Guest Ron Manager Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Highly recommend this book, only 1/4 way though but really well written thus far. Saw this was out. I've read Bad Science, I regularly read his columns, and I've even seen him give a talk. Not sure there's much more to be gained from reading this one for me... If you like him, I strongly recommend this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Reckoning-Risk-Learning-Live-Uncertainty/dp/0140297863/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351007004&sr=1-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Just finished... About to start... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spratters Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 About to start... Was hoping that's where they got Tony Hancock's film idea from. Unfortunately not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spratters Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 What is that? http://en.wikipedia....us_the_aardvark that's it. book 2 - high society, is already a whole lot better than book 1^~^ the series is amazing. Some of the finest work ever put out in a graphic novel. They sound very interesting. From what's on wiki and a few trawls over the interweb, I think I'll give them a go. Is it worth starting from issue 1 or just jump in wherever? I'm only on book 2 and probably not the best person to ask. I'm a bit of a completist though, and felt it was necessary to tackle it from the beginning. I enjoyed a few moments in Book 1, but overall the book definitely dragged and the stories felt disjointed. Most of the stories were along the lines of 'Cerebus gets money', 'Cerebus loses money', back and forth again. Book 2 has focused on the one continuing story of Cerebus joining a political campaign and running for Prime Minister, and has been a real pleasure to read^^. There are some recurring characters and references that had been introduced in Book 1, but overall i can't imagine you'd really be missing all that much. Ok thanks. I might go straight to 2. They're not the cheapest books to get hold of but hopefully a couple will be worth it to get me going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 (edited) At what point in Cerberus does Cerberus devolve into a work about how Dave Sims is terrified of "feminist-homosexualists"? I remember Jaka's Story being universally praised, but upon hearing that praise I dipped into Cerberus in the utter shit wingnut phase, and slowly backed out of the comix store. Edited October 24, 2012 by baph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 where should I start with "The Sandman"? page one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 cool, first hand testimony of how jim jones managed to convince a bunch of everyday people to join him to build a peaceful utopia out in the jungle then finally drink from a vat of cyanide laced kool aid because the united states government was onto him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muflontillah Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 sporadically jumping through these: Jeff Vandermeer - Veniss Underground Umberto Eco - The Prague Cemetery, Apocalypse Postponed John Saul - Shadows Neal Stephenson - Cobweb William Gibson - Pattern Recognition ...and some other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumplings Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 GoT: Book #2 - A Clash of Kings Nearly finished this, seems to have taken near half the book to forge any pace and I was going through the motions a bit however, the second half opens up and explodes in some fashion. I'm following the approach of reading a book and then watching the series relative to each after finishing them. I don't know how i'll hold up after watching the 2nd series.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest taxman Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 I just finished SAS Warlord: Shoot to Kill by Tom Siegriste. It was an interesting read, but not particularly well written or satisfying in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 currently reading Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel- right now at page 191 from 910... liking it so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremymacgregor87 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 just started working at some book warehouse so I get all kinds of treasures, currently reading: this and this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 @logakght: I really enjoyed Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, proper magic realism with an intricate story line that pays off in the end. Hope you finish it. hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 kinda cool book. 3rd time reading it. basically, a bunch of humans are sent to this dyson sphere shaped like a helix to look for a new planet for humans to exist on- then they come across the star wars type universe without "the force" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yshf Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Just finished Heinlein's 'Stranger in a Strange Land' Fantastic. Seriously thought-provoking and inspiring. So much original culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 @logakght: I really enjoyed Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, proper magic realism with an intricate story line that pays off in the end. Hope you finish it. hehe Same here, really good book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Reading The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams (author of Watership Down). It's about two dogs who escape from an animal testing laboratory in the Lake District and go on the run in the countryside, trying to survive as wild animals. But they're ruthlessly hunted down by the human authorities who suspect they may be infected with a bioweapon based on the bubonic plague. I've got mixed feelings about this one. As with Watership Down the 'culture' of the animals is very well-realised and believable, and the suffering they endure is hugely affecting for any animal lover. It's a remarkably sad novel. But it's let down by a slow pace, some turgid cod-Romantic prose and some especially rubbish dialogue between the human characters. Adams feels the need to describe everybody's tone and physical reaction to each statement, even when it's bleeding obvious from what's being said. Going to persevere with it, though - I love the dogs too much. Although I don't think things will end well for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Ahhh Plague Dogs... one of the most affecting things I remember from my youth! http://youtu.be/Tp5mcc47xD8 Not read the book though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 I seriously cannot even watch The Plague Dogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Franklin Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 currently still reading Pinker's "The better angels of our nature" on the startling drop in violence in modern times. have also started "The Secret Race" by Tyler Hamilton who was a tour de france winner and olympic gold medalist who lost both after testing positive for performance enhancing drugs. this is the book that is one of the accounts that drowned Lance and cycling in general as ALL major riders have been doping since the 80s basically. Very very cool to remember back to those early years of the american teams (being a canadian those teams got coverage over here whereas the euro teams were only seen during the tours) starting to get better and then dominate the field. Also getting primed to read Daniel Kahneman's book "thinking fast and slow". this is some of the work he received the nobel prize in ecomonics for. this is going to be a top-shelf read. no fiction lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLA FUR BIS FLE Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 toilet reading the last book in this series: I LIEK. If you are a fan of A Song of Fire & Ice, you may dig these. Also currently reading "The History of the Five Nations" by Cadwallader Colden. A bit of local history is nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patternoverlap Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Got a bunch of Faulkner hardbacks so I'm starting with The Sound and the Fury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KY Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Finished The Gone-Away World on Saturday, read the Call of Cthulhu last night, probably continuing with HP Lovecraft today. Infinite Jest and Gravity's Rainbow are gathering dust, and will probably continue to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 (edited) I seriously cannot even watch The Plague Dogs actually it is pretty boring, but the message is exceptional Edited November 14, 2012 by logakght Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Just finished: Defining Engagement: Japan and Global Contexts, 1640-1868. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea Dead Aid: Why Aid is not Working and how there is a Better Way for Africa Defining Engagement was very good, an interesting look at Japanese foreign relations during most of the Tokugawa Period. Nothing to Envy was sensationalist dogshit. Dead Aid was interesting (although flawed in parts) in its critique of aid, but fails badly in economic prescriptions for Africa. Also totally ignores importance of political infrastructure and institutions. Next up - a bunch of books on the agricultural revolution in britain. I'm kind of not really excited about them lol. Economic History is mostly about as exciting as watching paint dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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