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It does not matter in context of what I am saying. Also The Brief History of Time and Origin of Species have nothing to do with both Hayek and Marx. The point is most people ( at least here in India and I have traveled from North to South India) don't understand the ideas underlying these...

WOW, Things got different than what I expected. I never ever thought that entertainment and escapism will pull-in here. I don't do any entertainment. Whenever my friends send me some funny pics in email or show some funny videos at YouTube. I just open Firefox and start searching for books...

Oh.. No.. sparky again :devil:

Why America Lost the War on Poverty--And How to Win It by Frank Stricker anyone read this book or heard something about it. any reviews ? I want to know before I spend money on it. The author himself commented on my list of books at my blog

Not a book but I think you should never ever miss the Shougun Assassin . Watch a trailer at YouTube

eh... perhaps we should never drink coffee together :whistling:

Perhaps you need Robert A Heinlien's juvenile series

I am from Punjab, India. Punjab is in North India but right now because of job I have moved 4000 KM away from my home town to Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh which is in South-India. Atmosphere is quite hot for all 12 months of the year with no winters :confused: . I am accustomed to live in a ever...

well, even if Pynchon writes about political truths and social facts in the usual way he writes (which seems like the style in which "The Difference Engine" was written ) , I am sure I will never read him :cool:

yep, a little though ;) . I meant to have much longer quotes :whistling:

Thanks, It never crossed my mind that we could read his books. Do you have any recommended list of 2 or 3 books ? I was thinking of reading only the Theory of Evolution or The Origin of Species

hey, I can see you here:D

Encountering HIV/AIDS published by :: Welcome to Centre for World Solidarity :: . Not a book but a collection of 11 AIDS real-life case studies, impacted me a lot and it literally changed the way i think about sex.

.. only 6 :blush:

I watched the movie "A Scanner Darkly" starring Keanu Reeves and I did not know that it was based on a novel but I was so much impressed with the movie. When, at Wikipedia, I found out that movie is based on Philip K. Dick's novel I ran to the market and bought his novel :)

I just finished reading TAKEDOWN by Tsutomu Shimomura and John Markoff. As I promised I am putting a review of it here :) . The book is based on a true story where Shimomura claims that he did catch the Kevin Mitnick himself and he was the center point of this whole cat and mouse run but trust...

Can anyone post some quotes from his Ender's Game ? ( lik people have done here: http://www.bookandreader.com/forums/author-discussion/1837-thomas-pynchon.html and which was very helpful )

I just bought them yesterday. It took me 7 hours :cool: "The Great Indian Dream" -- Arindam Choudhuri "Charged Bodies" -- Thomas Mahon "Sex, Lies and Politics" -- Larry Flynt "To Serve the Greatest Number" -- Walt Crowley "and more by Andy Roony" -- Andrew R. Rooney...

:rofl: As I said, I read to learn new skills or sharpen existing ones. I read to understand Why people think somethings and why not the others, to get insight into human behavior and hence this society which comprises of some mass behavior and some particular types of thinking. I also read to...

Ah.. no.. I utterly hate this style :angry: but really lots of thanks to All of you who posted quotes form Pynchon's novels. I saved my money. I am not saying that Pynchon is bad. I am saying I don't like to read such novels. The Difference Engine which is a quite respected novel also has...