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Post by mbarrett on Mar 16, 2012 7:30:05 GMT -5
Anyone read any new books lately that are not related to screenwriting?
I tried to read a couple, but sadly they did not keep my interest and I set them aside into the return pile for the library.
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mscherer
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Post by mscherer on Mar 17, 2012 6:28:38 GMT -5
Just finished a book by one of my favorite authors no body has heard of... Bernard Cornwell.
The book, The Death of Kings is the sixth in the Saxon Series by this author. In a nutshell: I also finished a book by Alain Silver, Film Noir Reader 2. Film related and full of essays and distinguished articles on the classic period of noir.
That's it for now. Time to....
Keep Writing!
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Post by churnage on Mar 17, 2012 8:43:20 GMT -5
Just finished Roseanne Cash's memoir "Composed" the other week. She's guilty of overwriting at times, but still a pretty fascinating read overall.
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Post by mbarrett on Mar 18, 2012 7:01:43 GMT -5
Wow - there are definitely different tastes here.
That must have been cool to here from Cash's POV about her father and her upbringing.
Film Noir Reader - sounds like an interesting read.
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Post by clayjs on Mar 20, 2012 15:32:37 GMT -5
Just finished Bertrand Russell's "ABC of Relativity", or rather finished listening to the audio book. It's a friendly overview of Einstein's General and Special theories of Relativity, made accessible to the layman. The audio book, as read by Derek Jacobi is free at Project Gutenberg (gutenberg.org). If anybody wants it and can't find it, I'll look up the direct link.
Clay
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Post by mbarrett on Mar 21, 2012 5:13:36 GMT -5
Hi Clay - Is that for a future project you are thinking about writing? Would be an interesting topic. Mark
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Post by clayjs on Mar 21, 2012 16:07:21 GMT -5
Mark,
I was able to use some of the ideas in my current project, but it just seemed like a fun thing to soak in while I was driving. It's a lot of fun, actually. There are a lot of misconceptions out there about what exactly Einstein was proposing and what effect it had on the scientists that came after him. This clears a lot of that up and is surprisingly easy to follow despite how alien the ideas are if you're used to Newtonian physics.
Right now I'm listening to the "History of Philosophy with No Gaps" podcast from historyofphilosophy.net. It's FASCINATING and I plan to mine it heavily for future projects. Highly recommend.
Clay
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