[geeks] reading material (non-computer)

[alex j avriette]

>> Just finished reading _The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to
>> Master_, was good.
>
> Ok, confession time: who has or has not read "The Mythical Man Month"?

Me! I haven't read it. On my list of "future stuff to read," but its 
going to take a couple months to digest TPP:FJTM.

>> _Crime and Punishment_ fyodor dostoevsky
>
> Eh. I like his earlier stuff. "Poor People" in particular.

A gift from my mother. Haven't read anything of his.

>> _The Master and the Margarita_
>
> Ah! Very nice.

Also a gift from my mother. Can you tell she's into russian lit?

>> _Franz Kafka: The Complete Stories_ franz kafka
>
> I think Kafka only wrote one significant piece: "The Castle". His
> other novels were just minor variations on the same theme, and his
> short stories are a bad rip-off of Gogol.

Also a gift from my mother. Can you spot the trend?

>> _One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich_ alexander solzhenitsyn
>
> Good fun light reading. :-(

I think she's trying to encourage something in me, I just cant figure 
out what yet.

Eric, if you say "punctuation and grammar" im going to have to get dave 
to fedex you a tactical fart! :p

alex