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Uh...yeah. What books are you reading right now? And what's on your list for books to get?
Currently I'm reading:
Culture of Make Believe by Derrick Jensen. It's a great book. Non-fiction. Long, though. Nearly 700 pages.
Hemmingway's Chair by Michael Palin. Okay book. Fiction.
Currently on my list of books to get:
Language Older Than Words by Derrick Jensen
The Culture of Fear by someonewhosenameIcanneverremember
Ishmael by someonewhosenameIcanneverremember
Amazingly I have no fiction on my to get list.
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| Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2002 7:46 pm |
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I just got a job at a book store so my reading list is like 303103 books long. Feels like I will never crawl out from under it.
I generally dislike fiction, for some reason it just feels like a waste of time. I dunno why.
Here goes though
read lately:
An open heart, Dalai Lama
LOTR trilogy (not first time)
Manufacturing Consent, Noam Chomsky
You can't stay neutral on a moving train, Howard Zinn
How to be Alone, Jonathan Franzen
On the Road, Jack Kerouac
The Dharma Bums, Jack Kerouac
^^ALL HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!^^
Reading currently:
Be Here now, (crazy 60's hippy book, VERY cool though)
The 1,000 orcs, Ra Salvatore
Jennifer Government, Max Barr |
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| Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2002 9:06 pm |
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I'm reading way too many books at once....
The Kid Stays in The Picture - Robert Evans
Israel and the Arabs - Ahron Bregman and Jihan El-Tahri
The Sigma Protocol - Robert Ludlum
John Adams - David McCullough
Radical Son - David Horowitz
My Ishmael(sequel Rat!) - Daniel Quinn
A Winter Haunting - Dan Simmons
No God but God - Geneive Abdo
The Years Best Science Fiction(1998)
Creating Applications With Mozilla
I'll read a chapter or two of one, then start another, and come back after a couple of weeks. multitasking.
I don't own a tv, which makes for much more reading time. |
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| Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2002 9:38 pm |
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I am finishing:
"Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming" - which is quite a deep overview of the framework and i am really enjoying it.
"Design Patterns - Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software" - very classy literature.
Next on my list is:
"Advanced .NET Remoting" - but i already started it because the topic is so exciting!
"Inside Microsoft .NET IL Assembler" - i havent opened it yet due to lack of testicular fortitude.
I highly recommend all of the above.
*giglesnort*
*shoots himself* |
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The Hamster Alliance: Rammbling log...
an ever expanding collection since 1996 |
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| Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2002 10:09 pm |
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Current Literary Indulgence:
Maxim - November 2002 Issue.
A captivating read. It touches on love, loss, triumph and conquest, failure and infinite sadness. There are romantic tales of lust and passion, as well as amusing stories of penis-shaped bushes, and strip-club entrepreneurship. Awarded 18 Pulitzer prizes in literature. Highly recommended.
Recent Literary Indulgence:
Maxim - October 2002 Issue.
See Above. |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2002 12:16 am |
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Right now I'm reading this thread
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| Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2002 2:59 am |
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| I started Octavia Butler�s "Wild Seed" last night... stay away from that book, it will steal your time until you�ve finished it, regardless of what you were supposed to be doing. |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2002 10:08 am |
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| The Art Of Star Wars: Episode II.... ggggghhghggh.. drool... |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2002 10:10 am |
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yeah Awetopsy that doesn't even count, you don't read that book. You wet yourself over it. get it straight
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| Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2002 10:19 am |
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This week, I was under the weather and couldn't work, so I read:
"The Anatomy School" by Bernard MacLaverty
"At Swim, Two Boys" by Jamie O'Neill
"Portnoy's Complaint" by Philip Roth
"The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon"
Every issue of "Preacher" and "Sin City" ever printed
"Maus".
I'll be getting back to work now....
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| Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2002 11:58 am |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2002 5:00 am |
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i am currently reading "red mars" by kim stanley robinson, and i like it, so i'll probably get "green mars" and "blue mars" as well. i don't really know what else i'm going to get, i rely heavily on the guys at the sci-fi & fantasy book store to give me good advice. and they did, amazingly so, in the past year: the night's dawn trilogy by peter f. hamilton, the book of the new sun by gene wolfe, perdido street station by china mi�ville - great books. but today is the day i'm getting a new batch of books, so i'm gonna update you guys with new developments later
edit: ok, i got myself new stuff by peter f. hamilton: "a second chance at eden" and "fallen dragon", i got "green mars" (blue mars was out) and another book from china mi�ville, "king rat" (that one could be something for socar myles, judging by the title). I also picked up "hyperion" by dan simmons, which i haven't heard anything about yet, other than it's the start of a series and it's supposed to be good. I also noticed that there's not just the "book of the new sun" by gene wolfe, but also those of the long sun, the short sun and probably the cheescake-covered, arthritic sun, which I'm all looking forward to reading, but haven't picked up this time. I also passed on Ender's Game (again), but I'm sure it'll be in the next batch, along with (hopefully) blue mars and, depending on how I like hyperion, more from dan simmons. you didn't really read all that, did you?`
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MTIV: Process, Inspiration and Practice for the New Media Designer Hillman Curtis
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2002 9:23 am |
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L'empire d�sorient� (The Disoriented Empire) I just finished. Was quite entertaining and a nice first step in the Japanese society but I'm left on my hunger..
and I have to read Harry Potter's second novel so I know what the heck is all of this about.. |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2002 2:51 pm |
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Books suck.
