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Friday, January 13, 2006

Choose my next book...

OK folks, I know there's fewer of you out there than there were before Christmas but here's your chance to choose the next book for me to read. I already have a stack of them piled up and waiting to be devoured, it's up to you to pick which one I do next and why...

So here's the contenders, in no particular order...
  1. Choose my next book"Electrician's Guide to Building Regulations"
  2. "Catch 22" - Joseph Heller
  3. "The Satanic Verses" - Salman Rushdie
  4. "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" - Tom Wolfe
  5. "Built to Last" - James C Collins & Jerry I Porras
  6. "The Making of a Philosopher" - Colin McGinn
  7. "Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies" - Noam Chomsky
  8. "The Housebuilder's Bible: An Insider's Guide to the Construction Jungle, 6th Edition" - Mark Brinkley
  9. "No One Here Gets Out Alive: The Biography of Jim Morrison" - Jerry Hopkins & Danny Sugerman
  10. "Hegemony or Survival : America's Quest for Global Dominance" - Noam Chomsky
  11. "Pedalling to Hawaii: A Human Powered Adventure Across the Western Hemisphere" - Stevie Smith
And a last minute entry, no wait, TWO (it they wasn't weren't in the "To Read" pile)
  1. "Human Punk" - John King
  2. "Hawkwind: Sonic Assassins" - Ian Abrahams
Bloggers, it's over to you... :)

Blue Skies thinking @ 1/13/2006 10:02:00 PM  

15 Comments:

  • At Sat Jan 14, 02:41:00 AM, Blogger BeckyBumbleFuck said…

    Well, if I were to pick according to how interesting the book sounded, I would choose Human Punk. However, my vote's for the dullest sounding one: Electrician's Guide... because then a.) you can loan me Human Punk and b.) even the idea of reading will invoke boredom and you'll call me instead. ;)

     

  • At Sat Jan 14, 02:51:00 AM, Blogger rebekah said…

    heh i was going to pick Human Punk too :)

    or Satanic Verses.

    i have to get to reading, too ... but i'm exhausted ... exhausted ... :: snore ::

    oops. fell asleep on your blog ...

     

  • At Sat Jan 14, 04:26:00 AM, Blogger Lever said…

    My BBFK: Human Punk huh? OK. I think that's a daft sounding title anyway, I mean we're punks by default right? When was the last time you saw a Goat Punk or a Wombat Punk? Sheesh ;)

    The Electrician's Guide is definitely one for bedtime *yawns* ;)

    Rebekah: So Goat Punk again aye? Or the Satanic Verses... OK.

    Sorry ya fell asleep but it has been kinda empty 'round here since BBFK flew home :(

     

  • At Sat Jan 14, 04:42:00 AM, Anonymous restless angel said…

    "No One Here Gets Out Alive: The Biography of Jim Morrison"

    It just sounded cool *laughs*

     

  • At Sat Jan 14, 09:50:00 AM, Blogger Lever said…

    Restless Angel: I think I read that book once when I was a teen, my Uncle loaned it me. Apart from Jim Morrisson chasing his bro with a fake dog doo and being buried in Paris, I remember little else of it :) It will be good to listen to the sounds of The Doors this time round too, Cheers, Angel :)

     

  • At Sat Jan 14, 11:05:00 PM, Anonymous Red said…

    (ohh cool new comment UI).

    I'd vote for Catch 22 as its one of those stock phrases everyone uses who doesn't know why. Something I've been thinking about borrowin from my mates.

    It has to be something different to what you do... for me, I've just bought two books from amazon, one work book (Windows server administration from the CLI) and one other, a John Grisham.... should be different ;-)

     

  • At Sun Jan 15, 11:45:00 AM, Blogger Lever said…

    Red: Ah cool on the UI, it's just a blogger option that I decided to tick so people could still see the post and comment with that window open, handy I hope :)

    Catch 22 huh? Now catch 22 is at the heart of me kicking my way into the web industry some 7 years ago as I couldn't get a job without the experience and I couldn't get the experience without a job... and catch 22 also played a part when I named the business too...

    Windows server form the CLI? Erm, OK, you got me on that one, I've not heard the acronym (TLA) CLI before. And didn't Grisham write "The Pelican Brief"?

     

  • At Sun Jan 15, 12:35:00 PM, Blogger superfan said…

    Ah Lever, you succumbed to a comment box thing

    Ah well

    (attempts to insert little SuperMario emoticon but fails)

    You knows it.

    Test icicles were awesome! A friend passed out :/

     

  • At Sun Jan 15, 01:34:00 PM, Blogger Lever said…

    Superfan: Hey Seffy, SuperMario rocks, so I assume that was a compliment ;)

    Ooh, Test Icicles, tell us about it. Blog it. I'll be over later after I've been out for a Sunday drive/ walk/ ride :)

     

  • At Sun Jan 15, 01:36:00 PM, Blogger Lever said…

    Superfan: Oh, and Seffy, you were supposed to help choose me a book, OK? There's a dozen there to choose from :) I'm not gonna start until there's a reasonably good amount of votage in ;)

     

  • At Sun Jan 15, 04:00:00 PM, Blogger Jay said…

    My vote's for the Jimmy bio.

     

  • At Sun Jan 15, 05:10:00 PM, Blogger rebekah said…

    nah it wasnt a reflection on your blog, my falling asleep ... i got a jobby job so ive been up at 4 a.m. everyday and i work all day ..i fall asleep there too :D

     

  • At Sun Jan 15, 09:43:00 PM, Blogger Lever said…

    Jay: Ooh, that's 2 for Jimmy and 2 for Human Punk... cheers Jay

    Rebekah: S'OK getting up at 4 am is *well* early... I get up at 8:57 and start at 9:00 so you're doing better than me :)

     

  • At Tue Jan 17, 03:10:00 PM, Blogger Groucho Castaneda said…

    "Catch-22" is likely the only book in that pile that people will still be reading in 100 years (I'm not a Rushdie fan, and you already know what Chomsky thinks about capitalist governments). And if you really, really, really like that one, there's an interesting semi-sequel called "Something Happened" - although it might be too slow paced for casual readers.

    Of course, the Hawkwind bio might be worth it if only to read about how they kicked Lemmy out of the band.

    My next book is going to be "Infinite Jest".

     

  • At Wed Jan 18, 09:03:00 AM, Blogger Lever said…

    Groucho Castaneda: Another ping for "Catch 22" Cheers Dude :) And a sequel too... well, if C22 is a good read I'll check "Something Happened". 2nd hand books are SO good these days :)

    Rushdie I know nothing of his style but obviously he was high on the agenda in the news a few years back and it'd be interesting to see what the fatwa was about.

    Chomsky's views are, as you say, well known but it's the how & why in specific areas. He's a very clear thinker and, yes, sometimes does drop a little too much sarcasm in the mix. But his reasons against the current form of capitalism should be realised by all members of world society and acted upon so there can be a better & fairer mix of capitalism & socialism or a true mixed market economy.

    And the Hawkwind BIo will be interesting to see the lives behind these heroes of mine. I think Lemmy did well out on his own.

    Now "Infinite Jest"... LMAO I like the idea that "each calendar year is now subsidized by retail advertising"... No I don't, that's scary...

     

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