Whats everyone reading(for pleasure) nowadays?
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*hands you Feersum Endjinn and watches you explode* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feersum_Endjinn[^]
*ack!* But at least there's a solid reason for it. Trainspotting was worse, with that awful phonetic representation of the Scots accent -- if a character is Scottish, tell me, and I'll add the accent myself, ta very much.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
Warp Speed[^] by Travis Taylor. Yes it is; I've read it before. It features an Alcubierre Warp Drive, and I'm (among other things) looking to see if it has a description from the outside. Someone asked about it a few days ago; and I'm guessing someone with relevant PHDs can probably make a better guess about what it looks like than a bunch of random programmers. :laugh:
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
One Second After by William R. Forstchen[^] A post apocalypse look at what would happen to society if all our silicon turned back to sand following an EMP event.
Melting Away www.deals-house.com www.innovative--concepts.com
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Just finished The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson and just started Anathem (also by N.S.). Just before that read Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, and Moll Flanders by Daniel Defore (which isn't half as interesting as the tv adaptation would have you believe).
Both are a good read (and every book by N.S. BTW). Anathem was a great but sadly N.S. almost evertime tend to mess up the end - it just feels wrong. But I guess you know what I'm saying - after all Neverwhere's end is somewhat unsadisfactory too (well the poor fellow is neither the hero nor get's the girl - w.t.f.? ;P )
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
Persuader[^] by Lee Child; one of his 'Jack Reacher' novels. I'm enjoying it thus far. Normally I read science fiction for fun (John Scalzi, Joe Haldeman, and Alan Dean Foster are some of my favorites). I've got a friend I trade books with, and he's been trying to get me to branch out a bit.
Software Zen:
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
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I've just finished reading The End of Food, a book about the global food system. I'm reading a book about the scientist who first proved that the earth is not 6000 years old, and after that I have a book about brain science, and why people are prone to believe in things that are plainly not true, such as ghosts or Islam.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
Finshed The Gargoyle - Andrew Davidson Half way through Skin Privilege - Karin Slaughter Next will be Lord of the Flies - William Golding
The only thing unpredictable about me is just how predictable I'm going to be.
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman. Very reminiscent of Ray Bradbury's early works.
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
I read the following on a daily basis: Panda Bear Panda Bear What Do you See[^] Peeka Who[^] Is Your Mama a Llama?[] I have an 18 month old what can I say? :-D
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
Unpaid overtime is slavery.
Trollslayer wrote:
Meetings - where minutes are taken and hours are lost.
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
I enjoy the novels by Doug Preston and Lincoln Child. Their style is sort of a blend of Dean Koontz and Michael Crichton. Try "Blasphemy", "Still Life With Crows" and (especially) "The Ice Limit." Great stuff. http://www.prestonchild.com/[^]
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Re-reading The Third Twin by Ken Follett. Very good book if you like science (and quite a bit of pseudo-science) oriented suspense stories. With that in mind I also recommend Dean R. Koontz. //L
Koontz is among the best, imo. "The Good Guy" and "The Husband" are my favs among his more recent works, but the two-volume saga of Christopher Snow ("Fear Nothing" and "Seize the Night") remains my all-time favorite Koontz novels. Creepy stuff and great characters.
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Christian Graus wrote:
that are plainly not true, such as ghosts or Islam.
don't christianity, islam and judaism converge to the same point somewhere back in time? just asking!
God created man. Man created religion. (just my opinion) It's interesting, if occasionally horrifying, to read an unbiased account of the life of Muhammad (Islam's prophet). Suffice it to say he led a colorful life. There are a number of books and websites published by scholarly ex-Muslims on the subject.
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
I'm on book ten of the wheel of time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Wheel\_of\_Time I had to take after the first seven books and read some other stuff, but now plan to continue to the end. Worth a read for sure, but can get a bit hard going. during the break I re-read the Earthsea Quartet (Ursula K LeGuin) and the Shannara trilogy (Terry Brooks) both real classics and easy to read.
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
Well me, usually a posts like "Why .... sucks" :-)
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail! Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person. - Chanakya
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Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
Unpaid overtime is slavery.
Trollslayer wrote:
Meetings - where minutes are taken and hours are lost.
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
Just finished David Weber's "By schism rent asunder" sequel to "Off Armageddon Reef". Weber does sci-fi, heavy on analysis of the political motivations of the characters. Prior to that I read John Ringo's "Claws that catch", another in the series that began with "Vorpal Blade". I should note that "Claws that catch" was written in collaboration with Travis Taylor.
Fletcher Glenn