Books/Novels Discussion Thread V1: Literary Gems
Finished Lamb by Christropher Moore -- humor rife with wisdom or is it the other way round ?
Almost 75% done with Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep ?. So far it's riveting tale with pretty good twists and a moral view on man vs machine. Almost fell in love with an android.
Almost 75% done with Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep ?. So far it's riveting tale with pretty good twists and a moral view on man vs machine. Almost fell in love with an android.
jackal_79
Get Digit ized
Which is why I had mentioned earlier that we should make our own list for TDF!
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Out of nowhere, this was such a pleasant surprise. Actually not badly written, this is everything Meluha could have been and more. It manages to descend to the levels of some generic love at the coffee shop / Chetan Bhagat type books only a few times, and only during the mandatory despo - lecher packaged as a woozy romantic scenes. If you ever wanted to know exactly why ancient Asian/ Oriental/ Indian texts are called science, this will easily make sense out of it. The things covered are simple, grammar, rudimentary maths, astronomy (not astrology), meditation, mantras, morality and keeping time in around 600 AD. It shows how ground breaking even simple things like the invention of zero and the discovery of zodiac movements were, and had effect on mundane life. And suddenly it dives into philosophical questions and the genesis of mysticism. Events are centered around Xuanzang visit to Nalanda University. Everything is written in a simple language, even children can understand, but the topics covered are more on the mature side. Every single thing is well researched, and you actually learn real historical things and understand their meaning, not some made up stuff that sounds glorious. It shows Yindians were around even a millenium ago, and how their lame decisions are haunting us to this day. And it is checks out scientifically too, maybe because an astro physicist wrote it. Genre wise this is speculative historical fiction, neither fitting into sci-fi nor fantasy.
Introduction is better than any review of this book on the web, so posting
Out of nowhere, this was such a pleasant surprise. Actually not badly written, this is everything Meluha could have been and more. It manages to descend to the levels of some generic love at the coffee shop / Chetan Bhagat type books only a few times, and only during the mandatory despo - lecher packaged as a woozy romantic scenes. If you ever wanted to know exactly why ancient Asian/ Oriental/ Indian texts are called science, this will easily make sense out of it. The things covered are simple, grammar, rudimentary maths, astronomy (not astrology), meditation, mantras, morality and keeping time in around 600 AD. It shows how ground breaking even simple things like the invention of zero and the discovery of zodiac movements were, and had effect on mundane life. And suddenly it dives into philosophical questions and the genesis of mysticism. Events are centered around Xuanzang visit to Nalanda University. Everything is written in a simple language, even children can understand, but the topics covered are more on the mature side. Every single thing is well researched, and you actually learn real historical things and understand their meaning, not some made up stuff that sounds glorious. It shows Yindians were around even a millenium ago, and how their lame decisions are haunting us to this day. And it is checks out scientifically too, maybe because an astro physicist wrote it. Genre wise this is speculative historical fiction, neither fitting into sci-fi nor fantasy.
Introduction is better than any review of this book on the web, so posting
tkin
Back to school!!
Public library? Here the public libraries keep only Bengali books :/Issued Jeffrey Archer's A Matter of Honour from library yesterday..Hopefully, its good.
ashs1
Padawan
sadly no.. there are no decent public libraries here in nagpur..
I issued it from my college library..
The best Public library that i've been a member of is Murugan Library in adyar,chennai..had all sorts of books from comicsC( DC, Archies, tinkle) to Novels ( Tamil as well as english) and magazines as well.
tkin
Back to school!!
Same here, no public library keeps English books. Sadly, my college as well as my current company only keeps study books :/
sling-shot
Wise Old Owl
Is there a similar website like GoodReads Share Book Recommendations With Your Friends, Join Book Clubs, Answer Trivia with an Android application if possible which is not majorly girly?
rhitwick
Democracy is a myth
Erm, wrong thread?