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umm.. I had the same discussion with someone else but I forgot the thread :( otherwise I could have replied there. I am not able to find that thread, anyway, here are the reasons: 1.) Writing Style: . I totally hated this style of writing . I can't seem to understand what was the point of...

I like SF and I just finished reading The Difference Engine - Bruce Sterling & William Gibson. Honestly I did not like that book. I totally hate it, This was the 1st time I read an alternate-history novel but it did not work out as expected :( . I also read William Gibson's Burning Chrome...

Nah... Nah... ... Oh man... ever heard of the word Make-Up ? Om Shanti Om stars Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone and If you remove their make-up, at least Shahrukh Khan will look inferior than me :p .. The photos you have shown look like taken from South India, where people are black in...

I wish I could get Cryptonomicon, along with Snow Crash . I have heard lots of praises about them. I want to read both of them so that I will be qualified to move onto The Baroque Cycle. Unfortunately, these novels are very expansive in India and I don't earn much money, so I buy defective...

Welcome Lucy :rolleyes: New Zealand is one of my dream places :)

No, not designer, but engineer you can call me a computer programmer and I like this tag but my company calls me a Software Engineer. Its an interesting profession if one is willing to dig UNIX, GNU, BSD and Linux cultures :D

welcome from a newbie then ;)

You did not post the good one: Most people, I suspect, when they spy the title of Jenna Jameson's "How To Make Love Like A Porn Star" rarely see the next line of the title ":A Cautionary Tale". The glitz, the glamour, the women and men, and the sex are what they think porn is all about. The...

Reminds me of the book: The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot -- by Naomi Wolf anyone read it ?

Thanks I appreciate your words :) Academic texts are purely for living inside a building called college/school/university. Outside of that boundary exists real life. Every thing I have studied in my college/university has been refuted by my experience and after much though and...

Thanks for the links :) though I can't read all of them :p . I am not interested mainly in Karl Marx but rather I am interested mainly in understanding different political structures and their underlying foundations, so that I can build one for my country, INDIA. Presently, my country is too...

ah... I fall in this category too :D Is that book Non-Fiction ? If yes, does it tell history of some kingdom or some sort of author's thoughts on of political structures ?

Not much actually, The job as a Software Engineer does not leave me with much time on my hands. Only "The Difference Engine" I am reading from last 1 and a half months but in the middle of 2007, I have read some very impressive and fine pieces of Sci-Fi like: the man who sold the moon --...

I did not like anything at all. W 1.) Where exactly the whole story is going ? 2.) The way the characters address each other, they always call each other "Sir", "Madam" even when they are friends :confused: . 3.) The writing style of authors, looks like cracker culture ( to whom most...

Thanks so much. You are 1st one who replied and checked my profile too :o

I am at lest section titled MODUS

Well, I have not read a lot of books but I use to select books by reading amazon reviews. I found out 2 highly regarded books: 1.) The Difference Engine - William Gibson & Bruce Sterling 2.) The Burning Chrome - William Gibson and both of them feel totally non-sense to me. I...

I like reading about real-life things for example: 1.) Political Structures of different countries 2.) CIA's involvement in military Coup in Chile in 1973 3.) Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance 4.) Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman Can anyone...

Fantasy ? Perhaps you should start Terry Pratchett's Discworld Series . you will not regret it. I my self do not like fantasy but I have heard lots of praise for Discworld series. Start from volume 1: The Color of Magic and find the whole series at amazon. I am a newbie and hence not...

Hello to all :D I am newbie here. I am reading books only from last 3 years. I like basically both Sci-Fi and non-fiction works, as long as they have enough quality. Examples: Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance - Robert M Pirsig The Man who sold the Moon...