What book are you reading now, or what was the last book you read?

[Mad Processor]

Time for a more geeky thread, so .. how about it, what books are you reading or have you read recently?

And I mean all books, from playboy books to "advanced physics".

[Dredd]

Grappling.
Some book called Eragon, dragons and shit. Pretty f'in sweet book.
Started reading the Bible. Quite interesting.

[Mad Processor]

Cool, who's the author of "Eragon" ?

[Dredd]

Christopher Paolini.

It's his first book, and I reccomend it.

[Mad Processor]

Alright, I'll look into it when I finally get the time to read a book again.

Btw, change your custom text, "Senior Member" just sounds so boring..

[Dredd]

Yes but to what is the question?



*edit* What did you last read?

[PhatRick]

Tuesdays with Morrie

[Mad Processor]

Yes but to what is the question?



*edit* What did you last read?

I'm in the process of reading Neil Gaiman - American Gods, but I don't have time to really sit down and start reading.. Might try and do some of it tomorrow.
Last book I "read" was Neil Gaiman - Endless Nights, that was almost a year ago.
I've got to do a lot of reading in connection with school.
I'm reading a lot of different papers, a book called "Simulation - The practice of model development and use" and "Discrete and combinatorial mathematics".

[Dredd]

I take it your a Neil Gaiman fan? I'll have to look him up and get some of his stuff.

Math is impossible.

[Sir Punchalot]

The Coaching Manual by Julie Starr.

[Mad Processor]

I take it your a Neil Gaiman fan? I'll have to look him up and get some of his stuff.

Math is impossible.

I like Gaiman, "Endless nights" is a drawn book. Several people have done various drawings to the various stories, it's amazing albeit kinda weird if you're not a fan of Gaiman perhaps.. You can read more about it here:
http://www.dccomics.com/features/endlessnights/

Actually when I think about it, the last book I read was after "Endless Nights" and was "The Complete Hitchhikers guide" by Douglas Adams. All the books in the "trilogy in five parts", "The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy". The first three books are the funniest books I've ever read. If you haven't read them yet, holy hell, you just gotta read them.

*edit: Gaiman's webpage: http://www.neilgaiman.com/

[Oliver Klosov]

I just finished "The Death of WCW" and "Juiced" AKA Jose Canseco's steroid manifesto

[Mad Processor]

I just finished "The Death of WCW" and "Juiced" AKA Jose Canseco's steroid manifesto

Were they any good?

[WrestlerV]

I'm reading a book by Dan Gable, I can't remember the title.

[Oliver Klosov]

Were they any good?


If you are familiar with Wrestling in the US and interested in it then "Death of WCW" was very good.

Canseco's book isn't that great. but semi interesting, simply because of all the hoopla going on right now.

[Oliver Klosov]

I'm reading a book by Dan Gable, I can't remember the title.


Is it called "Hi, I'm Dan Gable"?

[Mad Processor]

If you are familiar with Wrestling in the US and interested in it then "Death of WCW" was very good.

Canseco's book isn't that great. but semi interesting, simply because of all the hoopla going on right now.

Aah, I see, not a huge fan of pro wrestling.

[pants]

last book i read was angela's ashes ages ago, i thought it was pretty good.

[Oliver Klosov]

Aah, I see, not a huge fan of pro wrestling.

I often wondered if a nonfan would find it interesting. It's not about the in-ring actions, but about the inept decisions of a company.

[Spydermonkey]

I read primarily british crime fiction, currently A Pinch of Snuff by Reginald Hill, and I have three of James Lee Burkes Robicheux novels (noir style hard boiled cop drama) waiting for me. Hmm, prior to that, Gift Of the Jews and How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill.

[Skean]

Death in the a Shau Valley : L Company LRRPs in Vietnam, 1969-1970

[Mad Processor]

I often wondered if a nonfan would find it interesting. It's not about the in-ring actions, but about the inept decisions of a company.

I've always been curious about wrestling... How could it become so popular in the US? It's something I've been wondering about, so it might be interesting to read it from that point of view.

[Spydermonkey]

I like Gaiman, "Endless nights" is a drawn book. Several people have done various drawings to the various stories, it's amazing albeit kinda weird if you're not a fan of Gaiman perhaps.. You can read more about it here:
http://www.dccomics.com/features/endlessnights/

Actually when I think about it, the last book I read was after "Endless Nights" and was "The Complete Hitchhikers guide" by Douglas Adams. All the books in the "trilogy in five parts", "The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy". The first three books are the funniest books I've ever read. If you haven't read them yet, holy hell, you just gotta read them.

*edit: Gaiman's webpage: http://www.neilgaiman.com/
Neil is a trip, he even did some work on Spawn back in the day, and of course Sandman is always a classic.

[Mad Processor]

Neil is a trip, he even did some work on Spawn back in the day, and of course Sandman is always a classic.

Yeah I know, Spawn has declined in quality though imo...

Sandman rules, have you read "Seasons of mist" (iirc, can't remember the title right now) where Lucifer gives up the key to Hell and gives it to Sandman? Fucking awesome, gotta love Thor getting overly drunk and starts throwing lightning bolts all over the place.

[Deadpool]

Last book i read was Amityville Horror. Book i'm on right now is American Phyco.

[Mad Processor]

Last book i read was Amityville Horror. Book i'm on right now is American Phyco.

Awesome book, read it while I was in the army.

[Spydermonkey]

For teh bestestest hard boiled cop fiction, read James Lee Burke, Robert B. Parker, and Loren D. Estleman, you can't beat them in that genre.

[Deadpool]

Awesome book, read it while I was in the army.
Amityville the book is so much better than the movie. Same goes for A.P. They did a remake of Amityville and i'm hoping it won't suck. But, it most likely will. I'm a horror buff so anything i read is somewhat twisted. I've got tons of biograghy's on serial killers also.

[Mad Processor]

Not my cup of tea, but thanks for the heads up.

[Oliver Klosov]

Amityville the book is so much better than the movie. Same goes for A.P. They did a remake of Amityville and i'm hoping it won't suck. But, it most likely will. I'm a horror buff so anything i read is somewhat twisted. I've got tons of biograghy's on seril killers also.

The previews look pretty freaky for the new Amityville movie.

[Deadpool]

The previews look pretty freaky for the new Amityville movie.
I think, or hope, it will be more like the book. It does look good.

[Skean]

Amityville the book is so much better than the movie. Same goes for A.P. They did a remake of Amityville and i'm hoping it won't suck. But, it most likely will. I'm a horror buff so anything i read is somewhat twisted. I've got tons of biograghy's on serial killers also.
Most of the time books are a lot better than the movies.

[Mad Processor]

Amityville the book is so much better than the movie. Same goes for A.P. They did a remake of Amityville and i'm hoping it won't suck. But, it most likely will. I'm a horror buff so anything i read is somewhat twisted. I've got tons of biograghy's on serial killers also.

As always, books are simply better. I've yet to see a movie where the movie was better than the book.

[PhatRick]

It is impossible for someone else imagination to be greater than your own. What you make in your head is always going to be the best for you. and that is just why movies will never be as good

[Spydermonkey]

As always, books are simply better. I've yet to see a movie where the movie was better than the book.
What about Bridges of Madison County? *ducks for cover*

[Deadpool]

Most of the time books are a lot better than the movies.
You're right. But, i just can't sit and read a book sometimes. My mind drifts. I have to be pretty into the book or have seen the movie first, and want to see if the book is better.

