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I just read first 98 pages of Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. Honestly I did not like it all. Though it was better than The Difference Engine but still not my kind of thing. I sold the book for half of the price I purchased. I am not saying author is bad. Author is very intelligent, he even knows...

Hey, one more comes to mind: FREEDOM DOWNTIME

are they any good ? I mean are they really about Love, Romance , Life-Partner and Man-Woman relationships ?

I wonder why Tragedy & Hope: A History of the World in Our Time is not banned yet :D

Eh... none mentioned A Scanner Darkly . Not that much of dystopia. Should I call it a near future dystopia

CYPHER Hackers Dark Blue Dirty Fahrenheit 9/11 8MM AntiTRUST many more I forgot :whistling:

Cover really do not matter for me. I don't even understand the reason to look at the cover. What attracts me is the Title and the Sub-Title. anyone ?

Does not matter as long as the book is good :D I prefer hardcover though because in India Paperback means Mass-Market Paperback which is poor in quality along with totally 3rd class quality of pages :sad:

His knowledge is good and better and impressive than all those average computer experts drawing millions of dollars, in salaries, every year and he is not better than Hackers at all (I mean both Hackers and Crackers). I am a computer programmer actually :cool:. I create those network...

I am not sure whether its exactly what you want but did you try Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

The technology shown both in the book and in the movie is real. I was also impressed with the author's knowledge about networking. Fiction ? Its not fiction, its a true story, though I call it a manipulated true story. Primarily, to benefit the authors many facts remain hidden and some...

Snow Crash — Neal Stephenson The Triumph of Politics — David A. Stockman Who Owns America — Walter J. Hickel Death of Air India Flight 182 — Salim Jiwa 1984 — George Orwell In Contempt — Christopher Darden A Scanner Darkly — Philip K Dick Hackers — Steven Levy For the Record — Ronald T...

I am 27 from Punjab, India. I just started reading after I found this forums but I was doing analysis, experimentation and thinking about political and economic structures from last 4 years, mainly through articles on internet and documentaries.

Add 2 more: The Algebra Of Infinite Justice -- Arundhati Roy The Perilous Road to the Market -- Prem Shankar Jha These 2 and previous 3 are only on the list for now. I will buy them as soon as they are available :)

I am living with with Non-Fiction these days "The Death of Air India Flight 182" by Salim Jiwa

Anyone has recommendations for romantic novels and some authors. I read primarily Non-Fiction and Sci-Fi but this time I want to explore into other areas. So far search leads me to only one novel Love Story by Erich Segal. I have also bought The Real Thing by Catherine Alliott

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No, there are 3 comments on total: --- 1st one is by author --- 2nd one is my reply to his comments --- 3rd one is pingback to this forum-post I don't know much about how ping-backs work. I will read and make ping-back appropriate. Comments on my blog are moderated, so no one can spam it :)

Oh.. My God.... :blink: she just spelled out my brain here: The Algebra of Infinite Justice by Arundhati Roy Thanks a lot for these 2 books :flowers:

I have a long list of capitalism, communism, Liberty, Politics written by English authors like Hayek, Karl Marx, Aristotle etc. but I don't have any books that explain my country's political, economical and sociological landscape. I am only able to find one which is the autobiography in return...