What book are you reading now?

BeerMeister

Got a leather-bound compilation of the entire "Hitchhiker's Guide" series, so I'm re-reading it. :) Good stuff! --BM Give a man a fire, and he stays warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he stays warm for the rest of his life.

Chris Losinger

peterchen wrote: Do you yanks know Faust? yup. it's often on people's list of Books I Must Read Before I Die: among people who make such lists, that is. my List has such things as Ulysses (Joyce), War and Peace, Gravity's Rainbow (again), Goldbug Variations (since my father knows the author and my copy has a signed letter from him in the pages). -c

Chris Losinger
Smaller Animals Software

Jorgen Sigvardsson

The bible. :) The next project is to read "The Communist Manifesto", and "Mein Kampf". Some people call me crazy, I just want to know what drives people mad. -- Nicotine free: day 3

Paul Watson

J Cardinal wrote: Perdido Street station by China Mieville I am reading that now. Total, excuse my language, mind fuck. About 3/4s through now and I hope the ending is as good as it is shaping up to be. Not my usual brand of SF, but awesome stuff nonetheless.

Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa

Macbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Shog9: Paul "The human happy pill" Watson

brianwelsch

Keep waiting for Book 5 (Wolves of the Calla). Should be out in Nov.2003 With 6 & 7 out next year. Prologue to part 5 [^] BW "I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific." - Lily Tomlin

peterchen

Ulysses: tried last vacations, but didn't get along with it. It just made me... angry. Don't know why. I saw no merit other than proofing that a book like Ulysses could be written. But well, I'm not a native speaker, and not a lit sci major, so I was aware before that most of the good stuff would evade me. War and peace. on my list.

"Der Geist des Kriegers ist erwacht / Ich hab die Macht" StS
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Jamie Hale

Jeez (no slur intended), I was going to reply with the same stuff, but I figured people would call me weird. I'm dabbling in the bible, the anarchist FAQ (absolutely fascinating), the communist manifesto, Lex & Yacc and The Manual Of The Planes (D&D 3rd Edition). J

"You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant."

Member 96

Cool! I didn't know that. "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before." -- Dwight Eisenhower

Anders Molin

Paul Ingles wrote: Debugging Applications for Windows and .NET by John Robbins So am I. I just got it yesterday. I just loved the first edition. IMHO no one should be allowed to make commercial applications without having read this book. - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"

Chris Austin

Neverwhere by Gaiman Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton

Member 96

One of my favorite things about that book is the way that Isaac (a man) and Lin (basically an insect that can't speak) are such a perfect metaphor for the gulf of understanding between men and women. This book is so filled with metaphors it's astonishing. "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before." -- Dwight Eisenhower

Chris Austin

Jamie Nordmeyer wrote: Timeline, by Michael Chricton Execlent book. I love the charcters in that story. My favorite Chriton book is "Eaters of the Dead". Have you read that one? It is a re-tailing of Beauwolf. Good stuff. Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton

Member 96

Ahhh.. I haven't read that in so many years, but it brings back many good memories. "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before." -- Dwight Eisenhower

Member 96

Excellent choice! That seems to be a very common book in this thread (amongs't people that post anyway). "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before." -- Dwight Eisenhower

Christopher Duncan

Just finished "The Patton Papers 1940-1945" by Martin Blumenson (editor). It's a collection of his personal diary and letters with commentary. An excellent read - he doesn't have to be as politically correct as he was in "War as I knew it", so you get a real sense of who he was. If you enjoy high maintenance and highly effective Generals, Patton is great stuff. Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

Chris Austin

I had just finished the entire "Ender" saga and before that I read books 1-9 in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time; I am trying find new authors and I stumbled on Gaiman at the local library. Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton

Paul Watson

Perdido Street station by China Mieville at the moment. After that a book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, then another by Alaine be Botton (he absolutely rocks, what a subtle genius) and then Boadicea.

Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa

Macbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Shog9: Paul "The human happy pill" Watson

Chris Austin

An awsome series. Have you read the 'origional Dark Tower' by CS Lewis? I have always loved his writing. Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton

David Wulff

J Cardinal wrote: What book are you reading now? Coping With Data Loss, edition 2, The Samaritian Society Press.

David Wulff

You say tomato, I say f--- off

Jorgen Sigvardsson

Jamie Hale wrote: Jeez (no slur intended), I was going to reply with the same stuff, but I figured people would call me weird. Don't give a damn about what other people think. That's my advise. People who dare not read the books of mad men are either stupid or cowards. Knowledge is power, never forget that. I don't think I'll be a worse person after having read Mein Kampf. On the contrary, I think I'll be a better person. By knowing the ideology of your enemies, you'll know how to defeat them with words and thoughts instead of using weapons. I've read the first 2.5 chapters of Mein Kampf (vol 1). Hitler wasn't a very good writer, so it's a tough job reading it all. However, I've gotten quite an insight on why he hated Jews so much. If you can trust his words, he hated them because he thought that they were the mother of communism. Really weird conclusion if you ask me, but that's his own words. Hence that leads me to the communist manifest. Communists are also been "bad seeds" of the world. I know basic communism, what it's about and such. But I don't know the core foundation. I'm also very keen on reading some foundational texts on capitalism, if there are any. Do you know of any? Jamie Hale wrote: the anarchist FAQ Hmm.. Got any reference? Jamie Hale wrote: Lex & Yacc :-D You make it sounds so.. bad! :-D Me: Forgive me father, for I have written a compiler using Lex & Yacc! God: No, you will be cast into the lake of fire, where you will suffer for eternity! -- Nicotine free: day 3