What are you reading right now?
02-01-04, 06:58 AM
#52
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Forest Park Il
Posts: 876
Bikes: Yeah Dahon Bike Friday Panasonic Dyno
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Originally Posted by caloso
James, have you read "One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich"? Also by Solzhenitsin. Very powerful.
For myself, I'm reading "The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen.
For myself, I'm reading "The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen.
08-23-05, 09:19 PM
#53
Senior Member
Biking Related - I just finished Mike Magnuson's Heft on Wheels. I found it to be a interesting and fast read that kept me in the pages. I liked it because I could relate to his story quite well. I just started 23 Days in July about Lance's sixth Tour win in 2004. So far so good.
I read a lot of non-fiction to learn a lot about nothin'. I am a serious participant in anything I do. I will get every book and magazine under the sun and read every word until I have a good damn knowledge of the activity. I have done years of shooting sports, then photogography and now I'm back to biking again. Who knows what will be next time.
Take Care
I read a lot of non-fiction to learn a lot about nothin'. I am a serious participant in anything I do. I will get every book and magazine under the sun and read every word until I have a good damn knowledge of the activity. I have done years of shooting sports, then photogography and now I'm back to biking again. Who knows what will be next time.
Take Care
08-23-05, 09:52 PM
#54
JOCP Lives!
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Malden, MA (near Boston)
Posts: 794
Bikes: 2005 Felt F90 (my pride and joy)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Origins of the Modern World for my ap euro history course next year.
Ordinary People for english class
Hearts in Atlantis by stephen king for FUN!
Ordinary People for english class
Hearts in Atlantis by stephen king for FUN!
08-30-05, 09:46 AM
#56
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Sacramento, California, USA
Posts: 39,880
Bikes: Ridley Excalibur, Gazelle Champion Mondial, On-One Pompino, Specialized Rock Hopper
Mentioned: 64 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2540 Post(s)
Liked 1,794 Times
in
887 Posts
Originally Posted by Miniklobb
can anybody reccomend some weird philosophical books?
Epictetus: A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life
08-30-05, 09:53 AM
#57
Gravel for Breakfast
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Inside my scabs
Posts: 1,486
Bikes: Jake
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Miniklobb
can anybody reccomend some weird philosophical books?
I'm on my crusade to read the classics.
Just finished; "The Catcher in the Rye."
Starting; "The Last of the Mohicans."
On deck; "Oliver Twist."
Avoid at all costs "Wuthering Heights." Uff. I'm glad I didn't die while reading that book. What a way to leave the world.
08-30-05, 03:14 PM
#59
dangerous with tools
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: minneapolis
Posts: 4,502
Bikes: fat, long, single & fast
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Reading now: Join Me.
By Danny Something, some Brit. Tries to start a 'collective' (not a cult) by getting people to send him a passport photo, but doesn't tell them what they're joining. So far, its a Riot.
Weird 'philosophy' book: Wild Animus. They were passing it out free at the state fair last year. Its pretty damn weird. But I'll tell you why it was free: It Sucks.
By Danny Something, some Brit. Tries to start a 'collective' (not a cult) by getting people to send him a passport photo, but doesn't tell them what they're joining. So far, its a Riot.
Weird 'philosophy' book: Wild Animus. They were passing it out free at the state fair last year. Its pretty damn weird. But I'll tell you why it was free: It Sucks.
09-03-05, 05:20 PM
#61
Immoderator
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: POS Tennessee
Posts: 7,630
Bikes: Gary Fisher Simple City 8, Litespeed Obed
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
Just finished "A Game of Thrones" by George RR Martin
Just started "A Clash of Kings"-the sequel. I've already read all 3 of the series, but that was 2 years ago, and I want to refresh my memory for the 4th book, that comes out in November. These are incredible works of epic fantasy, and speaking as someone who doesn't particularly care for Fantasy as a genre, this is pretty high praise. These are fairly long books, but they don't FEEL long, ya dig?
