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Last time we had a 'recommend me a good book' thread, a bunch of people expressed how much they like the threads. I suggested in the thread doing something similar to the background thread, and got a grand total of zero responses.
Well, screw you, I am doing it anyways.
So, What am I currently reading?
It was assigned to my anthropology class, so I am not reading it by choice, but it is really good imo. First time reading a mystery novel, and I could see myself getting into the genre after this. Also, Hillerman has an interesting (to me) style in that each chapter is told from a single characters perspective, but alternating chapter by chapter between three different characters. Haven't finished it yet though, so can't give a really good review yet.
What have I finished reading most recently?
It is a classic, so I don't really need to sell it to you. But rest assured, I thought it was awesome. Easily made my all time top 5.
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Nothing really, though I'm waiting for the new Horus Heresy book, Mechanicum.
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Just finished "Saturday" by Ian McEwan. Now I'm reading "The Emperor's Children" by Claire Messud (sp?). Both are solid, "Saturday" is actually excellent. Nothing groundbreaking.
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after owning grapes of wrath for a bout 5 years i decided to start reading it.
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Reading Pride and Predjudice for English, just finished Frankenstein last week and will probably start A Brave New World Soon.
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My roommate is going to let me borrow his book of
He's gave it pretty high marks in his book and he's an avid reader. I don't really know much of what I'm getting in to though.
The last book I read was
This book is quite brilliant. I was wanting to delve further into the ideals of particle physics without too much mathematical base and my grandpa recommended this book. The author is great at explaining complex ideals and includes many Feyman diagrams. If the LHC rekindled some part of your desire for particle physics, then this book is a must read!
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I've never gotten around to reading a brave new world, it's on my to do list.
I just read twilight, because of the movie that's coming out. If you like romance novels, you'll like twilight. If you don't, then don't even pick up the book.
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I recently read Breakfast at Tiffany's for a class of mine. It was okay, I guess.... Now I have to read the graphic novel Ghost World, for the same class. It's okay, kinda. I also read a lot of Batman comics. I'm not sure if you want to count those (the comics). I also somewhat recently read The Game. It's an amazing story. I'm sure there are a lot of people who disagree with the lifestyle, but it was really interesting to me. I'm trying to get my gf to read the whole thing... I'm not sure if that's a good idea or not, but whatever! ha
1984 was an amazing book: absolutely amazing. So was A Brave New World.
There are so many books I want to read... Catch-22, just because I hear the phrase all the time. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (Blade Runner book. I was supposed to read it in HS but never did. It seemed really interesting from the page or two that I did read). There are TONS of classics that I want to read too. War and Peace, for example. I couldn't possibly name all the books on my "to read" list.
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I like to sharpen my design skills while I'm on the john.
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well, finished now
but it was the last book I was reading
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I'm almost done with it. It's kinda got a catcher and the rye feeling to it.
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do people get anything out of these books or does your mind go blank as your eyes scans line by line? like, can u actually remember the previous chapter and stuff?
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The Alchemist
I read a bit by bit, but if i just sit down i could finish it in like an hour >.>
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Paradise Lost
For some reason i just <3 that book
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and also a manga called BLAME!
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On November 07 2008 17:48 Hollow wrote:
I actually own, that, (the HP Lovecraft one), is it any good? Never got around to reading it, but I think my aunt gave it to me or something.
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Fareed Zakaria is amazing.
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On November 07 2008 17:56 Lemonwalrus wrote:I actually own, that, (the HP Lovecraft one), is it any good? Never got around to reading it, but I think my aunt gave it to me or something.
are you serious?
read it.
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United States20661 Posts
Crime and Punishment
Anna Karenina
Wind-up Bird Chronicle
I know I really shouldn't be doing 3 at once but ... meh.
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Steven Erikson's Toll the Hounds
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lord of the rings... once again 
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Discovery of heaven by Harry Mulisch , this is actually a recommendation not what i am reading.
Great read, one of the best author's I have ever read, highly recommended.
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Currently:
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Finished recently (what a surprise):
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Good and Evil: An Absolute Conception by Raimond Gaita.
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I don't have time to read anything other than textbooks nowadays  .
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King: The Dark Tower (Part 2)
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Interesting stuff so far.
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Means "Meat is my vegetable". Fun stuff (actually the title has nothing to do with the story of the book).
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Right now I'm reading the end of
Also in the middle of
Before that I read the earlier two books in the Ender series which I both think are the two best books in that series.
Also just read
and
The first of which I liked a lot.
Next up I'm thinking of reading these books:
+ Show Spoiler +And maybe another books of Haruki Murakami.
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On November 07 2008 19:24 ygor wrote:+ Show Spoiler +Currently: Finished recently (what a surprise):
Both are great books I hope you enjoy them.
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i should get back to reading dennett, as soon as i decide that i give a fuck about philosophy of mind again
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On November 07 2008 21:42 oneofthem wrote:
i should get back to reading dennett, as soon as i decide that i give a fuck about philosophy of mind again
Which of his books have you read? A most intriguing subject imo.
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i was in the middle of the intentional stance, and i've read some papers like quining qualia. philosophy of mind is of course fascinating, but it is rather detached from political subjects, aside from some cute tricks. so it is kind of an indulgence for me.
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I'm being my usual Sci-fi self and reading:
Almost done with it, looking forward to when the final book in the trilogy is released. =)
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Currently reading: The Possessed (Fjodor Dostoevsky)
Finished reading: Rant (Chuck Palahniuk)
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hmmm I think we need a book discussion thread where we can take some time and really discuss the content :p
I'm always happy when I see book threads on tl.net, but usually there is not a lot of content to be found ^^
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On November 07 2008 23:07 poilord wrote:
hmmm I think we need a book discussion thread where we can take some time and really discuss the content :p
I'm always happy when I see book threads on tl.net, but usually there is not a lot of content to be found ^^
If you build it, they will come.
Hopefully.
If they don't Chill will destroy it and it will be forgotten.
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I just started reading Jennifer Government
(you might recognize it since it inspired the online game NationStates)
I'm only 50 pages in, but it's pretty good so far.
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When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler, by David M. Glantz and Jonathan M. House (recently finished)
[A detailed operational "play-by-play" of the largest military conflict in history. Uses mainly Soviet source material and dispels much of Western caricaturization and misconceptions. Glantz - an American military historian who specializes in this area and knows as much about it as anyone - concludes that the USSR could have "probably" won the war by 1948 without the lend-lease aid and without the Allied Normandy landings.]
War of Annihilation: Combat and Genocide on the Eastern Front, 1941, by Geoffrey Megargee (recently finished)
[A book about the German Army's oft-whitewashed involvement in the Holocaust and other war-crimes in Russia.]
Everyday Stalinism - Ordinary Life in Extraoridnary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s, by Sheila Fitzpatrick
Middle Andzia: a memoir, by Anda M. Rosen
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On November 07 2008 19:21 SnowFantasy wrote:Currently: :O
This.
I've also just finished reading Salem Lot and Carrie by the same author. God I love Stephen King
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On November 07 2008 21:42 oneofthem wrote:
i should get back to reading dennett, as soon as i decide that i give a fuck about philosophy of mind again
Funny, I always supposed Dennet is what one would read if one DIDN'T "give a fuck about philosophy of mind". :O
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Lulz. Currently reading some book about how the internet is destroying society. I think it's inspired by TL.Net.
edit: Apparently the internet is also destroying mah spellingz.
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On November 08 2008 00:24 HnR)hT wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2008 21:42 oneofthem wrote:
i should get back to reading dennett, as soon as i decide that i give a fuck about philosophy of mind again Funny, I always supposed Dennet is what one would read if one DIDN'T "give a fuck about philosophy of mind". :O
Dennett is the philosopher who I think has the best ideas and opinions closest to my own when it comes to the philosophy of mind. I like the way his thinking merges philosophy and science. I don't know why you would say something like that. Either you don't agree with him or you don't like the way he writes?
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On November 08 2008 00:33 DrainX wrote:Show nested quote +On November 08 2008 00:24 HnR)hT wrote:On November 07 2008 21:42 oneofthem wrote:
i should get back to reading dennett, as soon as i decide that i give a fuck about philosophy of mind again Funny, I always supposed Dennet is what one would read if one DIDN'T "give a fuck about philosophy of mind". :O Dennett is the philosopher who I think has the best ideas and opinions closest to my own when it comes to the philosophy of mind. I like the way his thinking merges philosophy and science. I don't know why you would say something like that. Either you don't agree with him or you don't like the way he writes?
His opinions are farthest from my own  . Unless I'm mistaken, he's a total materialist/physicalist who says that the problem of consciousness is a fictitious problem caused by imprecise language only.
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philosophy of mind is not necessarily 'mentalistic' which i assume is the insinuation presumed by hnr)ht. i am largely a compatibilist with sympathy to physicalism so i do not agree with dennett a lot of the time, but his is a pole position against which one sets up one's own shops.
