-
Coito ergo sum
- Posts: 32040
- Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:03 pm
-
Contact:
Post
by Coito ergo sum » Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:17 pm
Clinton Huxley wrote:
"The Better Angels of our Nature" wasn't short! It was as long as one of your more argumentative posts!
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight? A "book?"
I call foul.
Can we get a moderator in here to strike the non-bookish books from Lord Huxley's list?

-
Clinton Huxley
- 19th century monkeybitch.
- Posts: 23739
- Joined: Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:34 pm
-
Contact:
Post
by Clinton Huxley » Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:23 pm
Coito ergo sum wrote:Clinton Huxley wrote:
"The Better Angels of our Nature" wasn't short! It was as long as one of your more argumentative posts!
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight? A "book?"
I call foul.
Can we get a moderator in here to strike the non-bookish books from Lord Huxley's list?

I think our original rules said anything with more than 50 pages. Nice try, though

-
Coito ergo sum
- Posts: 32040
- Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:03 pm
-
Contact:
Post
by Coito ergo sum » Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:47 pm
Clinton Huxley wrote:Coito ergo sum wrote:Clinton Huxley wrote:
"The Better Angels of our Nature" wasn't short! It was as long as one of your more argumentative posts!
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight? A "book?"
I call foul.
Can we get a moderator in here to strike the non-bookish books from Lord Huxley's list?

I think our original rules said anything with more than 50 pages. Nice try, though

Page count only?
FFS - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight? There're, like, 50 words per page...
...gotta watch you limeys....always up to shenanigans...(or, is that the Micks...ah, well, you're all the same anyway...)

-
Clinton Huxley
- 19th century monkeybitch.
- Posts: 23739
- Joined: Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:34 pm
-
Contact:
Post
by Clinton Huxley » Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:53 pm
That reminds me of something Douglas Adams said about Americans judging the quality of a book by its length...
-
Coito ergo sum
- Posts: 32040
- Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:03 pm
-
Contact:
Post
by Coito ergo sum » Mon Mar 05, 2012 3:08 pm
Clinton Huxley wrote:That reminds me of something Douglas Adams said about Americans judging the quality of a book by its length...
I'm judging the
quantity of a book by its length, which seems appropriate.
-
leo-rcc
- Robo-Warrior
- Posts: 7848
- Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:09 pm
- About me: Combat robot builder
- Location: Hoogvliet-Rotterdam, Netherlands
-
Contact:
Post
by leo-rcc » Mon Mar 05, 2012 3:22 pm
Do audio books count?
-
Coito ergo sum
- Posts: 32040
- Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:03 pm
-
Contact:
Post
by Coito ergo sum » Mon Mar 05, 2012 3:24 pm
No, but if you read the dictionary, then it counts as every book ever written.
-
leo-rcc
- Robo-Warrior
- Posts: 7848
- Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:09 pm
- About me: Combat robot builder
- Location: Hoogvliet-Rotterdam, Netherlands
-
Contact:
Post
by leo-rcc » Mon Mar 05, 2012 3:26 pm
Then there is no way I'll reach 50 books this year.
-
Coito ergo sum
- Posts: 32040
- Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:03 pm
-
Contact:
Post
by Coito ergo sum » Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:32 pm
Clinton Huxley wrote:audio books count, as do comics.
I'll make up my 50 books by visiting the "graphic novel" section of Barnes & Noble this afternoon....
-
Clinton Huxley
- 19th century monkeybitch.
- Posts: 23739
- Joined: Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:34 pm
-
Contact:
Post
by Clinton Huxley » Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:59 pm
Coito ergo sum wrote:Clinton Huxley wrote:audio books count, as do comics.
I'll make up my 50 books by visiting the "graphic novel" section of Barnes & Noble this afternoon....
I think that is probably for the best...
-
Coito ergo sum
- Posts: 32040
- Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:03 pm
-
Contact:
Post
by Coito ergo sum » Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:17 pm
Clinton Huxley wrote:Coito ergo sum wrote:Clinton Huxley wrote:audio books count, as do comics.
I'll make up my 50 books by visiting the "graphic novel" section of Barnes & Noble this afternoon....
I think that is probably for the best...
Chicken Soup for the Soul
The Adventures of Captain Underpants
Where the Wild Things Are
Horton Hears a Who
2012 Far Side Calendar
2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition
Mead 100 sheet note pad (college ruled)
-
anna09
- Book Nerd
- Posts: 3331
- Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:13 pm
- Location: PA
-
Contact:
Post
by anna09 » Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:11 am
1. The Nasty Bits- Anthony Bourdain
2. The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters- B.R. Myers
3. The Rum Diary- Hunter S. Thompson
4. The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human- V.S Ramachandran
5. Down and Out in Paris and London- George Orwell
6. Death from the Skies: The Science Behind the End of the World- Philip Plait
7. The Scarlet Pimpernel- Baroness Orczy
8. Lady Chatterley's Lover- D. H. Lawrence
9. House of Meetings- Martin Amis
10. The Lost Girl- D. H. Lawrence
11. The Picture of Dorian Gray- Oscar Wilde
12. Scaramouche- Rafael Sabatini
13. Money- Martin Amis
14. The Good Soldier- Ford Madox Ford
15. The Nick Adams Stories- Ernest Hemingway
16. The Virgin and the Gipsy- D. H. Lawrence
17. Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts About Alternative Medicine- Simon Singh and Edzard Ernst
18. Far and Away: A Prize Every Time- Neil Peart
19. In Between the Sheets- Ian McEwan
20. Sleep Thieves- Stanley Coren
21. Free Will- Sam Harris
-
anna09
- Book Nerd
- Posts: 3331
- Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:13 pm
- Location: PA
-
Contact:
Post
by anna09 » Sun Mar 11, 2012 6:52 pm
1. The Nasty Bits- Anthony Bourdain
2. The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters- B.R. Myers
3. The Rum Diary- Hunter S. Thompson
4. The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human- V.S Ramachandran
5. Down and Out in Paris and London- George Orwell
6. Death from the Skies: The Science Behind the End of the World- Philip Plait
7. The Scarlet Pimpernel- Baroness Orczy
8. Lady Chatterley's Lover- D. H. Lawrence
9. House of Meetings- Martin Amis
10. The Lost Girl- D. H. Lawrence
11. The Picture of Dorian Gray- Oscar Wilde
12. Scaramouche- Rafael Sabatini
13. Money- Martin Amis
14. The Good Soldier- Ford Madox Ford
15. The Nick Adams Stories- Ernest Hemingway
16. The Virgin and the Gipsy- D. H. Lawrence
17. Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts About Alternative Medicine- Simon Singh and Edzard Ernst
18. Far and Away: A Prize Every Time- Neil Peart
19. In Between the Sheets- Ian McEwan
20. Sleep Thieves- Stanley Coren
21. Free Will- Sam Harris
22. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking- Susan Cain
-
Coito ergo sum
- Posts: 32040
- Joined: Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:03 pm
-
Contact:
Post
by Coito ergo sum » Mon Mar 12, 2012 1:33 pm
1. Chessmen of Mars, Burroughs
2. Foundation, Asimov
3. Foundation and Empire, Asimov
4. Second Foundation, Asimov
5. Foundation's Edge, Asimov
6. Foundation and Earth, Asimov
7. Brain Twister, Mark Phillips
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 6 guests