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Oh god, save yourself. This book is SO bad. T_T I miss my Palmer (A History of the Modern World, now THAT'S a good textbook).
2010 - What are you Reading? - Page 37
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ghrur
United States3786 Posts
Oh god, save yourself. This book is SO bad. T_T I miss my Palmer (A History of the Modern World, now THAT'S a good textbook). | ||
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
On December 28 2010 03:01 mofisto wrote: Just finished god is not great (literally 25 mins ago). Good book. If you like those type of books, I recommend The End of Faith and the Future of Reason and A Letter to A Christian Nation, both by Sam Harris. Next books on my list are: Naked Lunch (most shocking book in the English language, a terrifying journey into the depths of the human pscyhe, according to the blurb on the back) and Concrete Island, which is a modern day Robinson Crusoe about a man stuck on a traffic island, by J Ballad the same author as High Rise (great book, if I remember rightly the first sentance is "as i sat on my balcony eating the dog") Yeah, big fan of Harris too. I read The Moral Landscape this past summer which was pretty good. | ||
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CarlyZerg
United States113 Posts
He's a rolling stone journalist who goes undercover in two circles: an end-of-days Christian fundamentalist group, and a 9/11 Truth group, and tries to provide insight into why so many Americans are drawn to these ideologies. The book is very wry and clever (as one would expect from a journalist), and does provide a fair amount of insight (more than one would expect from a journalist). You might find it somewhat offensive if you subscribe to either of said ideologies. | ||
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junemermaid
United States981 Posts
On December 28 2010 09:00 jax1492 wrote: ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/IdYLW.jpg) Its a really good book, i think anyone who wants to understand more about the people of Afghanistan/Pakistan in the tribal areas should read this. This book is amazing. Good choice. | ||
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Deleted User 101379
4849 Posts
On December 28 2010 03:45 HeavenS wrote: As for my next books to read, i have no idea. so many options i havent read. 1984 maybe? dune? hyperion? Asimov's Foundation? the girl with the dragon tattoo? ian banks culture novels?the belgariad? a fire upon the deep?world war z? day by day armageddon? interview with the vampire? too many choices and im too indecisive so ill probably read the reviews on each and go from there ;] I would recommend starting with caves of steel and going from there through the whole series (including the foundation trilogy) in storywise chronological order: + Show Spoiler + Caves of Steel The Naked Sun The Robots of Dawn Robots and Empire Pebble in the Sky The Stars, like Dust The Currents of Space Prelude to Foundation Forward the Foundation Foundation Foundation and Empire Second Foundation Foundation's Edge Foundation and Earth I read them in the wrong order first and then re-read them in the correct order and it's interesting to see how every book connects to the previous and following books in some way. As for me, i'm reading "The Pragmatic Programmer - From Journeyman to Master" and hope to finish it before end of the year, though lately i'm reading too little, usually i read at least a hundred pages a day. Next on the list might be "Design Patterns" from Erich Gamma and others (IIRC). | ||
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stolensheep
United Kingdom306 Posts
![[image loading]](http://images.wikia.com/starcraft/images/8/8b/ShadowXel%27naga_Nov_Cover1.jpg) :D | ||
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pfods
United States895 Posts
Until some asshole at my house spilled beer all over it, didn't tell me about it, and therefor allowed a book of 1000 pages to become one solid block of sticky paper. Until my new copy arrives, I'm reading ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a1/Sailbeyond.jpg/200px-Sailbeyond.jpg) | ||
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Farad
216 Posts
On December 12 2010 22:53 LittleeD wrote: I read book 1-6 like 2 years ago but never finnished the series for some reason. Doing it now: ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/54/Thedarktower7.jpg) + Show Spoiler + Tell us what you think of the ending :D | ||
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Kojaimea
United Kingdom277 Posts
On December 28 2010 05:02 Bluetea wrote: ![[image loading]](http://www.bookstoreup.com/wp-content/uploads/Slaughterhouse-Five.jpg) Giant thumb of approval from me! One of my favorite novels. I just started MAUS. ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/0PGR0.jpg) | ||
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Zorkmid
4410 Posts
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Niso
Australia148 Posts
![[image loading]](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c5yp2WvKF-Q/SWxU6-_ynzI/AAAAAAAAAEE/LdqBPVvIIYM/s400/Asimov+Isaac++The+Complete+Robot.jpg) Old, but so amazing. | ||
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plexx
United States41 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q213/plexxxx/sun-also-rises.jpg) Last week ![[image loading]](http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q213/plexxxx/another-roadside.jpg) Week before ![[image loading]](http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q213/plexxxx/mastermargarita.jpg) | ||
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Zorkmid
4410 Posts
On December 28 2010 07:51 LyRa wrote: Slaughterhouse Five ...So it goes. | ||
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Dagobert
Netherlands1858 Posts
William Gibson - Mona Lisa Overdrive William Gibson - Pattern Recognition Frederik Pohl - Man Plus Jiro Taniguchi - Die Sicht der Dinge (orig.: Chichi no Koyomi) Jiro Taniguchi - Zoo in Winter Janne Teller - Nichts was im Leben wichtig ist (orig.: Intet) Tolkien - The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun Twain - Letters from the Earth Twain - A Tramp Abroad Vernor Vinge - Marooned in Realtime Vernor Vinge - True Names I got a lot of books to read... T_T | ||
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JTT
Australia10 Posts
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m4gdelen4
United States416 Posts
ending made me tear my hair out but i loved all the same | ||
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ZERG_RUSSIAN
10417 Posts
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Hatsu
United Kingdom474 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.readersread.com/pics/tom_clancy_dead_or_alive_cover.jpg) My lovely techno thriller porn :D | ||
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TheOvermind77
United States923 Posts
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Zeri
United States773 Posts
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