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For school:
Marcel Proust - "A la recherche du temps perdu" finished it 2 days ago.
A. Camus - "La Peste"
For fun:
Harry Harrison - "West of Eden"
Thomas Harlan - "The Shadow of Ararat" + the 2 other books in the trilogy.
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On November 08 2008 00:41 HnR)hT wrote:Show nested quote +On November 08 2008 00:33 DrainX wrote:On November 08 2008 00:24 HnR)hT wrote:On November 07 2008 21:42 oneofthem wrote:
i should get back to reading dennett, as soon as i decide that i give a fuck about philosophy of mind again Funny, I always supposed Dennet is what one would read if one DIDN'T "give a fuck about philosophy of mind". :O Dennett is the philosopher who I think has the best ideas and opinions closest to my own when it comes to the philosophy of mind. I like the way his thinking merges philosophy and science. I don't know why you would say something like that. Either you don't agree with him or you don't like the way he writes? His opinions are farthest from my own . Unless I'm mistaken, he's a total materialist/physicalist who says that the problem of consciousness is a fictitious problem caused by imprecise language only.
u are not mistaken
he generally spends about 200 pages writing "consciousness just happens because it makes sense for it to" in a fancy way.
which is funny because it doesn't even make sense for it too.
not to say dennett isn't a good philosopher. at least he talks about something interesting
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Northern Ireland22208 Posts
Finally almost finished the Poirot books, though there are some books that I missed
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iNcontroL
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I started the Dark Tower series by Steven King. I will be reading book 3/4 this month.
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On November 08 2008 03:04 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
I started the Dark Tower series by Steven King. I will be reading book 3/4 this month.
It's awesome. I really need to start reading him again. King kicks ass.
I asked my professor this the other day, and i know you're in the same major: why the hell do all English majors despise him!?
They're all so elitist; everything's gotta be intellectual or it's worthless. argh.
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Currently I am reading the 3rd installment of Christopher Paloni's Eragon series
+ Show Spoiler +worst 30 dollars I've spent in my life, fuck you Chris
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On November 08 2008 00:49 travis wrote:Show nested quote +On November 08 2008 00:41 HnR)hT wrote:On November 08 2008 00:33 DrainX wrote:On November 08 2008 00:24 HnR)hT wrote:On November 07 2008 21:42 oneofthem wrote:
i should get back to reading dennett, as soon as i decide that i give a fuck about philosophy of mind again Funny, I always supposed Dennet is what one would read if one DIDN'T "give a fuck about philosophy of mind". :O Dennett is the philosopher who I think has the best ideas and opinions closest to my own when it comes to the philosophy of mind. I like the way his thinking merges philosophy and science. I don't know why you would say something like that. Either you don't agree with him or you don't like the way he writes? His opinions are farthest from my own . Unless I'm mistaken, he's a total materialist/physicalist who says that the problem of consciousness is a fictitious problem caused by imprecise language only. u are not mistaken he generally spends about 200 pages writing "consciousness just happens because it makes sense for it to" in a fancy way. which is funny because it doesn't even make sense for it too. not to say dennett isn't a good philosopher. at least he talks about something interesting
Yeah well it had to. There's no other way to explain it if your view of the world is materialistic and you believe in evolution.
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Currently reading "The Warrior Lives" by Joel Rosenberg. Its part of the Guardians of the Flame series. Its one of the best fantasy series I have ever read. I highly recommended it to anyone who likes fantasy.
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On November 08 2008 00:17 HotZhot wrote:This. I've also just finished reading Salem Lot and Carrie by the same author. God I love Stephen King
if u like king you need to read the dark tower
ive always been a fan and read most of his books (the stand was my fav.), but nothing comes close to the dark tower
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me too, can't thank you enough for makin that post. these books are fuckin awesome. bloodynine ftw
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On November 08 2008 03:10 Hawk wrote:Show nested quote +On November 08 2008 03:04 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
I started the Dark Tower series by Steven King. I will be reading book 3/4 this month. It's awesome. I really need to start reading him again. King kicks ass. I asked my professor this the other day, and i know you're in the same major: why the hell do all English majors despise him!? They're all so elitist; everything's gotta be intellectual or it's worthless. argh.
They despise him because he churns out so many books. They prefer the guys who write with a brain tumor and an abusive father / sexual relationship with their cousin.
That way we know they are smart.
Yeah I heard nothing but good stuff about dark tower.. im jacked.
