.com/wp-content/uploads/ObjectRender.gif) mine isn't the illustrated version D: | ||
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crawlingchaos
Canada2025 Posts
On June 21 2012 14:12 ZapRoffo wrote: Finished that one now, I think it's a pretty outstanding read. Once you get through chapter 1 it flows by pretty effortlessly straight through to the end. It's almost structured like a mystery, pulling you continually onward. Plunging into the heart of something, but what exactly? That's part of the mystery. It's a real mind-bender, plus it has some great humor about it. It's remarkable. Next up, I'm going on vacation starting tomorrow with some sizable flights, and I have two books lined up that I'm excited for. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (funny to have her mentioned two other times in the last page, I didn't look at that before picking it), and For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemingway. Mrs. Dalloway was actually one of the most riveting books I've read in a while oddly enough, haha. Woolf is really amazing. Just finished: ![[image loading]](http://jacketupload.macmillanusa.com/jackets/high_res/jpgs/9780765358974.jpg) The author of the Black Company series but this is a stand alone novel. It's densely packed with conflicting politics and infighting and grey morality. Currently reading: ![[image loading]](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3F2l_Z3Mpds/TqdQ248dRMI/AAAAAAAAAiI/9KGegdE0kfg/s1600/revelation+space.jpg) It's not the first book in the series, but whatever. So far so good anyway. | ||
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forgotten0ne
United States951 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.brandontylerwebb.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/The-Red-Circle-Cover.jpg) AMAZING book! Currently: ![[image loading]](http://bfgb.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/moonwalking-with-einstein.jpg) Loving it so far. | ||
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snotboogie
Australia3550 Posts
![[image loading]](http://craigseymour.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/empire.jpg) Absolutely loved it, and thought it was the best of the Mongol series so far (although it's been a few years since I've read the first three). I absolutely love military history and have a special affection for the Mongol Empire. Iggulden brought the post-Genghis period to life for me, which was extremely cool because my knowledge of the Mongol Empire pretty much consisted of Genghis's period only. An extensive portion of this book covers the push west, also known as the Mongol Invasion of Rus'. I love Subutai as a great general in history and this campaign was under his command. I loved this section of the book and it spurred many a wikipedia session! Everyone says getting involved in a land war in Russia is a bad mistake because the winters are so deadly. But... did you know hundreds of years before Napoleon, Subutai and Batu Khan's army easily took over Russia, taking capital cities such as Kiev and Moscow? What's more impressive is that they rested during summer and fought during winter because all the Russians were expecting everyone to be holed up for the season! This perfectly illustrates the Mongols' supreme badassery and this quality is one of the main reasons I love the period so much. The book covers the entire campaign, from Russia to Hungary. Now reading: ![[image loading]](http://www.amheath.com/img/titles/conquerorhb.jpg) The final book of the series! This one's focused on Kublai Khan, and I'm really looking forward to learning about him and his exploits in China. Also concurrently reading: ![[image loading]](http://onehundredonebooks.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/neuromancer-br2.jpg) How is it that I am just now getting into Cyberpunk? As a massive fantasy/sci fi fan, I can't believe I've let an entire genre slip by me. Tsk tsk tsk, snotboogie. Get on it! And getting on it I am. I'm over halfway through the book now, and I LOVE IT! Hackers, AIs, body modifications, dystopian settings... I just can't wait to devour more cyberpunk. I'm thinking of either finishing off this trilogy after this book, or pick up Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash for a look at a different author's take on the genre as well as seeing how Cyberpunk itself has evolved over the past 20 odd years. Ugh, and I haven't even begun steampunk yet! Truly, I'll never run out of good books to read =D | ||
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La1
United Kingdom659 Posts
On June 23 2012 19:04 snotboogie wrote: Finished: Absolutely loved it, and thought it was the best of the Mongol series so far (although it's been a few years since I've read the first three). I absolutely love military history and have a special affection for the Mongol Empire. Iggulden brought the post-Genghis period to life for me, which was extremely cool because my knowledge of the Mongol Empire pretty much consisted of Genghis's period only. An extensive portion of this book covers the push west, also known as the Mongol Invasion of Rus'. I love Subutai as a great general in history and this campaign was under his command. I loved this section of the book and it spurred many a wikipedia session! Everyone says getting involved in a land war in Russia is a bad mistake because the winters are so deadly. But... did you know hundreds of years before Napoleon, Subutai and Batu Khan's army easily took over Russia, taking capital cities such as Kiev and Moscow? What's more impressive is that they rested during summer and fought during winter because all the Russians were expecting everyone to be holed up for the season! This perfectly illustrates the Mongols' supreme badassery and this quality is one of the main reasons I love the period so much. The book covers the entire campaign, from Russia to Hungary. Ugh, and I haven't even begun steampunk yet! Truly, I'll never run out of good books to read =D This book looks amazing i will add it to my list to read  thanks for posting it , I am currently reading :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Selfish_Gene ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a2/The_Selfish_Gene3.jpg/200px-The_Selfish_Gene3.jpg) I have just finished reading : ![[image loading]](http://images.emusic.com/books/images/book/0/101/023/10102303/300x300.jpg) Review : Amazing book, if you like computers or social behaviour its a great great read, best book i have read all year by a mile.. its actually such an amazing story that you would not think it was true if it was a movie.. i find it amazing how he was doing it for fun and i question his movites at times. I also appreachiated how he simplified some things for people who basically wont have a clue about tech. | ||
