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#27 Aug 30 2006 at 6:24 PM Rating: Good

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I recently finished "A Poverty of Reason" by Wilfred Beckerman. It's a pretty one-sided persuasive essay describing the lack of support for sustainable development as the currently accepted paradigm for environmentalism, and attempts to debunk a lot of the myth perpetuated by the most radical conservationalists. Heavily based in economic theory. Was rather informative and short enough to be pleasant, but it seemed almost too much like I should have taken notes. >.>

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I just finished Bill Clinton's memoirs, only took about three months. I can usually read a 1k+ page book in a few days if I'm interested in the topic. But god damn it was painful to read after awhile.

Amen. I really didn't care to know what Clinton ate for breakfast for 8 years.

#28 Aug 30 2006 at 6:34 PM Rating: Decent

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As it is now, I'm aimlessly looking for a new fantasty based series to start, so if anyone has any good picks let me know

I recommend the Coldfire trilogy by C.S. Friedman. I really enjoyed it, especially since at the time I was completely burnt out by the WoT books. For the first hundred or so pages, you're still trying to figure out the world you're in and the meaning of the terms within the book... but past that it is an extremely enjoyable read. Instead of rambling on about nothing like the aforementioned WoT, something important always seems to be happening, and the plot is always moving forward instead of being at a complete standstill.

As more me, I'm currently reading The Count of Monte Cristo for my school summer reading, and it is easily the greatest book I've ever had to read for school.

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#29 Aug 30 2006 at 7:01 PM Rating: Decent

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I just started A Heckuva Job: More of the Bush Administration in Rhyme by Calvin Trillin. It's a non-stop riot! I've got the new Star Wars hardcover waiting on the bookshelf next.

Edited, Aug 30th 2006 at 8:11pm EDT by Wulelendamuwi

#30 Aug 30 2006 at 7:06 PM Rating: Decent

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I always find myself a bit envious when I work in peoples homes and they have massive book collections to the likes of which I myself would be proud of. Especially when it is any sort of book pertaining to British or Euro history.

If anyone has any recommendations as far as the above is concerned please PM me some titles. Thanks!

#31 Aug 30 2006 at 7:06 PM Rating: Decent

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Something odd that I thought I'd mention...

I read a copy of Russo's first novel, Mohawk from the public library. It was a moderately-chewed-up paperback and inside I noticed some seemingly lines drawn across the pages. They were printed on the pages, not written on. I got about halfway through before I realized that they were faint correction marks, for spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc. Afterwards I noticed on the back that it was labelled an "advanced reading copy from uncorrected proofs" which makes sense. It bugged the crap outta me, since I'm pretty **** about pointing out such errors myself, and whoever corrected this copy didn't even catch all of them!

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#32 Aug 30 2006 at 7:32 PM Rating: Good

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I can never read one book at a time. Generaly, I find myself bouncing between several. Right now I am rereading Stalingrad by Antony Beevor, Agincourt by Juliet barker and for some fiction I am currently reading The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany.

Incidently if anyone knows of a good book that covers the the battle of Kursk I would be indebit to you.

#33 Aug 30 2006 at 7:53 PM Rating: Decent

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I've been meaning to start Bad Twin for a while now. A soon to be classic I'm sure Smiley: laugh

#34 Aug 30 2006 at 7:57 PM Rating: Decent

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A Man Without a Country, Kurt Vonnegut. Also An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore.

That's it for now. Trying to keep my plate clean as I usually have too many books going and start having very weird dreams.

#35 Aug 30 2006 at 8:08 PM Rating: Excellent

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I'm currently re-reading the Mallorean, the set of novels by David Eddings that follows the Belgariad. It's really just something to pass the time, which I imagine will quickly be filled by homework, studying, and copious amount of drinking once school really gets underway.

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#36 Aug 30 2006 at 8:29 PM Rating: Good

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I'm between books at the moment. Probably going to start the Mars series by Robinson next.

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#37 Aug 30 2006 at 8:32 PM Rating: Good

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I've been listening to The Great Hunt, second in the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan.

I find that listening to audiobooks helps to make the 1.5 - 2 hour drive into work much more palletable.

#38 Aug 30 2006 at 9:56 PM Rating: Decent

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Currently wading through Milton's Paradise Lost, which started out very entertaining, but it has got to the God's got to do what a God's got to do and how great he his.

On the side I am reading Feet of Clay by Terry Prachett, if you haven't read the Discworld series and you like fantasy with the spin on comedy then this is a great series for you. I get the latest one for Fathers Day on Sunday fingers crossed.

#39 Aug 30 2006 at 10:22 PM Rating: Excellent

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Show your library someone said? Ok, so they didn't. I'm gonna od so anyways. because I can.

Keep in mind it is unfortunatly somewhat smaller than it's glory days before the houston move, but I had to cull alot of the ones I didn't want to carry. Most of my programming books are at work.

