AceOfHeart Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 LOTR trilogy Momo--Michael Ende, i had it for literature in school love the simple story. Harry Potter 1-6. Easy read Sherlock holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle various books-- I like detective type stories, a classic Newer books I like (technical ones) --Excel 2003 programming(savior for my project) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Hmm based on these lists I do not understand why Bridge has such a nerdy image. When Lord of the Rings and Excel are our favorite books :).............I see bridge players tend to not watch/read much science fiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 To have the image of not being nerdy the replies would have to be "read? who reads?" or perhaps "Confessions of an Heiress" by Paris Hilton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 shogun is my all time favorite novellonesome dove is my all time 2nd favorite novel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Couple other books worth mentioning: Last Call by Tim Powers. (Virutally anything by Tim Powers is worth reading, however, Last Call is especially good if you play bridge/power). I also strongly recommend his novel "Declare" The Last Coin by James Blaylock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 or perhaps "Confessions of an Heiress" by Paris Hilton. oh wow, that's HOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dodgy Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 amazed that Douglas Adams hasn't rated a mention yet. Nor Terry Pratchett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blofeld Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 amazed that Douglas Adams hasn't rated a mention yet. Nor Terry Pratchett. I mentioned both of them! Edit: Oops, no I missed Adams. Had meant to include h2g2 in my list. Stories of Your Life and Others, by Ted Chiang, is an absolutely fantastic set of short (speculative fiction) stories that I read recently. Probably makes my list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeGee Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 The Aubrey/Maturin novels of Patrick O'Brian, except for the last few. The Heliconia trilogy of Brian Aldiss Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Most of Charles Dickens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badmonster Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 I love too many books to pick. However, I think it's important to point out that Terry Pratchett plays bridge. I didn't catch that the first time I read The Light Fantastic. This thread seemed as good a place as any to mention it. By the way for those of you who have a developed sense of humor and like Pratchett try Christopher Moore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeGee Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 Just finished reading 'The Worst Journey in the World' by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. It's about Scott's Antartic expedition of 1911-12, and it's an amazing read. The author was on the expedition. The opening sentence is: -' Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised.' Incidentally, Scott's journey to the pole (and almost back) is not the worst journey in the world of the title. Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 However, I think it's important to point out that Terry Pratchett plays bridge. I didn't catch that the first time I read The Light Fantastic. This thread seemed as good a place as any to mention it. Here are some relevant quotes from The Light Fantastic: On the other side of the door the heavy voice said: 'DID YOU SAY HUMANS PLAY THIS FOR FUN?' 'Some of them get to be very good at it, yes. I'm only an amateur, I'm afraid.' BUT THEY ONLY LIVE EIGHTY OR NINETY YEARS! To read more, you'd need to buy the book hehe. Okay one more: 'What, playing with cards?' 'It's a special kind of playing,' said Twoflower. 'It's called—' he hesitated. Language wasn't his strong point. 'In your language it's called a thing you put across a river, for example,' he concluded, 'I think.' 'Aqueduct?' hazarded Rincewind. 'Fishing line? Weir? Dam?' 'Yes, possibly.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 The Heliconia trilogy of Brian Aldiss Hmm... Have not read it but just reread Foundation (Asimov!) and of course one of the planets mentioned there is Helicon. I'd think this would be suspicious if not both were named after a mountain in Greece... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanR Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 I love mystery books, and particularly those that are in a series. Some of my favorites are: Elizabeth GeorgeIan RankinRuth RendallJames GrippandoSue Grafton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 Kurt Diemberger ( a famous Austrian climber) - "K2- Traum und Schicksal"(eng. "The Endless Knot - K2 Mountain of Dreams & Destiny") A great mountaineer book about living and dying on K2 in the "black summer" of 1986 Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbleighton Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 In no particular order: The Autobiography Of Bertrand RussellLord Of The RingsDuneAll The King's Men - Robert Penn WarrenHemingway's short storiesPlay It As It Lays - Joan DidionYeats' poetryEliot's poetryStartide Rising - David BrinDeath Of A Ghost - Margery AllinghamDark Star - Alan Furst (the best historical spy novelist ever - check him out) Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeGee Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 Death Of A Ghost - Margery Allingham PeterReminded me of The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbleighton Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 "Reminded me of The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham as well." A great book, and many critics consider it her best, but I prefer Death Of A Ghost, for the characters. Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeGee Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 Haven't read it, but now I will, thanks Peter Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zasanya Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Hope somebody will write a book about what had happened to this thread between March 13 and August 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Late to this thread: In no particular order: All of Stehen Jay Gould's collections of essays The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker: Dawkins (I think his later books add almost nothing to these ones and become repetitious) (anyone who doubts evolutionary theory should read these) The Ascent of Man" Bronowsky Patrick O'Brian: the entire Aubrey-Maturin series is brilliant Neal Stephenson: The Diamond Age was his first great book, followed by Cryptonomicon and now a book I will reread with pleasure 10 years from now (if I'm still here) The Baroque Cycle Iain Pears: An Instance of the Fingerpost Umberto Ecco: The Name of the Rose, and Forcault's Pendulum Greg Egan: several of his novels are very interesting Iain Banks: both his science fiction and his mainstream novels: I find the quality of them uneven, but his Culture series of SF and The Business and Complicity were enjoyable Keegan: several of his books: The History of Warfare, is only one, are great reading and give us insight into historical forces that shaped the modern world Paris 1919: amongst other topics, shows us the seeds of the current Middle East situation, and is revealing about the extent to which histroical events arise from human frailities A People's Tragedy: Orlando Figes: an Oxbridge history professor with access to the original Soviet archives writes a fascinating history of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent civil war. The History of Europe: Norman Davies: do you think that anyone in Greece is descended from the ancient greeks? Read this and think again :lol: Ian Rankin: the Rebus series Donna Leon: I got hooked on her while in Italy, desperate for English language novels: read three of them on the trip back from Europe...lightweight but very entertaining with some interesting insights into Italian culture. I could go on for a long time: unfortunately I got hooked on reading at an impressionable age and have been reading, on average, 2-3 books a week for more than 40 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oren Goren Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 We may be in a Golden Age of books. Undercover Economist1491Empires of the Word------ Favorite Authors-------------------C. J. Cherryh! Shirley Rousseau Murphy (Joe Grey & Dulcie)Walter Mosley (Easy Rawlins)Andrew VachssJames Lee BurkeCharles Goren (lol)Rex Stout fun fun fun------------Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plums Oren Goren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oren Goren Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 Huge fan of Hercule Poirot books.Stephen Ambrose books, read Undaunted Courage, Lewis and Clark.William Gibson NeuromancerThe Amber science fiction series by Zelazny. Oh,yes! Amber. And thinking of days of yore, I really liked Farmer's Riverworld. Oren Goren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 I "second" the Patrick O'Brien series (Aubrey/Maturin saga)Also The series by Stephen Saylor based on the fictional character Gordianus the Finder (slightly prefer this series to Lindsay Davis "Falco" series) The Fencing Master, by Arturo Perez-Reverte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker: Dawkins (I think his later books add almost nothing to these ones and become repetitious) Great books yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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