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    I'm reading a biography of John Paul Jones.

    My favorite part so far is when the American fleet (consisting of two armed merchantmen, two brigs and a sloop) first sets sail to do battle with the world's most powerful navy...and promptly gets stuck in the ice.

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    I just finished reading The Unbearable Lightness of being in Aberystwyth.
    "The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists."
    -Joan Robinson

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          De anima
          In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.

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          • #6
            Oncle Boris!

            I'm presently reading Brave New World by A. Huxley. For my english summer class.
            bleh

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            • #7
              One of my favourite books, this be the 5th time I'm reading it.. American Psycho.
              In da butt.
              "Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others." - Confucius
              THE UNDEFEATED SUPERCITIZEN w:4 t:2 l:1 (DON'T ASK!)
              "God is dead" - Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" - God.

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              • #8
                I've recently read most of Dan Browns books. I had the Da Vinci Code for while but only just read it a couple weeks ago. Definatly over-rated. Hyped up too much I guess. It isn't bad but I guess I was expecting something more. I actually think I liked Digital Fortress and Deception Point better. Although I had Deception Point figured out just because he used the same formula for it as for Da Vinci and Digital Fortress.

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                • #9
                  I liked the Da Vinci code a lot since it was the first fiction book I read in awhile. After becomming convinced that the end of the world was going to come during my lifetime, reading any sort of fiction no matter how overrated was fun for a change

                  edit: Read The Rule of Four right after. It's kind of like the Da Vinci Code, but somewhat better imo. Less action though.
                  Last edited by Victor Galis; May 8, 2006, 03:50.
                  "The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists."
                  -Joan Robinson

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                  • #10
                    i'm now waiting for a copy of A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick (the trailer or the upcoming movie gave the idea, i thought i'd try reading the book first...)
                    Co-Founder, Apolyton Civilization Site
                    Co-Owner/Webmaster, Top40-Charts.com | CTO, Apogee Information Systems
                    giannopoulos.info: my non-mobile non-photo news & articles blog

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Victor Galis
                      I liked the Da Vinci code a lot since it was the first non-fiction book I read in awhile.
                      Non-fiction?

                      /me cries

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Pekka
                        One of my favourite books, this be the 5th time I'm reading it.. American Psycho.
                        WHS. Except the book is Godel, Escher, Bach, and I think it's probably the 6th or 7th time...

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                        • #13
                          "The Power Broker" by Robert Caro (the same dude who wrote "Master of the Senate," etc.), the biography of Robert Moses, who was the man behind the curtain for decades in 20th Century NYC.

                          "Vineland" by Thomas Pynchon, about hippies living in the Reagan-era with his typical absurdist humor.

                          "Galois Theory" by Ian Stewart (for school)

                          And several other books (I have a really short attention span), but those are the primary ones...
                          "Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
                          -Bokonon

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Kuciwalker


                            Non-fiction?

                            * Kuciwalker cries
                            As does Reds.......Enjoy the book but please....

                            Anywho, what I'm reading

                            Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World by Justin Marozzi
                            Alexander the Great by Robin Lane Fox
                            Attila The Hun by John Man
                            Ghengis Khan by John Man

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                            • #15
                              Non-fiction?
                              Read the next sentence...
                              "Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
                              -Bokonon

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