What are you reading?

[LMT]

Reading Jerusalem 1913; The orgins of the Arab-Israeli conflict by Amy Dockser Marcus.

I want to read this:
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/11/leading-atheist-publishes-secular-bible/

[yamifixer]

Autobiography of Mark Twain, volume 1

It is like home work. not sure I'm gonna finish it but I hate being a quitter. It just isn't as interesting as I had hoped.

[NoisyDante]

Recently finished 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' and 'Ender's Game'.  About to start 'The Girl Who Played With Fire.'

[lazylightnin717]

Travels with Charlie - Steinbeck

for the second time. It's even better this time around

"A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us."

[redxblack]

Travels with Charlie - Steinbeck

Not that it's a contest, but +11 internets to you, sir. Steinbeck is great. BIG 

[RAT900]

Not that it's a contest, but +11 internets to you, sir. Steinbeck is great. BIG 

The + 11ty Billion applies.

Have you ever read Blue Highways by William Least Heat Moon?

[Ddan]

The End of Faith   

Author: Sam Harris

I tried that one and had to put it down.  Even though he was preaching to to choir, he still pissed me off.  Maybe I'll have another go at it

[RAT900]

I tried that one and had to put it down.  Even though he was preaching to to choir, he still pissed me off.  Maybe I'll have another go at it

did get a little preachy and overwrought and ultimately fell short....the real issue isn't religion although that is the current and prevalent danger/manifestation of tribal behavior in a world full of WMD's

religion is a little more dangerous a form of tribalism in that it can make all sorts of promises it does not have to deliver on....it taps into superstition which is a coping mechanism that probably is nestled in our cave-dwelling DNA and it self-justifies on the premise that it is divinely guided

Core issue is tribalism and/or factionalism...which is deeply rooted in our competitive survival blueprint rather than our cooperative survival blueprint.

And even within the cooperative tribe there is competition for breeding rights when there is no prevailing competition for gathering the bugs and berries to eat

The real problem is in how we determine when to apply competitive vs. cooperative survival.  Unfortunately I don't see mankind binding itself as a species short of having an extraterrestrial invasion of creatures equally as or more unpleasant than,, we are  

[lazylightnin717]

The + 11ty Billion applies.

Have you ever read Blue Highways by William Least Heat Moon?

Looks like I will be soon 

Thanks for the heads up

[RAT900]

Looks like I will be soon 

Thanks for the heads up

You're quite welcome  If you enjoyed Steinbeck's magnificent Travels With Charlie

I am quite certain Blue Highways will resonate with you as well..

[Mike_D]

Travels with Charlie - Steinbeck

for the second time. It's even better this time around

East of Eden is a must read--my favorite novel of all time.

[MendoDave]

The children of Hurin By JRR Tolkien (Edited by Christopher Tolken)
Soon to be followed by Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers "a guide to developing internet agents with PHP/CURL"

The later is not really literary reading but it seems interesting.

[Dannyboy]

The Anabasis by Xenophon

[DucMouse the Mighty]

Just finished A Game of Thrones and started A Clash of Kings

So far it's been really good

[duccarlos]

Just finished A Game of Thrones and started A Clash of Kings

So far it's been really good

Oh, just wait...