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Main Forums => Sticky Stuff (no pun intended) => Topic started by: hackess on June 28, 2004, 02:58:15 PM
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Well?
I'm on Elixir and the Stone, a history of magic and the occult. Fascinating read. Good luck finding it Stateside.
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I have a black pair of dockers, some bass wingtips, blue boxers, black socks, and a green Bill Blass polo shirt. I'm also wearing my wedding ring and my Rolex.
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You get one of those. One.
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Currently I'm making progress through these at the same time:
William Wallace: The King's Enemy (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0709043074/qid=1088457797/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-1048413-9717706?v=glance&s=books) by D.J. Gray
Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (The Ayn Rand Library, Volume 6) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0452011019/qid=1088457841/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-1048413-9717706?v=glance&s=books) by Leonard Peikoff
And as soon as my copy of The Annotated Legends (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0786929928/qid=1088457904/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-1048413-9717706?v=glance&s=books) by Weis & Hickman arrives in the mail, I'll be reading that too.
I normally have three or four books going at once. If you think that sounds weird, I'll bet dollars to donuts that Lacerda is often "in progress" on more books than that. ;)
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TEH GEEKERY!!! OMFGLOL!!!!!!!!!!1111ONE
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William Wallace: The King's Enemy (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0709043074/qid=1088457797/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-1048413-9717706?v=glance&s=books) by D.J. Gray
Ooo, any good? One of my ancestors was known as the "Right Hand of Wallace."
These days I am reading Eco's Foucault's Pendulum and a biography of John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee. And the Economist.
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William Wallace: The King's Enemy (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0709043074/qid=1088457797/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-1048413-9717706?v=glance&s=books) by D.J. Gray
Ooo, any good? One of my ancestors was known as the "Right Hand of Wallace."
Eh... so far it's pretty dry.
No, I take that back. Really dry. Names, places dates. Then so-and-so the fifth Earl of Suchplace worked out a deal with King Whatshisname. That was in the year 1137. And there was much rejoicing.
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I can't even remember the title of what I'm reading now or who it's by. I picked up the hard cover for $10 though. :-) Some SF sillyness.
Fallen Dragon Peter F. Hamilton.
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Goddess of the Ice Realm - David Drake
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I'm on Elixir and the Stone, a history of magic and the occult. Fascinating read. Good luck finding it Stateside.
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Right now I'm in the middle of:
The Bible, The Quran and Science.
by Maurice Bucaille
I also picked up
Through the Looking Glass
At a Arabic Bookstore ( it's in english, one of the only ones, hence the purchase)
And I'm hop scotching through
The Diversity of Life
by Edward O. Wilson
Which is pretty interesting, it's not as page turning as some others but definately a pillar in its genre.
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Manifesto of the Communist Party
A History of European Socialism
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You folks make me feel bad for reading fluffy SF/F books. :-(
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Well?
I'm on Elixir and the Stone, a history of magic and the occult. Fascinating read. Good luck finding it Stateside.
What is that book about?
That title reminded me of a little experience I had about two years ago. I saw a show about a possible murder at Stonehenge. The producer of the documentary (Mike Pitts) also wrote a book called Hengeworld. This is his site. (http://www.hengeworld.co.uk/news.html)
Anyway, I went to Chapters which is probably Canada's largest bookstore chain, and they didn't carry it. When I asked if they could order it, they said they just don't carry it period. And then inquired about the process involved for them to carry a book. They told me that the publisher would need to sign a deal with their sales departmenet.
I had been reading a lot about Mike Pitts, his background, the work he did and so on, and I decided that not only I was going to get his book, but I was going to get an authographed one!
So I e-mailed Pitts, told him that I saw his show and started to show interest in his research. I told him about Chapters and we exchanged a few e-mails. He's in the UK. He was interested in marketing his book in Canada and wondered if Chapters would invite writers for book signings and discussions and so on. I didn't know but I told him I would check if they did that.
I contacted chapters and they did things like that in the bigger cities like Toronto and Montreal. So I get back to Pitts with the info and casually slip in a bit about how I would just love to get my hands on an autopgraphed copy of his book. He replied that he would love to personally hand me an autographed copy of the book, but only if I could get chapters to promote him (i.e. pay for his plan ticket to come over and do tours and a few of their stores). Obviously, I don't have that kind of power. But I still contacted Chapters and talked to some manager in the marketing departement. I told them the whole story and said that as a consumer, I would love to see more initiatives between book stores and writers. I recommened Mike Pitts as a candidate for such a venture and they were actually interested. The only problem is they couldn't promote him or is book because they didn't carry it.
I gave them Mike's publisher info which he had passed down to me and that was all I could do. I wrote back to Pitts and gave him a summary of what went down and some contact information. I was pleased with myself. I didn't really get anything done, but I opened some doors. Then I asked him if it was worth a signed book. I was going to pay for shipping. He never bothered to reply and I never bothered to buy his book! lol
Out of curiosity, I did a search for his book at Chapters.ca and guess what... They carry it now.
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Well?
I'm on Elixir and the Stone, a history of magic and the occult. Fascinating read. Good luck finding it Stateside.
What is that book about?
For the third time...
I'm on Elixir and the Stone, a history of magic and the occult.
:roll:
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I know I know! Can you give more details? Comments on it?
EDIT: never mind. I'll just go look it up.
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It traces the legacy of the Hermetic and Gnostic movements from their origins into modern Europe and the Islamic Empires. It discusses influences on and from Judaism, Chrisitianity and Islam, the rise of alchemy and witchcraft in Europe during the Middle Ages and their influence on governments, Churches and organizations like the Knights Templar and the Order of St. John.
I'm only about 100 pages in, so that's the best I can do for you now.
It was only published and distributed in the UK and Australia. I had to get my copy from eBay...
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Thanks, Law. My brain's pretty dead today, so I was having a hard time coming up with anything other than "uhh...magic...Hermetic...occult...stuff."
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Thank you
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Thanks, Law. My brain's pretty dead today, so I was having a hard time coming up with anything other than "uhh...magic...Hermetic...occult...stuff."
Yeah, you look tired...
*runs*
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Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Burned Children of America by Various (Variously awesome and crappy, IMO)
Banana Republicans by Sheldon Rampton & John Stauber
Shake Hands with the Devil (ZZZZ) by Romeo Dallaire
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I am reading all the books of the vampire's chronicles fron Anne Rice
I am just reading Pandora
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Okay this may seem well I but young and underrated for you people here...I would be surprised if I wasn't the youngest one here @ only 14 but anyways Im currently reading 2 books
Eragon-Christopher Pauloni <-This book is actually one of the best books I've ever read
and Inkheart-Cornielia Funke
oh and a 3rd I,Robot-Issac Asimov
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Tom Clancy: The Teeth of the Tiger
I've just started it, but already he's blown away a child killer in chapter one.
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Tom Clancy: The Teeth of the Tiger
Ugh.
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Well, I'm reading this (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0786929928/qid=1088457904/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-6867931-0772123?v=glance&s=books) now.
I just started "Test Of The Twins" in it.
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Ugh.
Yes. I know it's pure main stream mush, but they're enjoyable to read even though you can usually tell where he's going about half way through.
At this point I more or less have to read them when they come out just out of habit.
Kinda like Piers Anthony Xanth novels. Although I did manage to break myself of that horrid addiction after about 9-10 books that were all virtually identical.
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Well, I'm reading this (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0786929928/qid=1088457904/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-6867931-0772123?v=glance&s=books) now.
I just started "Test Of The Twins" in it.
I've never been to keen on D&D novels. I don't know why. I did read the recent Keep on the Borderlands book, but I think that's cause I got it for free.
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Ugh.
Yes. I know it's pure main stream mush, but they're enjoyable to read even though you can usually tell where he's going about half way through.
No, no, I've read all of Clancy's novels. That one, in particular, finished that trend for me. He had stretched the Ryans a little thin by the time Executive Orders came out, but this is just bad. He reached too far for a story tie-in to the Ryan family in this one that it comes out absurd.
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No, no, I've read all of Clancy's novels. That one, in particular, finished that trend for me. He had stretched the Ryans a little thin by the time Executive Orders came out, but this is just bad. He reached too far for a story tie-in to the Ryan family in this one that it comes out absurd.
Ahh... So it's another Red Storm Rising? Doesn't fit very well into the Clancy universe? I'll let you know what I think of it when I'm finished though. Should only take me a day or three at the most.
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Well, I'm reading this (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0786929928/qid=1088457904/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-6867931-0772123?v=glance&s=books) now.
I just started "Test Of The Twins" in it.
I've never been to keen on D&D novels. I don't know why. I did read the recent Keep on the Borderlands book, but I think that's cause I got it for free.
The Dragonlance Chronicles and Legends trilogies are the only ones for me.
And I didn't like Chronicles that much. Legends is pretty good work though.
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Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060512806/qid=1092329037/sr=ka-1/ref=pd_ka_1/104-1219325-0439167)
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316143464/qid=1092328982/sr=ka-1/ref=pd_ka_1/104-1219325-0439167)
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Well, I'm a couple days late to add to this, but I'm finally reading Snow Crash.
Damned good so far.
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Finished with the Dragonlance Annotated Legends.
Now I'm reading Jack Vance's Tales Of A Dying Earth.
It's very, very odd. That's about all I can say so far.
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Now I'm reading Jack Vance's Tales Of A Dying Earth.
It's very, very odd. That's about all I can say so far.
Where did you find that? I've been looking (only half assed) for them for ages. Did they republish them anytime recently?
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It's an all-in-one-volume kind of thing. I got mine on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312874561/qid=1092847597/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-6867931-0772123?v=glance&s=books).
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Nifty. I'll have to order one when I get some spare change.
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The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series for the umpteenth time
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Hitchhiker's guide series is good, I read that last year.
A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking
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Terry Gookdkind's Temple of the Wind from the Wizard's First Rule Series, and also the Warhammer 40,000 4th Edition rulebook.
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Against Nature - Joris-Karl Huysmans
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I'm about to start Ender's Game, since I just finished Dress Your Family in Denim and Corduroy. The latter I highly recommend, some really funny shit there!
