Whatcha reading at the moment?

[Visaki]

Basics of Finnish geology by some finnish guy whos name you can't pronounce as a foreigner. Yes, you are a foreigner, accept it.

 

[Frenger]

Reading is bad for you. Stop it.

If that's true then how can I read this warning?

 

[Laurens]

I am on a bit of a three book marathon at the moment:

Taliban - Ahmed Rashid
The Age of Revolution - Eric Hobsbawm
On Writing Well - William Zinsser

 

[Frenger]

Just read John Stuart Mill - Utilitarianism

Now reading Lucretius - On the Nature of things.

 

[he_who_is_nobody]

The Paleontology of New Mexico by Barry S. Kues.

 

[Frenger]

Asimov's guide to the bible.

 

[Dragan Glas]

Greetings,

Frenger, you've obviously got lots of time on your hands!

Kindest regards,

James

 

[Frenger]

Ha! I have a feeling this one is going to take me a while! It weighs more than my head.

 

[bluejatheist]

Might is Right by Ragnar Redbeard Which Dean brought to my attention
The Klingons would be impressed by it, and I for the most part really enjoy it and agree, although Redbeard makes a fair share of assertions that aren't backed up. There are some tasty points brought up, especially regarding refusing to submit to the religious powers that be. The social darwinism is a different issue. I love the harshness though. "Jesus, true prince of Evil." Beautiful.

 

[Frenger]

Diaries of Adam and Eve - Mark Twain.

 

[Daealis]

Just finished The Last Christian by David Cregory. I was snared by the title and even more so by the back cover, describing conspiracy theories involving mankind at the dawn of transhumanism. I was a little disappointed to watch it crumble to a pseudospiritual new-age "live through god, man"-hippy bullshit with some nanites sprinkled in for good measure. Fairly good read still, only this spiritualist-conclusion was a downer.

I've already started on The Final Revelation by Terroja Kincaid(TheAmazingAtheist). Got a little bit annoyed by a typo in the foreword, but I'm ready to let it slide as a deliberate attempt to piss people off. It would fit his style

 

[CEbbesen]

Stephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow - The Grand Design

 

[Duvelthehobbit666]

Stephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow - The Grand Design

I read that. Don't really remember it though. Time to put it on my reread list.

Just finished Caleban's War and it is a great book. Started reading The Greatest Show on Earth again.

 

[Frenger]

Just read Mark Twain - Diaries of Adam and Eve.

Now reading Leon Trotsky - A revolution betrayed.

 

[Dragan Glas]

Greetings,

Anyone who has read - or is thinking of reading - either E.O. Wilson's The Social Conquest Of Earth or Jonathon Haidt's The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion should read Jerry Coynes' latest blog post:

The Demise Of Group Selection.

Kindest regards,

James

 

[Laurens]

I've kinda run out of books at the moment, and I have no money to buy any new ones...

Fuck it, I guess I'll have to join the library...

 

[Dragan Glas]

Greetings,

And, bearing in mind that Fukuyama's The Origins Of Political Order is based on Hegel's premise involving group selection, it too can be dismissed in light of Coyne's article.

Kindest regards,

James

 

[ImprobableJoe]

Reading is bad for you. Stop it.

If that's true then how can I read this warning?

Ask your seeing-eye midget.

My midget is reading me Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey.

 

[Lallapalalable]

The 'Legal Threats' section of TPB. Feckin' hilarious.

No links to bittorrents, browse the rest of the site at your own discretion

http://thepiratebay.se/legal

 

[australopithecus]

Read Animal Farm twice because work was dead this week. Probably my favorite book evers.