26-04-2003 04:03									#1
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I take it that some people here can drag themselves from their computers long enough to read a good old fashioned book.

So what are you reading this week (exlcuding reading for varsity work and the like). I always have a number of books on the go at any one time.

Here's the current bunch (sick pun) excluding a stack of philosophy books I'm currently reading for work.


"Bertrand Russell: the Spirit of Solitude" by Ray Monk (pt 1 of the best Russell bio available)

"K2 - The Story of the Savage Mountain" by I can't remember who.

"Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond (my third go through what should be required reading for Civ players)

	26-04-2003 04:06									#2
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Right now? Kody Scott - Monster.. about this guy from south central LA. It's about his life in gang and how bad the situation is, war between crips and bloods, crips and crips. It's kind of interesting..

	26-04-2003 04:08									#3
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Well, I'm reading the first volume of Harry S. Truman's Memoirs, and it's pretty interesting because it is the first book I'm reading in English - outside from electronic books on my computer's screen

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I'm also reading another book at the same time, almost finished, it's called 'mostarin tien liftarit'. Translates to 'hichhikers of the Mostar(i?) road'. It's about finnish merc who went to fight in Kosovo.. pretty good book.

	26-04-2003 04:17									#5
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"Children of the Mind". JohnT's bookclub brought me on ideas.

	26-04-2003 04:19									#6
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El Señor Presidente by Miguel Angel Asturias

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

In a Free State by V. S. Naipaul

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Imprimatur by Monaldi & Sorti

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Rogue states by Noam Chomsky Very intresting reading about the "strong mans rights" in foreign policies.

	26-04-2003 05:04									#9
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Looking for a good read right now, but I just finished You Cannot be Serious, John McEnroe's autobiography. Definitely an interesting read, especially if you are a serious tennis player/fan (which I am), but it made my opinion of McEnroe go from "somewhat misunderstood" to "full-on egotistical raving lunatic".

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The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

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This thread.

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Inevitable Revolutions: Walter LaFeber

	26-04-2003 05:13									#13
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Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. again. Can't seem to sustain interest long enough to finish the bugger.

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quote: "Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond (my third go through what should be required reading for Civ players)

Take a look at "Plagues and Peoples" by McNeill, its a much more sophisticated look at the germs bit of the triad and excellently written.

Currenlty I'm doing various course reading and "Dark Sun Rising" by C.S. Friedman, which is excellent fantasy with very impressive world and character-building.

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Hanes Cymru by John Davies

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'Keeping and Breeding' Snakes by Chris Mattison...
and just finished 'Why bad things happen to good people' by H.Kushner brilliant if youre into spirituality

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Buster Keaton's autobiography : My Wonderful World of Slapstick

	26-04-2003 05:51									#18
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Two books:

The first Battleaxe by Sara Douglass- books my brother picked up in Austalia and said that I would like. Part one of The Axis Trilogy.



The other book is called Why the North Won the Civil War -Edited by David Donald

Five authoratative views: economic, military, diplomatic, social, political.

Five essays written by specialist in the respective fields dealing witht disadvantages the South ahd in the war.

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	26-04-2003 07:24									#19
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quote: The first Battleaxe

They wrote a book about my ex-wife?! :dum tssshhhh:

Sorry, seemed like the joke to make.

	26-04-2003 07:28									#20
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quote: Originally posted by orange They wrote a book about my ex-wife?! :dum tssshhhh: Sorry, seemed like the joke to make.

Nice rimjob....uh rim shot!

You really shouldn't have made it.



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	26-04-2003 09:46									#21
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Lord of the Rings.

	26-04-2003 09:57									#22
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for fun:

- LotR: The Return of the King
- Napoleon biography


for the university (that is also fun.. but not really fun):

- Reinventando la Publicidad / Re Inventing the Advertising
- Medios: El arma de hoy / Medias: The today weapon

	26-04-2003 09:58									#23
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The Basic writings of Nietzsche (wanted to bone up on my avatar)m the walter Kaufmann translations.

I might pick up the Nanny Diaries, since my sister has it on loan form the NYC public lib. for a few more days.

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"From Dawn to Decadence", Jacque Barzun. Excellent critic of the shallowness of modern society.

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Ain't reading a damn thing as I have to read about 1,000 pages of garbage for work everyday....

About to start, for the hell of it, either 'Don't Stop The Carnaval' (Herman Wouk) or 'The Dharma Bums' (Kerouac)

I probably won't read either and will just get another book on travel on finance.

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The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by uhhmmm that guy who writes it. Im too lazy to get up and get it right now.

and in line are the other 3 books in the trilogy. yes I know a 4 book trilogy.

	26-04-2003 16:14									#27
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Niels Klim's Journey to the World Underground by Ludvig Holberg. It's kind of a "proto-SF tale, melding a fantastic voyage with utopia and satire", to quote an online review I just read. Written in 1742. This is the 4th or 5th time I read it.

I'm also reading The Clash of Civilizations by Samuel P. Huntington. Quite interesting.

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44 Irish Short Stories. Lovely.

	26-04-2003 19:07									#29
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Well that's kind of stupid question isn't it? Of course I was reading the title of your thread at that moment!

As for what books I'm reading, I've been going through Anne McCaffrey's Pern series.

	26-04-2003 19:12									#30
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quote: Originally posted by Immortal Wombat Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. again. Can't seem to sustain interest long enough to finish the bugger.

I can relate. I tried that one years ago, and I just found the main character to be a whiny wimp that I had absolutely no sympathy for. I only manged to get about a third of the way through it.