Oh and yesterday Intervention and Reflection : Basic Issues in Medical Ethics (with InfoTrac) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0534565077/103-1271558-2918202?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance) arrived so I will probably be digging into that pretty soon (after I find out the initial reading assignments). Oh and I'm about 2/3rds of the way through Cryptonomicon. Great book.
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Myst: The Book Of Atrus
It's an oldie, from a Mac computer game of the same name. It's really quite in-depth, and very well written. I'm not quite finished it yet, but I'm really enjoying it so far.
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Just read Ender's Game again after many years. It was much shorter than I remembered. Might go through neuroomancer again next.
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No, no, I've read all of Clancy's novels. That one, in particular, finished that trend for me. He had stretched the Ryans a little thin by the time Executive Orders came out, but this is just bad. He reached too far for a story tie-in to the Ryan family in this one that it comes out absurd.
Ahh... So it's another Red Storm Rising? Doesn't fit very well into the Clancy universe? I'll let you know what I think of it when I'm finished though. Should only take me a day or three at the most.
Wow... this topic needs to be made sticky or something cause I totally forgot to post after I finished reading it.
I see what you meant Law, the continuity just doesn't quite mesh up. Not to mention the end seems very forced. In general it wasn't bad but when measured against the rest of his books it's definately one of the poorer efforts.
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Myst: The Book Of Atrus
It's an oldie, from a Mac computer game of the same name. It's really quite in-depth, and very well written. I'm not quite finished it yet, but I'm really enjoying it so far.
I remember when Myst first came out. Did it ever blow people away for what was essentially a slide show with some clickable hot spots. You could do the whole thing online in HTML with image maps and some CGI these days.
That and 7th Guest were really the first two computer games to show off what you could do with a CD full of Data. Because back then the typical hard drive size was anywhere from 100ish MB up to maybe a gig or two if you were really lucky/rich.
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Just read Ender's Game again after many years. It was much shorter than I remembered. Might go through neuroomancer again next.
You should check out Ender's Shadow for a good read. I litterally couldn't put it down once I started reading it. Blasted through it in one sitting. It's easily the equal of Ender's Game if not better. Shadow of the Hegemon and Shadow Puppets weren't quite as good though.
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I was just looking through some books from a box in the attic I read many moons ago. I started Ringworld by Larry Niven last night.
I don't recall those two Foo. If I find the others from the series and reread them I will likely look them up.
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They're fairly new. Written in the last 3-5 years I think. Quite a bit after Speaker for the Dead and Xenocide.
I haven't read Ringworld in ages. Although I did see a new RW novel on the shelves recently.
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Myst: The Book Of Atrus
It's an oldie, from a Mac computer game of the same name. It's really quite in-depth, and very well written. I'm not quite finished it yet, but I'm really enjoying it so far.
I remember when Myst first came out. Did it ever blow people away for what was essentially a slide show with some clickable hot spots. You could do the whole thing online in HTML with image maps and some CGI these days.
That and 7th Guest were really the first two computer games to show off what you could do with a CD full of Data. Because back then the typical hard drive size was anywhere from 100ish MB up to maybe a gig or two if you were really lucky/rich.
I remember I really enjoyed the game itself when it first appeared, and I still do. They've produced new versions of it, and about 3-4 'sequels' that continue the storyline left behind prior to them. It's all well in good, but I haven't bought into it yet.
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I haven't really played any of them. I wanted to play 7th Guest, but for some reason I never bought it, even when it was in the bargain bin.
Myst never really interested me.
That whole FMV era of computer games is better left alone I think. Some of those things were aweful.
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Just read Ender's Game again after many years. It was much shorter than I remembered. Might go through neuroomancer again next.
You should check out Ender's Shadow for a good read. I litterally couldn't put it down once I started reading it. Blasted through it in one sitting. It's easily the equal of Ender's Game if not better.
I agree. It's what should have come next, instead of "Speaker For The Dead".
What a snore-fest that book was.
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"Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment." What fun.
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I agree. It's what should have come next, instead of "Speaker For The Dead".
What a snore-fest that book was.
I found both it and Xenocide were far worse books than Ender. Too much thought, not enough action. Good books though don't get me wrong, but definately not in the same league as Ender.
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"Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment." What fun.
Oh man... I feel your pain.
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I've moved on to Sedaris' "Dress your family..." but am disappointed. While it's his usual humor, most of the books seems to be the script he used on his spoken word tour I saw last year.
I need to kill time until "The System of the World" comes out in October...
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Glad I missed the tour then, because the book cracked me up!
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Glad I missed the tour then, because the book cracked me up!
Nah. Never be glad about that.
Just realized he's on tour again this year. Nice.
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Life, the Universe, and Everything
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Finished Sedaris (and bought tickets to his show next month).
Moved on to Life of Pi by Yann Martel. It was recommended to me a long time ago and has sat in my bookcase for almost a year. The author's note at the beginning was beautifully written and was some fantastic prose. I can't imagine what the rest of the book will be like.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy...for the ump-teenth time now. :D
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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy...for the ump-teenth time now. :D
Copycat. :P
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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy...for the ump-teenth time now. :D
Copycat. :P
Tee hee! Now I feel special!
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I've decided to get back to my roots, so to speak. So I've dug out my old Robert E. Howard paperbacks and am in the process of blowing years of dust off of volume 1, simply called "CONAN".
It's better than I even remember it. Robert E. Howard kicks so much sword-and-sorcery ass. :twisted:
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I gotta read those. Dammit. I was making my way through the Barsoom books a while back. Never finished those either.
I really should get to a library or something.
Currently reading the latest Myth Inc. book by Robert Asprin whose title I can't remember.
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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.
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Radioactive Boy Scout
The Wee Free men (the guy had to be stoned when he wrote it)
Stuck in Nuetral
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I've moved on to The Golden Ratio by Mario Livio and The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene.
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...Stuck in Nuetral
Are you sure that you should be reading a book with words that are too big for you to spell?
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R.C. Hibbeler's Engineering Mechanics: Statics, Tenth Edition.
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I've moved on to The Golden Ratio by Mario Livio and The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene.
I rather enjoyed both of those. I also enjoy Constants of Nature by someone I dont remember. That was a fun read.
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"Singularity Sky" by Charles Stross
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...Stuck in Nuetral
Are you sure that you should be reading a book with words that are too big for you to spell?
Yeah, how else am i to learn
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I just finished reading "Masters Of Doom" fr like the tenth time
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"Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure." Boss now wants the 291 by next month. Slavedriver. :(
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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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For the last two days I've been reading mostly this (http://www.alphalinux.org/faq/milo.html) and this bloody thing (http://www.alphalinux.org/docs/alphaahb.html) as well.
:(
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Forum replies and database data... Does that even count as reading?
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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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Ken Follett - Pillars of the Earth
Adolf Hitler - Mein Kampf (English)
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currently this (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1400050669/qid=1096411110/sr=8-2/ref=pd_csp_2/102-4117313-7710554?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)
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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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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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At the moment, "Linux Power Tools" by Roderick W. Smith.
At work. And get this.... it's work-related! :)
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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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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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Oh, pipe down big nose!
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Come on! HAGGLE!
You know.... 'ten-for-that-you-must-be-mad'!
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Come on! HAGGLE!
You know.... 'ten-for-that-you-must-be-mad'!
*rofl* Best Movie Evah!
Brian : I'm not the Messiah! Will you please listen? I am not the Messiah, do you understand? Honestly!
Girl: Only the true Messiah denies His divinity.
Brian : What? Well, what sort of chance does that give me? All right! I am the Messiah!
Followers: He is! He is the Messiah!
Brian : Now, fuck off!
[silence]
Arthur : How shall we fuck off, O Lord?
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"He's not your Saint he's a NAUGHTY LITTLE BOY!" :D
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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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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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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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Currently I'm spending most of my reading time on the Knights of the Dinner Table "Bundle Of Trouble" Volume 9 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1889182834/qid=1097691464/sr=8-9/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i9_xgl14/104-6414004-8782352?v=glance&s=books&n=507846).
It's teh funay. :lol:
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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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I've just started the first Elric book. I've gotten about two pages read so far.
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I just started God's Debris by Scott Adams. Has anyone else read this?
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I'm working my way through King Lear.
It's worth the effort.
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I haven't read that since high school. Perhaps I should reread some of those.
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*waits for the movie version*
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I was lucky. By the time I was in a grade where I might get assigned to read Shakespeare, I was in Russia. So instead of ruining forever my appreciation for the Bard, they ruined forever my appreciation for Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Maxim Gorky, Gogol, Pushkin and Yesenin.
Anyway, if you decide to plough through Shakespeare, be sure to get a volume with the original language. It's mind-blowing, what that guy did to English!
But it's not just the language -- check out this rant against astrology and its followers:
This is the excellent foppery of the world, that,
when we are sick in fortune,--often the surfeit
of our own behavior,--we make guilty of our
disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars: as
if we were villains by necessity; fools by
heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and
treachers, by spherical predominance; drunkards,
liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of
planetary influence; and all that we are evil in,
by a divine thrusting on: an admirable evasion
of whoremaster man, to lay his goatish
disposition to the charge of a star!
pwned!
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I <3 Shakespeare.
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I <3 Shakespeare.
Awww...Cat's got a crush! :oops:
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What are you? 7?
:P
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What are you? 7?
:P
God, I didn't even see it! :oops:
Walked right into that one, kudos Judge.
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"The Richest Man in Babylon."
It's a neat little book on money management. Pretty cool stuff.
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"10 things I learned From Bill Porter"
The bad thing is I left it in my locker and it is a four day weekend.
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I just started God's Debris by Scott Adams. Has anyone else read this?
Finished that last week and now I've started the sequel The Religion War (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0740747886/qid=1098916418/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/002-7816799-0276816?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)[/url]
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1984
I haven't read it in years, not since I was an impressionable lad behind the Iron Curtain. It's still a king hell of a scary story.
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The Universe in a Nutshell - Stephen Hawking
Cryptonomicon (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060512806/ref=pd_sim_b_1/104-9928158-2968709?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance) - Neal Stephenson
and some other get out of debt quick book that wasn't worth the time it took to select it from the library shelf.
