Reading any good books?

12-22-1999, 11:18 PM

Well that about sums it up?

original posts here: http://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?t=1623

05-18-2001, 08:31 PM

I just finished up Crichton's The Lost World, and I'll probibally get a John Grisham tomorrow.

05-24-2001, 08:15 PM

Well, I got Jurassic World (JP and TLW combined) and Rainbow 6 instead.

PippinTook · 10-24-2004, 01:36 AM

Uh, is this thread still on its original theme? If so, I'm reading A Wizard of EarthSea by Ursula Le Guin. If not, I feel stupid ;-)

***IronParrot*** · 10-24-2004, 02:26 AM

Not counting my academic readings, the last two months have seen me proceed at a rather slow pace. Off the top of my head:

Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident and Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code Eoin Colfer
Casino Royale - Ian Fleming
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown (yuck)
Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood

... and a bunch more that I can't recall right now. Most of my time is otherwise spent with computer programming textbooks and philosophical writings on literary theory.

Lenya · 10-26-2004, 02:39 PM

The Alchemist. After that (hopefully), book 11 & 12 of Wheel of Time.

Beren3000 · 10-26-2004, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lenya

The Alchemist.

A good book, that!

inked · 10-26-2004, 03:32 PM

The Allegory of Love by CS Lewis. Tough going for a science major and no middle english to speak of!

**Nurvingiel** · 10-26-2004, 03:58 PM

Heh heh... I thought you might be reading something theological.

inked · 10-26-2004, 04:26 PM

Nurv,

This work is about the Court poetry of the Middle Ages. A study of allegory - its rise, development, and fall!
On the side, obviously I'm reading TIME, NEWSWEEK, and SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, and professional stuff.

But, it's all theology in a way...

!

Lenya · 10-27-2004, 03:03 PM

Aren't all of CS Lewis' books theological (in a way)?

inked · 10-27-2004, 03:24 PM

Lenya,

No. All of Mr. Lewis' books are not theological. He was Professor of Medieval and Renassance Studies at Oxford and Cambridge. He worked on those subjects as a scholar and produced or assisted in the production of technical studies as an on-going matter. I can recall my current reading and the Oxford History of English Literature (excluding Drama) - frequently referred to as the OHEL - off the top of my head. Then there were literary criticism works as well.

He is best known for his widely popular fictional works and lay ministry during WWII among the RAF and BBC programs. The Chronicles of Narnia are quite popular and have been made into films and are being made into films. There's a thread for those here at Entmoot also.

Lenya · 10-27-2004, 03:28 PM

Oh, I had no idee. Thanx

sun-star · 11-03-2004, 05:11 PM

(Re-)Reading George Eliot - Middlemarch is so long...

Mercutio · 11-03-2004, 07:15 PM

The Brother's Karamazov: Book IV ("Strains") by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

and

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

and

Have His Carcase by Dorothy Sayers

Shelob's Hubby · 11-03-2004, 08:03 PM

Is The Brothers Karamazov any good Mercutio?

***Rían*** · 11-03-2004, 08:47 PM

The bros. K. is very good, Shelob's hubby!

I liked The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, too - I like all of her books as just fun, light reads, but this is one of the better ones.

inked · 11-04-2004, 12:58 AM

THE WEIGHT OF GLORY by CS Lewis.

Excellent exposition of central Christian beliefs exquisitely well written.

Last Child of Ungoliant · 11-04-2004, 06:52 AM

i am currently re-reading
The Book of Wisdom
by Tenzing Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

and also a book on Buddhist Scriptures I found at a second-hand book shop

Beren3000 · 11-05-2004, 12:40 PM

Currently rereading LOTR. Just now, I left Frodo with Gildor. It's amazing how many subtle hints to the later parts of the story can be glimpsed on rereading!

12-22-1999, 11:18 PM	#1
anduin Guest Posts: n/a	what are you reading right now? Well that about sums it up? original posts here: http://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?t=1623

05-18-2001, 08:31 PM	#2
Mace McClain Guest Posts: n/a	Reading any good books? I just finished up Crichton's The Lost World, and I'll probibally get a John Grisham tomorrow.

