What book is on your nightstand? Readers!
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Read The Prince by Machiavelli and you can start thinking to others. Mental manipulation. The future is now!
But yes, it's one of many phrases that "may or may not" drive me nuts. Personally. (don't get me started)
we may or may not have a thread about that. I was just thinking to myself about this earlier. lolz! nom nom nom!
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What did you think?
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I read 30% and set it down (back-to-back family vacations this month). I just picked it up again a couple of days ago.
Well, so far I love it. Tons of great information on the politics of the time (e.g., prohibition). The section on Babe Ruth and baseball of the time was fascinating.
No comedy at all.
I'm looking forward to the kidnapping. Should be coming up soon.
Geodesic Math And How To Use It
Dante's Inferno
Genghis Khan And The Making Of The Modern World
Kalevala
Terence McKenna: Food Of The Gods
Winston Churchill Memoirs Of The Second World War
Military Mountaineering
Skills For Taming The Wilds
The Foxfire Book
Green Eggs And Ham
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners: Sigmund Freud
By Way of Deception: The Making of a Mossad officer
The Other Side Of Deception
Edgar Allan Poe: The Complete Short Story Collection
etc...
Dante's Inferno
Genghis Khan And The Making Of The Modern World
Kalevala
Terence McKenna: Food Of The Gods
Winston Churchill Memoirs Of The Second World War
Military Mountaineering
Skills For Taming The Wilds
The Foxfire Book
Green Eggs And Ham
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners: Sigmund Freud
By Way of Deception: The Making of a Mossad officer
The Other Side Of Deception
Edgar Allan Poe: The Complete Short Story Collection
etc...
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Green Eggs and Ham? That is some heavy reading there...
It's a portrayal of early Marxism. As such, it was even banned in China for something like 25 years.
Sometimes you gotta read between the lines ;-)
Pilgarlic
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C'mon. Name one credible source for that other than the paranoid Maoists.
Green Eggs and Ham is innocent whimsy.
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Digging into James Michener's Hawaii.
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Currently reading The Long War by Terry Pratchett & Stephan Baxter, 2nd in the series. Seems a bit slow, just starting to get interesting & I'm about 2/3 of the way thru. I'm going to go out on a limb here & guess there's at least 1 more book in the series.
I'm just killing time till Jim Butcher's Skin Game comes out in paperback.
Something else on my shelf is this:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0971680728/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
It's been on my shelf since 2001, I just haven't been able to bring myself to read it. Every time I think about it, I remember that day. Maybe it would be easier if it had a different cover. I guess I'll have to read it sometime, but I'm not in any hurry to do so.
Regards, GF.
I'm just killing time till Jim Butcher's Skin Game comes out in paperback.
Something else on my shelf is this:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0971680728/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
It's been on my shelf since 2001, I just haven't been able to bring myself to read it. Every time I think about it, I remember that day. Maybe it would be easier if it had a different cover. I guess I'll have to read it sometime, but I'm not in any hurry to do so.
Regards, GF.
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Reading my second Christopher Moore book, "A Dirty Job". Even more humourous (yet still kind of dark) than the previous book of his I read.
For example, this one passage describes how these shades were digging up skulls from a cemetery for Orcus to snack on (because he liked them "Decoffinated"!)
it also has at least one character whose name is the same as some real life person. A pop culture reference, if you will. I don't recall what it is now, but in the previous book I read (Practical Demonkeeping, he managed to insert Howard Phillips into the story (as in H.P Lovecraft, I assume.)
For example, this one passage describes how these shades were digging up skulls from a cemetery for Orcus to snack on (because he liked them "Decoffinated"!)
it also has at least one character whose name is the same as some real life person. A pop culture reference, if you will. I don't recall what it is now, but in the previous book I read (Practical Demonkeeping, he managed to insert Howard Phillips into the story (as in H.P Lovecraft, I assume.)
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Finished The Girl with All the Gifts recently. Kinda cool. Not classic literature (pretty lame reading if you read a lot of literature), but if you like post-apocalypse, and zombies, it's good. Kinda sweet twist at the end that even an old skeptic like me didn't see coming. Synopsys: zombies have taken over, there is one last chance for humanity, and it's a place filled with scientists and some peculiar, remarkable children.
Half way through All the Light We Cannot See. This one IS for people who like nuanced novels with great writing. I just love this type of book (I'm a sucker for anything based in the WWII era). Two stories so far: Werner, gifted electronics prodigy volunteers for German military service, Marie, blind French girl, also very clever and independent, who's father might be protecting the most valuable secret in France, surviving German occupation in France. Reader cannot but think that these two lives are on a collision course. Can't wait to read tonight!
Half way through All the Light We Cannot See. This one IS for people who like nuanced novels with great writing. I just love this type of book (I'm a sucker for anything based in the WWII era). Two stories so far: Werner, gifted electronics prodigy volunteers for German military service, Marie, blind French girl, also very clever and independent, who's father might be protecting the most valuable secret in France, surviving German occupation in France. Reader cannot but think that these two lives are on a collision course. Can't wait to read tonight!
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While looking through this thread, I saw this and realized it's probably what prompted me to read the Wool series myself. I loved it. Will be an epic movie, for sure. Thanks!
They're making a movie? Nice!
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Better late than never?
