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James, have you read "One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich"? Also by Solzhenitsin. Very powerful.

For myself, I'm reading "The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen.
Actually I think I have read one day in the life of Ivan Denisovich.It was a number of years ago though.I may have read cancer ward but I am not sure.

Biking Related - I just finished Mike Magnuson's Heft on Wheels. I found it to be a interesting and fast read that kept me in the pages. I liked it because I could relate to his story quite well. I just started 23 Days in July about Lance's sixth Tour win in 2004. So far so good.

I read a lot of non-fiction to learn a lot about nothin'. I am a serious participant in anything I do. I will get every book and magazine under the sun and read every word until I have a good damn knowledge of the activity. I have done years of shooting sports, then photogography and now I'm back to biking again. Who knows what will be next time. :eek:

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Origins of the Modern World for my ap euro history course next year.
Ordinary People for english class
Hearts in Atlantis by stephen king for FUN!

can anybody reccomend some weird philosophical books?

can anybody reccomend some weird philosophical books?

Can't recommend anything weird, but this is excellent:

Epictetus: A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0199268851/qid=1125416596/sr=8-6/ref=pd_bbs_6/102-0253162-8567301?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)

can anybody reccomend some weird philosophical books?
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. The book is all things to some people, something to everyone, oddly bikish.

I'm on my crusade to read the classics.
Just finished; "The Catcher in the Rye."
Starting; "The Last of the Mohicans."
On deck; "Oliver Twist."

Avoid at all costs "Wuthering Heights." Uff. I'm glad I didn't die while reading that book. What a way to leave the world.

The Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei by John Stevens. You will feel like a pansy for ever having shirked a run, ride or workout.

Reading now: Join Me.

By Danny Something, some Brit. Tries to start a 'collective' (not a cult) by getting people to send him a passport photo, but doesn't tell them what they're joining. So far, its a Riot.

Weird 'philosophy' book: Wild Animus. They were passing it out free at the state fair last year. Its pretty damn weird. But I'll tell you why it was free: It Sucks.

"One Hundred People Who are Screwing Up America". Soon to be followed by "The Fair Tax Book"

Just finished "A Game of Thrones" by George RR Martin
Just started "A Clash of Kings"-the sequel. I've already read all 3 of the series, but that was 2 years ago, and I want to refresh my memory for the 4th book, that comes out in November. These are incredible works of epic fantasy, and speaking as someone who doesn't particularly care for Fantasy as a genre, this is pretty high praise. These are fairly long books, but they don't FEEL long, ya dig?

After reading about it here, I picked up a copy of Japanese Death Poems. About twenty pages in now, I am enjoying it quite a bit already.

At work today I got to really craving some new Vladimir Nabokov. I wanted something full-length (I'm already working on a book of his stories), so I picked up a copy of Pale Fire as I left the mall. About 10 pages in and I'm loving it already.

At work today I got to really craving some new Vladimir Nabokov. I wanted something full-length (I'm already working on a book of his stories), so I picked up a copy of Pale Fire as I left the mall. About 10 pages in and I'm loving it already.


You'll have to let me know how they are. I've been curious to check 'em out. Trouble is I get impatient with most short story collections.

Just started the new Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men and have blown through half of it in like two days (I am not a very fast reader). It's sort of pulpy but he's never too lite. Check it out.

I'm into the old sci-fi books i've read everything by...

Isac Asimov
H.G. Wells
Jules Vern
Kurt Vonnegut
Robert A. Heinlein

Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

A bizarre novel, to say the least, but interesting. Am now getting to the part that earned him a death sentence.

halfbiked - haven't read Rushdie, would you be so kind as to "Clif Notes" the section that earned him the death sentence for us?

The Kite Runner

Well written, but sad and pointless.

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Hey All,

Finished up some books and I'm interested in getting new reading. Whatcha all reading right now? Thnx!

The Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler. Highly suggest you read this book. It's very comprehensive about the effects of Peak Oil. I'm sure many on this forum know about Peak Oil and welcome the fact that it'll greatly reduce traffic and increase bike usage - it will. But there will mostly be ill effects, and Kunstler lays them out.

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"The Winds of War" by Herman Wouk -- a fantastic read. I am staying up much too late every night reading it since it's so hard to put down! Next up is War and Remembrance, the sequel.

