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ELCIV · 16-06-2007, 21:34

What are you reading?
Just started Fast Food Nation...damn good so far

pgo · 16-06-2007, 23:29

Good movie, but I haven't read the book. My mom recommended it to me, though.

Funny you should start a reading thread. I recently finished The Selfish Gene, by Richard Dawkins. I'm currently halfway through The Elegant Universe, by Brian Greene.

And this evening I ordered God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens, The Assault on Reason, by Al Gore, and Bulletproof Ajax by Jeremy Keith.

Andy · 17-06-2007, 04:02

just finished The Closed Circle, sequal to The Rotters Club. that was ok.
i've got about 10 pages left of 'Without Losing Your Soul

solix · 17-06-2007, 04:37

Obsessed. Dutch version though

Do Gooder · 17-06-2007, 06:24

fast food nation is a good read.

am readin'

The woman who thinks she's a cow.
Dr Temple Grandin

hard work to read... but it's very interesting stuff about how the old noggin works.

datahound · 17-06-2007, 06:26

Resurrectionist by James McGee. Grave robbers and dark deeds in 19th century London. Amazon.co.uk: Resurrectionist: Books: James McGee

Maerk · 17-06-2007, 06:58

Just finished reading fourth and final Boudica book. Ah well I did have an inkling it wasn't going to end well

Boudica: Dreaming the Serpent Spear by Manda Scott

Good commute books, huge things.

Ho hum, either Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman or The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds next. Might give the latest David Mitchell a read but autobiographical-ish ... puts me off no end heh

Mandy Moo · 17-06-2007, 14:04

Reading some short chick lit novel... (nothing you guys would be interested in) while I'm waiting for the new Harry Potter to come out.

jack · 17-06-2007, 14:59

Not long finished the mammoth seven book Dark Tower Series. Now I'm halfway through Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrel

Mandy Moo · 17-06-2007, 15:12

Anybody read 'His Dark Materials'? One of the best books I've read!

Maerk · 17-06-2007, 15:34

Three books no? And yea read the series a few years back is very good.

Loved Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell too, brilliant book

jack · 17-06-2007, 15:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maerk

Three books no? And yea read the series a few years back is very good.

Loved Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell too, brilliant book

Yeah, thats right, three volumes. I've got it as a single fat 1000 pager though

Just at the bit where Strange brought back the soldiers in the second atm.

Maerk · 17-06-2007, 15:58

Do you find yourself dropping 19th century english into your every day speech?
Or was that just my easily influenced brain that happened to heh

jack · 17-06-2007, 17:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maerk

Do you find yourself dropping 19th century english into your every day speech?
Or was that just my easily influenced brain that happened to heh

Haven't with this one as yet, but, after the Dark Tower I picked up some shit. They called conversations 'palavers' in those books, and I found myself slipping up a fair bit!

hawken · 17-06-2007, 21:07

I just re-read timequake, shortly before Kurt passed away.

Since then it's been corn-flake boxes and such like.

nini · 18-06-2007, 03:52

Teach yourself Philosophy

I'm trying expand my brain a bit. I also got Anne Frank on the go too.

WeeJames · 18-06-2007, 04:13

Just finished Designing the Obvious: A Commonsense Approach to Web Application Design which was pretty damn good. Really got me thinking about all the kinds of stuff i usually dont think about.

Which was nice.

funkyprem · 18-06-2007, 04:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Do Gooder

fast food nation is a good read.

fucking scary though! haven't eaten a chicken nugget since then! wasn't too keen on them in the first place mind...

been ages since i actually picked up a paperback, but can wholeheartedly recommend Amazon.co.uk: A Short History of Nearly Everything: Books: Bill Bryson

(don't you just hate the caps lock key!)

Mitch · 18-06-2007, 04:53

George Orwell - Down and Out in Paris and London

adam c · 19-06-2007, 05:03

Stephen King - Cell

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ELCIV Yank Cowboy Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Charleston Posts: 52	what are you reading? What are you reading? Just started Fast Food Nation...damn good so far

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pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,340	Good movie, but I haven't read the book. My mom recommended it to me, though. Funny you should start a reading thread. I recently finished The Selfish Gene, by Richard Dawkins. I'm currently halfway through The Elegant Universe, by Brian Greene. And this evening I ordered God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens, The Assault on Reason, by Al Gore, and Bulletproof Ajax by Jeremy Keith.

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Do Gooder Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5,528	fast food nation is a good read. am readin' The woman who thinks she's a cow. Dr Temple Grandin hard work to read... but it's very interesting stuff about how the old noggin works.

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