Whatcha been reading lately?

[houseisland]

For me..

Tim Sevrin's Viking trilogy.


The Viking Triology

Sevrin is not the most polished of prose writers, but he is a great story teller. The three books are historical fiction but are firmly grounded in close readings of Norse sagas and detailed research. They trace the story of Thorgils Leifsson, son of Leif the Lucky, through 11th Century Greenland, Newfoundland, Iceland, Ireland, the Eastern Roman Empire, Norway, France and England, the climax being the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066, the denouement being Thorglis's old age in in a Christian/Norman Britan. A warning: there is an air/underpinning of new-agey, romanticized ( Neo-)Paganism about the books, both from a Norse and Celtic/Druid perspective. Thorglis, at times at times a Christian monk (in name), remains at heart a staunch crypto-pagan recusant to his death, even as the world around him converts or is forcefully converted to Christianity. His insightful cynicism reveals a distrubing relationship between Christian conversion and the mundane politics of power. A most interesting and enjoyable read.

And

Neil Shubin's Your Inner Fish


Your Inner Fish at Random House

Shubin is an engaging writer. Writing for a non-scientific audience, he outlines recent thoughts about vertebrate evolution in easily read discussions of palentology, physiology, and molecular biology, all with reference to the human body. A fun read through materials and ideas that could very easily be heavy sledding in another writer's hands.

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It is my pure and virtuous heart that
gives me the strength of ten!

[Guts3d]

Geez, House! I feel sort of stupid reading Sci-fi after seeing what you are cuurntly reading! Very impressive! Also, I listen to books on tape in the car and just finished Alan Weisman's "The World Without Us."

[slgrieb]

been on a Gene Wolfe kick the last couple of weeks. Reread There are Doors, Free! Live Free!, and the Book of the New Sun tetralogy.

House, if you like Inner Fish, here's a site you may enjoy, if you're not already familiar with it. pandasthumb.org

[houseisland]

I feel sort of stupid reading Sci-fi!

Hey.. there Guts.. you have to get over this. Writers like Arthur C. Clarke and Kurt Vonnegut long ago established that there is absolutely nothing wrong with SciFi. I, myself, have a fondness for Harry Harrison.



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It is my pure and virtuous heart that
gives me the strength of ten!

[houseisland]

House, if you like Inner Fish, here's a site you may enjoy, if you're not already familiar with it. pandasthumb.org

Cool. Thanks.



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It is my pure and virtuous heart that
gives me the strength of ten!

[Niclo Iste]

I have many books I've been reading off and on. The latest to my collection that I picked up is Hagakure.

[Guts3d]

Harry Harrison, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein, etc. are all excellent writers. I wish that they would make a big budget movie out of the Stainless Steel Rat.

[houseisland]

I wish that they would make a big budget movie out of the Stainless Steel Rat.

Heh.. heh.. heh.. the one I would really like to see is Star Smashers of the Galaxie Rangers.


Amazon.co.uk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Sm...Galaxy_Rangers









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It is my pure and virtuous heart that
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[Guts3d]

Another fine Harrison book, along with the Deathworld trilogy. Hollywood, take note: we don't need to re-make "Planet of the Apes" with Marky Mark for the upteenth time, just look to the local bookshelves! Frederik Pohl's "Gateway" and Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game" come to mind immediately.

[NooNoo]

This is the last couple of weeks

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Glaser, B. and Strauss, A. (1967) The Discovery of Grounded Theory Strategies for Qualitative Research New York: Aldine De Gruyter

Goguen Joseph A., Linde, Charlotte, (1993) Techniques for Requirements Elicitation. Proceedings, Requirements Engineering '93 p 152-164

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Next week I can get back to Terry Pratchett - way more sane!

[Platypus]

This is the last couple of weeks

For your thesis presumably?

[Guts3d]

Nope, she is just a super-genius sent here to make me feel inferior. ( Guts3d bows in England's general direction)

[slgrieb]

Next week I can get back to Terry Pratchett - way more sane!

I can see why you're looking forward to visiting Ankh-Morpork, Noo! I don't think I'll do a Pratchett next week, but just upstream from him on my bookshelf is Tim Powers, and I may just read Declare, and On Stranger Tides again. For some reason, Powers always puts me in the mood for some Lucius Shepherd.

[NooNoo]

For your thesis presumably?

Not yet... that's the list I ended up with as to why I should be allowed to do a thesis
3 years down the line, I would hope there are some better things to read!!

[Guts3d]

... Guts3d hides his comic books under the sofa hoping no one saw them...