false <![CDATA[Thinks . . .]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170715153m/69932.jpg 69932 16 David Lodge's novels have earned comparisons to those of John Updike and Philip Roth and established him as "a cult figure on both sides of the Atlantic" (<i>The New York Times</i>). <i>Thinks . . . </i>, his witty new novel about secret infidelities and the nature of consciousness, unfolds in the alternating voices of Ralph Messenger, director of the Centre for Cognitive Science at the University of Gloucester, and Helen Reed, a novelist and writer in residence at the university. Mutually attracted, the two end up in a moral standoff that is shattered by events that dramatically confirm the truth of Ralph's dictum: "we can never know for certain what another person is thinking." 1516234 2001 Thinks . . . total:351|5:51|4:142|3:122|2:27|1:9| 351 1252 483 29 69932 0142000868 9780142000861 306 25 Thinks . . . 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170715153m/69932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69932.Thinks_ 3 1 false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Jul 26 17:09:29 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 17:17:08 -0700 2007
By far the most enjoyable part of...more...]]> 69932 0142000868 9780142000861 306 25 Thinks . . . 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170715153m/69932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69932.Thinks_ 5 0 true Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 17:37:47 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 17:51:40 -0700 2009 Ralph Messenger is a science profes...more...]]> 69932 0142000868 9780142000861 306 25 Thinks . . . 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170715153m/69932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69932.Thinks_ 3 0 false Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 29 12:38:39 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 15 16:02:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 69932 0142000868 9780142000861 306 25 Thinks . . . 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170715153m/69932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69932.Thinks_ 3 0 false Mon Mar 30 14:34:52 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 14:39:38 -0700 2009 69932 0142000868 9780142000861 306 25 Thinks . . . 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170715153m/69932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69932.Thinks_ 3 0 false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 11:57:40 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 12:01:55 -0800 2009 69932 0142000868 9780142000861 306 25 Thinks . . . 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170715153m/69932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69932.Thinks_ 3 0 false Sat Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Tue Aug 11 11:03:07 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 11:03:37 -0700 2009 69932 0142000868 9780142000861 306 25 Thinks . . . 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170715153m/69932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69932.Thinks_ 1 0 false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 19:29:01 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 18:44:22 -0700 2009 69932 0142000868 9780142000861 306 25 Thinks . . . 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170715153m/69932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69932.Thinks_ 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Aug 20 00:32:02 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 00:34:08 -0700 2009 781097 0670899844 9780670899845 7 1 Thinks . . . 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178292144m/781097.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/781097.Thinks_ 2 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 16 21:03:03 -0800 2007 Sat Mar 15 11:02:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 69932 0142000868 9780142000861 306 25 Thinks . . . 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170715153m/69932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69932.Thinks_ 5 0 false Sat Sep 26 15:54:07 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 15:54:07 -0700 2009 69932 0142000868 9780142000861 306 25 Thinks . . . 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170715153m/69932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69932.Thinks_ 4 0 false Tue Jul 17 23:48:53 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 22:38:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 69932 0142000868 9780142000861 306 25 Thinks . . . 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170715153m/69932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69932.Thinks_ 3 0 false Wed Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 07:30:33 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 05:52:47 -0800 2008 artificial intelligence...more...]]> 69932 0142000868 9780142000861 306 25 Thinks . . . 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170715153m/69932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69932.Thinks_ 3 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 16 11:46:44 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 05 09:36:06 -0700 2009
I have to say, this reads like a novel written by a cognitive science professor to help "explain" AI, phenomenology, etc, by throwing in a lot of philosophical cliff notes dialog with lots of drama, affairs and sex.

I really liked the contrast between the li...more...]]> 69932 0142000868 9780142000861 306 25 Thinks . . . 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170715153m/69932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69932.Thinks_ 3 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Jul 11 04:26:23 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 13 00:11:50 -0700 2007 Artificial Intelligence when I read this novel. AI is interested in how people think. That was probably what I was looking for in the novel.
Besides, it was a good reading though...more...]]> 69932 0142000868 9780142000861 306 25 Thinks . . . 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170715153m/69932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69932.Thinks_ 4 0 false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat Apr 07 09:30:24 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 07 11:24:42 -0700 2007 artificial intelligence, with his usual humor and wit. more...]]> 69932 0142000868 9780142000861 306 25 Thinks . . . 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170715153m/69932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69932.Thinks_ 5 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:56:02 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 00:56:02 -0700 2007 1524329 0436445026 9780436445026 7 1 THINKS... 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184705765m/1524329.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1524329.THINKS_ 5 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 08:02:02 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 08:03:12 -0700 2007 69932 0142000868 9780142000861 306 25 Thinks . . . 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170715153m/69932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69932.Thinks_ 4 0 false Wed Jul 23 07:00:02 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 20:34:17 -0700 2008 69932 0142000868 9780142000861 306 25 Thinks . . . 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170715153m/69932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69932.Thinks_ 4 0 false Sat Jan 19 15:13:12 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 15:14:42 -0800 2008 69932 0142000868 9780142000861 306 25 Thinks . . . 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170715153m/69932.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69932.Thinks_ 5 0 false Mon Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Mon May 05 07:08:25 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 07:15:12 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=69932