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La Rocque
I am that I am
Just finished reading these:
'Attila' the Barbarian King Who Challenged Rome by John Man
'Hamas' Politics,Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad by Matthew Levitt -
'Attila' the Barbarian King Who Challenged Rome by John Man
'Hamas' Politics,Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad by Matthew Levitt -
marduk1507
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I basically finished reading "The Death of Yugoslavia", a BBC series on war in former Yugoslavia made into a book. I think I finally have a clear picture of what actually happened there. Strange thing was that when they metioned Srebrenica, they didnt mention the massacre. But when I was nearing the end, the authors were saying that the war still rages on, so I checked the realease date and it was released before the end of the war. So, they actually found out about the massacre later - that gave me real creeps.
Now Im reading The Unfinest Hour, also about the war, but this time focused on the "unfinest hour" of British diplomacy. It only reassures me of the fact that had my country been in the same situation, I wouldve always prefered fast "stupid" US military intervention to endless EU diplomatic talks and notes and appeasement - by the time they would finally decide to take some action, I would be probably dead, or would just be handed over to the enemy by the deployed "peacekeeping" forces, like it was the case in Srebrenica.
Together with this one Im reading Palahniuks Haunted and About a Boy from Nick Hornby, just to keep the ballance.
Now Im reading The Unfinest Hour, also about the war, but this time focused on the "unfinest hour" of British diplomacy. It only reassures me of the fact that had my country been in the same situation, I wouldve always prefered fast "stupid" US military intervention to endless EU diplomatic talks and notes and appeasement - by the time they would finally decide to take some action, I would be probably dead, or would just be handed over to the enemy by the deployed "peacekeeping" forces, like it was the case in Srebrenica.
Together with this one Im reading Palahniuks Haunted and About a Boy from Nick Hornby, just to keep the ballance.
Rayna
Worlds shortest Feminist
I am currently reading,
Robert Ludlum - The sigma protocol
Like most of his stuff (the Bourne books) It is Mostly Europe based with bits in America.
What has happened so far is this American investment banker is in Zurich and he sees an old friend but his friend promptly tries to kill him, there was a struggle and he survives the event. While on the other side, A Government agreement is assigned to a case labeled SIGMA and currently, people have tried to kill her... and back with Ben he realizes why everyone is trying to kill him and now everyone who helps him ends up well... dead...
I am really enjoying the book, its Really good.
Robert Ludlum - The sigma protocol
Like most of his stuff (the Bourne books) It is Mostly Europe based with bits in America.
What has happened so far is this American investment banker is in Zurich and he sees an old friend but his friend promptly tries to kill him, there was a struggle and he survives the event. While on the other side, A Government agreement is assigned to a case labeled SIGMA and currently, people have tried to kill her... and back with Ben he realizes why everyone is trying to kill him and now everyone who helps him ends up well... dead...
I am really enjoying the book, its Really good.
@Kovenant84: Of Dark tower series; I have read only the first book but I planning check the rest too.
Right now I am reading Misery by S. King. It´s my first book to read in english, for the record.
Right now I am reading Misery by S. King. It´s my first book to read in english, for the record.
there's one reason why i love summer schools, conferences and holidays. heaps of blissful reading. and now i will share the love.
bret easton ellis - lunar park david lynch in paper-and-pencil form. bret ellis contemplates his life in the suburbs, with a wife and (adopted) children, after years of livin' la vida loca as a rich/famous writer and a junkie to boot. the story morphs from an account of his difficulties in adapting to the new life, his relapses into dr*gs (the forum censores the full word - can't believe it) and his extramarital affairs to a creepy story featuring characters from his book american psycho more or less come alive, his dead father, and hallucinations that are hard to tell from reality in the same vein as the ones featured in glamorama. it's not his best book, but it's really interesting for anyone who cares about the author (if he's telling the truth, which i realized i assumed throughout the book, but it might be a bad assumption) and for anyone who's seen the movie lost highways twice and still enjoyed it.
