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24-01-2003, 07:34 PM
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25-01-2003, 12:55 AM
Hi guys
Great conversation on this thread.
2 of my favourite books are by John Grisham namely "Time to Kill" and "The Firm". Both of them are beautifully paced and superbly written. Besides these also loved "Space" by James Michener, "Contact" by Carl Sagan, "Saving Faith" by David Baldacci and "The Big Picture" by Douglas Kennedy.
At present I'm reading "Carribean" by James Michener
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25-01-2003, 09:05 AM
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2 of my favourite books are by John Grisham namely "Time to Kill" and "The Firm".
| His best two books I'd reckon. Grisham started off great I mean his first 5-6 books were great, been going progressively downwards atleast that's what I think...what do you think?
I saw the movie "A Time To Kill"...like it usually happens, the movie came nowhere close to the book....I haven't seen "The Firm" (it's my favourite Grisham book) though, Tom Cruise right?
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25-01-2003, 10:46 AM
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Very inspiring philosophy - i even tried 2 live that way for a few years, but got frustrated. Looks like it'll work only inan ideal world where everybody and everything is rational.
| Wait.. you can't live life Howard's way. He lives in his own world. His work, his passion and almost complete detachment everywhere else. No one needs a rational world to live in. As for Howard, nor did he live in a rational world. You surely read Fountainhead and saw what happened to the temple he built.
I guess people fall in love with the idea of being so completely devoted to their passion that everything else seems to be the <small details>. Its quite possible to live it up that way, provided you have a an overiding passion for anything in your life.
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. it took me some time achieveing that nihilistic bend of mind to appreciate it
| The guy's extremely cynical in one sense, egocentric even...but nihilistic? | I was talking about the complete lay of the novel ashwin not about Rorak or Howard. it did appeal to me as nihilsm --- more like the destruction of social norm for its own sake. Ayn Rand generalizes on objectivism in all her novels. But my perception was that there was a nihilistic bend in Fountainhead even within the borders of objectivism. <feel like murdering me, anyone?>
On the business front I very recently read the "Odyssey- Pepsi to apple" by a john Sculley. Relates his experiences as head of Pepsi Cola and His marketing stints in Apple. Very insightful guys and very interesting reading, esp. the way pepsi got the upper hand over coke in those mid 70's and 80's era, in the cola war. Great case studies of marketing and advertisement strategies, if we can get over a few jumps of emotional hump in between.
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25-01-2003, 04:43 PM
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His best two books I'd reckon. Grisham started off great I mean his first 5-6 books were great, been going progressively downwards atleast that's what I think...what do you think?
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Absolutely Ashwin, for eg. I somehow found "The Client" so long winded, maaannnn!!! , i had to take a vacation before i could come back and finish it. | | | | | | | |
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His best two books I'd reckon. Grisham started off great I mean his first 5-6 books were great, been going progressively downwards atleast that's what I think...what do you think?
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I feel the same Ashwin.
The Latest Grisham book which I have read was "The Summons", But somehow it didn't have the same kind of magic as his earlier books.
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25-01-2003, 05:49 PM
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Grisham started off great I mean his first 5-6 books were great, been going progressively downwards
| Agree, I've read all his books but "Skipping Christhmas", but I'd rank it as The Jury, A time to kill, The Firm, The Partner in my ranking ...
Of the popular novelists, I read Archer's "Kane and Abel" back in 9th grade(now approx a decade back) and it's still one of my favorites.
Of the rest I've read most of Micheal Crichton's stuff and I think the '"Jurassic Park" and "Lost World" movies don't come even close to the books. Malcolm the mathematician is one of my all-time favorite characters.
That reminded me: Those who have read "Jurassic Park" and want to know more about the Chaos Theory in layman's terms - Try "Chaos: Understanding a new Science" by James Gleick. I though it was comparable, maybe better than Stephen Hawking's "A brief history of time". | | | | | | | |
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25-01-2003, 06:21 PM
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His best two books I'd reckon. Grisham started off great I mean his first 5-6 books were great, been going progressively downwards atleast that's what I think...what do you think?
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Absolutely Ashwin, for eg. I somehow found "The Client" so long winded, maaannnn!!! , i had to take a vacation before i could come back and finish it. | guys, i beg to differ on that point...I read his "a painted house", which was a refreshing change frm his usual legal premises.....no dewasher, no rudy bylor, ..that was fantastic...
btw any takers for "papillon"...reading it now
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25-01-2003, 09:13 PM
He guys
anyone knowing any site where we can get free e-books for download?? www.abika.com was a good site...but it aint working now...
any help???
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