[Skean]

You're right. But, i just can't sit and read a book sometimes. My mind drifts. I have to be pretty into the book or have seen the movie first, and want to see if the book is better.
I agree with that. Sometimes I just don't want to read. Also, it takes a lot longer to sit and read a book than to watch a 2 hour movie.

[Mad Processor]

What about Bridges of Madison County? *ducks for cover*

You're just asking for it aren't you? :mad:

[Spydermonkey]

It is impossible for someone else imagination to be greater than your own. What you make in your head is always going to be the best for you. and that is just why movies will never be as good
Not true, Big Bottom Sadie was as good as anything I could picture in my head.

[WrestlerV]

It is impossible for someone else imagination to be greater than your own. What you make in your head is always going to be the best for you. and that is just why movies will never be as good


That's true, unless you can't read, then you're screwed. Books have greater imagination and creativity, but movies are easy to watch, and it doesn't matter if you are Shido's age or a little child. Unlike books, which some require more skill then others to read.

[PhatRick]

Not true, Big Bottom Sadie was as good as anything I could picture in my head.

I really cant reply to that

[Spydermonkey]

I really cant reply to that
Less replying, more watching Jenna Haze masturbate.

[Mad Processor]

I really cant reply to that

You just did.

[CHH]

Currently reading the NSCA's Essentials of Person Training. I just got the E Myth, revisited (THANKS BUDDY) and before that the last whole book I read was something about real estate or stocks or something.

I must also point out, I hate fucking reading.

[Mad Processor]

Currently reading the NSCA's Essentials of Person Training. I just got the E Myth, revisited (THANKS BUDDY) and before that the last whole book I read was something about real estate or stocks or something.

I must also point out, I hate fucking reading.

Fair enough, I like the tranquility of just kicking back and reading a good book, but that's just me.

What's this E Myth thingie?

[uberfighter]

i'm reading the emperor's new mind, by roger penrose. it's not as good as i hoped.

the last book i read was the fifth miracle, by paul davies.


i mostly read science books.

[Mad Processor]

i'm reading the emperor's new mind, by roger penrose. it's not as good as i hoped.

the last book i read was the fifth miracle, by paul davies.


i mostly read science books.

I read some of them as well, but after a day of reading scientific papers it's good to just kick back with some fiction and fantasy imo..

[PhatRick]

Less replying, more watching Jenna Haze masturbate.

I am really okay wit hthat....

You just did.

:p

[tak]

i'm not reading anything right now, the last book i read was "killing pablo."

[uberfighter]

I read some of them as well, but after a day of reading scientific papers it's good to just kick back with some fiction and fantasy imo..


it's hard for me to not feel like i'm wasting my time if i read fiction. most of it is just like junk food reading.

i will say american psycho was an amazing read.


i think my next read will be the fabric of the cosmos by brian greene. i can't wait to sink my teeth into that one.

[Spydermonkey]

i'm not reading anything right now, the last book i read was "killing pablo."
Excellent book, viva Los Pepes!

[tak]

Excellent book, viva Los Pepes!

yeah, it was a great book. you should read "dr. dealer," also written by mark bowden, pretty interesting story.

[Falero]

Acutally, I?m reading "advanced physics" right now. Could be worse.

[CHH]

Fair enough, I like the tranquility of just kicking back and reading a good book, but that's just me.

What's this E Myth thingie?Well, I haven't read it yet, but my friend thought it would benefit me. Basically, it's a book that helps entrepreneurs get their own business's running successfully.

*hitler*

[Mad Processor]

Well, I haven't read it yet, but my friend thought it would benefit me. Basically, it's a book that helps entrepreneurs get their own business's running successfully.

*hitler*

Gotcha !

[Spydermonkey]

Hotzone is a great medical/thriller/horror book, especially because it is non-fiction. The facts about Ebola provide all the gore and scares you could want.

[Falero]

Medical thriller. Didn?t even know about that genre.

[Spydermonkey]

Medical thriller. Didn?t even know about that genre.
Like I said, it is a true story of several Ebola outbreaks, it just happens to come off as a thriller because the disease is so damn horrid it almost doesnt seem real. Although Terminal Man would probably count as a medical thriller.

[MyAssIsFartsy]

Last book: Off the Rails in Pnohm Penh--Into the Dark Heart of Guns, Girls and Ganja

Current book: Lonely Planet's Thailand's Islands and Beaches

[Fenix]

Animal Farm - George Orwell

[The Kraken]

California - Semisonic

[Mad Processor]

I'm glad I started this thread, finally picked up "American Gods" again, god I love that book! Now I've got problems putting it down again.

[The Kraken]

Oh shit.

Currently I'm multitasking. I'm reading four books: Eragon (well, actually my girlfriend reads that one aloud when we have to drive somewhere that takes a little time - it's decent, but the H. Potter books are better), The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene (just saw him speak at the local library a couple of weeks ago), Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (insane, and insanely long, but worth it) and The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead (a book about elevator inspectors and the search for the 'black box' - the perfect elevator, sort of).

[Mad Processor]

How's "The Elegant Universe" ?

[natecrime]

Currently reading one of Jeaffrey Deaver's new books, have read a few in his series,just finished An Evil Cradling, by Brian Keenan, which was very good, and To Kill A Mocking Bird for coursework.

[SlickFord]

The Sparrow, great book. check it out, honestly.

[kcb]

Career Development Course - 3C051 (An Air Force thing) / The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll.

[Dirty]

The last book I read was "To hell and Back" The story of Audie Murphy's wartime service.

I read the entire thing in one day, didn't put it down once. It was that good.

[Room57]

"Irish Fairy and Folk Tales" - W.B. Yeats

[katarina]

Johnny Got His Gun. I wish I never read it.

[Dirty]

Johnny Got His Gun. I wish I never read it.


I'd probably love it. I'm a dork like that.

[katarina]

I'd probably love it. I'm a dork like that.

Dirty, I'm going to be serious for a minute, okay? All jokes and kidding aside- it was a VERY fucked up book. I didn't even know that it was a movie until recently, but I'm staying away from that shit like the plague.

[Mad Processor]

Dirty, I'm going to be serious for a minute, okay? All jokes and kidding aside- it was a VERY fucked up book. I didn't even know that it was a movie until recently, but I'm staying away from that shit like the plague.

What's it about?

[katarina]

What's it about?

The travesty of war.

Go Bush!

[Mad Processor]

The travesty of war.

Go Bush!

Ah, I see, something for me then perhaps.

[Dirty]

Ah, I see, something for me then perhaps.

remember the metallica video "one" About the guy that loses his hearing, sight, and speech among other things due to a land mine.

It's about that.

[Mad Processor]

remember the metallica video "one" About the guy that loses his hearing, sight, and speech among other things due to a land mine.

It's about that.

Okay, definitely something I gotta check into then. Thanks.

[Zeffryn]

Dirty, I'm going to be serious for a minute, okay? All jokes and kidding aside- it was a VERY fucked up book. I didn't even know that it was a movie until recently, but I'm staying away from that shit like the plague.

Dirty, I completely agree with Katarina, if you know of anybody that is overseas in Iraq at the moment, I would recommend not reading this book.

--

Lately I've been reading, The Moral Animal, by Robert Wright.

[The Kraken]

How's "The Elegant Universe" ?

It's excellent, though I'm not entirely convinced that String (or Superstring) Theory will be the unifying theory of everything. I really want to get his new one, too, The Fabric of the Cosmos.

[Ratt]

The Peaceful Warrior - Ecxellent
Zen Warrior- eh.......