irvine welsh - the bedroom secrets of the master chefs no. i am one of the most hard-core iw fans on earth, if possible. but i wanted to cry upon reading this book. it's an entertaining read, okay. end of the story. the "surprise" ending is obvious from page 50 on, and the book has about 400 pages. the characters are no mark rentons, and the style is pretty tame. maybe there was a hidden meaning, and while reading through the book at maximum speed i had the feeling that maybe i should have concentrated more on the evolution of the individual characters, and the relationships between them. so maybe i should just re-read the thing. only, i never had to read a book by irvine welsh twice to like it. it's not a disappointment in the sense that it adds to my knowledge of one of my favorite authors anyway, but for those of you who are not affected by severe fanboy(girl)ism, keep away.
david corbett - both sides of the fence this is a true crime story, and specifically an account of the experiences of a scot cop who infiltrated drug networks over a substantial period of time. it's interesting at times, especially if you are interested in what lies beneath the apparent similarity between policemen and criminals. on the whole, i would not recommend it to any end but pure entertainment. a book to read on a train if there ever was one.
hanif kureishi - intimacy remarkable mystery: why are there writers, such as kureishi and italian novelist andrea de carlo, whom i definitely hate on account of their lousy worldview, yet somehow compel me to read their books from start to end in one go? i will probably never know, but that's the story with this short book. it tells the story of a man who is about to leave his wife and children, goes through all the inner ruminations he has on the last day before leaving. it's despicable, no redeeming value whatsoever, and the main character is a moral wreck. however, i kept on turning the pages, and the style is amazing. if you read kureishi's the black album and liked it (which i sort of did, again mysteriously), then you will love this one. and please explain to me what the point is, and why i liked it.
claudio risè - maschio amante felice this might interest italian readers only, since as far as i know it has not been translated in other languages. the author is a psychoanalist and he discusses male sexuality thoroughly from the perspective of the jung school of thought. it sort of helped me to make sense of some points, and there is a great part devoted to how emo kids believe that they will fascinate women forever with their uncertain, tormented virility, except they won't. i think i should read it again, because at first go i just paid attention to what i wanted to hear, and not to the uncomfortable conclusions. it's well-written and more enjoyable than most books of this type.
vladimir soloviev - dialogues of the antichrist, and a brief tale of the antichrist i do not offer comments. just read it. preferably now. seriously. do. it's been written in 1899-1900, but never dies. made the list of my favourite devil-related books ever, along with master and margarita, the screwtape letters and another summer discovery:
luca doninelli - baedeker inferno i don't know if this author from Milan is translated in English. this specific novel is an allegorical illustration of travels through hell, and i also recently read another book of his called talk show which is a satirical take on some media phenomena in italy. i got one more of his works, scritti insurrezionali, and didn't read it yet. the guy's got a cynical eye, he's got a deep introspective vein, and he's a hard-core catholic. very interesting combination, although i'm not sure i have figured him out completely. i will probably need to read his other works before having a final word. so far i'm enjoying.
john le carrè - the little drummer girl/tinker, taylor, soldier, spy/single & single/the honourable schoolboy (currently in progress) this is pure fandom again, i always was hooked on jlc and now that my english is good enough to appreciate the details of his masterful use of language i'm re-reading everything in the original. for those of you who are not acquainted with him, we're talking spy stories. in particular, tldg discusses palestine, ttss and ths are of soviet era, while s&s is a bad book concerning crime in post-soviet georgia and its ties to the uk. if you want to become a le carré neophyte, avoid s&s like the plague (ditto for the constant gardener and the tailor of panama), and rather embrace the russia house, the amazing - although slightly sloppy at times - absolute friends or any of the other three i mentioned above.
giacomo biffi - pinocchio, peppone, l’anticristo e altre divagazioni yes, the antichrist again
although this is just a fun guy who happens to be the cardinal archbishop of Bologna writing some literary essays. the essays per se are nothing special, although they are occasionally very original. the whole setup is fun, though. made me smile during a boring train trip, but not much more going for it.
alessandro gnocchi and mario palmaro - manuale di sopravvivenza per cattolici still on the religious side of sorts, these guys are two journalists who wrote a side-splitting pamphlet called catholic pride a couple of years ago, in response to how lousily the secular media in italy are depicting catholics. this is the sequel. not as good as the original effort, and again, relaxing but not much more.
