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... I just finished Witches Abroad. I think that leaves my Discworld reading list at Moving Pictures, the ancillary books (Science of Discworld, etc) and any more Mr. Pratchett get to write. Schrödinger's cat is definitely mentioned in The Science of Discworld. But I'm sure that was also in one of the normal novels... maybe one with Greebo. Witches Abroad? ... by Antonin Artaud. I'm a theatre major, so I feel like I need to read some theatre-related books while I'm on break :)
The Science of Discworld I by Terry Pratchett, just for fun! ... cat lovers, but that's neither here nor there. ^-~
Today I got Dust by Elizabeth Bear and... last Tuesday I got...
The Science of Discworld, the series of which I've been reading backwards. (Not as bad as WoT, though.)
The Hounds of the Mórrígan by Pat O'Shea
The Dreamthief's Daug ... ... The Matter With America?: The Resistible Rise Of The American Right, though not quite up to the standards of either.
The Science Of Discworld I by Terry Pratchett et al
A re-read brought on by the tabloid stupidity around the starting of the LHC, I needed a good solid science book that ... Still slogging through the science of discworld at the moment, though with any luck I'll finish that tonight. Then I think I'll have another knock at getting a bit further into I am a cat or I've got in defence of atheism half done and I could do with picking that up again. ... that I don't really care about enough to carry across the country when I'm severely limited for space, so the main ones are the science of discworld and I am a cat (which is very good but not my regular reading style and I can live without it with me). science of discworld is not really a discworld book, it's a popular science book writen by Jack Cohen with Terry adding some Discworld interpretations along the way. They're fun but don't actually help understand the science. There are three covering the origin on the universe, evolution and I ... im sort of reading The Science of Discworld right now... but i keep getting other books in... so it get put on the back burner... its not quite as fun as the other books... a lot easier to put down... though ill make it through it one day:) ... wakes up at night, having nightmares ;-) But I'll bet anything that he will profit from the knowledge, in the end.
* See The Science of Discworld series... ... nker
477 Old, Postclassical, Vulgar Latin -- X-Treme Latin, Henry Beard
523 Specific celestial bodies & phenomena -- The Science of Discworld, Terry Pratchett
529 Chronology -- The Calendar: History, Lore, Legend, Jaqueline de Bourgoing
578 Natural history of organisms -- The Song ... ... what a book" for ages afterwards.
I didn't read much non-fiction this year, and nothing really stood out either way. The science of discworld got 4* Ancestor's tale just scrapped a 3* being the best and worst respectively.
Science of Discworld is now read and reviewed. Thanks Yoyogod, it had been a while since I'd read that and I needed the refresher on a few concepts.
Lilisin - I'm impressed by your langauge abilities, how many can you read? I don't know anything about any of your unread books, but I might be ... ... by Terry Pratchett (Audio)
21. Day Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
22. Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett (Audio)
23. Science of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
24. Dr. Blink Super Hero Shrink 1: Id. Ego. Superego! by John Kovalic
25. Don't Cry for Me Aberystwyth by Malcolm Pryce
... This sounds like it could be fun. It looks like reading_fox is next, so how about The Science of Discworld?
If someone picks a book for me, please don't pick one of the ones I tagged "inherited" as most of them are of little or no interest to me. ... idea as a preteen, and decided against it based on a dislike for being watched ;-) But maybe that's why I enjoy reading The Science of Discworld books?
Anyway, being a scifi reader from young years, I've had some years to think about how I view the world (or not). The view expressed above ... ... it, sometimes they can be hrd science books, just exploiting a niche to sell copies and sometimes even educate people - Science of Discworld did this very well, I haven't looked at the Physics of Star Trek but is also supposed to be ok.
... novels) but I'm missing some of the rarer stuff such as the illustrated Eric and the short stories. I have some two Science of Discworlds and a couple of maps. No diaries though. We never seem to see them here in Australia (or at least I don't).
I had the honour and great fun of ... I found the three "Science of discworld" books (The Science of Discworld. , The Science of Discworld II: The Globe, The Science of Discworld 3. Darwin's Watch.: Science of Discworld III) a good mixture of funny fantasy by Terry Pratchett and advanced science by several scientists.
The ... ... of popular general science /history /philosophy books.
Bill Bryson's A Short history of nearly everything and the Science of Discworld I trilogy cover most basics
For Astonomy and universe theory Stephen Hawking's Universe in a nutshell is much more understandable than his ... ... For a slightly more understandable version, though this book is now dated. There are sequals but I haven't read them. the Science of Discworld (not really by Terry Pratchett but often filed as if it were) also introduce quantum physics but I can't remember which of the three books it comes ... ... was to be true.
Some fo the thinking behind this is in bryson's history of everything and the previously mentioned science of discworld books, but there are many other authors attempting to explain how it might make sense. New Scientist magazine carries the latest breakthroughs, ... ... intelligent way? And what about the evolution of the species? (Pratchett and his scientist buddies wrote about this in The Science of Discworld 3. I recommend it to those inclined.)
But, this is a road where the throwing of thingsat each other lurks behind every corner, and so I'd like to ... ... fan: Wyrd Sisters
Music fan: Soul Music
Newspaper/media lover: The Truth
Film buff: Moving Pictures
Scientist: The Science of Discworld
Other "starter" fantasy could include some Tom Holt (comedic, but real-world enough not to scare people off!), most Diana Wynne Jones (Chrestoman ... Re. the whole generation thing, I think The Science of Discworld got it right when they used the term "grandfather" to count time.
@81: But, if you keep going west, you end up in the east! How confusing must that be!
To get back on track, we have sort of the same problem here in Norway. We ... ... novels are much better, but that's the way it is.
My favourite characters are... the Wizards (I really enjoyed the Science of Discworld-series), Lord Vetinari, the Watch-novels, and the Witches and of course DEATH. It's hard to name a favourite novel, as there are a few of them, but Mor ... ... series is probably a tie between Moving Pictures and Soul Music, with Pyramids not far behind. I also really like the Science of Discworld series, and must put in a plug for Stephen Briggs's playscripts and the mapps.
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