Topic: My Reading List (Read 24490 times)

Sirgod · « **Reply #60 on:** November 17, 2009, 03:11:03 pm »

This is and has always been a favorite of mine, esp. if you like heinlein.

http://www.angelfire.com/or/sociologyshop/lazlong.html

Notebooks of Lazarus Long
from

TIME ENOUGH FOR LOVE
NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons (A Berkley Medallion Book), 1973

By: Robert Heinlein

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So much cynicism, He makes me look like a flower child. I love it though, and find it hard to disagree with the majority f his points.

Stephen

Bonk · « **Reply #61 on:** November 17, 2009, 03:24:01 pm »

I OD' on Heinlein recently. "The Number Of The Beast" soured me.
http://www.dynaverse.net/forum/index.php/topic,163383092.msg1122922192.html#msg1122922192

Reading Poul Anderson ("Avatar") right now, but it is a bit soap opera-ish. Very stargate-ish too.

762_XC · « **Reply #62 on:** November 17, 2009, 04:06:50 pm »

Bonk, if you haven't read the Foundation series yet, you must do so.

Sirgod · « **Reply #63 on:** November 20, 2009, 02:00:40 pm »

Quote from: Bonk on November 17, 2009, 03:24:01 pm

I OD' on Heinlein recently. "The Number Of The Beast" soured me.
http://www.dynaverse.net/forum/index.php/topic,163383092.msg1122922192.html#msg1122922192

Reading Poul Anderson ("Avatar") right now, but it is a bit soap opera-ish. Very stargate-ish too.

I like his stuff also.

I've went away from Sci Fi myself, been revisiting Byron, Percy, and of course Sinclair lewis. Just ordered It can't Happen Here again, as I can't find my old copy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Can%27t_Happen_Here

Stephen

Bonk · « **Reply #64 on:** November 20, 2009, 02:51:27 pm »

Quote from: 762_XC on November 17, 2009, 04:06:50 pm

Bonk, if you haven't read the Foundation series yet, you must do so.

I have been a student of Psychohistory since the age of eleven. I was heavily influenced by it. Tipler may have even laid the theoretical foundations. Soon Google and others will have sufficient data to develop and seed the models. Supercomputers continue to evolve in capability beyond what will be required by even the most complex of meteorological models; capacity for models of mass human behaviour.

Interesting that you observed that I must read it. I must be Seldonesque in my ways, or at least I would like to think so.

I understand there is a movie in the works. I sure hope they do it justice. The big question is who will be cast as The Mule?

I can't get enough Asimov, I don't think I have read it all yet, and I do not tire of it like other authors. Asimov is my hero.

762_XC · « **Reply #65 on:** November 20, 2009, 09:38:21 pm »

Pee Wee Herman as the Mule! And I always pictured Jeffrey Tambor as Ebling Mis.

Who will they cast as Salvor Hardin?

I don't think a movie could do it justice, unless it's 12 hours like LoTR. But god would that be sweet.

Bonk · « **Reply #66 on:** January 10, 2011, 05:11:35 am »

Currently finishing up:

- Wade Davis - The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World. (<-- A must read for any serious thinker)

Next up

- Handsome Lake - The Code of Handsome Lake
- Wade Davis - The Serpent and the Rainbow (a re-read for me - been so long...)

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