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Old 01-25-2004, 08:33 PM
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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
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?
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Old 01-25-2004, 09:58 PM
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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?
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?
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Old 01-25-2004, 10:09 PM
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"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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Old 01-25-2004, 10:21 PM
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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
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Old 01-26-2004, 10:36 AM
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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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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
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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.
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Old 01-26-2004, 11:00 AM
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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"
That was my cousin's favorite book. There's even a line from it on her gravestone.



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.
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