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if u are at the end of the waste lands right now // or about to start with wizard and glas, you should be hooked by now imo
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im gonna start book 3 soon.. book 1/2 were good
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Norwegian Wood is just the most amazing book I have ever read in my entire life. It's just so touching... wow. I have read almost all of Murakami's books (this UK cover is much nicer than the US cover =D)!
I'm currently reading:
Very good thus far...
Interesting essayist who recently committed suicide. He has very keen observation skills, and he has a good sense of humor. His essay topics range from lobster empathy to the porn industry. Interesting read so far.
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all english majors don't despise stephen king, that's horse shit.
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I think he was speaking towards the stereotype which I have heard before as well.. so no it isn't horse shit.. not in the way he meant it. But yeah, you are absolutely correct detective fucking retard ctstalk not literally "all" english majors.
Another mystery solved! NICE WORK
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even his stereotype was stupid. stupider than those people, even. i've met pretentious english majors, there's pretentious students of every discipline. but his post makes it sound as if english majors have some ridiculous propensity to disregard stephen king, and then you chime in like a jackass that it could be because he's prolific? LOL
gw. you guys make a great pair
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I just started reading this book (literally, like 10 minutes ago) for my Humanities class:
After I'm done with this I'll go back and finish the book I was reading before school started and had lots of free time:
On killing seems really interesting, this guy is basically talking about how violence/murder rates have gone up recently, and how the willingness of combatants to fire their weapons in war has gone up recently as well. I suppose later on in the book he'll talk about potential causes of this increase in violence, through media conditioning and other things. It's a pretty interesting read so far (although admittedly I'm only a few pages in.)
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On November 08 2008 04:39 CTStalker wrote:
even his stereotype was stupid. stupider than those people, even. i've met pretentious english majors, there's pretentious students of every discipline. but his post makes it sound as if english majors have some ridiculous propensity to disregard stephen king, and then you chime in like a jackass that it could be because he's prolific? LOL
gw. you guys make a great pair
How the fuck did you manage to get your panties in a twist over that?? Holy fuck.
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United States3824 Posts
Textbooks
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On November 08 2008 04:59 Hawk wrote:Show nested quote +On November 08 2008 04:39 CTStalker wrote:
even his stereotype was stupid. stupider than those people, even. i've met pretentious english majors, there's pretentious students of every discipline. but his post makes it sound as if english majors have some ridiculous propensity to disregard stephen king, and then you chime in like a jackass that it could be because he's prolific? LOL
gw. you guys make a great pair How the fuck did you manage to get your panties in a twist over that?? Holy fuck.
Er, did you read Inc's typical inflammatory post?
If not, go read it. Then answer your own dumb question.
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On November 08 2008 05:13 cgrinker wrote:Textbooks
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Started reading : The God Delusion , by Richard Dawkins 2 days ago.
Dont really read books often.
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On November 08 2008 03:21 DrainX wrote:Show nested quote +On November 08 2008 00:49 travis wrote:On November 08 2008 00:41 HnR)hT wrote:On November 08 2008 00:33 DrainX wrote:On November 08 2008 00:24 HnR)hT wrote:On November 07 2008 21:42 oneofthem wrote:
i should get back to reading dennett, as soon as i decide that i give a fuck about philosophy of mind again Funny, I always supposed Dennet is what one would read if one DIDN'T "give a fuck about philosophy of mind". :O Dennett is the philosopher who I think has the best ideas and opinions closest to my own when it comes to the philosophy of mind. I like the way his thinking merges philosophy and science. I don't know why you would say something like that. Either you don't agree with him or you don't like the way he writes? His opinions are farthest from my own . Unless I'm mistaken, he's a total materialist/physicalist who says that the problem of consciousness is a fictitious problem caused by imprecise language only. u are not mistaken he generally spends about 200 pages writing "consciousness just happens because it makes sense for it to" in a fancy way. which is funny because it doesn't even make sense for it too. not to say dennett isn't a good philosopher. at least he talks about something interesting Yeah well it had to. There's no other way to explain it if your view of the world is materialistic and you believe in evolution.
I believe in evolution and in the existence of a material world but I believe something different than he does.
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juggling:
and, for the 3rd time:
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On November 08 2008 07:37 BroOd wrote:juggling: and, for the 3rd time:
I need to read Sex drugs and cocco puffs. My friend, who isn't a huge reader like me, swears by it
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Finished Evil Genius and Genius Squad by Catherine Jinks last week, now I indulge myself in an ancient Shadowrun roman named Shadowboxer. After that, I'll take a look at Shogun and then hopefully the last book of the Dresden Files arrives (can't remember the name right now).
