What are you reading? - Page 19

Enterprise is Great · January 30 2013, 07:14 PM

Star Trek Allegiance in Exile (for people wary of another TOS standalone set in the 5 year mission this may get you to read it...it made me buy it when I wasn't planning on it)

RJDiogenes · January 30 2013, 11:15 PM

macloudt wrote:

Also on the bedside table is Bully for Brontosaurus by Steven Jay Gould. An old anthropology professor had Gould's Ever Since Darwin as mandatory reading, and I've been a Gould fan ever since. I don't read his books in one go, but read an essay or two when the mood hits.

Ah, I miss Steven Jay Gould. I used to subscribe to Natural History just for his column. And I absolutely love his book on the Burgess Shale (even if it is a little outdated now, at least in terms of the Hallucigenia).

stj · January 31 2013, 12:06 AM

Gould's Structure of Evolutionary Theory is well worth the effort to read. I recommend it highly, especially since so much popularization comes from the evolutionary psychology perspective.

Miss Chicken · January 31 2013, 12:43 AM

Last night I finished Ned Wynkoop and the Lonely Road from Sand Creek. Excellent book about a truly compassionate army officer who was sympathetic to the plight of the Plains Indians (especially the Southern Cheyenne and the Arapaho) and who did what he could to get the army and the US government to take a humanitarian stance towards the Indians. His stand cost him dearly in terms of his career and at times it endangered his life.

I am almost finished The Library by Zoran Zivkovic. Six short stories with book/library themes. I especially like the story about a man who kept finding book after book mysteriously appearing in his letterbox.

I have just started The Spanish Helmet by Greg Scowen. An amateur archeologist working in New Zealand digs up a old Spanish helmet. 5 centuries before Spanish explorer Francisco de Hoces and his ship were ost in the Pacific after being separated from the rest of fleet. Could this helmet have belonged to someone from his ship?

TorontoTrekker · January 31 2013, 06:19 AM

thestrangequark wrote:

TorontoTrekker wrote:

thestrangequark wrote:

I'm reading The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. It's a fascinating hypothesis, if somewhat outlandish. The text is a little dated, as far as the neurological literature is concerned, but so far only minor pieces of evidence are made moot by modern research, and I can't think of any good reason why the theory couldn't hold up.

Robert J. Sawyer used that book a lot in developing the story for his WWW trilogy (Wake, Watch and Wonder), in which the Internet gains sentience. I've considered finding a copy and checking it out, but my "to read" list is still way too long as it is.

Now that will be interesting to read after this! Was the trilogy good?

I found all three books to be excellent. Rob's writing style is not complex, but his ideas are very good, and I find his storytelling compelling. The WWW trilogy also has some interesting observations on autism - Rob always does a lot of research for his novels, and it shows.

(I may be biased... Rob and I have been friends for about 25 years.

)

thestrangequark · January 31 2013, 03:51 PM

^Awesome!

Kira's Mom · February 18 2013, 04:33 AM

Prince of Thieves, the novel The Town was based on.

Miss Chicken · February 18 2013, 05:22 AM

I have just finished No One Writes to the Colonel and other Stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It is tthe first book of his I have read and I enjoyed it so much that I will read one of his novels later in the year most likely 100 Years of Solitude or maybe Love in the Time of Cholera.

I am currently reading Lost Classics: Writers on Books Loved and Lost, Overlooked, Under-read, Unavailable, Stolen, Extinct, or Otherwise Out of Commission. However I have found that, in the days of the internet and Kindle, the majority of these books are no longer as hard to get. I think I will end up buying 6-10 books that are mentioned in this book.

Rhubarbodendron · February 18 2013, 12:38 PM

Right-ho, Jeeves

cooleddie74 · February 18 2013, 01:59 PM

Stephen Colbert's newest book America Again: Re-Becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't.

Gul Re'jal · February 18 2013, 02:26 PM

Just started "Lisey's Story" by King

mari · February 19 2013, 06:38 PM

I finished The Eugenics Wars a week or so ago, putting the rest of the anthology on my birthday wish list. Now I'm about halfway into Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi (I read Redshirts right after it came out last year, and I'm addicted to him now). Also working through some forgettable Regency romance novels when I'm in the mood - my brain candy.

NightJim · February 19 2013, 07:46 PM

Saving Faith by David Baldacci, I'm hooked on his Maxwell & King and Camel Club series, so figured it was worth a go.

I really want to be carrying on with New Frontier, but need a payday first.

cooleddie74 · February 19 2013, 07:47 PM

^
The Eugenics Wars is a great trilogy of books. Were you aware the author is a poster on the BBS? Good guy. Anyways, those books might not be considered canonical but they sure as heck make the Eugenics Wars timeline of events make a little more sense so I'd recommend them to anybody.

mari · February 19 2013, 07:51 PM

cooleddie74 wrote:

^
The Eugenics Wars is a great trilogy of books. Were you aware the author is a poster on the BBS? Good guy. Anyways, those books might not be considered canonical but they sure as heck make the Eugenics Wars timeline of events make a little more sense so I'd recommend them to anybody.

