EPT(ugh, I've read books 3 - 5 in the last 2 weeks already and each book is about a thousand pages thick)
I'm also flipping through "The Mathematics of Poker" and "Shader X5".
What are you reading right now? - Page 2
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iaretehnoob
Sweden741 Posts
(ugh, I've read books 3 - 5 in the last 2 weeks already and each book is about a thousand pages thick) I'm also flipping through "The Mathematics of Poker" and "Shader X5". | ||
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Last.Midnight
Australia903 Posts
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Frits
11782 Posts
Au Pair - By Willem Frederik Hermans, a great dutch writer. Basically about a girl that is going to study in France and sees all kinds of crazy shit there. It has some pretty funny moments. I'm only about 150~ pages in yet or so. But it's definately a good book. | ||
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sushiman
Sweden2691 Posts
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dupek
Switzerland214 Posts
On August 11 2007 21:16 Last.Midnight wrote: I just finished Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh. I'm not much of a reader at all, this is probably the first book I've ever read willingly. I watched the movie right after, and now I finally understand why people moan that the book beats the movie. The movie just feels so fucking short having read and experienced the book. I'm definitely going to continue reading now. It's good. If you like it, read Filth from the same author. You will like it! The plot centres on Bruce Robertson, a Scottish police officer. He is a sex-obsessed, misanthropic man driven by his intense hatred. With cravings for cocaine, a pleasure for "the games" - Bruce's euphemism for the myriad foul plots he hatches directed at workmates - and sexual abuse of the women in his life, Bruce is an anti-hero | ||
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{ToT}Strafe
Thailand7026 Posts
![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8f/200px-Clash_civilizations.jpg/150px-200px-Clash_civilizations.jpg) and ![[image loading]](http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41K9D883MDL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg) and | ||
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{ToT}Strafe
Thailand7026 Posts
On August 11 2007 21:30 sushiman wrote: Been alternating a bit between Tale of two cities by Dickens, and The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. TM&M is absolutely brilliant. The Master and Margarita is one of my favorite literature books  On August 11 2007 18:19 fuglyfrog wrote: Lollita by Vladimir Nabokov Just finished Perfume by Patrick Suskind What do you think of Lolita so far? I found it pretty interesting and disgusting On August 11 2007 18:09 Beyonder wrote: Hoping to find some interesting books, so please describe some and perhaps a picture if you can. :D I'm currently reading all the The Iliad books from Homer(us) It's really fat but reads well. Pure art; so beautiful to read. linkIliad was my favorite book when I was younger. I wonder if it's any better when you read it when you are older. I remember that I loved the story telling when I was 12. Very compelling book and reads very fast, because you just don't want to stop On August 11 2007 20:50 NeoIllusions wrote: A Game of Thrones That's the book by George SSR Martin right? Song of Ice and Fire? Think I read that too when I was little, much better than Tolkien and Terry Goodkind  | ||
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sc0rchedst0rm
Ireland176 Posts
One of my favorite books is "Good Omens" by Pratchett and Gaiman, I noticed someone mentioned it further up. | ||
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brian
United States9617 Posts
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Taiche
France1963 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.inspector-wallander.org/mysteries/white-lioness/products/book-en-vintage-1400031559-large.jpg) I'm currently reading the Wallander series from Henning Mankell. Quite a good read actually | ||
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il0seonpurpose
Korea (South)5638 Posts
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GrandInquisitor
New York City13113 Posts
soon to be added: ![[image loading]](http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/0293-1/%7BC177718E-5056-4691-A7CD-040FE1D00753%7DImg100.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://www.numilogebooks.com/package/couvertures/mobi_images/LadiesAndGentlemenOfTheJury.jpg) | ||
NeoIllusions
United States37500 Posts
On August 11 2007 21:46 {ToT}Strafe wrote: That's the book by George SSR Martin right? Song of Ice and Fire? Think I read that too when I was little, much better than Tolkien and Terry Goodkind Indeed. Hot_Bid brought it over two weeks ago, I'm slowly getting through it. | ||
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Hans-Titan
Denmark1711 Posts
![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/aa/Bonfirewolf.jpg) Kinda stuck at p. 3xx tho  | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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Cpt Obvious
Germany3073 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.comingsoon.net/nextraimages/tolkienchildren.jpg) currently reading: ![[image loading]](http://wychian.free.fr/images/Digital%20Fortress.jpg) and ![[image loading]](http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n0/n2798.jpg) after that scheduled is the second part in the series "A Song of Fire and Ice": ![[image loading]](http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n1/n7769.jpg) Tolkien's Children of Húrin is recommended, although being published by his far less talented son Christopher, it is a good read. Digital Fortress didn't really get me hooked, although I plan on finishing it, and be it only to be able to claim that I read all his books. A Game of Thrones is even better than I have been promised by the fantasy-loving part of our beloved IRC-channel, I highly recommend everyone to read it if you have the slightest of interests in fictional literature. The second part of the 4-part sequel is the logical choice for the next book then. I just hope I can finish them all before classes start in a couple of weeks ^^; | ||
thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
On August 11 2007 22:30 oneofthem wrote: some representationalist papaers, although i dont have access to the academic sources right now, a pain in the ass. vpn into your school network and access the sites~~ | ||
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grobo
Japan6199 Posts
Pretty insane stuff, Please let me know if you know of any similar books ![[image loading]](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/165251719_7973acc084.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://www.booksattransworld.co.uk/houseofleaves/house%20leaves%20final.jpg) | ||
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CC Rider
289 Posts
![[image loading]](http://marketplace.publicradio.org/i/news/b_consumed_barber.jpg) Consumed by Benjamin Barber, a nonfiction book about capitalism and consumerism and advertising and marketing. ![[image loading]](http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/10090000/10090082.jpg) End of Faith, a nonfiction book about religion from an atheist's perspective. ![[image loading]](http://hbpub.vo.llnwd.net/o16/jackets/258H/9780312874568.jpg) Tales of the Dying Earth by Jack Vance, an excellent science fiction book about the earth many billions of years into the future when the sun is old and red and going to go out at any minute. He makes the setting really cool, it's very realistic in that what happened in the books is actually what could happen on earth: science became so advanced, and then in various disasters each civilization that had risen and triumphed eventually fell, and so the people had access to these "ancient" (to them) tools and weapons and items that were normal science to the people that made them, but were so advanced that to the Dying Earth people who didn't understand them, they were indistinguishable from magic. and so there are people known as magicians and sorcerors and there are magical talismans and amulets and stuff, and all the characters really believe this is magic, but the author and the reader know it's just really advanced science from our future and the book's setting's past. Vance is an awesome writer, in fact the great George RR Martin, whose excellent series A Song of Ice and Fire has been rightly mentioned, said that Vance is one of his favorite writers and one of his big influences. | ||
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Cpt Obvious
Germany3073 Posts
I also recommend reading the Perry Rhodan series when you have a couple of years to spare. | ||
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