Brig's Book Thread
Posted: Mar 27, 2006 @ 8:51amPage 1 of 2
Posted: Mar 27, 2006 @ 8:51amPosted: Mar 27, 2006 @ 3:21pmIt's amazing. I read it about a month before Katrina, which, probably, was the best time I could have ever chosen to read it.
Posted: Mar 27, 2006 @ 3:22pmPosted: Mar 27, 2006 @ 7:51pmThat's the same edition I have. I picked up The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment; I'm looking forward to reading them after I'm done with Collapse.
Posted: Mar 28, 2006 @ 1:56amI only got halfway through "Collapse," though it was interesting. I still far prefer "Guns, Germs and Steel."
I'm about to read "The Intelligent Investor" by Ben Graham, and "Naked Economics" after that.
I recently read "The Sea," by John Banville. It was good, but not great.
I'm about to read "The Intelligent Investor" by Ben Graham, and "Naked Economics" after that.
I recently read "The Sea," by John Banville. It was good, but not great.
Posted: Mar 28, 2006 @ 6:13amAnyone read '' by Jerome Corsi and CraigSmith?
Thinking about requesting it at my Uni. Doing some research on Peak Oil and the like. Creepy stuff, if anything.
Thinking about requesting it at my Uni. Doing some research on Peak Oil and the like. Creepy stuff, if anything.
Posted: Mar 29, 2006 @ 3:48amPosted: Mar 29, 2006 @ 5:55amI recently read Curious George
I couldn't make it to the end without help.
I couldn't make it to the end without help.
Posted: May 30, 2006 @ 2:31amReading The Human Stain by Philip Roth. I can see why he's so widely acclaimed.
I recently finished Ender's Game and Xenocide by Orson Scott Card. Children of the Mind is dopey and I'm only bothering to finish it because it's so stupid. I've never been a huge fan of sci-fi, but these were okay. It seems the better sci-fi takes advantage of fantastic settings to analyze moral and philosophical issues without the burden of having to suspend disbelief in the way a story in a realistic setting would. Bad science fiction is an excuse for moronic Mormon metaphysical theoretics.
I recently finished Ender's Game and Xenocide by Orson Scott Card. Children of the Mind is dopey and I'm only bothering to finish it because it's so stupid. I've never been a huge fan of sci-fi, but these were okay. It seems the better sci-fi takes advantage of fantastic settings to analyze moral and philosophical issues without the burden of having to suspend disbelief in the way a story in a realistic setting would. Bad science fiction is an excuse for moronic Mormon metaphysical theoretics.
Posted: May 30, 2006 @ 5:27pmPosted: May 30, 2006 @ 6:46pmPosted: May 30, 2006 @ 7:48pmJust finished The Bonehunters (book 6 of Malazan Book of the Fallen) yesterday. Best fantasy series I've ever read, and that's saying something. 
-John
-John
Posted: May 30, 2006 @ 8:12pmThere's good Orwellian? :shrug:
The best book I've recently read is Ann Coulter's How to Talk to a Liberal. It's funny.
The best book I've recently read is Ann Coulter's How to Talk to a Liberal. It's funny.
Posted: May 30, 2006 @ 9:39pmWorld of Warcraft has significantly taken a chunk out of my reading time, however, the best book as of late I've read is Jim Wallis's
Posted: May 31, 2006 @ 1:43am