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CaptainSpringfield Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 4387 Under the Sun	Posted on Jan 11 2008 01:38 AM -Warren — That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it. Top
Icetech Joined: Dec 16, 2006 Posts: 892 Macomb Mich	Posted on Jan 12 2008 08:26 PM only thing i been reading lately is Terry Pratchett books... wish they were longer though:) — I wanna play just like him when i grow up... Top
SurfBandBill Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 1487 San Francisco	Posted on Jan 13 2008 05:03 AM I just started the new Haruki Murakami book "After Dark". So far, so good -- he has a knack for really sucking readers in. ~B~ Top
Jon Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 1076 Columbus, OH	Posted on Jan 31 2008 11:33 AM Time to bump this thread back up there...I'm reading Fateful Triangle by Noam Chomsky right now. Top
MadScientist Joined: Jan 17, 2008 Posts: 2188 Atlanta, GA	Posted on Jan 31 2008 11:50 AM Atlas Shrugged. The longest, most arduous book ever. It's REALLY good, tho. I'm beginning to understand that it's not for everyone, but I'm really enjoying it. Now.... if I could only finish it.... — Jamie SSS Agent #181 Cartoons drenched in reverb! The Mystery Men? El Capitan & The Reluctant Sadists Top
dp Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3546 mojave desert, california	Posted on Jan 31 2008 12:45 PM MadScientist Atlas Shrugged. The longest, most arduous book ever. It's REALLY good, tho. I'm beginning to understand that it's not for everyone, but I'm really enjoying it. Now.... if I could only finish it.... I read "Atlas Shrugged"...but, only once!... spent some time with some of Ayn Rand's works one year, trying to get a handle on the "objectivist" point-of-view...what a monster of a book! I really enjoyed the Fountainhead: the book was cool, but the Gary Cooper movie was way better for me. I spent some time reading Rand's non-fiction stuff too: "The Virtue of Selfishness" and "For the New Intellectual" seemed to stand out for me... In the end, however, I found that Obectivism and Ayn Rand weren't really my cup of tea... Top
MadScientist Joined: Jan 17, 2008 Posts: 2188 Atlanta, GA	Posted on Jan 31 2008 12:50 PM The objectivist thing is a little intense, to be sure. I just like that it has this whole libertarian spirit about it. I like that the book seems like some sort of strange 'stream of consciousness' feeling that I find infectious. It's an idea book, and for that I'm really enjoying it. I'm not sure if I'll go back to Rand for a while, but when I do, I'll check out the books you recommend, dp. — Jamie SSS Agent #181 Cartoons drenched in reverb! The Mystery Men? El Capitan & The Reluctant Sadists Top
DennistheMenace Joined: Dec 29, 2007 Posts: 714 Southeast, Florida	Posted on Jan 31 2008 02:20 PM EARHART-"The FINAL FLIGHT." It was also a made for TV Movie back in '94.... — .......make the Mos' of it, .....choose the 'rite stuff! .........owner of 9 Mosrites proud owner and documented: 1963 "The Ventures" Model s/n# 0038 http://www.vintagerock4.com www.mosriteforum.com Top
WR Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 3832 netherlands	Posted on Jan 31 2008 02:20 PM crazy stuff, fiction: crazy stuff, non-fiction: — Rules to live by #314: "When in Italy, if the menu says something's grilled, don't assume it is." https://www.facebook.com/The-Malbehavers-286429584796173/ Top
mom_surfing Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 5299 the outer banks of north carolina	Posted on Jan 31 2008 10:17 PM 'wolves of the calla'.........book 5 in the stephen king dark tower series — www.surfintheeye.com Top
planish Joined: Jan 09, 2008 Posts: 473 Sackville, New Brunswick	Posted on Jan 31 2008 11:06 PM Finishing up A World of Difference by Harry Turtledove. USAmericans and Soviets get to Mars at nearly the same time, meet native martians, set in the 1970s or thereabouts. I usually prefer his longer, multi-volume series, like the Worldwar/Colonization series, where lizard-like aliens invade Earth in the middle of WWII. They have better stuff but aren't very good at using it. Next will be David Weber's At All Costs Part of the Honor Harrington series. She joins the Royal Manticoran Navy and ends up running it several novels later. As a tactician, she could kick Kirk and Picard's combined butts. Ripping space-opera yarns. That would be Admiral/Lady/Dame/Duchess/Steadholder Harrington, to you. — I'm not a complete idiot. Some parts are missing. Top
SurfBandBill Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 1487 San Francisco	Posted on Feb 01 2008 03:35 AM MadScientist Atlas Shrugged. The longest, most arduous book ever. It's REALLY good, tho. I'm beginning to understand that it's not for everyone, but I'm really enjoying it. Now.... if I could only finish it.... Great book. I do, however, have to disagree with the "most arduous" label. Go down to your local library and just LOOK at James Joyce's "Finnegan's Wake". I am a ridiculously fast reader and it still took me two months to get through that book. And why is it that the first sentence in the book isn't capitalized??? Because it's a run-on from the LAST sentence of the book; technically when you reach the end you're supposed to start over. I just finished some Raymond Carver (I'm taking an entire seminar on him this semester), I'm finishing up my Bukowski collection, and I'm also reading a bunch of poetry by William Blake for my Age of the Romantics class. ~B~ Top
MadScientist Joined: Jan 17, 2008 Posts: 2188 Atlanta, GA	Posted on Feb 01 2008 09:21 AM Go down to your local library and just LOOK at James Joyce's "Finnegan's Wake". I am a ridiculously fast reader and it still took me two months to get through that book.> ...Finnegan's Wake... a book for me to avoid at all costs. I think the problem is that I'm a HORRIBLE reader. I never read as much as I should have growing up, so I'm SLOW. I am, however, a sucker for a good story, so I'll take the plunge where I see possibility. For someone that reads as fast as you do, literature classes must be fantastic. Where do you go to school? I graduated from SFSU. I notice that you are in SF. (Not to stray off topic). — Jamie SSS Agent #181 Cartoons drenched in reverb! The Mystery Men? El Capitan & The Reluctant Sadists Top
CaptainSpringfield Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 4387 Under the Sun	Posted on Feb 01 2008 02:27 PM -Warren — That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it. Top
MisterNeutron Joined: Oct 02, 2006 Posts: 69 New Jersey	Posted on Feb 01 2008 03:45 PM "The First World War" by John Keegan — MISTER NEUTRON http://blogs.dailyrecord.com/sixstrings/ www.myspace.com/misterneutron www.myspace.com/damianfanelli http://cdbaby.com/all/dfanelli Top
SurfBandBill Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 1487 San Francisco	Posted on Feb 03 2008 03:11 AM MadScientist For someone that reads as fast as you do, literature classes must be fantastic. Where do you go to school? I graduated from SFSU. I notice that you are in SF. (Not to stray off topic). I am getting my master's in literature from SFSU. I also got my BA there in '03 and my teaching credential there in '04. ~B~ Top
Serpico Joined: Dec 30, 2007 Posts: 443 Falun Sweden	Posted on Feb 03 2008 10:38 AM The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, what an amazing book=) — The reality is that we do not wash our own laundry - it just gets dirtier. www.myspace.com/tumbleweedofsurf Top
MadScientist Joined: Jan 17, 2008 Posts: 2188 Atlanta, GA	Posted on Feb 03 2008 12:33 PM SurfBandBill I am getting my master's in literature from SFSU. I also got my BA there in '03 and my teaching credential there in '04. Wow. Well, I certainly know who to go to for book recommendations. I got my BA in Cinema/Animation in '04. Small world, I suppose. Good luck! — Jamie SSS Agent #181 Cartoons drenched in reverb! The Mystery Men? El Capitan & The Reluctant Sadists Top
NicholausLee Joined: May 13, 2007 Posts: 223 Ypsilanti, MI	Posted on Feb 03 2008 12:48 PM Time to bump this thread back up there...I'm reading Fateful Triangle by Noam Chomsky right now. I love Noam Chomsky, right now I'm reading "What We Say Goes" by Noam Chomsky, amazing book. — http://about.me/nicholaus.lee Top
Tuck Joined: Sep 02, 2006 Posts: 3166 Denver, CO	Posted on Feb 04 2008 12:15 AM P.G. Wodehouse. The Heart of a Goof. Not as disturbing as some things. Top

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