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I enjoyed Pale Blue Dot, but for me nothing else by Sagan quite measures up to Cosmos.

Part of that may be that my dad had the book since I was really young. I had always looked at the neat pictures, and then as I got older I started reading the text and understanding more of it. Grew up with it I guess.

Just ordered these three:





David Foster Wallace's work is inspiring. Heh, the more I read the more his suicide affects me.

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Originally posted by woscar Blasphemer!

Yeah, I know.

I don't deny the man was a brilliant, integral mind, but I don't think he was cut out to write.

The Bell Jar was such a great downer of a read. I guess that falls in line with Lira's question about happy vs. sad endings.

Sixth installment in the Artemis Fowl series.

I at least think it's absolutely awesome and an underrated teen novel series, with its perfect balance between science fiction and fantasy.

Seriously, it's Die Hard, with fairies! It equals this:

After reading about 100 pages of John dies at the end I can now safely say that it is the greatest book ever written.

"I knew a man
No, I made that part up
Hair! Hair! Haaairrr!
Camel Holocaust! Camel Holocaust!"

I dunno why I'm such a nerd for this stuff but I am.

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Originally posted by Domesticated Yeah, I know. I don't deny the man was a brilliant, integral mind, but I don't think he was cut out to write.

That's it, burn him at the stake!

Carl Sagan is probably the most talented popular science writer that ever lived! He has a way to explain complicated scientific concepts to laypeople without dumbing them down and philosophizes about them in a way that connects emotionally with people. Not many people are able to do that.

Don't mean to go haywire about David Foster Wallace - but this is relevant and happened to be the article of the moment on my iGoogle homepage:

The Hidden Philosophy of David Foster Wallace

I don't even read Salon.

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Originally posted by Capitalizt I dunno why I'm such a nerd for this stuff but I am.

I'm currently reading this. Very interesting, currently in the beginning, as they're discussing the old testament. I'm getting ready to read about Job, in which the first appearance of Satan proper, is made.

Started reading some classic Sci-Fi recently.

"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" by Philip K. Dick
and
"2001 - A Space Odyssey" by Arthur C. Clarke

Loved them, any recommendations on where to continue with some of their other work?
I was thinking of reading the sequels to 2001, but for Philip's work I have no clear idea on what to read next.

Other books I'm going to read are:
"1984" George Orwell
"I, Robot" Isaac Asimov
"The Invisible Man", "War of the Worlds" H.G. Wells

If you continue with Dick read Ubik and A Scanner Darkly. He's a fantastic author.

Eddie, that looks really interesting. I was watching something on the History Channel about the history of Satan and how the perceptions of him have changed throughout the years.

I'm currently reading The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky. It's hard to get through it considering I disagree with his whole premise.

OK, maybe I didn't make this clear enough. Everybody needs to drop the shit they're reading right now and start this utterly awesome book:


My ass, how can you read boring non-fiction and old scifi when you could have a psychic Bratwurst, a dog driving a car and the heroes battling hell itself by a live perfomamce of "Camel Holocaust".

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Originally posted by Lews I'm currently reading The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky. It's hard to get through it considering I disagree with his whole premise.

Mind elaborating?

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Originally posted by EddieZilker I'm getting ready to read about Job, in which the first appearance of Satan proper, is made.

Job is one of the most f*cked up books in the bible. If you don't know about it, I'm sure you'll find the story interesting.

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Originally posted by Lews Eddie, that looks really interesting. I was watching something on the History Channel about the history of Satan and how the perceptions of him have changed throughout the years.

I think I've seen it a while ago but I'll probably want to see it, again, just to see what dove-tails into the book. The one about the Anti-Christ doesn't really touch on what I've read in the book, so far, but it will probably coincide more, as the book progresses.

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Originally posted by Capitalizt Job is one of the most f*cked up books in the bible. If you don't know about it, I'm sure you'll find the story interesting.

I've read Job. Up to that point, the authors in my book are maintaining that satan is used to describe a God appointed adversary; to the point that adversary could be used as satan, when it appears in the Old Testament text and the essential meaning of the story would remain intact.

Men, I love Amazon! Just purchased:

just got through with this:


been digging into this, have read most of em:


and just picked up these 2:

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Originally posted by LAdazeNYnights and just picked up these 2:

Oh crap. Seeing this made me realize that I already have this book and now I just ordered the same book with another cover. Ooops.

lol that's great

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Originally posted by LAdazeNYnights

I'm a huuuuge fan of Murakami, Kafka on the shore is my favourite work from him.

i love murakami as well...i have a hard time deciding which of his works i'm most fond of though. it's such a toss up between his novels and stories because i don't think he's 'obviously better' at writing either. i'm a huge fan of 'after the quake'... favorite novel is likely a toss up between wind-up bird and kafka

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Originally posted by LAdazeNYnights i love murakami as well...i have a hard time deciding which of his works i'm most fond of though. it's such a toss up between his novels and stories because i don't think he's 'obviously better' at writing either. i'm a huge fan of 'after the quake'... favorite novel is likely a toss up between wind-up bird and kafka

I haven't read "After the quake" yet, I bought it anyway. But I agree, his short stories are as awesome as his novels.

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is maybe the only Murakami's book that I found "hard" to read, at least the first 100 pages.

ah! i haven't read it yet....i've read pretty much everything else, excluding the trilogy of the rat and that.

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