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Your first two are wonderful choices. I just finished Snow Crash and am now reading
Mathematics and Humor (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0226650251/qid=1105641693/sr=12-1/002-7653785-1968041?v=glance&s=books)
The Lies of George W. Bush (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1400050669/qid=1105641752/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-7653785-1968041?v=glance&s=books)
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My new goal is to read one biography per month. I just need to fit them in with the other reading.
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It's still a king hell of a scary story.
Truly. And timeless. I like that each time I read it it effects me in a slightly different way.
Right now I'm reading Dune: The Battle of Corrin.
I am psyched by the announcement that Brian Hebert is now prepared to complete the manuscript his father started for the original 7th and 8th books in the old series.
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At the moment, I just finished with the Helm's Deep chapter of The Two Towers.
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At the moment, I just finished with the Helm's Deep chapter of The Two Towers.
Woah! They made a book from that movie? How cool is that?
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At the moment, I just finished with the Helm's Deep chapter of The Two Towers.
Woah! They made a book from that movie? How cool is that?
Yeah. They didn't get a lot of stuff right though. This Tolkien guy didn't pay very close attention to the genius works of Peter Jackson.
I hear there are some books coming out soon based on the Stupid Sexy Flanders movies, too. I'm hoping they don't suck.
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At the moment, I just finished with the Helm's Deep chapter of The Two Towers.
Woah! They made a book from that movie? How cool is that?
Yeah, the book is a pretty good adaptation, but they had to leave a bunch of shit out.
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Whoa, Demosthenes, those must've been like one nanosecond apart!
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Edith Wharton - The House of Mirth
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Edith Wharton - The House of Mirth
Pretty dark. I loved the movie with Gillian Anderson
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The Lord of the Rings Trilogy - J.R.R. Tolkien
Yeah that movie was pretty good. Great thing they made a book out of it.
EDIT: *Note Sarcasm*
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I'm currently reading "The Eye of the World". It's book one in a.... some number of books series called "The Wheel of Time". It's pretty good so far.
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I'm reading The Right Man: An Inside Account of the Bush White House by David Frum and The Hipster Handbook by Robert Lanham.
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EDIT: *Note Sarcasm*
:?:
What do you mean?
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Your first two are wonderful choices. I just finished Snow Crash and am now reading
Mathematics and Humor (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0226650251/qid=1105641693/sr=12-1/002-7653785-1968041?v=glance&s=books)
The Lies of George W. Bush (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1400050669/qid=1105641752/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-7653785-1968041?v=glance&s=books)
Just finished the Corn book now I've started
If Chins Could Kill : Confessions of a B Movie Actor
by Bruce Campbell (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312291450/qid=1105980737/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-7653785-1968041?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)
It is wonderful so far but I'm only about up to the third grade.
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One of my favourite internet people sent me Daughter's Keeper by Ayelet Waldman (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/140220096X/qid=1105998905/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/104-6801999-7169524?v=glance&s=books&n=507846). At first it was upsetting me, but now I'm really liking it. I'm halfway though and I think I might actually finish this one! Yay!
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Just finished "If On A Winter's Night A Traveler" by Italo Calvino - aMAZing! Now working on "A History of Philosophy Volume 1: Greece and Rome" by Frederick Copleston. I tell ya... there's nothing funnier than a bitter Cosmologist.
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I'm starting Ishmael by Daniel Quinn today at lunch.
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Last night I started "The Red Tent" by Anita Diamant. This'll be the fourth or fifth time I've read it. :)
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Does it have any dirty parts?
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Steven King's "The Long Walk"
pretty good for a steven king novel.
(did i get the speling right, or is it spelled with a "ph"?)
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(did i get the speling right, or is it spelled with a "ph"?)
"ph"
You're reading the book; you have the spelling right there! :roll: :P
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no it's not. it's in my den and i'm on the second floor in my g/f's critter room sitting among a tank of tree frogs, a ball python, a bullfrog tadpole, 2 ferrets, a rat and 30 some-odd mice, as well as a few goldfish, and 4 african clawed frogs.
and none of them knew the spelling off the cuff either.
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Man...I hope not. :shock:
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i might just have to go all willard style with my g/f's critters......
hmm..... *imagines a hoarde of mice chewing the movie theatre he's working at now to the ground*
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Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear
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I'm reading A girl becomes a comma like that by Lisa Glatt mainly because I heard she writes fuck and penis a lot, but I kind of enjoy reading all the other words also. It's pretty sappy, and I'll probably need some porn when I'm finished.
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Im reading Crime and Punishment - and Hamlet.
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Damn, it took me a really long time to finish The Right Man: An Inside Account of the Bush White House by David Frum. It's a pro-Bush book that made me like him less!
Huzzah!
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Finished 1984.
Now I'm on to Down And Out in Paris and London (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/015626224X/103-9861501-0406267?v=glance), George's autobio. Based on the first few chapters, I highly recommend it. This is possibly a very important book, maybe as important as 1984 itself. You have to kind of overlook the incidental anti-semitism -- it's pretty startling in our PC times, but that's how Europeans felt and, probably, feel today.
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I am reading the Anarchist cookbook.....nuff' said...
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Say no more.
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Just started Return of the King last night.
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PHP Developer's Cookbook. :?
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Just finished "The Parsifal Mosaic" by Robert Ludlum-absolutely excellent.
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Just finished Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. Excellent read. Very thought-provoking. Today I'm about to start My Ishmael by the same author. I'm really looking forward to it. My bathroom book right now is If Chins Could Kill by Bruce Campbell (yes that Bruce Campbell). Another excellent read, I'm about 2/3rds of the way through it.
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Idoru by William Gibson. I tried reading this a few years ago, but I put it down about half way through and didn't pick it up again until last week. I'll probably pick up Pattern Recognition later this week.
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Just started The Poisonwood Bible (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060512822/qid=1107262081/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-0988723-5445466?v=glance&s=books&n=507846), by Barbara Kingsolver.
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Just started The Poisonwood Bible (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060512822/qid=1107262081/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-0988723-5445466?v=glance&s=books&n=507846), by Barbara Kingsolver.
That book sounds really good... do let us know what you think of it.
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Oh, I've read it before, when I was in college. It was good then, and now I'm finding it remarkable.
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this thread
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this thread
The characters seem really unrealistic I think.
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this thread
The characters seem really unrealistic I think.
The plot's pretty horrible too. No substance whatsoever.
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this thread
The characters seem really unrealistic I think.
The plot's pretty horrible too. No substance whatsoever.
yea, the plot's lame and the characters suck..... but at least it's not costing me anything.
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The worst part is, we only have ourselves to blame.
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call me 15h-m34l
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call me 15h-m34l
how about i call you f15h-m34l instead?
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I just started reading Tom Clancy's: Sum Of All Fears
and yes it is as good as the game... :lol:
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:shock:
B-b-but.....
:shock: :shock:
You can READ!?
:shock:
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I'm re-re-re-reading the Fellowship of the Ring.
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someone took my tom clancy novel, infected it with scabies and jabbed it in my pumpkin pie...lol :cry:
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SOAF is so much better as a book than a movie but it doesn't beat the game though! 8)
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I'm on Volume I of a 9 volume series of the History of Philosophy. I've had no worries about it getting stolen, and can easily leave it in public places for hours with no consequences. Sometimes I mark my territory with it.
It's good, though, really...
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Tuesadays with Morrie
It'll change your life...
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Hey, you know how I always tell you guys that I'm still reading the same book since last November? Well I put that one down and started a new one that Karion sent me for Christmas.
And
I
FINISHED IT!!!! Yay!
Now I gotta try to finish the last one I was reading.
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You're supposed to say which book it is.
Is it dirty?
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(http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/5927/book.jpg)
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I mentioned it back on page 7.
Yes, it takes me that long to read a book. Most books I don't finish. I have such a short attention span. This is a huge accomplishment for me. You all may think I'm stupid, but I'm quite proud of myself.
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I haven't litterally read a book in years. No time at all for that. I'm lucky if I get a chance to read the newspaper.
Books On Tape, baybuh. Books On Tape.
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I love books on tape.
Hmmmm, maybe I should try to find one for my road trip tomorrow. Thanks for reminding me of that.
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Ivan, are you familair with Cracker Barrel's audio book deal?
http://www.crackerbarrel.com/trip-booksaudio.cfm?doc_id=48
You too, Detta... check it out.
On the way to and from Fla for christmas, I "read" 4 books.
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That's pretty neat! Thanks.
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That's a great deal, BizB, especially if you're on a trip.
Back in the day when I had more expendable income, I used Books On Tape, Ltd. -- they are a local company, so delivery was quick, and their catalog is huge. They produce the recordings themselves and have a good troup of readers. The recordings are always unabridged. In the late 80s and early 90s I "read" everything written to that point by Robert Ludlum, Stephen J. Gould, Tom Wolfe, some Dickens, Rex Stout, A.N. Wilson, and lots others. I had a nearly 2-hour commute in those days, so I went through a lot of books. The good thing about Books On Tape, Ltd. is that you don't buy the tapes: you order a book, they send the tapes, when you're done you drop the box in any mailbox, and you're done. The only downside is they're not too cheap -- around $15-$20 per rental, if I recall correctly.
However, I have found a much cheaper source for my books on tape now: the public library. Price: $0. I just recently finished George Orwell's 1984 and "Down and Out in Paris and London".
Currently I'm listening to "Kitchen Confidential" by Anthony Bourdain, unabridged, read by the author. The library didn't have it, so I decided to buy it. "Kitchen Confidential" is one of those books that belong on my shelf. The box of tapes will fit nicely next to the bound version.
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Wait... you have one of them old fashioned tape players?
Wow... I just use CDs.
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Yeah, CDs are nice. It gets old changing reels in traffic.
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Yeah, the library is the best. I also found a netflix type system on the internet for books on CD. But I know I wouldn't use it $15 bucks a month worth.
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Harlan Coben's Just One Look.
So far, so good. It drew me in pretty quick.
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So now for my second trick, I will read The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy.
