Comments on: Okay, here are some books http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/11/21/okay-here-are-some-books/ A graduate student in mathematics and a modern languages major take on politics and culture with the following aspirational motto: ‘Deregulate your mind.’ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:59:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: selling waves » Blog Archive » Does this make me a polymath? http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/11/21/okay-here-are-some-books/#comment-21805 selling waves » Blog Archive » Does this make me a polymath? Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:49:28 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/11/21/okay-here-are-some-books/#comment-21805 <p>[...] In the spirit of Curt’s post from April and my own post from last November, here’s a rundown of a few of the things I’ve been reading the last few weeks: [...]</p> […] In the spirit of Curt’s post from April and my own post from last November, here’s a rundown of a few of the things I’ve been reading the last few weeks: […]

]]> By: George Potter http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/11/21/okay-here-are-some-books/#comment-1760 George Potter Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:46:46 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/11/21/okay-here-are-some-books/#comment-1760 <p>Just finished Gaiman's [i]Anansi Boys[/i], his sorta-semi-sequel to [i]American Gods[/i]. AG was a bit more mind blowing, but AB is funnier, tighter, and probably a better novel overall. Recommended.</p> Just finished Gaiman’s [i]Anansi Boys[/i], his sorta-semi-sequel to [i]American Gods[/i]. AG was a bit more mind blowing, but AB is funnier, tighter, and probably a better novel overall. Recommended.

]]> By: shonk http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/11/21/okay-here-are-some-books/#comment-1727 shonk Fri, 09 Dec 2005 20:51:24 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/11/21/okay-here-are-some-books/#comment-1727 <p>Absolutely. I always love to get new book recommendations.</p> Absolutely. I always love to get new book recommendations.

]]> By: petya http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/11/21/okay-here-are-some-books/#comment-1724 petya Thu, 08 Dec 2005 23:59:17 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/11/21/okay-here-are-some-books/#comment-1724 <p>yep! do you want more recommendations? i have mostly been reading non-fiction these days but there were things that i thought you'd like. especially the lingustics stuff. let me know. </p> yep! do you want more recommendations? i have mostly been reading non-fiction these days but there were things that i thought you’d like. especially the lingustics stuff. let me know.

]]> By: shonk http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/11/21/okay-here-are-some-books/#comment-1697 shonk Mon, 05 Dec 2005 04:07:55 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/11/21/okay-here-are-some-books/#comment-1697 <p>Murakami and Bulgakov, right?</p> Murakami and Bulgakov, right?

]]> By: petya http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/11/21/okay-here-are-some-books/#comment-1696 petya Mon, 05 Dec 2005 01:55:43 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/11/21/okay-here-are-some-books/#comment-1696 <p>i am so proud that two of the books on your list were my recommendations. regardless of whether you remember I recommended them or not, i was happy to see they have become your favorites. </p> i am so proud that two of the books on your list were my recommendations. regardless of whether you remember I recommended them or not, i was happy to see they have become your favorites.

]]> By: shonk http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/11/21/okay-here-are-some-books/#comment-1644 shonk Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:20:40 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/11/21/okay-here-are-some-books/#comment-1644 <p>Nope, not fluent in French. I'm more or less fluent in Spanish (certainly fluent enough to read in Spanish). I can kinda-sorta read French, especially math, but not well enough to read actual literature in French.</p> <p>That's nothing, though. Ask Curt how many languages he can read in.</p> Nope, not fluent in French. I’m more or less fluent in Spanish (certainly fluent enough to read in Spanish). I can kinda-sorta read French, especially math, but not well enough to read actual literature in French.

That’s nothing, though. Ask Curt how many languages he can read in.

]]> By: Wild Pegasus http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/11/21/okay-here-are-some-books/#comment-1643 Wild Pegasus Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:16:09 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/11/21/okay-here-are-some-books/#comment-1643 <p>How many languages can you read in, shonk? I was under the impression you were bi-lingual in French and English, but I didn't know you could read Spanish.</p> <ul> <li>Josh</li> </ul> How many languages can you read in, shonk? I was under the impression you were bi-lingual in French and English, but I didn’t know you could read Spanish.

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]]> By: joe http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/11/21/okay-here-are-some-books/#comment-1604 joe Thu, 24 Nov 2005 00:08:52 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/11/21/okay-here-are-some-books/#comment-1604 <p>The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, Julian Jaynes</p> <p>ah, so good! I loved this book, it's still my favorite non-fiction (but sagan's "the demon haunted world" comes close).</p> The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, Julian Jaynes

ah, so good! I loved this book, it’s still my favorite non-fiction (but sagan’s “the demon haunted world” comes close).

]]> By: shonk http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/11/21/okay-here-are-some-books/#comment-1592 shonk Tue, 22 Nov 2005 06:19:30 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/11/21/okay-here-are-some-books/#comment-1592 <p>Huh?</p> Huh?

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