Somebody stop me!
Can anyone really blame me for not wanting to work on to draw the disc between C4-C5 segment of the spinal cord? Anyone? I didn't think so, either. CATIA sucks.
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Oh, I've been wanting to do this for a while now. My little book recommendations, because I'm such a dork.
So, I know this doesn't exactly expect from someone that claims to be a dork, but I just love Stephen King. Seriously, his imagination amazes me everytime. Now I'm waiting for his new novel, The Cell, to be published here in Turkey, but I'd love to recommend some of his works.
Everything's Eventual: This is totally personal. I was in a huge depression and I just couldn't find a way out. One day, I started to read this book, and it simply told me that I should be writing whatever I want to. I wrote a short story about the bastard who literally shattered my life and I killed him at the end. Such a relief. I was free again. So, this book will be in my thank you list if I ever to write a book.
Different Seasons: The best answer for those who claim he could only write horror. Including Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (movie adaption: The Shawshank Redemption) and The Body. (movie adaption: Stand By Me)
The Shining: If you think the movie is good, you should read the book. It's so strong that I couldn't read it when I was alone.
Storm of The Century: Linoge might be the best villain ever. He's so terrifying. And the ending makes me cry everytime. Now tell me, how many books can frighten you to death as it makes you cry? Not much. I love how he explains the idea of that book rose from an image of an evil man sitting in his jail cell.
The Stand: Just read it. You have to.
Non-King recommendations:
Michael Cunningham - A Home At the End of the World: There's one thing I'm always sure when I read Cunningham's books, that the characterizations will be outstanding. The first time I read this one, I felt as if it slapped me hard in the face. It was the second time when I was able to see the softness that lay beneath. It's not easy even trying to describe this book as it makes you to go through the pages quickly than you want to. Not only because the novel flows beautifully (it sure does) but also you keep weeping and weeping in an devastating urge to get to the very end, just to know what is going to happen and whether they will be happy or not. One of my all time favorites.
Frederic Beigbeder - 9.99: I'm not in the advertising business, so I can't exactly tell you whether the corrupted essence of the business that Beigbeder so hilariously expresses is correct or not, but I found this book witty and as a nice stand against global consumerism. I also loved the irony how this book is still in desperate need to communicate with the business it despises.
Douglas Coupland - Microserfs: I really can't tell you the exact reason that makes me love this book so much. It may be the characters being total geeks like I am (a mechanical engineering student here), the witty one-liners that makes you laugh and laugh or these awesome lines that glued me to the book from the first page: "Bill is wise. Bill is kind. Bill is benevolent. Bill, Be My Friend... Please!" Yep. That Bill, is indeed Bill Gates.
Jose Saramago - Blindness: When the whole world goes blind, the humanity is lost, too. It's easy to summarize it like this, but the world Saramago creates makes you go crouch in a corner. A brilliant look at human nature from a brilliant Nobel-prize winner. It is a difficult book to read, with almost no punctuations and the character's didn't have any names but the descriptions like "the doctor's wife" or "the first blind man's wife" etc. But the book's definitely worth the trouble. A classic.
Patrick Suskind - Perfume: As you can see from above, I'm very much obsessed with the character analysis rather than the imagery, so I don't think this comes as a surprise. A man was born without a scent of his own which diverts him to gather others to create the perfect perfume. I read the whole book in the blink of an eye, as it's one of the most disturbing and yet humanly books I've ever read.
Yay. I feel happy!
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Oh, I've been wanting to do this for a while now. My little book recommendations, because I'm such a dork.
So, I know this doesn't exactly expect from someone that claims to be a dork, but I just love Stephen King. Seriously, his imagination amazes me everytime. Now I'm waiting for his new novel, The Cell, to be published here in Turkey, but I'd love to recommend some of his works.
Everything's Eventual: This is totally personal. I was in a huge depression and I just couldn't find a way out. One day, I started to read this book, and it simply told me that I should be writing whatever I want to. I wrote a short story about the bastard who literally shattered my life and I killed him at the end. Such a relief. I was free again. So, this book will be in my thank you list if I ever to write a book.
Different Seasons: The best answer for those who claim he could only write horror. Including Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (movie adaption: The Shawshank Redemption) and The Body. (movie adaption: Stand By Me)
The Shining: If you think the movie is good, you should read the book. It's so strong that I couldn't read it when I was alone.
Storm of The Century: Linoge might be the best villain ever. He's so terrifying. And the ending makes me cry everytime. Now tell me, how many books can frighten you to death as it makes you cry? Not much. I love how he explains the idea of that book rose from an image of an evil man sitting in his jail cell.
The Stand: Just read it. You have to.
Non-King recommendations:
Michael Cunningham - A Home At the End of the World: There's one thing I'm always sure when I read Cunningham's books, that the characterizations will be outstanding. The first time I read this one, I felt as if it slapped me hard in the face. It was the second time when I was able to see the softness that lay beneath. It's not easy even trying to describe this book as it makes you to go through the pages quickly than you want to. Not only because the novel flows beautifully (it sure does) but also you keep weeping and weeping in an devastating urge to get to the very end, just to know what is going to happen and whether they will be happy or not. One of my all time favorites.
Frederic Beigbeder - 9.99: I'm not in the advertising business, so I can't exactly tell you whether the corrupted essence of the business that Beigbeder so hilariously expresses is correct or not, but I found this book witty and as a nice stand against global consumerism. I also loved the irony how this book is still in desperate need to communicate with the business it despises.
Douglas Coupland - Microserfs: I really can't tell you the exact reason that makes me love this book so much. It may be the characters being total geeks like I am (a mechanical engineering student here), the witty one-liners that makes you laugh and laugh or these awesome lines that glued me to the book from the first page: "Bill is wise. Bill is kind. Bill is benevolent. Bill, Be My Friend... Please!" Yep. That Bill, is indeed Bill Gates.
Jose Saramago - Blindness: When the whole world goes blind, the humanity is lost, too. It's easy to summarize it like this, but the world Saramago creates makes you go crouch in a corner. A brilliant look at human nature from a brilliant Nobel-prize winner. It is a difficult book to read, with almost no punctuations and the character's didn't have any names but the descriptions like "the doctor's wife" or "the first blind man's wife" etc. But the book's definitely worth the trouble. A classic.
Patrick Suskind - Perfume: As you can see from above, I'm very much obsessed with the character analysis rather than the imagery, so I don't think this comes as a surprise. A man was born without a scent of his own which diverts him to gather others to create the perfect perfume. I read the whole book in the blink of an eye, as it's one of the most disturbing and yet humanly books I've ever read.
Yay. I feel happy!