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ChAoTiCpInOy

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I need a book for when I have some downtime between classes or to get my mind off studying. Any ideas would be helpful.
 
gorcorps

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kama sutra? Without an idea of what you like to read that's all you get
 
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I'm reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy right now. Pretty good so far and I am very interested to know whether I will like it more than the movie. Just finished The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon which was pretty great and it will apparently be a Coen Brother's movie at some point, so that will be exciting.

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ChAoTiCpInOy

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Something that will leave me more enlightened than when I first started. I'm into scifi but kind of want to branch out.
 
datalink7

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ChAoTiCpInOy said:
Something that will leave me more enlightened than when I first started. I'm into scifi but kind of want to branch out.
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Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche
The Trial by Kafka
Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky

But since you mentioned Science Fiction

The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
 
SlitheryDee

SlitheryDee

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Right now I'm reading The first Demon Wars book by R. A. Salvatore. It's good so far, but not particularly enlightening.

Read something by Heinlein. I recommend Starship Troopers.
 
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GodlessAstronomer said:
I'd strongly recommend Neal Stephenson in this case. Start with Cryptonomicon.
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Over break I started reading book one of the Dark Tower Series (Gunslinger series, you know the one by Stephen King). But I ended up buying Snow Crash with a gift certificate. I think I might have to put down Roland's tale for a while until I get through that.
 
GodlessAstronomer

GodlessAstronomer

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ChAoTiCpInOy said:
I was thinking freakonomics. What's it about anyways?
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It's very interesting, it's a couple of economists analyzing real-life situations that have nothing at all to do with economics, but from the point of view of an economist. They draw parallels between seemingly unrelated events and trends. It's entertaining and mind-opening.
 
xanis

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I'm also starting to get in to some of Stephen King's work. I read The Stand (expanded edition) over the summer and I just finished up Salem's Lot a few days ago.

If you like military history at all, I suggest D-Day by Stephen E. Ambrose and Inside Delta Force by Eric L. Haney.

If you like zombies (and really, who doesn't?) you'll definitely want to read The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z, both by Max Brooks.
 
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dquan97

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Economics behind oddball things. It really gets you thinking.
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Interesting correlation between two completely different things...like abortion and crime rates. Sequel to the book is "Superfreakonomics"
 
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ChAoTiCpInOy

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Xanis said:
I'm also starting to get in to some of Stephen King's work. I read The Stand (expanded edition) over the summer and I just finished up Salem's Lot a few days ago.

If you like military history at all, I suggest D-Day by Stephen E. Ambrose and Inside Delta Force by Eric L. Haney.

If you like zombies (and really, who doesn't?) you'll definitely want to read The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z, both by Max Brooks.
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Surprisingly I've read both of those military history books.

I'm already ready for the zombie apocalypse. I've played all the games necessary/watched the movies.
 
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