Reading:
John Locke
Descartes
Spinoza
Endless books on photography.
Random great works (reading The Brothers Karamazov right now.)
Edgar Allen Poe
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2002 4:05 pm |
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"servant of the bones"
by anne rice
i just finished "calculating god"
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2002 5:06 pm |
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@wayfinder:
I�ve just finished Hyperion, it�s one of the best books I�ve read this year. |
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elam
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2002 7:41 pm |
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| I�ve just finished Hyperion, it�s one of the best books I�ve read this year. |
I've read the trilogy twice. It's one of the best series of books i've read ever.
Check out 'Winter Haunting' by Simmons as well. Scary as hell. |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2002 9:27 pm |
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Oh fun fun fun.. 
zen dunno
the microsoft edge j. bick
going to read:
the fountain head a. rand
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Just finished reading The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was long but intruiging.
Also:
How to Draw Cars like a Pro by Thom Taylor
Art of Star Wars: Episode II - amazing Painter stuff by Ryan Church |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 12:49 pm |
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Lord of the rings Third time...
The Silmarilion first time
The hobbit Fourth time... |
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I'm reading my favourite book. "The Manticore" by Robertson Davies. Absolutely incredible, mind altering experience for me. 2nd in a trilogy, but you don't need to read it in series.
"Apology is the cheapest coin on earth, and I don't value it. But I think you have learned something, and if that is so, I'll do more than be your friend. I'll love you, Davey. I shall take you into my heart, and you shall take me into yours. I don't mean bed love, though that might happen if it seemed the right thing. I mean the love that gives all and takes all and knows no bargains."
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H.G. Wells is an incredible author. I just started "The Island of Dr. Morrue(sp?)" after deeply enjoying "The War of the Worlds".
Edgar Allen Poe has nice short stories you could read in a sitting, "The Pit and the Pendulum", "Masque of the Red Death" and just about everything else. I liked George Orwells "Animal Farm" and "1984" isn't bad at all either.
Next of my list is probably either "Lord of the Flies" or "Farenheit 451".
sorry 'bout my spelling
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We Were Soldiers Once... and Young- Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway
Borderliners- Peter Hoeg
A brief Histroy of Time- Stephen Hawking
Interpreter of Maladies- Jhumpa Lahiri
The Elements of Style (3rd. Edition)- Strunk and White(I go back to this periodically to brush up on my grammar and tighten up my writing style).
Animator's Survival Kit- Richard Williams
And I'm also reading a whole stack of Maya training books, published by various companies--some are in Chinese too!
I just spent about $2,450 USD on a pile of Maya training videos and books from Gnomon, A/W, Amazon..etc, so I've got a lot of time in front of the TV coming up. |
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Heck, who has time to read these days? Between work and life with the new twin boys (3 months old now - YAY!), I barely have time for eating and sleeping!
That said, I just bought a couple of books this weekend that I'm reading now:
Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain - Betty Edwards
(going for a "back to basics" approach here. Anyone have any comments on this book?)
The Business of Comic Books - Lurene Haines
(it's about 5 years old, but is a real eye-opener to the industry wannabes like me who may still have stars in their eyes about what it's all about) |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2002 2:15 am |
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Read lately:
American Gods (Neil Gaimon)
Neverwhere (Neil Gaimon)
LOTR (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Transmetropolitan (Warren Ellis)
Watchmen (Warren Ellis)
Bone (Jeff Smith)
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
Feels alot like anything published by O'Reilly
Reading Now:
Planetary (Alan Moore)
Hamlet (Shakespeare)
Histories (Herodotus)
Sandman (Neil Gaimon)
Anything by Nietzsche
Feels alot like anything published by O'Reilly (Yeah, again... it never does end does it?) |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2002 8:15 pm |
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jeez i feel like a slacker. am reading..
books: 1984 - George Orwell,
comics : House of Secrets Facade - Steven T. Seagle, Lenore, Kabuki - D.Mack [hrm]
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| Iain M Banks is my fave. Also, don't laugh, but I'm a bit of a Stephen King addict |
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| harry potter - and the goblet of fire |
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