RastaRicanAir 0 #26 October 21, 2005 Quote ..."One flew over the cuckoos nest". I gave my copy to a friend years ago, and never considered asking her to give it back. -Sometimes a Great Notion -Sailor's Song -Last Go Round Reading any of Ken Kesey's books is better than just about anything else you could be doing at the time.OrFunV/LocoBoca Rodriguez/Sonic Grieco/Muff Brother #4411 -"and ladies....messin with Robbie is venturing into territory you cant even imagine!-cuz Robbie is Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tso-d_chris 0 #27 October 21, 2005 QuoteLast year I read "Principia" by Isaac Newton. That's a classic! Wow. I figured you would have read that one back when it was still new, before its classic status. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tso-d_chris 0 #28 October 21, 2005 QuoteClassic "road songs" like "On The Road Again" by Willie Nelson and "Riders On The Storm" by the Doors. That's not so strange...Willie's latest album is reggae! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tso-d_chris 0 #29 October 21, 2005 Quote I'm currently rereading Gilgamesh. impressive Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rasmack 0 #30 October 21, 2005 QuoteLast year I read "Principia" by Isaac Newton. That's a classic! Only if you read it in latin . Is the mathematics in understandable notation, or do you have to relearn a new notation for calculus? IIRC the dy/dx notation was due to Leibniz.HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TypicalFish 0 #31 October 21, 2005 "Inferno" by Dante Alighieri, "One Hundred Years Of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand... I've read "Inferno" so many times my copy is almost worn through, the imagery is stunning..."I gargle no man's balls..." ussfpa on SOCNET Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinker 0 #32 October 21, 2005 Quote"Inferno" by Dante Alighieri, "One Hundred Years Of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand... I've read "Inferno" so many times my copy is almost worn through, the imagery is stunning... Oh, I'm so glad you brought up DANTE!!! I love the Divine Comedy! Has anyone seen the recent "modern" versions, by Marcus Sanders, w/ illustrations by Sandow Birk (which are very Dore-esque)? Quite interesting to say the least... -the artist formerly known as sinker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tso-d_chris 0 #33 October 21, 2005 QuoteIs the mathematics in understandable notation, or do you have to relearn a new notation for calculus? I'm guessing dy/dx = f'(x), where f(x)=y. Anyway, that was taught as Newton notation in my Calc classes. For Great Deals on Gear Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,596 #34 October 21, 2005 QuoteTheAnvil is a geek. I read classics sometimes. I'm currently rereading Gilgamesh. Read Shakespeare on occasion. Depends on what mood I'm in. I'm a bookish sort. I read the Iliad and Plato's Republic last year, and due to my course I'll be reading several more ancient historical and philosophical works this year, I'm on Herodotus at the moment. I keep meaning to find some of the old Norse stories too but I've never got round to it. As far as reading for me goes Catch 22 has got to be my favourite, just read Fear and Loathing and that is brilliant too. Some other books that deserve to become classics are the Northern Lights trilogy by Philip Pullman and Neverwhere, American gods and Stardust by Neil Gaiman. Wow, just wow.Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
