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[Trinity]

Travelling Blackbird, on May 19 2009, 03:24 PM, said:

the BBC had done a very good version in the 80s, and the movie felt like the makers couldn't decide whether to copy that or go as far away from it as possible, so they kind of did both.

As a child I had the BBC TV series recorded off the TV I have now upgraded this to a DVD! I also had the cassette tapes of the book narrated by Douglad Adams, I used to listen to them in the car when I was a student covering many miles when I was on placement!
PS. I am not a nerd!

[Hikkakaru]

"Control and Freedom - Power and Paranoia in the Age of Fiber Optics" by Wendy Hui Kyong Chun . A book that explores the realities of hightech orientalism and the idea of cyberization human/machine barrier and the negative effects of both

and

"The Brain that Changes Itself" by Dr. Norman Doidge. A book about mostly neuroplasticity , also touching base on positive reinforcement causing physical, imagable results in traumatic brain injury.

[StillFingers]

The Count of Monte Cristo (Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) by Alexandre Dumas

[Yasko]

Currently, I am reading:

The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
New Rules - Bill Maher
I Hate Your Guts - Jim Norton

[mjtpopus]

Yasko, Jim Norton is friggin hilarious.

Stillfingers - The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favorite books, sometimes I pick it up and just stay home for a weekend reading it.

[StillFingers]

mjtpopus, on May 19 2009, 06:31 PM, said:

Yasko, Jim Norton is friggin hilarious.

Stillfingers - The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favorite books, sometimes I pick it up and just stay home for a weekend reading it.

mjtpopus - It's a fav of mine and I have no clue how many times I've eagerly turned it's pages...what a marvelous tale of jealousy, triumph, unfailing yet unfulfilled love and the perils of revenge.

[Yasko]

mjtpopus, on May 19 2009, 06:31 PM, said:

Yasko, Jim Norton is friggin hilarious.

Stillfingers - The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favorite books, sometimes I pick it up and just stay home for a weekend reading it.

Yeah, Jim is funny guy and I love his book!

[fatdave]

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"Hitch-hiker's Guide" was an unfortunate mess of a movie all right. It was never going to be an easy book to film, because of all its ideas and plot threads, but the BBC had done a very good version in the 80s, and the movie felt like the makers couldn't decide whether to copy that or go as far away from it as possible, so they kind of did bot

Dave, do you read comic books at all? I saw there's an adaptation of "The Dark Tower" being released. Maybe it might interest you.

I have all the ones on the market right now and and pre orders on the rest. and my comic book store is cool and will hold a copy back if I didn't didn't pre order

And I was a really big comic collector, but got out of it. and sold my collection after i was injured.




The hitch-hikers guide books and bbc TV series are responsible for opening my eyes to British humor, it also implanted the need to see the UK into me.

[Travelling Blackbird]

fatdave, on May 20 2009, 05:20 PM, said:

Traveling BlackbirdDave, do you read comic books at all? I saw there's an adaptation of "The Dark Tower" being released. Maybe it might interest you.

I have all the ones on the market right now and and pre orders on the rest. and my comic book store is cool and will hold a copy back if I didn't didn't pre order

And I was a really big comic collector, but got out of it. and sold my collection after i was injured.

The hitch-hikers guide books and bbc TV series are responsible for opening my eyes to British humor, it also implanted the need to see the UK into me.

I used to be a big comic collector too. I didn't sell off my collection, but I don't buy much anymore, because they've gotten so expensive over the years. It's crazy how much a regular monthly goes for; I only get the odd really special thing. There's a good comic book store here in Dusseldorf, and the owner's a good mate.

Jeff Smith's "Rasl" is very good, if I can make a recommendation.

[Shrike23]

My two most recent reads were ODD HOURS by Dean Koontz, my least favorite of the Odd books by far and the wonderful DROOD, by Dan Simmons -- I swear the man can't write a bad book!

[msg]

Just finished Clive Cussler's Corsair, now I'm on to Ian Rankin's Doors Open. Plenty of reading out in the sun with my new sunglasses, so maybe I will get a tan after all!

[brython2]

The Holographic Universe - Michael Talbot

[Scribbler]

I'm on Janet and Peter, book 2... How's that for improvement?

[Trinity]

I read The Labyrinth by Kate Mosse (not the model!) when I was away, a bit strange at the beginning, flicks between 12 century France and the modern day but actually really enjoyable. It's huge though and got left behind to make room for souvenirs!

[pyranha banana]

Early English Furniture and Woodwork - Herbert Cescinsky 1922.

[Ratticis]

The manual for my printer. It's a pretty dull read. Apparently this Lexmark guy is unable to install, whatever that means

[fatdave]

Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire by Richard B. Frank

[StillFingers]

A Perfect Spy - John La Carre

[Abbey22]

Great topic idea...I'm done with school for a couple of months so I actually get to read what I want! yay! I feel like such a girl admiting this but I started the "Twilight" saga because of my curiosity with the crazy madness...I'm on book 3 and I gotta say, I like them a lot!

[USMC_FMAgirl058]

The Judas Strain - James Rollins
Return of the King - J R Tolkien

[E-DOG]

Yasko, on May 19 2009, 01:12 PM, said:

Currently, I am reading:

The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
New Rules - Bill Maher
I Hate Your Guts - Jim Norton

Currently reading the back of a box of Cherrios but having a rough go of it. ( a bit too erudite for my taste)
Yas, I thought that Norton guy was a football player?
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[qbounce]

Just got off a Charles Bukowski kick. Sad, sad man. . . .but funny.

Now trying a sci-fi thing by Judith Tarr & Harry Turtledove, "Household Gods"

I've retired forever "The Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie. . . . carried that sucker around for years, and TRIED reading it several times, but never could get into it. So I gave it to my Dad. Maybe he'll enjoy it. I sure couldn't.

[StillFingers]

Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great
by Esther Derby and Diana Larsen

[ColinF]

tonimichelle, on Apr 12 2009, 09:49 AM, said:

I am starting The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini......great idea on this topic, TO! I love me some reading! ....toni

I just finished all of Dan Brown's stuff and The Kite Runner is next on my list. Was it good?

[twisted_ophelia]

Just started reading Libery: The Lives & Times of 6 Women in Revolutionary France by Lucy Moore. Interesting so far. http://www.amazon.co...-...8543&sr=1-2

[fatdave]

Do comics count? I am reading Punisher war journal #5 right now. I am also re-reading A Wrinkle in Time

[ColinF]

Just started re-reading "The Portrait of Dorian Gray"

[StillFingers]

Inner Game of Outdoor Photography - Galen Rowell

[fatdave]

The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong to Pokemon--The Story Behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World - Steven L. Kent

[AndrewB]

I'm on "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck, And My mom just gave me a copy of "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury. But It takes me forever to finish a book, cause i always go back and read the last chapter every time i pick it up.