I might stop by Crackerbarrel later on in Waynesboro and get something for the road too.
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Harlan Coben's Just One Look.
So far, so good. It drew me in pretty quick.
Well, that was a quick easy 362 pages.
Now, I'm reading Dean Koontz - The Taking. I picked it up today and I'm already 83 pages into it.
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Another quick read.
Man, I'm a reading machine lately.
Tomorrow, another trip to the library.
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Kitchen Confidential, by Anthony Bourdain.
A book I should've read when it came out, but never had the chance.
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Moby Dick - Herman Melville
Trailer Trash Babes
a book on stereo equipment circa 1973
and, the tattoo on your mothers thigh.
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The Lone Drow - R.A. Salvatore
...and any Road & Track magazine I can get my hands on...
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Tongue Fu! by Sam Horn and How to Disagree without Being Disagreeable by Suzette hagen Eldin. I'd recommend the former to anyway who wants to communicate better.
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Hey!
What are you trying to tell us?
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Finished "The Lone Drow" - Now to find another read....
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Just finished My Ishmael by Daniel Quinn (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553379658/qid=1108594805/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/002-6348755-6451233), which was incredible. I highly recommend it.
Now I'm starting Three Days to Pearl: Incredible Encounter on the Eve of War by Peter J. Shepherd (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1557508151/qid=1108594867/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-6348755-6451233?v=glance&s=books)
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Peter J. Shepherd...
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Yeah, I'm hoping he just searched for his own name. If he authored it and didn't tell us...GRRRR!
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Yeah, I'm hoping he just searched for his own name. If he authored it and didn't tell us...GRRRR!
If he authored it, he also didn't tell us that he served in the RAF.
Bastard!
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Yeah, I'm hoping he just searched for his own name. If he authored it and didn't tell us...GRRRR!
If he authored it, he also didn't tell us that he served in the RAF.
Bastard!
Yeah! What's up with that?! :evil:
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I liked that Koontz book, so I'm giving another of his books a shot.
BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON
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I've read probably 11 or 12 of Dean Koontz's books, and I found two that I liked that I feel safe in recommending.
"Midnight", and "Dark Rivers Of The Heart". Both are really good reads. His other stuff is just a bit too formulaic for me.
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Hey!
What are you trying to tell us?
The people I work with are no communicating sob's. :D
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Currently readening Pattern Recognition - William Gibson.
Just finished readening Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson
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(http://web.ndak.net/~darbybob/hillbilly.jpg)
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I just finished The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and am now about 70 pages into Doublething (http://raisethebar.com/) by my friend Judith Schwartz. So far so good and a really interesting dystopian account of a future which we may be headed for.
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Headed for?
Lessee here:
Hyperspace by Michio Kaku
How to Break Web Software by Andrews & Whittaker
Web Design in a Nutshell (O'Reilly)
The Callahan Chronicles by Spider Robinson
The Future of Media by McChesney, Newman & Scott
A Certain Chemistry by Mil Millington
I'm unemployed! :D
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...
I'm unemployed! :D
Lucky duck!
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You're telling me - I hadn't realized what sort of mental damage working for a bunch of incompetent shysters was doing. But now, I feel FREE!
Currently debating school versus running fake seminars. Will report back with decision.
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The fake seminars sound good could be quite lucrative. Either that go into consulting.
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do seminars for consultants. best of both worlds. or even consulting for seminars for consultants, but i'm not sure how far we want to get into this one again.
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Hyperspace by Michio Kaku
I love that book.
Currently for me it's "Everything's Eventual" by Stephen King.
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"Lamb" by Christopher Moore
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"Self-Made Man", by Norah Vincent
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"I Shall Fear No Evil" by Robert A. Heinlein
All about what constitutes love, sex, and the 21st century lifestyles. Amazingly accurate for being written over 35 years ago.
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Heinlein is a fucking genius, but I'm glad he died before he could see what happened re: "World War III."
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The Telltale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe! my favourite of all times :P Its not really a book thou :roll:
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The audiobook track of that is fabulous. I think Bela Lugosi reads it.
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Hyperspace by Michio Kaku
I love that book.
Currently for me it's "Everything's Eventual" by Stephen King.
Ah, good choice, have you read the Dark Tower series ?
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Yep. Just finished it back in December.
So Ka is a wheel after all. I kind of saw the ending coming, but it seemed fitting, somehow. It was really sort of an up note, in a way, because he had his fabled horn with him when we left him at the end.
I have a coworker who was really pissed off by the end of the last book, but I guess it didn't really bother me.
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The Telltale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe! my favourite of all times :P Its not really a book thou :roll:
Who the bleeding hell are you?
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some quantum physics theory/time travel theory book.
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The Telltale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe! my favourite of all times :P Its not really a book thou :roll:
Who the bleeding hell are you?
some new guy
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Hi new guy. Can you please introduce yourself in the newbie shack forum (or whatever we're calling it nowadays)? That way, no one will ask who the hell you are.
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As strangelly as it sounds I don't usually read story driven books.
I usually read things like online tutorials for something I currently into...
Under normal conditions I'll have the tutorial in one monitor and the program to do it in the other.
So that's what I usually read.
When I want to get a new story to take my mind off of something I'll either watch a movie or close my eyes.
I have a huge imagination...
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As strangelly as it sounds I don't usually read story driven books.
I usually read things like online tutorials for something I currently into...
Under normal conditions I'll have the tutorial in one monitor and the program to do it in the other.
So that's what I usually read.
When I want to get a new story to take my mind off of something I'll either watch a movie or close my eyes.
I have a huge imagination...
I love it when people take pride in their ignorance.
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Currently I'm reading a huge book on how to implement an MIIS server. It's very complicated and it looks like I'll need to sign up for some VB.Net classes.
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Currently I'm reading a huge book on how to implement an MIIS server. It's very complicated and it looks like I'll need to sign up for some VB.Net classes.
Dotnet is a beautiful world. It's to enterprise platforms what the Unified Theory is to physics.
I have but a toe or two in dotnet right now, but by the end of the year I will be fully immersed.
Then I'll have the fun and delight of converting thousands of lines of VB6 code into VB.net. It won't be pretty, but it'll be worth it in the end.
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I just finished reading 1984 by George Orwell again. I had nothing to do this week so I picked it up.
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Galileo's Daughter (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802713432/sr=8-2/qid=1149732128/ref=pd_bbs_2/104-9417644-0807144?%5Fencoding=UTF8) by Dava Sobel
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Right now it's War In The Middle Ages (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0631131426/ref=ed_oe_h/002-6739424-5350440?%5Fencoding=UTF8) by Philippe Contamine. It's one of the better-written books on the subject, as it goes into excruciating detail on medieval economics and military structure and tactics as pertaining to warfare. If you're looking for tedious detail, this is an excellent book.
If you don't like tedious detail, avoid this book.
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The Confusion by Neal Stephenson. Bob just got busy with Eliza in a haystack.
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I'm catching up on my Scientific Americans and The Economists from the last couple months. Been too busy to do any reading lately and I'm woefully behind.
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I'm also trying to stay current on The Economist, CIO, Restaurants and Institutions, and Rolling Stone. In addition I'm reading The Happiest Baby On The Block and What To Expect When You're Expecting.
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The most recent versions of National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, Newsweek and the local paper.
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I'm reading the english translation of the Necronomicon, strangely enough last night I fellk asleep while reading, this smiley is a pretty good imitation of my expression when I woke up. :-o
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Dirty Jokes and Beer by Drew Carey. Its not often that I laugh out loud while reading a book, but this one makes me do just that.
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*RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE!*
I picked up "From a Buick 8" by Steven King and read the whole thing in two days. Not because it was such a good story, but because I had nothing else to read at the time. To be honest, I was disappointed with the book. I found the story to be boring and the characters to be pretty shallow. It really didn't hold my interest and I found myself skipping paragraphs while wondering when it was going to get any good. It didn't. I even went back over the parts I skipped thinking I may have accidently skipped the good parts. Nope.
Basic story is that some state troopers have an old car locked up in a garage. A car that isn't really a car but a gateway to another world. Occasionally it belches dead alien lifeforms from out of its trunk or puts on a lightshow, much to the cops delight. Then it falls apart one day. The End.
There, I just saved you six bucks.
Moving onwards, I'm now starting to read all of the Narnia series, starting with The Magician's Nephew. This will keep me busy for awhile. 8-)
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:-o NECROMANCY!!1one
:lol:
Right now i'm re-reading "The Complete Hitch Hikers Guide".
Last time I tried to read it I only got about 800 pages into it before I forgot about it. This time i'm doing better, I only have 200 pages left. Read about 1,100 pages so far.
Oh and before I forget...
42
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Brighton Rock (http://www.amazon.com/Brighton-Rock-Penguin-Classic-Classics/dp/0142437972/sr=8-1/qid=1158765693/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-0368089-5147253?ie=UTF8&s=books) by Graham Greene
I'll be starting on 1984 by George Orwell when I'm done.
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I'm a few chapters away from the end of Heinlein's "To Sail Beyond The Sunset".
I think my next one will be "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls".
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I'm almost done with System of the World and then I'll have to read something fluffy.
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I'm still reading the Scarlet Pimpernel. Oh wait, no I'm not. It's just sitting on my nightstand.
Oh yeah, then I started The Everything New Teacher Book but that's just hanging out with Sir Percy now.
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Since I don't actually have a copy of "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls", I just started re-reading "Revolt In 2100", also by Robert A. Heinlein. Haven't read that one in what's probably close to 20 years; I barely remember it.
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Right now I'm reading 'The Hunter's Blade' trilogy, by R.A Salvatore. Not a bad lil' series. I can honestly say it was tough for me to put down the first book.
I'm a sucker for anything fantasy, what can I say? :-P
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I think I'll pick up my old copy of 'Stranger in a Strange Land' by Heinlein as a matter of fact...and add it to the classics thread...
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Iain Banks -- The Bridge
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Levy what happened to your signature and avatar combo? I really enjoyed it.
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As did I.
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Unfortunalty I did not save the pictures, I would have done, if I had known you liked it so much :lol:
Feel free to put them back.
