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ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-20-2008, 03:46 PM

Currently reading The Raffles Omnibus

Patricia · 10-20-2008, 05:17 PM

And I'm reading Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling. It's not very cheerful, but I like early existentialist thought.

vivaldirules · 10-20-2008, 06:30 PM

I got up this morning dreading the futility of my daily work life as I struggle daily to reach utterly meaningless goals for my employer. And that was at 4:30 am. A pretty early existentialist thought, I'd say.

pilotbob · 10-20-2008, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

I got up this morning dreading the futility of my daily work life as I struggle daily to reach utterly meaningless goals for my employer. And that was at 4:30 am. A pretty early existentialist thought, I'd say.

Is that the book your reading? Look on the bright side... you have a job. And you woke up... you know what the alternative is.

BOb

tcv · 10-20-2008, 07:25 PM

I am going through the INVASION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111oneeleven Star Trek series. Four books. I am on the third, the DS9 one.

montsnmags · 10-20-2008, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Is that the book your reading? Look on the bright side... you have a job. And you woke up... you know what the alternative is.

You know you're a nihilist when the alternatives look "good".

I'm still not reading Proust's Madeleine recipe. I really need to start scheduling my day to force myself off MR occasionally.

Cheers,
Marc

Todd A Fonseca · 10-20-2008, 11:15 PM

I just finished reading "Soul Identity" by Dennis Batchelder (available paperback and kindle - I think it is on special for .99 on Amazon Kindle http://www.amazon.com/Soul-Identity/...TO/ref=ed_oe_o). At this price a definite buy - this is a good book (4 of 5 stars).

Detailed review:
Soul Identity – The “Eye’s” Have It

As the old saying goes, “The Eyes are the window to the Soul”. In Dennis Batchelder’s Soul Identity, this is more than a figure of speech. Rather, it is the premise behind a twenty-six hundred year old organization tasked with finding, recording, and managing their clients’ soul lines. Similar to a finger print, a persons eyes, specifically their iris patterns is unique – at least while they are alive. At some future point after their death, their iris pattern may repeat in a new body. It is this unique pattern that identifies that this new body carries the same soul line as the previous body.

But in the present day, the organization - aptly named “Soul Identity” - is finding it harder and harder to match soul lines – especially the company overseer souls – even though technology has made it easier to capture, read, catalogue and compare iris patterns. Could it be this same technology is actually preventing this company from its mission? Is someone using this technology against them?

In comes Scott Waverly, a security and technology expert hired to find the answers and save “Soul Identity” and its millions of soul lines from disappearing forever. Though skeptical of the company’s claims, Waverly quickly finds himself in the middle of a philosophical, technological, and life threatening affair which has him jet setting around the world to save the company as well as his life.

In his debut novel, Dennis Batchelder has created a fast paced barnstormer similar to the likes of Lincoln Child in novels such as “Death Match” and “Utopia”. Though taking on the questions of immortality through the possible reincarnation of souls, Batchelder, similar to his fictional “Soul Identity” overseer Archibald Morgan, does not delve too deeply into the philosophical and spiritual implications of this “technology”. Rather, the novel relies on the wonderfully written dialogue and suspenseful situations the protagonists must overcome to solve the mystery behind who is trying to destroy “Soul Identity” and why.

This novel is a very engaging read and I would encourage anyone who enjoys novels such as those written by Lincoln Child, to consider purchasing Soul Identity – you are sure to enjoy it. The book ends with a few teaser preview chapters from the sequel which looks equally good if not better. I, for one, am anxiously awaiting the release of Batchelder’s next book.

Jer · 10-21-2008, 12:37 AM

I'm almost finished with Chris Paolini's Brisingr, which if you can get passed the moments of insane Arya longing, is actually a very good book. My guilty pleasure series is the Rogue Angel line of books. I've got the entire line-up off the Sony store and I hope they keep carrying them, a new one is out next month.

RWJ · 10-22-2008, 12:02 AM

The Black Swan - it's interesting.

desertgrandma · 10-22-2008, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by RWJ

The Black Swan - it's interesting.

When I looked up your book on Amazon, there were several with the same title. Who is the author of yours?

MoSo · 10-22-2008, 01:43 PM

Black Swan by Nassim Taleb? I liked Fooled by Randomness better.

RWJ · 10-22-2008, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

When I looked up your book on Amazon, there were several with the same title. Who is the author of yours?

Sorry, didn't realize - Nassim Nicholas Taleb. It was recommended by a prof and two people I'm working with, so I thought I'd read through it.

The model he suggests is interesting. Not sure I totally agree, but it's food for thought. The real lesson, of course, is that for a life of leisure, the key is to write the book of the moment that explains it all.

desertgrandma · 10-22-2008, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by RWJ

Sorry, didn't realize - Nassim Nicholas Taleb. It was recommended by a prof and two people I'm working with, so I thought I'd read through it.

The model he suggests is interesting. Not sure I totally agree, but it's food for thought. The real lesson, of course, is that for a life of leisure, the key is to write the book of the moment that explains it all.

OMG! I don't believe you actually 'got' that! Thats so true for so many books being passed of nowdays....

