Metal Reviews

I wouldn't call it that great, but it is a really well written and fun work- Clarke captures the 19th century British tone perfectly, and the footnotes in particular are hilarious.

That's what one of the critics in "Praise for Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell" or whatever said. And yeah, I don't think I'll find it to be that good, but it's definitely something original in the fantasy genre. We'll see, though.

Read a couple of intro books on Wittgenstein and Heidegger while at the airport and still reading Brothers Karamazov.

Ian McEwan - Saturday

So far, so gut.

I read it about a year ago. It was not too bad, but it is a little slow at the beginning. It took me about 100 pages to finally get into it. Overall though it was a pretty good book.

Hunter S. Thompson-Hells Angels

Sweet.

The Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon.

If it's the write book, basing a novel on Hegel just doesn't sound fun.

It's more of a mind-bending, interesting book than something 'fun'. Even Sirius is at the heart not a very fun book, and it's about a damn talking dog.

I read the novel of the movie "21" called "bringing down the house"

It was a very fast and fun read. I thought it would be better to read the book (as it is the truth) rather than pay more to see the inaccurate movie. I'll rent the movie for a buck in 6 months.

Finished "The Fall Of Hyperion" last week, it was really great actually, i loved both books although i think the first one is a little better, i already bought "Endymion" i hope it will be as good as the first two but im taking a break from Simmons right now so im currently reading " The Pillars Of Earth" already on the firts 300 pages and i must say is very entertaining, so thanks to all who recommend it.

Anyone read Improbable? Man that was a disappointment.

Just wait 'til you get to Star Maker. Jeeeeeesssssus.......

Nietzsche - The Antichrist, for a class.

John le Carre - The Mission Song

I love le Carre, he's like a left-wing Forsyth without all the dreary detail. And better at plots, too.

Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter - The Rebel Sell; interesting look at adbusters and other "anti-consumerism" messages. i don't agree with everything they say (they make straw man arguments sometimes), but it's definitely worth reading. also very easy to read since i've gotten through 200 pages in 4 days :X

The Day I Died by Tammy Cohen

Essence of Religion, Ludwig Feuerbach.

One more week of exams, which means I can finally start reading things for pleasure instead of spending all my time doing school readings or writing exams and essays. Looking forward to it, and yesterday I started:

Colleen McCullough- Caesar's Women

now reading Armed Madhouse by Greg Palast. seems like a pretty good political-type book so far