Art of War is a very good book. working on my 2nd time thru right now... I'm currently destroying The Silmarillion by Tolkien.. LOTR series is extremely easy to follow and read... Silmarillion is just overly rich in history and fable from Tolkiens mind.. either a complete lunatic or a complete genius.. or both? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

Maybe I'm retarded, but I couldn't for the life of me get through the Lord of the Rings series.



Yet, I've read Robert Jordan's Eye of the World, and thought it was fantastic.



Is something wrong with me?

"A River Runs Through It" Is an awesome book. You should read some of his others they are great as well. Currently I'm reading Plato's Republic. Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac. And some miscelanious engineering books. I like technical stuff, it really intrigues me. On that note, anyone got a copy of Maximum Boost they want to sell?



- Hand

im reading Tzu's The Art of War now



and i have on order Bushido: The Way of Samurai and The Book of Five Rings

yah ive got one, its a semi useless book of corky bells opinions about turbos. the hugh mc innes book is a lot more technical, if you can find it, reading both is sheer boredom though.



oh and i cant get thru tolkein either, i think its all the trolls and goblins and such, i'm just not into that.



clancy is the same way, its like reading a phone book, his first few were great, then he just got long winded

It is hard for me to read J.R.R. Tolkien as well. I read The Hobbit for a class in the 9th grade... I read the Cliff's Notes I mean.



Sun Tzu's Art of War is a good read. I have a copy with a forward or an afterward (I don't remember which) from James Clavell who wrote Shogun and Gaijin. I was amazed that that book has been around so long, it was written in B.C. I think... It is one of those books you can sit down and read in a coupla hours cause it so short. But you could read it over and over again and still learn something new.

i still have to finish the lotr series.

read the first 4 parts and need to finish the last two.



my current kick is anything ayn rand.

i read Anthem and Fountianhead. right now i am almost done with We the Living. Up next is Atlas Shrugged.



so far i think that Fountianhead is the best book i have ever read.

i suggest everyone reads it.



also i just bought simulcra and simulation. supposedly a big influence for the wachowski bros. with the matrix.

I've read a lot of essays by Baudrillard. At some point I'm going to read that book.



If you remember, in the first movie, when Neo opens that book to get what looks like MDs out? The book is Simulacra and Simulation.

LOL, I have that book. Corky really likes himself.



I'm currenty reading what seems like a 5 million page book on Cisco routing equipment. I'm studying for my CCNE.

That was my cousin's favorite book. There's even a line from it on her gravestone. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub..._DIR#>/sad.png



I'm reading a bunch of textbooks right now. Once I get some free time, I'll be reading Pullman's His Dark Materials Trilogy.