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Re: Books for 2011 - List Thread
« Reply #30 on: Jun 29, 2011, 05:40:44 AM »
Read, (this year):
1. Bad Science - Ben Goldacre
2. Death from the Skies - Phil Plait
3. Bad Astronomy - Phil Plait
4. Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett
5. Sherlock Holmes, The Complete Illustrated Short Stories - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
6. Nation - Terry Pratchett

Reading:
1. Why does E=mc2? - Brian Cox/Jeff Forshaw
2. Cosmos - Carl Sagan
3. Flim Flam - James Randi
4. The Science of Discworld II, The Globe - Terry Pratchett

Wishlist, (yet to purchase):
1. Paranormality - Richard Wiseman
2. Quirkology - Richard Wiseman
3. 59 Seconds - Richard Wiseman
4. Wonders of the Solar System - Brian Cox
5. Wonders of the Universe - Brian Cox
6. Mrs Fry's Diary - Stephen Fry

Would Recommend:
1. Why does E=mc2? - Brian Cox/Jeff Forshaw
2. Any Terry Pratchett Novel
3. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
4. Why God is Not Great - Christopher Hitchens
5. The Elegant Universe - Brian Greene
6. A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson

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Re: Books for 2011 - List Thread
« Reply #31 on: Jun 29, 2011, 03:16:30 PM »
Quote from: Atheist Panda on Jun 29, 2011, 05:40:44 AM
Read, (this year):
1. Bad Science - Ben Goldacre
2. Death from the Skies - Phil Plait
3. Bad Astronomy - Phil Plait
4. Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett
5. Sherlock Holmes, The Complete Illustrated Short Stories - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
6. Nation - Terry Pratchett

Reading:
1. Why does E=mc2? - Brian Cox/Jeff Forshaw
2. Cosmos - Carl Sagan
3. Flim Flam - James Randi
4. The Science of Discworld II, The Globe - Terry Pratchett

Wishlist, (yet to purchase):
1. Paranormality - Richard Wiseman
2. Quirkology - Richard Wiseman
3. 59 Seconds - Richard Wiseman
4. Wonders of the Solar System - Brian Cox
5. Wonders of the Universe - Brian Cox
6. Mrs Fry's Diary - Stephen Fry

Would Recommend:
1. Why does E=mc2? - Brian Cox/Jeff Forshaw
2. Any Terry Pratchett Novel
3. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
4. Why God is Not Great - Christopher Hitchens
5. The Elegant Universe - Brian Greene
6. A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson

 :) AP
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Re: Books for 2011 - List Thread
« Reply #32 on: Jul 09, 2011, 04:16:16 PM »
Reading:

House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything - Christopher Hitchens
Tales of Phantasia - (I'm proofreading the script for an English patch for this PS1 game.)

Already Read:

The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
Titus Andronicus - William Shakespeare
Richard III - William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare
Hamlet - William Shakespeare
Anthony and Cleopatra - William Shakespeare
The Tempest - William Shakespeare
Double Falsehood - Lewis Theobold
The Prince of Hazel & Oak - John Lenahan (Audiobook)
A Study in Scarlet - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Planning to Read:

The Origin of Species - Charles Darwin
Dracula - Bram Stoker
The Sign of Four - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
The Bible
The Koran
The Divine Comedy: Purgatory - Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy: Paradise - Dante  Alighieri
Walt Disney: An American Original - Bob Thomas

Yeah as you might be able to tell, I took a Shakespeare class this year.
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Re: Books for 2011 - List Thread
« Reply #33 on: Sep 06, 2011, 11:05:21 PM »
Read so Far:

-- January --
1. In a Sunburned Country, Bill Bryson
2. Reunion, Michael Jan Friedman (Fiction)
3. The Evolution of God, Robert Wright
4. To End All Wars, Adam Hochschild
5. Redcoat, Bernard Cornwell  (Fiction)
6. Sex on Six Legs, Marlene Zuke
7. The Black Echo, Michael Connelly (Fiction)
8. The Rise and Fall of the Bible, Timothy Beal.
9. A Far Better Rest, Susanne Alleyn (Fiction)
10. The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life Makes it Hard to be Happy, Michael Foley.
11. Beyond Band of Brothers: the War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters, Dick Winters
12. Electric Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity, David Bodanis
13. 50 Jobs in 50 States, Daniel Seddiqui

-- February --
14. Star Trek Titan: Sword of Damocles, Geoffrey Thorne. (Fiction)
15. Star Trek Vanguard: Harbinger, David Mack (Fiction)
16. Agincourt, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction)
17. Star Trek Vanguard: Summon the Thunder, Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore (Fiction)
18. Overlook, Michael Connelly (Fiction)
19. The Near East, Isaac Asimov
20. Star Trek Titan: Over a Torrent Sea, Christopher L. Bennett (Fiction)
21. A History of Life on Earth, Jon Erickson
22. The Revolutionist, Robert Littell (Fiction)
23. The Outline of History, Volume I, H.G. Wells.
24. Paths of Disharmony, Dayton Ward (Fiction)
25. With Wings Like Eagles, Michael Korda

