What book are you currently reading?
Hi, I was trying to think of some good books to read in the future so I decided "what the eff?" let's start a thread.
Well currently Im reading Voltaire's Candide. It's kind of a funny book. It's a lot like those morning cartoons with hillarious characters. The chapters are like 2 pages, lol.
Well how about you guys?
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Mary Shelly's "Frankenstein"
"And one should bear in mind that there is nothing more difficult to execute, nor more dubious of success, nor more dangerous to administer than to introduce a new order to things; for he who introduces it has all those who profit from the old order as his enemies; and he has only lukewarm allies in all those who might profit from the new. This lukewarmness partly stems from fear of their adversaries, who have the law on their side, and partly from the skepticism of men, who do not truly believe in new things unless they have personal experience in them."
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
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"Retreat, Hell!" by W.E.B. Griffin, the latest book in his The Corps series. His books are total bubblegum, but I like them.
"What, have Canadians run out of guns to steal from other Canadians and now need to piss all over our glee?"
- TSM
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"homicidal psycho jungle cat" by bill watterson. i should be finished in a few minutes.
now i'm here, and history is vindicated.
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Vol. 16 of Britannica, localized edition (1989).
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Ja mata Tosa Inu-sama, Hore Tore, Adrian II, Sigurd, Fragony
Mouzafphaerre is known elsewhere as Urwendil/Urwendur/Kibilturg...
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Watsup Mouzafphaerre? Are you going on a game show?
lol, I read the encyclopedia often too. Unfortunately I only have it on the computer. Or maybe that's a good thing. I don't have that much room for all those volumes. It's fun to read though. Especially when you come across something you haven't heard before.
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Really? So am I!! I don't suppose it is assigned reading for one of your classes?Originally Posted by makkyo
The surest way to lose the respect of one's peers is to take a stand on principle...alone.
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Pascal Bruckner - Beauty Thieves
Martin Heidegger - Being and Time
William Faulkner - Absalom, Absalom
Mircea Cartarescu - Orbitor (Blinding)
The last one is a Romanian author that writes very good novels, I'm curently reading the second of a three book series. And don't know if it is trans;ated into English but it's really good...
For my name is Legion...
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Thats a great book, one of my favourites. I love the big long pieces of dialogue by the monster, wonderful
Shottie, I suggest you PM Frogbeastegg, she's a bit of a buff on all things medieval.
"I request permanent reassignment to the Gallic frontier. Nay, I demand reassignment. Perhaps it is improper to say so, but I refuse to fight against the Greeks or Macedonians any more. Give my command to another, for I cannot, I will not, lead an army into battle against a civilized nation so long as the Gauls survive. I am not the young man I once was, but I swear before Jupiter Optimus Maximus that I shall see a world without Gauls before I take my final breath."
Senator Augustus Verginius
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"Gathering of Heroes" by Paul Edwin Zimmer
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At the moment at work, only during breaks of course (looks round sheepishly), I am reading The Histories by Tacitus, translated by Kenneth Wellesley. At home I have just started (please don't laugh) The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, as I thought I better see what all the fuss is about.
Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all
Ypatia (350-370? – 415) AD
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I read his Feud in the Icelandic Saga a while back, not bad.Viking Age Iceland and Medieval Iceland by Jesse Byock
Before that "Our posthuman future" by Francis Fu-whatshisname, the guy who wrote the End of History. Its his ideas for the regulation of biotech, some quite interesting arguments.
"The only thing I've gotten out of this thread is that Navaros is claiming that Satan gave Man meat. Awesome." Gorebag
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Sharpe's Sword and Ancient Greek Warfare: Myths and Realities by Hans van Wees.
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The Unburied by Charles Palliser.
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Mein Kampf - purely educational
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A History of the English Speaking Peoples by Winston S Churchill. Nearly finished it - is a magnificent book - Churchills written word is as good as his spoken word and its easy to see why he was such a popular author during his life. I will try and find a copy of his biography of Marlborough based on this. His history is an excellent companion to Simon Schamas History of Britain, as they are very different both in style and content - Schama concentrating on personalities and ideas, Churchill more on events - and as such they are very complementary.
Before that I read Tail End Charlies by John Nichol (he of Gulf War shootdown fame). Its the story of the bomber war in Europe in 44-45 and is (along with Miracle on the River Kwai ) the most heart-aching book I have ever read. I was in tears at one point and was deeply, deeply moved on virtually every page. It really brings home the scale of the losses of Allied Bomber crews in a very personal way. The style of writing is very similar to Stephen Ambrose ie very readable and lets the veterans do the talking. Highly recommended to all fans of WW2 stuff.
Last edited by Mount Suribachi; 02-09-2005 at 19:56.
"I request permanent reassignment to the Gallic frontier. Nay, I demand reassignment. Perhaps it is improper to say so, but I refuse to fight against the Greeks or Macedonians any more. Give my command to another, for I cannot, I will not, lead an army into battle against a civilized nation so long as the Gauls survive. I am not the young man I once was, but I swear before Jupiter Optimus Maximus that I shall see a world without Gauls before I take my final breath."
Senator Augustus Verginius
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I love the Sharpe's series. They are fantastic books.
I have a question though, I dont mean to change the topic but what is a good book about Medieval Battle tactics, and just a general history/book about Medieval Battle strategies. I dont know if this makes sense. Sorry.
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