Whats everyone reading at the moment

[mybodymyself]

This thread only apply to books and not here.

For me haven't been doing that lately. Found that I hardly read any more as well. Have to say do have times like this and others don't. Guess it depends on the book itself as well.

[MaxIBoy]

The Great Gatsby.

Also, this forum.

[solitaire]

currently reading at this moment...
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Ubuntuforums.org .... >_< lol!!!

But picked up a copy of "FlashForward" by Robert J. Sawyer; will start it in the morning....

[mamamia88]

ubuntuforums.org lol but seriously i just started my winter break but i still have to work and haven't had a day off in awhile but plan on reading linus torvalds autobiography when it comes in from amazon

[handy]

"The Taboo of Subjectivity" by B. Alan Wallace.

Superbly written book that points out the strengths & weaknesses of the sciences.

The book is very highly regarded in intellectual circles & is considered by many to be an important book; a signpost to the development of a more holistic scientific method.

B. Alan Walace, is a physicist & also holds a doctorate in comparative religion, specialising in psychology, the philosophy of science & philosophy.

He teaches interdisciplinary courses in the fields of religion, science & philosophy at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Alan grew up in an household, with his father being a protestant theologian. As Alan grew older he could see that the place & time (with regard to the timeline of human history) that a person was born into; in combination with the variable(s) of the extant religion(s) of the time, dictated just which religion or belief system was to be most likely inherited by that individual, & that usually it was included in the dogma of whichever particular religion/belief system, that was in vogue at the time, that it was the only true way to believe.

Having seen this flaw in religion, he thought that science might be able to solve this problem of inconsistency that he perceived religion as having. He studied biology, & whilst doing so, he found that there was unproven dogma in science, just as there exists in religion, i.e. neither science nor religion has any proof of when a soul/or an individual consciousness, becomes a part of the embryo. They instead have both created dogma that holds the party line. (that's not to say that ALL religious believers or ALL scientists hold with the party line dogma)

This led Alan to leave his study of science, & the U.S & travel. He ended up in Dharamsala India, where the Tibetan Buddhists were in exile.

He spent 14 years with them, before coming back to the U.S. to continue his studies, in an effort to marry the subjective with the objective in a new, expanded & more holistic, scientific method.

Very few people, if any, have had the experience, & are blessed with the intelligence required to have been able to write this book.

I can't recommend this book highly enough; it is like a breath of fresh air, blowing away dogma from both religion & science.

[ice60]

i just got the cement garden and atonement by Ian McEwan from my mum after i was going on about the film the cement garden. here's a clip from the film -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZU9vSItPjg

[Hwæt]

I wanted to be witty and say that I was reading this topic. Four other people already beat me to the punch, though. ](*,)


I don't like to read books. Being forced to do so in elementary and intermediate school really made me hate them.

[Daisuke_Aramaki]

Stochastic Differential Equations with Markovian Switching

[73ckn797]

Systematic Theology, Wayne Grudem

[fatcrab]

The Belgariad by Eddings

[orlox]

"The stability of poloidal magnetic fields in rotating stars", a paper by J. Braithwaite that is an important reference for my current work...

Also reading the Feynman lectures on physics

[Hwæt]

"The stability of poloifal magnetic fields in rotating stars", a paper by J. Braithwaite that is an important reference for my current work...

Does that have to do with rapidly spinning pulsars and magnetars?

[orlox]

Does that have to do with rapidly spinning pulsars and magnetars?

Partly. Pulsars and magnetars are neutron stars with stable magnetic fields, and the above analysis partly applies to them. However, some peculiar stars also have stable magnetic fields.

That work also treats stars with angular velocities up to a half of the break-up velocity (break-up=speed at which the gravitational pull is insuficcient to keep the star together), so It should also apply to very rapidly rotating objects.

[Groucho Marxist]

Jean Bricmont's Humanitarian Imperialism: Using Human Rights to Sell War

&

Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Idiot

[nmccrina]

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll.

The movie is coming out soon, have to refresh my memory! :)

[Kingsley]

"Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Jared Diamond

[Isengrin]

Dissension, the third book in the Ravnica trilogy. (Magic: The Gathering novels).

I just hope no one in this forum is/had/will read(ing) Twilight.
I think pretty high of you, guys. Don't change that. :3

[nmccrina]

I just hope no one in this forum is/had/will read(ing) Twilight.
I think pretty high of you, guys. Don't change that. :3

You don't have to worry about me! :lolflag:

[cariboo]

Claws That Catch by John Ringo & Travis S. Taylor. Not bad space opera.

