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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: tryptkaloids] 3
#28406099 - 07/24/23 08:58 AM (6 months, 2 days ago) |
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Just finished all the Michael Connelly fiction novels. That’s 36 over 3 years, along with other stuff. There is a new one out on November.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Crazy_Horse] 4
#28406188 - 07/24/23 09:36 AM (6 months, 2 days ago) |
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The dawn of wonder by johnathan Renshaw.
Really good. Follows a boy who's childhood friend was taken by slave traders and his growing up through military academy to seek revenge.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: tryptkaloids] 2
#28408574 - 07/25/23 10:04 PM (6 months, 14 hours ago) |
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Starting the 3rd book in this series now, The Fool's Journey through the Tarot Swords by Noel Eastwood. I'm really enjoying the journey !
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: deff] 3
#28410344 - 07/27/23 12:37 PM (5 months, 29 days ago) |
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: DividedQuantum] 3
#28411623 - 07/28/23 12:03 PM (5 months, 29 days ago) |
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The Shining by Stephen King
It's been my understanding that the book is very different from Kubrick's movie. So I figured I'd check it out, and so far this understanding has proven quite true. There's a lot more in the book than there is in the film. I'm not sure, in the end, which I will like more, but even having seen the movie over ten times, I can say the book will provide a lot of interesting material.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: DividedQuantum] 2
#28412653 - 07/29/23 10:09 AM (5 months, 28 days ago) |
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Starting The Fool’s Journey through the Tarot Cups by Noel Eastwood
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#28414381 - 07/30/23 06:57 PM (5 months, 26 days ago) |
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And now onto the conclusion of the series, The Fool’s Journey through the Tarot Wands by Noel Eastwood. Excited to see how the journey concludes
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#28414468 - 07/30/23 08:39 PM (5 months, 26 days ago) |
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Also starting The Circle Of The Sun: Heart Essence Of Dzogchen by Traleg Kyabgon, which I've had for a long time and am only getting around to now
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: DividedQuantum] 3
#28414474 - 07/30/23 08:43 PM (5 months, 26 days ago) |
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DividedQuantum said: The Shining by Stephen King
It's been my understanding that the book is very different from Kubrick's movie. So I figured I'd check it out, and so far this understanding has proven quite true. There's a lot more in the book than there is in the film. I'm not sure, in the end, which I will like more, but even having seen the movie over ten times, I can say the book will provide a lot of interesting material.
I like the Kubrick movie better. It captures the essence of the book economically and artfully, and the ending is superior. (The endings of the book and film are totally different). There are many differences. The hedge maze of course plays a pivotal part in the movie, and in the book there is no hedge maze. In the book he has a croquet mallet, in the film he has an axe. There are subtle differences like that throughout. Book was great, movie is iconic.
Next up: The New Inquisition by Robert Anton Wilson
and Native American Wisdom ed. by Kent Nerburn and Louise Mengelkoch
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#28416220 - 08/01/23 01:36 PM (5 months, 24 days ago) |
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Going to be starting The Final Strife (Book One of The Ending Fire Trilogy) by Saara El-Arifi today Don't know much about it but I have a good feeling about it !
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: deff] 2
#28420233 - 08/04/23 08:50 AM (5 months, 22 days ago) |
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I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: DividedQuantum] 3
#28424848 - 08/07/23 07:59 PM (5 months, 18 days ago) |
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About to start The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu and translated by Ken Liu. I've heard very high praise for this sci-fi series and am excited to get into it
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: deff] 2
#28424909 - 08/07/23 08:32 PM (5 months, 18 days ago) |
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deff said: About to start The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu and translated by Ken Liu. I've heard very high praise for this sci-fi series and am excited to get into it 
Yes I read the trilogy a couple of years ago, and it's one of the best sci-fi experiences I've had. So inventive, and exceptionally well-written. I think you'll be impressed by it.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Sham87] 2
#28424913 - 08/07/23 08:35 PM (5 months, 18 days ago) |
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tryptkaloids said: That's a good one
Duuuude, puts a lot into perspective. Stacked upon this video from this dude who talked about how humans mostly operate on quick dopamine hits to get through "it" daily, pretty interesting
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#28424921 - 08/07/23 08:39 PM (5 months, 18 days ago) |
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deff said: About to start The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu and translated by Ken Liu. I've heard very high praise for this sci-fi series and am excited to get into it 
Yes I read the trilogy a couple of years ago, and it's one of the best sci-fi experiences I've had. So inventive, and exceptionally well-written. I think you'll be impressed by it.
Awesome, I am super excited
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: deff] 3
#28425319 - 08/08/23 06:29 AM (5 months, 18 days ago) |
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 ~Round 2, wasn't taking this in properly a few years ago. 
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DividedQuantum said: I like the Kubrick movie better.
You make good points in the rest of your post, but the book version is supreme for me
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Lithop]
#28425442 - 08/08/23 08:34 AM (5 months, 18 days ago) |
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: DividedQuantum] 1
#28426198 - 08/08/23 07:30 PM (5 months, 17 days ago) |
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I'm caught up in the Oppenheimer hype, and I recently re-read Richard Rhodes' The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Next I'm going to read what is sort of a historical sequel to it, his Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb. Not very pleasant stuff, but terribly important.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: DividedQuantum] 2
#28426306 - 08/08/23 08:49 PM (5 months, 17 days ago) |
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I'll always love Oppenheimer's quote when he saw the first detonation for its translation mishap. "I am become death, destroyer of all" Is really "I am become time devourer of all" -krishna One of my favorite quotes from a book I listen to going to bed every week a few times a week. The bhagavad gita
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: tryptkaloids] 3
#28429275 - 08/11/23 02:05 AM (5 months, 15 days ago) |
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I haven't read it but made me feel curious. Psychedelic Buddhism
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