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Books you bought recently/are planning to read
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:42 pm
by mik0rs
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!
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:48 pm
by ek
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:49 pm
by I cant spell u
I want to read the following:
Masters of doom.
The making of doom3.
Half life raising the bar.
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:54 pm
by Tormentius
I'm about to start reading Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan.
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:56 pm
by ek
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:
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:10 pm
by Ryoki
I ordered Hells Angels by Hunter S. Thompson.
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:11 pm
by Guest
Sun-Tzu - The Art of War
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:12 pm
by shadd_
ToxicBug wrote:Sun-Tzi - The Art of War
someone stole your lunch money?
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:16 pm
by shadd_
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:03 pm
by Nightshade
ToxicBug wrote:Sun-Tzi - The Art of War
Who the fuck is Sun-Tzi?
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:04 pm
by andyman
Nightshade wrote:ToxicBug wrote:Sun-Tzi - The Art of War
Who the fuck is Sun-Tzi?
he pwned wardare
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:06 pm
by R00k
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:41 pm
by Guest
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
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:47 pm
by Foo
cousin sue
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:49 pm
by Scourge
Finish the Dark Tower series.
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:54 pm
by seremtan
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
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:30 am
by sliver
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.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 1:18 am
by tnf
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.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 1:23 am
by DRuM
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.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 1:26 am
by plained
ive been seeing myself reading a book.
i 'll prolly try one soon
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 1:32 am
by seremtan
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
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 1:32 am
by Dave
I'm planning on not reading the da vinci code.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 1:36 am
by sliver
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.)
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 2:18 am
by neh
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
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 2:22 am
by Nightshade
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.