Sue Denim.. Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 Does it explain the religious stuff too? Nah, it's purely for science nerds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 I've just started "A brief history of tractors in the Ukranian."It looks a bit of a girlie read to be honest but it's short so I'll give it a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveCrisis Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 I'm reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.It's narrated by Death and so far so good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 I've finally got round to reading "On the Road" which I've had for years and never bothered with, I still can't really be bothered with it 9 chapters in. After that I will be reading "Oh, Play That Thing!" by Roddy Doyle, the follow up to "A Star Called Henry" which I enjoyed a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kan' Sharuminar Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 Slogging through Hitler: 1936-1945, Nemesis by Ian Kershaw, which is exceptionally good. For some reason I also have the complete works of William Shakespeare, but I'm rather regretting that now.To even it off I'm also downloading the complete archives of Sonic the Comic, in which the artist Richard Elson is my hero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dianne Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 i am reading the time traveller's wife after too many people telling me to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 I've just started "A brief history of tractors in the Ukranian."It looks a bit of a girlie read to be honest but it's short so I'll give it a go.Turns out that this book was pretty great. It's one of those books you want to read all in one go. I've now started "Allen Carrs Easy Way To Stop Smoking."Hmmm, I still can't believe a book can make me stop but what have I got to lose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveCrisis Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 I'm reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.It's narrated by Death and so far so goodI finished this last night. Christ, it's emotive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metarie Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 I'm working my way through a rather bizarre book of poetry called 'Flowers for Hitler' by Leonard Cohen as well as assorted poems by Yeats, Plath and Auden for la disertation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodast Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 10 Minutes**In 27 10 minute lessons.cout << "It's quite fun actually." << endl; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 10 Minutes**In 27 10 minute lessons.cout << "It's quite fun actually." << endl;Those sams books are ok, I got the php one recently and it was alright for learning the syntax, wasn't quite 10 mins but I was writing functional, useful code with it the day after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodast Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 Those sams books are ok, I got the php one recently and it was alright for learning the syntax, wasn't quite 10 mins but I was writing functional, useful code with it the day after.Yeah, I was using an online tutorial but the book's better, I think. I also like the friendly tone they use: "Programmers often have trouble remembering these rules. Even if you don't have any doubt, parenthesis are a good idea" and the melodrama: "This is one of the most feared problems a programmer must face. The program did something terribly wrong." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kilgore Trout Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 i just read HP Lovecrafts "shadow over innsmouth", now i cant sleep. the village reminds me of Aberdeen.i've probably just overdone the coffe again. tch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveCrisis Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 i just read HP Lovecrafts "shadow over innsmouth", now i cant sleep. the village reminds me of Aberdeen.i've probably just overdone the coffe again. tch.You should read 'The Dunwich Horror'. Equally creepy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 i just read HP Lovecrafts "shadow over innsmouth", now i cant sleep. the village reminds me of Aberdeen.i've probably just overdone the coffe again. tch.I've got the book "Shadows over Innsmouth" which is a collection of Innsmouth tales. Well worth a read if you're into Lovecraft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kilgore Trout Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 You should read 'The Dunwich Horror'. Equally creepyaye, i'm going to track the rest of his stuff down- i think there's two more volumes of stuff edited by the same guy as the collection i have, being a dork i really like the endnotes and stuff. the drooling roleplayers at my school really put me off lovecraft without reading any of his stuff- it's good though, really wierd and a lot like that edgar allen poe gadge that i like as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kilgore Trout Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 I've got the book "Shadows over Innsmouth" which is a collection of Innsmouth tales. Well worth a read if you're into Lovecraft. ooh, aye. that looks good. the cover looks like a bad metal band cover, which is a big attraction for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveCrisis Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 aye, i'm going to track the rest of his stuff down- i think there's two more volumes of stuff edited by the same guy as the collection i have, being a dork i really like the endnotes and stuff. the drooling roleplayers at my school really put me off lovecraft without reading any of his stuff- it's good though, really wierd and a lot like that edgar allen poe gadge that i like as well...I bought Crawling Chaos about 10 years ago which is an excellent compilation of his better and lesser known works.I don't know if it's out of print now but I'll see if I can get the ISBN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kan' Sharuminar Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 I read Brave New World for the sole purpose of joining a debate about it and Nineteen-Eighty-Four. It was a decent read, I quite enjoyed the happy grimness.Back to my Hitler biography though. He just lost a major battle at Stalingrad (great twist, everything was going so well until now). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kilgore Trout Posted March 24, 2007 Report Share Posted March 24, 2007 I read Brave New World for the sole purpose of joining a debate about it and Nineteen-Eighty-Four. It was a decent read, I quite enjoyed the happy grimness.Back to my Hitler biography though. He just lost a major battle at Stalingrad (great twist, everything was going so well until now).how does it end? tell everyone when it's finished!i read my struggle by him ages ago, it was quite hilarious. George bush should write a similar book, reckon it would be just as edgy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 I read Brave New World for the sole purpose of joining a debate about it and Nineteen-Eighty-Four. It was a decent read, I quite enjoyed the happy grimness.I definately prefer 1984 but that could be just as it's fresher in my mind. Don't even bother with Farenheit 451. It's total shite and not even in the other twos league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kan' Sharuminar Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 I definately prefer 1984 but that could be just as it's fresher in my mind. Don't even bother with Farenheit 451. It's total shite and not even in the other twos league.I keep thinking I liked Nineteen Eighty-Four simply because I read it years ago, and it was more firmly ingrained in my mind. It probably has more to do with the final section of the book though, which was brilliant. Brave New World kinda stumbled along as I expected it to.Never even considered Farenheit 451, but another fairly decent book similar to Nineteen Eighty-Four(it has virtually the same storyline )) is Richard Harris' Fatherland. It does a good job of representing a world where Germany won the Second World War - never going over the top but at the same time keeping a feeling of tension and paranoia. It only suffers because, as I say, it sometimes seems identical to Nineteen Eighty-Four Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 but another fairly decent book similar to Nineteen Eighty-Four(it has virtually the same storyline )) is Richard Harris' Fatherland. It does a good job of representing a world where Germany won the Second World War - never going over the top but at the same time keeping a feeling of tension and paranoia. It only suffers because, as I say, it sometimes seems identical to Nineteen Eighty-Four Yeah, I've read this (and seen the film with Rutger Hauer) and thought it was pretty good. I would give the book '48 a go by James Herbert. That's pretty good too. (I'm sure it was called 48 as a reference to 1984) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodast Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 I liked Fahrenheit 451.. anyway, it's not like it wastes much of your time if you don't, it's only short! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afro Droid Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 You should read 'The Dunwich Horror'. Equally creepyAce. I fucking love Lovecraft, and that's one of his best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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