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What Are You Reading 2014 - Page 63
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bookwyrm
United States722 Posts
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packrat386
United States5077 Posts
I picked up a book about the Perl programming community, which is pretty funny. Other than that I've just been reading the language spec for C++ :/ | ||
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nunez
Norway4003 Posts
beautful standardese... | ||
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Surth
Germany456 Posts
![[image loading]](https://www.dukeupress.edu/Assets/Books/978-0-8223-5717-9_pr.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/City_of_Quartz.jpg) Kojin has to wait for a month. IT'S BACHELOR TIME. | ||
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
Finishig The World as will and representation at the moment, pretty clear Arthur is a better moralist and thorician of art than of knowledge. He can be very funny and smart, and very annoying too, but it's a better read than I expected. | ||
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babylon
8765 Posts
Some of the stuff I just bought to complete my bookshelves/collections, but the new books! - Banewreaker by Carey - Godslayer by Carey - Roadmarks by Zelazny - The Knight by Gene Wolfe - The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories by Gene Wolfe :D | ||
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Enki
United States2548 Posts
![[image loading]](http://ritikab.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/to-kill-a-mockingbird2.jpg) To Kill a Mockingbird - Finally got around to reading this. Took too long between chapters imo and I forgot some of what happened and had to read up on it. Still, easy to see why it's a classic, and also why it's banned from so many schools. Didn't expect so many racial slurs. Even though it's over 50 years old now, it's sad how relevant it still seems to be in this country. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/t5NS4S6.jpg) The Black Mirror - Batman graphic novel, and a damn good one at that. It's gritty and dark like a Batman medium should be. Would recommend this for anyone interested in this sorta thing. Currently Reading: Nothing atm but about to start.. ![[image loading]](http://img2.imagesbn.com/p/9780812550757_p0_v4_s260x420.JPG) Speaker For The Dead - Thinking of getting back into the Enders Game books next. | ||
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bookwyrm
United States722 Posts
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
What I am reading: I am considering to read Kaddish by Leon Wieseltier. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47179.Kaddish http://www.amazon.ca/Kaddish-Leon-Wieseltier/dp/0375703624 The Author is a fascinating person, excellence philosopher, writer and political analyzer but i have a very limited knowledge about the Jewish culture so i wonder how this gona fit me. | ||
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bookwyrm
United States722 Posts
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
On October 14 2014 04:59 bookwyrm wrote: I'm sure his views are distressingly subjective :p Definitely. Im not saying all subjective are bad. Its about how much you insert them into your writing. In the Xenocide and Speaker for the dead case, the author are pretty insertive with his view on christianity and religion in general. Its to the point where at one point you could see that all the characters in the book somewhat share a common view on that matter. Orson Scott Card is also a very "critical" person who have gone public with an anti-homosexuality view. Read more about him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card#Opinion On the other hand, consider Leon Wieseltier. He is the literary editor of The New Republic with incredibly rich background in philosophy and religious studies. Most of his talks was him considering both side of his own critiques, considering both sides of the arguments and admitting that he himself is not perfect by pointing out his own agenda. The difference between him and Orson is that his talk is thought provoking while Orson writing considered Orson's belief as the only truth. Read more about him here:+ Show Spoiler + Here is Leon on the current state Ukraine: On Colbert last week: (or http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/episodes/w9claz/october-7--2014---leon-wieseltier) His bio(sort of) in video form by UofCalifornia: But yeah since i have no clue about Jewish culture and religion at all, i think this book gona give me a good feed knowledge on the matter. | ||
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bookwyrm
United States722 Posts
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KillerSOS
United States4207 Posts
On October 04 2014 00:03 farvacola wrote: I fucking love the New Republic and this article is a perfect example of why. For shits and giggles, here's what I'm reading  ![[image loading]](http://www.9781599417042.com/cover.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://www.aspenlaw.com/ProductImages/889b6057-e11c-4269-bb12-eaa1a2565c01/images/1454807105.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://www.neebo.com/Content/CoverImages/Large/9781599410302.jpg) Riveting stuff, lemme tell ya. I read that exact same edition for Civ Pro, it wasn't too bad. Law school is silly. | ||
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
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farvacola
United States18834 Posts
On October 15 2014 02:23 KillerSOS wrote: I read that exact same edition for Civ Pro, it wasn't too bad. Law school is silly. Civ Pro is my favorite class so far, as the sometimes overly elaborate, abstract Supreme Court opinions match up better with my background in literature and critical theory than the other topic areas in which lower courts dominate the case law. So far, I've found the reading pretty interesting and enjoyable, though I don't sense similar attitudes among my peers lol | ||
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Roe
Canada6002 Posts
![[image loading]](http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327865673l/7082.jpg) Not as philosophically dense as I expected and hoped - more of a fast-paced action/investigation novel (so far, about half way through). Still, poses some interesting ideas and I'm always excited to read the next chapter. I like how it makes you reconsider the prejudice laid out against androids. Got it for my birthday, along with the movie Blade Runner so I'm looking forward to watching it and comparing the two. Also reading through some of J.G. Ballard's short stories: ![[image loading]](http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/images/a/a4/THCMPLTSTR2009.jpg) Upon reading many of his stories I realized how skilled he was at the style, and how I wish I could emulate him. Some of the main themes are up my alley - post-apocalyptic, psychological, philosophical. More of a descriptive author than one who uses conversation, which is somewhat in contrast to Dick's Androids which relies a lot more on interpersonal dialogue. In this way I think Ballard plays to his best strength allowing him to paint a rich landscape for each of his little universes. | ||
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bookwyrm
United States722 Posts
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RoyGBiv_13
United States1275 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books/StickAndRudder/StickAndRudder.jpg) It's about controlling an airplane. Quite technical, written in the 30's, yet still relevant. | ||
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TimENT
United States1425 Posts
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