[omskates]

A good sci-fi paperback in the style of Heinlen

[Exodist]

Whats everyone reading at the moment
This?

[tadcan]

Started War and Peace by tolstoy. Actually very readable, sometimes I think people are put off because its a 'classic'.

[Chilli Bob]

I just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I really wanted to read it before seeing the movie. An excellent read.

Now reading The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, for about the tenth time. And, no, it has nothing to do with the movie coming out. I've been reading and re-reading Sherlock Holmes for decades.

[mivo]

The Templar Trilogy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Whyte#The_Templar_Trilogy) by Jack Whyte as well as a German thriller (Ein König für Deutschland) by Andreas Eschbach (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Eschbach) that deals with the manipulation of election computers and also covers the Bush era.

[ratcheer]

I am reading Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell.

Tim

[Jimleko211]

About to start reading The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America by Douglas Brinkley

[alphaniner]

The Counter-Revolution of Science by Friedrich Hayek.

[GeneralZod]

Just finished Cloud Atlas (http://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Atlas-Novel-David-Mitchell/dp/0375507256/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261391820&sr=8-1) by David Mitchell which I enjoyed immensely; next up: Duma Key (http://www.amazon.com/Duma-Key-Novel-Stephen-King/dp/1416552960/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261410761&sr=8-1) (I'm off home to my mum's place tomorrow, and I have a tradition of picking up a Stephen King for the journey :)).

[pirlo89]

the lost symbol by Dan Brown

i have to say that i find it too, ("American")!:P

[user1397]

A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson


I highly recommend it especially for those of us who think we know a lot about science where in fact don't.

[benj1]

Just finished [/url] by David Mitchell which I enjoyed immensely; next up: [url= Key[/i] ( Atlas[/i) (I'm off home to my mum's place tomorrow, and I have a tradition of picking up a Stephen King for the journey :)).

cloud atlas really annoyed me, it suggests more than it says, but doesn't give you enough to go anywhere with it (if that makes sense).

anyway hitch hikers guide, again.

[user1397]

Hmm weird...had to double post for some reason.

[alphaniner]

A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson


I highly recommend it especially for those of us who think we know a lot about science where in fact don't.


A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson

You must really like that book.

[Chris Edgell]

"If you asked twenty good people today what they thought is the highest of the virtues, most of them would say unselfishness. Why not say love? You see what has happened; a negative term has been substituted for a positive. The negative idea of Unselfishness carries with it the suggestion not primarily of securing good things for others, but of going without them ourselves, as if our abstinence and not their happiness was the important point. I do not think this is the Christian virtue of Love."

...from the book I am reading: C. S. Lewis's "The Weight of Glory" about which the New York Times Book Review says, "Lewis is the ideal pursuader for the half-convinced, for the good man who would like to be a Christian but finds his intellect getting in the way."




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[juancarlospaco]

This thread...

[Lightstar]

At the moment I was reading
"Whats everyone reading at the moment"
But now I'm reading

"But now I'm reading
"But now I'm reading
"But now I'm reading
"But now I'm reading"
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I think I was caught in a spiral D:

[t0p]

Right now I'm reading what I'm typing. Obviously.

But, equally obviously, you want to know about books. Or 'texts' anyway. So: I've just finished re-reading The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut. 'Rented a tent, rented a tent, rented a tent, rented a tent, rented a tent, rented a tent, rented a , rented a tent.' Marvellous.

Earlier today I downloaded Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance by Robert M Pirsig. Never read it before, but I've heard great things about it. Just hope I'm not approaching it with too-inflated expectations. I hate it when that happens.

Oh, and earlier I was reading the Guardian online (http://www.guardian.co.uk). Their daily podcast had a nice piece about Rage Against The Machine becoming the Christmas Number One in the UK singles charts. An amusing end to a not-so-funny year, perhaps.

[nubimax]

Extinction. by Douglas H. Erwin great read. I like him as well as Jared Diamond.
M.

[mybodymyself]

Everyone,

Thanx for your responses to my thread and all of them sound interesting. Expect 2 of the responses when the poster didn't know to read beyond the subject. Again, I'm glad to a part of Ubuntu and its forums. Basically, I found they are way better then Microsoft Windows or all the forums that I have belong to in the past. Expect there are some forums that I still go to. At same time wish all the others besides us would become a part of this moment because found its much better then at least Microsoft Windows.

