The Book Thread - What You're Reading & Everything Book Related

[subrob]

just read THE TALISMAN for the tenth time(stephen king)

read a couple books recently by wilber smith-if your into historical fiction he will blow you away

always got my collection of jack londons short(and long) stories handy

and i am now officially out of the closet when it comes to the harry potter novels(cmon, admit it-you liked em!)

she walks in my soul by lucia st. claire robsen(?)

can you say monkey wrench gang? edward abbey(?)


P.S. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL USED BOOK STORES!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sleepy]

never stop reading!!

never stop reading!!

Almost History by Roger Bruns

The Science Of Dune

 

[la resistance]

i'm currently reading the future of freedom and catcher in the rye...


for anyone who wants free books online, check out

http://www.scribd.com/doc/339674/J-D-Salinger-Catcher-In-The-Rye

just input the title in the search in the top right corner... lots of books on here, much cheaper than buying them and only reading them once

 

[Kirby]

Catcher in the Rye shows why it is a classic... Varriform, that book is priceless! I will enjoy reading it again, in a couple months. John Locke is one remarkable author, easily one of the most important political dissidents.

You have taste... Locke, Orwell, Pollan, and Chomsky... However, I offer a word of advice... Drop Chomsky. Chomsky excels at providing a good introduction to the subject or status quo... His maturity combined with fruitful information make him a masterful writer. I can't properly articulate my reasons, but if you see Chomsky again and get tempted, I insist you look elsewhere on the subject and find a new author. Jim Marrs and Chomsky are both very similar... That's the best way I can articulate it. Great writers and phenomenal information, but a sketchy comportment, if you know what I'm saying!

 

[begeesterdechol]

Orwell's a great writer, his books read like a train to me. He's witty and fluent in his style which is very handy of you prefer to read books that are not translated in your native language, a lot of depth in language goes away.
Anyway, just finished his -Homage to Catalonia-, it's about his time in the poum militia fighting against the fascists in Spain during the civil war.

Haven't got anything on my bedside table right now, need to get something new.

 

[Kirby]

Find an Oliver Sacks book. You won't be disappointed.

 

[mngreens]

SCAR TISSUE by ANTHONY KIEDIS (Red Hot Chili Peppers lead singer's autobiography)

^^^^^Read this fucking book! I simply couldn't put it down and came away from reading the book a better person!

 

[NOKUY]

SCAR TISSUE by ANTHONY KIEDIS (Red Hot Chili Peppers lead singer's autobiography)

^^^^^Read this fucking book! I simply couldn't put it down and came away from reading the book a better person!

funny my bro recommended that book to me..i was always a chilli pepper fan, and always intrigued by A.K.'s addiction stories...ill have to read that 4-sho

 

[trouble]

A Tidewater Morning - William Styron

Three stories from his youth growing up in Virginia.




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[Fat Albert]

The Brain that Changes Itself--Norman Doidge, MD

A FASCINATING read on neuroplasticity, and why the age-old assumption that our brains don't grow new connections as we age is completely wrong.

Godel, Escher, Bach and I am a Strange Loop
Both by Douglas Hofstadter

All about logical systems, consciousness, Turing machines, self-reference, Russell and Whitehead's Principia Mathematica, etc.

Cheers!
Fat A

 

[swampdank]

i finally picked up "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu. always wanted to read it and i finally found a decent copy with notes and a few qoutes by other leaders.Interesting...

 

[Guest]

Just finished:

Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
England, England - Julian Barnes
Buck Up, Suck Up & Come Back When You Foul Up - James Carvile

Just started:

7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey
The Complete Short Stores of E. Hemingway
Star Trek: Dark Mirror: Diane Duane

Yeah; I'm a nerd.

 

[la resistance]

=
The Complete Short Stores of E. Hemingway
Yeah; I'm a nerd.

I read through that a couple times myself, enjoy

 

[-ShutterBug-]

The Book of the Ler. 924 pages of craziness.

 

[subrob]

nice thread by the way Kirby!

Pastwatch by orson scott card
weaveworld-clive barker

 

[Guest]

A suggestion...

Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight - Thom Hartman

 

[Kirby]

Starting: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. I'm sure anyone who has read this book can attest to it's greatness. The book is truly a masterpiece.

 

[Kirby]

I set Monte Cristo aside and decided to order Les Miserables [unabridged] by Victor Hugo. This will be the biggest book I've ever read, if I finish. 15 hundred pages, but very much worth it.

 

[greenfiend]

east of eden

john steinbeck

good book

 

[Kirby]

Lis Miserables is on the back-burner. Finished a wonderful book by Voltaire two weeks ago, called Candide. I finished Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle and loved it. I can't wait to read another book by Vonnegut. The next book up is Feodor Dostoevsky's Crime & Punishment.