10-18-2007, 07:00 AM
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'What are you reading now'-thread v.2
I decide to revive this thread here once more (in order to get some suggestions) if it has ever been alive.
I'm currently reading 'White Fang' by Jack London - he's one of the most prominent American writers ever... This book in translation is considered obligatory reading for kids in our country, but I missed it somehow when a child. that's why I decided to make up for it, now I'm reading it in the original... A very good book, magnificent landscapes! 
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10-18-2007, 08:25 AM
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you have time to read books...thats great.
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10-18-2007, 08:35 AM
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Fortunately, yes. And I usually take a book when I go somewhere - I try to read every possible moment when I'm free and not listening to the music
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10-18-2007, 08:50 AM
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I'll bite
Currently reading:
Crime and Punishment - Caesar Beccaria The Sociological Imagination - C Wright Mills Snort for Dummies |
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10-18-2007, 09:17 AM
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I am currently reading Cabal by Clive Barker (saw the movie when I was a kid and never got around to reading the book).
and I am rediscovering Hemingway, and reading A Farewell to Arms. I also got some new Vonnegut books but haven't started reading those yet. and of course, OS X server essentials for my ACTC cert. Just got a new job and they are all about getting me certified and trained (or so they say) so I will be reading a lot of Unix, Linux, Windows books in the near future. |
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10-18-2007, 10:06 AM
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I just finished, the God Delusion by Richard Dawkin and now I am reading Hegemony or Survival by Noam Chomsky.
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10-18-2007, 11:34 AM
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I have just finished 'THE TIME SHIPS' by Stephen Baxter, The Authorised Sequel to 'THE TIME MACHINE' by H.G Wells
In the middle of ' The Cold Moon' By Jeffery Deaver And waiting for 'Prador Moon' By Neal Asher I like Scifi and Crime fiction. Neal Asher is one of my favourite New Authors. I have a friend who does not normally read Scifi, but after my recommendation of Asher, they are now hooked
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10-18-2007, 12:08 PM
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Joel Rosenberg's...
"Epicenter: Why Current Rumblings in the Middle East Will Change Your Future" http://www.amazon.com/Epicenter-Curr.../dp/1414311354
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10-18-2007, 12:11 PM
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Going retro-SF right now - working my way through Brian Stableford's 'Daedalus Mission' series.
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10-24-2007, 03:39 AM
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I didn't like farewell to arms - maybe because i was reading it in military camp while staying there for a month to get a military qualification (to become an army officer) - sad irony. The fact about Hemingway is, that he likes to depict tasty life. His characters are eating, drinking wine and spend their time well (especially i mean Fiesta here). I liked The Old Man And The Sea much, though. A very good book. I read it in the original, and definitely going to return to it someday. |
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10-24-2007, 09:17 PM
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Dead Boys: Stories by Richard Lange. It's a collection of short stories dealing with life in LA. Very good reading.
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10-25-2007, 08:24 AM
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World War Z - An Oral History of the Zombie War. I've been looking for a good fiction book to read for a while and this one is pretty good.
roncross- What did you think of The God Delusion? I finished that a couple of months ago.
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