May 2, 2003, 06:07
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King
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Let's see...
In order:
Idiot, by Dostojevski
Sum of all fears (Not the movie reprint), Clancy (Executive orders is great!)
The Hound of Baskervilles, Arthur C. Doyle
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Places
Catch 22, who was it again?
Civ3 manual (Don't you?)
If I were you, finnish translation, by P.G. Wodehouse
Pelican at Blandings, same
The worlds greatest armored fighting vehicles, can't remember
The Unknown Soldier, pocket book, Väinö Linna
The Three Musketeers, finnish, Dumas
Letters and Notes on North American Indians, ?
Uh, Yoshi's Island, Shigeru-san (A game...)
Plastic Action Figure of Rinoa Heartilly (  )
The Gold of The Incas, Clive Cussler
Korkeajännitys, iskee kuin miljoona volttia (Commando-comics for the brits...)
Court-Martial, Sven Hassel
Talking Pikachú (I collect 'em .p)
And a *bleep*-load of assorted stuff I can't remember right now.
Ta Ta...
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May 2, 2003, 07:07
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Warlord
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Video games and DVD's.
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May 2, 2003, 07:10
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OTF Moderator
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Hardly got any books at my house but two entire big bookcases full at my parents house. 
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May 2, 2003, 07:26
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King
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Scott Turow : all of them
Martin Cruz Smith: Gorki park, Northern Star, Red Square, Havana Bay.
Valerio Manfredi : Alexander the Great (still can't find the first part of the trilogy  )
Almost all of Tom Clancy. (although Red October and Red Storm Rising are the only 2 i really enjoyed)
K.S. Robinson : Red Mars
Various Canadian politics books : Trudeau and Levesques' biographies etc...
Reagan's bio ( a gift!  )
Primary Colors, J. Klein
5 or 6 John Le Carre's.
And many more...
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May 2, 2003, 07:30
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King
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Not a great many here at uni, and most of them are textbooks:
Michael L. Morgan et. al.: Classics of Moral and Political Theory
Norman Lowe: Mastering Modern World History
Joshua Goldstein: International Relations
Bealey, Chapman and Sheahan: Elements in Political Science
Brian Redhead: Plato to Nato
Plato: The Republic
John Sergeant: Give Me Ten Seconds
Robert A. Heinlein: Starship Troopers
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May 2, 2003, 07:32
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Too many to list! Everything from Anne Rice to Stephen King to various Computer related books to self - help to law related (since that's the field I work in) and on and on and on. Some are still packed up from my move last year. No room in the new place to keep them out.
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May 2, 2003, 07:35
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My bookshelf looks like Asher's. At least, it would if I actually had a bookshelf. At the moment all my books are still at my parents house.
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May 2, 2003, 07:39
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King
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I´m also one of those who have lots of books:
One Big Bookshelf (2 meters high, 0,8m wide) filled with Books about Computer, Programming (mostly C++, Java and Visual Basic), Databases and the like.
Several Books about Biology (hey, I´m just studying it, aside from Computer Science  )
Several Non Fictious Books about a couple of things like Philosphy, Zen-Budhism, Psychology, Cooking, Astronomy/Astrophysics and other things
Loads of Fantasy Books (mostly Battletech, Shadowrun, Earthdawn, but of course also things like Lord of the Rings or Hitchhikers Guide to Galaxy)
And aside from this all loads of Magazines. Aside from the weekly magazines "Die Zeit" and "Focus" there are lots of Magazines about Computer/Computergames, Biology, Science and Astronomy.
My rooms would look very empty If I would get rid of all of my books and magazines
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So far, the Universe is winning.
- applications programmers' saying
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May 2, 2003, 08:57
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Emperor
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About 200 in the living room. Mostly artsy-fartsy uni trash and non-english language books as well as the oversize books of art (Rembrandt, Dali, Geiger, Frazetta, etc). About 600 science fiction and fantasy in the bedroom collected since about 73 (mostly paperbacks). Another 50 or so technical and textbooks downstairs in my office. About 100 more fiction in the TV room.
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May 2, 2003, 09:30
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Deity
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Originally posted by Tattila the Hun
Catch 22, who was it again?
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That's Joseph Heller. Great book, coined a new phrase singlehandedly.
