Books you bought recently/are planning to read

Post by **mik0rs** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:42 pm

Hiya dumplings.

Just curious, you know, what books have you picked up from Amazon , bought at your local bookshop, stolen from under a cold, sleeping tramp? Whatever!

The answer to the previous question may also be the answer to this question, BUT NOT NECESSARILY. Wait for it...

What books are you planning to read?

Me? Well I just ordered The Rise And Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer, Encyclopedia of The Third Reich by Louis L. Snyder, and The Encyclopaedia of Modern Bodybuilding by Ahhhhhnie. Of these I plan to read one from cover to cover and not merely as a reference, try to guess which one!

I'm planning to read the Da Vinci Code because everyone else has and I hear Dan Brown's actually quite a crap writer who got lucky

OK your turn!

Post by ek » Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:48 pm

just read lance armstrong - its not about the bike. awesome read, the man is a genious and a superb athlete. :icon14:

i am planning on buying see no evil, by robert baer. its a true story of a ground soldier in the cia's war on terrorism.

Post by **I cant spell u** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:49 pm

I want to read the following:
Masters of doom.
The making of doom3.
Half life raising the bar.

Post by **Tormentius** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:54 pm

I'm about to start reading Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan.

Post by ek » Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:56 pm

And Dan Brown's stuff is pretty simple, but I read all of his works, Angels and demons, da vinci code, deception point, digital fortress. its entertaining. :icon14:

Post by **Ryoki** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:10 pm

I ordered Hells Angels by Hunter S. Thompson.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:11 pm

Sun-Tzu - The Art of War

Post by **shadd_** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:12 pm

ToxicBug wrote:Sun-Tzi - The Art of War

someone stole your lunch money?

Post by **shadd_** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:16 pm

The wealth of man, by Peter Jay

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/custom ... 55&s=books

Post by **Nightshade** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:03 pm

ToxicBug wrote:Sun-Tzi - The Art of War

Who the fuck is Sun-Tzi?

Post by **andyman** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:04 pm

Nightshade wrote:
ToxicBug wrote:Sun-Tzi - The Art of War
Who the fuck is Sun-Tzi?

he pwned wardare

Post by **R00k** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:06 pm

Tormentius wrote:I'm about to start reading Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan.

Just finished it a few days ago.

You are going to fucking love it.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:41 pm

riddla wrote:
ToxicBug wrote:Sun-Tzi - The Art of War
CHAPTER ONE: How to spell
CHAPTER TWO: How to avoid looking like an idiot

etc
etc
etc

Sun-Tzu, my bad

Post by **Foo** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:47 pm

cousin sue

Post by **Scourge** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:49 pm

Finish the Dark Tower series.

Post by **seremtan** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:54 pm

i plan to read the rest of john pilger's 'tell me no lies', a compilation of journalism from ww2 to the present. greg palast on the 2000 election fraud is excellent. journalism as it should be

Post by **sliver** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:30 am

Sitting in my room waiting to be read:

The Gormenghast Novels, by Mervyn Peake (apparently comparable to LOTR, and from the same era)
The Satanic Verses, by Salman Rushdie
Grimus, by Salman Rushdie
Shalimar the Clown, by Salman Rushdie
Eleanour Rigby, by Douglas Coupland
Incendiary, by Chris Cleave
The Traveller, by John Twelve Hawks

and three textbooks I'm reading out of personal interest
Human Anatomy & Physiology, by Elaine N. Marieb
Principles of Anatomy & Physiology, by Tortora & Grabowski
Exercise Physiology, by McArdle, Katch & Katch

I also got The War of the Flowers, by Tad Williams, for Christmas; and last on the list is the Prince of Nothing trilogy by R. Scott Bakker, the final instalment of which is due in stores on January 19, I believe.

Post by **tnf** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 1:18 am

I'm about to bust into Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson.

Still need to finish "The Ancestor's Tale"
In the middle of "Freedom Evolves"
Going back through a calculus text.

Post by **DRuM** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 1:23 am

I am currently reading 'Gigantic Juggs of Joy' written and conceived by Norma Stitts. Not a good book to read in bed if you're trying to fall asleep though.

Post by **plained** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 1:26 am

ive been seeing myself reading a book.

i 'll prolly try one soon

Post by **seremtan** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 1:32 am

sliver wrote:The Gormenghast Novels, by Mervyn Peake (apparently comparable to LOTR...

not really. more or less the same sport, but a totally different ballpark on the other side of a totally different town

Post by **Dave** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 1:32 am

I'm planning on not reading the da vinci code.

Post by **sliver** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 1:36 am

tnf wrote:I'm about to bust into Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson.

I've heard good things ... but don't blame me if it sucks.

seremtan wrote:not really. more or less the same sport, but a totally different ballpark on the other side of a totally different town

Works for me; I hate literary cloning. (Pretty much every novel since Tolkien involving elves should be burned.)

Post by **neh** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 2:18 am

the new peter hamilton hardback is in a bag in my lounge - second in the pandoras star series - I am going to bed to start reading it now

Post by **Nightshade** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 2:22 am

Too many to list.
I did pick up a nice coffee table book though, Leonardo's Notebooks. Hundreds of DaVinci's sketches grouped by category along with his translated writings. Fucking awesome.