Which book are you currently reading?
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Finished this last week, and was pretty good. The ending was straightforward but still a nice book. It packs in a lot of awkwardness and a huge debut into punk rock for a teen dude. I wouldn't make it a "must read", on the other hand.
Now, I'm reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel - another summer reading book. Basically about a guy nicknamed Pi who is out in sea for +200 days with a few animals and a Begal tiger because his ship sank and realizes the nature of God, so this book dives into religion as well as survival. It was pretty tough to decipher the first Part as I'm not religiously pious, but I got the hang of it soon enough.
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Re-reading, for the 9th time...
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series.
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series.
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True, true my friend.
The problem with me is that, although I have plenty of time to read my books, I don't have plenty of time/patience to understand them.
So far the book is really great. Alvin Plantinga is in my opinion probably the best current American philosopher. Although I have not yet got to the central argument presented within the book, the introductory side topics are very interesting.
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Oh, I'm the same way. I even have books in boxes in storage just because I ran out of space. But hearing him talk about a lack of access to books makes me appreciate my ability to pull out my phone and download nearly anything I want at any time.photonrider
Not to mention the lack of clutter. It does lack the aesthetic joy of a paper book, but the ability to take your entire library with you in a car or on a plane is amazing.
And I can't go without mentioning audiobooks through services like Audible. A long drive without any music seeming to satisfy me? Let me just jump into this book here.
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Pervert.
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I read Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything and I thought it was really good. Based on that book alone I can tell he is a fantastic writer.
I'd be interested to know what your thoughts are on your current read after you've progressed through it a fair bit. 👍
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Freud would be proud.
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I am currently on "Psychology for dummies". For no reason other than to have a basic knowledge of the topic.
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And I'm partway through Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency for the first time.
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Right now I'm reading Memoirs of a Gas Station: A Delightfully Awkward Journey Across the Alaskan Tundra on the Kindle. I picked it up a month or so mostly because the price was right, at $0.00 at the time, and it's finally bubbled to the top of my reading list. I'm very much enjoying the book, more than I thought I would in fact.
Meanwhile on the Nook I'm reading Edward Everett Hale's The Man Without a Country and Other Tales which was another freebie, most likely from Gutenberg or manybooks.net. On paper I recently finished Mathematics and the Imagination by Edward Kasner and James Newman. I haven't started a new paperback yet but I'm eyeing my stack of Heinleins and Terry Pratchett/Discworld books. Or perhaps Kernighan and Pike's The UNIX Programming Environment again.
Meanwhile on the Nook I'm reading Edward Everett Hale's The Man Without a Country and Other Tales which was another freebie, most likely from Gutenberg or manybooks.net. On paper I recently finished Mathematics and the Imagination by Edward Kasner and James Newman. I haven't started a new paperback yet but I'm eyeing my stack of Heinleins and Terry Pratchett/Discworld books. Or perhaps Kernighan and Pike's The UNIX Programming Environment again.
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Buy a truckload of "Dianetics"... makes good firewood. 
Going to places like that, it's always a crapshoot as to what you can get. I've gotten everything from a tattered 1970's Velikovsky (Worlds in Collision) to an H.G.Wells Omnibus (straight reprint of the original 19th Century books). Last week we got a full Winnie The Pooh collection (hardbound, original illustrations) for our kid for the equivalent of around $4. I love bargain shopping.
Going to places like that, it's always a crapshoot as to what you can get. I've gotten everything from a tattered 1970's Velikovsky (Worlds in Collision) to an H.G.Wells Omnibus (straight reprint of the original 19th Century books). Last week we got a full Winnie The Pooh collection (hardbound, original illustrations) for our kid for the equivalent of around $4. I love bargain shopping.
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The last time I did that, I grabbed the Exorcist and Jurassic Park, both for $1 each. The latter's always great for an entertaining, light read (and yes, the movie is both worse, and surprisingly different), and the former...
*shiver*
*shiver*
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Tough to get into - kind of takes one by surprise because of the native lore mixed with bits of colonialism and poetic (almost cliche) divinity. Once I got into it, I could hardly put it down - read it in maybe 2-3 sittings. It's terribly gory, in fact savage, and full of wondrous, sad and shocking stuff (wait till you get to the three quarter mark and he discovers . . . well, you better read.
)The ending is hilarious - and there is also so much humour within the book. Spiritual folk (and not neccessarily religious ones either - though it helps to know religion to get the humour) will love it - as well as those who love raw adventure. Very readable. I will surely reread it one day - if only to re-experience it. Enjoy Pi, he's a freakin' inspiration. I loved the tiger, loathed the hyena.
