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10-06-2005, 07:17 PM
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Re: Suggest me some books!
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The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins. If you like that, the Blind Watchmaker by same. Not only are they illuminating and interesting books, you'll easily pwn any christian fundamentalists who ridicule evolution + "intelligent design" tards you encounter. [/ QUOTE ] No you won't. They don't listen and they don't think. You will only make yourself extremely frustrated. 
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10-06-2005, 07:18 PM
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Re: Suggest me some books!
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[ QUOTE ] The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins. If you like that, the Blind Watchmaker by same. Not only are they illuminating and interesting books, you'll easily pwn any christian fundamentalists who ridicule evolution + "intelligent design" tards you encounter. [/ QUOTE ] No you won't. They don't listen and they don't think. You will only make yourself extremely frustrated. [/ QUOTE ] Sorry, I didn't explain. You hit them with the books, spine first.
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10-06-2005, 07:21 PM
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Re: Suggest me some books!
Master and Margarita By Bulgakov, I am reading it for the third time right now, amazing book...
I am shocked to see another 2p2er recomend this book as not many people outside EX USSR know about it.. one of the best books ever... even better in Russian ): also I recomend Choke and Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
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10-06-2005, 06:54 PM
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what [censored] said plus i loved invisible monsters as well. a lot of people on this board hate chuck though. [/ QUOTE ] What's the knock on Chuck? Just overrated because of Fight Club?
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10-06-2005, 07:02 PM
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What's the knock on Chuck? Just overrated because of Fight Club? [/ QUOTE ] i think the words that are thrown around here are "trite," "pompous," etc., every time i get into book discussions around here i am waiting for JaBlue (where are ya bud? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]). personally i can't think of a more creative book than survivor, maybe AS creative but not more. i think anytime something that is considered "cult" people cherish it b/c it is unknown and they want to feel like they are the only ones watching it (donnie darko) or reading it (fight club/before the movie) but when it blows up and becomes part of pop culture and mainstream then people start to get pissed because it becomes sort of what it was against even though it has never changed just the audience has.
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10-06-2005, 09:56 PM
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Re: Suggest me some books!
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heartbreaking work of staggering genius by dave eggers. [/ QUOTE ] "You shall know our velocity" is good also
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10-06-2005, 06:57 PM
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Re: Suggest me some books!
Judging from the books on the list, you may have already read some of these:
Fiction first: Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson (first book in a series). His protagonist is complex and interesting. There's a rough patch early on in this first book. You might find yourself wanting to quit the book (and being angry at me for recommending it). Get through this section. It is worth it. Douglas Adams wrote two books about a detective named Dirk Gently. Long Dark Teatime of the Soul and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Rumpole of the Bailey by John Mortimer. There are several short stories available. These are also nice to listen to in the car. Nonfiction: Any of Bill Bryson's books, but only if read by the author. Carl Sagan's Demon-Haunted World. He captures the wonder of science and his feelings about pseudoscience and quackery without getting condescending or preachy. James Randi's Faith Healers. Randi has the same side of the issue regarding pseudoscience and quackery, but is quite frequently condescending and preachy. In this book, he describes the way he busted religious fraud Peter Popoff. (This story got lifted, without credit or payment, for the movie Leap of Faith.) Prisoner's Dilema. Half game-theory, half biography of Von Neumann. Partnership Bidding at Bridge by Robson and Segal. (Probably not such a good suggestion, since I doubt you play bridge. It is, however, easily the best bridge book that is not well-known.)
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