Michaelangelica Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 I found this bookThe Unknown Terrorist, shattering. He paints word pictures that i can see. They are not nice. No wonder he lives on aremote island in the Bass Straight! In The Unknown Terrorist, one of the most brilliant writers working in the English language today turns his attention to the most timely of subjects — what our leaders tell us about the threats against us, and how we cope with living in fear. It is an extraordinary achievement, chilling, impossible to put down, and all too familiar.Powell's Books - The Unknown Terrorist: A Novel by Richard Flanaganhttp://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/08/books/08kaku.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 I'm currently on Derek Bickerton's new book, "Adam's Tongue"...incase any of you cunning linguists were interested :shrug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sman Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 I'm very interested, although neither cunning nor a linguist, as I'm sure you've deduced from other forums. Can you link it?I'm re-reading Varieties of Scientific Experience, loose transcriptions of Carl Sagans foray at the Gifford Lectures in 1985. It's pure candy. Amazon.com: The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God: Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan: Books http://www.amazon.com/Varieties-Scientific-Experience-Personal-Search/dp/1594201072 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes Benzene Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 I just downloaded "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro to my Kindle this morning, and will begin reading shortly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Can you link it?Sure, I'll try :hihi: Adam's Tongue: How Humans Made Language, How Language Made Humans http://www.amazon.com/Adams-Tongue-Humans-Made-Language/dp/0809022818/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244658299&sr=1-1 I am also fiddling around with David Crystal's book, How Language Works. Its a pretty good read as an intro to linguistics, and the sections can be referenced independently of eachother. Also, I have read a lot of great books by Steven Pinker. I suggest him for anyone interested in language & cognition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sman Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Also, I have read a lot of great books by Steven Pinker. I suggest him for anyone interested in language & cognition. This is funny: my astute and discerning wife has procured The Language Instinct and Words and Rules for me for my birthday just today. I believe this compleats my collection. Suffice to say I'm all over Pinker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 This is funny: my astute and discerning wife has procured The Language Instinct and Words and Rules for me for my birthday just today. I believe this compleats my collection. That's funny! It was meant to be lol. Happy b-day! Suffice to say I'm all over Pinker.That makes at least two of us :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes Benzene Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 I'm in a book club with some friends from school. Our current book is "Tropic of Cancer" by Henry Miller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 I just finished "Temple of the Winds" by Terry Goodkind... Oh yes, confess me confessor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrotex Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 Just finished re-reading "The War Against the Rull" by A. E. van Vogt. Published in 1958!Wow, what a fantastic story. And I read for the first time, "The Man in the Maze" by Robert Silverberg.Outstandidng. I can see why it won the Hugo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 I just started reading "Eden in Winter" sequel to "West Of Eden" By Harry Harrison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racoon Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Charles Dickens!I realize once again what a Geinus he is.. I'm into 'Bleak House', right now. I wish I could construct sentences like he could.. The man is simply the best thing since Steinbeck.. But he was before Steinbeck.. He is simply the best author of the 1800's, period! Dickens is a Master. I can't put his books down.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 Charles Dickens!I realize once again what a Geinus he is.. I'm into 'Bleak House', right now. I wish I could construct sentences like he could.. The man is simply the best thing since Steinbeck.. But he was before Steinbeck.. He is simply the best author of the 1800's, period! Dickens is a Master. I can't put his books down....I was wreaked for Dickens after being given "Bleak House to study when I was 14. The biggest book I had seen to date, not at all like the USA comics I was used to. My wife- a lit. graduate- thinks Dick3ns is an all time great and loves him. This I have ignored as she is a woman,:hyper: and also likes the Brontes, Heathcliff , Mr. Darcy, and all those heaving bosoms.But maybe I should give Dickens another go. I think I may have missed something-----------------------------------------------------------Reading old crime novels now in the "Black Dagger" series by the BBC. These are often neglected gems of the genera and may/can be the only book written by the author! They are reprints of books first published in the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s A great series, republishing old, neglected crime writing of the 20th Century. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrotex Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 Burning Chrome, by Gibson Cyberpunk. Dark. Depressing. Fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay-qu Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 "The Higgs Hunters Guide" John F. Gunion Not your everyday light reading, so I am also reading some Asimov to break it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveborman Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Just finished SPHERE by Michael Crichton for the 3rd time. The science facts he incorporates in this book is absolutely facinating in that he incorporates science facts in a fiction novel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted July 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 ...absolutely facinating in that he incorporates science facts in a fiction novel. I don't know about that - I read tons of fiction and they're full of science facts (and some fiction). :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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