Moby Dick!
If you're going for a classic, might be a fun and manly way to start. Everyone's seen the movie and knows the story, but how many folks have actually read the book?
(Actually, I found it impenetrable, but that's another story.
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| Author: | Screeling [ Mon May 17, 2010 10:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Scree needs two books for the summer. |
Okay, well, really only one book. I intend to read the latest Wheel of Time book in the next month or so. I'm thinking I'd like to read something in the classics but I'm not set on that. Actually, I'm open to something political but if it is, it needs to knock my socks off. So lay it on me. |
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| Author: | Hopwin [ Mon May 17, 2010 11:14 am ] |
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Quick read: Johannes Cabal the Necromancer. Better read: Truman by David McCullough |
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| Author: | Khross [ Mon May 17, 2010 11:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Scree needs two books for the summer. |
Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee |
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| Author: | Aethien [ Mon May 17, 2010 2:11 pm ] |
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Moby Dick! If you're going for a classic, might be a fun and manly way to start. Everyone's seen the movie and knows the story, but how many folks have actually read the book? (Actually, I found it impenetrable, but that's another story. )
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| Author: | Noggel [ Mon May 17, 2010 2:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Scree needs two books for the summer. |
Go for classics from other cultures! The Tsurezuregusa (or Essays in Idleness, the title of the prominent English translation) is about the only classic of any culture I have read and actually enjoyed and found particularly interesting. Kind of short, though, as far as these kind of things go. It's also not a novel. It's more a collection of random musings from this old Buddhist monk dude who is awesome. They range from trivial amusing things to neat philosophical things. If it's a different experience you're after, this could fit well, especially if you are at all interested in Buddhist stuffs (and definitely more the philosophical side of Buddhism, at that). There is a full-text pdf available online but it's of a pretty old translation that reads a bit awkwardly. Wikipedia can give you the link if you or anyone else wants to go that path. I'd suggest your local library, however, which will most likely have the Essays in Idleness translation which is good. |
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| Author: | Katas [ Mon May 17, 2010 5:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Scree needs two books for the summer. |
Other than a thick tome or two, I am going to suggest mainly series of books, as I am a bibliophile when I actually stop and read. Goëdel, Escher, Bach by Hoffstadter for a deep read... Dresden or Sookie Stackhouse series for lighter reading... Big Nerd Ranch has some good OS X / iPhone programming primers if you want to read and tinker with code... Oscar Wilde and ... for historical murder/fiction in the style of Sherlock Holmes/Agatha Christie. |
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| Author: | Raell [ Mon May 17, 2010 5:53 pm ] |
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Under The Dome by Stephen King... |
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| Author: | FarSky [ Mon May 17, 2010 5:58 pm ] |
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One new, one classic. Storm Front by Jim Butcher (first book in the Dresden Files series) Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley |
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| Author: | LadyKate [ Wed May 26, 2010 8:39 am ] |
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"The Power of One" by Bryce Courtenay (South African orphan turned boxer in WWII....somewhat reminiscent of Good Will Hunting) "The Agony and The Ecstasy" by Irving Stone. Awesome "biography" of Michealangelo. |
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| Author: | Micheal [ Wed May 26, 2010 9:04 am ] |
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Joseph Campbell - The Hero with a Thousand Faces and/or The Hero's Journey James Joyce - Finnegan's Wake and/or Dubliners James Fenimore Cooper - The Leatherstocking Tales (Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder, etc.) |
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| Author: | Kaffis Mark V [ Wed May 26, 2010 9:08 am ] |
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I'll echo FarSkee in pushing Dresden Files. But make your second The Stars My Destination. |
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| Author: | Micheal [ Wed May 26, 2010 9:12 am ] |
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Screeling, there isn't a bad read on the page. Give yourself a break and read as many of them as possible. |
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| Author: | Khross [ Wed May 26, 2010 10:05 am ] |
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Micheal wrote: James Joyce - Finnegan's Wake and/or Dubliners A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a better option.
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| Author: | shuyung [ Wed May 26, 2010 11:03 am ] |
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Micheal wrote: James Fenimore Cooper - The Leatherstocking Tales (Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder, etc.) For shame, Micheal. Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses |
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| Author: | Screeling [ Wed May 26, 2010 2:20 pm ] |
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Well, I found out that Terry Goodkind's final book is already out. So I picked that up used. Still trying to find a used copy of the latest Wheel of Time book. And I'm not going to be able to take summer school this year so that should give me another month for one more book. I'll have to do some looking into these then, although Brave New World has me the most interested at this point. |
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| Author: | Kaffis Mark V [ Wed May 26, 2010 2:21 pm ] |
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Mine are both quick reads. Two books in 2 or 3 weeks, easy. |
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| Author: | Khross [ Wed May 26, 2010 2:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Scree needs two books for the summer. |
Weeks? Weeks?! WEEKS?!! ... *sighs* |
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| Author: | Müs [ Wed May 26, 2010 2:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Scree needs two books for the summer. |
Khross wrote: Weeks? Weeks?! WEEKS?!! ... *sighs* I can get through a good book in a matter of hours... a 2 week vacation would require a suitcase full of just books  If all I was gonna do was read on the beach that is. |
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| Author: | Kaffis Mark V [ Wed May 26, 2010 3:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Scree needs two books for the summer. |
Khross wrote: Weeks? Weeks?! WEEKS?!! ... *sighs* Well, I'm working on the assumption that he's either not a fast reader, or doesn't get a lot of time to read even when not in school (or both). I mean, we're talking about the guy who was originally scheduling 3 books for the summer, and has, upon making the decision to not take a summer semester, upgraded that to 6. |
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| Author: | Screeling [ Wed May 26, 2010 4:26 pm ] |
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Kaffis Mark V wrote: Mine are both quick reads. Two books in 2 or 3 weeks, easy. I'm a slow reader. |
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| Author: | Kaffis Mark V [ Wed May 26, 2010 5:00 pm ] |
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So am I. Quick reads. Trust me. |
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| Author: | Micheal [ Wed May 26, 2010 7:24 pm ] |
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Hm, I'm a quick reader, finding the time to read is the problem. I go through two or three books a week usually, even then. |
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| Author: | Roophus Gunthar [ Wed May 26, 2010 11:26 pm ] |
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The first thing I'm going to do when I leave my current job to go back to school (creating a little bit more free time) is to begin reading again. I haven't read a book from start to finish in at least 7 or 8 years. I was thinking about starting the Wheel of Time series, as daunting of a task as that may be. I've also heard things about the Dresden Files. |
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| Author: | Nevandal [ Thu May 27, 2010 2:04 am ] |
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Ender's Game The Alchemist Tao of Jeet Kune Do 1984 |
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| Author: | Müs [ Sat Jun 05, 2010 9:20 pm ] |
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Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith. Fantastic. |
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