What Are You Reading?
#21
Originally Posted by FD3S DRIFT' date='Jan 25 2004, 04:13 PM
im mid catcher and the rye and trying to make time for The Art of War by Sun Tzu
#22
Originally Posted by TheAntiChrice' date='Jan 25 2004, 09:33 PM
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?
Yet, I've read Robert Jordan's Eye of the World, and thought it was fantastic.
Is something wrong with me?
#23
"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?
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#25
Originally Posted by G2G' date='Jan 25 2004, 08:09 PM
"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?
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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
#26
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.
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.
#27
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.
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.
#28
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.
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.
#29
Originally Posted by j9fd3s' date='Jan 26 2004, 10:36 AM
yah ive got one, its a semi useless book of corky bells opinions about turbos.
I'm currenty reading what seems like a 5 million page book on Cisco routing equipment. I'm studying for my CCNE.
#30
Originally Posted by 1988RedT2' date='Jan 25 2004, 11:20 AM
I am currently seeking serenity in Norman Maclean's "A River Runs Through It"
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.