Skipping anything written by melville is a mistake, have a look at Bartleby the Scrivener

I just finished "The World Without Us". Its a really good book and definitely worth reading. It talks about what the world would be like if Humans were suddenly gone from Earth.

It goes through all sorts of consequences from our actions, some of which are pretty scary/sad. Its not a global warming/doomsday book though. If anything its kind of optimistic as it talks about how life on Earth would adapt to messes we've caused and correct most of them.

I'm just finishing up the short story collection, "Fragile Things" by Neil Gaiman. I started a few months ago as it was highly recommended by my dad and sister, and actually posted about it in a lounge thread then. Well, I misplaced it somehow but recently found it, luckily enough, and have one story to go.

After hearing that Gaiman wrote a 'graphic novel' years ago I always considered him a pulp writer and showed no interest in him. Ridiculous bias, seeing as I never read any of his work. Big mistake, and I recommend it to anybody as it was recommended to me.

I loved Speaker for the Dead. I liked it more than Ender's Game (although I realize I am in the minority on this one and it might be because I read Ender's a long time ago).

I finished Morris Berman's "Twilight of American Culture" (anyone else read this) and "Pride and Prejudice".

Currently reading "Incompleteness" a biography of Kurt Godel, and very slowly making my way through "A New Kind of Science" by Stephen Wolfram.

I loved this book when I read it in University. I think I'll pick it up again.

Thanks for flagging that up - I just finished The Magic Toyshop, and really enjoyed it. Think I'll need to read it again sometime soon tho, so I can properly appreciate all the symbolism.

I'm reading Anthony Kiedes' autobio, "Scar Tissue." As expected, so far it's been almost entirely about his drug use.

clublife by rob the bouncer..

Just started "Collapse" by Jared Diamond

a mixture of the fountainhead, crime and punishment and airframe if i ever remove myself from here.

Everybody in the Lounge quit reading or what?

I listened to an audiobook version (from the guttenberg project online) of The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. I liked it, but didn't think it was amazingly incredible. It definitely was better than the new movie version, which I, unfortunately, saw before reading the book. I enjoyed it a lot and think it's worth a reread at some point.

I'm currently reading To Kill a Mockingbird for class. Yes, I'm a 22 year old senior and this is the first time I've been assigned TKaM. Amazingly, this is the first I've really ever picked it up. It was a slow starter for me, but it's growing on me bit by bit. (I have the Gregory Peck movie coming from Netflix in a few days, so I will be able to compare after I read the book).

What else ya'll readin Lounge?

TKaM is a fine book. Too bad she doesnt write anything else.

Edit: Forgot to add reading Plato's "The Republic" for another philosophy class.

I am finishing up on Criptonomicon. It is pretty long, so far I am on page 880 (out of ~1150).
I read some books while taking a break from reading Criptonomicon they were:
The Game by Neil Strauss. Interesting book about the community of pick up artists.

America Misunderstood by Sivakumar. A compilation of news editorials from around the world concerning the election of
Bush in 2004. It was a very interesting read.

Kill Phil by Blair Rodman and Lee Nelson. I didn't like it that much, although it does give good ranges of hands for short stack play.

The Making of a Poker Player by Matt Matros. I liked this a lot, as it has a story structure instead of an education structure as a poker book. I enjoyed it a lot, I think the chapter on heads up play was really good. It was also made more interesting by the fact that I read it parallel to "The Game" and both are storied about guys who work very hard and study hard to become great in a specialized community. Interesting connections.

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