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What book are you reading?

finishing up the chronicles or narnia. about 1/4 of the way through the last battle... should be done in the next week depending on how much train time i get in

then it's off to some non fiction
 
I'm re-reading Stephen Baxter's Exultant right now in preparation for next week's release of his Transcendent.
 
The Bible. Old Testament. Exodus. I really don't have a lot of time to read, so there is really nothing else on my plate rtight now. Maybe after the semester ends. I'll probably get back to re-reading my Roald Dahl collection (both the children's stories and the short stories).
 
Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant and selected Letters - Library of America.

I'm a bit of a history buff; and I feel I can learn something useful from historical figures like him. Maybe become a bit wiser too.
 
A briefer history of time - Stephen Hawking.

Cept it is at work right now, and i am too sick to go there

next will be a book on Quantum Physics

Yes you can make fun of me for being the dork i am
 
Interpreter of Maladies- Jhumpa Lahiri
Wicked- Gregory Maguire
Mirror, Mirror- Gregory Maguire
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister- Gregory Maguire
 
Roscoe by William Kennedy. Brilliant historical fiction.

and

The End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris. Very well written anti-religion screed.
 
the bible
the sufis by i. shah
the federalist papers

any pc or mac magazine
comprehensive catalog of jaeger-lecoultre watches (250 pgs. i just finished last night)

and many posts on macrumors, of course 😉
 
irmongoose said:
Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead. Excellent, excellent book.

Still on page 179, I'm a slow reader.
irmongoose
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ME Too! Im on page 100, just started the book, only 600 and some odd pages to go!

The last few I have read are

*Mediated:How The Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live In It by Zengotita

*Let Them Eat Cake by Danziger

*The Rise of the Creative Class by Florida


A few other books I want to read

*All Marketers Are Liars : The Power of Telling Authentic Stories in a Low-Trust World

*Why We Buy: The Science Of Shopping

*Information War: American Propaganda, Free Speech, and Opinion Control Since 9/11

*Propaganda & Control of the Public Mind

*Necessary Illusions : Thought Control in Democratic Societies

*Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy

*Emotional Branding: The New Paradigm for Connecting Brands to People

*The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

*Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
 
eva01 said:
A briefer history of time - Stephen Hawking.

Cept it is at work right now, and i am too sick to go there

next will be a book on Quantum Physics

Yes you can make fun of me for being the dork i am
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that's so cool...i love anything on physics...the last physics related book i read was a funny commentary book by carl sagan and now i am listening to feynman's famous cal tech lectures from 1961-63 on cd

time travel really ignites my imagination
 
Vader: I love the Foundation series... if you like it, you might also like the Ender and Bean series by Orson Scott Card.



irmongoose
 
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I just ordered Magical Thinking by Joan Didion from amazon.com.

It is the editor's #1 pick. It should be coming sometime next week.
 
eva01 said:
A briefer history of time - Stephen Hawking.

Cept it is at work right now, and i am too sick to go there

next will be a book on Quantum Physics

Yes you can make fun of me for being the dork i am
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Not at all, I've read lots of Physics books and enjoyed them. Yes, even QED.
🙂
 
Having abandoned all sensible dissertation reading in favour of winging it completely, I can now start reading good books again...yay! I've just started In Praise Of Slow by Carl Honoré. It seems interesting so far, and makes me think about the time we spend on certain things. If I take it seriously, expect a leaving thread from me anytime soon....😉
 
Twisted by Jonathan Kellerman
re-reading Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas by Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
re-reading Ubik by Philip K. Dick
 
Currently reading Riptide by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (my favorite authors.) I do believe next up on my list is either Mary Mary by James Patterson or Harry Potter 1 (forgot what its called) because I never got around to reading any of those books.
 
I took Finnegan's Wake from my campus library last week, read about 4 pages, and gave up. I have been told that it isn't really supposed to be comprehended, and I can see why! I was totally lost by the second sentence. 😱
 
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