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snotboogie
Australia3550 Posts
Thoughts: I think I can safely say that I'll be consuming Cyberpunk voraciously for the next few months. This book is amazing. You take hard-boiled characters, sprinkle a bit of noir, add extreme high tech and let everything stew in a cesspool of greed and manipulation and you get this genre. AMAZING. In this version of the future, the Internet has evolved into Cyberspace, aka The Matrix + Show Spoiler + (This book came out way before the movie) In walks a mysterious lady who talks of the opportunity to get extremely advanced black market surgery that will enable him to jack in again - but there's always a catch, and in this case, Case needs to embark on an epic job that will take him around, and off, the world, to meet cultists, AIs, assassins and illusionists in a wild gritty ride on the edge of the law. I loved it. That's probably why, 3 days after completing it, I've already nearly finished its sequel: Currently Reading: ![[image loading]](http://www.antonraubenweiss.com/gibson/gallery/count_zero/count_zero.jpg) This happens years later in the same universe, and is told through three parallel story threads. The events of Neuromancer have had a significant impact on Cyberspace. The three main characters are an amateur cowboy, a disgraced art dealer and a black market commando specialising in defections (where valuable employees in one mega-corporation wish to defect to a rival). I think I'm liking this book even more than the original. It's got a wider cast of characters and really expands upon the concept of cyberspace. Can't wait to finish it and move on the the last (Noooooo) of the series. | ||
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Gotmog
Serbia899 Posts
![[image loading]](https://www.worldswithoutend.com/blogpics/Dresden_Files.jpg) Today i finished reading this whole series. (there is one more book to go, which will be published this year) I have to say that this read was amazing. I recommend it to everyone. (day9 approved!) | ||
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Xinder
United States2269 Posts
On July 04 2012 20:38 Gotmog wrote: Today i finished reading this whole series. (there is one more book to go, which will be published this year) I have to say that this read was amazing. I recommend it to everyone. (day9 approved!) I agree with you there. I only found out about them b/c of day9. This series is amazing! I don't know if you've read his other series "Codex Alera" but that one was also really well done. Only 6 books in the series but it was AMAZING. I just really like his style of writing. He may be my favorite Author. | ||
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Eisregen
Germany967 Posts
![[image loading]](http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/128240000/128241414.JPG) But wanna read this instead: + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://www.literaryladies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/63-2.jpg) | ||
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Wesso
Netherlands1245 Posts
On Jul 4 2012 13:38<span style='color:#d20000'> (14 min)</span> Gotmog wrote: Today i finished reading this whole series. (there is one more book to go, which will be published this year) I have to say that this read was amazing. I recommend it to everyone. (day9 approved!) Agree with this. Even though the first 2 books weren't that special in my opinion (still enjoyable though), the series takes off to awesomeness really fast and stays there. I'm currently reading Anathem by Neal Stephenson, I'm not that far in, I can already say it's pretty unique and interesting | ||
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Xayoz
Estonia373 Posts
On July 04 2012 20:38 Gotmog wrote: Today i finished reading this whole series. (there is one more book to go, which will be published this year) I have to say that this read was amazing. I recommend it to everyone. (day9 approved!) Read some of those books a while back. Really wanted to like this series but couldn't. While I mostly enjoyed the setting and story lines Butcher has crafted, I must say this - Harry Dresden is quite probably the most annoying main character I have ever encountered in a fantasy literature. He would no doubt be right at home in some comic book but in actual literature... I have never face palmed as much while reading a book. Currently halfway trough Steven Erikson's 'Gardens of the Moon'. Just loving it thus far. Have a feeling I'll be going trough all of The Malazan Book of the Fallen soon enough. | ||
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Syn Harvest
United States191 Posts
I am about to finish the second book of the Kingkiller Chronicles. Which I Highly recommend if you like ASOIF. I just picked up Gardens of the Moon because I have heard nothing but good things about The Malazan series | ||
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Gotmog
Serbia899 Posts
On July 04 2012 21:11 Xayoz wrote: Read some of those books a while back. Really wanted to like this series but couldn't. While I mostly enjoyed the setting and story lines Butcher has crafted, I must say this - Harry Dresden is quite probably the most annoying main character I have ever encountered in a fantasy literature. He would no doubt be right at home in some comic book but in actual literature... I have never face palmed as much while reading a book. Currently halfway trough Steven Erikson's 'Gardens of the Moon'. Just loving it thus far. Have a feeling I'll be going trough all of The Malazan Book of the Fallen soon enough. If you want us to understand what you mean, you are going to have to elaborate on that =) | ||
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Xinder
United States2269 Posts
On July 04 2012 22:22 Gotmog wrote: If you want us to understand what you mean, you are going to have to elaborate on that =) I'm gonna have to agree with gotmog's request. | ||
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