william sutcliffe - the love hexagon i reckon sutcliffe to be one of the most brilliant living british authors. this delightfully silly book is about six young adults who get mixed up in a complicated swap of relationships. it's nowhere near as good as his incredible tragic effort bad influence, which i recommend to anyone as a groundbreaking kind of thing, or as the more modest yet hilarious are you experienced?, but it's still ok and fun.
i also bought a further ton of books, which i have on the back burner, ranging from joseph roth to more le carré, from the recent UK hit let's talk about kevin to a lengthy investigation in christian principles authored by joseph ratzinger in 1968, and about 15 more.
but FUCK FUCK FUCK i'm back to work, cannot lounge outside with a book for the best part of the day, and i totally hate it.
bret easton ellis - lunar park david lynch in paper-and-pencil form. bret ellis contemplates his life in the suburbs, with a wife and (adopted) children, after years of livin' la vida loca as a rich/famous writer and a junkie to boot. the story morphs from an account of his difficulties in adapting to the new life, his relapses into dr*gs (the forum censores the full word - can't believe it) and his extramarital affairs to a creepy story featuring characters from his book american psycho more or less come alive, his dead father, and hallucinations that are hard to tell from reality in the same vein as the ones featured in glamorama. it's not his best book, but it's really interesting for anyone who cares about the author (if he's telling the truth, which i realized i assumed throughout the book, but it might be a bad assumption) and for anyone who's seen the movie lost highways twice and still enjoyed it.
irvine welsh - the bedroom secrets of the master chefs no. i am one of the most hard-core iw fans on earth, if possible. but i wanted to cry upon reading this book. it's an entertaining read, okay. end of the story. the "surprise" ending is obvious from page 50 on, and the book has about 400 pages. the characters are no mark rentons, and the style is pretty tame. maybe there was a hidden meaning, and while reading through the book at maximum speed i had the feeling that maybe i should have concentrated more on the evolution of the individual characters, and the relationships between them. so maybe i should just re-read the thing. only, i never had to read a book by irvine welsh twice to like it. it's not a disappointment in the sense that it adds to my knowledge of one of my favorite authors anyway, but for those of you who are not affected by severe fanboy(girl)ism, keep away.
david corbett - both sides of the fence this is a true crime story, and specifically an account of the experiences of a scot cop who infiltrated drug networks over a substantial period of time. it's interesting at times, especially if you are interested in what lies beneath the apparent similarity between policemen and criminals. on the whole, i would not recommend it to any end but pure entertainment. a book to read on a train if there ever was one.
hanif kureishi - intimacy remarkable mystery: why are there writers, such as kureishi and italian novelist andrea de carlo, whom i definitely hate on account of their lousy worldview, yet somehow compel me to read their books from start to end in one go? i will probably never know, but that's the story with this short book. it tells the story of a man who is about to leave his wife and children, goes through all the inner ruminations he has on the last day before leaving. it's despicable, no redeeming value whatsoever, and the main character is a moral wreck. however, i kept on turning the pages, and the style is amazing. if you read kureishi's the black album and liked it (which i sort of did, again mysteriously), then you will love this one. and please explain to me what the point is, and why i liked it.
claudio risè - maschio amante felice this might interest italian readers only, since as far as i know it has not been translated in other languages. the author is a psychoanalist and he discusses male sexuality thoroughly from the perspective of the jung school of thought. it sort of helped me to make sense of some points, and there is a great part devoted to how emo kids believe that they will fascinate women forever with their uncertain, tormented virility, except they won't. i think i should read it again, because at first go i just paid attention to what i wanted to hear, and not to the uncomfortable conclusions. it's well-written and more enjoyable than most books of this type.
vladimir soloviev - dialogues of the antichrist, and a brief tale of the antichrist i do not offer comments. just read it. preferably now. seriously. do. it's been written in 1899-1900, but never dies. made the list of my favourite devil-related books ever, along with master and margarita, the screwtape letters and another summer discovery:
luca doninelli - baedeker inferno i don't know if this author from Milan is translated in English. this specific novel is an allegorical illustration of travels through hell, and i also recently read another book of his called talk show which is a satirical take on some media phenomena in italy. i got one more of his works, scritti insurrezionali, and didn't read it yet. the guy's got a cynical eye, he's got a deep introspective vein, and he's a hard-core catholic. very interesting combination, although i'm not sure i have figured him out completely. i will probably need to read his other works before having a final word. so far i'm enjoying.
