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View Poll Results: What kind of literature do you read?
Technical/only books related to my field 48 62.34%
Autobiographies/biographies 14 18.18%
Fiction (any kind) 52 67.53%
Non-fiction (general) 33 42.86%
Classical literature 21 27.27%
I hate books anyway 5 6.49%
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Old 09-30-2004, 05:42 AM   #1
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What books do you all read?


I'm really interested in what kind of books or literature that people in the Linux community read.

So, what kind of books do you read? Thanks for your answers.

P.S. I am a budding author and write short stories and novels and I hope, one day, to make an impact in the literary world. My interests extends way beyond computers and so naturally I'm interested in the kind of books that people in the technical/IT/Linux/computer world read.
 
Old 09-30-2004, 07:46 AM   #2
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I read Robert Jordan and my computer science books for school.
 
Old 09-30-2004, 11:19 AM   #3
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typical nerd books... mostly sci-fi/fantasy... yes, i still have my d&d stuff too...
 
Old 09-30-2004, 11:23 AM   #4
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I love David Weber's books especially the Honor Harrington Series. I also love Tom Clancy and the Sword of Truth series. I also read the High Druid series as well.
 
Old 09-30-2004, 11:30 AM   #5
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My favourites are 'Just-William' series of Richmal Crompton (a British author in the early 20s - 60s). These are some of the funniest, most humourous stories of a 11-year old boy called William. I highly recommend them.
 
Old 09-30-2004, 11:40 AM   #6
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Cool
 
Old 09-30-2004, 11:41 AM   #7
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Wink

My g/f is actuallly a writer for Sci-fi hybrid Fantasy books so I guess technically she is my favorite author....
 
Old 09-30-2004, 11:42 AM   #8
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Why, have you read them before? I thought that they were relatively unknown in the US?
 
Old 09-30-2004, 11:44 AM   #9
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no just cool now I can add another book to read to my list. I love to read and since I commute to work via train (see I am doing my part to stop pollution the trains are electric lol) so I read to and from work its 1 hour both ways and I am a fast reader so i can go through them quick.
 
Old 09-30-2004, 01:08 PM   #10
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Love Terry Pratchett. Also books, popular science stuff, maths, physics, anthropology about anything that ain't my field. Read loads of technical books when I was younger, but now there is the Net so that kinda went down.
 
Old 09-30-2004, 01:18 PM   #11
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Currently on my bedside table: "Fermat's last theorem" by Simon Singh.

Martin
 
Old 10-01-2004, 04:46 PM   #12
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I reccomend everyone tries Dan Brown, John Grisham and Matthew Reilly books. All very mainstream and for good reason. Their books are great. I can't put them down. All of them that have been made into films were better in the book format.

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Old 10-01-2004, 05:03 PM   #13
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I like to read about real life situations. The last reads are In the Company of Heros by Mike Durant and Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden

Last edited by witeshark; 10-01-2004 at 05:07 PM.
 
Old 10-01-2004, 05:44 PM   #14
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Terry Pratchett, Tom Clancy, Robert Ludlum, Stephen King, Brian Lumley, James Herbert to name a few....

However 2 of the best books I have ever read have been,
Spycatcher by Peter Wright
& The History of the RAC (Royal Automobile Club) I cant remember the author right now but it was a fantastic insight into the history of British motoring in general. (Im a classic car fan, what can I say)
 
Old 10-01-2004, 07:55 PM   #15
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i read mostly non-fiction, but i dont read anyway. the internet is a better source of information, as are tv documentaries. as for the entertainment value, id rather watch a movie.
 
  


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