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Dead Reckoning: a pirate voyage with Captain Drake by Laurie Lawlor
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Just finished Illuminatus!! DAMN that kicked ass...I'd recommend it all 'round.
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I just got done reading "Phantom" by Terry Goodkind. :)
It's the 10th book in the Sword of Truth novels, and apparently there's only one more to go. :( Anyway... it's a really good read if you're into the series. Pretty much every other book is referenced in this one ('cept Pillars of Creation, which sucked), and everything is coming together very nicely. Can't wait for the next one. :)
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I'm reading God, the Jews, and History
These days it seems like I end up reading more nonfiction.
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I just got done reading "Phantom" by Terry Goodkind. :)
It's the 10th book in the Sword of Truth novels, and apparently there's only one more to go. :( Anyway... it's a really good read if you're into the series. Pretty much every other book is referenced in this one ('cept Pillars of Creation, which sucked), and everything is coming together very nicely. Can't wait for the next one. :)
I stopped reading at Pillars cause it sucked so bad.
Currently I'm working on Tad Williams Shadowmarch.
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I have Goodkind's "Naked Empire" sitting on my bookshelf, unopened since I bought it. I haven't managed to dredge up the interest I had in that series for quite a while.
I wasn't even aware that he was up to 10 books.
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I finally finished the Baroque Cycle yesterday. Fabulous work. I forgot to put another book in my bag this morning so I will start the next one tomorrow. Remind me to post in here what it is.
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The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman. So far it's better than Subtle Knife but not as good as Golden Compass.
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I have Goodkind's "Naked Empire" sitting on my bookshelf, unopened since I bought it. I haven't managed to dredge up the interest I had in that series for quite a while.
I wasn't even aware that he was up to 10 books.
Yup...
1) Wizard's First Rule
2) Stone of Tears
3) Blood of the Fold
4) Temple of the Winds
5) Soul of the Fire
6) Faith of the Fallen
7) The Pillars of Creation (only chapters worth reading are the last 2)
8) Naked Empire
9) Chainfire
10) Phantom
From everyone that I know that has read the series, Pillars is a shitty book that ONLY explains some of the things that come about in Naked Empire. Soul of the Fire has a new meaning to the series after reading Phantom though... heh.
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I finally finished the Baroque Cycle yesterday. Fabulous work. I forgot to put another book in my bag this morning so I will start the next one tomorrow. Remind me to post in here what it is.
Profoundly Disturbing--Shocking Movies That Changed History by Joe Bob Briggs
That is the book that I will be starting today. Quite a change of pace from The Baroque Cycle.
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i am reading "he's just not that into you" good book.
but if your not into the chick stuff, and you enjoy star trek "double helix" is a good series. medical stuff just wasnt/isnt my thing, but, its pretty good, after the first 3 or 4 books, it just seems to repeat itself, so dont read the wholeseries lol. but thats really good
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In the process of juggling a few titles since I'm a slow reader and I change what I'm in the mood to read a few times before finishing any given book....
The Fires of Heaven, Book 5 of the Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan
The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis
Steal This Computer Book 4.0 - Wallace Wang (Yes, I paid for it.)
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I'm reading the Alphabet of Manliness by Maddox. This guy owes me a few sodas, if you know what I mean.
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I'm reading the Alphabet of Manliness by Maddox. This guy owes me a few sodas, if you know what I mean.
Yeah, I love some of the stuff he put in that book.
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Yeah, I love some of the stuff he put in that book.
I especially love that N is for Chuck Norris.
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Next weekend I'm having an internet-book marathon (I'm borrowing 'I hope they serve beer in hell', AOM, My Tank is Fight, and maybe that Real Ultimate Power book if I can find it). Presently I'm reading the Autobiography of Malcolm X.'
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Mostly my textbooks and Psychological journal articles/ACA ethics for school (oh so exciting, the world of counseling is!), but every so often to give my brain a break I break out either Stupid Sexy Flanders and the Half-Blood Prince or Pullman's Golden Compass.
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I'm reading Incredibly Close and Extremely Loud by Johnathan Safran Foer and it is really fucking shitty. I don't even want to finish it and I probably won't.
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I'm reading The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew. It's pretty good, but not as good as The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe or Prince Caspian.
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Just finished 'Nothing's Sacred' by Lewis Black....DAMN that's good stuff.
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Just finished 'Nothing's Sacred' by Lewis Black....DAMN that's good stuff.
I bought that but haven't yet had the chance to read it. Is it really that good? If so, I can't wait...
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I bought that but haven't yet had the chance to read it. Is it really that good? If so, I can't wait...
It's very funny if you like his style (I recommend the audio book if you get the chance).
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It's very funny if you like his style (I recommend the audio book if you get the chance).
I love his style. Lewis Black is my GOD.
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I love his style. Lewis Black is my GOD.
Good stuff, then I'd advise reading/listening (my preferance) on an empty stomach because you just may lose your lunch otherwise.
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I'm reading Incredibly Close and Extremely Loud by Johnathan Safran Foer and it is really fucking shitty. I don't even want to finish it and I probably won't.
I'm not a huge 9-11 lit fan but I heard it was well-written. Not even? I'm reading a bizarro book about homeless men that are actually descendents of the lost civilization of Atlantis. About to call it quits too if it gets any worse. :x
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I'm not a huge 9-11 lit fan but I heard it was well-written. Not even? I'm reading a bizarro book about homeless men that are actually descendents of the lost civilization of Atlantis. About to call it quits too if it gets any worse. :x
That actually sounds intense...what's it called?
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I'm not a huge 9-11 lit fan but I heard it was well-written. Not even?
I suppose it's well-written in the sense that it's refreshing and different. But the actual story just kind of gets dragged along. I was really into it at the beginning and it just looses everything. I really liked Everything Is Illuminated, which is why I picked this one up, but it just doesn't do it for me.
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I suppose it's well-written in the sense that it's refreshing and different. But the actual story just kind of gets dragged along. I was really into it at the beginning and it just looses everything. I really liked Everything Is Illuminated, which is why I picked this one up, but it just doesn't do it for me.
Everything is Illuminated??? If there's a book title that looks better suited to be in the back of a Dan Brown novel, I don't know what is.
I just finished 'The Silent World' by Jacques Yves-Custeau, LXG Volume 1 (I really want 2 before three is out next month!), and a few others.
Currently I'm reading 'Terror in the name of God', which is about terrorist psychology, and very interesting.
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I'm reading "play poker like the pro's" and it sucks.
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I'm reading nothing that is hosted by triptychos, it would appear. I'm glad I decided to pay for a host for icemap.com (http://www.icemap.com). Now, I need to move Bizb.biz and my other site over to that host.
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Now I'm reading Beneath the Stones by Tori Q...it's a good story about vampires. I love vampires.
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That actually sounds intense...what's it called?
Its called Diogene's Garden by a Hungarian author named Robert Hasz. I just finished it. What a bizarro story...
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I'm reading nothing that is hosted by triptychos, it would appear. I'm glad I decided to pay for a host for icemap.com (http://www.icemap.com). Now, I need to move Bizb.biz and my other site over to that host.
Well, that explains a lot. Time to move my stuff, I guess.
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What happen? Someone set up them the bomb?
:?
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What you say?
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Network Solutions DNS is fucked so any hosting service that uses their DNS will not be able to reach their sites. Once Network Solutions solves the problem, services like Triptichos will be back up.
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Also, can't connect to my FTP server, and that connects by IP:Port. It just times out. Same with any of the Triptychos sites; they time out, but don't say the domain name can't be resolved.
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Oh noes, the chat room dies again!
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Before the Golden Age: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930s.
This has one of my favourite stories: “The Human Pets of Mars” by Leslie Frances Stone. I have only read it once before, but it had left a definite impression on me. Unfortunately, I had read it after a particularly long, grueling, miserable day at work and had been too exhausted to note the name of the story, the author, or even which book I was reading. Consequently, several weeks later when I tried to find the story again, I couldn’t.
That is, until last night when I stumbled onto it again after 14 years of searching…
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I'm reading America: the Book (teacher's edition) and I'm loving it. I'm SO great I didn't spring for the hardcover, I like it a lot more with the real footnotes.
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I'm reading America: the Book (teacher's edition) and I'm loving it. I'm SO great I didn't spring for the hardcover, I like it a lot more with the real footnotes.
I have the poster of the naked Justices on my wall ;)
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I have the poster of the naked Justices on my wall ;)
I'm considering whether to do that or not myself.
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Illium by Dan Simmons
It's kind of the Illiad set really far in the future and on the surface of Mars. The Gods are posthumans that live on Mons Olympus, the Titans are AI's that live on Jupiter's moons, etc.
I found it quite enjoyable. Starts out a little slow but picks up and keeps your brain engaged at the same time.
There's also a sequel in paperback that I plan on picking up next time I'm at the book store.
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I, Strahd: The War Against Azalin, by P.N. Elrod
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I'm one of those people that have 5-6 books on the go at once... That's just how awesome I am.
To name them, I'm semi-reading: The Bourne Identity, The Da Vinci Code, The Alphabet of Manliness, Silence of the lambs - those are the main ones that I'm going through at the moment. On the side I'm reading a Linux Administration book, PHP book, Electronics book and a Photography book.
The Bourne Identity - I'm on like page 100-120; so far, the book is really great. I've found it much more thrilling than the movie was, and as we all know, books are much more elaborate than films - which is a real bonus because it gives us a better insight to the characters and tons of other shit.
The Da Vinci Code - I suppose I really should have read the book before watching the movie. I'm around page 40-50. So far, the book hasn't really inspired me in anyway, but then again, it's early days yet.
The Alphabet of Manliness - This book is totally fricking hilarious! I've only skimmed over it, but from what I've read of it so far, it's superb!
Silence of the lambs - I haven't touched this book since the start of the summer. I'm actually quite near to the end of it, I just can't get around to finishing it off. The book itself is great. Better than the movie, IMO.
I don't really have much to say about the books on the side, other than I would really like to get them read ASAP. Once I have those books finished, I'll read my C book on the side.
Uhm, I really hope to have them ALL finished by the New Year.