john le carrè - the little drummer girl/tinker, taylor, soldier, spy/single & single/the honourable schoolboy (currently in progress) this is pure fandom again, i always was hooked on jlc and now that my english is good enough to appreciate the details of his masterful use of language i'm re-reading everything in the original. for those of you who are not acquainted with him, we're talking spy stories. in particular, tldg discusses palestine, ttss and ths are of soviet era, while s&s is a bad book concerning crime in post-soviet georgia and its ties to the uk. if you want to become a le carré neophyte, avoid s&s like the plague (ditto for the constant gardener and the tailor of panama), and rather embrace the russia house, the amazing - although slightly sloppy at times - absolute friends or any of the other three i mentioned above.
giacomo biffi - pinocchio, peppone, l’anticristo e altre divagazioni yes, the antichrist again
although this is just a fun guy who happens to be the cardinal archbishop of Bologna writing some literary essays. the essays per se are nothing special, although they are occasionally very original. the whole setup is fun, though. made me smile during a boring train trip, but not much more going for it.alessandro gnocchi and mario palmaro - manuale di sopravvivenza per cattolici still on the religious side of sorts, these guys are two journalists who wrote a side-splitting pamphlet called catholic pride a couple of years ago, in response to how lousily the secular media in italy are depicting catholics. this is the sequel. not as good as the original effort, and again, relaxing but not much more.
william sutcliffe - the love hexagon i reckon sutcliffe to be one of the most brilliant living british authors. this delightfully silly book is about six young adults who get mixed up in a complicated swap of relationships. it's nowhere near as good as his incredible tragic effort bad influence, which i recommend to anyone as a groundbreaking kind of thing, or as the more modest yet hilarious are you experienced?, but it's still ok and fun.
i also bought a further ton of books, which i have on the back burner, ranging from joseph roth to more le carré, from the recent UK hit let's talk about kevin to a lengthy investigation in christian principles authored by joseph ratzinger in 1968, and about 15 more.
but FUCK FUCK FUCK i'm back to work, cannot lounge outside with a book for the best part of the day, and i totally hate it.
La Rocque
I am that I am
'Notorious C.O.P' by Derrick Parker, the inside story of the Tupac, Biggie and Jam Master Jay investigations from the NYPD's first HipHop Cop
"You're nobody 'til somebody kills you" ... Notorious B.I.G
"You're nobody 'til somebody kills you" ... Notorious B.I.G
Rayna
Worlds shortest Feminist
This is simple and straight foward... I am intrested into seeing what everyone owbs/reads...
Well here it goes, turn to your bookshelf or whatever you have on it and tell us what ya got.
2 dictionaries, (one Spanish dictionary one english),one thesaurus
An "WHOOPS"picture book
J K Rowling, Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets
J k Rowling, Harry Potter and the half blood prince
J k Rowling, Harry Potter and the goblet of fire
Shakespeares Hamlet
Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet
L J smith, The vampire Diaries - Book 4, The Reunion
L J smith, Forbidden Game - Book 2, the hunt
Poppy Z Brite, Lost Souls
Jemiah Jefferson, Voice of blood
Point Horror, Demon 2
Harper and Row. Goodnight moon
Mensa, Might Mindbenders,
Stacey Jones, Keeping The Faith
School Year book, 2001
School Year book, 2002
School Year book, 2003
School Year book, 2004
School Year book, 2005
FFX2 Strategy guide
Robert Ludlum The Bourne Identity
Robert Ludlum The Bourne Supremacy
Robert Ludlum The Bourne Ultimatum.
Dan brown, Angels and Demons
Christopher Pike, Witch
Laurell K Hamilton Anita Blake Novels books 1 13
In Total, 38 Books
Currently Reading
Robert Ludlum The Bourne Identity
Well here it goes, turn to your bookshelf or whatever you have on it and tell us what ya got.
