The Schopenhauer Cure -- Irvin D. Yalom
The Possibility of an Island* -- Michel Houellebecq
No Country For Old Men -- Cormac McCarthy
The Road -- Cormac McCarthy
Never Let Me Go -- Kazuo Ishiguro
Slow Man -- J.M. Coetzee
I, Lucifer** -- Glen Duncan

Being and Event*** -- Alain Badiou
The Great Mortality -- John Kelly
Collapse -- Jared Diamond

Well...I've just finished Hardy's The Return Of The Native... [size=2][b]

William Gibson's new novel, Spook Country. As usual with Gibson, it's a masterpiece.

Current reading:

Athletic Development: The Art & Science of Functional Sports Conditioning (Vern Gambetta)
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Stephen J. Dubner)
Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, & Priorities of a Winning Life (Tony Dungy)

I enjoy a variety of reading


Thinking about my next????

Chaos: Making a New Science (James Gleick)
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (John Perkins)
An Anthropologist On Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales (Oliver Sacks)
Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind (V. S. Ramachandran, Sandra Blakeslee, and Oliver Sacks)

Any thoughts on what should be next?

Try some fiction, like Charles Stross' Glasshouse. An interesting story about post-singularity life. I'm about a quarter way through it and it's compelling.

Always had a hard time getting into fiction, never seems to hold my attention.

All work and no play, eh?

PMA, given your interest in economics (one of my interests, BTW), I am surprised you have not made some comments on Coberst's thread: Economic Policy: Birds are starving feed horses more oats Feel free to take a look. BTW, tell us: What is "Freakonomics... " all about.

What am I reading?

The poster-boys of atheism: Dawkins (The GOD Delusion...) and Hitchins (God is not great...).
Only recovering fanatic theists (of all religions) and the theologically naive will be impressed.

I think Dawkins' book is The God Delusion.

Yea I know Rick I just find it hard to read fiction. I feel like I have to be learning something. I was never a fan of reading, but I am a huge fan of learning anything new.



Lindsay, I am still new to the board and more of a lurker, economics is something new that I am interested in, but I will be checking up on the posts.


Freakonomics...amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Freakonomics-Economi...g/dp/006073132X

I often learn things from science fiction. Did you know that Jules Verne, in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea invented the fuel cell and a solenoid-driven electric motor?

I learn things from mainstream fiction too, especially about relationships and culture.

A good place to start in science fiction for an easy read and pulls-you-along action is Rudy Rucker's Software. I'll bet you learn something interesting about mind from it.

No, I did not know that about 20,000. I do enjoy science fiction and will have to take a look at software!

Hey, great! I'm over halfway through Glasshouse now and it's better and better.