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wishfullthinkng
Joined: 05 Mar 2010
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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unbearable lightness of being by kundera and crime and punishment by dostoyevsky. both are staggering works that illustrate how people actually feel and think. |
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slothrop
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 11:20 pm Post subject: Re: books |
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MoneyMike
Joined: 03 Dec 2008
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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One book the changed the way I look at things was The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene. It's all about space and time, and what we know about the reality of these things. Some of it's a little difficult to wrap your head around, but it does a really good job of showing that the way we usually think of the world around us doesn't at all correspond to the reality. I've been really interested in theoretical and particle physics since I read it years ago. |
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FMPJ
Joined: 03 Jun 2008
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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MoneyMike wrote: |
One book the changed the way I look at things was The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene. It's all about space and time, and what we know about the reality of these things. Some of it's a little difficult to wrap your head around, but it does a really good job of showing that the way we usually think of the world around us doesn't at all correspond to the reality. I've been really interested in theoretical and particle physics since I read it years ago. |
Very good book, and Greene is a terrific writer. The Elegant Universe is no less awesome. |
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thrylos
Joined: 10 Jun 2008
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:47 am Post subject: |
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I really like most of Michener's books, he does a great job story-telling sweeping histories of different regions (Texas, South Pacific, Caribbean, Alaska), however The Drifters seemed really cool when I was in my early 20's(and it still is) and validated my need to, well, drift around.
Gary Jennings writes similar historical-related novels, though in shorter timespans. The Journeyer (about Marco Polo) and The Aztec are two favorites. Seamlessly tying in history and fiction is great.
Though not a fan of the genre, Camus' The Stranger hit a sweet spot nerve as well.
Lots of respect for Rowling the first time I read Harry Potter. Not just for kids.
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everything-is-everything
Joined: 06 Jun 2011
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:58 am Post subject: |
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Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning biographer and journalist Laurence Bergreen entwines a variety of candid, firsthand accounts, bringing to life this groundbreaking and majestic tale of discovery that changed both the way explorers would henceforth navigate the oceans and history itself.
http://www.amazon.com/Over-Edge-World-Terrifying-Circumnavigation/dp/B002DMJTUU
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to find evidence of his party and the place he called �The Lost City of Z.� In this masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, journalist David Grann interweaves the spellbinding stories of Fawcett�s quest for �Z� and his own journey into the deadly jungle, as he unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Lost-City-Deadly-Obsession/dp/1400078458/ref=pd_vtp_b_7
Mushrooms and Mankind: The Impact of Mushrooms on Human Consciousness and Religion
For thousands of years, humanity has been involved in a symbiotic relationship with plants. Not only have plants supplied mankind with a never-ending food source, but have also served us in another way. This book uncovers the natural link between man, consciousness, and God. This discovery may at first seem abstract, wishful thinking, or even impossible; yet as evidence presented on these pages unfolds, one may find that its understanding does not require as much of a leap of faith as first thought. The author believes this to be the most significant discovery in the entire field of religious knowledge ever to happen in the history of mankind. Should people explore this knowledge, it may allow many to put aside their differences, and join in the understanding that each and every one of us may now experience that which has been, until this time, hidden away in the recesses of our spiritual history. According to the author, we may at last be able to open ourselves to an entirely new and valuable consciousness.
http://www.amazon.com/Mushrooms-Mankind-Impact-Consciousness-Religion/dp/1585091510/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1353408295&sr=1-3&keywords=james+arthur
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
"An American classic" (Newsweek) that defined a generation. �An astonishing book� (The New York Times Book Review) and an unflinching portrait of Ken Kesey, his Merry Pranksters, and the 1960s.
http://www.amazon.com/Electric-Kool-Aid-Acid-Test/dp/031242759X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1353408978&sr=1-1&keywords=the+electric+kool-aid+acid+test |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Location: Easy Street.
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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Steven Pinker on language and Richard Dawkins on evolution (*not* on atheism): all their books are great.
Also: Everything Bad is Good for You by Steven Johnson is a very interesting read.
Also, all great literature speaks so much to the human condition. War and Peace, Crime and Punishment, and, to a lesser extent, Pride and Prejudice, tell us so much about human behaviour. |
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Died By Bear
Joined: 13 Jul 2010 Location: On the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 2:06 am Post subject: |
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Recently picked up a few NDE (Near Death Experience) books and am fascinated with the arguments on both sides of the aisle. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009 Location: Earth, Solar System
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 3:15 am Post subject: |
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Some that didn't change my life, but I ended up devoting a bunch of time because of and changing my living habits, oh crap, did they really change my life....?
Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, Monstrous Manual
Cyberpunk 2020 rulebook
Dragon's of Autumn Twilight
Star Wars Technical Manual- never was really into Star Wars before I picked this up. I was obsessed with Star Trek already, but that wasn't due to a book.
The first Archie Comic I ever read
The first Rumiko Takahashi manga I ever read- I don't like manga with robots and death and grimness and all that, but I like ones that I guess are the Japanese version of Archie.
Weirdo's From Another Planet
Destination Moon
Asterix & Cleopatra
The Guns of the South
Henry Huggins
Ramona Quimby, Age 8- Always important that first book you read written from the perspective of the opposite sex.
The Killer Angels- probably the only respectable book on here and the cause of my most enduring and profound obsession.
Now I've read a bunch of highbrow literature and non-fiction, but books like these have started obsessions and caused me to waste time and money. |
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Unposter
Joined: 04 Jun 2006
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 3:39 am Post subject: |
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From different points of my life:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Outsiders
Inherit the Wind
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Advanced Dungeons and Dragon's Player's Handbook
From Nature I Become a Transparent Eyeball (poetry)
Siddhartha
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintnance
Dharma Bums
The Razor's Edge
Point Counter Point
Island
The Count of Monte Cristo |
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GF
Joined: 26 Sep 2012
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 12:21 pm Post subject: Re: books |
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slothrop wrote: |
mzeno wrote: |
" the trouble with being born " ... by e.m. cioran |
DEEEEEP! |
A few scholars have said that Cioran is a conscious existentialist self-parody. I think it's true, I mean, just look at this stuff:
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It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late.
What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his?
If, in my youth, my parents had not financed my insomnias, I should surely have killed myself. |
It's very humourous. |
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slothrop
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 7:20 pm Post subject: Re: books |
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Lunar Groove Gardener
Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Location: 1987 Subaru
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 3:14 am Post subject: |
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Certain authors:
Kurt Vonnegut
Carlos Castaneda
Herman Hesse
J.D. Salinger
Henry Miller
Charles Bukowski
Fydor Dostoevski
Tom Robbins
Jack London
John Steinbeck
Robert Frost
Tom Wolf
Anton Chekov
Franz Kafka |
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Harpeau
Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Location: Coquitlam, BC
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 6:37 am Post subject: |
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TOO SOON OLD, TOO LATE SMART - by Gordon Livingston.
LEARNED OPTIMISM - by Martin Seligman
FIRE IN THE BELLY - by Sam Keen
SILENCE - by Shusako Endo |
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Unibrow
Joined: 20 Aug 2012
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 6:43 am Post subject: |
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Imperium by Ryszard Kapuściński
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperium_%28Polish_book%29
He's such an amazing writer. I've read almost all of his books and they are all incredible. He lived the kind of life I want to live. He witnessed over 20 coups and revolutions. His book "Shah of Shahs" is amazing as well, he was one of the few foreign correspondents left after the 1979 revolution. |
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