2 dictionaries, (one Spanish dictionary one english),one thesaurus
An "WHOOPS"picture book
J K Rowling, Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets
J k Rowling, Harry Potter and the half blood prince
J k Rowling, Harry Potter and the goblet of fire
Shakespeares Hamlet
Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet
L J smith, The vampire Diaries - Book 4, The Reunion
L J smith, Forbidden Game - Book 2, the hunt
Poppy Z Brite, Lost Souls
Jemiah Jefferson, Voice of blood
Point Horror, Demon 2
Harper and Row. Goodnight moon
Mensa, Might Mindbenders,
Stacey Jones, Keeping The Faith
School Year book, 2001
School Year book, 2002
School Year book, 2003
School Year book, 2004
School Year book, 2005
FFX2 Strategy guide
Robert Ludlum The Bourne Identity
Robert Ludlum The Bourne Supremacy
Robert Ludlum The Bourne Ultimatum.
Dan brown, Angels and Demons
Christopher Pike, Witch
Laurell K Hamilton Anita Blake Novels books 1 13
In Total, 38 Books
Currently Reading
Robert Ludlum The Bourne Identity
Rayna
Worlds shortest Feminist
DisplayofCharacter
Are You Scared Enough?
I too have numerous bookshelves jammed-packed full of books. These are my faves:
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller - Hilarious, Trippy War Novel
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - a Classy Classic
The Harry Potter Series - JK Rowling - of course
The Forgiveness Parade - Jeffrey McDaniel, a poetry book that is simply superb.
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller - Hilarious, Trippy War Novel
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - a Classy Classic
The Harry Potter Series - JK Rowling - of course
The Forgiveness Parade - Jeffrey McDaniel, a poetry book that is simply superb.
Magrathean
worldbuilder
Errrrrr, i know i should have more, and i've read a lot of books i don't have on my shelf (shelves, actually)... I will get more books soon. Really. Yes, really.
• Alan Lightman - Einstein's dreams
• Albert Delaunay - Pasteur and microbiology
• Carl Djerassi - Marx, deceased
• David Burnie - Light
• Douglas Adams - The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy (1)
• Douglas Adams - The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy: The restaurant at the end of the universe (2)
• Douglas Adams - The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy: Life the universe and everything (3)
• Douglas Adams - The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy: So long, and thanks for all the fish (4)
• Douglas Adams - The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy: Mostly harmless (5)
• Douglas Adams - The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy: Young Zaphod pays it safe (6)
• Ernesto Sábato - Abaddon the exterminator
• Ernesto Sábato - On heroes and tombs
• Ernesto Sábato - Resistance
• Ernesto Sábato - The tunnel
• Francisco Xavier Soberón - Genetic engineering, the new biotechnology and the genomic era
• Gabriel Mesta - StarCraft: Shadow of the xel'naga
• George Gamow - One two three... infinity
• H G Wells - War of the worlds
• Herman Wouk - The winds of war
• Harriet Beecher Stowe - Uncle Tom's cabin
• Harry L Shipman - Black holes, quasars, and the universe
• Horacio García Fernández - Biotechnology: Aladdin's lamp
• Irving Wallace - The plot
• Isaac Asimov - Extraterrestrial civilizations
• Italo Calvino - If on a winter's night a traveller
• J F Aguirre - Great war and russian revolution
• J F Aguirre - The wars of the postwar
• J F Aguirre - World war II (1)
• J F Aguirre - World war II (2)
• James D Watson - The double helix
• Janny Wurts - The cycle of fire
• Jeff Grubb - StarCraft: Liberty's crusade
• John D Barrow - The book of nothing
• Jules Verne - 20,000 leagues under the sea
• Ken Croswell - Magnificent Mars
• Kim Stanley Robinson - Forty signs of rain
• Kim Stanley Robinson - Red Mars (1)
• Kim Stanley Robinson - Green Mars (2)
• Kim Stanley Robinson - Blue Mars (3)
• L D Landau & G B Rumer - What is relativity?
• Larry Niven - Ringworld
• Leo Tolstoy - Immortal works
• M Night Shyamalan - The sixth sense
• Martin Gardner - Fractal music, hypercards and more...
