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[Dion]

Just started reading Searching For Bobby Orr by Stephen Brunt.

[Mike Oxlong]

Doyle Brunson's "Super System"
Really good and informative poker book. A LOT of information to take in though. I am going to have to reread certain sections to try and absorb more.

I also just read Phil Gordon's Little Blue Book. Pretty good as well. Different style than Super System but interesting how he takes you through actual hands to see how and why he played them.

I usually average about 2 books per decade so reading 2 since Christmas time is some sort of record for me. My wife can't believe I am almost done my send book already.

[Burninator]

Originally Posted by Hesla

I am currently reading A Brief history of Nearly Everything as well... it is a great read...

Also... The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins... only for those that are not offended by anti-religion rhetoric..

And... Best Science Fiction Stories of 2005.... Collection of science fiction

How is that book? I was thinking of picking it up.

Right now I'm reading Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond.

Next on the list is Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut and Freakanomics.

Edit: Wrong name, Thanks MikeF

[SeeGeeWhy]

Just finished Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonegut Jr. Picked it up from the book exchange at work, oddly enough. Interesting and quick read.

Reading through Collapse by Jared Diamond right now. It's taken me a while to get through it, but it is certainly very eye opening. It is basically an examination of a number of case studies where a society failed and tries to find the common thread between them. He discovers there are many reasons, but basically 5 major things that happen to cause the collapse of a society. Its been a very educational read so far and it definitely scares me a bit. I'd recommend it.

Next up is a book called Stakeholder Power.

[SeeGeeWhy]

Originally Posted by Burninator

How is that book? I was thinking of picking it up.

Right now I'm reading Guns, Germs, and Steel by Richard Diamond.

Next on the list is Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut and Freakanomics.

I'd like to read Guns, Germs and Steel - collapse is basically the follow up to that book.

Freakanomics sounds great.

[Mike F]

Originally Posted by Burninator

Right now I'm reading Guns, Germs, and Steel by Richard Diamond.

You mean by Jared Diamond -- I'm also currently reading this.

Next up for me is Moral Minds or Fabric of the Cosmos

[Knut]

guns, Germs and Steel i have purchased, but not yet read..

As for The God Delusion.. it is an excellent read... However his bias is definetly towards the athiestic side of things. Hence the title i quess. I found it to be very information on the history of religion though and as well it fueled alot of debate amongst my friends. I definetly recommend it for a read.

I also recommend Dan Dennet's "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" .. for a philisophical view on Darwinism... as well as Dawkins "A Selfish Gene" for a different perspective on hereditary and why humans act the way they do.

[Burninator]

Originally Posted by SeeGeeWhy

I'd like to read Guns, Germs and Steel - collapse is basically the follow up to that book.

Freakanomics sounds great.

I liked Collapse better than I liked Guns, Germs and Steel, I think it's the other way around for most people. But you should check it out for sure if you liked Collapse.

If you like Kurt Vonnegut I also recommend Slaughter House Five. And mabye even Catch-22 by Joseph Hiller which was probably one of the funniest books I have read.

[BlackEleven]

Originally Posted by SeeGeeWhy

Reading through Collapse by Jared Diamond right now. It's taken me a while to get through it, but it is certainly very eye opening. It is basically an examination of a number of case studies where a society failed and tries to find the common thread between them. He discovers there are many reasons, but basically 5 major things that happen to cause the collapse of a society. Its been a very educational read so far and it definitely scares me a bit. I'd recommend it.

If you're interested in this sort of thing you might want to check out one of the books I mentioned above, A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright. It's about a very similar topic -- observing what caused past civilizations to fail and trying to learn from them. Wright is also Canadian and hold an honorary doctorate from the U of C.

Link that summarizes the book better than I can:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Short...ry_of_Progress

[socalwingfan]

Just finished Filth - Irvine Welsh, now reading Joe Dimaggio - The Hero's Life by Richard Cramer

[troutman]

Originally Posted by toonmaster

steven erikson's malazan book of the fallen #2 - deadhouse gates

such great stuff, i can't wait to get into #3, and 4, and 5, and 6

oh boy i got a lot of reading ahead of me

Cool. My favorite series. Bonehunters will be in mass paperback in April.

http://www.malazanempire.com/site/index.shtml

[troutman]

Originally Posted by Cowperson

"Polaris" by James McDevitt right now with "The Reality Dysfunction Part 2" by Peter F. Hamilton next up . . . . and myriad other things lying open around the house that I advance on periodically.

Cowperson

Nice. I'm waiting for the sequel to Hamilton's Pandora's Star. Judas Unchained will be in mass paperback in March IIRC.

This site is good for fans of the genre:

http://www.sfsite.com/home.htm

[flamingchina]

currently reading the foundation series by asminov.. other than that
Calculus, Econometrics, and Microeconomics textbooks since school has started

[Knut]

Originally Posted by troutman

Nice. I'm waiting for the sequel to Hamilton's Pandora's Star. Judas Unchained will be in mass paperback in March IIRC.

I got Judas Unchained Last March while i was in Europe... it is excellent... too bad it was too heavy to bring back to Canada with me... it was hardcover.

I am going to start reading more of Hamilton's works... i really thought Pandora's star/judas unchained was an excellent series.

[BlackEleven]

Originally Posted by socalwingfan

Just finished Filth - Irvine Welsh

How was it? I've read quite a few Welsh novels before and enjoyed most of them.

[JiriHrdina]

The Night They Turned Out the Lights - new book about the brawl between the Russian and Canadian WJC teams back in 87.

Great read so far, although the proofing is shockingly bad. Numerous typos. I don't even usually notice that stuff, but this book seems particularly bad for it. I guess they were rushing to get it out before Xmas.

[Rhettzky]

Originally Posted by Mike Oxlong

Doyle Brunson's "Super System"
Really good and informative poker book. A LOT of information to take in though. I am going to have to reread certain sections to try and absorb more.

I also just read Phil Gordon's Little Blue Book. Pretty good as well. Different style than Super System but interesting how he takes you through actual hands to see how and why he played them.

I usually average about 2 books per decade so reading 2 since Christmas time is some sort of record for me. My wife can't believe I am almost done my send book already.

I just read the green book and the blue book since christmas and i'm in the same boat. Haven't really read anything for many years and now two books in a month and my wife thinks i'm crazy. The super systems books are next for me but right now i'm onto Sun Tzu's "The art of war", really good book that Phil references a bunch of times throughout the green book.

[peter12]

The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins
The Conservative Mind - Russell Kirk

The second is taking me months to get through.

[socalwingfan]

Originally Posted by BlackEleven

How was it? I've read quite a few Welsh novels before and enjoyed most of them.

Typical Welsh, lots of sex, drugs and corruption. It definitely lives up to the title - very sick and twisted story. I don't think it's a book you want to introduce yourself to Welsh but if you've read his other books you will probably like it.

[Flamescupbound!]

I've been on an anti-utopia binge lately. Just finished "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin. Incredible read, but not for the casual reader. Starting Huxley's "Brave New World". I've heard that this is the best anti-utopia out there, even surpassing Orwell's 1984 in greatness.