[Mad Processor]

It's excellent, though I'm not entirely convinced that String (or Superstring) Theory will be the unifying theory of everything. I really want to get his new one, too, The Fabric of the Cosmos.

Thought I'd give it a go myself, I've only scratched the surface of String theory, I want to go more in depth it's an interesting concept I must say.

[fightguy]

Last book I read was Dave Barry's latest

[The Kraken]

Thought I'd give it a go myself, I've only scratched the surface of String theory, I want to go more in depth it's an interesting concept I must say.

No doubt, it is. The big problem is that it's never been successfully used to make predictions in the lab or anywhere else. On the other hand, I think the same was once true for quantum mechanics, though I think the problems were more quickly resolved.

[Dirty]

Dirty, I completely agree with Katarina, if you know of anybody that is overseas in Iraq at the moment, I would recommend not reading this book.

--

Lately I've been reading, The Moral Animal, by Robert Wright.



I read a lot of war books, and none of my buddy's are in iraq right now. It'll be all good.

[Mad Processor]

No doubt, it is. The big problem is that it's never been successfully used to make predictions in the lab or anywhere else. On the other hand, I think the same was once true for quantum mechanics, though I think the problems were more quickly resolved.

It's way more difficult to prove the String theory than quantum mechanics.

I'll definitely look up that book!

[The Kraken]

It's way more difficult to prove the String theory than quantum mechanics.

I'll definitely look up that book!

That's definitely true. We're talking about unbelievably small things. In fact, if Superstring is correct, this is the smallest you can go, I think. A friend of mine and I (we both went to Georgia Tech - he in physics, me in I-don't-know-what-teh-hell-I-want-to-do) talked a lot about physics and each came up with our own little theories. Mine does away with matter all together. It's a theory of interacting fields and where forces associated with those fields sync up in a certain way, they 'act' as if they are a unit which manifests itself, along with other such overlapping forces and fields, as 'perceived' matter in the macro scale.

[Mad Processor]

That's definitely true. We're talking about unbelievably small things. In fact, if Superstring is correct, this is the smallest you can go, I think. A friend of mine and I (we both went to Georgia Tech - he in physics, me in I-don't-know-what-teh-hell-I-want-to-do) talked a lot about physics and each came up with our own little theories. Mine does away with matter all together. It's a theory of interacting fields and where forces associated with those fields sync up in a certain way, they 'act' as if they are a unit which manifests itself, along with other such overlapping forces and fields, as 'perceived' matter in the macro scale.

So you're not too crazy about the theory of dark matter?

[The Kraken]

I'm guessing you're eluding to the idea some hold that dark matter, which is needed to explain gravity-induced and observed behavior of objects and the rate of universal expansion, is largely small bits of matter that cannot be seen because they reside in those tiny, folded up dimensions required by string theory. I'm not going to say it's a bad idea. In fact, I think it's a very good one. If string theory is shown to be right or at least gets closer, I may use that as my sort of default position on the problem of 'where's the other 80% of matter?'. I'm not really convinced by any of the 'cutting edge' theories, even my own, btw. They're just speculation at this point. One great thing that is coming out of string theory is a new willingness by physicists to consider the possibility that the way we see and think about the world may be deceptive. It may be that the nature of reality in its fine details is not linear, chronological, understandable and neat and may never makes sense to us in any other way than through mathematical formulas that make sound predictions.

[Mad Processor]

I'm guessing you're eluding to the idea some hold that dark matter, which is needed to explain gravity-induced and observed behavior of objects and the rate of universal expansion, is largely small bits of matter that cannot be seen because they reside in those tiny, folded up dimensions required by string theory. I'm not going to say it's a bad idea. In fact, I think it's a very good one. If string theory is shown to be right or at least gets closer, I may use that as my sort of default position on the problem of 'where's the other 80% of matter?'. I'm not really convinced by any of the 'cutting edge' theories, even my own, btw. They're just speculation at this point. One great thing that is coming out of string theory is a new willingness by physicists to consider the possibility that the way we see and think about the world may be deceptive. It may be that the nature of reality in its fine details is not linear, chronological, understandable and neat and may never makes sense to us in any other way than through mathematical formulas that make sound predictions.

I'm not disregarding string theory. I'm eagerly awaiting the completion of the new Cern reactor where they hope to prove the existence of Higgs boson, in which case the theory of dark matter will have its first "evidence". When it comes to the two theories and theories like it, I just haven't had the time recently to sit down and look at the latest research and what they say about it. It has been rather quiet conserning them in the science magazine I subscribe to, so I have enough stuff to read and as I said, I've only begin to scratch the surface of String theory which is why I would like to read that book, it's a fascinating theory to say the least.

[Mad Processor]

Just ordered "The Fabric of the Cosmos"! Hopefully I'll get it within the next couple of weeks and it's forcing me to read "American Gods" faster.

[kcb]

"The Perks of Being a Wallflower"

[The Kraken]

"The Perks of Being a Wallflower"

I've got that one, but have not yet read it. Your take?

Also, MP, how is Gaiman's book? I've only read the book he wrote with Terry Pratchet (Good Omens). It was okay, but not great.

[Mad Processor]

Also, MP, how is Gaiman's book? I've only read the book he wrote with Terry Pratchet (Good Omens). It was okay, but not great.

So far, it's very good. You can feel Gaiman's writing style all over it, if you like his comics or his style of storytelling you're going to love it. It's crazy, like all his work, it weird in a very cool way.
The story is really fascinating as well, not just cool.

[Oliver Klosov]

I just Bought Homer's The Illiad and the Oddessy. I will start reading it this weekend.

[Mad Processor]

I just Bought Homer's The Illiad and the Oddessy. I will start reading it this weekend.

Interesting choice for reading unless you're forced to it :)

Never read them myself, let me know if they're worth checking out.

[Oliver Klosov]

Interesting choice for reading unless you're forced to it :)

Never read them myself, let me know if they're worth checking out.

Well, I saw the movie "Troy" and thought that is was quite good, then I read in the credits that it was based on the Illiad and I have always heard that it was a classic , so I thought- what the hell?

[Lappari]

"Legend" or "The Legend" or... I dunno what it is in english.
A book about Lauri T?rni a.k.a Larry Thorne. There's not one guy on this planet who has lived his life like Thorne did.

[SnjoNegri]

Penis Enlargement For Dummies.

[Oliver Klosov]

Penis Enlargement For Dummies.

So basically, it's a pamphlet that shows you how to tie a rock to your dick?

[Mad Processor]

Well, I saw the movie "Troy" and thought that is was quite good, then I read in the credits that it was based on the Illiad and I have always heard that it was a classic , so I thought- what the hell?

Had to be a somewhat reasonably explanation. You should probably read Beowulf while you're in that kind of mood as well.

[Oliver Klosov]

Had to be a somewhat reasonably explanation. You should probably read Beowulf while you're in that kind of mood as well.

I was supposed to read that in High School. I had a girl I know steal the test answers instead.

[Mad Processor]

I was supposed to read that in High School. I had a girl I know steal the test answers instead.

Haha, that's one way to get out of reading it I suppose.

[Oliver Klosov]

Haha, that's one way to get out of reading it I suppose.

yeah, but I couldn't pull that off in college so I had a girl read a book to me instead.

She was hot, too. and Australian.

[Mad Processor]

yeah, but I couldn't pull that off in college so I had a girl read a book to me instead.

She was hot, too. and Australian.

In Soviet Russia, the book is read to you?

[Oliver Klosov]

In Soviet Russia, the book is read to you?