The main library

The hardcover bookstand
Top two shelves of the Hardcovers
Middle two shelves of the Hardcovers
bottom two shelves of the Hardcovers

The paperback bookstand

Top two paperback shelves
Mid two paperback shelves
Bottom two paperback shelves

The nonfiction bookshelf. There is another shelf awaiting assembly, and 3 more boxes of nonfiction awaiting someplace to put it as well.

edit edit: the stuff that looks out of place is my recently read / unsorted pile.

Top Nonfiction
Middle Nonfiction
Bottom Nonfiction

Yay?

Edited, Aug 30th 2006 at 11:32pm EDT by Kaolian

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#40 Aug 30 2006 at 10:28 PM Rating: Decent

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Kao, your whole collection looks like that to the likes of which a member of the Sci Fi book club would have. I used to be a member when I was much younger and alot of the authors of your collection tend to stand out.

#41 Aug 30 2006 at 10:39 PM Rating: Excellent

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Yeah, I like my scifi and fantasy. Never been a member of a book club actually, but I used to stealtheir ideas on the fliers.

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#42 Aug 30 2006 at 10:43 PM Rating: Good

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School! I am in the middle of three different books. Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler and Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Celine are for a fiction noir class that I am loving, and Tim O'Brien's Into the Lake of the Woods is for this freshman honors class that is required to graduate for the honors college. I just never took it. I have a feeling my reading is not going to let up, and I will therefore go nuts by December.

#43 Aug 30 2006 at 11:08 PM Rating: Decent

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Yeah, I like my scifi and fantasy. Never been a member of a book club actually, but I used to stealtheir ideas on the fliers.

The book club was quite good back when I was a member to be honest. They had some pretty decent deals at the time, and alot of the books they carried were notable titles. I myself am partial to the Elric saga (or anything by Micheal Moorecock)

#44 Aug 31 2006 at 12:54 AM Rating: Good

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technically , I'm in the middle of about 27 different books..

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#45 Aug 31 2006 at 2:25 AM Rating: Good

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Dread LÃ¶rd Kaolian wrote:

Show your library someone said? Ok, so they didn't. I'm gonna od so anyways. because I can.

That looks a bit like DSD's collection.

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I'm reading Manufacturing Consent-The Political Economy Of Mass Media.

It is turning out to be a really good book so far.

#47 Aug 31 2006 at 4:05 AM Rating: Decent

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Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Celine

I didn't even know they had translated this guy!!

I thought this book was quite amazing, very dark and cynical. He is somewhat of a controversy in France, because he was quite openly a fascist during the 30-40s. Some passages in his book are even downright rascist. Not sure how they translated it into English, but in French it's quite shocking.

It's an eternal debate in France about whether you can say Celine was a "genius", and whether it is acceptable to love his books, because of this underlying rascism/fascim. Personally I think this book is quite beautifully written, but its controversial to say the least.

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#48 Aug 31 2006 at 4:40 AM Rating: Good

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Kaolian, trust me on this: never bring a girl home until you have been at least to second base with her and impressed her to some extent sexually. You will never get laid otherwise. Or at least close the door to that room until she admits she enjoys reading Sci-fi and fantasy herself. Oh my god, geek alert.

#49 Aug 31 2006 at 4:44 AM Rating: Decent

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Manufacturing Consent? That sounds like a term gbaji would use in a rape trial.

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Manufacturing Consent? That sounds like a term gbaji would use in a rape trial.

Well we all know he is the Defender of Rapeâ„¢.

#51 Aug 31 2006 at 5:35 AM Rating: Good

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I'm aimlessly looking for a new fantasty based series to start, so if anyone has any good picks let me know

Morgan Llewellyn. I say start with Bard. don't remmeber if you ever said you read any of those She takes Celtic history/mythology and creates a tangible realisic story around it. Great historical/fanstasy stuff. She certainly puts alot of research into her stuff.... and she a pervert Smiley: grin

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as far as anything new.... i don't know.. I've been reading historical text-books.... most recently a bok entitled "A Geopolitics of the Modern World" or something like that.... lots of maps and statistics.. it currently reside on back of toilet.

I just read Llewellyn's, The Greener Shore: A Novel of the Druids of Hibernia. It's a great followup to the Druids.

I was also able to pick up at the Library 2 other new releases, I been looking forward to reading. Wen Spender's Wolf Who Rules, and John Ringo and Tom Kratman, Watch on The Rhine. The covers are by Kurt Miller, who seems to be doing very well making covers for Baen Books. He was at Balticon few years ago and the board gaming con, with many of the covers he does for gaming companies also for sale.

I always love Harry Turtledoves's books and waiting for his next book to hit the shelves.

edited because I just remember Kurt's name and website.[/i]

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