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ArcReforged · 12-26-2005, 12:37 PM

Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card. Classic stuff.
Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind - The sequels, also great, classic stuff.

The latter 3 include a lot of philosophy. Interesting read for any deep thinkers.

Happy Monkey · 12-26-2005, 12:42 PM

I finally got to "Devil in the White City". Very good.

richlevy · 12-26-2005, 01:05 PM

I think that I will bounce into the closeout section at Barnes and Noble and buy another box of books.

If I spend $25, I get free shipping and about 10-15 titles of books and software.

So far it's a book on birdwatching, a book and software on quotations, 'In Search of America' by Peter Jennings, and a few others on various political and social topics, including My Peoples Waltz.

This should provide some reading material for my next business trip.

Unfortunately, with 1334 items under $2, I'm getting information overload. Plus the fact they only list 10 per page and I can't find a way to change that.

wolf · 12-26-2005, 01:31 PM

Oh shit.

I totally did NOT need to see that.

richlevy · 12-26-2005, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Oh shit.

I totally did NOT need to see that.

Did I mention the extra %5 discount for AAA members if you go in from the AAA web site?

Actually, it's a weird experience. My shopping cart went from $25 to $35 between moving to correct something. One of the books went out-of-stock and the price jumped.

Torrere · 12-27-2005, 01:46 AM

I've been reading the letters of Richard Feynman (Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track). Some of them are funny, others are powerful, and I think they give a good picture of him. I wish that they included more early, early letters from when he was my age. I'm tempted to find and read compilations of letters by other people.

wolf · 12-27-2005, 07:28 AM

Oh, man. I didn't need to see that either. I've read several of Feynman's books as well as several books about Feynman, including the one that was a part of the Cellar Book Club. (If anyone with more initiative than I have wants to get that started again, that would be really cool *hint* *hint*)

Crimson Ghost · 12-29-2005, 01:25 AM

I'm just finishing "Angels & Demons" from Dan Brown.

Also just finished "American Hardcore" from Simon Blush.

Maui Nick · 01-26-2006, 08:38 AM

About 2 months ago, I picked David Weber's On Basilisk Station (the first Honor Harrington novel) off my bookshelf and reread it -- I owned the first two books in the series and had for many years but life had gotten in the way after that.

Now I own all the books in the series and have been reading them in order. I'm a third of the way through War of Honor and have Shadow of Saganami (the next-to-last book released) and the new hardcover of At All Costs (1) waiting behind it; once I get through the latter I'll be up-to-date.

(1) Which comes with a CD-ROM containing just about everything David Weber has ever written. Sweet.

Troubleshooter · 01-26-2006, 09:30 AM

Games People Play

maffick · 01-26-2006, 09:48 AM

I just finished "Freakonomics" liked it. I also just finished "Amazing Maurice and his educated rodents" by Pratchett, loved it... I am currently reading "The life of John Muir" - very intereting (not right this minute of course!) I am also reading http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/037...lance&n=283155 "First Great Triumph: How Five Americans Made Their Country a World Power" which is sortof good, but looooong.... It is bascially a history of our imperialism....

Happy Monkey · 01-26-2006, 11:18 AM

Jorge Luis Borges: Collected Fictions, translated by Andrew Hurley. Very strange and interesting short stories.

wolf · 01-26-2006, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

Games People Play

Wow. I had no idea that still existed. I thought TA went the way of Primal Scream therapy. (although one of my schizophrenic gaming friends did go to The Primal Institute in California where they gave him a radical cashectomy and in return added some interesting flavoring to his pre-existing delusional systems. Last I heard, by the way, he was working for the IRS.)

wolf · 01-26-2006, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maui Nick

About 2 months ago, I picked David Weber's On Basilisk Station (the first Honor Harrington novel) off my bookshelf and reread it -- I owned the first two books in the series and had for many years but life had gotten in the way after that.

Welcome to The Cellar, Maui Nick!!

wolf · 01-26-2006, 01:09 PM

Just finished: The Truth About Chernobyl - Grigori Medveyev

(minute by minute account of the disaster, and the several days following, including details of some amazing clusterfucks along the way)

Mildly hard to grasp ... this year marks the 20th anniversary.

12-26-2005, 12:42 PM	#317
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I finally got to "Devil in the White City". Very good. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

12-26-2005, 01:05 PM	#318
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I think that I will bounce into the closeout section at Barnes and Noble and buy another box of books. If I spend $25, I get free shipping and about 10-15 titles of books and software. So far it's a book on birdwatching, a book and software on quotations, 'In Search of America' by Peter Jennings, and a few others on various political and social topics, including My Peoples Waltz. This should provide some reading material for my next business trip. Unfortunately, with 1334 items under $2, I'm getting information overload. Plus the fact they only list 10 per page and I can't find a way to change that. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

12-26-2005, 01:31 PM	#319
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Oh shit. I totally did NOT need to see that. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-27-2005, 07:28 AM	#322
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Oh, man. I didn't need to see that either. I've read several of Feynman's books as well as several books about Feynman, including the one that was a part of the Cellar Book Club. (If anyone with more initiative than I have wants to get that started again, that would be really cool hint hint) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-29-2005, 01:25 AM	#323
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	I'm just finishing "Angels & Demons" from Dan Brown. Also just finished "American Hardcore" from Simon Blush. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

12-26-2005, 12:37 PM	#316
ArcReforged Insert Random Title Here Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 23	Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card. Classic stuff. Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind - The sequels, also great, classic stuff. The latter 3 include a lot of philosophy. Interesting read for any deep thinkers.

12-27-2005, 01:46 AM	#321
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	I've been reading the letters of Richard Feynman (Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track). Some of them are funny, others are powerful, and I think they give a good picture of him. I wish that they included more early, early letters from when he was my age. I'm tempted to find and read compilations of letters by other people.

01-26-2006, 08:38 AM	#324
Maui Nick ... is not really in Maui. Weird, huh? Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Near the beach Posts: 153	About 2 months ago, I picked David Weber's On Basilisk Station (the first Honor Harrington novel) off my bookshelf and reread it -- I owned the first two books in the series and had for many years but life had gotten in the way after that. Now I own all the books in the series and have been reading them in order. I'm a third of the way through War of Honor and have Shadow of Saganami (the next-to-last book released) and the new hardcover of At All Costs (1) waiting behind it; once I get through the latter I'll be up-to-date. (1) Which comes with a CD-ROM containing just about everything David Weber has ever written. Sweet.

01-26-2006, 09:30 AM	#325
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Games People Play __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

01-26-2006, 09:48 AM	#326
maffick Maffick Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central PA Posts: 26	What I am reading / read I just finished "Freakonomics" liked it. I also just finished "Amazing Maurice and his educated rodents" by Pratchett, loved it... I am currently reading "The life of John Muir" - very intereting (not right this minute of course!) I am also reading http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/037...lance&n=283155 "First Great Triumph: How Five Americans Made Their Country a World Power" which is sortof good, but looooong.... It is bascially a history of our imperialism....

01-26-2006, 11:18 AM	#327
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Jorge Luis Borges: Collected Fictions, translated by Andrew Hurley. Very strange and interesting short stories. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-26-2006, 01:09 PM	#330
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Just finished: The Truth About Chernobyl - Grigori Medveyev (minute by minute account of the disaster, and the several days following, including details of some amazing clusterfucks along the way) Mildly hard to grasp ... this year marks the 20th anniversary. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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