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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #300 on: Thu, 24 March 2022, 04:04:39 »
Stefan Ahnhem - Victim without a face.
First part of Fabian Risk series. Interesting.
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #301 on: Tue, 12 April 2022, 09:24:06 »
Age of turbulence- alan greenspan
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #302 on: Sat, 23 April 2022, 11:08:46 »



Escape from Cubicle Nation by Pamela Slim

I just finished Start Finishing by Charlie Gilkey, and Atomic Habits by James Clear.

I'm also reading Anne McCaffrey's The Dragonriders of Pern (omnibus), and A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan. 

All them charity/thrift Ebay listings during the thing :-*
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #303 on: Tue, 03 May 2022, 00:45:32 »
Computing with Quantum Cats by John Gribbin
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #304 on: Fri, 06 May 2022, 16:03:46 »
Have dropped off and not reading a lot past few months but gotta say - thanks guys for resurrecting this thread from time to time. Long Live GH bookworms! :thumb:
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #305 on: Fri, 06 May 2022, 16:20:46 »
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #306 on: Thu, 26 May 2022, 22:18:26 »
Have you guys noticed that Books actually have less in them than it looks like from the outside.

Even big plump ones, the density of information is actually quite low. Taken all together, you'd expect to know more by the end of it, but not really, not by much anyway. 
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #307 on: Wed, 06 July 2022, 09:29:56 »
This is an awesome book if you like classic rock music :

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57094201-lightning-striking
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #308 on: Wed, 06 July 2022, 09:37:44 »
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #309 on: Thu, 07 July 2022, 02:58:47 »
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #310 on: Thu, 07 July 2022, 03:00:22 »
Stefan Ahnhem - Motive X.
4th part of Fabian Risk series.


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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #311 on: Thu, 07 July 2022, 04:37:34 »
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Oooh, this looks interesting.
I'm halfway through and, yes, a very interesting book.
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #312 on: Fri, 08 July 2022, 03:03:15 »
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Oooh, this looks interesting.
I'm halfway through and, yes, a very interesting book.

I always liked Panama / Cuba story. Sounds like a good read for fans  :)
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #313 on: Fri, 08 July 2022, 09:07:00 »
My daughter gave me this book and it is an excellent read.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17465709-braiding-sweetgrass

It would be a good companion read to "Finding the Mother Tree" by Suzanne Simard that I recommended last year.
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The Constitution is a secular document that created a secular government.
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #314 on: Tue, 26 July 2022, 22:30:00 »
Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human by K. W. Jeter. I'm halfway through it, and I must say, I'm liking the story more than the sequel film Blade Runner 2049—and I love the sequel film.
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #315 on: Wed, 27 July 2022, 08:31:53 »
I remember reading Jeter's first book, Dr Adder, in the early-1980s and it was one of the most horrifying and repugnant things that I had ever seen. People who talked about the "decaying dystopian future Los Angeles" after seeing Blade Runner had no idea ....

The story behind the book, and his relation to his hero and mentor, Philip K ****, are also pretty interesting.
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The Constitution is a secular document that created a secular government.
Thomas Jefferson — in an actual quote — wrote in 1802 that our First Amendment built “a wall of separation between church and state.”
In 1797, John Adams agreed: “The government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion.”

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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #316 on: Wed, 27 July 2022, 15:48:20 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Wed, 27 July 2022, 08:31:53
I remember reading Jeter's first book, Dr Adder, in the early-1980s and it was one of the most horrifying and repugnant things that I had ever seen. People who talked about the "decaying dystopian future Los Angeles" after seeing Blade Runner had no idea ....

The story behind the book, and his relation to his hero and mentor, Philip K ****, are also pretty interesting.
Dr. Adder is on my reading list. I've read The Glass Hammer and Farewell Horizontal, the latter being the most bizarre story I've ever read, as far as the genius of his world-building and outside-of-the-box story premise. A freelance graphic designer living on the outer surface of a humungous skyscraper ruled by biker gangs and tech conglomerates...what?? I still have a difficult time wrapping my head around the physics of it.
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #317 on: Wed, 27 July 2022, 17:33:13 »
Quote from: smarmar on Wed, 27 July 2022, 15:48:20

living on the outer surface of a humungous skyscraper ruled by biker gangs and tech conglomerates

I still have a difficult time wrapping my head around the physics of it.


That reminds me a bit of Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds, who also tossed in some exquisite steampunk for good measure.
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Re: What ya reading?
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #319 on: Sun, 18 September 2022, 13:16:31 »
ArchDill , that's a very intriguing book. Marked to-read.

Here's what I'm reading now - very interesting book.
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #320 on: Mon, 24 October 2022, 08:50:52 »
Somebody should merge these 2 threads.
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In 1797, John Adams agreed: “The government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion.”

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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #321 on: Tue, 08 November 2022, 19:48:01 »
Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 26 May 2022, 22:18:26
Have you guys noticed that Books actually have less in them than it looks like from the outside.

Even big plump ones, the density of information is actually quite low. Taken all together, you'd expect to know more by the end of it, but not really, not by much anyway. 
I've noticed this phenomenon with nonfiction, specifically in the self-help genre. Fiction, not so much...depends.
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #322 on: Tue, 08 November 2022, 22:50:15 »
Just finished The Four Levels of Healing by Shakti Gawain, and prior to that, The Game of God by Arthur Hancock & Kathleen Brugger. Yeah, I'm going through some sh*t right now. :(
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #323 on: Wed, 23 November 2022, 18:04:28 »
Been reading a book written by a friend: The Flight of the Magician. Part fiction, part memoir.
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« Reply #324 on: Tue, 13 June 2023, 19:50:19 »
Cormack McCarthy passed away today at the ripe age of 89.
60 years of being an American writing legend, and my personal favorite author.
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #325 on: Tue, 13 June 2023, 20:27:28 »
Quote from: noisyturtle on Tue, 13 June 2023, 19:50:19

Cormack McCarthy passed away today


His work is breathtaking but excruciating. I guess I need to pick The Road back up, a couple of years ago I got about a quarter of the way through it and it was just too bleak and painful.

As a multi-generational Knox County descendant, I always liked Suttree the best because it felt the most genuine and realistic.

- and if this is to be the preferred thread going forward - I want to re-post my current book here -

An Immense World  by  Ed Yong  is one of the most mesmerizing books that I have ever read. You owe it to yourself to read it.

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/59575939
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #326 on: Tue, 20 June 2023, 20:33:20 »
Quote from: noisyturtle on Tue, 13 June 2023, 19:50:19
Cormack McCarthy passed away today at the ripe age of 89.
60 years of being an American writing legend, and my personal favorite author.
Damn shame, right there. Blood Meridian is one of the best books I've ever read, maybe the best. It's been years since I've read it but I still think about it regularly. It's actually the only McCarthy book I've read, thus far. The Road is waiting in line on my book shelf, right now. I hear it's a downer.
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Re: What ya reading?
« Reply #327 on: Thu, 13 July 2023, 22:26:18 »
The Holy Bible. Praise Jesus.
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