DixieGal · 10-24-2008, 01:14 PM

Just a quick note to say the Starfish series (TOR) is very much worth reading. I'm almost finished with part 2, Maelstrom, and ready to move to the next one.

It will appeal to those who like getting into madmen's minds, with occasional bursts of cataclysmic action.

pilotbob · 10-24-2008, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

Just a quick note to say the Starfish series (TOR) is very much worth reading. I'm almost finished with part 2, Maelstrom, and ready to move to the next one.

It will appeal to those who like getting into madmen's minds, with occasional bursts of cataclysmic action.

Hmm... the last couple of the TOR freebees I tried kind of fizzled for me, so I gave up on them. Still have Starfish, Gray, Old Mans War, (may another I can't remember) that I haven't read yet. Perhaps from your message I will give Startfish a wack. I read Four and Twenty Blackbirds based on your reco and really liked that.

Currently slogging my way through Passage to Inda (book club pick) and I'm still waiting for something to happen. The arcane languge/phrasing makes it not easy to read for me. I'm not sure if this is done intentionally to emulate how Indian's speek English or not... I think not because the dialog of the Brits is just as arcane. Perhaps it is just the language of the day for 1932?

BOb

10-20-2008, 11:15 PM	#952
Todd A Fonseca Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 812 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Minneapolis, MN Device: Kindle, iPad, Mobireader	Soul Identity I just finished reading "Soul Identity" by Dennis Batchelder (available paperback and kindle - I think it is on special for .99 on Amazon Kindle http://www.amazon.com/Soul-Identity/...TO/ref=ed_oe_o). At this price a definite buy - this is a good book (4 of 5 stars). Detailed review: Soul Identity – The “Eye’s” Have It As the old saying goes, “The Eyes are the window to the Soul”. In Dennis Batchelder’s Soul Identity, this is more than a figure of speech. Rather, it is the premise behind a twenty-six hundred year old organization tasked with finding, recording, and managing their clients’ soul lines. Similar to a finger print, a persons eyes, specifically their iris patterns is unique – at least while they are alive. At some future point after their death, their iris pattern may repeat in a new body. It is this unique pattern that identifies that this new body carries the same soul line as the previous body. But in the present day, the organization - aptly named “Soul Identity” - is finding it harder and harder to match soul lines – especially the company overseer souls – even though technology has made it easier to capture, read, catalogue and compare iris patterns. Could it be this same technology is actually preventing this company from its mission? Is someone using this technology against them? In comes Scott Waverly, a security and technology expert hired to find the answers and save “Soul Identity” and its millions of soul lines from disappearing forever. Though skeptical of the company’s claims, Waverly quickly finds himself in the middle of a philosophical, technological, and life threatening affair which has him jet setting around the world to save the company as well as his life. In his debut novel, Dennis Batchelder has created a fast paced barnstormer similar to the likes of Lincoln Child in novels such as “Death Match” and “Utopia”. Though taking on the questions of immortality through the possible reincarnation of souls, Batchelder, similar to his fictional “Soul Identity” overseer Archibald Morgan, does not delve too deeply into the philosophical and spiritual implications of this “technology”. Rather, the novel relies on the wonderfully written dialogue and suspenseful situations the protagonists must overcome to solve the mystery behind who is trying to destroy “Soul Identity” and why. This novel is a very engaging read and I would encourage anyone who enjoys novels such as those written by Lincoln Child, to consider purchasing Soul Identity – you are sure to enjoy it. The book ends with a few teaser preview chapters from the sequel which looks equally good if not better. I, for one, am anxiously awaiting the release of Batchelder’s next book.

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10-20-2008, 03:46 PM	#946
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Currently reading The Raffles Omnibus

10-20-2008, 05:17 PM	#947
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	And I'm reading Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling. It's not very cheerful, but I like early existentialist thought.

10-20-2008, 06:30 PM	#948
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	I got up this morning dreading the futility of my daily work life as I struggle daily to reach utterly meaningless goals for my employer. And that was at 4:30 am. A pretty early existentialist thought, I'd say.

10-20-2008, 07:25 PM	#950
tcv Addict Posts: 330 Karma: 596 Join Date: Oct 2006	I am going through the INVASION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111oneeleven Star Trek series. Four books. I am on the third, the DS9 one.

10-21-2008, 12:37 AM	#953
Jer Member Posts: 20 Karma: 169 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Colorado Device: Sony PRS-600	I'm almost finished with Chris Paolini's Brisingr, which if you can get passed the moments of insane Arya longing, is actually a very good book. My guilty pleasure series is the Rogue Angel line of books. I've got the entire line-up off the Sony store and I hope they keep carrying them, a new one is out next month.

10-22-2008, 12:02 AM	#954
RWJ Zealot Posts: 120 Karma: 170 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: PRS-505	The Black Swan - it's interesting.

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10-24-2008, 01:14 PM	#959
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Just a quick note to say the Starfish series (TOR) is very much worth reading. I'm almost finished with part 2, Maelstrom, and ready to move to the next one. It will appeal to those who like getting into madmen's minds, with occasional bursts of cataclysmic action.