[handy]

Everyone,

Thanx for your responses to my thread and all of them sound interesting. Expect 2 of the responses when the poster didn't know to read beyond the subject. Again, I'm glad to a part of Ubuntu and its forums. Basically, I found they are way better then Microsoft Windows or all the forums that I have belong to in the past. Expect there are some forums that I still go to. At same time wish all the others besides us would become a part of this moment because found its much better then at least Microsoft Windows.


@Jessica: It would really be worthwhile for us, your readers, if you spent a little time before submitting your posts, & gave them a really good proof read.

Cheers. ;)

[mybodymyself]

@Jessica: It would really be worthwhile for us, your readers, if you spent a little time before submitting your posts, & gave them a really good proof read.

Cheers. ;)

@Handy: Exactly it wouldn't be worthwhile to do what you suggested here. Never had a problem with this until now.

[spupy]

"Metamagical Themas" by Douglas Hofstadter.
After that I will read GEB.

[PuddingKnife]

"END THE FED" by Dr. Ron Paul

[alphaniner]

"END THE FED" by Dr. Ron Paul

Hear, hear!

[Georgia boy]

Star Trek series, original, Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and whatever else I can read including the forums.

Tom

[sudoer541]

For me haven't been doing that lately. Found that I hardly read any more as well. Have to say do have times like this and others don't. Guess it depends on the book itself as well.
I am reading this

[samigina]

"Death in Venice", by Thomas Mann; what a pleasure...

[mybodymyself]

Bumping since added stuff to the intro thread. At the same time wish handy and others like her/him would read the body of intro or etc. In order to know what its about before responding to it.

[yossell]

Classy read: The Pesthouse, Jim Crace - elegaic, dream-like, a love story set in a future, crumbling dystopian America - though perhaps outdone and a little similar to Cormac Macarthy's The Road.

Fun read: The Bourne Supremacy - Robert Ludlum - every now and again I look for a fun, enjoyable thriller - the literary equivalent of the Usual Suspects, say - and always fail, give up in boredom and go back to War and Peace, or Finnegan's Wake or Underworld or Infinite Jest or something interesting. But this Bourne book is looking promising so far...

On Cloud Atlas - It annoyed me in the end - I don't like this writer, but a lot of my friends do - I keep on trying but with no success.

[Chris Edgell]

I am also reading "The Proud Tower" by Barbara Tuchman. It is a great history of the years leading up to the First World War. You know how many people actually believe it was all about some Royalty shot by lone gunman in the Balkans that triggered Austria to start the war. hahaha at least that's what I thought. There is no looking back from after the war was on, only a view from the world as it was BEFORE a world war began. (The first chapter os The Patricians....that tells you something about the world before the was - ho9w the old dynasties were crumbling and the monarchists wanted to hold their world of privilege.)

Let it flow...let it blossom, let it grow...love is lovely...Let it flow

Mybodymyself, thank you for having the idea to start this thread.
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We cannot defend ourselves from criticism but just remember each onlooker sees
with his or her own degree of en-light-en-ment. Or as my dad always said, "When I want your advise, I'll ask for it." Or as I said to my dad, "Don't hurt me, don't hurt me." or as my mother said...and blah, blah, blah...

[mybodymyself]

Mybodymyself, thank you for having the idea to start this thread.
__________________________________________________ ____________________________
We cannot defend ourselves from criticism but just remember each onlooker sees
with his or her own degree of en-light-en-ment. Or as my dad always said, "When I want your advise, I'll ask for it." Or as I said to my dad, "Don't hurt me, don't hurt me." or as my mother said...and blah, blah, blah...

Chris,

Please call me by my given name. Which it is in the siggy area. Your welcome and it was my pleasure to start this. Love that quote you used here.

[Chris Edgell]

Thank you, Jessica, nice to meet you.

[yester64]

right now i am starting on 'Just say no to Microsoft'. I like computerbooks.

[mybodymyself]

Thank you, Jessica, nice to meet you.

Chris,

Your welcome and nice to meet you as well.

[KiwiNZ]

My iMac screen :P

[Marvin666]

I'm thinking about reading "the hot zone" again.

[Chimmer]

I just finished reading L. Ron.Hubbard's "Battlefield Earth" for the second time. I think it's probably the best Sci-Fi book I've ever read.

[dragos240]

This board. And this thread. ANd some man pages..... and a guide about DooM servers.