• María Cristina Piña - Physics in medicine
• Mark Twain - The adventures of Tom Sawyer
• Mickey Zucker Reichert - The Bifrost guardians: Godslayer (1)
• Mickey Zucker Reichert - The Bifrost guardians: Shadow climber (2)
• Mickey Zucker Reichert - The Bifrost guardians: Dragonrank master (3)
• Mickey Zucker Reichert - The Bifrost guardians: Shadow's realm (4)
• Mickey Zucker Reichert - The Bifrost guardians: By chaos cursed (5)
• Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - Don Quijote (1)
• Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - Don Quijote (2)
• Nikolai Nikolaievich Mijailov - The Soviet Union (1)
• Nikolai Nikolaievich Mijailov - The Soviet Union (2)
• Paul D Martin - Messengers to the brain
• Paul de Kruif - Microbe hunters
• Richard M Nixon - The real war
• Richard P Feynman - The pleasure of finding things out
• Robert Markley - Dying planet
• Susan Greenfield - Brain story
• T R Reid - Confucius lives next door
• Tracy Hickman - StarCraft: Speed of darkness
• UNAM - Neurology-neurosurgery-psychiatry (22)
• UNAM - Neurology-neurosurgery-psychiatry (23)
• Ursula K Le Guin - A wizard of Earthsea
• Valerio Massimo Manfredi - Alexandros (1)
• Valerio Massimo Manfredi - Alexandros (2)
• Valerio Massimo Manfredi - Alexandros (3)
• Vincent Teresa - My life in the mafia
• Vladimir Lenin - Selected works (1)
• Vladimir Lenin - Selected works (2)
• Vladimir Lenin - Selected works (3)
• William Shakespeare - Much ado about nothing
• Wilson Rawls - Where the red fern grows
• Xavier Villaurrutia - Nostalgia de la muerte
I have a couple more, but i can't find them for now... and i have several manuals for computer programs and games, calculators, programming languages and my mobile.
• Alan Lightman - Einstein's dreams
• Albert Delaunay - Pasteur and microbiology
• Carl Djerassi - Marx, deceased
• David Burnie - Light
• Douglas Adams - The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy (1)
• Douglas Adams - The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy: The restaurant at the end of the universe (2)
• Douglas Adams - The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy: Life the universe and everything (3)
• Douglas Adams - The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy: So long, and thanks for all the fish (4)
• Douglas Adams - The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy: Mostly harmless (5)
• Douglas Adams - The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy: Young Zaphod pays it safe (6)
• Ernesto Sábato - Abaddon the exterminator
• Ernesto Sábato - On heroes and tombs
• Ernesto Sábato - Resistance
• Ernesto Sábato - The tunnel
• Francisco Xavier Soberón - Genetic engineering, the new biotechnology and the genomic era
• Gabriel Mesta - StarCraft: Shadow of the xel'naga
• George Gamow - One two three... infinity
• H G Wells - War of the worlds
• Herman Wouk - The winds of war
• Harriet Beecher Stowe - Uncle Tom's cabin
• Harry L Shipman - Black holes, quasars, and the universe
• Horacio García Fernández - Biotechnology: Aladdin's lamp
• Irving Wallace - The plot
• Isaac Asimov - Extraterrestrial civilizations
• Italo Calvino - If on a winter's night a traveller
• J F Aguirre - Great war and russian revolution
• J F Aguirre - The wars of the postwar
• J F Aguirre - World war II (1)
• J F Aguirre - World war II (2)
• James D Watson - The double helix
• Janny Wurts - The cycle of fire
• Jeff Grubb - StarCraft: Liberty's crusade
• John D Barrow - The book of nothing
• Jules Verne - 20,000 leagues under the sea
• Ken Croswell - Magnificent Mars
• Kim Stanley Robinson - Forty signs of rain
• Kim Stanley Robinson - Red Mars (1)
• Kim Stanley Robinson - Green Mars (2)
• Kim Stanley Robinson - Blue Mars (3)
• L D Landau & G B Rumer - What is relativity?
• Larry Niven - Ringworld
• Leo Tolstoy - Immortal works
• M Night Shyamalan - The sixth sense
• Martin Gardner - Fractal music, hypercards and more...
