What are you reading?
I got a new "old" book today. Alistair MacLean's HMS Ulysses. He wrote it 57 years ago, in 1955. His first of many good adventure books. I've read quite a few of his books, but not this one. I'm looking forward to it.
Gary
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Twain/Clemons was one of the best. I recall my summers when I was a young teenager spent reading all of his books. He had me laughing out loud many times. Very enjoyable!Shave4Fun wrote:As a Christian and minister, I read the Bible daily.
Of late I've been reading the "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." It is relaxing to float down the river with Huck and Jim....
Best,
Roger
Gary
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Has me laughing at times, too!brothers wrote:Twain/Clemons was one of the best. I recall my summers when I was a young teenager spent reading all of his books. He had me laughing out loud many times. Very enjoyable!Shave4Fun wrote:As a Christian and minister, I read the Bible daily.
Of late I've been reading the "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." It is relaxing to float down the river with Huck and Jim....
Best,
Roger
Roger
I've been a wet shaver for 56 years!
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Currently reading two books: "The Piano Shop on the Left Bank" by Thad Carhart which I highly recommend:
And on a lark I recently downloaded a free book from the Gutenberg Project via iBooks. So now I'm enjoying Henry James' "The Bostonians" on my iPhone. Surprisingly pleasant, given the small screen. A great writer is James, and I took way too long to finally read him. And of course the book is always available--it doesn't need 3G or wifi.
Greg
And on a lark I recently downloaded a free book from the Gutenberg Project via iBooks. So now I'm enjoying Henry James' "The Bostonians" on my iPhone. Surprisingly pleasant, given the small screen. A great writer is James, and I took way too long to finally read him. And of course the book is always available--it doesn't need 3G or wifi.
Greg
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Fiat lux, et facta est lux. Que la lumière soit, et la lumière fut. Let there be light, and there was light.
I have just sailed through Hitchens' 'Prepared for the Worst' and then his 'For the Sake of Argument' -both collections of journalism. I learnt that Margaret Thatcher's infamous press secretary, Bernard Ingham, hailed from Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire. Knowing my mother-in-law's maiden name was Ingham and that she came from there, I inquired of my wife whether there was any relation. Her cousin, came the reply. Now I shall have to apply to many advice columnists to know how to proceed, as I shall not tolerate any connection to the wretched Iron Lady that made me leave England. Where's the carbolic soap? - I need to wash my hands and mouth.
For the sake of my sanity I am now immersed in "Nessmuk" - George Sears' nom de plume, under which he wrote 'Woodcraft and Camping' and imagining myself sleeping in a wool blanket bedroll under the stars of the eastern woodlands, whilst dreaming of the doom of a large trout tomorrow. Such is the happy life.
Chris
For the sake of my sanity I am now immersed in "Nessmuk" - George Sears' nom de plume, under which he wrote 'Woodcraft and Camping' and imagining myself sleeping in a wool blanket bedroll under the stars of the eastern woodlands, whilst dreaming of the doom of a large trout tomorrow. Such is the happy life.
Chris
"Je n'ai pas besoin de cette hypothèse."
Pierre-Simon de Laplace
Pierre-Simon de Laplace
Mike, that sounds familiar to me. Is it science fiction? If so, then maybe I'd like to read it again, because I know I've read it sometime in the distant past.maskaggs wrote:The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.
Gary
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Great book about coffee and Moties.maskaggs wrote:The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.
Best,
Chris
“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Chris
“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
It sure is, Gary. I heard about it via Pournelle's occasional appearances on the This Week in Tech podcast series. I usually confine my sci-fi reading to the space opera side of things via Star Wars, but The Mote in God's Eye has been really great so far. Plenty of science fiction-y goodness without going over the top - this is a highly advanced universe still plagued by plenty of technological and human problems.brothers wrote:Mike, that sounds familiar to me. Is it science fiction? If so, then maybe I'd like to read it again, because I know I've read it sometime in the distant past.maskaggs wrote:The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.
Regards,
Mike
Mike
Have read since the beginning of the year:
Trigger Men: Shadow Team, Spider-Man, the Magnificent Bastards, and the American Combat Sniper, by Hans Halberstadt
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, by Christopher McDougall
In my pile of books that I am planning to read:
Kill or Capture: How a Special Operations Task Force Took Down a Notorious al Qaeda Terrorist, by Matthew Alexander
How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq, by Matthew Alexander and John Bruning
Books on my list:
Forsaken Heroes of the Pacific War: One Man's True Story, by Don Morrow and Kevin Moore (side note: Albert Brown, the man who inspired the book and the oldest survivor of the Bataan Death March, recently died.)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks, by Ken Jennings
52 Loaves: One Man’s Relentless Pursuit of Truth, Meaning, and a Perfect Crust, by William Alexander
Cheers-
Dave
Trigger Men: Shadow Team, Spider-Man, the Magnificent Bastards, and the American Combat Sniper, by Hans Halberstadt
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, by Christopher McDougall
In my pile of books that I am planning to read:
Kill or Capture: How a Special Operations Task Force Took Down a Notorious al Qaeda Terrorist, by Matthew Alexander
How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq, by Matthew Alexander and John Bruning
Books on my list:
Forsaken Heroes of the Pacific War: One Man's True Story, by Don Morrow and Kevin Moore (side note: Albert Brown, the man who inspired the book and the oldest survivor of the Bataan Death March, recently died.)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks, by Ken Jennings
52 Loaves: One Man’s Relentless Pursuit of Truth, Meaning, and a Perfect Crust, by William Alexander
Cheers-
Dave
Tut-tut my good doctor. I didn't take up residence and attend university in England because the duplicitous Harold Wilson and his Labour goons were running, or should I say ruining, the country at the time, when I left (Southern) Rhodesia. Somewhere I think I still have a role of TP with his profile printed on it.drmoss_ca wrote: I shall not tolerate any connection to the wretched Iron Lady that made me leave England. Where's the carbolic soap? - I need to wash my hands and mouth.
Chris
Back on topic: I'm currently reading "Cesar's Way" by Cesar Milan, as we recently brought a 12 week old puppy into the house.
Good griefdrmoss_ca wrote:I have just sailed through Hitchens' 'Prepared for the Worst' and then his 'For the Sake of Argument' -both collections of journalism. I learnt that Margaret Thatcher's infamous press secretary, Bernard Ingham, hailed from Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire. Knowing my mother-in-law's maiden name was Ingham and that she came from there, I inquired of my wife whether there was any relation. Her cousin, came the reply. Now I shall have to apply to many advice columnists to know how to proceed, as I shall not tolerate any connection to the wretched Iron Lady that made me leave England. Where's the carbolic soap? - I need to wash my hands and mouth.
For the sake of my sanity I am now immersed in "Nessmuk" - George Sears' nom de plume, under which he wrote 'Woodcraft and Camping' and imagining myself sleeping in a wool blanket bedroll under the stars of the eastern woodlands, whilst dreaming of the doom of a large trout tomorrow. Such is the happy life.
Chris
I felt genuine horror and empathy reading this.
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