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(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
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May 2, 2003, 09:35
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Deity
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Originally posted by Asher
I don't do much (or any, to be more precise) reading aside from the technical stuff. And lots of the technical stuff is online now.
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You ought to, say, Homer's Illiad.
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(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
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May 2, 2003, 10:45
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King
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I have what I used to think was a lot of books
but now it looks like nothing, I dont even have a bookshelf, I have a box of books.
but hey! Im only 16
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May 2, 2003, 11:35
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Emperor
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I just bought another bookshelf since I had no place to put so many of my books. Anyways:
Bottom Row, Primary bookcase:
Modern Stellar Astrophysics
Intro to Quantum Mechanics
Modern Physics from alpha to Z_0
Intro to Electrodynamics
Analytical Mechanics
Intro to Fluid Mechanics
Waves
Fundamentals of Physics
A Brief History of Time
Mathematics of Classical and Quantum Physics
Topics in Algebra
Complex Variables and Functions
Real Analysis and Foundations
Intro to Analytical Number Theory
A First Course in Probability
Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems
Modern Elementary Differential Equations
Vector Calculus
From Calculus to Chaos
Intermediate Calculus
Elementary Linear Algebra
Second Row, Primary Bookcase:
General Chemistry
Mathematical Economics
Micro-Economic Theory
Economics
A Peoples' History of the United States
The American Pageant
Peasants and Landlords in Medieval England
The First World War
A Peace to End all Peace
Homage to Catalonia
Deterring Democracy
The Secret Wars fo the CIA
In Confidence
America, Russia, and the Cold War 1945-1989
Plagues and Peoples
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Rise of the West
Asimov's Chronology of the World
What If?
Top Row:
Red Storm Rising
Departures
Time Wars
The Time Patrol
All One Universe
Across Realtime
Orion Shall Rise
The Vampire Lestat
The Great War: American Front
Pastwatch: Redemption
Slautherhouse 5
A Choice of Catastrophes
Foundation and Chaos
Foundation's Fear
Foundation's Triumph
Second Shelf, Bottom Row:
Von Nustrend's Scientific Encyclopedia
CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics
Table of Integrals, Series, and Products
Handbook of Mathematical Functions
The CIA World Factbook
Atlas of World Military History
Atlas of World History
[portioned off to be sold]
Data Structures and Programming Using Java
Fundamentals of Logic Design
Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems
Fundamentals of Biology
Second Row:
We the People
The Federalist Papers
The Marx-Engels Reader
Declarations of Independence
Rogue States
Against Empire
Dirty Truths
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Top Row:
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality
The Formation of a Persecuting Society
Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error
The First Crusade
[Portioned off, to be sold]
Confessions
Jews and the Crusaders
Arab Historians of the Crusades
Heresies of the High Middle Ages
Medieval Handbooks of Penance
I think that about covers it (I certainly can't be arsed to list authors either). Of course there are even more in my closet...
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May 2, 2003, 11:40
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Emperor
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Math and socialism, no surprise there
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May 2, 2003, 12:38
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Prince
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Interesting..
My bedroom's a converted porch with two long ledges than run along the walls. Good places for the 200 or so I have.
Dune series books by father and son.
Umberto Eco Name of the rose, Foucault's pendulum, Island of the day before.
Several atlases.
Elegant Universe and Five ages of the universe. - egghead astronomy/cosmology books.
The Knights Templar and their myth Peter partner.
Do what thou wilt. - biography of Aleister Crowley.
American Psycho brett easton ellis.
High fidelity Nick hornsby.
Rise and fall of the Third Reich William Shirer.
The Discoverers, The Thinkers, The Creators. all by daniel boorstin.
Explaining Hitler Ron Rosenbaum
Lord of the Rings Tolkien.
The Fermata Nicholson Baker.
The sign and the seal graham hancock.
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May 2, 2003, 12:47
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Emperor
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No digital camera or scanner so I'll just have to write..
Mostarin tien liftarit (Finnish merc in Kosovo war)
Life in French Foreign Legion : : How to Join and What to Expect When You Get There
Schindlers List
Suomalaisen palkkasotilaan tarina (Finnish merc in Burma and Kosov war)
Sahara (Finnish merc in French Foreign Legion)
Dien Bien Phu
True Stories of the French Foreign Legion
French Foreign Legion Paratroops
From Vietnam to Bosnia: Paratroopers of the French Foreign Legion
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Few Java books
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Bible
American Psycho
.. Naah I'm too lazy to write more, but there's some fantasy books, littile sci-fi and few classics.
