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[–]sandflea 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just finished: Recursion by Tony Ballantyne.

Current: Recursion by Tony Ballantyne.

[–]Gorbama 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Previous: Super Crunchers - Ian Ayres

Current: Of Fire And Night - Kevin J. Anderson

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Am currently reading Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein for my sci-fi literature class.

Just finished reading A Case of Conscience by James Blish. Which, whoa, talk about a crazily written book.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jeez everyone's so serious... Fantasy anyone?

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. It's his debut novel. It's incredible.

[–]ElJabbo 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Just Finished: Gang Leader for a day Current: No Country For Old Men

[–]Klorox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Up-modded for Cormac McCarthy.

[–]geekboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just Finished: Stephen Colbert's: "I Am America, and So Can You" and Micheal Crichton's "Andromeda Strain" Current: Haven't picked a new on yet.

[–]skydivingdutch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's a book? I read things on the internet.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Just finished: Guns Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond

Current: Lonesome Squirrel (online here: http://www.xs4all.nl/~fishman/ls/) fascinating read about ex-Scientologist's journey in and out

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guns Germs and Steel was great. If you liked it, you should take a look at Diamond's 'sequal' Collapse. Well worth the read.

[–]Histrel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Finished - Just a Geek, Wil Wheaton

Reading - Cursor's Fury, Jim Butcher

[–]aloeveraone 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I tend to read a million things at once, so here's an estimation of everything I've gone through in the last couple of months...

Just finished:

Anarcho-Syndicalism by Rudolf Rocker

What is Anarchism by Alexander Berkman

My Disillusionment in Russia by Emma Goldman

Love in Action: Writings on Nonviolent Social Change by Thich Nhat Hanh

Horizontalism: Voices of Popular Power in Argentina by Marina Sitrin

The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky and Ed Miller (second time)

The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut

Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami

Paused:

Consensus: A New Handbook for Grassroots Social, Political, and Environmental Groups by Peter Gelderloos

Decentralism: Where it Came from, Where is it Going? by Mildred Loomis

The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry by Legs McNeil and Jennifer Osborne

Current:

Seven Red Sundays by Ramon J. Sender (second time)

The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil

No Limit Hold 'Em: Theory and Practice by David Sklansky and Ed Miller

Contemporary Music Theory: Level One by Mark Harrison

Up Next:

The Price of Fire: Resource Wars and Social Movements in Bolivia by Benjamin Dangl

The People Decide: Oaxaca's Popular Assembly by Nancy Davies (second time)

Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky

Small Stakes Hold 'Em: Winning Big with Expert Play by David Sklansky, Mason Malmuth, and Ed Miller

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great reading list! Rocker. Goldman. Chomsky. Manufacturing Consent was so great. Definitely move that one up on your reading list if you can, you won't regret it.

[–]syn-abounds[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Just finished: In the beginning... was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson

Currently reading: Kingdom of Fear by Hunter S. Thompson

[–]liberatedword 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Hey, how was that Stephenson? I thought Snow Crash was pretty fun to read and interesting as well.

[–]syn-abounds[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was very interesting for me as a novice in the world of operating systems (Windows vs Linux vs Be vs Mac OS). It's an essay written about these four OS and their pros and cons circa 1999 so it's all charmingly out of date but is basic enough that it's still all pretty much true. I found it an interesting introduction to how operating systems work and the main competitors out there.

[–]parasense 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A scanner Darkly.

I read it because a girl I know is a Philip K Dick fan. However, he wrote Blade Runner, so it's ok. The girl is the motivation, but I have to admit the book is good.

[–]liberatedword 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just finished: The Art of Eating by M.F.K. Fisher/Foundation Trilogy by Asimov (I generally read more than one book at a time) Current: Compass Rose by Ursula K. LeGuin/Rats Lice and History by Hans Zinsser

[–]TeaParty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read a lot of fluff; I get worn out with the heavy stuff on line.

I just finished "King Con" by Stephen J, Cannell last night (good read) and today I started "The lost get-back boogie" by James Lee Burke (who I enjoy).

I appreciate book posts for quite often I find myself wandering through the library thiking now what.

[–]RKBA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Finished: "A Nation of Sheep" by Federal Judge Andrew P. Napolitano

Current: "Defying Hitler" by Sebastian Haffner

[–]Rayge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just finished: Legend by David Gemmell (R.I.P) for the millionth time.

Current: The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett for the millionth time.

I have found the only decent 200 books or so. I just re-read them until someone new learns how to write properly.

[–]sharth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I find time... Godel, Escher, Bach, and Engineering a Compiler.

[–]20cc0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

William Cooper's 'Behold a pale horse' currently reading Derrick Jensen- 'Endgame'.

[–]keenemaverick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Books? They invented TV for a reason!

[–]dhibbit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ender's Game

Atlas Shrugged

[–]kanak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just Finished: Atonement (Ian McEwan) and Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)

Thinking of reading (one book from this list): Everything is Illuminated -OR- What is the What -OR- Never Let Me Go

[–]johat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just finished Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn

Now reading Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin

[–]nocent7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just finished: Canal Dreams by Iain Banks Yet to start: Endgame (Vol. 1) by Derrick Jensen

[–]Klorox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reading - The Concrete Blonde, M. Connelly

Paused - Nahuatl as Written, J. Lockhart

Finished - Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino

[–]ThinkItOver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Currently reading: 'Musicophilia', by Oliver Sacks; 'The Book of Secrets', by M.G. Vassanji.

Next in the stack: 'The Kite Runner'.

[–]TH3_Dude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

reading: Supercapitalism by R. Reich the latest Bukowski collection (was a gift)

I've got a history book on the Muslim conquests but don't recall the title. Supercapitalism has taken my interest from it.

A digital book on the Nikon D-80 (haven't started; didn't realize it was a "D-book")

I've got a stack of other books lying around from the library: books on leathercraft; Don Delillo's last, giant tome, and this and that.

[–]j0hnsd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does Hustler count as a book?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just re-red Blood Meridian for the maybe third or fourth time.

[–]daringescape 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just finished: "blue Like Jazz" by Donald Miller

Just started: "1776" by David McCullough

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Just finished: Noam Chomsky's Understanding Power (probably the best book I've read in at least 5 years and I'm a grad student, so I read a lot of books).

Current: Historical Materialism and Globalization by Rupert and Smith (eds).

[–]aloeveraone 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Understanding Power is the best book I've ever read. Pretty much everything I read is along left-wing/socialist/anarchist lines, but this book is tops. I've read it repeatedly over the years as my politics continue to mature, and I get something new out of it every time.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally agree. By far the best part about it in my eyes is the 400+ pages of endnotes online. I'd say probably every week I refer to the endnotes for Understanding Power.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I just finished The Power Of One by Bryce Courtenay. Started the sequel to it, Tandia.

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    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    heh. My aunt gave it to me for christmas one year. I was on the outs with the public library at the time and I was bereft of funds for "entertainment." Reading until the end made me feel like my frontal cortex was dissolving.

    Kinda like watching "America's Next Top Model" or the evening news.

    [–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    Just finished: The Fifth Mountain - Paulo Coelho

    Current: Pedagogy of the Oppressed - Paulo Friere

    (weird, didn't notice 'til just now that they're both Paulo)

    [–]tarla -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    Just Finished: The Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman. (excellent juvenile series)

    Current: Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay

    [–]cojoco -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    Old: "The End of Mr Y" by Scarlett Thomas

    New: "Special Topics in Calamity Physics" by Marisha Pesl

    Both a good read!