What book are you reading?

clubbabyseals · n00b Joined: 22 Jul 2002 Posts: 21

The Middle Mind Why Americans Don't Think for Themselves, by Curtis White.

Raide, if you like Cuckoo's Egg, check out Clifford Stoll's other books, Silicon Snake Oil (kind of dated now) and High Tech Heretic.

Evangelion · Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 7:58 am Post subject:

Two actually:

Linus Torvalds: Just for Fun

George Orwell: 1984 <== Everyone should read this

I read "Just for Fun" in bed before I sleep, and I read "1984" when I'm commuting to/from work.
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Mirrorball · Apprentice Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Posts: 235 Location: Brazil

birnbaumtruhe · Apprentice Joined: 20 Sep 2003 Posts: 281

Currently I'm reading
Kurt Tucholsky - Panter, Tiger & Co.
Stanislaw Lem's - The Star Diaries
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Leander256 · l33t Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 880 Location: Singapour

I've finished all my books :cry:

Next ones will be "2061 Odyssey three" by Arthur C. Clarke, "The fires of heaven" by Robert Jordan and "The Malloreon: Demon Lord of Karanda" by David Eddings.

I always read only one book at once, but not all the serie at once, so depending on my mood I choose one or an another.

ank · Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 9:18 am Post subject:

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

minhtang · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 17 Oct 2003 Posts: 76

Les' Miserable... Next up will be Don Quixote... if I make it past this Miserable one

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Xiol · Apprentice Joined: 24 Jul 2003 Posts: 209 Location: UK

The Great Hunt (Wheel of Time, Book 2), by Robert Jordan.

Pretty slow going really, can't find time to read recently.

Before reading that, I read Against A Dark Background by Iain M Banks.

AlterEgo · Veteran Joined: 25 Apr 2002 Posts: 1619

LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell

petrjanda · Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 10:23 am Post subject:

The Bible, New Standard Revised Version

neenee · Veteran Joined: 20 Jul 2003 Posts: 1786

Crossroads of Twilight - book 10 in The
Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan.
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dvink · n00b Joined: 12 Apr 2003 Posts: 55

Olver, P. : "Applications of Lie Groups to Differential Equations."

professorn · Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 11:32 am Post subject:

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, it r0xX

And some computer books ofcourse

dgt84 · Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 11:49 am Post subject:

The Art Of Unix Programming ( http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ )

It's a very interesting book, and worth the read on the history of Unix chapter even if you're not into Unix or programming. The entire book is available online, though it can also be bought in paper form for 30-40 USD.
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Jeedo · Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 12:01 pm Post subject:

UNIX Haters handbook

zhenlin · Veteran Joined: 09 Nov 2002 Posts: 1361

UNIX hater's handbook. Nothing like the opposite perspective to help me design a better system.

The Art Of Computer Programming. I wish I had the time to read it through nicely. And a MIX emulator of course. I've been too lazy to install one... But maybe that is a good thing, the MIX assembly language looks worse than the x86 assembly language.

I just finished reading a Star Trek TNG book, can't remember the title... Something about a culture which believed in a 5000 year cycle of doom.

violentgreen · Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 1:56 pm Post subject:

I just finished Survivor bu Chuck Paluhniuk (wrote fight club as well). I am in the process of reading "House of Leaves" and "Blackwood Farm" which is in Anne Rice's "Vampire Chronicles" series.

asimon · Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 2:15 pm Post subject:

Currently I am reading The Human Stain from Philip Roth. I already read Portnoy's Complaint and Sabbath's Theatre from the same author and enjoyed them very much. Yes, I guess I am a Philip Roth fan. Other Authors I enjoyed in the last months were Alice Sebolt, Nick McDonell, Michael Moore, and Ed Greenwood.

jaska · Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 2:21 pm Post subject:

A book called "Rutto Kellot" by Ilkka Remes.

Corw|n of Amber · Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 2:26 pm Post subject:

Am reading books from CompSci school I dropped out of, one about UNIX and the other is C++ course.
Plus some Gothic literature, namely Melmoth by Charles Robert Maturin and The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis
And re-reading once more all over again The Amber Chronicles by Roger Zelazny

And some documentation, some classic French books, some SF books (just finished Fahrenheit 451)... and lots of stuff on the 'Net.
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pilla · Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 2:37 pm Post subject:

Two books, reading "Kim" by Kippling again, and also "The Universe in a Nutshell" for the first time.
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NoUseForAName · Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 3:42 pm Post subject:

Stupid White Men by Michael Moore

and

Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams, I'm reading it basically all the time, just flipping up some random page and start reading. It's a GREAT book.

pjp · Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 4:44 pm Post subject:

Cisco Networking Academy Program
CCNA 1 & 2
Companion Guide
Third Edition

And yes, its as exciting as it sounds.
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pjp · Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 4:47 pm Post subject: