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 Oct 15 2010, 06:27 AM
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Junior Middleweight Group: Members Posts: 2,191 Joined: 1-June 09 From: Shanghai, China (The Shithole of the Universe) Member No.: 10,313  |
Discovered The Complete Robot by Isaac Asimov a few months ago. Since then I've read some of his other shit, including: Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation, The Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun, and now The Gods Themselves.
So what are you guys reading now? Any recommendations? Has anyone else here read any Asimov stuff before? His stuff is brilliant. Haven't read anything bad by him yet. |
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Oct 15 2010, 10:18 AM
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Choppin Headz Boi! Group: Team BU Posts: 22,696 Joined: 16-October 02 Member No.: 19 |
I want to read "Basketball Diaries". I just saw the movie and loved it alot.
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Oct 15 2010, 09:06 PM
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Cruiserweight Group: Team BU Posts: 5,543 Joined: 10-December 04 Member No.: 1,333 |
QUOTE (Warlord @ Oct 15 2010, 07:27 AM)  Discovered The Complete Robot by Isaac Asimov a few months ago. Since then I've read some of his other shit, including: Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation, The Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun, and now The Gods Themselves. So what are you guys reading now? Any recommendations? Has anyone else here read any Asimov stuff before? His stuff is brilliant. Haven't read anything bad by him yet. I never read amy Asimov although I do have an anthology of Russian science fiction. What I gathered from it is that Russians are crazy fucks. |
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Oct 15 2010, 09:59 PM
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Junior Middleweight Group: Members Posts: 2,191 Joined: 1-June 09 From: Shanghai, China (The Shithole of the Universe) Member No.: 10,313 |
QUOTE (Mean Mister Mustard @ Oct 15 2010, 10:06 PM) I never read amy Asimov although I do have an anthology of Russian science fiction. What I gathered from it is that Russians are crazy fucks. Asimov was born in Russia, but his family immigrated to the U.S. when he was 3, so technically he is considered to be an American author. Anyway, if you're a fan of sci-fi at all, I'd definitely recommend you check him out. I'd probably recommend starting wit Foundation and Foundation and Empire. Good shit. As for Russians being crazy fucks, I'm inclined to agree. I think it's the vodka and extreme temperatures there, but who the fuck really knows. |
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Oct 16 2010, 03:10 AM
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Heavyweight Group: Members Posts: 6,386 Joined: 19-December 03 From: Seattle Member No.: 87 |
"The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand - proving how manipulating books can be.
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Oct 16 2010, 04:02 AM
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Chief Haterizer Group: Team BU Posts: 10,592 Joined: 30-May 04 From: Sydney Member No.: 91 |
QUOTE (SmartyBeardo @ Oct 16 2010, 06:23 PM) Currently reading The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. good book. |
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Oct 16 2010, 06:36 PM
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Amateur Group: Members Posts: 25 Joined: 28-March 10 Member No.: 10,816 |
" A Problem from Hell" by Samantha Powers.........genocides over the past century. Very interesting.
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Oct 17 2010, 05:11 AM
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Middleweight Group: Team BU Posts: 2,558 Joined: 15-November 09 From: The northleft edge of the continental USA Member No.: 10,633 |
QUOTE (Snoop @ Oct 16 2010, 01:10 AM) "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand - proving how manipulating books can be. Interesting how a book purported to be about individualism v collectivism can be utilized through the generations as a bullwork for corporatism. QUOTE (STEVENSKI @ Oct 16 2010, 02:02 AM) good book. Yeah it is. Dawkins goes to significant lengths to be an apologist for great minds of previous generations and to reveal the nakedness of religiosity. Yet, he also manages to unwittingly make an argument for blind faith, simultaneously. QUOTE (Hoodlum @ Oct 16 2010, 04:36 PM) " A Problem from Hell" by Samantha Powers.........genocides over the past century. Very interesting. Or, Life In Hell? |
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Oct 18 2010, 08:16 PM
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Cerebral Ape Group: Team BU Posts: 4,412 Joined: 6-September 06 Member No.: 5,390 |
If you like the God Delusion, which I did, try reading:
Is Belief in God Good, Bad or Irrelevant? Edited by Preston Jones. It's a discussion between a "Christian Libertarian" and a Phd of evolutionary biologu. Good back and forth |
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Oct 18 2010, 08:20 PM
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Cerebral Ape Group: Team BU Posts: 4,412 Joined: 6-September 06 Member No.: 5,390 |
QUOTE (SmartyBeardo @ Oct 17 2010, 06:11 AM) Interesting how a book purported to be about individualism v collectivism can be utilized through the generations as a bullwork for corporatism. I love how Ayn Rand is somehow the basis for the neo conservative economic policy viewpoint, kind of ridiculous. |
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