If you play your cards right.

[The Kraken]

So, Klosov. You ever read any Solschenizyn?

[canadianfightclub]

Bringing down the house.

[IX Equilibrium]

"In the Company of Heroes" by Michael Durant

[Lappari]

"In the Company of Heroes" by Michael Durant

He was one of the pilots in Mogadishu, right?

[Oliver Klosov]

Interesting choice for reading unless you're forced to it :)

Never read them myself, let me know if they're worth checking out.

Well, I hadn't planned on starting reading them until this weekend, but I started last night during "restroom time" and well, I can barely understand what this fucker is talking about. I think he throws in about 37 unneeded words for every one word that he needs.

[poopy pants]

the fountainhead, by ayn rand

[Mad Processor]

Well, I hadn't planned on starting reading them until this weekend, but I started last night during "restroom time" and well, I can barely understand what this fucker is talking about. I think he throws in about 37 unneeded words for every one word that he needs.

Haha, sounds like a good book, but that's typical of older writings. A lot of stuff that feels like bullshit.

[Oliver Klosov]

Haha, sounds like a good book, but that's typical of older writings. A lot of stuff that feels like bullshit.

hopefully, after a chapter or two I'll get used to it.

[Mad Processor]

hopefully, after a chapter or two I'll get used to it.

You probably will, this is the reason people don't like reading books like that in high school :)

[Oliver Klosov]

You probably will, this is the reason people don't like reading books like that in high school :)

that's why the good lord invented Cliff's Notes.

[Dirty]

I've also recently read Saddam's bombmaker, and I just reread the Gangs of new york.



I used to read almost exclusively fiction, but now I read almost exclusively non-fiction. Is anybody else that way?

[The Kraken]

I seem to go through phases. I'm reading mostly fiction these days, but I'm sure I'll turn back towards nonfiction again in the not-too-distant future. These cycles seem to last just about a year.

[Giant Robot]

I'm reading "On the Road" for the third time, "Junky" for the second time, and will proably read "Lonesome Dove" for the fifth time when I'm finished with the other two.

[Dirty]

Bringing down the house.

Oh fuck, I heard about that... I'll make that my next purchase, it looks kick ass.

[Bloody Pulp]

Just finished The Bourne Legacy today.

[WrestlerV]

Just finished The Bourne Legacy today.


I read that. I think it's much better then the movie.

[Bloody Pulp]

I read that. I think it's much better then the movie.



Well, I'd hope so seeing as how it isn't a movie.


The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy are movies, and The Bourne Ultimatum will be a movie next year.

but The Bourne Legacy was just released in book form a couple weeks ago.


It's hard to compare the book's to the movies because except for name's and place's the stories are almost completely different.

[WrestlerV]

Well, I'd hope so seeing as how it isn't a movie.


The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy are movies, and The Bourne Ultimatum will be a movie next year.

but The Bourne Legacy was just released in book form a couple weeks ago.


It's hard to compare the book's to the movies because except for name's and place's the stories are almost completely different.

Whoops, pwned.

[remy]

reading currently:
the dark tower
hellboy: right hand of doom

last read:
the noble house
the book of five rings (reread)

[Giant Robot]

reading currently:
hellboy: right hand of doom
(reread)
Awesome stories, you should enjoy them... The Conqueror Worm is still my favorite Hellboy story though.

[Lappari]

Well, I'd hope so seeing as how it isn't a movie.


The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy are movies, and The Bourne Ultimatum will be a movie next year.

but The Bourne Legacy was just released in book form a couple weeks ago.


It's hard to compare the book's to the movies because except for name's and place's the stories are almost completely different.

I have the both movies. Honestly, I think that they're the best CIA/spy/assassin/whateverthefuckever related movies.

Robert Ludlum was a great writer, though I haven't read The Bourne Identity or The Bourne Supremacy. Wasn't Carlos The Jackal in one of those books?

[Kornhusker]

I have the both movies. Honestly, I think that they're the best CIA/spy/assassin/whateverthefuckever related movies.

Robert Ludlum was a great writer, though I haven't read The Bourne Identity or The Bourne Supremacy. Wasn't Carlos The Jackal in one of those books?



Correct on the Jackal. Great books btw.

[Kornhusker]

The last book I read was The Taking by Dean Koontz. Koontz is slipping, the last few books I've read of his have sucked ass.

[Bloody Pulp]

I have the both movies. Honestly, I think that they're the best CIA/spy/assassin/whateverthefuckever related movies.

Robert Ludlum was a great writer, though I haven't read The Bourne Identity or The Bourne Supremacy. Wasn't Carlos The Jackal in one of those books?


That's what I was talking about with the books and movies being completely different. In the book Carlos the Jackal was the arch-enemy of Jason Bourne, not so much in the 2nd, but in Identity and Ultimatum Carlos is a big part of the story.


In the book's David Webb was a CIA agent who posed as an international assassin "Jason Bourne" to rival Carlos, taking credit for his kills and generally one-up'ing Carlos to draw him out and kill him, he tries to kill Carlos on his boat, but Carlos shoot's him in the head and he fall's overboard into the ocean. The trauma leaves him with amnesia.


Identity is basically him running through Europe following leads to who he is. Alex Conklin, his old friend and operator, thinks he's turned so he is trying to kill him, and so is Carlos now that he know's he's still alive.


You should definitly check out the book's, they are great.

[Lappari]

That's what I was talking about with the books and movies being completely different. In the book Carlos the Jackal was the arch-enemy of Jason Bourne, not so much in the 2nd, but in Identity and Ultimatum Carlos is a big part of the story.


In the book's David Webb was a CIA agent who posed as an international assassin "Jason Bourne" to rival Carlos, taking credit for his kills and generally one-up'ing Carlos to draw him out and kill him, he tries to kill Carlos on his boat, but Carlos shoot's him in the head and he fall's overboard into the ocean. The trauma leaves him with amnesia.


Identity is basically him running through Europe following leads to who he is. Alex Conklin, his old friend and operator, thinks he's turned so he is trying to kill him, and so is Carlos now that he know's he's still alive.


You should definitly check out the book's, they are great.

Good to know. I definitly will.

[tak]

That's what I was talking about with the books and movies being completely different. In the book Carlos the Jackal was the arch-enemy of Jason Bourne, not so much in the 2nd, but in Identity and Ultimatum Carlos is a big part of the story.


In the book's David Webb was a CIA agent who posed as an international assassin "Jason Bourne" to rival Carlos, taking credit for his kills and generally one-up'ing Carlos to draw him out and kill him, he tries to kill Carlos on his boat, but Carlos shoot's him in the head and he fall's overboard into the ocean. The trauma leaves him with amnesia.


Identity is basically him running through Europe following leads to who he is. Alex Conklin, his old friend and operator, thinks he's turned so he is trying to kill him, and so is Carlos now that he know's he's still alive.


You should definitly check out the book's, they are great.


as much as it pains me to do so, seeing as you're a giants fan, i gotta give you some reps purely because those books kick so much ass.

[Bloody Pulp]

as much as it pains me to do so, seeing as you're a giants fan, i gotta give you some reps purely because those books kick so much ass.



You going to check out The Bourne Legacy?

[Lappari]

His stocks are up then 'cause I did the same thing. ;) **EDIT** considering reps

[tak]

You going to check out The Bourne Legacy?

i have heard nothing about this and i demand you tell me more.

i never actually read the third one yet, reading about a 70 year old bourne didn't get me all that excited.

