[vyper]

Originally posted by 01010


Oddly enough I was looking to start reading some Noam Chomsky myself, any recommendations?

A New Generation Draws The Line. It is contemporary yet covers the basic brief history of what has led us to the current global situation.

[Corhellion]

let's see...uh...

currently reading: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (don't laugh at me...)
considering reading: Starship Troopers
Probably going to read tonight: The Human Equation (a book written by a friend of mine)

[Bri_Dog]

Originally posted by Corsair
Heinlein is super. What've you been reading Bri_Dog?

Right now I have 'The Past Through Tomorrow: Future History Stories'

I've read, 'Starship Troopers', 'The Cat Who Walks Through Walls', 'To Sail Beyond the Sunset', and 'Orphans of the Sky'.


I think I'm gonna try 'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress' or 'Stranger in a Strange Land' next.

[Corsair]

Read Stranger in a Strange Land. I just finished it and it is A-1.

[01010]

Originally posted by vyper


A New Generation Draws The Line. It is contemporary yet covers the basic brief history of what has led us to the current global situation.

Cheers.

I just looked up his website and judging by some of the interviews I've read I think I may quite enjoy his books.

[Bri_Dog]

Originally posted by Corsair
Read Stranger in a Strange Land. I just finished it and it is A-1.

Cool, hopefully I'll think the same.

[Knight Templar]

Didn't we just do this?

Still reading First Strike (Halo) - I'll probably move onto some Hemmingway, or Flyboys next. It looked cool enough.

[Rictor]

Originally posted by 01010


It's not just about fast food, I am not a consumer of it either, it's more of an in depth study of capitalism and its effects, fast food is one of the most major capitalist industries, lots of processes developed there were passed on to other industries, such as franchise stores and assembly lines that require the most basic of human input.

It really is a good book and worthy of reading just for the complete insight into the capitalist model (advertising for children, advertising in schools, that sort of thing).

In that case, I recommend you pick up No Logo by Naomi Klein. It deals with many of the same issues, and is a good book to read regarding the effects of capitalism on the world.

Currently reading: The Fire Within by Carlos Castaneda.
Just finished: Dude Where's my Country by Micheal Moore

I know I really should start at the beggining with The Teachings of Don Juan, but since my family moved that book along with almost every other book we have is now in storage.

I recently downloaded 3000 Ebooks,  so I'm sitting pretty for a while.

[Rictor]

Originally posted by Corsair
Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger

Ah, ze irony! It burns, it burns! My eyes! The goggles do nothing!

...ok, I'll shut up now.

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
STILL chewing through the History of Middle-earth. Anybody who wants to launch in to an uber Tolkien discussion, I'm your man

Quick, name all five Istari and the Valar/Maiar who is responsible for their presence on Middle-Earth. Go!

[mikhael]

Originally posted by 01010
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser.

Also read Nickel and Dimed. Learn about the thousands of people in this money who work two and three jobs just to slip further into debt, so corporations like Walmart can continue to rape and pillage the retail landscape of a community without giving anything back.

Sorry. I was giving you my interpretation. Its another book that's mainly facts and lets you draw your own conclusions. I guess you know mine.

I'm reading the second tale of the Pearl (Veil of a Thousand Tears, comes after Ring of Five Dragons). Van Lustbader has a fetish for making up things because he can, without tying them together coherently. Its a decent book regardless.

I just finished, among other things, "The Universe In a Nutshell", "Bushwhacked", the secong Chung Kuo book, Stephen Baxter's Manifold:Space, The Depths of Time (find this and read it. Its awesome), Archangel, Forever Free, and reread all my C.S. Friedman books (the woman is an absolute GOD. The 'Coldfire Trilogy' should be required reading for scifi/fantasy fans).

[Kamikaze]

Originally posted by mikhael

The Depths of Time (find this and read it. Its awesome)

I've read the sequel (Ocean of Years iirc) too. Can't wait to get the 3rd. Great stuff.

[Martinus]

[color=66ff00]The crystal star by Vonda McIntyre, a good read but nothing on I jedi which is still my current favourite of all the StarWars books I've read.
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[kv1at3485]

"Other Losses" (2nd Edition) by James Bacque.

[Knight Templar]

Originally posted by Maeglamor
[color=66ff00] a good read but nothing on I jedi which is still my current favourite of all the StarWars books I've read.
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w0rd.

[CP5670]

Wasn't there one of threads just a few weeks ago?

anyway I'm still reading A Treatise on the Theory of Bessel Functions.

[Grey Wolf]

I just started Moonseed by Stephen Baxter. Recently, I've been reading the Discworld novels and Vampires by John Steakley.

[mikhael]

Originally posted by Kamikaze


I've read the sequel (Ocean of Years iirc) too. Can't wait to get the 3rd. Great stuff.

There's a sequel?

Hot damn. Its a trip to the bookstore tomorrow.

[mikhael]

DBL POST.

[Windrunner]

Terry Goodkind and the Sword of the Truth series.  The best english books i've read so far

[Setekh]

"A Hymn Before Battle", John Ringo.