Burning Chrome - William Gibson
Cyberpunk - Bruce Bethke
Finding a Fit: Options for Flexible Working
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - JK Rowling
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
Napalm and Silly Putty - George Carlin (Audiobook Version)
A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking (Audiobook Version)
Hegemony or Survival : America’s Quest for Global Dominance - Noam Chomsky
Fatherhood: The Truth by Marcus Berkmann
History of Ancient Egypt (48 lectures) - Dr Bob Brier (It’s taped lectures but I’m claiming it as an audiobook)
The Last Templar - Raymond Khoury
With the Jocks - Peter White
Tripods, The White Mountains - John Christopher
Tripods, The city of Gold and Lead - John Christopher
Tripods, The Pool of Fire - John Christopher
Starship Troopers - Robert A.Heinlein
The Crow Road - Ian Banks
The Wasp Factor - Ian Banks
Strip Jack - Ian Rankin
The Black Book - Ian Rankin
Mortal Causes - Ian Rankin
Operation Barras - William Fowler
Magic Inc - Robert A. Heinlein

the rest when I remember them

Tags: America, Bob Brier, Bruce Bethke, Crow Road, Dan Brown, George Carlin, Ian Banks, Ian Rankin, Jack - Ian Rankin, John Christopher, Magic Inc, Marcus Berkmann, Noam Chomsky, Peter White, Raymond Khoury, Robert A.Heinlein, Stephen Hawking, White Mountains, William Fowler, William Gibson

A proper book for once!!

This book should have been 5 times as thick as it actually is. Every sentence says something without any padding or background to it so you really have to work hard to follow it. As Vonnie said dont be reading it just before you go to bed. I’m going to have to reread it at some point becuase of this very reason…ive missed have of it.

Nothing I havent read before elsewhere in an easier to read package but its something worth reading.

Tags: America, Noam Chomsky

Been reading a lot of strange books at the moment. Well when I say strange I mean books that folk might not normally pick up. As always I refuse to read Dan Brown (even though I almost caved this morning when I needed something to read on the bus to work) bt the subject matter has always interested me. I like my conspiracy theories about the church so I do.

Anyway I had been given a loan of a book called “The Rule of Four” which is supposedly just like The Da Vinci Code but better. Its about a young guy at university in America who gets caught up in one of his friends thesis’ because its based on his dead fathers work on an old manuscript called Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. It wasn’t based ona huge conspiracy but was written as a sort of “who done it” with the solving of the puzzle used to actually tell the story. Very well done and I think I liked it because of the whole problem solving thing that was such a big deal in the story.

At the back of the book were several other books that were being marketted to the same audiance. One of those was The Assassini. This tweaked my interest because of my love for christian history and all the fuck-ups that have went on inside the church over the centuries. to say I was disappointed would be an understatement. Yes the twists were good and it was very well put together but it was nothing that it made itself out to be. I’ve seen myself come up with better stories about the church for roleplays that this one. To many characters sticking their oar in and to many dead bodies to really remember the actual characters and the lack of any real intrigue and insider dealings that the book promised really let it down.

Now I’m stuck for something to read and neither Vonnie or myself have anything in our vast bookshelves that tickle my fancy.

Tags: America, Dan Brown