Already a thread going.
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=39589

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

..which is about to be turned into a movie by the director of Chicago starring Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, and Ken Watanabe

On Beauty by the beautiful Zadie Smith

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halfbiked - haven't read Rushdie, would you be so kind as to "Clif Notes" the section that earned him the death sentence for us?

There's more to it than I first imagined. Though it basically has to do with some blasphemy involving mohammed and allah.

I just finished "Into thin Air" and "Into the Wild" both by John Kraukner. I liked the latter of the two better. Anyone else read these?

Just bought Inside the Postal Bus.

Just finished The Colorado Kid, Stephen King's first foray into the pulp mystery genre. Dude needs to stick to horror.

Just finished The Colorado Kid, Stephen King's first foray into the pulp mystery genre. Dude needs to stick to horror.
And he's not even that good at horror!

Dessert Solitaire by Edward Abbey.

Very strange book, but very enjoyable.

And he's not even that good at horror!


Care to debate in another thread or PM? ;)

Care to debate in another thread or PM? ;)
I'll debate it if you like...but its an opinion matter, so not much to debate other than you think one way, I think another (and oh...BTW, I'm always right!). :D

I'll debate it if you like...but its an opinion matter, so not much to debate other than you think one way, I think another (and oh...BTW, I'm always right!). :D


Only if I say you are. ;)

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I just finished "Into thin Air" and "Into the Wild" both by John Kraukner. I liked the latter of the two better. Anyone else read these?

Yup. Interesting reads, though both written as an attempt at catharsis / excising some personal demons. An interesting rebuttal to "into thin air" was written by anatoli something-or-other (bourchev?), a guide on one of the teams that lost people who was criticized a bit by krakauer.

One of these days we'll pick up his latest, on the LDSers, which should be interesting...

Only if I say you are. ;)
Enough about ME....let's talk about YOU and what YOU LIKE ABOUT ME! :D :p

Your humility and modsety have always been a strong factor.

I just finished "Into thin Air" and "Into the Wild" both by John Kraukner. I liked the latter of the two better. Anyone else read these?

That's amazing, I just finished reading both of those back to back also.

I like them both. I read Into the Wild first, which I thought was the more insightful story. Into Thin Air was the more gripping story, and more amazing story.

I had to rent IMAX video "Everest" after reading the Into thin Air. Highly recommended, more for the extended interview with Beck then the movie itself (the movie itself had very little to do with Krauauer's expedition, although they were on the slopes at the same time).

Serious reading-
Just finished: "The Words We Live By: Annotated Guide to the Constitution" by Linda Monk and "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" by Lynn Truss
Now reading: "Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory" by Brian Greene
On deck: "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by E. Hemmingway and "Collapse" by Jared Diamond

Pulp-
Just finished: "Illium" & "Olympos" by Dan Simmons
Now reading: "Dark Nest Trilogy" by Troy Denning (Star Wars universe)
On deck/on-going: "The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" by Stephen Donaldson

Recommendations on request.

Those of you who liked "Into Thin Air" should try Boukreev's version (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312965338/102-2964885-2173756?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance) of the same year on the mountian.

Those of you who liked "Into Thin Air" should try Boukreev's version (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312965338/102-2964885-2173756?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance) of the same year on the mountian.

I haven't read yet, but the version of Into Thin Air I read had an addendum with a rebuttal to Boukreev's book.

Coehlo has a new release entitled Eleven Minutes. I'm buying it later.

I haven't read yet, but the version of Into Thin Air I read had an addendum with a rebuttal to Boukreev's book.
Haven't read Boukreev's either but I also had the version of Into Thin Air with the rebuttal. After reading the book I did not see why Boukreev had to right his own account. I don't think Kaukner was trying to place any blame on him and after all no clients from Boukreev's team died.

Just finished -23 days in july
currently - Darkly dreaming dexter
next - Choke

"The Winds of War" by Herman Wouk -- a fantastic read. I am staying up much too late every night reading it since it's so hard to put down! Next up is War and Remembrance, the sequel.

I read both those years ago. Great books!

I just finished:

Formosa: Licensed Revolution and the Home Rule Movement. 1895-1945, George H. Kerr

An interesting read on Taiwan's history up to 1945. Kind of a bitter sweet history. Japan as good guy, but mostly bad guy toward their colony.

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. Eye-opening.