What are you reading?

thomas · Post by **thomas** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:17 am

Reading a pretty brilliant semi-autobiographical account of Dostoyevsky's 4 years in a siberian work camp. Some great tales and insight into human kind here.
Reading this after Primo Levy's two autobiographical books from his time in and traveling back from auschwitz. Really interested in this kind of writing.

magma · Post by **magma** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:56 pm

Finally got round to re-reading 1984 which I read but didn't pay proper attention to as a teenager.

It's fucking awesome.

Just finished:

Senationalist and a bit dodgy sourcewise (a bit "One child we spoke to said exactly what we needed them to say to prove our point") but worth the read... some pretty alarming stuff in there.

stoppauseplay · Post by **stoppauseplay** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:30 pm

Lonely planet guide to central america..... intermittently thinking about where i can get the money to go out there for sayyyy a year...

hmmmm

stoppauseplay · Post by **stoppauseplay** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:31 pm

magma wrote:Finally got round to re-reading 1984 which I read but didn't pay proper attention to as a teenager.

It's fucking awesome.

Just finished:

Senationalist and a bit dodgy sourcewise (a bit "One child we spoke to said exactly what we needed them to say to prove our point") but worth the read... some pretty alarming stuff in there.

and agreed! 1984: best book of all time. the number of references to that book in other media at the moment - room 101, big brother etc etc is mental.

direwolf · Post by **direwolf** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:09 pm

pride and prejudice and zombies

james fox · Post by **james fox** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:26 pm

mark z. danieleswksi 'house of leaves'

bass hertz · Post by **bass hertz** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 4:57 pm

anyone reading the new Dan Brown - Lost Symbol ?

Might pick this up soon. The genre is not my regular cup of tea, but I've read all his others. Angels and Demons being the best imho.

alexchuck · Post by **alexchuck** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:13 pm

Lee Smolin - "The Trouble with Physics"

declared best book of 2007 by The Economist and Seed. it basically presents the physics discovered so far (relativity, quantum physics, string theory) but it's not very technical.. more like a story.

Pedobear · Post by **Pedobear** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:23 pm

Neurotik · Post by **Neurotik** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:29 pm

bibishte wrote:Lee Smolin - "The Trouble with Physics"

declared best book of 2007 by The Economist and Seed. it basically presents the physics discovered so far (relativity, quantum physics, string theory) but it's not very technical.. more like a story.

Not typically that into physics beyond the odd documentary but this looks quite interesting 2bh.

magma · Post by **magma** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:06 am

Neurotik wrote:
bibishte wrote:Lee Smolin - "The Trouble with Physics"

declared best book of 2007 by The Economist and Seed. it basically presents the physics discovered so far (relativity, quantum physics, string theory) but it's not very technical.. more like a story.
Not typically that into physics beyond the odd documentary but this looks quite interesting 2bh.

Bought it for my Dad for Christmas and read most of it on the sly before wrapping it. Really good!

gravious · Post by **gravious** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 1:32 pm

magma wrote:
Neurotik wrote:
bibishte wrote:Lee Smolin - "The Trouble with Physics"

declared best book of 2007 by The Economist and Seed. it basically presents the physics discovered so far (relativity, quantum physics, string theory) but it's not very technical.. more like a story.
Not typically that into physics beyond the odd documentary but this looks quite interesting 2bh.
Bought it for my Dad for Christmas and read most of it on the sly before wrapping it. Really good!

Read that a while back, and really enjoyed it. Can't remember a damn thing about it now though!

Well, I can remember Calibu-yau manifolds, but I can't tell you what one is...

I can also recommend "The Tiger That Isn't" on the non-fiction stuff. Very interesting

magma · Post by **magma** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:34 am

After The Colbert Report the other night, I want to read:

Not only does he look and sound massively like McLovin, it looks like a fun/interesting read.

the artful dodger · Post by **the artful dodger** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:57 pm

Just started reading The hitchikers guide to the galaxy.

magma · Post by **magma** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 1:31 pm

the artful dodger wrote:Just started reading The hitchikers guide to the galaxy.

Almost certainly my favourite booky thing ever. I can never work out if I prefer the radio shows or the books, but they're both amazing.

kay · Post by **kay** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:46 pm

Just started reading this a few nights ago:

Picked it up a while ago, wish I hadn't left it this long to read it. It been a good read so far and is probably one of the better books I've read on subject. If I remember correctly, she was one of the original proponents of M-theory. Seems to be a pretty good communicator, pity she doesn't seem to be generally as well known as the other physics bods.

Also, I find her vaguely hawt!

bass hertz · Post by **bass hertz** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:38 pm

the artful dodger wrote:Just started reading The hitchikers guide to the galaxy.

good stuff!
if you Adams, try Terry Pratchett and Robert Asprin.

paolo · Post by **paolo** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:07 pm

Graham Greene - 'Brighton Rock'

NilsFG · Post by **NilsFG** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:37 pm

I'm reading Godverdomse dagen op een godverdomse bol
by Dimitri Verhulst

RubiconMan · Post by **RubiconMan** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 7:23 pm

just read "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatim - apparently a source of inspiration for 1984 ... was good read but a bit all over the place....
"the Road" by Cormac Mccarthy is great, rayte atmospheric and bleak - jus my cuppa tea.

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