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Colonel Kurtz Ph.D
What What?

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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: Penguarky Tunguin]
#5799450 - 06/28/06 01:43 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I read it full when I was 17, my teachers couldn't understand my bad grades at all 
I'm now on the "ultimate hitchicker's guide to the galaxy", then will gon into "animal farm", "2001:a space odyssey" and then recover a few goldies: "So spoke Zaratrustra", "Ender's game", "Flowers for Algernon" and the all-mighty foundation+robots series by Asimov. It's going to be a long summer!
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iMark
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: Colonel Kurtz Ph.D]
#5799511 - 06/28/06 02:03 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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"Notes from the underground" -F. Dostoyefski
Next one probably is "The man who was Thursday" by Chesterton.
By the way hey. I'm Mark, 20 years old. Nice to be part of this board.
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HarvestTheBrain
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: Krishna]
#5799516 - 06/28/06 02:05 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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ill def chek it out thanks
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TheDude
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5799521 - 06/28/06 02:07 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'm almost finished 102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn about what occurred in the twin towers during the 102 minutes between the crash of flight 11 and the collapse of the north tower. It focuses on the human aspect of the events, something you don't get a sense of by watching the footage from that day.
Next up is Blood and Oil by Michael T. Klare or Parallel Worlds by Michio Kaku. I can't decide at this point .
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HeadTripVertigo
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: TheDude]
#5799650 - 06/28/06 02:45 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hyper_Panda_GO
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5799663 - 06/28/06 02:49 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Almost done with the awesome The Ptolemies by Duncan Sprott and after that...don't know
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Colonel Kurtz Ph.D
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: TheDude]
#5799668 - 06/28/06 02:50 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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TheDude said: Parallel Worlds by Michio Kaku. I can't decide at this point .
I was going to buy that one a few days ago but it might be as exagerated as that discovery channel "alien planet" documentary so I'm not too sure now... It looks ñike he is a respeced phycisyst so it might actually be good. Please let me know if you like it.
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NobodyCares
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: Colonel Kurtz Ph.D]
#5799681 - 06/28/06 02:55 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'm halfway into Irrational Man by William Barrett, there's a ton of information on existentialism in there, next I'll be reading The Illusion of Technique by the same guy.
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HELLA_TIGHT
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: HarvestTheBrain]
#5799726 - 06/28/06 03:12 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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HarvestTheBrain said: Jared M. Diamond guns germs and steel, awsome read, almost done
We're learning about that guy in my anthro class, we just watched the PBS documentary on it.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: Hyper_Panda_GO]
#5799731 - 06/28/06 03:13 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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hey, nice to see everyone's reading their stuff, the books mentioned here are awesome, at least the ones i've read already.
Right now i'm reading "Discoveries: Birth of the Universe" by Trinh Xuan Thuan, a very good scientific book told in simple words which recounts the universe as we know it today, from the big bang to the formation of galaxies and stars, to the appearance of life and consciousness.
Next I'm gonna read a book full of coversations between Krishnamurti, the 20th century spiritual master, and other intellectuals like physician David Bohm, and other philosophers or theologists or writers. There's about a dozen conversations in there, promises to be interesting.
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Madge the Smoking Vag


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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: Colonel Kurtz Ph.D]
#5799751 - 06/28/06 03:17 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Deepman said: "animal farm"
That's a quick read, I went through it in about 5 hours.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: Penguarky Tunguin]
#5799770 - 06/28/06 03:24 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Penguarky Tunguin said:
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simisu said: last thing i was reading was Godel, Eshcher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid a metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of lewis carroll
it's a facinating book but i got too lazy... there's just SO much informaition in it that i felt like i had to check everything he was talking about befor i could continue (like listen to Bach's diffrent works, read about music theorie, understand the mathematics he was talking about... it was just too much for me)
a friend gave it to me after i described to him how i keep getting stuck when trying to explain reality to my self  he said that this book tied some ends for him and sounded alot like what i was talking about... maybe i should make an effort and read it now? it's been sitting on my desk for a while now!
I had a professor recommend that book to me. Went to the library and saw how thick that fucking book was. Cracked it open and read the intro and a few pages. I thought the exact same thing you did. I need more knowledge about pretty much everything if I'm going to enjoy that book. 
I've heard nothing but good things about that book though.
i got a little further then that but i really felt like i'd miss out if i don't listen to the fugues and really take my time with it... (my computer is lame and i haven't been downloading music for months so that kinda makes it harder too)
deepman i've never been much of a reader sadly (i'm too picky in what i read) but you're lucky i guess 
so is it worth it... dose it actualy connect the dots?
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d33p
Welcome to Violence

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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: Simisu]
#5799842 - 06/28/06 03:48 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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"Junky" by Boroughs
next I'll read "The Room" by Selby Jr.
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Antoine
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: d33p]
#5799894 - 06/28/06 04:03 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Currently reading The Return of the King and the Doors of Perception/ Heaven and Hell. I'm thinking about either reading some William Blake, or John Milton Paradise Lost/ Paradise Found next.
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HippieChick
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: d33p]
#5799900 - 06/28/06 04:04 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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"Answered Prayers" by Truman Capote . He's a unique individual I like him .
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: Antoine]
#5799902 - 06/28/06 04:04 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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William Blake is key.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5800033 - 06/28/06 04:42 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Im reading The Exception to the Rulers, Exposing Oily Politicians and the Media that Love Them, by Amy Goodman, next will most certainly be something by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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OneMoreRobot3021


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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: waterbug]
#5800035 - 06/28/06 04:43 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'm looking for 3 good paperbacks to take to Europe with me, that's the point of this thread.
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HELLA_TIGHT
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5800046 - 06/28/06 04:46 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I heard Clifford the Big Red Dog got good reviews.
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waterbug
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5800063 - 06/28/06 04:52 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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read some fucking Vonnegut, I promise youll be entertained
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