[ms] · Est. May 2002
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guys i know you old established members are slating people for bringing back to life old threads but this one in my humble opinion should always be bubbling near the top.
currently i am reading heart shaped box by joe hill (son of the great stephen king)
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what do you mean? the elder members are the ones that started doing it, lol
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ah i thought some of the ones i had seen were from (fairly) newbies?
maybe not then lol
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maybe.. but yeah, this is a good'un to bring back i think
i wish i had more time to read.. i was looking back and noticed i posted i was reading Porno - Irvine Welsh back when this thread started.. still havent finished it! lol
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recently read cormac mccarthy's 'no country for old men' and 'the road' just picked up james st. james's 'party monster' (formerly disco bloodbath) but havent started yet.
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[quote=Jibgolly;580362]recently read cormac mccarthy's 'no country for old men' and 'the road' just picked up james st. james's 'party monster' (formerly disco bloodbath) but havent started yet.[/quote]
jib i totally dug 3/4 of no country for old men then that last 1/4 all about the sheriff, what the FUCK was that all about??!!
as for the road now thats sublime!
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yeah the stuff with the sherrif was a bit odd. im glad they didnt incorporate that much of his life story in the movie. however, i would have been interested to see the part with the female hitcher in the movie, but i guess the coen bros felt it wasnt relevant to the film. i still enjoyed both a lot.
the road was a great book. really looking forward to the movie this year w/ viggo mortenson.
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yeah viggo is pretty immense in his roles ala a history of violence and eastern promises so he should definately be good in the road!
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Started Tom Wolfe's "A man in Full" at Christmas - its really good but I don't seem to get that much of a chance to read (probably because of the internet !!).
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The Secret History of the American Empire by John Perkins
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Angels & Demons by Dan Brown also The Most Noble Adventure (The Marshall Plan and the Time when America Helped Save Europe) by Greg Behrman
Good thread anytime.
Remember us newbies. [Edited to protect the newbies from themselves, and for Steve]ughhh...).
It is springtime. May the old become new...
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Keep that to yourself [MAD]Post Whore[/MAD]
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the traveller - John Twelve Hawks
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[quote=AdzeybuB;580339]guys i know you old established members are slating people for bringing back to life old threads but this one in my humble opinion should always be bubbling near the top.
currently i am reading heart shaped box by joe hill (son of the great stephen king)[/quote]
You might be interested in a topic I made a while ago concerning this.
[url]http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50922&highlight=Joe+Hill[/url]
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[URL="http://www.amazon.com/Accelerando-Charles-Stross/dp/B000EUKQZU/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206117072&sr=1-1"]Charles Storss - Accelerando [/URL]
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feather, is that any good? It's looks good... I am currently reading Joe Hill's Locke & Key comic, and Daniel Wallace's The Watermelon King.
[URL="http://www.amazon.com/Locke-Key-Joe-Hill/dp/1600102379/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206118393&sr=1-9"]Locke & Key[/URL] [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Locke-Key-2-Joe-Hill/dp/B0015S90CA/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206118393&sr=1-7"]Locke & Key #2[/URL]
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If you're into some hardcore scifi, yeah it's great. The story covers three generations of a family that goes from the early 21st (near future for us) century where information is traded, and reputation is accrued, to the far future where humans choose to live in computer simulations and creating bodies when they feel like it. The far future story has a group of them travelling to a brown drawf star to find an alien artefact which is actually a router plugged into the galactic information higway, except for the humans to port through, they'd have had to make drastic changes to their makeup and thoughts.
The story reads like a roller coaster ride, the ideas are pretty far out and sometimes they just go over my head, and other times I just can't help thinking no fucking way. Fun nonetheless.
His other books like The Atroticy Arcrhives (magic meets maths, Cthullu meets espionage) are slightly more mundane and funny.
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Farnsworth, Young, & Sanger. Contracts - Cases, & Materials.
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Noam Chomsky- Failed States.
This is a must read for every one .....
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[quote=feather;580800]If you're into some hardcore scifi, yeah it's great. The story covers three generations of a family that goes from the early 21st (near future for us) century where information is traded, and reputation is accrued, to the far future where humans choose to live in computer simulations and creating bodies when they feel like it. The far future story has a group of them travelling to a brown drawf star to find an alien artefact which is actually a router plugged into the galactic information higway, except for the humans to port through, they'd have had to make drastic changes to their makeup and thoughts.
The story reads like a roller coaster ride, the ideas are pretty far out and sometimes they just go over my head, and other times I just can't help thinking no fucking way. Fun nonetheless.
His other books like The Atroticy Arcrhives (magic meets maths, Cthullu meets espionage) are slightly more mundane and funny.[/quote] I think I just might pick this one up, thanks feather!