I loved it. Since it's two years since this post, a refresh: the book is One Year In America: 1927. It's a story of all the incredible things that happened in that year, with a lot of weight on the history of flight, the many failures to fly overseas, and the remarkable success of Charles Lindburg. It's a great book. I need to look and see if there's anything by Bill Bryson I haven't read now, because he is always a ringer for me.
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I dunno. I think I read something, but there's always talk. Better chance on Ready Player One getting a deal. It was super awesome. Check it out.
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Recent reads worth recommending:
No Country For Old Men
The Tales of Dunk and Egg
The First Law series (The Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged, Last Argument of Kings, Best Served Cold, The Heroes)
- all great.
Recently started book one of the Brilliance trilogy, after a friend mailed it to me and demanded I read it. He's very insistent when it comes to books, but at least has good taste generally. So far it's an interesting premise, but I'm not far enough along to recommend one way or another yet.
I don't pay much attention to "they're turning ______ into a movie!" type news stories. Often it just means Movie Studio X bought the films rights from the Publisher Y, and they may or may not ever choose to exercise the option. Where's that Gates of Fire movie I was promised? Or the Rainbow Six adaptation I've been waiting on since I was a kid? Oh hey, did you hear they're turning The Dark Tower series into a movie? You know, eventually.
No Country For Old Men
The Tales of Dunk and Egg
The First Law series (The Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged, Last Argument of Kings, Best Served Cold, The Heroes)
- all great.
Recently started book one of the Brilliance trilogy, after a friend mailed it to me and demanded I read it. He's very insistent when it comes to books, but at least has good taste generally. So far it's an interesting premise, but I'm not far enough along to recommend one way or another yet.
I don't pay much attention to "they're turning ______ into a movie!" type news stories. Often it just means Movie Studio X bought the films rights from the Publisher Y, and they may or may not ever choose to exercise the option. Where's that Gates of Fire movie I was promised? Or the Rainbow Six adaptation I've been waiting on since I was a kid? Oh hey, did you hear they're turning The Dark Tower series into a movie? You know, eventually.
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Yea but, it's Ready Player One! Super made for movie. Original in a Matrix kind of way.
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Didn't dig in too deep, but notice right away Quiet American. I loved that book. Pre-vietnam story was eye opening. Bit of the misogynistic use of local labor there. And I'll never buy a new bike again without wondering what I'm getting into!
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I have too many books in too many various topics to list them all, but lately I've been brushing up on the history of all the various secret societies vying for control of the world.
The Unseen Hand An Introduction to the Conspiratorial View of History- A. Ralph Epperson
Blood On The Altar The Secret History of the World's Most Dangerous Secret Society- Craig Heimbichner
The Secret Empire Part 1 The Sinister Forces Behind World Conquest And Revolution- Cushman Cunningham
The Unseen Hand An Introduction to the Conspiratorial View of History- A. Ralph Epperson
Blood On The Altar The Secret History of the World's Most Dangerous Secret Society- Craig Heimbichner
The Secret Empire Part 1 The Sinister Forces Behind World Conquest And Revolution- Cushman Cunningham
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I'ven't read that one yet, but it's been on my short list for a while. Heard nothing but good things.
I read it. Hell of a fun book.
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Anyone read "This Is Where I Leave You"? Not exactly my normal genre but I liked it.
That looks like a fine book!
I'm still neck deep in Shannara series. Haven't had as much time to read lately. I may be done with the series by the end of the year.
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Current reads: Reich, Saving Capitalism; Piketty, Capitalism in the Twenty-first Century; Hudson, Killing the Host. All interesting takes on latter day economics.
Just finished: Hari, Chasing the Scream. Excellent history of the War on Drugs. I can also recommend Gabor, In the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts. Insights of a doctor on the front lines of the drug war in Vancouver, Canada.
Up next, some mindless fluff or as Saucy Worchestershire proclaimed - 'And now to bed to sleep off all the nonsense I have said'.
Just finished: Hari, Chasing the Scream. Excellent history of the War on Drugs. I can also recommend Gabor, In the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts. Insights of a doctor on the front lines of the drug war in Vancouver, Canada.
Up next, some mindless fluff or as Saucy Worchestershire proclaimed - 'And now to bed to sleep off all the nonsense I have said'.
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I finished this about 5am this morning 
I just couldn't put it down last night. What a fantastic story.
Blind french girl, brilliant german boy with a mind for electronics and radio, on a collision course during WWII. Story jumps around both in time and place. Superb character development, rich story telling, excellent writing style. If you like an intelligent writer telling a great story, this is it. I see a movie in the future.
All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel
I just couldn't put it down last night. What a fantastic story. Blind french girl, brilliant german boy with a mind for electronics and radio, on a collision course during WWII. Story jumps around both in time and place. Superb character development, rich story telling, excellent writing style. If you like an intelligent writer telling a great story, this is it. I see a movie in the future.
All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel
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I gave away most of the books I had after reading them many times over the years, all the usual stuff Zane, S. King, Twain, etc. etc. My closest book shelf behind me has about 1000 rds. of asst ammo, hard drives, cameras. That is office supply stuff. Ammo is great to have on hand but this winter I really missed my old collection, dust of time and all.
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"Bookshelf" includes Kindle/iPad.
I stopped collecting books a long time ago, switched to kindle, now read on an iPad. I don't miss the books much at all, especially the crappy low-contrast paperbacks.
