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I'm at the book store perusing for a book and I see Iain Banks "The Algebraist" which IIRC is a good read. Is my memory failing in that respect? Any book suggestions?
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I'm at the book store perusing for a book and I see Iain Banks "The Algebraist" which IIRC is a good read. Is my memory failing in that respect? Any book suggestions?
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Why won't the worm just leave me be?
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
The Algebraist
I had Matter by Iain Banks on my wishlist with my local book seller. I've added The Algebraist and will order both next month. This month it's a reread of Greg Bear's Anvil of Stars.
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I'm at the book store perusing for a book and I see Iain Banks "The Algebraist" which IIRC is a good read. Is my memory failing in that respect? Any book suggestions?
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Why won't the worm just leave me be?
Funny. I just finished reading it for the second time last week. I thought it would not work for me because I never read books twice but it still had a punch and a couple of nice twists I had forgotten about.
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I'm at the book store perusing for a book and I see Iain Banks "The Algebraist" which IIRC is a good read. Is my memory failing in that respect? Any book suggestions?
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Why won't the worm just leave me be?
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I'm at the book store perusing for a book and I see Iain Banks "The Algebraist" which IIRC is a good read. Is my memory failing in that respect? Any book suggestions?
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Why won't the worm just leave me be?
I have a few books lined up, and I'm excited about them :-D I'm halfway through A Briefer History of Time by Stephen Hawking. There are a couple of Doctor Who books I borrowed from a FOAF. I also have, all unread, The Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose Eats, Shoots, and Leaves by Lynne Truss A book on M. S. Subbulakshmi An Imaginary Tale by Paul Nahin I am also planning to buy Gödel, Escher, Bach next week :-D
Cheers, Vıkram.
Carpe Diem.
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I have a few books lined up, and I'm excited about them :-D I'm halfway through A Briefer History of Time by Stephen Hawking. There are a couple of Doctor Who books I borrowed from a FOAF. I also have, all unread, The Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose Eats, Shoots, and Leaves by Lynne Truss A book on M. S. Subbulakshmi An Imaginary Tale by Paul Nahin I am also planning to buy Gödel, Escher, Bach next week :-D
Cheers, Vıkram.
Carpe Diem.
This isn't really helping. Mustafa is still standing in the book store, his mobile's battery is getting very low by now. :)
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I'm at the book store perusing for a book and I see Iain Banks "The Algebraist" which IIRC is a good read. Is my memory failing in that respect? Any book suggestions?
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If you like popular science books, I have a recommendation for you: In search of the edge of time by John Gribbin. Fantastic book.
Cheers, Vıkram.
Carpe Diem.
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I'm at the book store perusing for a book and I see Iain Banks "The Algebraist" which IIRC is a good read. Is my memory failing in that respect? Any book suggestions?
If the post was helpful, please vote!
Why won't the worm just leave me be?
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I'm at the book store perusing for a book and I see Iain Banks "The Algebraist" which IIRC is a good read. Is my memory failing in that respect? Any book suggestions?
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Why won't the worm just leave me be?
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I'm at the book store perusing for a book and I see Iain Banks "The Algebraist" which IIRC is a good read. Is my memory failing in that respect? Any book suggestions?
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Why won't the worm just leave me be?
I just re-read the Hitchhiker trilogy (pentology, n-ology, whatever). :cool:
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I'm at the book store perusing for a book and I see Iain Banks "The Algebraist" which IIRC is a good read. Is my memory failing in that respect? Any book suggestions?
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Why won't the worm just leave me be?
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I'm at the book store perusing for a book and I see Iain Banks "The Algebraist" which IIRC is a good read. Is my memory failing in that respect? Any book suggestions?
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Why won't the worm just leave me be?