[koleoptero]

The death gate cycle, for the third time.

[mybodymyself]

This board. And this thread. ANd some man pages..... and a guide about DooM servers.

Huh and further explanation on your part is required, dragos240.

[dragos240]

Huh and further explanation on your part is required, dragos240.

Alright. This thread (Do I really need to explain that one?), this board (the community cafe, I'm a forum addict.), man pages about various commands, and finally I'm setting up a doom server to celebrate the arrival of my new distro.

[mybodymyself]

Alright. This thread (Do I really need to explain that one?), this board (the community cafe, I'm a forum addict.), man pages about various commands, and finally I'm setting up a doom server to celebrate the arrival of my new distro.

dragos240,

Alright, but no offence its really a boring life for sure. Good luck with everything.

[nmccrina]

"Metamagical Themas" by Douglas Hofstadter.
After that I will read GEB.

I borrowed GEB from my school library, but unfortunately it was one of those books that to read is like invading Russia. The vast expanses did me in. However, the part I did read (the first 100 pages or so) was extremely interesting.

Good luck, I hope you persevere and make it through!

[Frak]

Don't Make Me Think! - A guide to web usability. I read through it from time to time. I gifted myself Rocket Surgery Made Easy - The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems to read on and after Christmas.

[samh785]

"What we say goes" by Noam Chomsky

[kevCast]

Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation

[kaibob]

"The Haj" by Leon Uris.

[k3lt01]

"What we say goes" by Noam ChomskyHe is an interesting guy isn't he?

Well after a long hiatus from reading I am slowly getting back into it otherwise I'll go nuts. So what am I reading and what will I read?

Amish Society by John Hopkins.
Phonetic Data Analysis by Peter Ladefoged.
Reconstructing Human Origins by Glenn Conroy.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

I have also just recently found the LibriVox website and have downloaded things like Herodotus' Histories, Beowulf, Gullivers Travels etc as I have already read them and would like to again but they are packed away in a shipping container along with the rest of my library :( so they are going onto my iPod so I can at least listen to them while driving etc.

Btw, it is great to see so many people reading a wide variety of things.

[LookTJ]

The Bible(both NIV and NRSV). I like to compare translations so I can better understand and possibly paint a mental picture.

[fromthehill]

the entire hylafax documentation :(

[peter d]

I'm reading Snow by Orhan Pamuk.

I'm hoping for some new books for Christmas, especially if they introduce me to some new authors.

[scouser73]

I bought The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5 a month or so ago, I've read about nine pages but couldn't get into it. I plan to give it another go though.

[mybodymyself]

Currently reading Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A Doctor's Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Choices, Sarah J. Buckley (http://sarahjbuckley.com). Forward by Ina May Gaskin (http://inamay.com).

Have to say its same as couple books that I read on the subject this past year. Those books are Birth Day: A Pediatrician Explores the Science, the History, and the Wonder of Childbirth, Mark Sloan (http://marksloanmd.com). Labor of Love: A Midwife's Memoir, Cara Muhlahahn (http://cmmidwifery.com). Forward by Abby Epstein and Ricki Lake (http://thebusinessofbeingborn.com). Have reviewed all of them on my facebook account (http://facebook.com/jessicaabruno). By the way the author of the book is doctor whom doesn't practice in the traditional sense. Like the other doctor of the other book whom practices in the traditional sense.

[whiskeylover]

"Pickles and Ice Cream - A Father's Guide to Pregnancy" \\:D/

[knavarathna92]

Superfusion: How China and America Became One Economy and Why the World's Prosperity Depends On It

by Zachary Karabell

Crazy stuff; based on what I've read so far, I would recommend it to anybody.

[RPG Master]

So, I got a Sony Pocket Reader and have loaded it with around 70 public domain books (including some of which are only public domain in Australia *cough*1984andanimalfarm*cough* ;)) My first book I read on it was Animal Farm, now I am reading Paradise Lost on the recommendations of my friends... so far I can barely follow whats going on :(

[semitone36]

"Modern Operating Systems" 3rd edition. Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Its rare to find an author on these kinds of topics with a sense of humor like this, good read!

[SchizmWolf]

"The Gathering Storm" By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson.
You will be missed, Mr. Jordan :cry:

[k3lt01]

"The Gathering Storm" By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson.
You will be missed, Mr. Jordan :cry:
Isn't that the book about Winston Churchill and his rise to power in Britain up to the beginning of WW2? If the movie is half as good as the book it must be a brilliant read.

[kaibob]

I'm reading "Ford County," a collection of short stories by John Grisham. I'm enjoying it so far, but I'm a bit miffed at Grisham for refusing to allow his books to be put into ebook format.

[thatguruguy]

Just finished re-reading Villa Incognito by Tom Robbins. It's too bad that David Foster Wallace will never write another book.

[QwUo173Hy]

Windows of the Mind by G.M. Glaskin (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Windows-Mind-Experience-G-M-Glaskin/dp/0907061818)

(partly inspired by reading Many Lives, Many Masters by Dr. Brian Weiss (http://www.amazon.com/Many-Lives-Masters-Prominent-Psychiatrist/dp/0671657860) )
Also reading Sacred Contracts by Caroline Myss (http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Contracts-Awakening-Divine-Potential/dp/0609810111/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262679743&sr=1-1).

[teward]

i'm reading this thread. :P

[jayze]

The instructions!!!:popcorn::lolflag:

[x3roconf]

The Fall of the West: The Slow Death of the Roman Superpower by Adrian Goldsworthy (I like history) :)

[adelphos]

"Mind: A Brief Introduction," by Searle, "Fear and Trembling," by Kierkegaard, and "Programming in Python 3: A Complete Introduction to the Language," by Mark Summerfield. Programming and philosophy make me very happy.

[Cheesemill]

Just joined the local library so am re-reading a lot of Arthur C. Clarke books I had as a kid. Currently in the middle of 'The City and the Stars' and the Rama series.

[nerdy_kid]

various dark and evil books on the art of hacking ;)

ethical hacking of course

[user1397]

Just started The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins.

[sqrooup]

The QI annual

[sudoer541]

I just bought the book "they must be stopped" by Brigette Gabriel and its fantastique.

[Zoot7]

Robert Ludlum's "The Moscow Vector" at the moment.

I've always been a fan of his books. For anyone who doesn't know him, he's the original author of the Jason Bourne series.

[KegHead]

artic drift

[this is new york not l.a.]

keep the aspidistra flying by george orwell

[brookehogan]

i still have to work and haven't had a day off in awhile but plan on reading linus torvalds autobiography when it comes in from amazon If I knew what was good for me I would go back to Windows. Since I know what's good for me I stick with Ubuntu.


Dads and Teenagers (http://awesomeparents.com/blog)

[SPDL_Serenity]

World War Z

[wojox]

RHCE Manual.

[handy]

"The Celts" by Gerhard Herm.

Brilliant portrayal of ancient history that is not just a dry recounting, of various theories. There is humour & Gerhard is not pushing a pet theory, if more than one respected theory exists on a facet of the subject he introduces them & will sometimes state why one is more (un)likely than another from the knowledge available at the time.

It is very interesting to see how our ancestors behaved/thought & to see that we developed quite a way over the last 4.5 thousand years.

In another 4.5 thousand years we might be starting to gain some maturity... :)

[irish_latte]

An old book called "Dialogues for Therapists" by Margaret J. Rioch.

[Dobbie03]

Stephen Kings Dark Towers Series, Song of Sussannah.

King ruined it a bit by bringing himself into the story, other than that, The Dark Tower series is the best series of books I have read.....well almost, Raymond E. Feist's Magician Series just bets it.

[murderslastcrow]

God is Not Great : How Religion Poisons Everything, by Christopher Hitchens.

[k3lt01]

"The Celts" by Gerhard Herm.

Brilliant portrayal of ancient history that is not just a dry recounting, of various theories. There is humour & Gerhard is not pushing a pet theory, if more than one respected theory exists on a facet of the subject he introduces them & will sometimes state why one is more (un)likely than another from the knowledge available at the time.

It is very interesting to see how our ancestors behaved/thought & to see that we developed quite a way over the last 4.5 thousand years.

In another 4.5 thousand years we might be starting to gain some maturity... :) It would be nice if he at least spelled the word correctly don't you think? I also think his interpretations are a bit over the top in some instances.

[ratcheer]

I am re-reading Dead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtry.

Tim

[dragos240]

I was going to say the board index. However, you edited your post. The C Programming Language.

[dondiego2]

I'm just getting ready to start "Wooden" by Coach John Wooden with Steve Jamison. A lifetime of observations and reflections on and off the court.

Also Rolling Stone magazine :guitar:on a regular basis, although this forum is taking up a lot of my time lately as I am fighting a forum addiction :popcorn: