Books I'm reading etc.

[thatpfunk]

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reading Lolita, and I hate the prose. way too fancy for me. Also found out my book skips from 84 to 112. WTF Amazon? Way,

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the prose in lolita is beautiful. some of the best ever put down.

[hexag1]

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reading Lolita, and I hate the prose. way too fancy for me. Also found out my book skips from 84 to 112. WTF Amazon? Way,

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the prose in lolita is beautiful. some of the best ever put down.

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i have to agree. read any other nabokov? i really liked pale fire, pnin and the short stories

[mikeczyz]

finished the amazing adventures of kavalier and clay. quite good, would recommend.

am starting new ideas from dead economists.

[Dominic]

I'm reading a science fiction classic I had never gotten around to before: Clarke's Rendevous With Rama. It reminds me of the thrilling stories from my youth...very cool. Next up, Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars.

[pryor15]

i can't recommend enough the collected works of this guy:

[Dominic]

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i can't recommend enough the collected works of this guy:



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okay, I will pick that one up

[mmbt0ne]

I've had time and the desire to read again recently, so...

Recent Reads

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game - Michael Lewis Very, very good

A Year in the Merde - Stephen Clarke Read for enjoyment, not profound fictional story-telling. Meh if you don't understand French, decent-to-good if you do.

Bringing Down the House - Ben Mezrich Pretty entertaining, you'll want to try card counting afterward.

Currently Reading

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs - Chuck Klosterman Good so far, but thought it would be funnier based on other people's reviews.

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume I Never really in to science fiction before this. Some very good stories, some not so good. They're nice and short though, so it's easy to sit down and read one.

Just Bought

Founders at Work - Jessica Livingston

The 4-Hour Workweek - Timothy Ferriss

Hackers and Painters - Paul Graham

[goofball]

Just Finished
<u>The End of Faith By Sam Harris</u>
I bought this at the airport on a whim and read it before I returned home. Most of the book is an intelligent argument about the dangers of faith, how it can lead people to do unspeakable things. For example, if you have total faith that if you blow yourself up killing infidels you and your entire family will go to heaven, then to do so would be completely rational. Obviously, Islam isn’t the only religion subject to this critique. The end of the book gets a little mystical for me though. While the author is still grounded (sort of) in science, he just goes on and on about a few twinkle ding dong ideas that end up as a boring digression.

<u>Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer</u>
This book is about the surprising history of Mormonism. It interlaces the history, birth, and development of Mormonism with current stories about fundamentalist Mormon beliefs and the story of how one of those fundamentalists had (and carried out) a revelation to murder his sister-in-law and niece. It’s super interesting and reads easily, like a novel. Also, I'm sure most people think mormons are a little nuts, but after reading this book and getting more insight into exactly what they believe I think they're even more f'ing nuts than ever.

[prohornblower]

Reading it for my architectural registration exam studies. One of the best books I've ever read. The late authors impressive wiki page

[miajag]

Two books I just bought:

<u>A Writer At War: A Soviet Journalist With the Red Army, 1941-1945</u>, by Vasily Grossman (title is pretty self-explanatory)

<u>Storm on the Horizon</u>, by David J. Morris (very detailed account of Battle of Khafji in Gulf War I).

In case it wasn't obvious, I'm very interested in modern military history. Looking forward to reading both of these.