Topic: What are you reading? (Read 152396 times)

Demosthenes · « **Reply #600 on:** August 05, 2008, 05:59:16 PM »

Now I'm reading Nicholas Meyer's The Seven-Per-Cent Solution. I read it ages ago and found a nice first edition hardcover copy of it last year that I picked up for cheap at a used bookstore.

For a Sherlock Holmes fan, it's a must-read.

ivan · « **Reply #601 on:** August 05, 2008, 06:12:38 PM »

Quote from: Demosthenes on August 05, 2008, 05:59:16 PM

For a Sherlock Holmes fan, it's a must-read.

Yes, if only because it's the only legitimate story in which Holmes actually says the words "Elementary, my dear Watson."

IIRC, that is.

Zwillinge · « **Reply #602 on:** August 08, 2008, 05:17:30 PM »

The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank

Going to Amsterdam on the 21st!

grenciae · « **Reply #603 on:** August 10, 2008, 12:53:51 AM »

The Elfish Gene by Mark Barrowcliffe. It's an advance reading copy set to be published in November of this year, I believe.

I hiiiighly recommend it. I'm sure the topic is near and dear to many of us.

scribcake · « **Reply #604 on:** August 13, 2008, 12:01:32 PM »

I just finished reading "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson. It was good, I learned a ton of utterly useless facts that I would otherwise be perfectly fine without. My only complaint about it is that a great deal of the book was spent discussing biology, evolution, taxology, and other strange topics that are not math and physics and are therefore not very appealing to me. Very educational though, and it certainly seemed to cover nearly every topic imaginable.

I decided to read through The Guide again, and dusted off my copy of "The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy" and read that again. I think after this I might read some work by Isaac Asimov, I had read his short story "The Last Question" and it really turned me on to his work.

ivan · « **Reply #605 on:** August 13, 2008, 12:46:22 PM »

The Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri.

Dark Lord Liznit · « **Reply #606 on:** August 13, 2008, 11:31:24 PM »

Quote from: ivan on August 13, 2008, 12:46:22 PM

The Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri.

Doing so also. Just flipped it open yesterday as a matter of fact.
I just finished Day By Day Armageddon by J. L. Bourne - which I definately liked. I've decided to take a peak into The Race For God by Brian Herbert, though so far it seems like slow work.

Slightly random query: Does anyone here read the Johnny the Homicidal Maniac comics?

Demosthenes · « **Reply #607 on:** August 14, 2008, 10:22:23 AM »

Just started reading The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman.

Not bad, so far. I like his writing style.

xolik · « **Reply #608 on:** August 14, 2008, 10:23:58 AM »

Now that I'm a lot older, I'm re-reading The Bible and have made it to Leviticus so far.

How should I put this...now don't get me wrong, I'd like to think that I'm something of a devout kinda guy, but ARE YOU INSANE? You want us to do WHAT?

OT God is hardcore.

Quote from: Demosthenes on August 14, 2008, 10:22:23 AM

Just started reading The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman.

Not bad, so far. I like his writing style.

I hear that book has pissed off some religious groups because they say it's all GODLESS ATHEIST BRAINWASHING. (These groups just fucking completely buried the irony needle btw) I'm curious why they'd get such an idea.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #609 on:** August 14, 2008, 10:33:21 AM »

I've studied the Bible extensively in several different translations. Leviticus is some straight-up gangsta shit yo.

So is Job. Job severely messed with my head when I read it as a younger Demosthenes.

Think of it. The very concept of an all-powerful deity essentially having a dialogue with himself about how harshly he can flog one of his most faithful worshippers to see if the poor little critter cracks under the pressure.

Whiskey tango foxtrot.

Seriously.

And people teach this stuff to CHILDREN!?

xolik · « **Reply #610 on:** August 14, 2008, 11:18:10 AM »

Sorry, but this is the first thing that popped into my mind.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #611 on:** August 14, 2008, 11:37:17 AM »

That wasn't by accident, my friend.

ivan · « **Reply #612 on:** August 14, 2008, 02:55:34 PM »

I almost baled on TDC somewhere around Canto XIII on account of tedium.

But then I retold some of the story to some friends, and was amused. Some of it is pretty funny, at least to modern sensibilities. So I have to finish it just to decide for myself whether Alighieri was dead serious or pulling a fast one. Maybe, just maybe, he was havin a lawf.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #613 on:** August 14, 2008, 03:05:06 PM »

I've wondered the same thing in the past when I've read it.

