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Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2473 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
"The Emperor's New Clothes", by Roger Penrose. |
Pierre A Renaud Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 998 Credit: 9,101,544 RAC: 65 |
In the Things are getting better series I'll make sure to read this, as Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined failed to utterly convince me. I normally never say this, but in that specific case I'd like to believe it lol "A Distant Mirror, The Calamitous 14th Century", by Barbara W. Tuchman. This is not a new book, with a 1978 copyright. Apr 3, 1999 - May 3, 2020 |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2473 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
Correction: "The Emperor's New Mind", by Roger Penrose. (Freudian Slip?) |
George 254 Send message Joined: 25 Jul 99 Posts: 155 Credit: 16,507,264 RAC: 19 |
Roger Penrose author? Looks like another one for the to read list |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
I wrote a letter to Roger Penrose in 1995 and he answered it suggesting me to read his new book "Shadows of the mind". But it is a good deal more technical. I just finished reading "A short history of time" by Stephen Hawking, which mentions his cooperation with Penrose in the subject of black holes. Tullio |
George 254 Send message Joined: 25 Jul 99 Posts: 155 Credit: 16,507,264 RAC: 19 |
Maybe I should have another go at reading Hawking's book again Got stuck around chapter 3 or 4 last time |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
His book is much easier than "Shadows of the mind" by Roger Penrose. Tullio |
George 254 Send message Joined: 25 Jul 99 Posts: 155 Credit: 16,507,264 RAC: 19 |
Thanks Tullio, will keep that in mind |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3324 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
If we stop reading this thread will die! I haven't been reading much lately, but I keep buying books that I honestly intend to read. Really. I've recently bought the hard copy of the book by Stephen King and Owen King, Sleeping Beauties. I've read mixed reviews. I also bought the Kindle version of Fire and Fury, the one about the inner workings of the current White House administration. When I buy a book, I usually buy Kindle versions. I like hard copies, but it's faster and easier to buy the Kindle version. I no longer have a working Kindle, but I have the app on an old iPad mini. I'm actually surprised they're still selling Kindles since it really has only one purpose. Or does it? I haven't really looked into them for some time, so maybe they do more than just the books. Here's a recommendation: One of the funniest books I've read was actually a published version of someone's blog. I don't usually laugh out loud when I'm reading, but this time I did. The book is The Force is Middling in this One: And Other Ruminations from the Outskirts of the Empire. It's stinkin' funny! (Really, it's not about Star Wars.) ~Sue~ |
George 254 Send message Joined: 25 Jul 99 Posts: 155 Credit: 16,507,264 RAC: 19 |
For a change, have been reading some hacking books, starting with: Dark Market by Misha Glenny then following two of his recommended reads: Kevin Poulson's Kingpin and Joseph Menn's Fatal System Error. Perhaps I should watch the 1983 film War Games as well. |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2473 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
"The Other Brain", by R. Douglas Fields, Ph.D. |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3324 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
Here's a free short story from Stephen King. https://stephenking.com/other/stephenking-laurie.pdf ~Sue~ |
Stargate (SA) Send message Joined: 4 Mar 10 Posts: 1854 Credit: 2,258,721 RAC: 0 |
Always found Terry Pratchett's books fun to read, he has quite an imagination.. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
I just started a book called Nightshade - Twentieth Century Ghost Stories. It's a collection, so I expect some stories to be better than others, but it's a nice escape on a Monday afternoon. :~) The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
grayfox65 Send message Joined: 5 May 18 Posts: 15 Credit: 38,724 RAC: 0 |
Just started to read the dystopian novel "We", by Yevgeny Zamyatin 1924 Came across it after I read, George Orwell's "1984" |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2473 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
"A Higher Loyalty", by James Comey. |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20157 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
Noblesse. Noblesse is about a powerful noble - Cadis Etrama Di Raizel (referred to as Rai) - who has been asleep for 820 years with no knowledge of mankind's advancement and scientific successes. At the start of the webtoon, Rai wakes up in an abandoned building in South Korea, and starts to get used to the modern world. He goes to a school, where he reunites with his loyal servant Frankenstein. With Frankenstein's help, Rai enrolls into high school and inadvertently befriends athletic teenager Shinwoo, computer geek Ikhan, and Shinwoo's crush Yuna, and a few others. Noblesse follows the group's often dangerous adventures against a secret organization while uncovering Rai's past. |
Michael Belanger, W1DGL Send message Joined: 30 Jul 00 Posts: 1887 Credit: 7,441,278 RAC: 49 |
Re-reading (after several years) Book #2 of the "Wingman" series by Mack Maloney. Prior to that, I was reading the last book (#16 I think, of 23 total) of Mike Shepherd's "Kris Longknife" series. Both in e-Book format (Kindle 5th Generation reader - an older model with no backlight, so the battery lasts a lot longer and no touchscreen) |
George 254 Send message Joined: 25 Jul 99 Posts: 155 Credit: 16,507,264 RAC: 19 |
The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester....the story of the Oxford English Dictionary. Involving murder, the American Civil War and nineteenth century London. Reads like a thriller. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24877 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Robert F Kennedy: Ripples of Hope |
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