Just started "A Clash of Kings"-the sequel. I've already read all 3 of the series, but that was 2 years ago, and I want to refresh my memory for the 4th book, that comes out in November. These are incredible works of epic fantasy, and speaking as someone who doesn't particularly care for Fantasy as a genre, this is pretty high praise. These are fairly long books, but they don't FEEL long, ya dig?
__________________
Originally Posted by Bikeforums
Your rights end where another poster's feelings begin.
09-03-05, 06:27 PM
#62
Beausage is Beautiful
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Saitama, Japan
Posts: 5,495
Bikes: Nabiis Alchemy
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 11 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 3 Times
in
3 Posts
After reading about it here, I picked up a copy of Japanese Death Poems. About twenty pages in now, I am enjoying it quite a bit already.
09-05-05, 07:17 PM
#63
Beausage is Beautiful
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Saitama, Japan
Posts: 5,495
Bikes: Nabiis Alchemy
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 11 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 3 Times
in
3 Posts
At work today I got to really craving some new Vladimir Nabokov. I wanted something full-length (I'm already working on a book of his stories), so I picked up a copy of Pale Fire as I left the mall. About 10 pages in and I'm loving it already.
09-05-05, 07:31 PM
#64
the way we get by
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Wherever the f**k I feel it
Posts: 2,719
Bikes: Cinelli Supercorsa / Surly Karate Monkey
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Fugazi Dave
At work today I got to really craving some new Vladimir Nabokov. I wanted something full-length (I'm already working on a book of his stories), so I picked up a copy of Pale Fire as I left the mall. About 10 pages in and I'm loving it already.
You'll have to let me know how they are. I've been curious to check 'em out. Trouble is I get impatient with most short story collections.
Just started the new Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men and have blown through half of it in like two days (I am not a very fast reader). It's sort of pulpy but he's never too lite. Check it out.
09-19-05, 01:56 PM
#66
dangerous with tools
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: minneapolis
Posts: 4,502
Bikes: fat, long, single & fast
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
A bizarre novel, to say the least, but interesting. Am now getting to the part that earned him a death sentence.
A bizarre novel, to say the least, but interesting. Am now getting to the part that earned him a death sentence.
09-19-05, 02:26 PM
#67
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Concord, CA
Posts: 546
Bikes: Giant TCR CF, Raleigh Fixie, Bridgestone Radac, Specialized Rockhopper
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
halfbiked - haven't read Rushdie, would you be so kind as to "Clif Notes" the section that earned him the death sentence for us?
10-08-05, 03:18 PM
#70
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Mid-Atlantic State
Posts: 87
Bikes: Schwinn Range Searcher
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
What are you reading right now?
Hey All,
Finished up some books and I'm interested in getting new reading. Whatcha all reading right now? Thnx!
Finished up some books and I'm interested in getting new reading. Whatcha all reading right now? Thnx!
10-08-05, 05:18 PM
#71
Peaknik
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: New York City
Posts: 240
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
The Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler. Highly suggest you read this book. It's very comprehensive about the effects of Peak Oil. I'm sure many on this forum know about Peak Oil and welcome the fact that it'll greatly reduce traffic and increase bike usage - it will. But there will mostly be ill effects, and Kunstler lays them out.
10-08-05, 07:42 PM
#73
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Perth, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 338
Bikes: Colnago Classic, Kona Dr. Dew, Giant ATX 740, Bianchi Strada, Eclipse Time Machine
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
"The Winds of War" by Herman Wouk -- a fantastic read. I am staying up much too late every night reading it since it's so hard to put down! Next up is War and Remembrance, the sequel.
10-09-05, 04:52 AM
#74
On my TARDIScycle!
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Eastside Seattlite Termite Mound
Posts: 3,925
Bikes: Trek 520, Trek Navigator 300, Peugeot Versailles PE10DE
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 5 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Already a thread going.
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=39589
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=39589
__________________
Originally Posted by coffeecake
- it's pretty well established that Hitler was an *******.
