Topic: What are you reading? (Read 152112 times)

hackess · « **on:** June 28, 2004, 02:58:15 PM »

Well?

I'm on Elixir and the Stone, a history of magic and the occult. Fascinating read. Good luck finding it Stateside.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #1 on:** June 28, 2004, 03:01:37 PM »

I have a black pair of dockers, some bass wingtips, blue boxers, black socks, and a green Bill Blass polo shirt. I'm also wearing my wedding ring and my Rolex.

hackess · « **Reply #2 on:** June 28, 2004, 03:02:04 PM »

You get one of those. One.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #3 on:** June 28, 2004, 04:26:16 PM »

Currently I'm making progress through these at the same time:

William Wallace: The King's Enemy by D.J. Gray

Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (The Ayn Rand Library, Volume 6) by Leonard Peikoff

And as soon as my copy of The Annotated Legends by Weis & Hickman arrives in the mail, I'll be reading that too.

I normally have three or four books going at once. If you think that sounds weird, I'll bet dollars to donuts that Lacerda is often "in progress" on more books than that.

dcrog · « **Reply #4 on:** June 28, 2004, 04:38:48 PM »

TEH GEEKERY!!! OMFGLOL!!!!!!!!!!1111ONE

Law · « **Reply #5 on:** June 28, 2004, 05:16:46 PM »

Quote from: Demosthenes

William Wallace: The King's Enemy by D.J. Gray

Ooo, any good? One of my ancestors was known as the "Right Hand of Wallace."

These days I am reading Eco's Foucault's Pendulum and a biography of John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee. And the Economist.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #6 on:** June 28, 2004, 07:34:24 PM »

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William Wallace: The King's Enemy by D.J. Gray

Ooo, any good? One of my ancestors was known as the "Right Hand of Wallace."

Eh... so far it's pretty dry.

No, I take that back. Really dry. Names, places dates. Then so-and-so the fifth Earl of Suchplace worked out a deal with King Whatshisname. That was in the year 1137. And there was much rejoicing.

The_FOO · « **Reply #7 on:** June 29, 2004, 01:26:39 PM »

I can't even remember the title of what I'm reading now or who it's by. I picked up the hard cover for $10 though.

Some SF sillyness.

Fallen Dragon Peter F. Hamilton.

The_FOO · « **Reply #8 on:** July 14, 2004, 02:06:30 PM »

Goddess of the Ice Realm - David Drake

Law · « **Reply #9 on:** July 14, 2004, 02:25:25 PM »

Quote from: catwritr

I'm on Elixir and the Stone, a history of magic and the occult. Fascinating read. Good luck finding it Stateside.

Nowledge · « **Reply #10 on:** July 14, 2004, 02:34:56 PM »

Right now I'm in the middle of:
The Bible, The Quran and Science.
by Maurice Bucaille
I also picked up
Through the Looking Glass
At a Arabic Bookstore ( it's in english, one of the only ones, hence the purchase)
And I'm hop scotching through
The Diversity of Life
by Edward O. Wilson
Which is pretty interesting, it's not as page turning as some others but definately a pillar in its genre.

reimero · « **Reply #11 on:** July 14, 2004, 02:36:28 PM »

Manifesto of the Communist Party
A History of European Socialism

The_FOO · « **Reply #12 on:** July 14, 2004, 02:43:25 PM »

You folks make me feel bad for reading fluffy SF/F books.

Anonymous · « **Reply #13 on:** July 14, 2004, 02:49:36 PM »

Quote from: catwritr

Well?

I'm on Elixir and the Stone, a history of magic and the occult. Fascinating read. Good luck finding it Stateside.

What is that book about?

That title reminded me of a little experience I had about two years ago. I saw a show about a possible murder at Stonehenge. The producer of the documentary (Mike Pitts) also wrote a book called Hengeworld. This is his site.

Anyway, I went to Chapters which is probably Canada's largest bookstore chain, and they didn't carry it. When I asked if they could order it, they said they just don't carry it period. And then inquired about the process involved for them to carry a book. They told me that the publisher would need to sign a deal with their sales departmenet.

I had been reading a lot about Mike Pitts, his background, the work he did and so on, and I decided that not only I was going to get his book, but I was going to get an authographed one!