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all of douglas adam's (hitchikers, dirk gently, short stories, etc)
stranger in a strange land
the world according to garp
finnegan's wake/ulysses
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Hm I recently ran out of books to read so I just ordered these books after doing some research on what I might like:
Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment
L.N. Tolstoy: War And Peace
Philip K. Dick: Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?
Erich Maria Remarque: Van het westelijk front geen nieuws
Robert A. Heinlein: Starship Troopers
can't wait till they arrive, only 5 more workdays
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Only thing I'm reading atm, or was reading as it ran out on me two days ago, was Feast for Crows, the fourth installment of Ice and Fire. If he doesn't finish Dance of Dragons soon I'm gonna have a sissyfit.
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On November 08 2008 04:03 {88}iNcontroL wrote:Show nested quote +On November 08 2008 03:10 Hawk wrote:On November 08 2008 03:04 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
I started the Dark Tower series by Steven King. I will be reading book 3/4 this month. It's awesome. I really need to start reading him again. King kicks ass. I asked my professor this the other day, and i know you're in the same major: why the hell do all English majors despise him!? They're all so elitist; everything's gotta be intellectual or it's worthless. argh. They despise him because he churns out so many books. They prefer the guys who write with a brain tumor and an abusive father / sexual relationship with their cousin. That way we know they are smart. Yeah I heard nothing but good stuff about dark tower.. im jacked.
it's because he writes horror stories. horror writers get no respect.
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Leo Tolstoy: War And Peace
I doubt I'll finish it.
This might seem stupid, but is "Twilight" any good? Everybody I talk to either hates it or loves it T_T
Is it horrible like Eragon or semi decent?
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On November 13 2008 10:12 FragKrag wrote:Leo Tolstoy: War And Peace I doubt I'll finish it. This might seem stupid, but is "Twilight" any good? Everybody I talk to either hates it or loves it T_T Is it horrible like Eragon or semi decent?
Don't try to read it in one sitting. You have to take it as a serial novel. When I read it, it took me 6 months to get through. I think I finished 7 other books before I finally finished that book. But when you take it a little at a time, it isn't so bad.
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On November 13 2008 10:30 pooper-scooper wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2008 10:12 FragKrag wrote:Leo Tolstoy: War And Peace I doubt I'll finish it. This might seem stupid, but is "Twilight" any good? Everybody I talk to either hates it or loves it T_T Is it horrible like Eragon or semi decent? Don't try to read it in one sitting. You have to take it as a serial novel. When I read it, it took me 6 months to get through. I think I finished 7 other books before I finally finished that book. But when you take it a little at a time, it isn't so bad.
I've been reading for 2 months and I'm barely 200 pages in T_T;
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If you're into psychology:
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On November 13 2008 11:00 DamageControL wrote:Goddammit I know i'm gay
Is it a good book omg
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Can we quit posting the gigantic pictures of covers? They drown out posts where people actually have something to say, they add nothing valuable, and they make this thread much harder to read.
Are we zombies who can no longer function without nonstop in-your-face visual stimulation?
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i've been dying to read Ender's Game but i hardly have time for anything so i wanna make sure its as good as the reviews say. Has anyone read this book before as well as the rest of the series?
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Ender's Game is a great book
Speaker of the Dead is a great book (very different from Ender's Game)
Xenocide is omg wtf?
Children of the Mind is ok
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United States3468 Posts
On November 13 2008 10:35 FragKrag wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2008 10:30 pooper-scooper wrote:On November 13 2008 10:12 FragKrag wrote:Leo Tolstoy: War And Peace I doubt I'll finish it. This might seem stupid, but is "Twilight" any good? Everybody I talk to either hates it or loves it T_T Is it horrible like Eragon or semi decent? Don't try to read it in one sitting. You have to take it as a serial novel. When I read it, it took me 6 months to get through. I think I finished 7 other books before I finally finished that book. But when you take it a little at a time, it isn't so bad. I've been reading for 2 months and I'm barely 200 pages in T_T;
Are you reading the translation by Pevear and Volokhonsky? Some say their prose is awkward and foreign-sounding as a result of too-literal translation. If it's hard for you to read, try a different translation. It could also be that you are simply not ready for War and Peace. How old are you? What books have you enjoyed?
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picked up these two books today, RIP Arthur C. Clarke
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Simply beautiful. Lewis is one of the greatest writers / philosophers of the 20th century.
