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« Reply #75 on: September 27, 2004, 06:44:47 PM »
Right now I'm perusing Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosencreutz Anno 1459, trying to anxiously kill time until The System of the World comes out on Wednesday...
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« Reply #76 on: September 28, 2004, 08:08:23 AM »
For the last two days I've been reading mostly this and this bloody thing as well.

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« Reply #77 on: September 28, 2004, 10:32:32 AM »
Forum replies and database data...  Does that even count as reading?
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« Reply #78 on: September 28, 2004, 10:55:14 AM »
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Forum replies and database data...  Does that even count as reading?


Not if you only look at the pictures.
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« Reply #79 on: September 28, 2004, 05:24:07 PM »
Ken Follett - Pillars of the Earth
Adolf Hitler - Mein Kampf (English)
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« Reply #80 on: September 28, 2004, 05:39:02 PM »
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« Reply #81 on: September 29, 2004, 08:30:56 AM »
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Barsoom.  As in Edgar Rice Burroughs?  Princess Of Mars, that kind of thing?

I haven't read those in fricken YEARS.  I should look for those.  They were good books.


Yep, those would be the ones. They're quite good for the time period when they were written.

I love classic SF, it's good to see that a lot of older stuff is being released in anthologies.
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« Reply #82 on: September 29, 2004, 08:31:42 AM »
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Forum replies and database data...  Does that even count as reading?


Not if you only look at the pictures.


Isn't that what certain magazines are for? :-)
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« Reply #83 on: September 29, 2004, 08:50:48 AM »
At the moment, "Linux Power Tools" by Roderick W. Smith.

At work.  And get this.... it's work-related!  :)
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« Reply #84 on: September 29, 2004, 08:57:39 AM »
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At the moment, "Linux Power Tools" by Roderick W. Smith.

At work.  And get this.... it's work-related!  :)


Wery well, We-wease Wodehwick. :-)

I'm reading PERL & LWP at work.  LWP being the PERL WWW library.
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« Reply #85 on: September 29, 2004, 09:01:41 AM »
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At the moment, "Linux Power Tools" by Roderick W. Smith.

At work.  And get this.... it's work-related!  :)


Wery well, We-wease Wodehwick. :-)


Heh.  I almost typed "Wodewick" when I was putting the author's name in my post.


"I think he said 'blessed are the cheese-makers'..."
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« Reply #86 on: September 29, 2004, 11:44:05 AM »
Oh, pipe down big nose!
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« Reply #87 on: September 29, 2004, 02:40:53 PM »
Come on!  HAGGLE!

You know.... 'ten-for-that-you-must-be-mad'!
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« Reply #88 on: September 29, 2004, 07:44:19 PM »
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Come on!  HAGGLE!

You know.... 'ten-for-that-you-must-be-mad'!


*rofl* Best Movie Evah!

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Followers: He is! He is the Messiah!
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« Reply #89 on: September 29, 2004, 11:48:20 PM »
"He's not your Saint he's a NAUGHTY LITTLE BOY!" :D
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« Reply #90 on: September 30, 2004, 08:25:40 AM »
It's an utter shame I haven't gotten around to adding that DVD to my collection yet.  It's (as an overall, mind you) probably Monty Python's best movie.
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« Reply #91 on: September 30, 2004, 08:26:56 AM »
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Your pre-ordered copy of The System of the World (release date 9/28/04) is scheduled to be shipped November 2, 2004.


*blinks*

I beg your pardon?

So, thanks to the geniuses at Amazon, I am now reading The Transformations of Lucius, otherwise known as the Golden Ass by Apuleius. I had forgotten how bawdy Latin novels could be...
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« Reply #92 on: October 13, 2004, 01:05:07 PM »
The Shining. I saw the movie and wanted to read the book. Very cool!

Here's the story in a nutshell, performed by bunnies:

http://www.angryalien.com/0504/shiningbunnies.html
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« Reply #93 on: October 13, 2004, 01:18:32 PM »
Currently I'm spending most of my reading time on the Knights of the Dinner Table "Bundle Of Trouble" Volume 9.

It's teh funay.  :lol:
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« Reply #94 on: October 13, 2004, 03:54:16 PM »
I am now well into The System of the World and again in awe of Stepheson's ability to completely grab your attention and fascinate you with mundane subject matter...
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« Reply #95 on: October 14, 2004, 11:27:52 AM »
I've just started the first Elric book. I've gotten about two pages read so far.
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« Reply #96 on: October 20, 2004, 02:39:12 PM »
I just started God's Debris by Scott Adams.  Has anyone else read this?
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« Reply #97 on: October 20, 2004, 02:58:36 PM »
I'm working my way through King Lear.

It's worth the effort.
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« Reply #98 on: October 20, 2004, 03:05:29 PM »
I haven't read that since high school.  Perhaps I should reread some of those.
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« Reply #99 on: October 20, 2004, 03:18:53 PM »
*waits for the movie version*
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