[Bloody Pulp]

i have heard nothing about this and i demand you tell me more.

i never actually read the third one yet, reading about a 70 year old bourne didn't get me all that excited.


http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/reviews/2004-07-14-bourne-legacy_x.htm

You can get Ultimatum and Legacy here for $25 here:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312331754/102-8407863-0826513?v=glance

[Bloody Pulp]

I just finished The Bourne Legacy a couple day's ago.

[tak]

wait so legacy takes place after ultimatum? so he's even older? that's wack yo. i was hoping they would make a book about his days as delta.

[Bloody Pulp]

wait so legacy takes place after ultimatum? so he's even older? that's wack yo. i was hoping they would make a book about his days as delta.


I don't know....the book is written with things that seem to indicate it is present day, but there is no mention of his age, and he doesn't show any sign's of age in the book.

[Dirty]

Oh happy days, I just ordered 4 books off of Overstock.com

Great place to get cheap books by the way.

I ordered;
Devil in the White city by Erik Larsen - "Their fates were linked by the magical Chicago World?s Fair of 1893, nicknamed the ?White City? for its majestic beauty. Architect Daniel Burnham built it; serial killer Dr. H. H. Holmes used it to lure victims to his World?s Fair Hotel, designed for murder. Both men left behind them a powerful legacy, one of brilliance and energy, the other of sorrow and darkness." - Stolen from http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/devilinthewhitecity/home.html.

Collapse by Jared Diamond - Tells about the downfall of history's greatest societies.

Flags of our Father by James Bradley - The stories of the lives behind the six men who raised the flag on Iwo Jima.

Saddams Bombmaker by Khidhir Hamza - The man who ended up leading Saddam's nuclear program tells how he did it, and how close Iraq really was to being a nuclear power. He also tells about the internal power struggle, and what it was like to be in Saddam's inner circle, and how life was in general during Saddam's reign.

[The Kraken]

Oh happy days, I just ordered 4 books off of Overstock.com

Great place to get cheap books by the way.

I ordered;
Devil in the White city by Erik Larsen - "Their fates were linked by the magical Chicago World?s Fair of 1893, nicknamed the ?White City? for its majestic beauty. Architect Daniel Burnham built it; serial killer Dr. H. H. Holmes used it to lure victims to his World?s Fair Hotel, designed for murder. Both men left behind them a powerful legacy, one of brilliance and energy, the other of sorrow and darkness." - Stolen from http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/devilinthewhitecity/home.html.

Collapse by Jared Diamond - Tells about the downfall of history's greatest societies.

Flags of our Father by James Bradley - The stories of the lives behind the six men who raised the flag on Iwo Jima.

Saddams Bombmaker by Khidhir Hamza - The man who ended up leading Saddam's nuclear program tells how he did it, and how close Iraq really was to being a nuclear power. He also tells about the internal power struggle, and what it was like to be in Saddam's inner circle, and how life was in general during Saddam's reign.

Those all sound interesting. I'd particularly like to hear what you think of Collapse when you're done.

[Dirty]

Those all sound interesting. I'd particularly like to hear what you think of Collapse when you're done.


Go ahead and buy it, it's got great reviews... his other book guns, germs, and steel is award winning.
http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?PAGE=PROFRAME&PROD_ID=72424
For guns germs and steel.


http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?PAGE=PROFRAME&PROD_ID=1105136
For Collapse.

[The Kraken]

Cool. Thanks for the link. I think I'll get it.

[IX Equilibrium]

He was one of the pilots in Mogadishu, right?

That is correct

[Mad Processor]

Oooh, Brian Greene's "The Fabric of the Cosmos" arrived today, can hardly wait to sink my teeth into this one! Thanks to Kraken for pointing me in this direction.

[The Kraken]

No problem. Let me know what you think. I'm going to be borrowing Bill Bryson's 'A Short History Of Nearly Everything' soon. If you're not familiar with him, he's one of the best travel writers out there. He's quite funny at times. This is his first stab at science writing.

[ventrue]

Awesome Av kornhusker!

Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allen Poe
Blood In, Blood Out - Lucien Soulban
Partial Differential Equations - Textbook

[tak]

the good earth.

[Bishop]

the death of wcw....it's my poopee time read along

[Necron Eloheim]

"Redemption", its about Tookie, the founder of the Crips and its a damn good read. Much more insightful than "Monster", which is a good book in itself. Tookie's date of execution is very close I believe.

[Falero]

How to improve your GPA results, by Ume? university.

[ashrael]

Currently reading Tom Clancy's "CARDINAL of the Kremlin"

[Giant Robot]

I just found my old copy of Lonesome Dove, and am giving that another reading.

[Kamehameha]

Juiced. Almost done, pretty entertaining read, regardless if u think Canseco is a liar/asshole/hack/all the above. Confirms most baseball players are what we all think of them: overpaid, lazy assholes.

[Maz_Boxe]

an evil cradling- brian keenan

recommended

[J@ckson]

Remembrance Day - Henry Porter

[Mad Processor]

ttt

I guess people are running all over the place to read H2G2 at the moment? I'm hoping to start reading Brian Greene's books real soon!

[natecrime]

I'm currently reading, 'To kill a mockingbird, Gangwar - about Manchester and The History of the Mafia. Just finished reading a book about the Kray twins that was very very good.

[Beorn O'Brophy]

"Redcoats" by Bernard Cornwell.

Just finished 3 of Nevada Barr's mystery novels.

Read "The History of the Crimean War" before that.

I am too much of a geek for my own good...

[Zeffryn]

I just found my old copy of Lonesome Dove, and am giving that another reading.

I fucking LOVE that movie. My dad and I used to watch it all the time when I was a kid. Props.

[dy-no-mite3000]

[mr.t] Mista Tee don't need to read no book fool!!![/mr.t]

http://www.pyromosh.org/images/bbs/mr-t.png

[Dirty]

[mr.t] Mista Tee don't need to read no book fool!!![/mr.t]

http://www.pyromosh.org/images/bbs/mr-t.png



didn't wanna be a toughguy..... wanted to be a dancer.

[natecrime]

Just started tonight- The Damage Done, 12 years of Hell in a Bangkok Prison, by Warren Fellows. Should be good fun, the opening chapter is quite promising.

[DCBooks]

Gaiman's solid, but I liked his Good Omen's w/ Terry Pratchett best. American Gods ending kind of trails off without purpose. He's threatened a sequel which should help.

American Psycho is much funnier on film than the book, but I'm a fan of everything Ellis does.

I read the Amityville book years ago, but it was around the same time I read Blatty's Exorcist, which blows it away.

I'm currently reading "The Italian Secretary" by Caleb Carr. If you like Silence of the Lambs, I can't recommend Carr's "The Alienist" enough. The books rules.

I also just got the ARC for Chuck "fight club" Palahniuk's new book, "Haunted". I'll probably start it this weekend.

Can you tell my degree is in English Lit?

[natecrime]

Gaiman's solid, but I liked his Good Omen's w/ Terry Pratchett best. American Gods ending kind of trails off without purpose. He's threatened a sequel which should help.

American Psycho is much funnier on film than the book, but I'm a fan of everything Ellis does.

I read the Amityville book years ago, but it was around the same time I read Blatty's Exorcist, which blows it away.

I'm currently reading "The Italian Secretary" by Caleb Carr. If you like Silence of the Lambs, I can't recommend Carr's "The Alienist" enough. The books rules.

I also just got the ARC for Chuck "fight club" Palahniuk's new book, "Haunted". I'll probably start it this weekend.

Can you tell my degree is in English Lit?


