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CloseNever got through the God Delusion. Didn't think his arguments were very good, and his rhetoric was horrible.
Never got around to the Trial. Gonna read Catch 22 instead.
Never got around to the Trial. Gonna read Catch 22 instead.
I liked the God Delusion - he did pretty good at trying to use rational arguments to refute an irrational belief. No easy task.
I liked God, the Devil, and Darwin: A Critique of Intelligent Design Theory by Niall Shanks better, though.
I liked God, the Devil, and Darwin: A Critique of Intelligent Design Theory by Niall Shanks better, though.
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Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac. I think he's the only author who can write 100 pages describing a mountain and still have each and every one of those pages be interesting.
Canuck
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I liked the God Delusion - he did pretty good at trying to use rational arguments to refute an irrational belief. No easy task.
I liked God, the Devil, and Darwin: A Critique of Intelligent Design Theory by Niall Shanks better, though.
I must've missed his rational in the midst of his aggression, put downs and straw men arguments.
yamata no orochi
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I am reading Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, which is actually really good! There are some really neat setpieces and Nausicaa is an excellent protaganist. She's a real badass, which is quite a feat considering that she is also a pacifist.
I'm also reading Shadow Country which is also very good.
I'm also reading Shadow Country which is also very good.
Canuck
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I didn't mean to sound so confrontational.
Anyways, I didn't read Catch 22, so I picked up another Murakami since they're easy to read. It was his book where he talks about long-distance running.
Anyways, I didn't read Catch 22, so I picked up another Murakami since they're easy to read. It was his book where he talks about long-distance running.
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I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max. Usually I don't read popular and/or new stuff, but this guy is pretty damn entertaining. Drunken revelry and fornication abound.
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With My Knives, I Know I'm Good. Pretty interesting book. Although I hardly find the time to read it.
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The Cat Inside by William S. Borroughs. I'll probably finish that later today and start up Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke tomorrow.
Still on Cryptonomicon. Been reading it literally since Christmas.Almost 800 pages in. I think it is the longest book I have ever actually gotten close to finishing.
That is a really interesting title, Natook. Tell us more about it.
That is a really interesting title, Natook. Tell us more about it.
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author=Max McGee link=topic=2557.msg64669#msg64669 date=1236109290
Still on Cryptonomicon. Been reading it literally since Christmas.Almost 800 pages in. I think it is the longest book I have ever actually gotten close to finishing.
Hehe, I've read Atlas Shrugged. Of course, I skipped most of John Galt's long, pretentious speech at the end, but that leaves out like 30-40 pages of the total 1230502836528375923758. After I finished I threw the book to the ground and whispered under my breath "Bitch."
Honestly--if Ayn Rand were alive today I'd probably punch her in the vagina. There are some points to Objectivism that have their merits, but she just takes it above and beyond. I could write a book on how much I hate her and all the other objectivists out there.
Yet, still, every time I pass one of her books at a Borders or something, I consider buying it because it looks like it could be good. Stupid well designed covers.
yamata no orochi
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The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett, after it was reccomended by the guy doing The Way play-through on Youtube. Sample witty dialogue:
Oh, god. This is going to be interesting...
(Also I finished Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, which any person here who has ever enjoyed a comic ought to purchase and read right this minute, whether you hate Japanese comics or not)
"I am like a narwhal looking for my virgin. I have sucked up the sea like Charybdis and failing other entertainment will spew it three times daily, for a fee. Tell me again, precisely, what you have just said about Mungo Tennant."
Oh, god. This is going to be interesting...
(Also I finished Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, which any person here who has ever enjoyed a comic ought to purchase and read right this minute, whether you hate Japanese comics or not)
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The Golden Compass (I liked the original title better) by Philip Pullman. Haven't read any fantasy or young adult books in a long, long time.
nickad: I found it pretty good the farther you got into it. A good read.
Northern Lights (aka Golden Compass) is a pretty engaging read. You'll probably find yourself flying through the first two, then slowing near the middle of the third.
Currently reading a book called Midnighters: The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld. Not sure if I like it yet. It's one of those pulpy-teen-angst-fantasy-'horror' books. I'm reading it because I'm really, really bored and it's an easy read. (Besides all my good books are packed away,never to see the light of day again or until we move again.)
Northern Lights (aka Golden Compass) is a pretty engaging read. You'll probably find yourself flying through the first two, then slowing near the middle of the third.
Currently reading a book called Midnighters: The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld. Not sure if I like it yet. It's one of those pulpy-teen-angst-fantasy-'horror' books. I'm reading it because I'm really, really bored and it's an easy read. (Besides all my good books are packed away,
