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The Greatest Show on Earth: Evidence for Evolution

It's the first Dawkins book I have come across, it's not overly technical but some of the metaphors he uses are more confusing than just outright explaining the concept he is trying to share :P
I'm reading The Unremembered, a fantasy novel by Peter Orullian. I picked it up because of the favorable comments by Piers Anthony and Terry Brooks printed on the cover. My early impression is that the writing is pretty convoluted. Unless I am carefully focused, I find myself having to reread paragraphs and pages often. The proper nouns the author invents are clunky and unaesthetic: Recityv, Verdanj. I haven't given up, though, so the story must be okay. Then again, I managed to finish Empress, by Karen Miller, so it could just be I am tenacious.

I've just read a stack of excellent Raymond Feist books, so maybe this book has an unfair place in my queue.
I've spent the better part of early May until now, reading Asimov's Robot and Foundation stories in chronological order.

Robot novels:
The Complete Robot (1982)
The Caves of Steel (1954)
The Naked Sun (1957)
The Robots of Dawn (1983)
Robots and the Empire (1985)

Empire novels:
The Currents of Space (1952)
The Stars, Like Dust (1951)
Pebble in the Sky (1950)

Foundation novels:
Prelude to Foundation (1988)
Forward the Foundation (1993)
Foundation's Fear (1997)
Foundation and Chaos (1998)
Foundation's Triumph (1999)
Foundation (1951)
Foundation and Empire (1952)
Second Foundation (1953)
Foundation's Edge (1982)
Foundation and Earth (1983)

So, I am trying to create a slight contrast between that Asimov bender, and the now.
Cosmological Horror novellas' and the Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection are pulling that off wonderfully.
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The Mabinogion, Sioned Davies translation. It's good.
I'm currently reading some of the Doctor Who comics I got from the Humble Bundle, but I've also read a lot of novels recently, such as:
-the first two books of Les Voyageurs by Héloïse Côté. They're okay, decent science fiction, a lot of infodumping - could have stood to be edited more aggressively.
-various Darkover books by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Deborah J. Ross. I'm catching up with the posthumously-published stuff and a few books I've missed here and there but none of the ones I've read recently have been all that great.

I need to go check out some more novels but I'm not sure which, I'm running out of works by authors I know that are available at the local libraries.
Rereading David Weber's Honor Harrington books and working my way through the Hugo Award nominees that I haven't read when they came out.
Contemplating starting from the beginning of The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan, and for some light reading 50 Ways the World Cound End by Alok Jha and Islands of Rage and Hope by John Ringo.
Isaac Asimov - The Complete Robot
Stephen King- Salems Lot
Liking it so far, Stephen King is brilliant at creating a feeling of unease in his writing without it being overly obvious.
Robert Ludlum- The Bourne Identity
Pretty good as well, read it to counter the chills that Salems lot gives me.
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darthvader39560: Stephen King- Salems Lot
Liking it so far, Stephen King is brilliant at creating a feeling of unease in his writing without it being overly obvious.
I like King, but he can't end a book for anything lol.

Currently reading Machiavelli's The Prince for when I start my invasion ;)
I've finally finished reading this book about the Classical Myths from Ancient Greece (and Rome), and now my mind is (even more) full of fuck, gods, stories, names and whatnot. The ancient gods were *all* nasty and horny bastards, indeed. Except for Athena, to some degree. Athena is my preferred goddess. Now I should write a novel about that (no really).
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KingofGnG: I've finally finished reading this book about the Classical Myths from Ancient Greece (and Rome), and now my mind is (even more) full of fuck, gods, stories, names and whatnot. The ancient gods were *all* nasty and horny bastards, indeed. Except for Athena, to some degree. Athena is my preferred goddess. Now I should write a novel about that (no really).
If you want to learn about some raw deities, read about Sumerian and Babylonian mythology.
I would link you to an Amazon listing for some books on the subjects, but I cannot post links right now, for some reason.
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belinol-proser: If you want to learn about some raw deities, read about Sumerian and Babylonian mythology.
I would link you to an Amazon listing for some books on the subjects, but I cannot post links right now, for some reason.
Well, I already have many books about world Myths in my library, waiting to be read. :-P The one about Greek Gods was purchased in 2008 in Bologna and I have read it just now, indeed.
I started Dracula and quite liked it, but when the Mina part started, I lost interest
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belinol-proser: If you want to learn about some raw deities, read about Sumerian and Babylonian mythology.
I would link you to an Amazon listing for some books on the subjects, but I cannot post links right now, for some reason.
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KingofGnG: Well, I already have many books about world Myths in my library, waiting to be read. :-P The one about Greek Gods was purchased in 2008 in Bologna and I have read it just now, indeed.
Are there any books in particular you'd recommend to others? Specifically for someone interested in Theology as a field that is.
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belinol-proser: Are there any books in particular you'd recommend to others? Specifically for someone interested in Theology as a field that is.
Theology? Dunno. I'm interested in mythology from an anthropological standpoint, and right now my list of fundamental books to buy asap includes these two:
- The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
- The Epic of Gilgamesh translated by N. K. Sandars

Campbell's book is considered the best work in mythology study, and Gilgamesh can be considered the first demigod story of human history.