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Snaggletooth
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: blissedout]
#5803362 - 06/29/06 01:53 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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mntlfngrs
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5803367 - 06/29/06 01:55 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Reading "The Moral Animal, Why we are the way we are, The new Science of evolutionary psychology" By Robert Wright. Has definitely changed the way I think about pretty much all living creatures, especially people. It is Copy-write 94 so it is a little dated but worth the read. Next: Maybe I'll finish "the Spiritual Machine" or start one of the ones mentioned here. I've got a ton that I have ripped to MP3. I usually listen to books on the drive to work since it takes about 40 min either way.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: mntlfngrs]
#5803371 - 06/29/06 01:57 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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My dad listens to books all the time. For me reading is so much a textural thing, feeling the book in my fingers, that I can't really get into audiobooks so much.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: Snaggletooth]
#5803375 - 06/29/06 01:57 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Nice! That's one of the bes grow guides that I know of. I used to have it, but I loaned it to a friend and never saw it again. I have a copy of The Deluxe Marijuana Growers Guide, though.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: blissedout]
#5803380 - 06/29/06 01:59 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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blissedout said: Nice! That's one of the bes grow guides that I know of. I used to have it, but I loaned it to a friend and never saw it again. I have a copy of The Deluxe Marijuana Growers Guide, though.
How is that one, should I get it, or is the same info?
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: Snaggletooth]
#5803401 - 06/29/06 02:07 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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They are basically the same.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: blissedout]
#5803749 - 06/29/06 03:44 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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reading still life with woodpecker mostly because of a thread here a few weeks ago thanks to everybody who recommended it. its fantastic so far and im going to end up reading lots of robbins now
last book i read was qed the strange theory of light and matter by feynman a bit of a slog and lots of little arrows pointing in all directions but some mind blowing concepts. worth the slog.
next i have all tomorrows parties by gibson mostly because neuromancer made me poop my pants with happiness
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mntlfngrs
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5804055 - 06/29/06 05:19 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I know what you mean. There are some draw backs but if I didn't;'t do audio books I would get much less reading done. You have to be doing something repetitive or you get board or your mind wanders.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: knumb]
#5805170 - 06/29/06 11:46 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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knumb said: reading still life with woodpecker
never trust a redhead...
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: Omnicracker]
#5805640 - 06/30/06 01:51 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Just finished Coming Into The Country. Great read
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: HeadTripVertigo]
#5805724 - 06/30/06 02:15 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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HeadTripVertigo said:
The Horror. The Horror.
Dharma Bums: Real pathetic drivel that should not have been foisted on the gay-ass hippie community.
Much like Mao's Little Red Book.
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OneMoreRobot3021


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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: GnuBobo]
#5806401 - 06/30/06 09:49 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Oh Bobo.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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unbeliever
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: Omnicracker]
#5806405 - 06/30/06 09:52 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Omnicracker said:
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knumb said: reading still life with woodpecker
never trust a redhead...
They like teh anal sex0r. Great book btw.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: unbeliever]
#5806406 - 06/30/06 09:55 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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The Count of Monte Cristo, then The Three Musketeers.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5806409 - 06/30/06 10:00 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Oh and I'm currently reading:
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong - James W. Loewen The Hollow Man - Dan Simmons The Pawnbroker - Edward Lewis Wallant
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OneWhoHasSeen
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: mntlfngrs]
#5806455 - 06/30/06 10:21 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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mntlfngrs said: I know what you mean. There are some draw backs but if I didn't;'t do audio books I would get much less reading done. You have to be doing something repetitive or you get board or your mind wanders.
You know, I have been thinking about audio books and I have come to the conclusion that there is nothing wrong with them. And as long as you buy the unabridged versions I doubt they are worse then a book.
I mean, people have been passing down stories by mouth long before they did so with the written word. So it isn't surprising that it is so much easier to keep your attention focused on a speaker rather then words in a book.
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OneMoreRobot3021


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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: OneWhoHasSeen]
#5806459 - 06/30/06 10:23 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I don't think there's anything "wrong" with audiobooks at all...to me reading is such a physical activity, that's all. Putting your feet up, turning the pages...ahh...i get pleasure out of it.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5806480 - 06/30/06 10:34 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I agree with both sides. I love picking up a book and reading it, but I also like doing household activities while listening to an audiobook.
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OneWhoHasSeen
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5806544 - 06/30/06 11:04 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I love the smell of the leather on the covers and the delicious aroma of paper that has never been read. Hmmmm, makes my eyes water just thinking about it.
But after a while my eyes hurt if I read for too long, and it is nice to do other things while you listen to a book.
I wonder. Reading a book is proven to increase ones vocabulary, I wondering if listening to audio books does the same.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? And what's next? [Re: OneWhoHasSeen]
#5806546 - 06/30/06 11:05 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I like the smell of books published in the late 80's and early 90's, that are well-worn and well-yellowed-and-read.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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