The Indispensable PC Hardware Book. In case you ever feel the need to lose yourself in the actual implementations of the PC. Colossally expensive (from my perspective) but it looks to be worth it. Of course, if you don't feel like spending that much money, then I would recommend the Mortal Engines Quartet for a futuristic series which reads really well
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This isn't really helping. Mustafa is still standing in the book store, his mobile's battery is getting very low by now. :)
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:-D I ended up not buying something new but finally spotted Chapterhouse Dune :) Now, my Dune series (by Frank Herbert at least) is complete. Next time, I'll be better prepared, I'll review several books before I head to the bookstore, the problem would be, I'm not sure the bookstore would have those books. This is Jordan, a pathetically small market for avid readers like me.
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I just re-read the Hitchhiker trilogy (pentology, n-ology, whatever). :cool:
Yeah, I re-re-re-read that very recently and now I'm plowing through my Disc World collection before I attack Asimov :cool:
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I can't find it here! Next time I travel to a country with a half-decent bookstore I know that that country's economy is going to get a solid boost...
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I can't find it here! Next time I travel to a country with a half-decent bookstore I know that that country's economy is going to get a solid boost...
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They don't have Science of the Discworld in Jordan? Do they have any Pratchet books at all? Science of the Discworld 1 & 2 are excellent, as interesting for the science content as for the discworld filler content. Another good read if you get the chance is the Tao of Physics[^]. I read it a while back, and highly recommend it to anyone that is interested in both philosophy and science (fields I believe shouldn't be too deeply separated).
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They don't have Science of the Discworld in Jordan? Do they have any Pratchet books at all? Science of the Discworld 1 & 2 are excellent, as interesting for the science content as for the discworld filler content. Another good read if you get the chance is the Tao of Physics[^]. I read it a while back, and highly recommend it to anyone that is interested in both philosophy and science (fields I believe shouldn't be too deeply separated).
I bought several locally, but they don't have everything. I could order specific books through the bookstore but that would mean I'd have to pay near 100% the book's worth :sigh:
ZaoWuYa wrote:
fields I believe shouldn't be too deeply separated
I'm a firm believer that all scientists are philosophers.
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I'm at the book store perusing for a book and I see Iain Banks "The Algebraist" which IIRC is a good read. Is my memory failing in that respect? Any book suggestions?
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Why won't the worm just leave me be?
I just ordered Spin[^]. I've only heard words of praise of it and I'm sure I won't be disappointed. Recently I've finished the first 2 tomes of the brilliant Mars trilogy[^]. Well, it's brilliant and undoubtedly a masterpiece, but it's slow-paced, too detailed at times and very looooooong. I guess that's what hard science fiction is. I would not recommend it if you want a thrill-packed page turner.
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
The Algebraist
I had Matter by Iain Banks on my wishlist with my local book seller. I've added The Algebraist and will order both next month. This month it's a reread of Greg Bear's Anvil of Stars.
Anvil of Stars? Must have been good? I have it on my list next to read. Start it next week I think, maybe later this week. Cool!! Couple of other Greg Bear books were good(Darwin's Radio and Darwin's Children), but not so much that I ran after more of his titles. On another note I am reading a book that really surprises me! It's a Piers Anthony book "Key to Havoc". I know Piers Anthony has a history of crap, stupid plots and thin writing, but this one is quite different so far. Lush and full and surprisingly exciting plot! I love it at about 40% through! I didn't think I would ever say that about a Piers Anthony book. Now a good Sci-fi type book that hinges nicely into todays science (and folds some Roger Penrose in that you mention (In a cool way too)), is "Humans", by Robert J. Sawyer. Its an Excellent read and stands up technically as well.
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:-D I ended up not buying something new but finally spotted Chapterhouse Dune :) Now, my Dune series (by Frank Herbert at least) is complete. Next time, I'll be better prepared, I'll review several books before I head to the bookstore, the problem would be, I'm not sure the bookstore would have those books. This is Jordan, a pathetically small market for avid readers like me.
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If you like Dune type stuff. Try the recently finished "Saga of the Seven Suns" by Kevin J. Anderson. He had a big hand in a lot of the Dune 'suffix' books. The series is one on the best galactic opera books I have ever read (short of Peter Hamilton's epic Commonwealth Saga, published in two halves, Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained).