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Originally posted by couch-potato Four books by Murakami. Halfway through Infinite Jest.

similar reading habits, we have. i've read nearly everything published by murakami. and wallace as well. that was such a depressing day for me, when i read in the news that he had hung himself

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Originally posted by d-miurge I'm currently reading A Confederacy of Dunces by JK Toole. It's damn brilliant. The story behind is awesome too.

love this one. i don't know if i'd call the story behind it 'awesome' though. perhaps tragic is a more fitting word.

read the neon bible too. it's not nearly as good- but it's a quick and insightful read.

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Originally posted by woscar Do you have any books to recommend on cognitive science or evolutionary psychology? Steven Pinker got me interested in such subjects and want to get more into them.

Don't know how close this is to your interests, but I would recommend On Intelligence, by Jeff Hawkins



Jeff talks about, in a popular science kind of style, a theory of how intelligence arises out of neocortical information processing. He tears apart classical views on artificial intelligence and goes on to talks all about the neural mechanisms that enable us to learn to do all sorts of intelligent things that computers can't. He does it without getting too technical either (except for a couple of chapters) and gives tons of very good examples.

Thanks for all the suggestions, much appreciated.

BTW, thanks to Lira, I found a great website called Goodreads that allows you to keep digital bookshelves, write reviews, share them with friends on Facebook, see what they are reading, etc. Kind of like a Discogs for books. Highly recommended.

http://www.goodreads.com

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Originally posted by woscar Thanks for all the suggestions, much appreciated. BTW, thanks to Lira, I found a great website called Goodreads that allows you to keep digital bookshelves, write reviews, share them with friends on Facebook, see what they are reading, etc. Kind of like a Discogs for books. Highly recommended. http://www.goodreads.com

Hah, don't thank me, thank Mr. JeevaJingoJingles

"philosophy in the bedroom" by Marquis de Sade
"Is there life after death?" by Anthony Peake

+ a fuckload of anatomy books. Gotto refresh the knowledge.

Just finished this bad boy:



The ending ending (final part of the epilogue) is glorious. EDIT: During the reading I imagined the character of Raskolnikov as Peter Lorre (mostly his accent, which made the other characters pale in comparison, save for Razumikhin, who I voiced as Gimli the dwarf ), only to find out, an hour after completion of the novel, that Peter Lorre did portray Raskolnikov in a 1935 film adaptation. Now I have to see it.

Tackling this next since I should finish it in a day; I've recently discovered I'm a huge nerd for Greek/Roman myth:



Have The Odyssey in queue (decided on Fagles' translation). And Infinite Jest still compliments everything I read for the time being... I should finish it in a few months at this rate.

Just started Lilith's Brood by Octavia E. Butler, who has yet to disappoint.

This baby's finally arriving today



Along with a signed copy of this:

Whenever I use public transportation i read The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. But it's in Norwegian, and the title is translated kinda weird so it says

GOD
A DELUSION

So I always have to say the original title also when people ask about it. Kinda annoying. Like for reals.

last book i read involves horny teenagers,drugs,and war.

10/10

Living Life
as a
Thank You

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Originally posted by dj_alfi Whenever I use public transportation i read The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins.

Why?

Since this thread is really "whats your favorite book" i will say "the fountainhead" . Close second "Shantaram" peace

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Originally posted by Penalba Since this thread is really "whats your favorite book"

No, it's not.

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Originally posted by woscar No, it's not.

+1

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Originally posted by woscar Why?

It quiet the voices.

Finished reading Neuromancer and wondering if I should read either Enders game or Starship troopers

Since you're into science fiction you'll probably wind up reading both. Flip a coin.

Have you read Anathem?

Both are great, though a world of caution, if you watched starship troopers the movie...its nothing like the book.

Started yesterday.

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Originally posted by Moongoose Both are great, though a world of caution, if you watched starship troopers the movie...its nothing like the book.

Yea I've heard there is a lot more focus on the ideology/politics.
I'll look into Anathem

Received a bunch in the mail today.

Anna Karenina,
War & Peace by Tolstoy
The Sound & the Fury by Faulkner
After Dark by Murakami
Dubliners,
Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man by Joyce

Almost finished with Infinite Jest, I have less than 200 pages left. I think I'll start with Faulkner after that.

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