Yeah, I'm pretty aware of who's on here.

I particularly liked the 1986 chapter that references the whales and Quark and all that. /fangirl

January 30 2013, 07:14 PM	#271
Enterprise is Great Rear Admiral	Re: What are you reading? Star Trek Allegiance in Exile (for people wary of another TOS standalone set in the 5 year mission this may get you to read it...it made me buy it when I wasn't planning on it) Kirk makes first contact with the Bajorans __________________ JJverse Star Trek...is gonna rock again! On May 17, 2013!

January 31 2013, 12:06 AM	#273
stj Rear Admiral Location: the real world	Re: What are you reading? Gould's Structure of Evolutionary Theory is well worth the effort to read. I recommend it highly, especially since so much popularization comes from the evolutionary psychology perspective. __________________ Morals are what you do to other people. Other people, what we call society, are essential to human happiness. Therefore, morals are the path to happiness. My morals, your happiness; your morals, my happiness: It's a fair trade.

January 31 2013, 12:43 AM	#274
Miss Chicken Little three legged cat with attitude Location: Howrah, Hobart, Tasmania	Re: What are you reading? Last night I finished Ned Wynkoop and the Lonely Road from Sand Creek. Excellent book about a truly compassionate army officer who was sympathetic to the plight of the Plains Indians (especially the Southern Cheyenne and the Arapaho) and who did what he could to get the army and the US government to take a humanitarian stance towards the Indians. His stand cost him dearly in terms of his career and at times it endangered his life. I am almost finished The Library by Zoran Zivkovic. Six short stories with book/library themes. I especially like the story about a man who kept finding book after book mysteriously appearing in his letterbox. I have just started The Spanish Helmet by Greg Scowen. An amateur archeologist working in New Zealand digs up a old Spanish helmet. 5 centuries before Spanish explorer Francisco de Hoces and his ship were ost in the Pacific after being separated from the rest of fleet. Could this helmet have belonged to someone from his ship? __________________ Big Brother, the people are watching YOU

January 31 2013, 03:51 PM	#276
thestrangequark Vice Admiral Location: Brooklyn!	Re: What are you reading? ^Awesome! __________________ The Enterprise is my TARDIS. View my art!

February 18 2013, 04:33 AM	#277
Kira's Mom Fleet Admiral Location: In Hawkeye's nest.	Re: What are you reading? Prince of Thieves, the novel The Town was based on. __________________ "I cannot believe I just took a picture of an action figure's ass." OdoWanKenobi Etsy shop

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February 18 2013, 05:22 AM	#278
Miss Chicken Little three legged cat with attitude Location: Howrah, Hobart, Tasmania	Re: What are you reading? I have just finished No One Writes to the Colonel and other Stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It is tthe first book of his I have read and I enjoyed it so much that I will read one of his novels later in the year most likely 100 Years of Solitude or maybe Love in the Time of Cholera. I am currently reading Lost Classics: Writers on Books Loved and Lost, Overlooked, Under-read, Unavailable, Stolen, Extinct, or Otherwise Out of Commission. However I have found that, in the days of the internet and Kindle, the majority of these books are no longer as hard to get. I think I will end up buying 6-10 books that are mentioned in this book. __________________ Big Brother, the people are watching YOU

February 18 2013, 12:38 PM	#279
Rhubarbodendron Fleet Captain Location: Milky Way, outer spiral arm, Sol 3	Re: What are you reading? Right-ho, Jeeves __________________ Eve is the revised, improved and updated version of Adam [Helen Vita]

February 18 2013, 01:59 PM	#280
cooleddie74 Fleet Admiral Location: The Warped Sector of the Demented Quadrant	Re: What are you reading? Stephen Colbert's newest book America Again: Re-Becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't. __________________ You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice. -Katharine Hepburn

February 18 2013, 02:26 PM	#281
Gul Re'jal Commodore Location: Gul Re'jal is suspecting she's in the wrong tale	Re: What are you reading? Just started "Lisey's Story" by King

February 19 2013, 06:38 PM	#282
mari Commander	Re: What are you reading? I finished The Eugenics Wars a week or so ago, putting the rest of the anthology on my birthday wish list. Now I'm about halfway into Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi (I read Redshirts right after it came out last year, and I'm addicted to him now). Also working through some forgettable Regency romance novels when I'm in the mood - my brain candy.

February 19 2013, 07:46 PM	#283
NightJim Lieutenant Commander Location: Scunthorpe, UK	Re: What are you reading? Saving Faith by David Baldacci, I'm hooked on his Maxwell & King and Camel Club series, so figured it was worth a go. I really want to be carrying on with New Frontier, but need a payday first.

February 19 2013, 07:47 PM	#284
cooleddie74 Fleet Admiral Location: The Warped Sector of the Demented Quadrant	Re: What are you reading? ^ The Eugenics Wars is a great trilogy of books. Were you aware the author is a poster on the BBS? Good guy. Anyways, those books might not be considered canonical but they sure as heck make the Eugenics Wars timeline of events make a little more sense so I'd recommend them to anybody. __________________ You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice. -Katharine Hepburn