What are you reading?

brianwelsch

I was reading In The Hand Of Dante by Nick Tosches[^], but had to stop. It was the best written crap I think I've ever read. I was half way through the story with barely a glance at the plot. Mostly irrelevent drivel about the author and his look at the publishing industry. So I've since returned to finish The Wisdom Paradox: How Your Mind Can Grow Stronger as Your Brain Grows Older[^]. Pretty interesting so far. Also, my friend has let me borrow Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach[^] until he heads off to school next week. Way too much information in that for me to grasp in a short period, but an excellent overview of AI, and one I will definitely purchase for myself at some point. -- modified at 0:29 Tuesday 8th August, 2006 Oh yeah, and Learning C# 2005[^] by Jesse Liberty. Good intro text.

BW

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
-- Steven Wright

brianwelsch

Christian Graus wrote:

Ben Franklin's time in France,

Now there's a fellow I've always wanted to read more about. Which book are you reading? Do you recommend it?

BW

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
-- Steven Wright

Rob Manderson

The Pickwick Papers!

Rob Manderson I'm working on a version for Visual Lisp++ My blog http://blogs.wdevs.com/ultramaroon/[^]

Vikram A Punathambekar

We only have the first edition at the office library. :( I've finished about 120 pages, and I like it.

Cheers, Vikram.

"whoever I am, I'm not other people" - Corinna John.

Christian Graus

"A Great Improvisation". I bought it at LAX, for the flight. It's OK, but the amount of detail makes it suffer, IMO. I don't care so much whose nephew Franklin played with, a broader brush stroke would give me a clearer picture, IMO. It's interesting to me how much the US owes it's independence to France, however.

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Christian Graus

That is a great book. If I am ever in the position of hiring anyone, they will always get a copy of that book.

Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog

Allen Anderson

I've been reading Grisham novels lately. I read really fast so I go through one in a day or two. Pretty good stuff.

Lost User

I completed "The Client" by John Grisham. At present, reading all techie stuff- MSDN, CodeProject etc

S o h a i l K a d i w a l a

Colin Angus Mackay

Josh Gray wrote:

What are you reading at the moment?

Code Project.

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ankita patel 0

I have just finished reading Atlas Shrugged[^] A lot dramatic and very long, but in essence it advocates the idea of objective reasoning. I liked the book, although certain ideas are stretched too much in the book. So far I have read Standing Alone in Mecca[^] Engaging India[^] Da Vinci Code[^] Alchemist[^] and few others this year. And offcourse I spend some time with tech books too. But i generally never go through the tech books from start to end. They are generally for reference or some intersting topics. I have just started reading Who says elephants can't dance?[^] Ankita

peterchen

Just finished Dicks "Ubik" and Jurí Brezans "Krabat", looking out for new fodder.

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leppie

The tv guide on the tv screen. Sometimes I will go to the schedule site directly if I am not in front of my tv. ;P

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Diagon Alley

I'm reading The Fountainhead[^]. Very interesting novel. :)

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Lost User

hi, Everybody replied with their fav books, i have read most of them -- all the Grishams, 2 and a 1/2 of Dan Brown [I have read half of Angels & Demons then i left it coz i didn't have any time for it], AI A Modern Approach [although it is not a novel] . . . :laugh: Now i am reading "The Hammer Of Eden" by Ken Follet, then i will be going to the next and my fav novel Harry Potter Vi -- The Halfblood Prince . . . "Never think about the F U T U R E, it comes F A S T . . ."

Kirtan Gor

Rage

peterchen wrote:

Ubik

Now this is a good book.

~RaGE();

I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus

Bijesh

30th anniversary edition of the selfish gene... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Selfish_Gene[^]

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netclectic

Charles Bukowski - Ham On Rye[^]

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Colin Angus Mackay

That's a good book

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RChin

Allen Anderson wrote:

I go through one in a day or two

Say what? Have you got some special speed reading powers?

I Dream of Absolute Zero

RChin

This is on my reading list. I remember reading The Blink Watchmake[^] a few years ago. Fantastic book, but I remember finding it really hard to follow. Sometimes I had to re-read entire chapters to digest the information.

I Dream of Absolute Zero