let's learn a little more about each other. Do any of you like to read? If so, what are you reading? Right now, I'm working on the Harry Potter saga (if you wanna call it that), I'm on book three right now. It's funny, I'm 28 and find it quite enjoyable.
What you U reading?
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Lesse:
Just finished the LOTR series, all the way up from the hobbit, for the 3rd time.
Read Harry Potter series for the 2nd time over the summer.
Recently finished Night Watch by Terry Prachett
Books by Terry Prachett I have read:
Small Gods
Sourcery (2 times)
Wyrd sisters (2 times)
Guards! Gaurds!
Lords and Ladies
The Truth
Pyramids
Men at Arms
Mort
Tripping the Light Fantastic
Feet of Clay
*shuffles over to book shelf and peers at the Terry Prachett section*
Reaper Man
The Color of Majic
Reaper Man
Thief of Time
Maskerade
The Fifth Elephant
Hmm...Thats it for Mr. Prachett
Reading right now:
Hegemony or Survival by Noam Chomsky
Uncle Tom's Cabin
I used to read the Redwall series like mad (Series by Brian Jaques) but I have read all of them now numerous times.
Keep in mind all those T. Prachett titles are books that I have READ.
Going to get around to the Silmarillion by Tolkein sometime when the homework load is low, probably spring break
Also what i'm going to get around to doing (probably spring break) is find a new Redwall book that came out recently, I think there is one
Yeah that is what I head, about the redwall books. Have you read Triss? That came out sort of recently...
The only things I like to read are dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs and atlases. No I am not kidding. The only book I have read in entirety was "Catcher in the Rye"
^^ chomsky! very nice.
right now, some essays by charles sanders peirce, e.g. "the fixation of belief" and the portable nietzsche.
I hav 2 b the worst reader eva!!! I read "Edge of reason" the sequal to "Briget Jones' Diary" ova the summer holls, and it took me 2 weeks solid reading!!! :canadian:
Sinse then, book count is a grand total of...... zero 
Originally posted by wizard@Jan 28 2004, 01:18 AMThe only things I like to read are dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs and atlases. No I am not kidding. The only book I have read in entirety was "Catcher in the Rye"
OMG, i'm reading that too. got kinda boring tho.
Boring? Really? Where are you at?
Philosophy, the New Sciences, Language, Self-improvement, and Michael Critchton.
Especially into Chaos theory, Complexity and Emergence. :who's your daddy:
The Silmarillion, LOTR makes much more sense now 
Im reading "asi hablaba Zaratustra" by Friederich Nietzsche for the 5th time (sorry, only know the name in spanish)
Some of my favourite books in no particular order:
Das Parfum by Patrick Sueskind (more of a suskind with umlaut in the u)
"La genealogia de la moral" by Nietzsche (again, in spanish, sorry)
Metafisic meditations by Rene Descartes
The Hobbit By JRR Tolkien
The Silmarillon By JRR Tolkien
The Lord of The Rings by JRR Tolkien (altough i was 14 when i last read any JRR Tolkien book hmm)
Some other i can't remember the names now
LOTR always made sense to me w/out reading the Silmarillion...Anyways, I just did a Critical Lens Essay for an English Exam and I used a novel called A Separate Peace by John Steinbeck from the 1940s and I liked it alot...and the 197# movie will make you laugh.
chaos theory? emergence? complexity? silencedge, you should read: complexity: the emerging science at the edge of order and chaos by m. mitchell waldrop. i picked it up for 75 cents, but it's a fascinating book. math and science are so fun.
@seph, nice list. thus spoke zarathustra is his main philosophical work, and the geneology of morals is intriguing as well. i believe his "herd morality" ideas are in there. if you disagree with descartes in his meditations, you should read peirce and heidegger, who raise numerous problems with his philosophy.
i do disagree with Descartes, i still love "the method" through which he approaches his conlusion.
Ive read bits and pieces of heidegger and Peirce, mainly for 2 Philosophy forums i spoke in, any books you'd recommend about them in particular?
Thus Spoke Zaratrustra, thats right thanx for the translation, AMAZING book, just amazing (it competes with geneology of morals in this, im never sure which one is better )
Originally posted by dreamz@Jan 27 2004, 06:04 PMchaos theory? emergence? complexity? silencedge, you should read: complexity: the emerging science at the edge of order and chaos by m. mitchell waldrop.
COVERED! :woot:
I have been into this since... 8 years ago? So I've read quite a bit of the literature available. Just that I can't remember the people and places involved, but concept-wise is still fine though.
Yea, maths and science is fun! Oh, maths books by Ian Steward are particularly interesting and easy to read. Anyone interested can check it out! :who's your daddy:
wow, a nice discussion.
