EPTOn October 17 2013 15:21 IgnE wrote:
What do you mean catty?
What do you mean catty?
feels like high school
What Are You Reading 2013 - Page 144
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
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123Gurke
France154 Posts
On October 17 2013 15:28 packrat386 wrote: Engineering grad students just sit in libraries for 20 hours a day. Grad students in theoretical computer science are sometimes a little nerdy but most of them I got to know are very friendly, straightforward and open people. Maybe you should change the subject or try to socialize more with science grad students. | ||
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IgnE
United States7681 Posts
![[image loading]](http://ragingbiblioholism.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/bright-lights-big-city-jay-mcinerney.jpg) Written in second person. Pretty funny, and a short read. Ending is not what I expected though, and I'm not sure what to make of it. | ||
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frogrubdown
1266 Posts
I felt the exact same way at first. Not sure if things changed or I just adjusted to it. | ||
Prog455
Denmark970 Posts
Where (what) do you study? | ||
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BirdKiller
United States428 Posts
On October 13 2013 08:15 Shiragaku wrote: Guns, Germs, and Steel was a nice book, but it is really outdated. After you finish the book, read The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama. Since you like Civilization, I think you will enjoy this book even more :D Will do ^_^; I'm aware it's been a while since Guns, Germs, and Steel was published. I figured since the book talks about 13,000 years+ of human development, I figure much of it hasn't changed between 1997 and 2013. | ||
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lungic
Sweden123 Posts
- "A FANTASY SERIES FOR HIP, SMART PEOPLE, EVEN THOSE WHO DON'T READ FANTASY." I feel like I've been verbally assaulted  Anyone to take a guess which book? | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21245 Posts
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lungic
Sweden123 Posts
On October 19 2013 01:00 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: Sounds like obnoxious description of either Kingkiller or Song of Ice and Fire. Gonna go with the latter cause the former is less famous. "A Feast For Crows" so you're correct. Also on the same cover: "THE AMERICAN TOLKIEN." Edit: Yes the use capitalized letters. | ||
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Shiragaku
Hong Kong4308 Posts
![[image loading]](http://libcom.org/files/images/library/empire.jpg) | ||
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
Back to Capital now I guess, alas I'm ill at the moment, I won't go fast :/ | ||
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Chemist391
United States368 Posts
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
![[image loading]](http://img2.imagesbn.com/p/9780521553315_p0_v1_s260x420.jpg) On October 19 2013 08:12 Chemist391 wrote: Most recently, read Island by Huxley. Quite enjoyed. drugs are bad | ||
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
![[image loading]](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xaSouQnLpQQ/TcZm3TuWNFI/AAAAAAAAACY/gOXUhyCem9g/s320/tractatus-logico-philosophicus-ludwig-wittgenstein-paperback-cover-art.jpeg) Given the fact that his agenda seems to be to make language more precise and point out it's flaw and limitations I am very confused right now : ( | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
On October 21 2013 05:19 Nyxisto wrote: Given the fact that his agenda seems to be to make language more precise and point out it's flaw and limitations I am very confused right now : ( that project implodes itself. which is why the break from the early to late ludwig (if you are of the camp that such a break exists). | ||
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Nouar
France3270 Posts
Problem : I'm 2 weeks into a 4months business trip, and from december to february I will have NOTHING to do except read (and work), being in a refugee camp, and I'm already out of books. T_T Any good fantasy series, not black and white (Eddings I despise you), more like the Death Gate cycle (or GoT) ? Is the Wheel of Time worth it ? (Yeah i'll have THAT much time) | ||
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Stancel
Singapore15360 Posts
I bought How Starbucks Saved My Life and Bear Grylls' autobiography yesterday though, does that make up for my lack of manliness? | ||
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Syn Harvest
United States191 Posts
On October 21 2013 05:31 Nouar wrote: Finished A Dance With Dragons. (spoiler : George RR Martin : FUCK YOU. Sincerely.) Problem : I'm 2 weeks into a 4months business trip, and from december to february I will have NOTHING to do except read (and work), being in a refugee camp, and I'm already out of books. T_T Any good fantasy series, not black and white (Eddings I despise you), more like the Death Gate cycle (or GoT) ? Is the Wheel of Time worth it ? (Yeah i'll have THAT much time) The First Law Trilogy actually anything by Abercrombie, The Long Price Quartet, Kingkiller Chronicles, The Lies of Locke Lamora, The Way of Kings, Malazan | ||
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
On October 21 2013 05:31 Nouar wrote: Finished A Dance With Dragons. (spoiler : George RR Martin : FUCK YOU. Sincerely.) Problem : I'm 2 weeks into a 4months business trip, and from december to february I will have NOTHING to do except read (and work), being in a refugee camp, and I'm already out of books. T_T Any good fantasy series, not black and white (Eddings I despise you), more like the Death Gate cycle (or GoT) ? Is the Wheel of Time worth it ? (Yeah i'll have THAT much time) I read the majority of the Wheel of Time series a long time ago. I think the series is quite okay as long as you don't expect an intellectual challenge, as the series is quite 'light' and not as complex as ASOIAF. The First Law trilogy is really good, as long as you don't have a problem of reading point of view characters that you can't really sympathize with. But if you're a fan of darker fantasy written in a nice self-ironic/cynical style you're probably gonna like the series a lot. The Jim Butcher novels are also fast-paced and a lot of fun, but of course in a different category than GRRM and Abercrombie. On October 21 2013 05:22 sam!zdat wrote: that project implodes itself. which is why the break from the early to late ludwig (if you are of the camp that such a break exists). I'm not really in a camp yet :D just read it for the first time and I'll probably need to read it a few times more. If you start to get what he's really talking about the book offers quite a lot i think , but i don't like that it's basically written like a calculus-script as he is kind of inventing his own school of thought just on the fly, which makes it really hard to grasp. | ||
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Salteador Neo
Andorra5591 Posts
On October 21 2013 05:34 Syn Harvest wrote: The First Law Trilogy actually anything by Abercrombie, The Long Price Quartet, Kingkiller Chronicles, The Lies of Locke Lamora, The Way of Kings, Malazan Agreed with all of those except Malazan (read all of them except TLPQ, dropped Malaz on third book). Also anything by Brandon Sanderson, specially Mistborn. I'm now reading Brent Weeks. Finished one of his triologies a while ago and it was pretty good. | ||
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