May he be adored in his Medical Omniscience. Praise him.beowulf573 wrote:Dad-gummit Dale, I almost spewed coffee all over my laptop keyboard after seeing your new avatar.
What's on yer current reading list?
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"Show me the money!"Nanohedron wrote:Clueless yet again. This is not one of my finer hours.DaleWisely wrote:May he be adored in his Medical Omniscience. Praise him.beowulf573 wrote:Dad-gummit Dale, I almost spewed coffee all over my laptop keyboard after seeing your new avatar.
Giles: "We few, we happy few."
Spike: "We band of buggered."
Spike: "We band of buggered."
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Just finished The Christmas Cat.
I am actually part way through the second volume of Don Quixote, and partway through Catch 22, and partway through Moby Dick. Except for DQ, I have already read them all, so it isn't that bad.... The problem is school kills my brain, so no heavy reading until the semester is over.
Also reading: Electromagnetic Fields, Signals And Systems, Digital Computers (along with the Motorola 68000 User's Manual and the Coldfire Programmer's Manual), Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, and sort of reading Probability.
Just finished The Christmas Cat.
I am actually part way through the second volume of Don Quixote, and partway through Catch 22, and partway through Moby Dick. Except for DQ, I have already read them all, so it isn't that bad.... The problem is school kills my brain, so no heavy reading until the semester is over.
Also reading: Electromagnetic Fields, Signals And Systems, Digital Computers (along with the Motorola 68000 User's Manual and the Coldfire Programmer's Manual), Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, and sort of reading Probability.
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I just can't tell whether the Cruisifex Maximus is holding a Cruisifix or is that a W.M.D., the Cruise Missile Whistle?Nanohedron wrote:I keep going back to this last post thinking Dale's gonna post something that he must've forgot. Very cryptic, O Undisputed.DaleWisely wrote:Nanohedron wrote: Aha. Cruise Pontifex.
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The Devil in the White City, about the Chicago World Fair and H.H. Holmes' effort to relieve the crowded conditions in Chicago in the 1890s.
And The Surgeon's Mate, one of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels.
And The Surgeon's Mate, one of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels.
Crazy for the blue white and red
Crazy for the blue white and red
And yellow fringe
Crazy for the blue white red and yellow
Crazy for the blue white and red
And yellow fringe
Crazy for the blue white red and yellow
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I tend to flip between history, classics, and sci-fi. Make Room Make Room was good but not great, I read mainly because it was the basis for "Soylent Green".Flyingcursor wrote:Having grown weary of reading nonfiction I'm indulging in Sci Fi for awhile.
Beowulf's mention of Make Room Make Room entices me to read some Harry Harrison, if there are any I haven't read yet.
As for sci-fi....
On my sabbatical I read all of the Vor novels by Lois McMaster Bujold. Recommendations from several friends convincned me I had to read them. Smart, funny, and hard to put down. Highly recommended.
Olympos by Dan Simmons is just out, going to pick it up today. It's the second part of his new duology, the first being Ilium. Great book if you like Simmons.
To Say Nothing of the Dog is one of my favorite sci-fi books from the past few years, I consider it a must read. Time travel, comedy and romance, I love Connie Willis.
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Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -Groucho Marx
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -Groucho Marx
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For the most part I've really enjoyed Connie Willis. Doomsdaybook was great. I also read a book of her short stories, (something about a Winnabego), and a book about Robert E Lee and his horse. For some reason I just couldn't get into "To Say Nothing of the Dog." Maybe I'll try again.
I'll look into these Vor novels of which you speak.
I'll look into these Vor novels of which you speak.
I'm no longer trying a new posting paradigm