So I e-mailed Pitts, told him that I saw his show and started to show interest in his research. I told him about Chapters and we exchanged a few e-mails. He's in the UK. He was interested in marketing his book in Canada and wondered if Chapters would invite writers for book signings and discussions and so on. I didn't know but I told him I would check if they did that.

I contacted chapters and they did things like that in the bigger cities like Toronto and Montreal. So I get back to Pitts with the info and casually slip in a bit about how I would just love to get my hands on an autopgraphed copy of his book. He replied that he would love to personally hand me an autographed copy of the book, but only if I could get chapters to promote him (i.e. pay for his plan ticket to come over and do tours and a few of their stores). Obviously, I don't have that kind of power. But I still contacted Chapters and talked to some manager in the marketing departement. I told them the whole story and said that as a consumer, I would love to see more initiatives between book stores and writers. I recommened Mike Pitts as a candidate for such a venture and they were actually interested. The only problem is they couldn't promote him or is book because they didn't carry it.

I gave them Mike's publisher info which he had passed down to me and that was all I could do. I wrote back to Pitts and gave him a summary of what went down and some contact information. I was pleased with myself. I didn't really get anything done, but I opened some doors. Then I asked him if it was worth a signed book. I was going to pay for shipping. He never bothered to reply and I never bothered to buy his book! lol

Out of curiosity, I did a search for his book at Chapters.ca and guess what... They carry it now.

hackess · « **Reply #14 on:** July 14, 2004, 02:53:03 PM »

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Quote from: catwritr
Well?

I'm on Elixir and the Stone, a history of magic and the occult. Fascinating read. Good luck finding it Stateside.

What is that book about?

For the third time...

Quote from: catwritr

I'm on Elixir and the Stone, a history of magic and the occult.

Anonymous · « **Reply #15 on:** July 14, 2004, 02:54:20 PM »

I know I know! Can you give more details? Comments on it?

EDIT: never mind. I'll just go look it up.

Law · « **Reply #16 on:** July 14, 2004, 03:00:42 PM »

It traces the legacy of the Hermetic and Gnostic movements from their origins into modern Europe and the Islamic Empires. It discusses influences on and from Judaism, Chrisitianity and Islam, the rise of alchemy and witchcraft in Europe during the Middle Ages and their influence on governments, Churches and organizations like the Knights Templar and the Order of St. John.

I'm only about 100 pages in, so that's the best I can do for you now.

It was only published and distributed in the UK and Australia. I had to get my copy from eBay...

hackess · « **Reply #17 on:** July 14, 2004, 03:02:54 PM »

Thanks, Law. My brain's pretty dead today, so I was having a hard time coming up with anything other than "uhh...magic...Hermetic...occult...stuff."

Anonymous · « **Reply #18 on:** July 14, 2004, 03:09:25 PM »

Thank you

Law · « **Reply #19 on:** July 14, 2004, 05:52:09 PM »

Quote from: catwritr

Thanks, Law. My brain's pretty dead today, so I was having a hard time coming up with anything other than "uhh...magic...Hermetic...occult...stuff."

Yeah, you look tired...

*runs*

MISTER MASSACRE · « **Reply #20 on:** July 14, 2004, 08:22:21 PM »

Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Burned Children of America by Various (Variously awesome and crappy, IMO)
Banana Republicans by Sheldon Rampton & John Stauber
Shake Hands with the Devil (ZZZZ) by Romeo Dallaire

ZeHaDeS · « **Reply #21 on:** July 17, 2004, 12:19:20 PM »

I am reading all the books of the vampire's chronicles fron Anne Rice
I am just reading Pandora

Scuzzy · « **Reply #22 on:** July 17, 2004, 07:41:19 PM »

Okay this may seem well I but young and underrated for you people here...I would be surprised if I wasn't the youngest one here @ only 14 but anyways Im currently reading 2 books

Eragon-Christopher Pauloni <-This book is actually one of the best books I've ever read
and Inkheart-Cornielia Funke
oh and a 3rd I,Robot-Issac Asimov

The_FOO · « **Reply #23 on:** August 12, 2004, 10:51:27 AM »

Tom Clancy: The Teeth of the Tiger

I've just started it, but already he's blown away a child killer in chapter one.

Law · « **Reply #24 on:** August 12, 2004, 11:03:23 AM »

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Tom Clancy: The Teeth of the Tiger

Ugh.

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