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Offline Black Wolf

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on: May 30, 2005, 11:53:24 am
We haven't had one of these in awhile - what's everyone reading ATM? For myself

Now: At the Waters Edge:  At the Water's Edge : Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea by Carl Zimmer.

It's comprehensive, but also easy to read - he talks as much (so far) about the gistory of the sciences and all the false starts that built up into the modern evolutionary picture for this particular problem (Fish to tetrapods), so it's not all dry facts.

Next: Taking Wing : Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight. by Pat Shipman. I haven't seriously started this one yet - looks a bit more technical, but it's gotten good reviews, so I'm looking forward to it.

Anyone else?
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Reply #1 on: May 30, 2005, 12:04:42 pm
Terry Pratchett books.. lots of them. I'm now on my fourth Discworld novel picked at random from the selection (Small Gods, incase anyone cares). The man is a genius.
 

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Reply #2 on: May 30, 2005, 12:22:02 pm
Just finished Breakfast of Champions.

reading: A Perfect Spy.
 

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Reply #3 on: May 30, 2005, 12:29:46 pm
"Programming Ruby: a pragmatic programmers guide"
Great book, great language.

"A book of Five Rings", Miyamoto Musashi
has a few interesting points, even though I don't take kendo.

"The Prince", niccolo machiavelli, or whatever-his-name-was
not too shabby of a book either, I must say.

"Coup d'etat: a practical handbook", Edward Luttwak
yeah, exactly what it sounds like.
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Reply #4 on: May 30, 2005, 01:26:24 pm
Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy (for fun for like the twentieth time)
also doing a lot of review of this semester because my English exam is on Wednesday so...

As I Lay Dying by Faulkner
The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Willliams
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
some short stories by Hemingway
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston
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Reply #5 on: May 30, 2005, 01:52:48 pm
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"The Prince", niccolo machiavelli, or whatever-his-name-was
not too shabby of a book either, I must say.



:nod: :yes: Same here. Excellent book.
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Reply #6 on: May 30, 2005, 01:59:34 pm
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. Due Wednesday.
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Reply #7 on: May 30, 2005, 02:21:24 pm
Management Planning and Control... Damn exams :p
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Offline Night Hammer

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Reply #8 on: May 30, 2005, 02:27:39 pm
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Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy (for fun for like the twentieth time)


:yes: :yes: :yes:


I just finished that and am currently reading Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose
Stop... Hammertime :hammer:
 

Offline Martinus

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Reply #9 on: May 30, 2005, 03:21:22 pm
[color=66ff00]Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainance - Robert Pirsig.

Rogue Squadron - Michael A. Stackpole.
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Reply #10 on: May 30, 2005, 03:36:52 pm
The Silver Chair - C. S. Lewis.
Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card.
 

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Reply #11 on: May 30, 2005, 03:38:06 pm
World War; In the Balance - Harry Turtledove
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Reply #12 on: May 30, 2005, 10:42:49 pm
I think it's about time for a Lord of the Rings re-reading. I'll probably follow that with a Chronicles of Narnia re-read, in preparation for this December's amazing movie release. :D
 

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Reply #13 on: May 30, 2005, 10:51:28 pm
Rat Race and Second Wind, both by Dick Francis, with Win, Place, or Show (compliation of Mr. Francis' Sid Halley stories) to follow.
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Reply #14 on: May 30, 2005, 11:32:53 pm
Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds.
 

Offline Rictor

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Reply #15 on: May 30, 2005, 11:35:39 pm
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"Coup d'etat: a practical handbook", Edward Luttwak
yeah, exactly what it sounds like.


Hmm, I'll have to check this out. Oh, by the way, can I be like a Duke or something when the new regime comes to power? Don't worry, I'm corrupt as hell, so everything will be fine.
 

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Reply #16 on: May 30, 2005, 11:58:48 pm
American Gods  - Neil Gaiman
 

Offline icespeed

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Reply #17 on: May 31, 2005, 02:28:34 am
finished neil gaiman's 'neverwhere' recently, just finished robert jordan's 'eye of the world', am currently reading the fifth harry potter for lack of convenient books in my house...
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Reply #18 on: May 31, 2005, 02:45:11 am
currently reading E.E 'Doc Smith's lensman series bit old but not bad books

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Reply #19 on: May 31, 2005, 02:47:11 am
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currently reading E.E 'Doc Smith's lensman series bit old but not bad books
Ooh.  I have those, but I've never gotten around to reading them.  How are they?
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