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For lack of a better title, The Book Thread!
trill:
Lately I just haven't been reading much fiction. I guess it's because I started The Bourne Identity a while back and promptly lost it on page 103. I've vowed to find and finish it before I start another fiction.
So instead, I've been reading the following:
The God Particle - It's 13 years old, so I'm sure it's horribly out of date by now, and fully intend to research everything from it after I'm finished, but particle physics is surprisingly interesting. It's got a humorous tone to it, too, which is refreshing after years of science text books.
Emergency War Surgery - which is exactly what the title says. I picked it up at a thrift store, since I'm obsessed with medical books. I guess it's a bit odd, but I really love that it explains not just treatments, but also why certain projectiles cause certain injuries, and takes human error into account when discussing early treatments.
soap:
a book i read awhile ago but only just got reminded of:
maus by art spiegelman
its about the holocaust, but its in comic book form which somehow makes what it says more powerful than many 'proper' books about the same subject
TheToon_Ashtoon:
I am a huge huge huge gaiman fan. Neverwhere I am reading, been into the sandman series for a while. He is a mad genius. He wrote some comic with like 14th or 16th century superheroes i was reading in B&N the other day. The man is inteligent and I am convinced that everything he writes is gold.
plus, he and tori amos are tight. unfortunately, my music taste differs from anyone else who reads QC somehow. so that may not be that big of a deal. I think its super awesome, though. IMO Tori Amos writes damn interesting lyrics.
sorry didn't mean to get into music in a book thread.
Point being: Gaiman is fantastic. Read his stuff.
Tedd:
--- Quote from: Karn ---My summer reading:
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner
Eats, Shoots & Leaves - Lynne Truss
Rise to Rebellion - Jeffrey Shaara
The first four were/are pretty decent. I haven't started the last one yet.
--- End quote ---
If I'm not mistaken, Eats, Shoots & Leaves is a grammar book, isn't it? Rather funny.
Markoff_Chaney:
ON BULLSHIT
by frankfurt.
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