-- March --
26. The History of Japan, Kenneth Scott Latourette
27. The Fort, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction)
28. Confessions, Augustine of Hippo
29. Reap the Whirlwind, David Mack (Fiction)
30. The Fall of Terok Nor, Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens (Fiction)
31. The War of the Prophets, Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens (Fiction)
32. Inferno, Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens (Fiction)
33. A Man in Full, Tom Wolfe (Fiction)
34. Then Everything Changed, Jeff Greenfield
35. The Forgotten 500,  Gregory Freeman
36. You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train, Howard Zinn
37. Bomber, Len Deighton

-- April --
38. Gallows Thief, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction)
39. What Catholics Really Believe, Karl Keating
40. Echo Park, Michael Connelly (Fiction)
41. The Archer's Tale, Bernard Cornwell  (Fiction)
42. Star Trek Vanguard: Open Secrets, Dayton Ward (Fiction)
43. The Heart and the Fist, Eric Greitens
44. Why Do Catholics Do That?, Kevin Orlin Johnson
45. The Stars, Like Dust, Isaac Asimov (Fiction)
46. The Book of Wisdom, New English Bible
47. Disaster 1906: The  San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Edward F. Dolan Jr.
48. The Accidental Time Machine, Joe Haldeman (Fiction)
49. Ecclesiasticus, New English Bible
50. Sharpe's Rifles, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction)

-- May --
51. The Tragedy of the Moon, Isaac Asimov
52. The Coming, Joe Haldeman (Fiction)
53. The Book of Tobit, New English Bible
54. The Undiscovered Country, J.M.Dillard (Fiction)
55. City of Bones, Michael Connelly (Fiction)
56. Guns, Ed McBain (Fiction)
57. The Sea-Wolf, Jack London (Fiction)
58. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (Fiction)
59. Earth Science Made Simple, Edward Albins
60. Cave Paintings to Picasso, Henry Sayre
61. Sharpe's Tiger, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction)
62. The Ethical Assassin, David Liss (Fiction)
63. Angels and Demons, Dan Brown (Horrible, Horrible Fiction)

--June--
64. Star Trek Vanguard: Precipice, David Mack (Fiction)
65. Montevallo: Images of America, Clark Hultquist and Carey Heatherly
66. All I Really Need to Know I  Learned in Kindergarten, Robert Fulghum
67. The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
68. Sharpe's Triumph, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction)
69. Biology Made Simple, Rita Mary King
70. The Currents of Space, Isaac Asimov (Fiction)
71. Cop Hater, Ed McBain (fiction)
72. Sharpe's Fortress, Bernard Cornwell (fiction)
73. God is not One, Stephen Prothero
74. The Final Storm, Jeff Shaara (fiction)

--July--
75. Sharpe's Trafalgar, Bernard Cornwell (fiction)
76. Sharpe's Prey, Bernard Cornwell (fiction)
77. Robots and Empire, Isaac Asimov (fiction)
78. An Altar in the World, Barbara Brown Taylor
79. Diary of a Wimpy Kid #2: Rodrick Rules,  Jeff Kinney
80. Why Choose the Episcopal Church,  John M. Krumm (fiction)
81. Judge and Jury, James Patterson (fiction)
82. Honeymoon, James Patterson (fiction)
83. The Big Switch, Harry Turtledove (fiction)
84. The Third Chimpanzee, Jared Diamond
85. Diary of a Wimpy Kid #1, Jeff Kinney

--August--
86. Star Trek Titan: Synthesis, James Swallow (fiction)
87. Seven Ages of Paris, Alistair Horne
88. Covert, Bob Delaney
89. Gospel Medicine, Barbara Brown Taylor
90. Isaac Asimov's Caliban, Roger MacBride Allen (fiction)
91. The Age of Faith, Will Durant
92. The Gods Themselves, Isaac Asimov
93. The Big Rock Candy Mountain, Wallace Stegner (fiction)

--September--
94. Astronomy Made Simple, Kevin B. Marvel
95. The Feather Merchants, Max Shulman (fiction)


Current Potential Reads
1. The Renaissance, Will Durant
2. The Illiad, translated by Barbara Leone Picard
3. Jesus for the Non-Religious, John Shelby Spong
4. Marcus Aurelius: A Life, Frank McLynn
5. A People's History of the World, Chris Harman
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Re: Books for 2011 - List Thread
« Reply #34 on: Sep 06, 2011, 11:11:43 PM »
I'd be lucky to read your January list in a year!
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Re: Books for 2011 - List Thread
« Reply #35 on: Sep 08, 2011, 03:04:42 AM »
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« Reply #36 on: Sep 08, 2011, 10:02:35 AM »
Quote from: MissionBrown on Sep 06, 2011, 11:11:43 PM
I'd be lucky to read your January list in a year!

One of the perks of growing up in a religious cult that banned television is that I spent most of my time reading. I've gotten pretty good at it.  ;D

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Re: Books for 2011 - List Thread
« Reply #37 on: Jan 04, 2012, 09:10:13 PM »
New list for 2012. Get your fifty in before the world ends!
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