The book thread

DopeFeen

DopeFeen

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Atlas Shrugged is a novel about a young woman (really Ayn Rand portraying herself) who's grown up in the railroad industry her grandfather started to becoming the head person basically. And a whole bunch of shit goes on in the story which i enjoyed alot that i can go into but man i dont really feel like it at the moment little tired lol but besides the story the author (and philosopher) Ayn Rand goes into alot of rants or long speeches rather pertaining to her philosophy of reason and capitalism. Its really great shit especially if your a libertarian or have similar ideology.

and

Holy blood Holy Grail is a highly detailed book researched about questions of christ like
Is it possible Christ did not die on the cross?
Is it possible Jesus was married a father and that his bloodline still exists?
Is it possible that parchments found in South France a century ago reveal one of the best-kept secrets in christendom?

They go through a lot of shit in this book and its all amazing. Ranging from the knights templar and secret societies.
Its sort of like the Davinci COde but the only thing is that guy who worte the DC stole the whole concept from the authors of this book which was published YEARS before DC and the movie.
I would go on but man u could just look online somwhere ahah
 
ElBarto

ElBarto

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DopeFeen said:
Atlas Shrugged is a novel about a young woman (really Ayn Rand portraying herself) who's grown up in the railroad industry her grandfather started to becoming the head person basically. And a whole bunch of shit goes on in the story which i enjoyed alot that i can go into but man i dont really feel like it at the moment little tired lol but besides the story the author (and philosopher) Ayn Rand goes into alot of rants or long speeches rather pertaining to her philosophy of reason and capitalism. Its really great shit especially if your a libertarian or have similar ideology.
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I kind of liked Atlas Shrugged (although I liked the Fountainhead a lot more) but the premise is kind of ridiculous. Can you imagine what would really happen if all the industrialists and financiers actually disappeared (as they do in the book) to some kind of secret commune in the mountains? Come one now.

Here's what I've got on order from amazon.com, subcool's Dank: the Quest for the Very Best Marijuana: A Breeder's Tale and DJ Short's Cultivating Exceptional Cannabis: An Expert Breeder Shares His Secrets.

 
Arrid

Arrid

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ElBarto said:
I kind of liked Atlas Shrugged (although I liked the Fountainhead a lot more) but the premise is kind of ridiculous. Can you imagine what would really happen if all the industrialists and financiers actually disappeared (as they do in the book) to some kind of secret commune in the mountains? Come one now.

Here's what I've got on order from amazon.com, subcool's Dank: the Quest for the Very Best Marijuana: A Breeder's Tale and DJ Short's Cultivating Exceptional Cannabis: An Expert Breeder Shares His Secrets.

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Give a review of them when you're done? :D
 
DopeFeen

DopeFeen

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ElBarto said:
I kind of liked Atlas Shrugged (although I liked the Fountainhead a lot more) but the premise is kind of ridiculous. Can you imagine what would really happen if all the industrialists and financiers actually disappeared (as they do in the book) to some kind of secret commune in the mountains? Come one now.

Here's what I've got on order from amazon.com, subcool's Dank: the Quest for the Very Best Marijuana: A Breeder's Tale and DJ Short's Cultivating Exceptional Cannabis: An Expert Breeder Shares His Secrets.

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dude thats what i loved about it.. I wana go to GALTS GULCH!
 
Arrid

Arrid

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A nice lil book for all you Campers out there..



Collins Gem - SAS Survival Guide

Got it a while back and only just found it stuffed in a box in the closet.

"A practical Guide to surviving in the wild, Advice on foods, camp craft, Navigating and much more. Based on the author's extensive experience with the SAS"
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Pocket size and packed full of useful info, plus it's only $9.95 :D

I got mine for a £5 :D

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On another note, does anyone like Edgar Allen Poe?


A friend of mine let me borrow this book :



Selected Tales : Edgar Allen Poe.


Contents.
(Favourites highlighted)


• The Duc De L’Omelette (1836)

• Ms. Found in a Bottle (1833)

• The Assignation (“The Visionary”, 1835)

• Ligeia (1838)

• How To Write a Blackwood Article (“The Psyche Zenobia”, 1838. This does not include the usual ‘A Predicament’, the spoof article created under the rules just outlined.

• The Fall of the House of Usher (1839)

• William Wilson (1839)

• The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841)

• A Descent into the Maelström (1841)

• The Island of the Fay (1841)

• The Colloquy of Monos and Una (1841)

• The Oval Portrait (1842)

• The Masque of the Red Death (1842)

• The Mystery of Marie Rogêt

• The Pit and the Pendulum (1843)

• The Tell-Tale Heart (1843)

• The Gold-Bug (1843)

• The Black Cat (1843)

• The Premature Burial (1844)

• The Purloined Letter (1844)

• The Imp of the Perverse (1845)

• The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar (1845)

• The Cask of Amontillado (1846)

• The Domain of Arnheim (1847)

• Von Kempelen and His Discovery (1849)


"As readers will discover, Poe possessed an Unrivalled capacity to create atmosphere and suspense, and to probe the dark depths of the human psyche. All the stories in this volume push back the boundaries, making the improbable possible, the familiar terrifying and strange"


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Edgar Allan Poe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For those who want to check him out..

