OPOJ wrote:Hi everyone.
I read all kind of science fiction books. Like Isaac Asimov.
Now I'm reading Brave New World from Aldous Huxley.
Hey! OPOJ!
Brave New World is the book I want to read next!
I've read 1984 and loved it, saw Equilibrium and now I'm in love of those kind of theories...btw, if you haven't seen that movie or read that book and you like BNW, you should! they're btw the same lines...of totalitarian governments.
"Insanity: A Perfect Rational Adjustment To An Insane World"
Equilibrium is FANTASTIC, I even have it in my computer!
Close your eyes and try to remember, destroyed lullabies of days gone by
Close your eyes on the edge of forever, a chance to dream fast asleep your nightmare ends
Close your eyes and try to remember, destroyed lullabies of days gone by
Close your eyes on the edge of forever, a chance to dream fast asleep your nightmare ends
Forget-me-not wrote: Great you are! I didn't have enough diligence to finish it
Well, it starts to get exciting on about page 300, where he describes the battle of Austerlitz. The first parts of the book are a little ropy, but it gets better and better. If I didn't have other things to do I'd like to read it through all at once. But as I still have to do some exams I've just two hours at night where I can read...
Life can only be understood in reverse
But must be lived forwards...
I'm losing my senses, I'm losing my senses
Well, I guess I wrote here before that I'm reading the Kalevala, and I have it in a PC.
Also have Dracula (I have'em on my brother's PC cause I have no money for the books, besides, the Kalevala is quite hard to find here- No, correct...is IMPOSSIBLE)
What do I read: Epic stories (Kalevala, the song of Roland, etc), JRR Tolkien, Beowulf...that stuff
"now he knows his father betrays
now his wings turns to ashes to ashes his grave"
Just a Vampire wrote:Well, I guess I wrote here before that I'm reading the Kalevala, and I have it in a PC.
Also have Dracula (I have'em on my brother's PC cause I have no money for the books, besides, the Kalevala is quite hard to find here- No, correct...is IMPOSSIBLE)
What do I read: Epic stories (Kalevala, the song of Roland, etc), JRR Tolkien, Beowulf...that stuff
Good choice, "Kalevala" (in Russian) and "The Lord of The Rings" (in English) are literary masterpieces which are always with me in my Pocket PC
EDIT: Oh, how could I forget? "The Silmarillion" is there too, at the first place!
Heiserich wrote: Well, it starts to get exciting on about page 300, where he describes the battle of Austerlitz. The first parts of the book are a little ropy, but it gets better and better. If I didn't have other things to do I'd like to read it through all at once. But as I still have to do some exams I've just two hours at night where I can read...
Nice to hear you like it. I'm glad to know that Russian classical authors are enjoyed abroad
Due to my job, I have to read mountains of technical documentation from Microsoft, Cisco, Netscreen, and others.
For private reading, I really enjoy biographies and autobiographies. I'm also rather keen on military history, as well books on counterintelligence and espionage. Some of my favorite authors are politicians, generals, and doctors. Clausewitz and Churchill are among my favorite authors.
I also enjoy a great deal of Christian literature, such as works by C.S. Lewis and Rick Warren.
For fiction, I've read a lot of Whitley Strieber, Jenkins/LaRue, Stephen King, D.C. Fontana, and many others.
I'm actually reading a book about the city Of Jihlava in Moravia (Czech Republic), this book is called "Kapitoly z historie Jihlavy" (or in english "the chapters of the Jihlava's history"). Very interesting thing.
Toutes choses étant égales, par ailleurs, la solution la plus simple est toujours la meilleure.
Terry Pratchett. And of course, heavy-metal magazines.
"When night falls
she cloaks the world
in impenetrable darkness.
A chill rises
from the soil
and contaminates the air
suddenly...
life has new meaning."
I have recently finished "The Celesty Prophecy" (Tolkki's recommendation at his forum), and a book about neurobics, brain exercise.
I am reading "Veronika Decides to Die" that is the only book of Paulo Coelho I had not read.
Apart from that I am writing my novel and reading my books on learning German and Japanese (does that count?)
Hurray, finally I finished "War and Peace" by Tolstoi!
It took quite a long time, cause I had only two hours in the evenings to read. However, it's an absolutely great book.
Probably tomorrow I'll start with another book, don't know yet which one I'll choose...
Life can only be understood in reverse
But must be lived forwards...
I'm losing my senses, I'm losing my senses
"THE SEX LIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS" I just got through reading this book&if true, there are lots of past USA presidents that would make Bill Clinton look like an angel! George Washington was the Father of our country. Literally.
Also, I read the DAVINCI CODE which was interesting. I am waiting for the DVD, now!
"Your life is yours, and yours alone. Rise up and live it!"
Bob: I don't believe in God.
Archangel Michael: That's OK, Bob, because He doesn't believe in you, either!~Legion~
What I last read was The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton.
I finished in a week. Just 300 pages.
The book was old I must say, back from the 60s. But I loved it very much.
It gave me the same thrills Crichton's last one State of Fear.
He's my favorite writer.
By the way, I just noticed that he's coming out with a new book on Nov 28 called NEXT that deals with genetics. Anyone intrested:
I finished Dan Brown's Deception Point some time ago. It was a lot like the Da Vinci -Code and Angels And Demons; it was a really exciting story, but after reading it once, that's it.
I'm currently short on cash so I'm basically re-reading some of my classics. At the moment i'm reading Lolita for the seventh time, if I remember correctly. I've also had a look to Biography of Hunger, english translation of Biographie de la faim, one of my favourite books by Amélie Nothomb. Really great translation, I highly recommend it.
Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated ~desu