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I am now reading "La Chambre" (the Room) by Françoise Chandernagor... about Louis the XVI's son who was isolated for over a year in this room after his father was decapitated. He turned into a feral child and died. It's unbelievable.
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Just finished The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fford. Now I'm reading A Perfect Spy by J.L.C., unbelievably for the first time.
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I am now reading "La Chambre" (the Room) by Françoise Chandernagor... about Louis the XVI's son who was isolated for over a year in this room after his father was decapitated. He turned into a feral child and died. It's unbelievable.
Das Zimmer.
La Stanza.
De Zaal.
El Cuarto.
部屋
Комната
Just to cover some of the other bases.
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Das Zimmer.
La Stanza.
De Zaal.
El Cuarto.
部屋
Комната
Just to cover some of the other bases.
you forgot esperanto.
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you forgot esperanto.
Yes, long ago.
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Ah, Esperanto. An even mix of conventional Spanish and Martian.
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I'm reading Buckyworks, NECRONOMICON and LXG volume 2.
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I plan to start Diamond Age later this week.
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I'm currently reading "Death Of A Darklord", by Laurell K. Hamilton (linkage (http://www.amazon.com/Darklord-Ravenloft-Covenant-Laurell-Hamilton/dp/0786941227/sr=8-1/qid=1162942444/ref=sr_1_1/103-6648585-3639859?ie=UTF8&s=books) in case anyone doesn't know what I'm talking about, which is the norm, I'm assuming).
And so far it's probably the worst book of the Ravenloft novels that I've read, and I've read most of them. I'm forcing myself to finish it, but it's going to take some work.
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She didn't sexify it, did she? I liked her Anita Blake series until she figured out that her characters could have sex and lots of it, and then that's all she wrote about.
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Just got The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey which looks awesome, I'll be starting that tonight I think if I can get the propane fumes out of here.
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I just finished "Death of a Darklord" last night. It didn't get any better. :x
She didn't sexify it, did she? I liked her Anita Blake series until she figured out that her characters could have sex and lots of it, and then that's all she wrote about.
No, I wish she had... it would have made it more interesting.
Here's my rant on this, the worst of all the Ravenloft novels I've read, and I've read some bad ones.
"Death of a Darklord" is supposed to be about Harkon Lukas, the dreaded dark power in control of the Ravenloft domain known as Kartakass.
Instead it spends 200 bloody pages developing a flat, uninteresting, and kind of tedious character named Elaine Clairn, going on for chapter after dull chapter of her self-discovery of magic of which she has oodles, and is learning how to use.
Never mind that it just conveniently appears at just the right time -- again in oodles -- to become useful to some poorly explained subplot that's never actually ever resolved.
And never mind that the methodology Hamilton goes to great lengths to describe is wholly incomprehensible in the context of what this novel is supposed to be. This book was written about Ravenloft in the AD&D universe, back in the 1990s.
Sorry Laurell, but 1st level wizards cannot cast Cure Serious Wounds spells. Nor can they cast Shield spells from a mile away. Nor do wizards just have "natural inherent magic" present in their bodies. The Ravenloft universe, like all AD&D universes, uses Vancian Magic. Arcane words and phrases and gestures are memorized and imprinted onto a wizard's brain, the casting of such spells calls forth magical energies from other planes and/or the surrounding world, thus wiping the spell from memory until rememorized.
Normally with a fantasy novel I wouldn't pick nits like that, but come on. You're writing a novel about an AD&D setting, with characters from AD&D gaming supplements, presumably with AD&D gamers as the primary if-not-only audience.
Get your fucking details straight. 90% of how you describe magic in this book is not only wrong, but absurd.
To make matters worse, after spending 3/4 of this stupid book building up this character and her mysterious and devastatingly powerful unrealistic magical powers, she drops that storyline entirely, resolves nothing, and leaves loose end after loose end, instead picking up the tail end of what the prologue -- essentially a totally unrelated plot -- left off.
What happened to Elaine? Why do her powers behave in that manner? What about Silvanus? Why can't he cast healing spells anymore if he's a high enough level cleric to RESURRECT people? Did Fredric survive? What about Gersalius? Did Silvanus' daughter rise like the other zombies in that town? Why did Tereza die? She wasn't even injured in the last scene in which she appeared... but then the next time she shows up she's a zombie? No wait, a vampire. Some sort of zombie vampire?
I have no idea.
This stuff is presumably important on SOME level, isn't it? I mean, you spent MOST OF THE STUPID BOOK describing these characters in dull, boring detail and building up to... well, nothing, apparently.
And why did Harkon Lukas live in the end? Isn't the title of the book "Death of a Darklord"????
What on earth does the title even have to do with the book? The darklord wasn't even PRESENT in the novel for more than a couple of chapters, and his involvement in the plot was never really even indicated.
</rant>
Some writers should just stick to other subject matter. :x
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So I take it you didn't like it.
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So I take it you didn't like it.
I'd advise waiting for the movie.
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At the moment I'm reading tattered InQuest back issues. Good mag. :-P
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Some writers should just stick to other subject matter. :x
Like tantric supernatural sex among various semi-bestial creatures -- and even that isn't any good these days!
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The End of Time by Haruki Murakami. The best blend of fantasy and literary realism I've found in some time.
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I just started "Quicksilver", by Neal Stephenson.
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Forensics for Dummies
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I just started "Quicksilver", by Neal Stephenson.
Loved it. I have to reread it, though, and then the other two. I didn't havce the chance to finish the second one before I vanished from where they were for a while.
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The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich
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I just started "Quicksilver", by Neal Stephenson.
I recently finished The Baroque Cycle. Amazing trilogy!
Now I'm finally reading The Diamond Age or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer.
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'Eragon', due to the movie coming out. After seeing the trailer, I figured I ought to read the book prior to seeing the movie. It's quite good, and I'm really looking forward to seeing the movie now.
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Movies rarely live up to the books. Because of this I find that I can enjoy both if I see the movie first. That way I can enjoy the movie, then read the book and really have a good time. When I do the opposite, I'm usually let down by the movie because it wasn't true to the book.
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The only movie that ever has matched the book for me was Fight Club. Presently I am gleefully reading my Subgenius stuff that has just arrived for me.
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Praise Bob!
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While on the subject, you might want to check out this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laqLtEEadzc) if you have not seen it already.
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While on the subject, you might want to check out this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laqLtEEadzc) if you have not seen it already.
Rev. Ivan...
Dude, you never told me you were ordained.
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I was ordained by the ULC years ago and have been a Pope of Discordia for longer than that, but grew tired of her bullshit so I went on over to the dark side last week. Check this out! http://youtube.com/watch?v=lkOzznp4QW0
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Why isn't this thread in the Sticky Forum?
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I wanted to keep it unsticky, that stuff is hell to wash off.
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Why isn't this thread in the Sticky Forum?
It certainly is now. Better get washing AT. :lol:
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Ohhhh yuck...it's all gooey now.
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Dude, you never told me you were ordained.
I have no recollection of doing that.
Or that pony-tail, either.
Although, I must say, those are probably my kind of people.
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I just finished a terrible book someone had recommened called A Special Relationship by Douglas Kennedy. The cover speaks for itself.
(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m50/quayar/dougkennedy-1.jpg)
but now I'm reading Family Lines by Nancy Houston. Not bad.
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The Poetry and Short Stories of Dorothy Parker (http://www.amazon.com/Poetry-Stories-Dorothy-Parker-Library/dp/0679601325/sr=8-6/qid=1166725489/ref=pd_bbs_sr_6/103-5045368-8656669?ie=UTF8&s=books)
Josh got this for me two birthdays ago and I devoured it within a week of receiving it. She's bitter and witty and self-destructive. It's fantastic.
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Kull: Exile of Atlantis by Robert E Howard (http://"http://www.amazon.com/Kull-Atlantis-Robert-E-Howard/dp/0345490177/sr=8-1/qid=1166727913/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-8555220-5051314?ie=UTF8&s=books")
It's pretty interesting to read some of the old school fantasy stuff. Plus the writing style is so different from what you get these days it's refreshing.
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I'm reading the Count of Monte Cristo right now. When I'm done with it, I'm going to tackle that "Complete Works of Poe" that's been sitting on my shelf.
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I'm reading the Count of Monte Cristo right now. When I'm done with it, I'm going to tackle that "Complete Works of Poe" that's been sitting on my shelf.
One of my favourite books of all time. You'll cry when it's over.
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I'm reading the Count of Monte Cristo right now.
The quintessential novel of pwnage. Awesome! I read it as a young lad, still prone to crushing heartbreaks and unrequited lusts and loves. Edmond Dantès fuled my fantasy life: Ah! You say that NOW, Mademoiselle -- but just wait until our 20th high school reunion: YOU WILL RUE THIS DAY!!!
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Kull: Exile of Atlantis by Robert E Howard (http://"http://www.amazon.com/Kull-Atlantis-Robert-E-Howard/dp/0345490177/sr=8-1/qid=1166727913/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-8555220-5051314?ie=UTF8&s=books")
It's pretty interesting to read some of the old school fantasy stuff. Plus the writing style is so different from what you get these days it's refreshing.
If you haven't already, you should crack open some of Howard's "Solomon Kane" stuff too. It's really excellent.
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The Widow's Son, Critical Path, BuckyWorks, Buckminster Fuller : designing for mobility, Bucky : a guided tour of Buckminster Fuller, Scams Scandals and Skulduggery, and Our Kind are all on the go presently.
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If you haven't already, you should crack open some of Howard's "Solomon Kane" stuff too. It's really excellent.
Yup I've already got that one. Thanks for the suggestion.
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Currently reading "Promise of the Witch-King" by R.A. Salvatore (Forgotten Realms)
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Over the weekend I read:
How The Grinch Stole Chrismas
Good Night Moon
Some train book
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Teach Yourself Italian, and the Book of the Subgenius again.
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Im Reading Life Of Pi, by Yann Martel. Really good book.
Also flipping through The Marvel Encyclopedia, That was a good buy.
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Currently it's Turning Points In Film History by Andrew J. Rausch which I will more than likely finish today at lunch.