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im looking on amazon and there's 2 other books that were written more recently and depict a story in parallel to Ender's Game.
Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon
link here
o, i just realized there's two more after that : Shadow Puppets, and Shadow of the Giant
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I bought two random books:
I'm currently reading Michael Frayn's book but it's really hard to get into. He goes off on tangents and it reads like one long rant. Same can be said for the Bradbury book. Essays are not their strong point, they should stick to fiction
Oh and this one:
So far it's alright. It's pretty funny with some nice insights into the porn industry. However, a lot of it is just Ron bragging about his Hollywood friends and connections (and, surprisingly, not about his penis!)
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Starcraft Archives, it's actually pretty good
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good book.
Michio Kaku is cool.
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Just finished 1984. Decent book.
Thing is, I can never get excited about reading. I've never read a book that actually made me emotional, or made me think hard on something, or anything. In TV or movies I can get excited, nervous, feel inspired, etc., but I have yet to read a book that makes me feel that way. Because of that, I tend not to read. Books just don't entertain me as much.
1984, To Kill A Mockingbird, Brave New World, Frankenstein, none of them created any emotion in me whatsoever. I just get bored whenever I read.
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In the last month I read about twenty Star Wars books. Truce at Bakura, Iron Fist, Thrawn trilogy, Jedi Academy trilogy, Callista trilogy, Black Fleet trilogy, The New Rebellion, Hand of Thrawn cycle. I have a lot of respectable books (and textbooks) that I'm too lazy to read.
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On November 13 2008 11:17 HnR)hT wrote:
Can we quit posting the gigantic pictures of covers? They drown out posts where people actually have something to say, they add nothing valuable, and they make this thread much harder to read.
Are we zombies who can no longer function without nonstop in-your-face visual stimulation?
I actually like when pepole post the pics because searching my public library is silly and having the pictures to match the books is great when searching seeing as anytime i do search for a book it seems there are 300 other books by the same name. It keeps runing and running and runnin' run on sentence for the winzor
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I am trying to fullfill my purpouses and im reading 3 books atm:
IT (Stephen king)
How drugs work (Farmacology for noobs lol)
Hannibal, the pride of Cartago.
I love all of them
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Looking through the thread, I want to take a look at The Cosmic Landscape, Einstein's Cosmos, and The Elegant Universe.
I'm 15 so I guess I'm not ready for it, but I did enjoy the first 150ish pages; I think it's just speed I'm reading at that is frustrating me :/
I enjoy a lot of Steinbeck, some sci-fi, and I liked the Silmarillion (though I admit I skimmed a lot of it)
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O and to stay on topic these are the books i recently picked up from the local community library.
Plague War by Jeff Carlson
Actually kept me intrested postholocaust story sequal to Plague Year
Just started a trilogy the first book is.....
The Year of Our War by Steph Swainston
So far its a bit hard to get into only read about 10-15 pages so far ill see how it goes.
Read the first 3 Artemis Fowl books (prereading them for my daughter) they are actually pretty good for kids books kept me intrested unlike many adult books.
and I also picked up a random Forgotten realms book and Last Call by Tim Powers ill post agian if there worth anything after ive finished with them.
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On November 13 2008 12:17 Cobalt wrote:
Just finished 1984. Decent book.
Thing is, I can never get excited about reading. I've never read a book that actually made me emotional, or made me think hard on something, or anything. In TV or movies I can get excited, nervous, feel inspired, etc., but I have yet to read a book that makes me feel that way. Because of that, I tend not to read. Books just don't entertain me as much.
1984, To Kill A Mockingbird, Brave New World, Frankenstein, none of them created any emotion in me whatsoever. I just get bored whenever I read.
Try Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle", or William Styron "Set This House on Fire"... two books I found to be particularly emotional.
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currently reading Glen cooks "the black company chronicles: books of the south"
and in a weeks time or so ill have the first law trilogy to read, combined with the TL book club books,
In waiting i have the hickory staff by robert scott, and microserfs by douglas coupland.
Just finished glen cooks the chronciles of the black company (northern stories) as well as bonesong
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just started the other day, still getting into it
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Not sure if they have been said before, but these are a few of my favourites that I have read recently:
Heart of Darkness
The Crying of Lot 49
Alice In Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass
Jurassic Park
Bill Bryson books (Best ones are A Walk In The Woods and Down Under)
The Lord of The Rings (and similarly, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion and The Take of Hurin)
Thanks to Pholon for recommending a lot of the above books.
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