"On October 3, 1849, Poe was found on the streets of Baltimore delirious, "in great distress, and... in need of immediate assistance", according to the man who found him, Joseph W. Walker.[62] He was taken to the Washington College Hospital, where he died on Sunday, October 7, 1849, at 5:00 in the morning."




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hopbr4

hopbr4

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HoppusTheCaveman said:
I'm reading three books at the moment. one of which is for school.
1984. I got it from a teacher last year as a gift. It's excellent. Soooo interesting. If you haven't read it already, get to it.
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imho animal farm is a much better book than 1984 if you like orwell.

and for all you history buffs out there if you havent already, read A Peoples History of the United States by Howard Zinn. it goes into great detail about many major and minor conflicts throughout US history and is told from the perspective "of - and in the words of- America's`s women, factory workers, African Americans, Native Americans, working poor, and immigrant workers." it basically starts with logs Columbus made when he first arrived in the Caribbean, and ends with the Clinton presidency.
 
hopbr4

hopbr4

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just picked up Utopia- Sir Thomas Moore
and Grimm's Fairy Tales (composed of 120 different short stories like Cinderella Snow White Hansel and Grethel etc.) from B&N the other day. anyone ever read these?
 
madmaty

madmaty

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Currently reading nothing just finished off a 12 book series called The Wheel of Time written by the late Robert Jordan. I will be 13 books total once they have the 13th book finished by a ghost writer. Its currently 12 books and a prequel a high fantasy story your basic good vs evil. Tho really a quite enjoyable series.
 
ogrelung

ogrelung

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Jordan died?! FUUUUCK. I was really hoping he'd get to finish it, though it had been a while since I'd read any of it. Crossroads of twilight is where I left off. Shame to hear. Currently reading cat's cradle by Kurt Vonnegut and The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov. Really liking both. I got stuck somewhere for a couple hours and started on the naked sun coz it was the only thing handy so now I'm about halfway through both.
 
hopbr4

hopbr4

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just finished Huckleberry Finn. great book. leaves you with good feeling afterwards.

right now im about halfway through The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.
really good book about a spanish kid whos a sheep herder, sells all his sheep to go after a treasure located at the pyramids in Egypt that he only knows of through a recurring dream.
 
SEF

SEF

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Finished reading A Scanner Darkly, never seen the movie. The book is a serious mind fuck. But it's worth the read. Philip K. Dick is one the best authors of our time. I'm going to reread Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? soon.
 
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atmt888

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I just finished "The Rise of Endymion", the last book in the Hyperion series. If you like sci-fi or philosophy you will love this series.
 
ElBarto

ElBarto

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SEF said:
Finished reading A Scanner Darkly, never seen the movie. The book is a serious mind fuck. But it's worth the read. Philip K. Dick is one the best authors of our time. I'm going to reread Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? soon.
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I used to love PKD. I think Ubik is my favorite of his books. A Scanner Darkly is definitely up there.
 
dannyking

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hopbr4 said:
just finished Huckleberry Finn. great book. leaves you with good feeling afterwards.

right now im about halfway through The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.
really good book about a spanish kid whos a sheep herder, sells all his sheep to go after a treasure located at the pyramids in Egypt that he only knows of through a recurring dream.
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Oh yes mark twain is an absolute genious!!!!

have you ever seen the mysterious adventures of mark twain???

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Brilliant. Also Catch 22 is one of my favorite books of all time.
 
Busmike

Busmike

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matthew said:
Well color me surprised. I didn't think we had many readers here. I love to read....well sorta, I mostly listen to audiobooks because I am dyslexic and they are a lot easier for me. Not to mention the fact that I can "read" them while I drive, work and even toss them on my ipod and go mow.

I do 2 or 3 books at a time and depending on the size and how much they interest me can have them done within a week. I am a huge non-fiction fan and will read about pretty much anything. I am almost done with 2 right now, on called "McMafia" and the other called "America's Secret War". I would highly recommend them to nerds like myself. Next on the list is Vincent Bugliosi's "The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder". I started it about a month back and the first part was mostly all Bush bashing, I wanted some substance, I mean how a real prosecutor would try the man.
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I also have a pretty large collection of audiobooks. PM me, maybe we could swap lists and exchange books using Rapidshare.

A few years ago I was at odds for something to read and started reading the classics. It's been a real eye-opener. Did you know Robinson Crusoe was enroute to Africa to pick up a load of Slaves when he was shipwrecked? And Frankenstien's monster was articulate, self-educated, and very agile. Also, Electricity had NOTHING to do with his re-animation! Blew me away! I'm beginning to hate hollywood...

I pretty much read all Genre's, though I lean towards SiFi.

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hopbr4

hopbr4

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i just picked up Max Brooks' (Mel Brooks son) 2 books.
The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z. i love everything zombie related:bigjoint:
 
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