Important: Read Books

[not really ken]

i am currently reading Harun Yahya's 'the miracle in the atom'.

Wow, how are you finding it, i'm very surp[rised by that ! :thumb:

 

[goymz]

Roaches, Thank You. I've saved every suggestion (which I haven't read already) you have given, with the fullest intention to make my way through all of them.

I'll pretty much read anything so a thread like this is fantastic.

Some personal favourites are..

Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Angelas Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Love In The Of Cholera (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
The French Lieutenants Woman (?)
Hard Work (Polly Townbee)

Also some of the Biographies of JFK (but not the sensationalist Seymour Hershe or the idolising Schlesinger, try Thomas Reeves' account)

Sorry, I think some authors names aren't spelt correctly.

I'd recommend Bird Song above all.

Edit: Any of the travel writing by Bill Bryson is classic. He's done the US, UK, Europe and Australia. All are insightful yet fucking hilarious. And you don't need to have visited to the places to understand. 'A Short History of Everything' strays away from his ground of travel and lacks some of the humour found in his other work, but its fascinating none the less.

And if you want to write...

'Troublesome Words' by Bill Bryson is an indespensible companion.
As is 'On Writing' by Stephen King.
And 'Eats Shoots and Leaves' by Lynne Truss.

 

[Helena]

Wow, how are you finding it, i'm very surp[rised by that ! :thumb:

why are you surprised??
i think it's great! i've already read 'Never Plead Ignorance, The Evolution Deciept, Perished Nations, and the Disasters Darwinism Brought to Society' He is a fantastic author, i've learnt a great deal thorugh these books!
Have you read any of his books?

 

[not really ken]

Have you read any of his books?

Yes, i've read many of his books, did you know that he is not a muslim?

 

[Helena]

^he's not?? what is he then?

EDIT: Of course he's Muslim, he can't NOT be!

 

[PuffnScruff]

i am just wondering roaches, why do you hate dan browns books so much?

 

[LilProphet]

My fav books are:
01) Stephen King's Christine
02) Tom Clancy's The Hunting for Red October

I also like other S.K. and T.C., and other good books too. I hate when sum1 says that reading is for losers...

 

[roaches]

i am currently reading Harun Yahya's 'the miracle in the atom'.

I can't recommend anything to you based on just Harun Yahya without running the risk of offending you.

i am just wondering roaches, why do you hate dan browns books so much?

I'll let this guy say it for me:

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000844.html

I'd also like to add that calling something "The Da Vinci Code" is like calling Lawrence of Arabia's diary the "Of Arabia Journal", and that goes into the whole thing about Dan Brown's books making idiots feel smarter than they are, which is never any good.

He has done some good, though. He's pointed out the power of books - people will believe anything they read if someone says it's true, even if that person happens to be a character in the work of fiction people have all collectively decided to read (another good work: Mr. Brown has pointed out that people are still sheep). He's also added some perspective by showing us that people who aren't Christian or who refuse religion are just as likely to be easily-convinced, nearly-illiterate, incapable-of-critical-thinking apes as the stereotypical Kansas school board member.

I also like other S.K. and T.C., and other good books too. I hate when sum1 says that reading is for losers...

Under the Frog by Tibor Fischer. It's one of those "Should I laugh or should I cry" books. It's about basketball players trying to keep their sanity in late '40s/'50s Hungary.

 

[keco52]

The last book I read was...can't remember the name because I never can remember (hey a book on memory would be GREAT) but it was a true story about 4 girls teenaged girls that murdered another girl. They were lesbians. It was my brothers book and I read it in one day....if I don't read the whole thing in one day I won't finish it.

But I like non-fiction, I liked Memoirs of a Geisha, I like David Sedaris, Machiavelli the prince, Rich dad poor dad, can't remember :/ uh...anything with sex in the title I'll definitely read.

 

[roaches]

But I like non-fiction, I liked Memoirs of a Geisha, I like David Sedaris, Machiavelli the prince, Rich dad poor dad, can't remember :/ uh...anything with sex in the title I'll definitely read.

Rich Dad, Poor Dad, is another book I consider crap, but there are a few useful nuggets in there.

I'll recommend Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex, which I described above. I don't think that's what you were looking for, though. Or go for Mary Roach's Stiff, I dunno.

 

[keco52]

Rich Dad, Poor Dad, is another book I consider crap, but there are a few useful nuggets in there.

I'll recommend Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex, which I described above. I don't think that's what you were looking for, though. Or go for Mary Roach's Stiff, I dunno.

Yea I d.k. about hermaphrodites but I might read Stiff. :thumb:

 

[PuffnScruff]

He has done some good, though. He's pointed out the power of books - people will believe anything they read if someone says it's true, even if that person happens to be a character in the work of fiction people have all collectively decided to read (another good work: Mr. Brown has pointed out that people are still sheep). He's also added some perspective by showing us that people who aren't Christian or who refuse religion are just as likely to be easily-convinced, nearly-illiterate, incapable-of-critical-thinking apes as the stereotypical Kansas school board member.

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you dont need a book for that, look at how many people believe every word of the in the loose change "documentary"

but the da vinci code does take from some non-fiction books that provide some interesting evidence, like holy blood holy grail. i read that book about a year ago. they did provide some things in that book that would make you think.

did you read the da vinci code? just wondering

 

[not really ken]

^he's not?? what is he then?

EDIT: Of course he's Muslim, he can't NOT be!

He's an 'intellectual'.

 

[Bender]

I've read a lot of the Warcraft novels which I thought were brilliant. Unfortunately I haven't found any other Fantasy books that are like the Warcraft's stories. I want dragons, goblins, magicians, ogres, flying citadels, & blood spilling action. Not some LOTR rubbish where someone has a powerful ring that they are afraid to use.

 

[ill-matic]

Picked up a handfull of books recently.

The Client - John Grisham... I've read the first couple of chapters and so far im pretty disappointed with the style of writing Grisham has adopted. it seems like it's written for a kid.

The Anatomy of Power

The Psychology of Conservatism

 

[ARon]

I read Swan Song from which I got from this thread and thought it was really good. What other books would you recommend. I want something that's kind of futuristic but also scientific if that makes sense. I also like V for Vendetta type ish. Help me out cus that was literally the first book I ever read front to back.

 

[roaches]

I want something that's kind of futuristic but also scientific if that makes sense. I also like V for Vendetta type ish.

Philip K Dick - A Scanner Darkly.

 

[LilTrigger]

this thread should be a sticky or at least stay up lol

ima look up some of them books

thanks

 

[EDouble]

good shit