• María Cristina Piña - Physics in medicine
• Mark Twain - The adventures of Tom Sawyer
• Mickey Zucker Reichert - The Bifrost guardians: Godslayer (1)
• Mickey Zucker Reichert - The Bifrost guardians: Shadow climber (2)
• Mickey Zucker Reichert - The Bifrost guardians: Dragonrank master (3)
• Mickey Zucker Reichert - The Bifrost guardians: Shadow's realm (4)
• Mickey Zucker Reichert - The Bifrost guardians: By chaos cursed (5)
• Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - Don Quijote (1)
• Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - Don Quijote (2)
• Nikolai Nikolaievich Mijailov - The Soviet Union (1)
• Nikolai Nikolaievich Mijailov - The Soviet Union (2)
• Paul D Martin - Messengers to the brain
• Paul de Kruif - Microbe hunters
• Richard M Nixon - The real war
• Richard P Feynman - The pleasure of finding things out
• Robert Markley - Dying planet
• Susan Greenfield - Brain story
• T R Reid - Confucius lives next door
• Tracy Hickman - StarCraft: Speed of darkness
• UNAM - Neurology-neurosurgery-psychiatry (22)
• UNAM - Neurology-neurosurgery-psychiatry (23)
• Ursula K Le Guin - A wizard of Earthsea
• Valerio Massimo Manfredi - Alexandros (1)
• Valerio Massimo Manfredi - Alexandros (2)
• Valerio Massimo Manfredi - Alexandros (3)
• Vincent Teresa - My life in the mafia
• Vladimir Lenin - Selected works (1)
• Vladimir Lenin - Selected works (2)
• Vladimir Lenin - Selected works (3)
• William Shakespeare - Much ado about nothing
• Wilson Rawls - Where the red fern grows
• Xavier Villaurrutia - Nostalgia de la muerte
I have a couple more, but i can't find them for now... and i have several manuals for computer programs and games, calculators, programming languages and my mobile.
Rayna
Worlds shortest Feminist
Wow even in Alphebetical order... Cool, I have read liek 10x more than i have on my shelf as well.... God bless the library
Isaac Asimov I remeber his books as a kid, although then i only really looked at the pictures, I liked them,
Isaac Asimov I remeber his books as a kid, although then i only really looked at the pictures, I liked them,
Rayna
Worlds shortest Feminist
ooooo i forgot all my non fiction books, I also have the Body books (bio) and a NZ law books and lots of other random things
Magrathean
worldbuilder
For some reason, reading that reminded me of a story i read at school in junior-school or so about a colony on the moon and some kid and his father talking and looking at Earth. For some reason, instead of imagining a round moon where people stare up at the sky to see Earth (as would be normal) i imagined a flat moon where people stared down and saw this huge world beneath them (don't ask). I think that (and the one about the underground colony on Venus, and a few others) was what made me start liking sci-fi.Rayna said:
The funny thing is that neither of those stories was by Asimov.
No, why? The other one is a reading thread, not a book thread. They are two different threads, and, besides, the forum needs more threads of this kind. If this is such a democracy (which it isn't, but ok), i vote for unmerging.hyena said:
Rayna
Worlds shortest Feminist
hyena said:
I aggree wIth UC, whey the hell would I have made it otherwise???/ I made it for a complete diffirent reason thank you... That is Naff. I also Vote for unmerging, even though that I know my vote or anyone elses wont count.
UC: I thaught he only did non fiction though?
UndoControl said:
And aren't reading and books two fundamentally connected concepts, pray tell? Anyway, if you want the unmerging I will not oppose it. I just thought it was more efficient, that's all. Nothing personal.
Magrathean
worldbuilder
Asimov? He's considered one of the masters of science-fiction.Rayna said:
New forum rule: From now on, there will be a single thread about DT and all album talk, bootleg talk, band-member talk, gig talk and everyhing-else-DT talk will only be posted there. There will also be only one music-that's-non-DT thread, and the NP thread, the check-out-this-band thread and any other music thread that doesn't deal exclusively with DT will be merged there. Furthermore, there will be no more than one non-music thread, where all talk that isn't strongly connected to music shall go. Thus, a forum with three threads. Oh, the joys of mindless moderation!hyena said:
Rayna
Worlds shortest Feminist
UndoControl said:
Ah i only read is little non fiction books as a kid.... In reality I can't stand science-fiction.... Thatgoes for fantsay as well.... Well at least in books.
