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#265353 - 07/04/09 04:18 PM
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![]() axiomite ![]() Registered: 12/06/07 Posts: 7786 Loc: Canada |
I had to google the movie Cam. Sounds interesting.
I really enjoyed Zen when I read it. I was in my early 20's and doing quite a bit of travelling at the time.
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#265432 - 07/05/09 10:03 AM
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![]() axiomite ![]() Registered: 12/30/03 Posts: 6331 Loc: Cleveland, Ohio |
Originally Posted By: mdrew Zen and the art of motorcyle maintenance again. Great book. Currently reading Gone Tomorrow the latest "Jack Reacher" novel from Lee Child. Just escapist, pulp fiction. You know.....really BAD bad guys; a good guy that can wipe out 4 of them with nothing but his hands and a piece of paper; politics; military. etc. This one is a particular good mystery. I'm within 80 pages of finishing it and I still haven't got it all figured out. It's nothing pithy, just (IMHO) good entertainment (YMMV). In fact, on this lovely sunny and mild Sunday morning, I think I'll eat some breakfast and crawl back into bed to see if I can finish it. A mixed blessing. Ya get to know how the story ends, but now a good book you've been really enjoying is finished. RATS! Fortunately, I have a Robert B. Parker "Jesse Stone" novel waiting in the wings.
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#265440 - 07/05/09 12:34 PM
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![]() shareholder in the making ![]() Registered: 05/03/03 Posts: 18044 Loc: NoVA |
Cryptic, by Jack McDevitt. It's a colleciton of his short stories. Fantastic stuff. I love how McDevitt always leaves you wondering--there's always a deeper mystery to his stuff that is left unresolved.
When I first found his books (completely by accident--forgot to decline my selections for the SF book club), I discovered that series combined two of my favorite things: sci-fi and archaeology! Ooooh...
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#265496 - 07/06/09 12:18 AM
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![]() shareholder in the making ![]() Registered: 04/02/03 Posts: 16437 Loc: Ben Lomond, California |
No wonder you like Picard so much.
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#266117 - 07/14/09 08:41 AM
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![]() axiomite ![]() Registered: 10/05/06 Posts: 6955 Loc: PEI, Canada |
Originally Posted By: kcarlile two of my favorite things: sci-fi and archaeology! Ooooh... Hmmmmm, Dinosaur bones from the future..... The overly mild mannered herbivores exist on a steady diet of legalized marijuana and the carnivores still have a ferocious roar, but it's only 140 characters long.
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#266119 - 07/14/09 08:55 AM
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![]() shareholder in the making ![]() Registered: 09/27/04 Posts: 11437 Loc: Central NH |
That's Funny!
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#266141 - 07/14/09 01:43 PM
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![]() aficionado Registered: 06/02/03 Posts: 678 Loc: Houston, Texas |
I am in the middle of Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen. It is a fascinating book about an American mountain climber who decides to build a school in an isolated village in Pakistan.
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#266149 - 07/14/09 02:57 PM
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![]() aficionado ![]() Registered: 12/25/02 Posts: 556 Loc: Ashburn, VA |
Quote: Do they have a version for extra dumb dummies? I've tried several times and I just don't get quantum mechanics. You're not alone... "I think it is safe to say that no one understands quantum mechanics" -- Richard Feynman I read Scott Adams(Dilbert)'s God's Debris a few weeks ago. Not sure if this book was suggested here or not. It was quite an amusing short read. It can be downloaded for free here. Edited by JaimeG (07/14/09 02:58 PM)
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#266161 - 07/14/09 05:21 PM
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![]() connoisseur Registered: 05/25/03 Posts: 2181 Loc: Menlo Park, CA |
Ex-Machina, a graphic novel.
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#266200 - 07/14/09 11:51 PM
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![]() Founder, Axiom Upgrade Club shareholder in the making Registered: 07/20/06 Posts: 11677 Loc: Richland, WA, USA |
Originally Posted By: JaimeG I read Scott Adams(Dilbert)'s God's Debris a few weeks ago. Not sure if this book was suggested here or not. It was quite an amusing short read. It can be downloaded for free here. Thanks for the link. I'll read it in a bit. |
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