needle ninja Posted January 7, 2010 Posted January 7, 2010 I'm reading One - Dimensional Man by Herbert Marcuse for my sociology class. Quote
Drosophila Posted January 29, 2010 Posted January 29, 2010 I feel I must slag off the utter shite I am reading now. You should try some true modern sci-fi then Peter F. Hamilton for example... great writer, but huge books, but some great space opera! --- I am reading Alastair Reynolds - Revelation Space at the moment and so far I'm very pleased Another king of space opera! Quote
Redington Posted April 16, 2010 Posted April 16, 2010 Reading The Temporal Void by Peter F. Hamilton. Almost done. Quote
Redington Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 Reading The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan. I also have the third book as well. Probably will be reading that one next. Quote
timboz Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 Robert Wilson - Quantum Psychology How Brain Software Programs you and Your World How did you find this one Time_Trap? A while back I picked up a number of Robert Anton Wilson's books. A few months ago I read The Illuminatus! Trilogy, which I really enjoyed. Being a bit of a sucker for conspiracies that was a great read. And it works on multiple levels too in terms of telling a story but encoding all these different concepts and ideas in the story. One of those books you feel like you could read several times and continue picking up new things from. Of course there are so many books to read and only so much time so it is always a dilemma: re-read something because you love it, or will learn more from it, or move onto something new? I also got the Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy - similar to Illuminatus in being fiction designed to make you think, and Prometheus Rising, which is more in the vein of the one you read as it is about how the human mind works and what you can do to make the most of it. I'm yet to read these. Quote
abasio Posted July 26, 2010 Posted July 26, 2010 Just started 1984, not sure why it took me so long to get to it. Gonna try A Brave New World after this and compare the societies. Quote
JonCrow Posted August 1, 2010 Posted August 1, 2010 Just started 1984, not sure why it took me so long to get to it. Gonna try A Brave New World after this and compare the societies. It's never too late to start 1984. Good book. Quote
JonCrow Posted August 5, 2010 Posted August 5, 2010 Collecting Australian Gemstones by Bill Murray Quote
abasio Posted August 6, 2010 Posted August 6, 2010 On to A Brave New World now. The 3rd chapter was a bit off putting but I am enjoying it so far. I liked the whole dystopia in 1984 but being a lover of dystopian settings I found myself in love with the society & the party and against the main protagonist. Quote
Trolsk Posted November 6, 2010 Posted November 6, 2010 Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. It is a very dark and demanding book, but amazing at parts. Quote
Redington Posted March 19, 2011 Posted March 19, 2011 Rereading The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton. Quote
karan129 Posted March 19, 2011 Posted March 19, 2011 Steven Erikson - The Crippled God. Final book of the Malazan series, which is my favourite fantasy series! (Atleast favourite complete series ) Quote
TranceVisuals Posted March 27, 2011 Posted March 27, 2011 Half-way through re-reading Theory and Magick by A. Crowley, but taking a pause to read a book on Kabbalah, for cross reference purposes. Quote
Redington Posted June 28, 2011 Posted June 28, 2011 Finished reading Naked Empire by Terry Goodkind. Now reading Wraeththu by Storm Constantine. Quote
Rotwang Posted June 28, 2011 Posted June 28, 2011 I recently finished Torkel Franzén's Godel's Theorem: An Incomplete Guide to Its Use and Abuse and can thoroughly recommend it. I'm now trying to read Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico Philosophicus for the nth time. I've made it further than on previous attempts, but I still think it's a load of crap. Quote
TranceVisuals Posted June 28, 2011 Posted June 28, 2011 I'm now trying to read Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico Philosophicus for the nth time. I've made it further than on previous attempts, but I still think it's a load of crap. Simply, as far as I remember, "Every proposition is a statement, not every statement is a proposition." Which basically seems to me to mean, just because you say something doesn't mean it is true, or bears any semblemence to reality. Quote
Rotwang Posted June 28, 2011 Posted June 28, 2011 Simply, as far as I remember, "Every proposition is a statement, not every statement is a proposition." Which basically seems to me to mean, just because you say something doesn't mean it is true, or bears any semblemence to reality. I don't think it means that - Wittgenstein explicitly refers to the possibility of a proposition being false (e.g. 3.24). But then I don't think I'd take anyone's word for what Wittgenstein really meant, since Russell himself had completely misunderstood it according to Wittgenstein. My own reading of the distinction between propositions and statements are that propositions are supposed to be atomic whereas statements can be built from propositions using logical connectives. But his writing is so horribly unclear that I could be completely wrong about that. Quote
TranceVisuals Posted June 28, 2011 Posted June 28, 2011 I don't think it means that - Wittgenstein explicitly refers to the possibility of a proposition being false (e.g. 3.24). But then I don't think I'd take anyone's word for what Wittgenstein really meant, since Russell himself had completely misunderstood it according to Wittgenstein. My own reading of the distinction between propositions and statements are that propositions are supposed to be atomic whereas statements can be built from propositions using logical connectives. But his writing is so horribly unclear that I could be completely wrong about that. It could well of been the 'ther way round. "Every statement is a proposition, not every proposition is a statement." I did want to look it up in my copy, but it is buried in the loft, and I had to go by memory. But it was a convoluted read, and I suspect there are better books out there that say similar things as succiently but more clearly. Quote
Guest Euforix Posted June 30, 2011 Posted June 30, 2011 Reading "John Grisham - The Appeal (2008)" right atm. Only ~80 pages left anymore. Quote
Veracohr Posted June 30, 2011 Posted June 30, 2011 Starting Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series again. The last book should be out this fall so I need to start now to get through the first 13 books again by then. Quote
pixiejanet Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 Starting Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series again. The last book should be out this fall so I need to start now to get through the first 13 books again by then. i have always wanted to read that series but can never find book1 ..and i'm not getting anymore until i do. I am reading 100 Years of Solitude ..its a very interesting magikal book! Quote
karan129 Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 I think pretty much everyone is reading the new SOIAF book "Dance with Dragons" It's been delayed 5 years and people have been dying to read it. I just finished reading Gibson's Sprawl Trilogy, the one which spawned the cyberpunk genre - great stuff. Thinking of reading some PKD...tried "Flow My Tears...." but was kinda disappointed. Going to try either "V.A.L.I.S." or "The Three Stigmata...". Anyone got any recommendations? i have always wanted to read that series but can never find book1 ..and i'm not getting anymore until i doPretty easy to find on the interwebs if you don't mind ebooks. Quote
JISNEGRO Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 I am reading 100 Years of Solitude ..its a very interesting magikal book! Love that book! Maybe I should re-read it Quote
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