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Right now I'm reading "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman.
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I'm working on:
Next
The Tao of Physics
So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish
and I'm catching up on my Scientific American magazines
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The Tao of Physics
I've read that one. I was disappointed with it. The ideas he presented were interesting, but I really had a hard time with the tone and the writing.
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Right now I'm reading "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman.
I enjoyed that one, but I know a couple of friends who didn't. Let me know what you think.
I just picked up This (http://www.amazon.com/Legend-Nightfall-Daw-Book-Collectors/dp/0886775876/sr=1-1/qid=1171459864/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-0285572-5070828?ie=UTF8&s=books) again since a sequel (http://www.amazon.com/Return-Nightfall-Mickey-Zucker-Reichert/dp/0756402751/sr=1-2/qid=1171459864/ref=pd_bbs_2/105-0285572-5070828?ie=UTF8&s=books) came out a little while ago and I just picked it up.
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Today I'm starting The 33 Strategies Of War by Robert Greene.
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I enjoyed that one, but I know a couple of friends who didn't. Let me know what you think.
I'm about halfway through it and it's definitely not bad... though I'm waiting for things to pick up a bit and get more interesting. Hopefully it does.
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I'm reading My Tank is Fight! (http://www.amazon.com/My-Tank-Fight-Zack-Parsons/dp/0806527587/sr=8-1/qid=1171480565/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-9174820-4787909?ie=UTF8&s=books) by Zack Parsons from SomethingAwful (I bought it for a friend who really likes military junk, and now it's on loan back to me). It's pretty funny, though I wish it was more in-depth.
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I'm sort of flipping through Plutarch's Lives.
I'm frankly astonished I would even consider such a thing.
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At the minute I'm reading Consider Phlebas, by Ian M. Banks. It's the first I've read of his stuff, and I'm realy liking it. As I said somewhere else though, I'm a pretty slow reader, so it's taking awhile. =P
Once I finaly get around to reading the last few pages, I'll either be moving on to Kevin Smith's Silent Bob Speaks, or another Banks Novel, Against a Dark Background.
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I'm reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...FINALLY. And I love it thus far.
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Well! It's about time!
Sheesh! :roll:
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2600 Winter edition...volume 23 (coincidence? I think not).
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I just finished Christopher Moore's "You Suck," the sequel to "Bloodsucking Fiends."
:-D
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Volume II, Book II of the Hugo Award Winners, edited and introduced by Isaac Asimov.
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I've been reading Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak quite a bit lately.
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Better brush up on your Good Night Moon.
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Oh that was so last month.
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They grow up so fast.
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A Tempest - Aime Cesaire
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell - Tucker Max
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When the Kissing Had to Stop: Cult Studs, Khmer Newts, Langley Spooks, Techno-Geeks, Video Drones, Author Gods, Serial Killers, Vampire Media, Alien Sperm Suckers, Satanic Therapists, and Those of Us Who Hold a Left-Wing Grudge in the Post-Toasties New World Hip-Hop by John Leonard
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The riot act to my boss.
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The writing on the wall.
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your mind
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Between the lines.
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your palms
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your meter
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your upc code
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you your rights
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Picked up this (http://www.amazon.com/Night-Watch-Sergei-Lukyanenko/dp/0434016098/sr=8-2/qid=1172517964/ref=pd_bbs_2/104-9815863-4367912?ie=UTF8&s=books) after seeing the movie.
I think I saw someone recommend it either on this site or HN, movie was good enough to make me want to read the book to see how much better it was. The book is pretty good. I'm enjoying the read
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Just started "The Talisman" by Stephen King and Peter Straub.
I've made several other attempts at reading this book in the past. I'm going to force myself to get further than 100 pages this time.
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Just started "The Talisman" by Stephen King and Peter Straub.
I've made several other attempts at reading this book in the past. I'm going to force myself to get further than 100 pages this time.
I know what you mean. I got 'Black House' when I got two crates full of most Stephen King books and basically everything that Dean Koontz has ever written but waited til I got Talisman to read it.
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A friend of mine recommended "A Canticle for Liebowitz" which I was assured was all kinds of awesome.
Guess what?
It is! Post-apacalypic religious overtones with an underlying message of technological reliance! A classic by all forms of the word!
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Ever read 'The Stand'?
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Picked up this (http://www.amazon.com/Night-Watch-Sergei-Lukyanenko/dp/0434016098/sr=8-2/qid=1172517964/ref=pd_bbs_2/104-9815863-4367912?ie=UTF8&s=books) after seeing the movie.
I think I saw someone recommend it either on this site or HN, movie was good enough to make me want to read the book to see how much better it was. The book is pretty good. I'm enjoying the read
The movie was interesting. Let me know how the book turns out.
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The movie was interesting. Let me know how the book turns out.
If you found the movie interesting I'd suggest picking up the book. Much better than the movie. IMO
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It's been many years since I last read it, so I'm re-reading the Bible.
I don't quite remember it being this....grim. :-(
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Genesis is pretty funny. A laundry list of all these dudes who lived to be 700 years old.
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Genesis is pretty funny. A laundry list of all these dudes who lived to be 700 years old.
It's got a little something for everbody. Mass killings, ritual sacrifices, drunken incest, hints at homobuttsexrape, polygamy...and I'm just halfway though Genesis.
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Yep, and it's in the bible so it must be good.
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Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
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Yep, and it's in the bible so it must be good.
I've always been a fan of the book of Job. Here's my summary of it.
God: Check out that guy. He really digs me.
Devil: I bet he wouldn't dig you if his life was teh sukc.
God: Sure he would.
Devil: Let me fuxx0r him and we'll see.
God: You're on! Fuxx0r away!
Devil: *fuxx0rz up Job's life*
Job: OMG! THIS SUX0RZ!
Devil: Hate God yet?
Job: (http://www.guildhaven.org/images/smilies/paranoid.gif) No....
God: See?
Devil: Huh. Well I'll be damned.
God: Why don't you kill his family while you're at it?
Devil: 'kay. *kills Job's family*
Job: OMG WHY! THIS SUX0RZ!
Devil: Hate God now?
Job: Not yet.
God: Give him boils and stuff.
Devil: Good idea! *gives Job boils and stuff*
Job: OMG THIS HURTS!
Devil: Hate God yet?
Job: No. But I'd like to go on record in saying that this really blows.
God: LOLOLZ! See? I told you. He's totally pwned.
Devil: Man, you're seriously messed up.
God: Yep. But whatcha gonna do? 8-)
Fin.
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:detta :galm
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Sunday, I picked up Sphere by Michael Crichton. I'll likely finish it tonight (4.5 hours of reading). It's a whole new world now that I'm reading faster.
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Damn good choice, you'll never see it coming.
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I just finished reading Peace, Love, and BBQ. Basically a cook book for smoking. I haven't read fiction in a long time.
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What am I reading? I'll tell you what I'm reading. I'm reading about 30 worthless fucking posts by Pyrenus where he says nothing more than "hello" or "Hi" to people that don't even fucking post on here any more.
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Yeah, isn't he clever.
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Haha, I'm so sorry.
I'm such a SQL nerd. If you start a SQL topic then I will come running.
And to come running, I needed to reach 50 posts pronto. Most of them had substance.
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If by most you mean 6 of the 25 comments that I've made today... sure.
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Meh, about half of the 20 posts I made were worthless.
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Pyrenus went postwhoring just to rack up enough posts to give him access to the Tech forum.
Good enough reason, I think.
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Double posting is the devil.
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Today I read Doc Savage 'The Other World', one of the three I got off eBay the other day. I also reread Hannibal and Fight Club, both of which kick ass.
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I'm reading the int4rn3ts!
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I'm reading about Pbsaurus reading the int4rn3ts!
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I'm re-reading "IT" by Stephen King. I think it was still the 80's when I last read this book. I've forgotten a lot of it.
I've also forgotten how creepy this book is.
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The only effective reading I get done is during my commute using tapes or CDs. I get these books on tape/CD at my local Library. I've been meaning to read a S. King book, because I never have, and think I might enjoy it. However, the titles my branch has had on the shelf are not familiar ones, so I've passed them up.
What are King's best 3 titles?
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For someone not familiar to his works, the best bet is to start with some of his earlier classics, like The Shining, Salem's Lot, and maybe The Stand.
All three of those are excellent. The Dead Zone is a really good read too.
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The Stand kicks ass, but I'd recommend IT very strongly as well. Dead Zone was the first I ever read and did that in a single sitting, it's that tood. For the first time King reader I'd recommend IT.
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My favourite is "The Marathon", "Dolan's cadillac" is the best short story. The green mile is a good one too if you have never seen the movie. The good thing about starting with King now is that you don't have to wait #%$%#%#% years for the next episode of The Dark Tower cycle. Oh and I think the English title is "Cell" , one of his latest. I enjoyed that one too.
It all depends on your taste, if you are more into horror I suggest to start with "Pet Semetary". If your taste is more normal with an odd twist I suggest "needfull things". If you are into fiction then "Marathon"is a good start. Demosthenes is a fan of his work too and I have read and own them all. Just ask for references.
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My god waiting for Dark Tower installments was a bitch. Dolan's Cadillac is pretty good, I liked the Poe references. Another good short story is The Lawnmower Man in Night Shift.
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Pyrenus went postwhoring just to rack up enough posts to give him access to the Tech forum.
Good enough reason, I think.
Which is why I'm tempted to begin deleting his posts.
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I'm reading The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams. Good times.
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I love the bit with the talking meal.
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The Stand kicks ass, but I'd recommend IT very strongly as well. Dead Zone was the first I ever read and did that in a single sitting, it's that tood. For the first time King reader I'd recommend IT.
IT is truly one of his best books, hands down... but it's a bit daunting for a first time King reader, I would think.
I know I cut my teeth on his earlier works (Carrie, The Shining, Night Shift, and Different Seasons were the first King works I read, in that order) and when I picked up IT for the first time, I think I was familiar enough with his quirks and style to make that nearly impossible to put down.
I don't know that I would have been as enthralled by IT had I read it first.