He was quite the poet, when it comes down to it; could be he was just elaborately pulling everyone's leg.

sociald1077 · « **Reply #614 on:** August 14, 2008, 04:21:48 PM »

Finished up Next. Pretty good. Makes me wonder just how much of my body is owned by a bio-gen company.

Moving onto In the Time of Butterflies for school, should prove to be a boring book imo.

scribcake · « **Reply #615 on:** August 19, 2008, 09:40:32 AM »

I'm slightly annoyed that my supervisor cracked down on reading at work. Apparently we aren't allowed to read other than when we're on lunch break.

Min · « **Reply #616 on:** August 20, 2008, 06:53:20 PM »

Quote from: sociald1077 on August 14, 2008, 04:21:48 PM

Finished up Next. Pretty good. Makes me wonder just how much of my body is owned by a bio-gen company.

I'm going to try to read Next next. If I can find it on CD.

I just finally read Stupid Sexy Flanders and the Sorcerer's Stone. I don't get the end when Dumbledorf tells Harry that only someone who was trying to FIND the stone could actually find it and that if someone were looking to USE the stone that they never would find it. Wouldn't that make it a bad thing that Harry went down there? If he didn't, the dude(s) would be down there forever looking for it, right?

Anyway, so now I'm on The Rural Juror by John Grisham. I mean...The Last Juror, sorry.

Dark Lord Liznit · « **Reply #617 on:** August 29, 2008, 03:09:04 AM »

Quote from: Detta on August 20, 2008, 06:53:20 PM

I just finally read Stupid Sexy Flanders and the Sorcerer's Stone. I don't get the end when Dumbledorf tells Harry that only someone who was trying to FIND the stone could actually find it and that if someone were looking to USE the stone that they never would find it. Wouldn't that make it a bad thing that Harry went down there? If he didn't, the dude(s) would be down there forever looking for it, right?

Well, the mirror of Erised shows you what you want most, right? Well, Voldemort simply wanted the stone - so the mirror depicted him having it and using it. Meanwhile, Harry wanted to find the stone most - so the mirror showed Harry finding it, in a manner of speaking.

Socrates · « **Reply #618 on:** August 29, 2008, 07:31:11 AM »

Just finished reading The Runes of the Earth and Fatal Revenant by Stephen R. Donaldson. They are the first two in a trilogy that follows two previous trilogies.

I really enjoyed them, little dramatic and fatalistic at times but he's a great author for using words that make me go "huh" and then have to look them up. That doesn't happen often with me.

Socrates · « **Reply #619 on:** September 04, 2008, 06:56:11 AM »

Just started reading Orcs by Stan Nicholls

It's a collection of short stories that were written and formerly in print in the late 90's I think. Only a few chapters in but so far pretty good.

xolik · « **Reply #620 on:** September 04, 2008, 03:35:24 PM »

SQL Server 2005 Implementation and Maintenance. If things go well, I hope to take the certification exam at the end of next month.

ydnamtnediserp · « **Reply #621 on:** September 08, 2008, 07:21:48 PM »

the best book of useless information ever by noel botham.....on my new kindle!!!!!

Demosthenes · « **Reply #622 on:** September 10, 2008, 09:10:30 AM »

I just finished reading a couple of books on my wife's Kindle. Definitely cool technology. Now if only they'd make the goddamned books cheaper than buying a physical book, I'd be 100% behind it.

Right now for me, I'm reading Max Brooks' "The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection From The Living Dead".

So far it's surprisingly good.

ydnamtnediserp · « **Reply #623 on:** September 10, 2008, 09:32:28 AM »

i'm really good at buying the $.25 books. can't beat that.

i just wish the stupid "next page" button didn't take up the entire right side. i keep hitting it accidentally.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #624 on:** September 10, 2008, 10:04:21 AM »

Quote from: ydnamtnediserp on September 10, 2008, 09:32:28 AM

i'm really good at buying the $.25 books. can't beat that.

Everything I've looked for that I want for the Kindle so far costs as much as, or more than buying a physical paperback of the book, which has me irked. I can find most of those books for less than $3.00 at a local used book store and actually have a physical book in my hands. Why should I pay $8.00 for something insubstantial, AND with DRM to boot?

I think that's the only thing holding this back as a brilliant idea, to be honest.

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i just wish the stupid "next page" button didn't take up the entire right side. i keep hitting it accidentally.

Yeah, I run into that a lot too. To be honest, I use the "next page" button on the left side more often, but I'm left handed, so I'm usually holding it in that hand.

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