I hate English Lit, I have had to read some right bullshit because of it, Wuthering Heights, Chaucer, fuck that. Not for me whatsoever.

[DCBooks]

I hate English Lit, I have had to read some right bullshit because of it, Wuthering Heights, Chaucer, fuck that. Not for me whatsoever.


It was an easy major, and mostly chicks. My freshman year I sat in Comp Sci among 60 dudes, and then English lit where I was the only dude. Guess which was more fun. Four years later I could find no job, maybe not the best decision, but it made sense at the time.

Chaucer really sucked, but the romantics, Byron, Shelly were the shit.

[PhatRick]

The Lone Saumurai

fucking amazing

[The Kraken]

Gaiman's solid, but I liked his Good Omen's w/ Terry Pratchett best.

You may have already tried them, but some of Pratchett's Discworld books are really good.

Currently listening to Stephen King's Dark Tower series in the car to and from work. People argue this with me, but I still say this is his best stuff and is a solid notch above pulp fiction (NOT a Tarantino reference!).

Last book I read? Matt Ruff's 'Set This House In Order' - fucking awesome book! Here's a link to the first chapter...

http://home.att.net/~storytellers/sthioex1.html

[Mad Processor]

Finished up "American Gods" today, it's worth checking out. Really cool story!

[adamn]

I'm about 30% way through "Dragons of a Spring Dawning". I read the first two books of the series previously.

[natecrime]

Now reading, History of the Mafia, just also finished Chopper, about to start Drugs, Oil and War, basically a more sophisticated, complex in depth book version of Faherenheit 9/11.

[my sex is artsy]

"The Incomparable Atuk" by Mordecai Richler. Excellent black comedy.

[natecrime]

Anybody read any of the Jeffrey Deaver series?

[Schadenfreude]

Um, I read lots of stuff, but lately it seems I've been on a historical fiction kick.......last one I read, or re-read actually was Steven Pressfield's Gates of Fire about the Spartans at the battle of Thermopylae. Anything by him is good, hell even The Legend of Bagger Vance was good, and I'm not a golf fan. Also Michael Curtis Ford's The Ten Thousand was outstanding. Mostly Greek/Roman history, but damn near flawlessly portrayed.

Bernard Cornwell is another great historical fiction author. His Sharpe series is excellent; really piques an interest in the Napoleonic era, at least it did for me, and his trilogy about King Arthur is a fascinating and engrossing tale of what could have/might have been if King Arthur really did exist.

Everything by all three of these authors is extremely well written, and highly recommended for those who have an interest in the appropriate time period of history or those just looking for a damn fine read.

[Schadenfreude]

Also, I don't know who said it, and I'm too lazy right now to go back and look, but James Lee Burke is excellent. I think I've read damn near everything of his except his very newest. When I find it, I may have to sling some reps your way........

[TrickyNicky]

Just finished Bernard Cornwell's The Archer's Tale. I'm currently reading the sequel, Vagabond. Its about an Archer (duh) at the start of the 100-year war in England, and his subsequent search for the Holy Grail. Good stuff, and most of the battles actually happened the way he describes them.

On another note, I would like to recommend the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin, beginning with A Game of Thrones. The best fantasy I've ever read and I've read them all. It doesn't bog itself down with most of the fantasy conventions today - such as dark overlord, elves, orcs, and dwarves (ok one dwarf is in the book, but he's actually a midget). Check it out.

[T-Bag]

"The Damage Done" is a great book, i read it while in vietnam so i was bein very careful/paranoid after i read it. as for what im reading, im on a Dan Brown bender, just read "The DaVinci Code", "Angels & Demons", and am currently readin "Deception point" all of those are by Dan Brown and are really f-in good, especially the first 2. also just recently read harry potter and theorder of the phoenix

[natecrime]

"The Damage Done" is a great book, i read it while in vietnam so i was bein very careful/paranoid after i read it. as for what im reading, im on a Dan Brown bender, just read "The DaVinci Code", "Angels & Demons", and am currently readin "Deception point" all of those are by Dan Brown and are really f-in good, especially the first 2. also just recently read harry potter and theorder of the phoenix

Damage done is great in content but for me it was a poor read. It is a good book though really, just found it a little disappointing if i'm honest.

Care to share you're thoughts on The DaVinci Code? What's it like and is it worth a read?

[Optimus Van Optimum]

The Mental Edge - Great book on the psychology of sports. This is a must read for anybody competing in a sport

[Alfuh]

I'm going to have to go pickup the new Palahniuk book, I've got all his others and highly reccomend them. Can I get a bit more info on The Mental Edge and the DaVinci Code? I know DaVinci Code is wildly popular. Is the attention it gets deserved?

[IX Equilibrium]

Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills

[Johnny Toetags]

Haven't really had the time to read all that much lately but for some reason I picked up a copy of Bram Stoker's Dracula to read on the way to Paris, which I haven't read since I was 20 or so and burned trough it in no time flat. Always a good page turner.

[natecrime]

Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills

That sounds like a good book, tell us more.

[Johnny Toetags]

That sounds like a good book, tell us more.


Sounds pretty self-explanatory to me.

[T-Bag]

The DaVinci Code lives up to all the hype. Its got tons of lil Puzzles that the main character has to solves and a bunch of plot twists to keep you guessing. The puzzles are complex, but Dan Browns writing style is so simple it makes the puzzles easy to understand and follow. Plus theres a lot of factual information about the "Holy Grail" and other things relating to it. kinda conspiracy theory type stuff. i reccomned it to anyone who reads books

[Mad Processor]

The DaVinci Code lives up to all the hype. Its got tons of lil Puzzles that the main character has to solves and a bunch of plot twists to keep you guessing. The puzzles are complex, but Dan Browns writing style is so simple it makes the puzzles easy to understand and follow. Plus theres a lot of factual information about the "Holy Grail" and other things relating to it. kinda conspiracy theory type stuff. i reccomned it to anyone who reads books

You realise it's a fiction book right? The "factual" stuff about the holy grail is bs according to the scientists in the know.

I've grown a bit tired of fiction books, so I've started reading non-fiction, "The Fabric of the cosmos" is one hella-interesting book.

[Breten]

The last book I read, which I finished last night was If Chin Could Kill by Bruce Cambell, and I started Ric Flair's biography last night ater finishing that one off. Before that was some military history, SAS stuff.

Brett

[Breten]

i'm not reading anything right now, the last book i read was "killing pablo."

That is a great book.

If anyone is into crime fiction or detective novels, then I reccomend anything by Michael Connelly or Harlan Coben. I cannot put their books down and usually read them in one sitting. Connelly's books are mostly with a Detective named Harry Bosch, though he has a couple with different characters. Coben's are all stand alone books.

Brett

[adamn]

I just started "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", so far I'm liking it better than the movie.

[The Kraken]

I just started "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", so far I'm liking it better than the movie.

That's a great book! Thompson was a wild man.

Going back a few posts...

If you want to check out a really freakish conspiracy book, get The Illuminatus Trilogy. Warning: You MUST be of a certain intelligence and mindset to 'get it'. I think anybody here'll be fine, though.

[Dirty]

The last book I read now was Red River Rising, about the flood of 1997 in Grand Forks north dakota... incredibly fucking boring unless you were some-how involved in it.

Right now I just started reading the rape of Nanking by Iris Chang, which is a non-fiction book about japanese troops slaughtering 300,000 + chinese civilians over a span of 7 weeks in ww2.
Before that It was desperation by Harold Schlechter, about America's first true serial killer. HH Mudgett.

And on queue I have, Devil in the white city - by Erik Larsen, Also about america's first serial killer, but it's also about the major designer of chicago's turn of the century world's fair. Looks to be great.

Collapse - By Jared Diamond, Same guy who wrote Guns, Germs, and Steel.
This book shows how the major ruling societies of the world fell.

[DCBooks]

I'm going to have to go pickup the new Palahniuk book, I've got all his others and highly reccomend them. Can I get a bit more info on The Mental Edge and the DaVinci Code? I know DaVinci Code is wildly popular. Is the attention it gets deserved?


DaVinci code is a good quick read, but from another planet than Palahniuk.

Dan Brown writes like Thomas Harris, just think global Catholic Conspiracy instead of serial Killers.

Chuck's new one has lots of hype, but I haven't cracked it yet. I hope Guts lives up to all the praise.

[The Kraken]

DaVinci code is a good quick read, but from another planet than Palahniuk.

Dan Brown writes like Thomas Harris, just think global Catholic Conspiracy instead of serial Killers.

Chuck's new one has lots of hype, but I haven't cracked it yet. I hope Guts lives up to all the praise.

The difference between Brown and Palahniuk is basically the difference between light beer and a good stout. You slam one and savor the other.

[XiAoYuFOREVER]

why hitler came into power by theodore abel is the book i am reading now and the last book i read was green eggs and ham by dr. seuss.

[XiAoYuFOREVER]

I'm reading a book by Dan Gable, I can't remember the title.

is it, A Season On the Mat?

[T-Bag]

The difference between Brown and Palahniuk is basically the difference between light beer and a good stout. You slam one and savor the other.

perfect analogy

[the chairman211]

re-re-re-re-reading the hitchhiker books. on the last one now

[IX Equilibrium]

That sounds like a good book, tell us more.


It's about how Carlos Hathcock, one of the US military's greatest snipers ever, wreaked havoc on opposing forces during the Vietnam War.

[Mighty Feez]

"Heart of Darkness" - Joseph Conrad

[Lappari]

It's about how Carlos Hathcock, one of the US military's greatest snipers ever, wreaked havoc on opposing forces during the Vietnam War.

I'm planning to read that this summer. Wasn't his first experiece with .50 cal. sniper rifles when he attached a scope to a .50 cal. machine gun or something like that...?
Oh and something in the same area:
Valkoinen kuolema (The White Death) 542 confirmed kills (90 days)

I don't know if it's even published in the US.
A great book.

[natecrime]

"Heart of Darkness" - Joseph Conrad

What you think of it? I had to use that for English coursework the other month.

[The Kraken]

re-re-re-re-reading the hitchhiker books. on the last one now

Always an enjoyable read. I just picked up Salmon of Doubt, also Adams, so that's next.

[Breten]

Finished off "If Chins Could Kill", and am just wrapping up Ric Flair's "To Be the Man"

Brett

[Alfuh]

I got Haunted and am reading it now, I'm going to spend 7 hours on the bus this weekend so I should have it done pretty quickly. I'll report back later

[Dirty]

I'm planning to read that this summer. Wasn't his first experiece with .50 cal. sniper rifles when he attached a scope to a .50 cal. machine gun or something like that...?
Oh and something in the same area:
Valkoinen kuolema (The White Death) 542 confirmed kills (90 days)

I don't know if it's even published in the US.
A great book.


Yeah,That is a great book... I've read the one on Carlos, his longest kill was with a .50..


I've always wanted to get the rifles of the white death, Simo H?yh? was the wrong scandahoovian to fuck with.

The russians lost a million, the finlanders lost 25,000

"We gained 22,000 miles of new territory. Just enough to bury our dead"."

[IX Equilibrium]

I'm planning to read that this summer. Wasn't his first experiece with .50 cal. sniper rifles when he attached a scope to a .50 cal. machine gun or something like that...?


Hathcock pioneered using the .50 caliber machine gun as a sniper weapon. His main sniper rifle was a .30-06 Springfield caliber, Model 70 Winchester.

[Dirty]

Hathcock pioneered using the .50 caliber machine gun as a sniper weapon. His main sniper rifle was a .30-06 Springfield caliber, Model 70 Winchester.


Good "Long Tra'ng" was the wrong farmboy to fuck with out there...



He showed those hamburgers little respect.

[Schadenfreude]

Anyone who's even had a passing interest in fantasy books (aka Dungeons and Dragon types) or who's just a fan of stellar writing, a mind blowing plot, an impeccably realized and imagined world should check out George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. If you can get past the stigma of being a fantasy geek, you're in for IMHO the best sci-fi/fantasy series since Dune. And for those of you who've read the first three, the fourth is on sale Nov. 8th.

[my sex is artsy]

Last book I read - "Greek Tragedies Volume 1"

Next book I must read - "Greek Tragedies Volume 2"

[Skean]

Right now I'm reading "The Picture of Dorian Gray."

[Donkey Puncher]

FInished: "Superman on the Couch" by Danny Fingeroth, a real good book regarding the function of the "superhero" character as an element in a socilogical and psychological aspect within modern society.

Current: "Sleazoid Express" by Bill Landis & Michelle Clifford A book covering the history of grindhouse cinemas of New York during the late 60s 70s and until the early 80s and a look at the exploitation films and their creators. A must read for anyone that enjoys sploitation movies.
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by JK Rowling, Finally reading the books that everyone keeps gushing about. Enjoyable, but I still think it is overrated when you look at the fantasy works of say, RA Salvatore, Elaine Cunnigham or Terry Goodkind.

On Deck: "Make Love like Bruce Campbell" by Bruce Campbell, just got the chance to meet Campbell and cant wait to read this book.

[T-Bag]

currently reading Memoirs of a Geisha, next up somethin i pull off the bookshelf, after that Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

[Schadenfreude]

[QUOTE=T-Dub]currently reading Memoirs of a Geisha,



Are you teh ghey? Or just one of those sensitive new age metro types?

[Schadenfreude]

For all those all into Dan Brown and the DaVinci Code and shit. Yeah, it's a good read, keeps you interested, engaging, but not at all well written. Great plot, the premise, the twists, the mix of fact and fiction, but Dan Brown is by no means a great author, writing wise. Were it not for the strength of his plots, he'd be C rate at best.

[T-Bag]

i am neither teh ghey or metro, i had nothin to read and my gf just finished it and it was beside the bed so i picked it up and started readin it. i reccomend it, its actually quite good

[Schadenfreude]

i am neither teh ghey or metro, i had nothin to read and my gf just finished it and it was beside the bed so i picked it up and started readin it. i reccomend it, its actually quite good



I reccomend a thurd grad speling buk.


No worries man, I'm sure it is. Just not something I'd find myself interested in for any length of time. But I'm sure it gets you brownie points with the g/f, so rock on.

[T-Bag]

were there spelling errors in my post?

[ventrue]

were there spelling errors in my post?

I "reccommend" you go back to school and learn how to spell. Just kidding man. You misspelled recommend. Big deal. Who really gives a shit. As long as we can understand what you are trying to say, then that is cool with me. If we go and look at everyone elses posts, we could probably find a misspelling or a grammatical error on every one. That is pretty lame and hypocritical to point out other people's spelling mistakes. The only time I would do it is if someone called me a "moran" or a hipocryte", etc.. The there would be an actual reason to call someone out on a spelling mistake.

