PhoenixFire 0 #1 September 7, 2004 Who here has read Bill Bryson's " A short History of nearly everything" ?? I am in the proccess of reading it - and WOW it is amazingly interresting. How much of it have you been able to understand? the only part I am comming unstuck on is that there are so many important people to remember and when he refers back to them you think "HUH" Started on the Weeekend and on page 200 already any opinions / points to discuss?Peace Be Da Journey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dove 0 #2 September 7, 2004 I absolutely LOVE Bill Bryson! I only just heard about this book. I can't wait to get my hands on it! I just recently read In A Sunburned Country and have also read A Walk In The Woods and The Mother Tongue. He is such an amazing writer - very thought provoking and humorous as well. Fall in dove. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhoenixFire 0 #3 September 7, 2004 never read any of his other books. will deffinatley try to get hold of his othersPeace Be Da Journey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vallerina 2 #4 September 7, 2004 I read it! Kallend recommended it to me in a thread I started awhile back. I really enjoyed it!There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PrairieDoug 0 #5 September 7, 2004 Thanks -- I'm overdue to start a new book and this looks like a contender. Bryson's "A Walk in the Woods" about hiking the Appalachian trail was very entertaining and thought provoking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhoenixFire 0 #6 September 7, 2004 Yea I have been really ina reading phase for the last 4 months. use public transport - so nothing else to do - my next book is stalingrad. BTW if you have not read yet - a really good read is THE DAVINCI Code - by dan brownPeace Be Da Journey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,027 #7 September 7, 2004 QuoteI read it! Kallend recommended it to me in a thread I started awhile back. I really enjoyed it! Glad you liked it. Have you read "The Mother Tongue"?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #8 September 7, 2004 I gave that book to my dad based off reviews on this site and he just finished it over the weekend. He loved it and told me he will read it again at some point because there is just so much interesting info in the book.She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhoenixFire 0 #9 September 7, 2004 you refering to Davinci code or to Bill bryson? ( i'll assume Bill Bryson ) yea it is very interresting - can see myself rereading it as well one day as it is hard to absorb everything.Peace Be Da Journey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #10 September 7, 2004 Quoteyou refering to Davinci code or to Bill bryson? I'm referring to the Bryson book, but I did give him both of those books based off the reviews on this site. You people are so handy to have around. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
