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Ok for the high brow crowd what books you are reading (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=137161)

Hammock Parties

07-08-2009 04:27 PM

This is one of the best books I have ever read. It makes more sense to me than the bible. READ IT!!! BECOME EDUCATED! HAVE YOUR EYES OPENED!

http://www.amazon.com/Gods-Eden-Will.../dp/0380718073

http://www.secretum-omega.com/the_gods_of_eden_lg.jpg

Yes, the cover is goofy. But I'm telling you it is thought provoking and prodigiously well-researched. I learned a lot about history.

JEHOVAH WAS AN ALIEN!

ChiefsFanatic

07-08-2009 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by NewPhin (Post 5859301)

Finally got Neal Stephenson's System of the World from the library. It's been a couple of years since I read the first two in the Baroque Cycle, so I'm a little lost at this point. Looking forward to immersing in it, though. Love me some Stephenson.

Cryptonomicon is one of my all-time favorites.

patteeu

07-08-2009 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic (Post 5888227)

Cryptonomicon is one of my all-time favorites.

Seconded.

irishjayhawk

07-08-2009 07:10 PM

I finished the Happiness Hypothesis. Was an awesome first 7 chapters or so and then it got a little wavy. Overall, worth reading. Just finished sourly for me, anyway.

chiefs1111

07-16-2009 09:05 PM

Dan Simmons-A winter Haunting

WolfStanssonDDS

07-16-2009 09:23 PM

Mark Z. Danielewski-House of Leaves

Reaper16

07-16-2009 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by WolfStanssonDDS (Post 5906700)

Mark Z. Danielewski-House of Leaves

He does some brilliant things with typeface and layout.

L.A. Chieffan

07-16-2009 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 5906740)

He does some brilliant things with typeface and layout.

aye. cool book.

blaise

07-16-2009 11:46 PM

I just read Alas, Babylon. I'd always meant to read it but never had. It was good. Also read a collection of short stories called, "Captive Audience", by Dave Reidy. All the stories have a theme of performing (musically, acting, art, etc.) It was ok- hit and miss.
I just started reading Travesties by Tom Stoppard.

NewChief

07-17-2009 06:01 AM

Reading Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series because sometimes I just got to read some escapist stuff.

runnercyclist

07-17-2009 06:10 AM

I've been on a reread the classics kick.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Grapes of Wrath
1984
and I just started War and Peace

Reaper16

07-17-2009 04:54 PM

re-reading David Simon & Ed Burns' The Corner because it should be a civic duty to do so.

underEJ

07-17-2009 05:00 PM

Just finished The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall. Really strange and awesome.

Now on to Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk.

Had a good laugh at Pride and Prejudice and Zombies mashup just before that, clever fun with a classic that I didn't really like that much as a classic.

PunkinDrublic

07-19-2009 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by underEJ (Post 5907355)

Good luck getting used to the broken english style of writing in Pygmy. It's a frustrating book to read through but once you do it's a great story.

NewChief

07-19-2009 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by runnercyclist (Post 5907068)

I've been on a reread the classics kick.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Grapes of Wrath
1984
and I just started War and Peace

I need to reread Poisonwood Bible. Kingsolver has a new novel coming out, and I'm stoked. I love her writing.

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