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change of plan just started Duma Key as the missus wants to read HSB!
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Re-read: Douglas Coupland - Microserfs
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i read No Country fo Old Men in one sitting today. good book. the prose had me on the edge of my seat even though i knew what was coming around every turn
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[quote=AdzeybuB;581334]change of plan just started Duma Key as the missus wants to read HSB![/quote] Awesome book! Read it and listened to the audio 8)
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i've been reading the electric kool-aid acid test by tom wolfe, but i got busy and kinda forgot about it. great book, i just need to sit down and knock it out.
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i've been just getting into Tommy Lee's biography Tommyland. Pretty good stuff so far. You can learn a lot from a guy who has lived the lives most of us only dream of, and then fucked it up...only to live to tell about it.
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Since I moved to sf I have a nasty habit of reading like 4-5-6 books at once -opposed to plowing through them one at a time. Anyone else do this? Any negatives?
[I][B]No Logo [/B]by Naomi Klein [/I] Branding and the evils of brands.
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[/SIZE] [I][B]Chasing Cool [/B][/I] Branding and the essence creating and maintaining a cool brand.
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[I][B] The Philosophy of Andy Warhol[/B] by Andy Warhol[/I] Basically Andy talking about life and experience through his pretty quirky filter. Pretty fun read.
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[I][B][SIZE=2]Processing (Creative Coding and Computational Art) [/SIZE][/B][/I][SIZE=2][I]by Ira Greenberg[/I] Basically a bible for the data visualization application processing. It's a bitch but it's really fucking amazing what some people are doing with it. [URL]http://www.vimeo.com/615344/[/URL] [URL]http://www.vimeo.com/646107[/URL]
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the celestine prophecy", again.... and "Advice on microphone techniques" - Bill Gibson
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[quote=palmer;581593]Since I moved to sf I have a nasty habit of reading like 4-5-6 books at once -opposed to plowing through them one at a time. Anyone else do this? Any negatives?
[I][B]No Logo [/B]by Naomi Klein [/I] Branding and the evils of brands.
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[/SIZE] [I][B]Chasing Cool [/B][/I] Branding and the essence creating and maintaining a cool brand.
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[I][B] The Philosophy of Andy Warhol[/B] by Andy Warhol[/I] Basically Andy talking about life and experience through his pretty quirky filter. Pretty fun read.
& [SIZE=1](the bane of my existence)
[I][B][SIZE=2]Processing (Creative Coding and Computational Art) [/SIZE][/B][/I][SIZE=2][I]by Ira Greenberg[/I] Basically a bible for the data visualization application processing. It's a bitch but it's really fucking amazing what some people are doing with it. [URL]http://www.vimeo.com/615344/[/URL] [URL]http://www.vimeo.com/646107[/URL]
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I do that.
Aside from school texts and MCAT shit, I'm reading a book on Commodities, Thomas Paine, and Greek Mythology all at the same time.
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i hate doing that, maybe it's just me, but i like to keep my head wrapped around one at a time. to me i get more out of it than when i've tried to ready a few at a time.
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just finished
[B]Freakonomics [/B]by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
and probably one of the best books I've read in quite awhile
[b]The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time[/b] by Mark Haddon
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finished duma key by stephen king and thought it was ok. thought the story was excellent for 3/4 then the last 1/4 just seemed so rush.
now starting heart shaped box by joe hill
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[quote=day_for_night;582400]just finished
[B]Freakonomics [/B]by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner [/quote]
intrigued!
whats it about??
[quote=day_for_night;582400]just finished
[B]The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time[/B] by Mark Haddon[/quote]
crazy ass title!!! sounds like a bad night out on the booze.
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I am reading [B]The Under Cover Econmist[/B] by Tim Harford.
Till now it's a good read but i just started last nite.
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Raymond Feist - Servant of the empire. Never been into these sort of phantasy type of books but has to be about the most engrossed in a book I have ever been. Dont want to read too much at once coz it will finish too soon type engrossed! LOL
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^^Good Stuff. Try anything by Goodkind.
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goodkind sucks
george r r martin robyn hobb
are miles better
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[quote=Dhar_2;586845]intrigued!
whats it about??[/quote]
Its about the connections and fact patterns in a bunch of different random things...really had to describe. basically its about asking the right questions to solve some interesting problems. read more on amazon...
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right now I'm reading The Horses Mouth by Joyce Cary (I think thats the author) freakonomics was good. celestine prophecy was really good, if yer into that sort of thing. Did anyone read all 3 of that series though? I thought the 2nd and 3rd were weak, I was disappointed. Stranger in a Strange Land, I re-read that every so often just so I don't forget.
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now reading The Moon is a Harsh Mistress from Robert Heinlein.