Rereading always gives me new insights, or possibly our mental DNA changes and we look at something again with fresh new eyes,
The Hitchiker series is not only a 'must' read, it's for me, a must re-reread. LOL.
I suspected you would have boxes of books that way . . .
When you suggested an e-Book for Shem, I thought, damn, what a brilliant idea - this is how we take our personal million books into space (never mind to countries or locations that one can't take one's library to.)I'm not sure that's going to work on the peacock -- heh, funky . . . anyway: reading to learn is beyond noble - it's wise. The 'Dummies' books are a hoot - love the sidebars - fun way to get it simply put.
Damn - I can tell you are starved for reading. Next - the back of ceral boxes. Then phonebooks. Have you brushed up on your ideograms? Wiki might download a trojan into your brain.
This is a mind-blowing book. One has to suspend all disbelief (or at least rid oneself of all prejudice) and read as is. Could it all be true? So many other books support what it says.
Read this as a youngster and was scared out of my wits - since I was heavily into Art. Art imitates life . . . or is it the other way around? Great read and a classic 'must'. Unforgettable.
Buy a truckload of "Dianetics"... makes good firewood.
Going to places like that, it's always a crapshoot as to what you can get. I've gotten everything from a tattered 1970's Velikovsky (Worlds in Collision) to an H.G.Wells Omnibus (straight reprint of the original 19th Century books). Last week we got a full Winnie The Pooh collection (hardbound, original illustrations) for our kid for the equivalent of around $4. I love bargain shopping.
My copy of Dianetics makes a good stop for my G27 pedals. Fascinating read - and not a total loss either. I think it's fine writing, though, in the sense of clear communication literally per se.
I grew up with Pooh. (And Noddy and PC Goon
) A childhood without Pooh and that whole gang? Tigger was my favourite. (Just because he got malt and it tasted so delicious.)As for old books, niky, I'm a nut when it comes to them. I have this paranoia that all the books will be gone one day - and we'll all be 'burning' books another way. As in free downloads.. . .
Jurassic Park (the book) is totally amazing - Crichton is one of my all-time favourite authors. I have many of his books - have you tried Prey and Next ? This guy has written so many great books - Congo, Terminal Man, Andromeda Strain, etc, etc - he always brings something new - and backed by lots of research - the bibliography in some of his books reads like a Science fair.
I packed away a bunch of hardcovers recently including Blatty's (*shiver) Exorcist - just the jacket freaked me out again. Move over, Munsch - you don't know what a scream is like.
I read it through once (in broad daylight, thank you - no lonely house on the moor in the middle of the night with this book.) Felt possessed just reading it. I think the book is more intense than the movie - the movie is comparatively humourous; the book is in-depth, and can take over one's mind. Not reading that again. Too many other books.
Talking about what I'm reading . . . well, I finally got to meet Dr. Halsey. Hot.
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Eye of the Storm by Jack Higgins. It's pretty good so far, though I am reading his series backwards. 
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250 GTO - About the best kind of Afterlife anyone can imagine.
Schroëdinger's cat will give us the answer: 50/50 - but only when we open the box.
You may have to solidify the reality - and belief, I believe, are the primary building blocks.
"If you do not drink from the flow of life . . . you shall surely die."
Schroëdinger's cat will give us the answer: 50/50 - but only when we open the box.
You may have to solidify the reality - and belief, I believe, are the primary building blocks.
"If you do not drink from the flow of life . . . you shall surely die."
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Recently read Anthony Bourdain's first book, "Kitchen Confidential", it was an interesting read. I work in a kitchen myself, and a lot of the stories he tells of life inside a kitchen are very true and applicable to my experiences.
I also read "The Book Thief" after my mom had been bugging me to do so for a long time. It was a very interesting book, I really liked the use of Death as the narrator.
I also read "The Book Thief" after my mom had been bugging me to do so for a long time. It was a very interesting book, I really liked the use of Death as the narrator.
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Just started re-reading "God's Debris" online:
http://images.ucomics.com/images/pdfs/sadams/godsdebris.pdf
Read it first about 10 years ago and remember being flummoxed and confused by it, but also incredibly intrigued.
http://images.ucomics.com/images/pdfs/sadams/godsdebris.pdf
Read it first about 10 years ago and remember being flummoxed and confused by it, but also incredibly intrigued.
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