Read any good books lately?
#16
Posted 22 September 2004 - 01:33 AM
JM's official press secretary, scientific advisor, diplomat and apparent antagonist?
#17
Posted 23 September 2004 - 12:31 PM
If you're looking for a deeply fascinating, yet pretty quick read, I might reccomend Zhuge Liang's Way of the General. I personally like him better than the ever-present Sun Tsu. It's up on kongming.net.
Once on the site, go to the right hand panel, and click "History."
Then, about midway down the same panel, it should say "the art of war,"
and then below this it will say "way of the general."
What books top the lists of what you want to read?
And hello! *bows low*
#18
Posted 23 September 2004 - 01:31 PM
Hi, Creaux; You reccomend Way of the General over Art of War?
#19
Posted 23 September 2004 - 03:31 PM
This post has been edited by Creaux: 23 September 2004 - 03:33 PM
#21
Posted 28 September 2004 - 05:32 AM
As for older stuff I love T. H. White and also Oscar Wilde. If you want some uplifting poetry go out right now and grab Leaves of Grass by Whitman. It's really great to see American poetry that isnt some goth whining.
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#22
Posted 28 September 2004 - 06:04 AM
Still quite a good read, though. I should go back over "Sophies World" again...
Less Is More v4
Now resigned to a readership of me, my cat and some fish
#23
Posted 28 September 2004 - 06:54 AM
- J m HofMarN on the Sand People
#25
Posted 28 September 2004 - 10:47 AM
- J m HofMarN on the Sand People
#28
Posted 28 September 2004 - 07:12 PM
Peter Benchley couldn't decide upon a title for teh book that came to be Jaws. Among those he considered was "What's that gnoshing on me leg?"
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#29
Posted 28 September 2004 - 08:57 PM
Also I just finished reading The Phillip K. Dick reader, which is a whole bunch of his short stories, including Total Recall (which he actually titled We Remember it For You Wholesale), Minority Report, Paycheck, and Second Variety, which was apparently made into a movie called Screamers that I've never heard of. It was the first time I ever read anything by Dick, and it definitely was worthwhile, i'll probably read some of his novels now. However, I did think that Minority report, Paycheck, and Total Recall as movies were much more thought-provoking than the short stories. I understand that they're short stories and can't be developed as much, but Dick basically invents a good concept and then goes for the Twilight Zone-like twist ending, leaving you feeling unsatisfied, while the movies really were much more clever, complete, and insightful. Again, still very entertaining read.
#30
Posted 29 September 2004 - 01:24 PM
i also just finished reading norhtern lights by phillip pullman i think, great fantasy book, kicks the ass out of harry potter! just gotta get the sequels now (cant remember the names)
oh and allthough ages ago i read Dune by Frank Herbert and i loved it, looking for the sequels