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May 2, 2003, 13:07
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Retired
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My basement is full of bookshelves...
Thousands of SF/Fantasy books... Reference Books...
And some Spy Thrillers.
I need more bookshelves
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May 2, 2003, 13:27
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King
Local Time: 20:36
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Too many to list. Mine are dominated by old university texts, both from my undergrad and MBA (covering everything from Physics to Spanish to Poly Sci to Marketing to Corporate Finance, and so much inbetween), professional designation courses (CSC, CFP, CFA, mortgage lending), a good smattering of fiction (from Dickens and Austin to Crighton and Clancy) and miscellanious referrence books.
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May 2, 2003, 14:30
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King
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 Took me a while to see this. 
(nah, just kidding)
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May 2, 2003, 14:33
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King
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Found some more...
She-H. Rider Haggard
Surf Rage
3 out of the 3 SMAC books
The Nanjing Massacre
Homer's Odyssey
Battles of WWII Lost and Won
...I got more but I don't wanna put em all. As you can tell, I tend to read non-fiction books with the exception of Star Wars books and the SMAC trilogy.
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Despot-(1a) : a ruler with absolute power and authority (1b) : a person exercising power tyrannically
Beyond Alpha Centauri-Witness the glory of Sheng-ji Yang
***** Citizen of the Hive****
"...but what sane person would move from Hawaii to Indiana?" - Dis
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May 2, 2003, 14:34
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Emperor
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I've got thousands (Shelves back in NZ to boot). I don't think I'll list them.
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May 2, 2003, 15:07
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Emperor
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closest shelf:
Visual C++ in 21 Days (SAMS)
War and Strategy (IDF 'SYSTEMS' PUBLISHING)
Oxford Dictionary
upper shelf:
The Kahan Report on Sexual Preferences
World's greatest sayings collection
16 year old Captain (Jules Verne)
C/C++ All around advanced exercises
PHP develeoper's guide cookbook
beginning PHP 4
HTML 4.0
Data Structures (in C and C++)
PHP and MySQL web developement
Visual C++ / MFC - Professional guide
C++ study book
C++ workshop
C++ easily
Complete guide for C
Java Script 1.2 for web developers
On my desk: russian mathematics books
A whole bunch of shcool books in other places.
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May 2, 2003, 15:18
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Local Time: 20:36
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Originally posted by JohnT
Had no idea you were such a big Clancy fan... or is it the Reagan book that you like?
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Sun Tzu's Art of War r0x0rz. 
I've actually read Executive Orders. I actually quit reading Clancy before I became capable of judging a book's literary quality because I disagreed with his politics. I was rooting for the environmentalist bad guys in Rainbow Six and they ended up being murdered very brutally.
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May 2, 2003, 22:34
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King
Local Time: 18:36
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I have about 200 books, mostly nonfiction; lots of biology stuff. Here is a sample of my bookcase.
Nonfiction
The Variety of Life (Evolutionary Biology)
Dinosaur Heresies (Paleontology)
Mapping Human History (Genetics, Paleoanthropology)
The Diversity of Life (Evolutionary Biology, Ecology)
The Book of Life (Paleontology)
Kingdom Protista (Protozoology, Phycology)
Methanogens, Thermophiles and Other Archaea (Microbiology)
Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea (Evolutionary Biology)
The Case for Mars (Space Exploration)
Fiction
Red Storm Rising- Clancy
Op-Center: Divide and Conquer- Clancy
Sum of All Fears- Clancy
2001: a Space Odessey- Clarke
2010: Odessey Two- Clarke
Red Mars- Robinson
Green Mars- Robinson
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May 2, 2003, 23:17
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Emperor
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If you have Red Mars, you'd better participate in the Red Mars discussion!
The above is a shameless plug, thought of when I saw Odin's list.
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May 3, 2003, 01:18
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King
Local Time: 18:36
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Nothing to see here, move along: http://selzlab.blogspot.com
The attempt to produce Heaven on Earth often produces Hell. -Karl Popper
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