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1984 / Animal Farm: George Orwell
Catch 22: Joseph Heller
Lord Of the Rings / The Hobbit: J.R. Tolkein
How To Solve It : G Polya
Catch 22: Joseph Heller
Lord Of the Rings / The Hobbit: J.R. Tolkein
How To Solve It : G Polya
Reshma said:Sphere - Michael Crichton
fourier jr said:The Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field by Jacques Hadamard
i'm about halfway through it now & it has articulated & 'demystified' many things that i suspected about discoveries (or inventions, creations etc) of any kind, not just mathematical ones. one thing that really stood out for me was a sentence or two about classmates of galois who said that galois was repulsed by his algebra texts because they didnt give any insight into how mathematical discoveries were made. i guess they just said 'this is how its done, do it this way' etc etc without explaining why it was interesting or important to learn or where it came from. after reading that i had a better understanding of why my favourite textbooks are my favourites and not other ones.
arildno said:Gemmel..that's the guy writing about Thunk, the Death Hammer, or someone like that?
realy, that's a suprised, not many like it. i love it and is waiting for 11 to come out in paperback."The Wheel of Time" series by Robert Jordan
#I enjoyed "Eragon" and "Eldest" by Christopher Paolini. There will be third book out sometime in the near future. It's along the lines of LOTR, i.e. similar themes, but it is quite enjoyable.
I agree. Those are great books. There is also going to be an Eragon movie out near Christmas time (found that out on http://www.hsx.com (refered by PRodQuanta))Astronuc said:I enjoyed "https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375826688/?tag=pfamazon01-20" and "https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/037582670X/?tag=pfamazon01-20" by Christopher Paolini. There will be third book out sometime in the near future. It's along the lines of LOTR, i.e. similar themes, but it is quite enjoyable.
Cool!PRodQuanta said:I agree. Those are great books. There is also going to be an Eragon movie out near Christmas time (found that out on http://www.hsx.com (refered by PRodQuanta))
That will definitely be a midnight premier must-seeAstronuc said:Cool!
Also - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449010/ (status - post production).
I'll have to take the family to this one.
Edward Speleers of Chichester, England, UK beat out 180,000 applicants to play the role of Eragon. Hmmm. I'd not heard of the call for that.
Sienna Guillory as Arya.
Jeremy Irons as Brom.
Of course, Djimon Hounsou would play Ajihad.
It will be interesting to see how they do the Urgals. It figures they have several muscle guys, e.g. Nils Allen Stewart and Mark Tisdale playing Urgal characters.
PRodQuanta said:Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
The Transal Saga by ...? Kind of a kiddish book, but a great read.
larkspur said:
selfAdjoint said:Me too. Kind of a slog with all that overwhelming moral earnestness, but rewarding.
Schrodinger's Dog said:anyone read his gap series I thought it was at least as good if not better?
Schrodinger'sDog said:Thomas Covenant was a powerfully written anti hero, a man who believed nothing, didn't want to be what they said he was and behaved deplorably because of it.
larkspur said:Until this morning I did not realize there were any new TC books published. I am going to order The Runes of the Earth. It has been so long since I read the series I may have to go back and read all of them again.
The Real Story: The Gap into ConflictThe Real Story is a short but intense tale set in a future in which humans travel between the stars using "gap drives," controllable brain implants are punishable by death, and a private company called the United Mining Company runs law enforcement for all of known space. Ensign Morn Hyland lives aboard a police ship with most of her family, chasing down pirates and other illegals who prey on the weak or smuggle goods into forbidden space.
Through a strange turn of events, one particularly nasty perpetrator ends up with Morn as his companion--or at least that's the way it appears to the folks at the space station's bar. Why would a young, strong, beautiful police officer associate with a crusty, murdering pirate? People watch with interest as Morn appears to fall in lust with another racy illegal, Captain Nick Succorso. Morn and Nick must have plotted together to frame Angus and escape together, right? But the real story was quite different.
selfAdjoint said:But in the end he was the world-saver they all thought he was destined to be! Another role reversal. Note this is prefigured in his name: Doubting Thomas, plus Covenant.
I used to think so until I read book 6. At that pace, book 7 (coming out 7/7/07) will be R rated.Schrodinger's Dog said:And Harry Potter isn't kiddish? I see
star.torturer said:azael: good choices there with relevation space, do you want to read more of that stuff? have you read the new ones or even a bit of PF Hamilton?