What are you reading?

imatlas · Oct 21, 2010

Originally Posted by sartorialism

These are important books. Once you sift out her quackery, you get to a strong, powerful argument for individualism and capitalism... Is she an extremist? You bet! But scale her back by like 90% and you're left with great books...

BTW, Atlas Shrugged is a lot better than Fountainhead...

The trouble is, it's the quackery seems to be what people respond to the most (like Alan Greenspan).

skywalker · Oct 22, 2010

spring snow, the idiot, and one day i'll get to atlas shrugged.

Imhoff · Oct 24, 2010

Just finished King's "Under The Dome" and found it quite enjoyable and one of his better works in past few years.

Can anyone recommend books about similar plot... something like a word devastation or post-apocalyptic...

I heard "The Road" is good, but I saw the movie and didn't think it was too interesting.

LabelKing · Oct 24, 2010

Britalian · Oct 24, 2010

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clockwise · Oct 24, 2010

Read half of this book on my flight between Hong Kong and Busan today.
Wow! It is sensational. Norwegian wilderness.

Michigan Planner · Oct 25, 2010

I just started reading Elmore Leonard's new book Djibouti. After 40 minutes or so of reading it on Friday, I had already gotten through about 100 pages. It's a great, fast read! This is the first work of his that I've read but after watching Justified on FX last season, I was really interested to check out his writing.

Leonard actually lives just a couple of streets over from my house and is giving a writer's workshop at one of the local libraries in a couple of weeks. I am not going to pay the $75 for the workshop, but I may try to ambush him outside of the library on his way in get my book autographed.

jesask · Oct 25, 2010

Originally Posted by Michigan Planner

I just started reading Elmore Leonard's new book Djibouti. After 40 minutes or so of reading it on Friday, I had already gotten through about 100 pages. It's a great, fast read! This is the first work of his that I've read but after watching Justified on FX last season, I was really interested to check out his writing.

Leonard actually lives just a couple of streets over from my house and is giving a writer's workshop at one of the local libraries in a couple of weeks. I am not going to pay the $75 for the workshop, but I may try to ambush him outside of the library on his way in get my book autographed.

I have loved Elmore Leonard for years. Really great stuff. Written dialogue rarely sounds this natural.

VaderDave · Oct 25, 2010

Originally Posted by clockwise

Read half of this book on my flight between Hong Kong and Busan today.
Wow! It is sensational. Norwegian wilderness.

That book sort of sucker-punched me at the end. I found it quite moving.

retroaaron · Oct 25, 2010

Just finished "The Passage" by Justin Cronin. Now starting "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"

lawyerdad · Oct 25, 2010

Originally Posted by sartorialism

These are important books. Once you sift out her quackery, you get to a strong, powerful argument for individualism and capitalism... Is she an extremist? You bet! But scale her back by like 90% and you're left with great books...

BTW, Atlas Shrugged is a lot better than Fountainhead...

I beg to differ. We're talking about books, and the experience of reading. Individuals can differ about the quality of Rand's thinking and the degree of their identity with her outlook. But if you have to scale her overwrought, pedantic, ham-handed prose back by 90% to make it palatable, that by itself tells you it's not a great book.

Rambo · Oct 25, 2010

indesertum · Oct 25, 2010

any good scifi or fantasy books ppl would recommend?

East2West · Oct 25, 2010

Crime and Punishment on my Kindle3.
I think I'm going to go through all the "classic" novels again because most of them are free.

Rambo · Oct 26, 2010

Originally Posted by indesertum

any good scifi or fantasy books ppl would recommend?
This Dragonlance stuff ain't half bad. Its not exactly George RR Martin, but its getting the job done for my inner nerd.

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