@seph, his method is pretty erroneous, though. it is impossible to doubt everything and compare beliefs with truth a posteriori, and how he arrives at his conception of the individual presupposes some intuitive consciousness. in any case, i really love existentialism, but i also love reading logic. i'd recommend:
c.s. peirce - the fixation of belief, how to make our ideas clear. two interesting essays on belief structures.
heidegger - being and time (his most famous work), what is called thinking?
sartre - being and nothingness
nietzsche - beyond good and evil was a fun read
russell - his works are good, and very lucid
@silencedge, wow, i didn't think anyone would've read that book, but it's really nice. you might be interested in wolfram's ideas about cellular automata, although some people seem to dispute his ideas. i'm really interested in game theory (my thesis), locked-in functions and loops, dynamical chaotic systems, and theoretical mathematics. i'll check out that author.
Originally posted by dreamz@Jan 27 2004, 10:15 PM@seph, his method is pretty erroneous, though. it is impossible to doubt everything and compare beliefs with truth a posteriori, and how he arrives at his conception of the individual presupposes some intuitive consciousness.
sartre - being and nothingness
nietzsche - beyond good and evil was a fun read
@Dreamz: it is possible if you consider a priori beliefs and conceptions as the only true thing, the only undoubtful thing (as he does), true, doesnt soudn right to me either, but in the context of his method (his mind, his beliefs, his idea of the existance of god), the method is not erronoeus. Sorry i can explain myself A LOT better in spanish hehehe, this is my 5th language so im not the best at this kind of explanations in english.
About thos books i quoted, read them already Beyond good and evil, a good read indeed... doesnt compare to Thus Spoke Zaratustra but, good read altogether
EDIT: speking of books, if you like existencialism, L'Etranger (i know, french members, i cant be bothered with the accents!) by Albert Camus
the problem is, it's impossible (at least in my conception) to know that one knows something unless one had already known it ex ante. a priori works, but it's never founded, and is always a moot point. but yeah, in his context, it makes sense, but from a different perspective that is critical of his premises, it doesn't stand up.
your english is awesome, man!
and i love camus. the outsider (the stranger, or whatever translation you want) is a great book. the novel i'm writing has a similar philosophical outlook. his essay on sisyphus is interesting, though i don't quite agree with his conclusion.
My mum is reading that Gill, ive heard good things about it
Also, "Mentiras de la Iglesia" - "Lies from the church", spanish author, cant remember his name.
so what is up with this pratchett author? is he that good? are they fantasy novels that he writes? I started getting into the wheel of time series by robert jordan but didn't make it past book two (the great hunt) because I have heard so many bad things on the later books that I just stopped. has anyone read jordan? is pratchett better than jordan?
thanks for the feedback.
Originally posted by dreamz@Jan 27 2004, 10:26 PMthe problem is, it's impossible (at least in my conception) to know that one knows something unless one had already known it ex ante. a priori works, but it's never founded, and is always a moot point. but yeah, in his context, it makes sense, but from a different perspective that is critical of his premises, it doesn't stand up.
your english is awesome, man!
and i love camus. the outsider (the stranger, or whatever translation you want) is a great book. the novel i'm writing has a similar philosophical outlook. his essay on sisyphus is interesting, though i don't quite agree with his conclusion.
True, that is basically at what i was trying to get at about Descartes method.
Youre writting a novel? woooow very nice man!, you have to let us know when its released
Essay on sisyphus? havent read it...
Originally posted by Seph@Jan 27 2004, 12:27 PMMy mum is reading that Gill, ive heard good things about it
Also, "Mentiras de la Iglesia" - "Lies from the church", spanish author, cant remember his name.
It's a good read, I started off this past saturday and finished it on sunday. I don't read many books because I don't have time, but my gf and my mum told me it was really good so I gave it a shot and it pulled me in.
Plus, I love DaVinci's work, the man was a nut (in a good way) but a genius (he'd be proud to lead some topics astray here j/k 
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Originally posted by dreamz@Jan 27 2004, 06:15 PMyou might be interested in wolfram's ideas about cellular automata, although some people seem to dispute his ideas. i'm really interested in game theory (my thesis), locked-in functions and loops, dynamical chaotic systems, and theoretical mathematics.
Wolfram's ideas... Hmm... I think I have his book sitting on my shelf somewhere at home. But since I haven't been home for at least a year now, I can't remember the title now. A new science or something. But yup, his ideas on cellular automata are widely published, and makes one really wonder why such simple rules generate such complicated patterns.
Just like the weather. Well, not really. The weather seems more than it is. The details that is. 
And it seems like we share lots of similar interests! :woot:
Edit: I think I sound incoherent... I really need sleep...
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