Books motherfuckers, do you read them?

[Neonie]

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Anyone read any "hard" sci-fi?  I wanted to check out Arthur C Clarke and Isaac Asimov and didn't know where to start.

I'm rather partial to "hard" sci-fi.  My dad had a lot left over form his college days.  For Clarke I'd recommend starting with 2001: A Space Odyssey, and if you like it, there's 3 more books where that came from.  As for Asimov, I'm partial to his Foundation trilogy, which is like the fall of ancient Rome, but in space. 
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IN SPACE
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This one is surprisingly good (reading it right now) :


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Duck's a furry? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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You were surprised by that? 

[Budr]

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Duck's a furry? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

You were surprised by that? 
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King of the furries!

[copulatingduck]

LOLWUT?! WHERE'D YOU GET THAT? That is seriously old, I haven't played on CC2's servers in a few weeks, I swear!

I won't deny playing on them though, but I haven't used that particular tag since July. I guess Budr just has it in for me or something. :-[

[Surf314]

Does the simpsons philosophy book count?  All I remember from it is that no one cares about maggie.  Also I was super close to majoring in philosophy.  It helped I took an intro to philosophy class with a super awesome teacher.  He made it really interesting.  Also I bet he got in a lot of trouble with the co-eds.  He was pretty attractive for an older guy.  I might have gone gay for him.

[Ianki]

Does the simpsons philosophy book count?  All I remember from it is that no one cares about maggie.  Also I was super close to majoring in philosophy.  It helped I took an intro to philosophy class with a super awesome teacher.  He made it really interesting.  Also I bet he got in a lot of trouble with the co-eds.  He was pretty attractive for an older guy.  I might have gone gay for him.

My friend wrote an article in the "philosophy of the daily show", another is trying to edit the "philosophy of arrested development".

I remember one article in the simpson's one that compared bart to the idealized Heideggarian self

[Tragic Hero]

Ianki and I read philosophy.

I really <3 you Ianki.

I read Philosophy.  In the form of Dostoevski, Kant, and Kikkergard.  So don't think you and Ianki are so special

[Luinbariel]

I read some as well, Aristotle, Kant, some others.. but it wasn't my cuppa.

[cannedpeahes]

I'm forced to read it. Bentham, Mill, Kant, Dostoevsky (soft philosophy), Sartre, Camus.

PAR121 Western Moral Traditions is the most damn reading I've ever done.

[exanimo]

Get on IRC so we can discuss it then, pooface.

[Lia1878]

I'm forced to read it. Bentham, Mill, Kant, Dostoevsky (soft philosophy), Sartre, Camus.

PAR121 Western Moral Traditions is the most damn reading I've ever done.

I love Camus, personally thought The Plague was way better than The Stranger, but maybe that's just because I think the Black Plague is damn interesting.

Haven't read Sarte yet, although it's on my list. Is the Being and Nothingness worth the read?

[Mission Difficult]

I love Camus, personally thought The Plague was way better than The Stranger

The Plague

[copulatingduck]

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I love Camus, personally thought The Plague was way better than The Stranger

The Plague

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YES!

Who's read The Heretic? Anyone? Anyone? ???

[Versus]

Just bought American Psycho.

[Mission Difficult]

Chariots of the Gods? is really good if you're in the mood for something awesome!

[Surf314]

Chariots of the Gods? is really good if you're in the mood for something awesome!

I hate awesome, no wait the opposite.  Also what is The Heretic?

[Master Shake]

Oh shit, look what I can't wait to read.  I'm going to reread the first two first, they were amazing.

[cannedpeahes]

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I'm forced to read it. Bentham, Mill, Kant, Dostoevsky (soft philosophy), Sartre, Camus.

PAR121 Western Moral Traditions is the most damn reading I've ever done.

I love Camus, personally thought The Plague was way better than The Stranger, but maybe that's just because I think the Black Plague is damn interesting.

Haven't read Sarte yet, although it's on my list. Is the Being and Nothingness worth the read?
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I haven't read it. I spotted him in a collected essays book, and he's deeply embedded in my PAR121 text.

I think I probably only smoke because Camus smoked.

Oh shit, look what I can't wait to read.  I'm going to reread the first two first, they were amazing.

I couldn't do it, just for the fact that it got popular about the same time that Stephanie Meyer piss-on-a-page got popular, and I denounced YA novels entirely. Except for Neil Gaiman.

[Surf314]

Oh shit, look what I can't wait to read.  I'm going to reread the first two first, they were amazing.

I liked them but only because I heard how young the author was first (I think like 16 when he started on the first one?).  You have to admit some parts of the books are horrible written and teen angsty.  But yes they are quite good overall.

Also fuck yea Neil Gaiman!

[Master Shake]

Yeah it's not written very well, but the story is awesome.

[KarthXLR]

I just finished Jurassic Park today.


EVERYBODY DIES D:

I loved it thought, great read.

Next up: The lost world.