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What are you Reading?
What book or books are you reading?
I am currently reading Blowback by Chalmers Johnson
I am currently reading Blowback by Chalmers Johnson
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Permalink Reply by Garret on -
I'm reading Moral Minds by Marc D. Hauser. I also just bought Big Bang by Simon Singh.
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Permalink Reply by Rev Hellbound Alleee on -
The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.
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Permalink Reply by Erin W. Buck on -
Currently,
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (nearly finished)
Air-Conditioned Nightmare - Henry Miller (just started)
Sandman - Neil Gaiman (1/2way)
Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood (technically just finished)
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Permalink Reply by stephen eric billinghurst on -
I have always wanted to work a topic called "turd blowby". I see someone has managed it. This is "blowback". Okay, the meaning is to keep stuffing something in somewhere until it gags and chokes and spits up, roughly? Well, I love that sort of thing, too. I like to describe fatal car crashes in a minimalist way. It is always just a "touch" too much throttle at the wrong time that sends the car cartwheeling.
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Permalink Reply by Kristi Leitholt on -
I've been in a big Sherlock Holmes phase lately. I'm about in the middle of The Return of Sherlock Holmes after having read A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Next I'll read The Hound of the Baskervilles and then I think I'll be done with it for awhile. I need to re-read The God Delusion at some point.
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Permalink Reply by JettaJameson on -
Im reading two books:
1. God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
and
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling(For the second time. Gearing up for next weeks big premiere!)
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Permalink Reply by Luke M. on -
The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins - The UK hardcover edition with all the perdy pictures (much better than the American version)
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Permalink Reply by Kristi Leitholt on
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I've heard some good stuff about this book. What do you think? Would you recommend it?
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Permalink Reply by Luke M. on
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Hi Kristina,
Yes, it's a very interesting book. As the subtitle states, it is a "Pilgrimage to the dawn of evolution". The tales are told from in reverse chronological order, starting with humans and organized into "rendezvous" points, where humans share a most recent common ancestor with other species, all the way to the earliest life on earth. I would say that I am currently about 80% through the book.
It is a pretty long book, but if you do decide to read it I recommend the UK hardcover version, because it is beautifully illustrated... like a coffee table book. You can order it from the amazon UK site.
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Permalink Reply by Kristi Leitholt on
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Great, thanks! I'll try to find it sometime.
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Permalink Reply by Norma LM on -
I don't read, takes me years to finish one book. But I joined a mystery book club and they said it's ok if I don't read the books we can talk about them anyway. However, the last book we discussed was 'Dracula' by Bram Stoker. I did start to read it. Was exciting up until the 5th chapter, now I'm stuck there. Someday I'll get around to finishing it.
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Permalink Reply by no0ne on -
I'm just finishing "Brown Girl in the Ring" It's a Canadian book based in Toronto, and has a religious/voodoo tone but is a good read. At least I found it in the Science Fiction and Fantasy section!
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