Last Book I Read Was 'of Mice and Men' For My Schoolwork...
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What are you reading?
I am reading the "Count of Monte Crisco"...very good, and the "Phantom of the Opera" by Gaston Leroux....
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Phantom_Sorano - Posts: 909
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Yeah...forgot to add that...Ender's Game was written by Orson Scott Card.
Random fact: Orson Scott Card also wrote the insults in the original Monkey Island game.
Random fact: Orson Scott Card also wrote the insults in the original Monkey Island game.
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I continue to read a variety of the books I've previously listed. Five at once, currently.
That's a pretty cool random fact.
Doe Johnson wrote:Random fact: Orson Scott Card also wrote the insults in the original Monkey Island game.
That's a pretty cool random fact.
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The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say, when the mind is working; that is to say further, when it is engaged in corrrecting its mistakes. Taking this point of view, we may conclude that science is not physics, biology, or chemistry—is not even a "subject"—but a moral imperative drawn from a larger narrative whose purpose is to give perspective, balance, and humility to learning.
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(The End of Education)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
Isaac Aasimov
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You always have such light, fun reading, Technomancer! 
Sounds interesting.
Sounds interesting."All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
[indent]~~Gandalf, in Fellowship of the Ring[/indent]
[indent]~~Gandalf, in Fellowship of the Ring[/indent]
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Right now I'm reading Confessions of an ugly stepsister. It's by Gregory Maguire, the same guy who wrote Wicked which now has a sequal and is a musical. I don't think I'm going to finish this book though. It's very long and considering it's based on a fairy tale it's extremely cynical (almost too much so).
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I finished the "Ender's Game" short story. The next short stories I'm reading again for class are "HEMEAC" by E.G. Von Wald and "Primary Education of the Camiroi" by R.A. Lafferty. "HEMEAC" is about a school run completely by robots and machines, "Primary Education of the Camiroi" is about a group of people from Earth visiting the Camiroi aliens in order to find better methods of teaching. I found the later to be rather funny, especially with the suggestions at the end. My next book to read for class is Herland by Charlotte Gilman, about a society composed entirely of women. I'm currently reading The Book of Franza(Das Buch Franza) by Ingeborg Bachmann. So far I find it more entertaining than Quest for Christa T., but since Quest doesn't seem like it was written for the same reason, I probably shouldn't be comparing them. I just can't help comparing all of the translated German literature I'm supposed to read.
Thank you! The things you learn when you read clear through the game credits...uc pseudonym wrote:That's a pretty cool random fact.
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mitsuki lover wrote:Technomancer probably reads Darwin and Einstein for the jokes!
... and he probably gets them.
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Tim LaHaye's Why You Act the Way You Do
Ted Dekker's Obsessed
John Eldridge's Epic
Ted Dekker's Obsessed
John Eldridge's Epic
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Manta's gift was kind of wierd... they fastened a quadriplegic's brain into a body of one of these aliens from jupiter... but it was a good read.
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"There is a time for everything. A season for every purpose under heaven." Ecclesiastes 3:1
~Do not have feelings of animosity and resentment towards the depressing times in your life, but turn to God in praise for the days He gives you. Along with the times of joy He blesses you with, also come the times of hardship. For how can one reach for the stars without darkness?~
"Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good." Romans 12:21
"And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love." 1 Corinthians 13:13
"But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed." Isaiah 53:5 (NIV)
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Spirit, love the avi!!!... I am now reading the Count of Monte Cristo...and I can't remember what else...
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Lynne Truss - "Eats, Shoots & Leaves: A Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation"
'Tis funny!
'Tis funny!
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Oh, no. But "Shoots, Leaves and Eats: Irresistible food from plot to plate" is a cookbook whose title is a play on the other book's title (in fact, you can buy both books together in a package at amazon!).
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"The Inflationary Universe: The Quest for a New Theory of Cosmic Origins" by Alan Guth. I picked this up from the library after the inflation model popped into the news again.
"Stochastic Correlative Learning Algorithms" by Simon Haykin et al. Some needed research material. I'm also lookinf for other material on particle filtering and Monte Carlo methods in general.
"Stochastic Correlative Learning Algorithms" by Simon Haykin et al. Some needed research material. I'm also lookinf for other material on particle filtering and Monte Carlo methods in general.
The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say, when the mind is working; that is to say further, when it is engaged in corrrecting its mistakes. Taking this point of view, we may conclude that science is not physics, biology, or chemistry—is not even a "subject"—but a moral imperative drawn from a larger narrative whose purpose is to give perspective, balance, and humility to learning.
Neil Postman
(The End of Education)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
Isaac Aasimov
Neil Postman
(The End of Education)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
Isaac Aasimov
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@.@ There's that light reading again.
I'm currently reading (1) the book of Nehemiah, and (2) the 2nd book in Anne Mccaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series.
I'm currently reading (1) the book of Nehemiah, and (2) the 2nd book in Anne Mccaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series.
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
[indent]~~Gandalf, in Fellowship of the Ring[/indent]
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EireWolf wrote:the 2nd book in Anne Mccaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series.
ooo...which one is that? I can never remember, there are too many Drangriders books. Dragonquest? Dragonflight?
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Heh. It's a pretty interesting book so far, although I've only gotten past the first two chapters, which are mostly historical. Anyways, the article the prompted me to pick up the book from the library is here:
http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060313/full/060313-16.html
And now, I'm off the science & engineering library for a little more "light reading."
http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060313/full/060313-16.html
And now, I'm off the science & engineering library for a little more "light reading."
The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say, when the mind is working; that is to say further, when it is engaged in corrrecting its mistakes. Taking this point of view, we may conclude that science is not physics, biology, or chemistry—is not even a "subject"—but a moral imperative drawn from a larger narrative whose purpose is to give perspective, balance, and humility to learning.
Neil Postman
(The End of Education)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
Isaac Aasimov
Neil Postman
(The End of Education)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
Isaac Aasimov
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