Currently re-reading PIHKAL:phenthylamines I have known and loved , and its sister volume TIHKAL:tryptamines I have known and loved, both by Dr.Alexander Shulgin and his wife, Ann Shulgin.
Legends in thier own lifetimes, and richedly deserved
I am currently in the process of reading "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser. I'm reading this because i'm on a diet (I have currently shed 53 pounds in 4 1/2 months) and i thought it would be interesting to see what they say about the fast food industry (I worked in fast food for a little more than six months).
My mother gave it to me for Christmas, but I started to read it two weeks ago...
I'm reading some Kurt Vonnegut.
Some may consider it odd that I read his works at 16, but I've been reading his books and stories science I was in 2nd grade :lol:
Right now, I'm reading ZERO: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea, by Charles Seife.
On several occassions I've been dissapointed by that book, I see the big red circle and the word "zero" and I think its a reprint of Jiro Horikoshi's book :razz:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743444...e&n=283155
I would love to read Principia Discordia but I can't find it anywhere in local libraries.
I'm reading The Spandau Diaries, by Albert Speer. Its an edited version of his thoughts while spending 20 years in prison. Its edited, because Spandau Prison had strict rules about writing.
One was granted paper and pencil to write on, but one could not keep everything. All the paper was collected and shredded at the end of the day. Fortunately for Speer, and for history, two gaurds were either kind enough or had enough forsight to realize Speer wanted to write something important, so they smuggled writings out for him. Some of these writings became his first book Inside the Third Reich but his every day thoughts, which were written fitfully, amounted to 20,000 pages, and needed to be edited down greatly. :smile:
Currently I'm reading The Age of the Spiritual Machines(something I've been meaning to read for a while, as I do AI programming, but I've never gotten around to before now)
)I may start a book in the next few minutes, but there is no plot discription, however the first words are the rabbit, so I figue if it mentions bunnies, it could be good.
(off topic: when I first read this post, I had quiet an aspie moment, thinking right now I am reading this post. :grin: )
Developmental Dictatorship and The Park Chung-Hee Era; The Shaping of Modernity in the republic of Korea
Interesting, but I'm a bit lost in the world of economics. Its unfortunate there is not more on Park in English.
At the moment?
This.
What I have/had been reading was a middle school textbook on the history of Mexico.
Now that I'm back in the states I may be tempted to read something in English again.
Gonna say Twain, Asimov, or LeGuin most likely, maybe Kipling (never read him, the only book of his we have are The Jungle Books, but I know I like the other three.)
At the moment?
This.
That is exactly what I thought when I first saw the post, it took me a while to figure it out, I was to embaresd to say so though. :oops:
I just finished reading a couple of Sci-fi/fantasy books, and finising of a colection of short stories. Hopefully I will get to go to the library soon....nee....need...b...b...bo..boo..books...n...n...no...now.
Of course I could read my sumer reading book for school (Grapes of Wrath) I have to be able to understand and write essays on the social issues. I wish I thought things the way they are, I always get a lot of interpreting things wrong, especialy in the beginging of hte school year, some teachers will understand that I simply see things diferentyly and as long as I explain my self they are okay with it(only had one teacher who tried to fail me for that, somehow got switched out of his class, but without taking a failure and being kicked out of the honors program as our school's guidelines require). Sometimes by seing things diferently, I can open teachers up to new ideas. ex. Essay question: Why did the west win the cold war? My basic answer: They did not. Or I could read my 100 pages of poetry for summer reading,hmm.. that requiers interpreting "corectly" too.
Oh well, I'll just read one of the books I've read time and time again.
I just picked up Dollfuss: An Austrian Patriot by Father Johannes Messener. A bit of light reading compared to Park Chung-Hee, a fairly straight forward biography.
The Devil's Disciples: Hitler's Inner Circle by Anthony Read
Maximum Ride: THE ANGEL EXPERIMENT by James Patterson[/u]
John Stienback, The Grapes of Wrath