What are you Reading?

[Scottish]

Forever Odd

the Odd series is fun.... isn't he the one doing the modern Frankenstein too? I've started that series and it's cool too. Workin on The Fountain Head myself, read it before but my memory is swiss cheese about stuff from before I got sober, so it's almost new again. 

[MendoDave]

"The Forge of God"     By Greg Bear

Sci Fi about the destruction of earth.

Also reading the Bible.

[DesmoDiva]

"A Pattern Language" by Christopher Alexander.

[River]

Warped Passages, Lisa Randall: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions
It's about:  Supersymmetry, Standard Model observables, cosmological inflation, baryogenesis, grand unified theories, general relativity, and string theory.

Sounds phenominal!  I'll have to check it out.  You might be interested in Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku--if you haven't already read it.  It's about the relative possibility of the invention of things like time travel, psychokinesis, teleportation, etc.

[Oldfisti]

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

Slightly OT but Chabon, Frantzen and Wolfe were hilarious in that Simpsons episode!

[Oldfisti]

Back on topic...    Sacred Architecture        Caroline Humphrey/Piers Vitebsky

[NeufUnSix]

Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Good read, if not 100% perfect. It's more journalistic than historical in some parts, Shirer was a journo by trade so that is not a suprise. Some things are wrong, some things are legends, but the overall narrative is very comprehensive and sometimes utterly fascinating in the abject ridiculousness of politics surrounding the start of the war.

[Scottish]

Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Good read, if not 100% perfect. It's more journalistic than historical in some parts, Shirer was a journo by trade so that is not a suprise. Some things are wrong, some things are legends, but the overall narrative is very comprehensive and sometimes utterly fascinating in the abject ridiculousness of politics surrounding the start of the war.

Ahhhh. Is this the inspiration behind the German artilary you've been building?

[superjohn]

Just finished "Cooking for Kings: The Life of Antonin Careme, the First Celebrity Chef"

[Sinister]

Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Good read, if not 100% perfect. It's more journalistic than historical in some parts, Shirer was a journo by trade so that is not a suprise. Some things are wrong, some things are legends, but the overall narrative is very comprehensive and sometimes utterly fascinating in the abject ridiculousness of politics surrounding the start of the war.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book.  Since Shirer used literally tons of captured Nazi documents, I am curious to know what things you believe to be "wrong" or "legends". 

[NeufUnSix]

The reliance on Nazi documents is problematic in itself; he often refers to apocryphal tales as well (sometimes he points it out, sometimes not). For instance, stories around Hitler's (usually created by Hitler) background.

[Speeddog]

Recently finished 'One Good Run - The Legend of Burt Munro'.

In the middle of 'Leanings' by Peter Egan.

Gotta get 'Top Dead Center' by Kevin Cameron.

[Grampa]

Also reading the Bible.

everybody dies at the end 

[PanDuc]

Donnie Brasco by Joe Pistone.  I already read Unfinished Business, which was the second book by Pistone a former FBI agent who penetrated the Italian Mafia for six years and sunk a bunch of members.  It's pretty cool to hear some of the etiquette of the mob and what they used to do.

[zarn02]

working on 'the brothers karamazov.'

after that i plan to tackle alberto moravia's 'boredom'.