Books you're currently reading???

Clodfobble · 08-13-2005, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by redsonia

Just curious - why didn't you like Kushiel's Dart? Was it too much like a romance novel for you? I did like that book as well as the other two in the series.

Yeah, the writing style was really nice; I was quite engaged for the first bit where the main character's a child... but then it started in with the political maneuvering--I find courtly political games to be really horrifically boring. And then it got all romance-y, which I just can't take seriously.

eiffelenator · 08-16-2005, 08:37 PM

Just tore through the Grouphug book. Ridiculous.
Also recently read The Cathedral & the Bazaar.
Geek stuff.

Perry Winkle · 08-16-2005, 11:07 PM

I just finished "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" by Dave Eggers. Pretty good, I'm not sure how to describe the writing style. Think Kerouac, although more whiney and self-centered with a thick helping of sarcastic detachment.

Also pretty much everything, if not the entire book, in Cathedral & Bazaar is on Raymond's website. It's decent, though better when the stuff was fresh. My opinion of ESR has fallen greatly in the last year or two.

The Art of Unix Programming, available in full on ESR's site, is a decent read.

ESR's site

08-16-2005, 11:07 PM	#3
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	I just finished "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" by Dave Eggers. Pretty good, I'm not sure how to describe the writing style. Think Kerouac, although more whiney and self-centered with a thick helping of sarcastic detachment. Also pretty much everything, if not the entire book, in Cathedral & Bazaar is on Raymond's website. It's decent, though better when the stuff was fresh. My opinion of ESR has fallen greatly in the last year or two. The Art of Unix Programming, available in full on ESR's site, is a decent read. ESR's site Last edited by Perry Winkle; 08-16-2005 at 11:12 PM.

08-16-2005, 08:37 PM	#2
eiffelenator Irrelevant Adulterant Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 43	Just tore through the Grouphug book. Ridiculous. Also recently read The Cathedral & the Bazaar. Geek stuff.

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