05-24-2001, 08:15 PM	#3
Mace McClain Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Reading any good books? Well, I got Jurassic World (JP and TLW combined) and Rainbow 6 instead.

10-24-2004, 01:36 AM	#4
PippinTook The Infamous Tea Hobbit Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Riding my Attack Llama, CORY! Posts: 1,162	Uh, is this thread still on its original theme? If so, I'm reading A Wizard of EarthSea by Ursula Le Guin. If not, I feel stupid ;-) __________________ http://jupiter.walagata.com/w/shanakdakhete/svbf.gif If I can stop one heart from aching, I shall not live in vain. -Emily Dickinson But the Master comes, and the foolish crowd Never can quite understand The worth of a soul and the change that is wrought By the touch of the Master's hand. Though she be but little, she is fierce! -MSND

10-24-2004, 02:26 AM	#5
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	Not counting my academic readings, the last two months have seen me proceed at a rather slow pace. Off the top of my head: Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident and Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code Eoin Colfer Casino Royale - Ian Fleming The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown (yuck) Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood ... and a bunch more that I can't recall right now. Most of my time is otherwise spent with computer programming textbooks and philosophical writings on literary theory. __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

10-26-2004, 02:39 PM	#6
Lenya Elentári Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: South Africa Posts: 727	The Alchemist. After that (hopefully), book 11 & 12 of Wheel of Time.

10-26-2004, 03:32 PM	#8
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	The Allegory of Love by CS Lewis. Tough going for a science major and no middle english to speak of! __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

10-26-2004, 04:26 PM	#10
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	Nurv, This work is about the Court poetry of the Middle Ages. A study of allegory - its rise, development, and fall! On the side, obviously I'm reading TIME, NEWSWEEK, and SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, and professional stuff. But, it's all theology in a way... ! __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

10-27-2004, 03:03 PM	#11
Lenya Elentári Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: South Africa Posts: 727	Aren't all of CS Lewis' books theological (in a way)?

10-27-2004, 03:24 PM	#12
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	Lenya, No. All of Mr. Lewis' books are not theological. He was Professor of Medieval and Renassance Studies at Oxford and Cambridge. He worked on those subjects as a scholar and produced or assisted in the production of technical studies as an on-going matter. I can recall my current reading and the Oxford History of English Literature (excluding Drama) - frequently referred to as the OHEL - off the top of my head. Then there were literary criticism works as well. He is best known for his widely popular fictional works and lay ministry during WWII among the RAF and BBC programs. The Chronicles of Narnia are quite popular and have been made into films and are being made into films. There's a thread for those here at Entmoot also. __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

10-27-2004, 03:28 PM	#13
Lenya Elentári Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: South Africa Posts: 727	Oh, I had no idee. Thanx

11-03-2004, 05:11 PM	#14
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	(Re-)Reading George Eliot - Middlemarch is so long... __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

11-03-2004, 07:15 PM	#15
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	The Brother's Karamazov: Book IV ("Strains") by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie and Have His Carcase by Dorothy Sayers __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

11-03-2004, 08:03 PM	#16
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11-03-2004, 08:47 PM	#17
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11-04-2004, 12:58 AM	#18
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	THE WEIGHT OF GLORY by CS Lewis. Excellent exposition of central Christian beliefs exquisitely well written. __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

11-04-2004, 06:52 AM	#19
Last Child of Ungoliant The Intermittent One Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: here and there Posts: 4,671	i am currently re-reading The Book of Wisdom by Tenzing Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama and also a book on Buddhist Scriptures I found at a second-hand book shop

11-05-2004, 12:40 PM	#20
Beren3000 Fëanorophobic Join Date: May 2004 Location: Between the pages of a book Posts: 1,417	Currently rereading LOTR. Just now, I left Frodo with Gildor. It's amazing how many subtle hints to the later parts of the story can be glimpsed on rereading!

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