What are your favourite books?
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My favourite book is "Goedel - Escher - Bach" by Douglas R. Hofstadter. And how about you?
That's a good one. I still like "Candide" by Voltaire better than anything else tho. I still have to finish "Cryptonomicon", which I started about 3 years ago... it's a good one, but requires dedication.
matilda.
Cryptonomicon is quite okay. I like The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick (then again, I like a lot from that guy), the obviously awesome Lord of the Rings springs to mind.
Catch 22
Fun With Milk & Cheese
I really love the gunslinger books by Stephen King, a lot better than his usual shit.
Jolly Roger's Cookbook
Except Jolly Roger isn't so jolly. Quite a mean bastard actually!
The catcher in the rye.
"Transparent things" by V. Nabokov
Fun With Milk & Cheese? Which print do you have?
radman: First edition, April 1994
oh yes the man in the high castle <3 <3 <3
and perhapes something by mr burroughs... like the soft machine or perhapes nova express :~)
and perhapes something by mr burroughs... like the soft machine or perhapes nova express :~)
my iq is too low to read books
Hagakure
"il principe" By N. Machiavelli
"Also Sprach Zarathustra" by F. Nietzsche
"Das Kapital" by K. Marx
Oh - and GEB is bloated! Why read hundreds of pages about an insight that could be gained on less than 20?
"Also Sprach Zarathustra" by F. Nietzsche
"Das Kapital" by K. Marx
Oh - and GEB is bloated! Why read hundreds of pages about an insight that could be gained on less than 20?
"De ontvoering van Alfred Heineken" by Peter R. de Vries
I like books about the Warhammer world because I'm a whore.
And then there's Walter Moers book, originally called "Die 13½ Leben des Käpt'n Blaubär", or "Kaptajn Blåbjørns 13½ liv2" in danish, or something like "Captain Bluebears 13½ lives" in english.
And... Harry Potter! (why didn't anyone mention Harry Potter before?)
And then there's Walter Moers book, originally called "Die 13½ Leben des Käpt'n Blaubär", or "Kaptajn Blåbjørns 13½ liv2" in danish, or something like "Captain Bluebears 13½ lives" in english.
And... Harry Potter! (why didn't anyone mention Harry Potter before?)
Maybe I should get my eyes checked.
I thought it said boobs.
I thought it said boobs.
Against the Fall of Night, by Arthur C. Clarke
Last good books I've read: (during those past 30 days)
- Finished the Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson ("Quicksilver", "The Confusion" -- my prefered one -- and "The System Of the World")
- Of course Douglas Adams' "Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
- Haruki Murakami's "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End Of The World" which is totally excellent, and "A Wild Sheep Chase"
- Just today, "Jimmy Corrigan The Smartest Kid On Earth." by Chris Ware.
- Finished the Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson ("Quicksilver", "The Confusion" -- my prefered one -- and "The System Of the World")
- Of course Douglas Adams' "Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
- Haruki Murakami's "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End Of The World" which is totally excellent, and "A Wild Sheep Chase"
- Just today, "Jimmy Corrigan The Smartest Kid On Earth." by Chris Ware.
And I found GEB a bit disappointing considering the hype that surrounded it, but it's a good book nevertheless. But I preferred the theme approached in Douglas Hofstaedter's more personal book: "Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies"
nicolas: no wonder you dont have time to code on your demoengine =)
Sir Garbagetruck, you're free too share your favourite boobs with us anyway. :-)