Oh, I would have to agree with Anthrope's opinion on Dan Brown. Even though I read the book two years ago, when it first came out, I gave Dan Brown a B-. The book was entertaining, but it had alot of historical errors which led to the book losing credibility in my opinion. It is a good book and it was a number one best seller, but I think it was overrated. I hope the film will be good. I am a little skeptical having Tom Hanks playing the role of Robert Langdon. I cannot picture Hanks as Robert Langdon.

[Rauger]

The DaVinci Code lives up to all the hype. Its got tons of lil Puzzles that the main character has to solves and a bunch of plot twists to keep you guessing. The puzzles are complex, but Dan Browns writing style is so simple it makes the puzzles easy to understand and follow. Plus theres a lot of factual information about the "Holy Grail" and other things relating to it. kinda conspiracy theory type stuff. i reccomned it to anyone who reads books
not to mention tons of BS that isnt really even close to factual.

Currently Im reading Plato Symposium, Im sure everyone knows what that is/has read it already. And Im also reading Dhagavad-Gita for kicks.

[natecrime]

I'm reading a book about Rubin Carter at the moment, pretty good.

[Falero]

Started on Kurt Vonnegut?s Slaughterhousefive. (Slaughter will be happy)
Seems likeareally good book. Can?t say that for any books I?ve read in a while.

[TigerLily]

currently reading Memoirs of a Geisha, next up somethin i pull off the bookshelf, after that Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

I was disapointed by that book.

I'm currently reading Love in the Time of Cholera. 100 Years of Solitude is one of my favourite books, so I'm trying this now.

[ashrael]

I just finished Tom Clancy's "Without Remorse" (it is about Mr. Clark and how he entered the CIA) and I am currently reading "Silence of the Lambs".

[Malibu]

I just finished a two book biography on Elvis Presley that was pretty darn good. The first book dealt with the rise of Elvis and the second book (predictably) was about the fall of Elvis. great read.

I'm about to read Gates of Fire, by Steven Pressfield, for the second time. Its about the Spartans and Persians at the battle of Thermoplyae. Anyone who hasn't read it really should.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

The last book I even attempted to read was THE END OF TIME, The Next Revolution in Physics by Julian Barbour. It was informative yet boring.

[DeltaSigChi4]

Currently: Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
Recently Finished: One Soldier's Story by Bob Dole

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[Bird]

dirty havana trilogy - pedro juan gutierrez

[T-Bag]

current : Harry potter and the half blood prince
finished : Perfect Evil

[adamn]

"Dragons of a Spring Dawning"

[Falero]

"Doctor" something. It?s an antalogy of stories written by docs, about being a doctor and how it?s bearable. Makes me think I shouldn?t be a doctor.

[Breten]

I'm halfway through the new Harry Potter book. My girlfriend got it bu is too busy with school and shit so I'm reading it first. I like it. There's a dark undertone to the whole book so far. The question is though, does it pay off in the end?

[ashrael]

I just finished Tom Clancy's "Without Remorse" (it is about Mr. Clark and how he entered the CIA) and I am currently reading "Silence of the Lambs".

I finished "Silence" and I am now reading "Rising Sun". Both are good.

[The Kraken]

The last book I even attempted to read was THE END OF TIME, The Next Revolution in Physics by Julian Barbour. It was informative yet boring.

Damn, I didn't want to hear that. I've got that coming to me in a couple of days. Doesn't he argue there's no such thing as time? I read a review about this a year or two ago so I don't remember for sure. Basically I agree with that assertion.

Anyway...

Currently reading ...Half-Blood Prince, Stephen King's Dark Tower series (I always thought of him as only a small notch above pulp horror writers, but the first book in this series really impressed me...) and Carlucci by Richard Paul Russo.

[PhatRick]

The one... the only....
Ultimate Hitchhikers guied to the Galaxy...

all five books in one book

[Mad Processor]

The one... the only....
Ultimate Hitchhikers guied to the Galaxy...

all five books in one book

"But Mr Dent, the plans have been available in the local planning office for the last nine month."

"Oh yes, well as soon as I heard I went straight round to see them, yesterday afternoon. You hadn't exactly gone out of your way to call attention to them, had you? I mean, like actually telling anybody or anything."

"But the plans were on display ..."

"On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them."

"That's the display department."

"With a flashlight."

"Ah, well the lights had probably gone."

"So had the stairs."

"But look, you found the notice didn't you?"

"Yes," said Arthur, "yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'."

I still laugh when I read that sequence, funniest books ever! Reps!

[TrickyNicky]

The Darkness That Comes Before. The Prince of Nothing Book 1 - R. Scott Bakker. Interesting take on fantasy. Very original

[Skean]

Narcissus and Goldmund by Herman Hesse.

[natecrime]

Chris Eubank autobiography, quite a good read, Eubank is a good writer and an interesting chap.

[PhatRick]

"But Mr Dent, the plans have been available in the local planning office for the last nine month."

"Oh yes, well as soon as I heard I went straight round to see them, yesterday afternoon. You hadn't exactly gone out of your way to call attention to them, had you? I mean, like actually telling anybody or anything."

"But the plans were on display ..."

"On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them."

"That's the display department."

"With a flashlight."

"Ah, well the lights had probably gone."

"So had the stairs."

"But look, you found the notice didn't you?"

"Yes," said Arthur, "yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'."

I still laugh when I read that sequence, funniest books ever! Reps!
my fave part so far.....

The part later on when the Vogons say the same thing about earth....
THAT shit was funny

[Mighty Feez]

I finished Kafka's "Amerika" about a week ago, wasn't one of his better works....

[DeltaSigChi4]

Recently Finished: Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
Currently: Conspiracy of Fools by Kurt Eichenwald

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[Lord Prawn]

I just started re-reading Jack Kerouac's On The Road. Read it twelve or so years ago, and it changed my life.






I hope my life changes this time as well. :(

[36thDisciple]

Stephen King's Dark Tower series are the shit. well, most of his books are good anyway.

[The Kraken]

Yeah, I'm really enjoying the second book (The Drawing of the Three) now. When he's inspired he's leagues ahead of a hack like Dean Koontz.

[PickleDick]

Im surprised how many people read books on here.. My friends all think its fucked, because i read.
I always read true-crime books.. Like the last one i read was 'The Stranger Beside Me" by Ann Rule.. Its all about how she was friends with Ted Bundy, without knowing he was the serial killer, it was pretty good.

[derubermensch]

I'm reading the third seminar of pyschoanalyst Jacques Lacan on the Psychoses

[Rai]

Still trying to finish Catch 22. Keep reading it while baked and having to backtrack...idiot.

[Schadenfreude]

Im surprised how many people read books on here.. My friends all think its fucked, because i read.
I always read true-crime books.. Like the last one i read was 'The Stranger Beside Me" by Ann Rule.. Its all about how she was friends with Ted Bundy, without knowing he was the serial killer, it was pretty good.

I've met Ann Rule, several times. Due to ah, a case she wrote a book about that involved someone close to me and that other tard on here who posts a gajillion times a day. Very cool lady. Down to earth, ballsy.....I think I have her autograph actually. How cool am I? Though not as cool as knowing a serial killer, I'll concede that.........

[adamn]

Keep reading it while baked and having to backtrack...idiot.

Another reason I hated British Literature.

[fightguy]

I've met Ann Rule, several times. Due to ah, a case she wrote a book about that involved someone close to me and that other tard on here who posts a gajillion times a day.
Who?

[DeltaSigChi4]

I hope no one is offended with me bringing this back to life.

I just finished a Louis L'Armour book (western).

Currently reading Hardcore Zen as well as (still) A People's History

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