Smogon book club

[Hipmonlee]

Me, Fishy, Brain and definitely Ninahaza are gonna read Oliver Sacks - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

Ok, we arent sure how hard this book is really, so we are gonna try and read the whole thing in a week, then negotiate a point to talk about it. Possibly on skype, possibly on irc.

 

[Eraddd]

I would actually love to do this (I've been trying to read more instead of loafing around on the internet), but I have midterms until the end of March and then finals until the end of April. However, if you're still around then, (and I might even try a few weeks!) I'll probably join in.

 

[His Eminence Lord Poppington II]

Well, I probably won't participate but I can definitely vouch for the quality of that book, having read the first half. Although it was quite some time ago so all I can really say that it's pretty damn interesting, and a good page-turner.

 

[Fishy]

aha, I'm so excited to read this book!! even more excited that after talking about it in #smogon you guys wanted to read it as well. :D

 

[Firestorm]

Oh I really do need to start reading again. I'm not sure if I can make this one but I'll join in for the future!

 

[kittenmay]

Wait what about me

 

[Lord Jesseus]

[....]having read the first half.[....] a good page-turner.

But not good enough to turn past halfway?

 

[mien]

The strangest thing about this book is that 'the patient who mistook his wife for a hat' isn't even the weirdest case he describes. Perhaps the most interesting part about the book is the way his patients deal with their 'handicap' on a daily basis(i believe the patient in the title used music to recognize objects) and still manage to live fairly normal lives.

While the stories about the patients themselves are captivating and easy to read, i do remember it also contained many technical parts. Though i was 13-14 years old when i read it, so this might be an exaggeration

 

[His Eminence Lord Poppington II]

But not good enough to turn past halfway?

i didn't start reading it until the date i was due to return it to the library. so i read as much as i could before the end of my school day :)

 

[az]

wow way to steal my idea; i'm sure you were in #smogon when i was discussing this!!

hipmonlee you are a terrible man!!!!

 

[ButteredToast]

I'm a big bookreader, so I'll try to read it and give my viewpoints. :D

 

[Lanturn314]

Wow, I love that book! Oliver Sacks is great at presenting case studies of patients in the most wonderful way. He really shows how even in the face of incredibly strange, debilitating symptoms, patients have managed to carve out incredibly rich, meaningful lives for themselves. Reading this book was part of what led me to study neuroscience in the first place. I'd love to reread it again and join you guys in discussing it! :)

 

[Ninahaza]

 

[Darkaxis]

I'll look for it in my school library. A good book, a good mystery book to read would be the first one I ever read in my entire life. ''The curse of the blue figurine'' a good autobiography book is ''When Hitler stole the pink rabbit''.

 

[iDunno]

To be honest, I doubt this kind of book would be found in a school library.

 

[Fatecrashers]

it's illegal, i posted that link too and the post got deleted so...

 

[Eraddd]

someone can delete it now I saved the link.

 

[v]

next person to post an illegal link itt is gonna get infracted

 

[Fatecrashers]

fuk da po po