April 25, 2003, 19:03
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What are you reading right now?
I take it that some people here can drag themselves from their computers long enough to read a good old fashioned book.
So what are you reading this week (exlcuding reading for varsity work and the like). I always have a number of books on the go at any one time.
Here's the current bunch (sick pun) excluding a stack of philosophy books I'm currently reading for work.
"Bertrand Russell: the Spirit of Solitude" by Ray Monk (pt 1 of the best Russell bio available)
"K2 - The Story of the Savage Mountain" by I can't remember who.
"Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond (my third go through what should be required reading for Civ players)
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April 25, 2003, 19:06
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Right now? Kody Scott - Monster.. about this guy from south central LA. It's about his life in gang and how bad the situation is, war between crips and bloods, crips and crips. It's kind of interesting..
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April 25, 2003, 19:08
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Well, I'm reading the first volume of Harry S. Truman's Memoirs, and it's pretty interesting because it is the first book I'm reading in English - outside from electronic books on my computer's screen 
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April 25, 2003, 19:12
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I'm also reading another book at the same time, almost finished, it's called 'mostarin tien liftarit'. Translates to 'hichhikers of the Mostar(i?) road'. It's about finnish merc who went to fight in Kosovo.. pretty good book.
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April 25, 2003, 19:17
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"Children of the Mind". JohnT's bookclub brought me on ideas. 
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April 25, 2003, 19:19
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El Señor Presidente by Miguel Angel Asturias
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
In a Free State by V. S. Naipaul
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April 25, 2003, 19:28
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Imprimatur by Monaldi & Sorti
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April 25, 2003, 19:43
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Rogue states by Noam Chomsky Very intresting reading about the "strong mans rights" in foreign policies.
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April 25, 2003, 20:04
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Looking for a good read right now, but I just finished You Cannot be Serious, John McEnroe's autobiography. Definitely an interesting read, especially if you are a serious tennis player/fan (which I am), but it made my opinion of McEnroe go from "somewhat misunderstood" to "full-on egotistical raving lunatic".
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April 25, 2003, 20:07
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The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
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April 25, 2003, 20:08
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This thread.
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April 25, 2003, 20:10
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Inevitable Revolutions: Walter LaFeber
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April 25, 2003, 20:13
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Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. again. Can't seem to sustain interest long enough to finish the bugger.
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April 25, 2003, 20:14
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"Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond (my third go through what should be required reading for Civ players)
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Take a look at "Plagues and Peoples" by McNeill, its a much more sophisticated look at the germs bit of the triad and excellently written.
Currenlty I'm doing various course reading and "Dark Sun Rising" by C.S. Friedman, which is excellent fantasy with very impressive world and character-building.
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April 25, 2003, 20:14
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Hanes Cymru by John Davies
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April 25, 2003, 20:29
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'Keeping and Breeding' Snakes by Chris Mattison...
and just finished 'Why bad things happen to good people' by H.Kushner brilliant if youre into spirituality
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April 25, 2003, 20:50
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Buster Keaton's autobiography : My Wonderful World of Slapstick
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April 25, 2003, 20:51
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Two books:
The first Battleaxe by Sara Douglass- books my brother picked up in Austalia and said that I would like. Part one of The Axis Trilogy.
The other book is called Why the North Won the Civil War -Edited by David Donald
Five authoratative views: economic, military, diplomatic, social, political.
Five essays written by specialist in the respective fields dealing witht disadvantages the South ahd in the war.
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April 25, 2003, 22:24
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The first Battleaxe
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They wrote a book about my ex-wife?! :dum tssshhhh:
Sorry, seemed like the joke to make. 
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April 25, 2003, 22:28
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Originally posted by orange
They wrote a book about my ex-wife?! :dum tssshhhh:
Sorry, seemed like the joke to make.
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Nice rimjob....uh rim shot!
You really shouldn't have made it.
ACK!
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April 26, 2003, 00:46
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Lord of the Rings.
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April 26, 2003, 00:57
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for fun:
- LotR: The Return of the King
- Napoleon biography
for the university (that is also fun.. but not really fun):
- Reinventando la Publicidad / Re Inventing the Advertising
- Medios: El arma de hoy / Medias: The today weapon
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April 26, 2003, 00:58
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The Basic writings of Nietzsche (wanted to bone up on my avatar)m the walter Kaufmann translations.
I might pick up the Nanny Diaries, since my sister has it on loan form the NYC public lib. for a few more days.
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April 26, 2003, 01:13
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"From Dawn to Decadence", Jacque Barzun. Excellent critic of the shallowness of modern society.
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April 26, 2003, 02:26
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Ain't reading a damn thing as I have to read about 1,000 pages of garbage for work everyday....
About to start, for the hell of it, either 'Don't Stop The Carnaval' (Herman Wouk) or 'The Dharma Bums' (Kerouac)
I probably won't read either and will just get another book on travel on finance.
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April 26, 2003, 02:33
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The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by uhhmmm that guy who writes it. Im too lazy to get up and get it right now.
and in line are the other 3 books in the trilogy. yes I know a 4 book trilogy.
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April 26, 2003, 07:14
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Niels Klim's Journey to the World Underground by Ludvig Holberg. It's kind of a "proto-SF tale, melding a fantastic voyage with utopia and satire", to quote an online review I just read . Written in 1742. This is the 4th or 5th time I read it.
I'm also reading The Clash of Civilizations by Samuel P. Huntington. Quite interesting. 
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April 26, 2003, 07:56
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44 Irish Short Stories. Lovely.
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April 26, 2003, 10:07
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Well that's kind of stupid question isn't it? Of course I was reading the title of your thread at that moment!
As for what books I'm reading, I've been going through Anne McCaffrey's Pern series.
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April 26, 2003, 10:12
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Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. again. Can't seem to sustain interest long enough to finish the bugger.
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I can relate. I tried that one years ago, and I just found the main character to be a whiny wimp that I had absolutely no sympathy for. I only manged to get about a third of the way through it.
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