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22-02-2008, 04:28
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Senior Member
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Location: Seattle, WA
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The Foundation series by Isaac Asimov is very good. I'm currently on the second book, Foundation and Empire. On the nonfiction side of things, Wikinomics is a good one. |
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22-02-2008, 04:38
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Day-Glo Jazz Monkey
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Shoreditch, London
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Recent fiction: Murakami (the guy's a genius.. you'll either get hooked on his dream-like/discovery style and read his entire back catalog or think "Meh".) Craig Clevenger's "The Contortionist's Handbook" is my favourite book, well worth a read. Recent non-fiction: Counting Sheep (v. interesting/comprehensive stuff, does make you more aware of the importance of sleep, which isn't so good when you get in at 4am with work the following morn.) The Wisdom of Crowds (good for understanding group trends/polarisation/etc and gives you reasons to dismiss a "chase the expert" approach) and God Delusion (nuff said, should be read). |
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22-02-2008, 05:10
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Chavtastic
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: West London
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Ones I have just finshed that I would more than reccommend are: The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - Paul Torday Both are great books, and very, very easy to read. Salmon has a really uniue way of telling the story via faxes, emails and interviews. |
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22-02-2008, 06:05
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Chavtastic
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: West London
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This one > Amazon.co.uk: The Accidental Angler: Books: Charles Rangeley-Wilson will keep an eye out for it. How bouts a swappsies? Salmon fishing in the Yemen, is actually about the Blairite times and the bollox that it entails, while tying everything together nicely with the theme of Salmon angling. You read, Hearnes book or Maylins Fox Pool? Got a copy somewhere, must be worth a bob or two now. Used to do a bit of time on the same lake as Lockey (Solar tackle) and Maylin and co many moons ago. God I am sad, name dropping bloody carp anglers on 'da interweb'... |
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22-02-2008, 06:06
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Spare Parts
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Bracknell Forest
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Time Enough For Love - Robert Heinlein The Teachings of don Juan A Separate Reality Journey to Ixtlan Tales Of Power The Second Ring of Power - Carlos Castaneda How To Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie How To Attract Money - Robert Griswold |
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22-02-2008, 06:11
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Yes, thats the one. I've read Terry Hearns book and the Fox Pool, I read Hearns with my mouth pretty much open throughout, he borders on insanity at times. Could you sit by a lake on your own for 2 years and not catch anything, because there's only 3 fish there? Oh yeah, I forgot, you do! hahahaha |
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22-02-2008, 06:32
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in Shoreditch
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: London
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I'm reading Brave New World at the moment, after seeing a thread on DT. Conditioned babies and the Organ of sight and smell. "Ford! Ford! Ford!"  |
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22-02-2008, 06:32
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Chavtastic
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: West London
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I concur, Terry is an obsessed nutta. Haven't heard my delks on Harefield No 1 for more than 4 years this June... Mind you, I haven't invested hardly any time for the past 2 seasons, think I am gonna give up there.  Sorry for the hijack Razor, I'll shut up now. |
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22-02-2008, 14:28
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You should check out Asimov's The Last Question, too. Best short story I've ever read. |
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23-02-2008, 10:46
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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If you want an easy read I would recommend Misery by Stephen King. The movie is good as well, but it doesn't compare to the book. My second recommendation would have to be Carrie by Stephen King as well. Those are two great books. |
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23-02-2008, 14:31
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Brooklyn, NYC
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As for fiction, you can't go wrong with Orwell, Vonnegut, Huxley, and the like. I don't read a lot of fiction, though. I recently read American Psycho which was great and darkly humorous. As for non-fiction and popular science, I'm currently breezing through Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body which is an interesting summary (only 200 pages) of the origin and evolution of the human anatomy and our connections to all other living things. One of my favorite topics. In the non-fiction department, you also can't go wrong with Richard Dawkins' books on biology/evolution. Anything by Carl Sagan is bound to be inspirational. Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies and it's "sequel" Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed are both fascinating and illuminating (moreso the first one). Quote:
 Lord of the Rings is far better and the only good fantasy novels I've ever read.I read the first one and couldn't get through the second. Find good advice in the beginners web design thread.
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23-02-2008, 23:51
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the steven segal movie ha
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Arlington, TX, U.S.A.
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I got a good question, what are all the hilarious novels? Ive read christopher moore's stuff, also Douglas Adam's (but he's not as funny in my opinion). Anyone got any good suggestions? Dark humor, adventure type comedies, anything else? |
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24-02-2008, 00:20
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Any Texan should be aware of Kinky Friedman's novels - although they take place in NYC, generally. I highly recommend Elvis, Jesus, and Coca-cola. I've also read God Bless John Wayne. His books are sort of noir-esque, comic mysteries. Light reading, short (less than 300 pages), not much depth, but they're pulp, what do you expect. Find good advice in the beginners web design thread.
patrick o'neill web developer | blog | spam humor |
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24-02-2008, 09:48
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Biscuit
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Ireland
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i'd say that's rather harsh. I think it serves to paint a very detailed and engrossing little world. Although, i felt he was milking it after the fourth. p.s lotr is a given. (who hasn't read it?) "Get out of my face!"
"NO! I'll get in your FACE!" |
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24-02-2008, 13:35
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bigger than barry™
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mitch, is the kite runner book as good/better than the film? I'd recommend Nikos Kazantzakis' 'Zorba The Greek' , superb. I'm on a bit of a Greco/Balkan/Turkish vibe at the mo.  |
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24-02-2008, 13:42
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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douglas coupland, jpod. quite a funny insight into working in a studio only managed to get half way through as I have the attention span of a gnat but I suspect the rest is good too. Also anything by will self, the man has a monumental intellect almost otherworldly, make sure you have a dictionary though, not an easy read Oh yeah and for all you space cadets out there have a read of Aldous Huxely's 'Doors of Perception' Any book that begins with a man consuming a 10th of a gram of mescaline and sitting down to wait for the effects has to be worth a read!!! |
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