Reading any good (geeky) books at the moment? (72)

• Reading right now:

Sadopaideia (anonymous)

Sex Exposed: Sexuality and the Pornography Debate (Segal & McIntosh) - not fiction, but very interesting

• Would recommend:

Microserfs (Coupland)

The Book of Revelation (Thomson)

Foundation (Asimov)

• Avoid like the plague:

Wuthering Heights (Brontė)

Who Moved My Blackberry? (Lukes)

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• Currently reading:

"Radical Ecstacy" by Dossie Easton & Janet Hardy

• Recommended reading:

"Into the Heart of Borneo" Redmond O'Hanlon

"The Ethical Slut" by Dossie Easton and Catherine Liszt

"Philosophy - 100 Essential Thinkers" Philip Stokes

"Dune" by Frank Herbert - loved the book, hated the attempts at film versions though..

"Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury - loved Ray Bradbury, favourite quote from boy seeing fire engine 'Look Mummy there's going to be a fire'

A lot of Asimov, "I, Robot" and the Foundation trilogy "Foundation", "Foundation and Empire", "Second Foundation"

• Avoid unless you want to tear your hair out:

anything written by Claudia Varrin especially :

"Female Submission",

"Female Dominance",

"The Art of Female Sensual Dominance"

- but don't take my word for it, do come and buy mine and make up your own mind

'To Oblivion, and beyond!'

I hear you. I'd gladly give my copy of Female submission away. The author is so annoying! She's congratulating herself all the way through the book.

Mind you, I thought exactly the same thing about The Topping Book and The Bottoming Book - both by Dossie Eaton & Janet Hardy.

I play dead it stops the hurting / I play dead and hurting stops
It's sometimes just like sleeping / curling up inside my private tortures
I nestle into pain / hug suffering / caress every ache

Edited 1 Jun 10, 6:13 PM by MissAnnThropist

But are you reading these, recommending these or telling us to avoid them?

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I play dead it stops the hurting / I play dead and hurting stops
It's sometimes just like sleeping / curling up inside my private tortures
I nestle into pain / hug suffering / caress every ache

• Reading right now:

Our Tragic Universe - Scarlett Thomas (normally I loathe hardbacks and refuse to buy them, but I love Scarlett Thomas and don't wait to wait until it comes out in paperback)

The Half-Slave - Trevor Bloom (A book club book, I've thoroughly enjoyed it, tell the story of a Saxon half-slave (surprisingly!) around the time of the end of the Roman empire)

• Would recommend: (aside from the ones mentioned on my profile)

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions - Edwin A. Abbot (Entertaining AND educational)

House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski (Not the easiest of reads, and demands a lot of attention, but excellent)

• Avoid like the plague:

Anything by Jodi Picoult (I've had to read two of her books now and wouldn't even recommend them as a substitute for toilet paper - awful, awful books)

The truth is, stillness is an idea, a dream. It's the thought of friendly, welcoming lights still shining in all the places we've been forced to abandon.

"Great Military Lives - A Century in Obituaries"

The Times obituaries of various military leaders from the Napoleonic Wars to the Falklands.

"Giza: The Truth: The Truth - The Politics, People and History Behind the World's Most Famous Archaeological Site"

Ian Lawton and Chris Ogilvie-Herald. A summary of the excavations and the orthodox and unorthodox theories about the pyramids.

Recommend:

"Le Roi des Aulnes" / "The Erl King" Michel Tournier

ETA "The Erl King" has apparently been re-released as "The Ogre", link to Amazon listing:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ogre-Tournier/dp/0801855...

"The Hockey Stick Illusion" A W Montford. Interesting for Climate Change geeks, or anyone into modelling or statistical analysis.

Avoid like the plague:

Anything by Dan Brown

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• Currently reading:

"Kingdom of Fear" by Hunter S Thompson.

• Recommended reading:

"Slaughterhouse 5" by Kurt Vonnegut

"War of the Worlds" by H G Wells.

"The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler.

• Avoid unless you want to tear your hair out:

I dunno. I don't read much so it's easy to avoid the crap.

Had to recommend War of the Worlds contrary to the OP. Disrespect for the old masters, that's a paddlin'.

Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: Why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: Why not marry safe science if you love it so much.

Edited 1 Jun 10, 10:21 PM by Doghouse_Reilly

tied_n_tested wrote: I hear you. I'd gladly give my copy of Female submission away. The author is so annoying! She's congratulating herself all the way through the book. Mind you, I thought exactly the same thing about The Topping Book and The Bottoming Book - both by Dossie Eaton & Janet Hardy.

Yeah, I think I prefer Dossie and Catherine together.. haven't read 'Tops n Bottoms' yet. There is a brilliant put down review of Varrin by Louise C on the Taken In Hand site.. really made me laugh, it was so subtle and 'english'

oh, also (I know I'm not following the rules btw, these aren't fiction, but I'm not an 'in the box' type really)

• Recommended:

"13 Things that don't make sense" by Michael Brooks, if you're into scientific stuff.

"The Goldilocks Enigma" if you're OK with modern particle physics, multi-verses and have read some Terry Pratchett. Very thorough and readable, and humourous.

'To Oblivion, and beyond!'