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I'm going to start reading "The Bad Popes" today. It's a look into the corruption of the early Catholic church and how many Cardinal positions were suddenly created just to increase the church's funds.
I had no idea you could buy your way to being a Cardinal. I always liked red...
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That sounds cool, I may check that one out.
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Today I'm starting The 33 Strategies Of War by Robert Greene.
Still reading it. I finished strategy 21 today and curiously there was a piece about some dude named Demosthenes.
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Still reading it. I finished strategy 21 today and curiously there was a piece about some dude named Demosthenes.
You do realize that that's just my screen name on a few forums.
Right?
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You mean you weren't alive back in the days of Philip of Macedonia?
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You mean you weren't alive back in the days of Philip of Macedonia?
Was he the one with the big hair?
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No, Meatloaf was the one who was big in Hair.
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Finished the first two Narnia books and just started the third. It's kinda fun to re-read the whole series again and catch all the religious symbolism that I totally didn't get back when I was a kid.
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Finished the first two Narnia books and just started the third. It's kinda fun to re-read the whole series again and catch all the religious symbolism that I totally didn't get back when I was a kid.
*nods*
I did the same thing last year. It's striking how blatant some of it is too, particularly in books like "The Silver Chair".
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Just finish the dark elf trilogy. Getting ready to read the next 3 books.
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i am reading emperor the gates of rome very good
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*nods*
I did the same thing last year. It's striking how blatant some of it is too, particularly in books like "The Silver Chair".
"Magician's Nephew" = Genesis
Lion Witch Wardrobe = New Testament
Horse and his boy = lol@Islam
I haven't even touched Silver Chair yet...I can just imagine what I'm in for.
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"Magician's Nephew" = Genesis
Lion Witch Wardrobe = New Testament
Horse and his boy = lol@Islam
I haven't even touched Silver Chair yet...I can just imagine what I'm in for.
Oh man... wait until you get to "The Last Battle". Nowhere in the series is the religion lain on any thicker.
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I love the donkey in the lion skin metaphor.
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Just picked up Judas Unchained by Peter F. Hamilton (http://www.amazon.com/Judas-Unchained-Peter-F-Hamilton/dp/0345461673/ref=sr_1_4/102-9963635-4184925?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176810599&sr=1-4)
He has a couple of series that I enjoy, what I'd consider Hard Science Fiction. The only problem is that has some very large casts of characters. Makes the worlds more interesting but can get confusing. You almost have to go back and re-read the earlier books to get back into the grove. He does a lot of writing about how technology will be interegrated into our lives, bodies and minds.
Good stuff.
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today at lunch I will be starting Food Politics by Marion Nestle (http://www.foodpolitics.com/)
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I've just started John Ringo's There Will be Dragons (http://www.sfsite.com/02b/tw170.htm). The friend who loaned me the book ensures me it has little to do with dragons. =P
Finished off Ian M. Banks' Consider Phlebas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consider_Phlebas) a few weeks ago. Without giving anything away, I was a little dissapointed in the abruptness of the ending. If you haven't read it and decide to one day, do note that there's a heavy appendix at the back of the book which is slightly misleading as to how much story is left.
And though barely a quarter through "The Kollian Wars" which I started last year at some point as a sequal to "Abandoned," I've just started writing a completely new story titled "The Setting Sun." I know this is about reading, not writing, but I'm psyched about the new story, so I thought I'd bring it up. =P
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I've just started John Ringo's There Will be Dragons (http://www.sfsite.com/02b/tw170.htm). The friend who loaned me the book ensures me it has little to do with dragons. =P
If you get a couple of books into the series it actually has a little to do with dragons. :wink:
I'd check out his other books, good fun military sci-fi
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Just finished Kushiel's Dart (http://www.amazon.com/Kushiels-Dart-Legacy-Jacqueline-Carey/dp/0765342987/ref=sr_1_3/103-3761684-0300647?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1177348731&sr=8-3) by Jacqueline Carey. Now I have nothing to bring on the plane to San Francisco on Wednesday. :-(
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I do 2 kinds of reading: Kind1 = books on tape/CD during commute, Kind2 = about an hour before sleep. Kind1 is limited by availability of titles at the local Library and by what's on my mind; Kind2 is something I don't always have a chance -- or want -- to do. But the last week or so I've had a good run with Kind2, which means I go to our bookshelves for material. There are many books on those shelves that I haven't read at all, some that I tried and abandoned, and a core of favorites from long ago. This last week I've been mining that core, and re-reading Nero Wolfe stories pretty much in chronological order.
Rex Stout absolutely kicked ass.
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Just finished Kushiel's Dart (http://www.amazon.com/Kushiels-Dart-Legacy-Jacqueline-Carey/dp/0765342987/ref=sr_1_3/103-3761684-0300647?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1177348731&sr=8-3) by Jacqueline Carey. Now I have nothing to bring on the plane to San Francisco on Wednesday. :-(
Pick up the second book in the series. Assuming you liked the first one.
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Just started The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan and it's pretty good so far.
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Just started The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan and it's pretty good so far.
I loved that book. In fact, I need to remember to pick up a copy of that for my personal library. I read a friend's copy several years back and it definitely belongs on my shelf.
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Pick up the second book in the series. Assuming you liked the first one.
I've read them all except Scion. :)
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I am currently reading:
The Illiad
Paradise Lost
The Art of War
and Peopleware
I'll read The Odyssey after I finish the Illiad.
Books I recantly read:
Just for fun
Nightwork a History of Panks and Hacks at MIT
Utopia
The Prince
Beowulf
Books I own and have not read completly:
Flow
The design of everyday things
The paradox of choice
The Cathedral and the Bazaar
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Picked up Tin Man and Feet of Clay today, I need some fiction to balance out all the evolution and hax0ring stuff I've been into lately.
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I finished with The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists: A Novel (http://www.amazon.com/Pirates-Adventure-Scientists-Novel/dp/0375423214/ref=sr_1_3/103-4340940-2095048?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1177606032&sr=1-3) about a week ago. Definitely worth it. I'm thinking about moving onto The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists: A Novel (http://www.amazon.com/Pirates-Adventure-Communists-Novel/dp/0375423974/ref=sr_1_1/103-4340940-2095048?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1177606032&sr=1-1) next.
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The Baroque Cycle has pirates in it.
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The Eldarn Sequence
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Just finished "Confessions of a Shopaholic" (total chick-lit) and am now reading "Cell" by King.
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I read a bit of that in Entertainment Weekly, it seems cool.
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i'm currently working on The End of Faith by Sam Harris.
it's quite good, but i've noticed a few flaws in his logic.
The Baroque Cycle has pirates in it.
i've only read The Confusion but it was damned good. Stephenson's books haven't come close to boring me yet.
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Finished Dearly Devoted Dexter last night (apparently I read at approximately 1 page/min.) in a single sitting, it kicks even more ass than the first since it isn't really connected to the show that I've already seen, save for a few elements. Now I'm back to Telecommunications Essentials.
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Just picked up and haven't started reading Day Watch (http://www.amazon.com/Day-Watch-Sergei-Lukyanenko/dp/1401360203/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-8122980-7573747?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1179343778&sr=1-1) yet,
Which is a sequel to Night Watch (http://www.amazon.com/Night-Watch-Novel-Sergei-Lukyanenko/dp/1401359795/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b/102-8122980-7573747?ie=UTF8&qid=1179343778&sr=1-1) which was great. There is also a movie of the same name available on netflix.
The movie was recommended either here or back on HN by someone and it wasn't bad. The book is much, much better. I think a Day Watch movie is also due out soon. The trailer is up at Quicktime.
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Started 'NO LOGO' today.
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I'm reading "Written on the Body" by Jeanette Winterson. Pretty interesting so far.
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Just finished Frankenstein by Mary Shelly.
Did not like.
Romanticists are just not my cup of tea, I suppose.
Victor was such a goddam useless weenie.
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Just finished Frankenstein by Mary Shelly.
Did not like.
Romanticists are just not my cup of tea, I suppose.
Victor was such a goddam useless weenie.
Cuncurs, the whole thing was pretty lame and that little sub-plot was unbelievable and stupid/
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So Mary is sitting there in a boat with Byron or Shelly or someone, languidly dipping her elegant fingers into the slow dark waters, musing thusly:
"Let me see... The Creature is created complete in form and endowed with a natural ability to survive in the wild; yes, that will fly. He also immediately possesses the capacity for speech and the most profound mental analyses, but, to be believable, must at the same time be completely ignorant of any language with which to form thoughts and communicate. So far so good. Now... By what means may I contrive to grant him the ability to speak and understand? Hmmm... Wait! I have it! He hides out in some kind of shed or lean-to or something attached to a cabin and spies through a peephole upon its inhabitants! And the inhabitants are... wait, I've got it... I've got it... Exiles from Paris, because the patriarch of this family defended an Arab, you see, who was mercilessly persecuted by the French for being a Muslim, so the old French guy helps the Arab escape, and as a result his whole family has to flee Paris and live in a cabin somewhere far away, and then the Arab guy's daughter, who is in love with the young man of the French family, leaves her Arab dad because she decides being an Islamic woman totally blows, so she becomes a Christian and finds the young French man in exile, and after she shows up out of the blue the French family takes her in and... THAT'S IT! They teach her how to speak French while the monster spies on them and learns along with her!!!"
Exhausted, Mary succumbs to fever for 3 months, and when she recovers Byron or Shelly or whoever says, "That's all very well and good, my dear sweet sensitive wonderful &c. Mary, but how will you explain the device by which Frankenstein is able to create such a creature in the first place?"
"Oh, my dear Byron or Shelly or whoever, I am far to weakened by the rigors of my previous torturous plot twist to even begin to contemplate such devices. Suffice it to say that it is so horrible a secret that none dare whisper the merest hint of its nature. Yes. Yes. I believe that will work admirably."
Sheesh. At least in the movie version we had some kind of explanation of how Frankenstein did it, and they skipped the whole Arabian Nights thing (which, I believe, is the sub-plot you refer to, is it not, my dear Agent-Tachyon?).
Great. Now I'll be talking and writing like an 18-century fop for WEEKS.
It occurs to me, however, that the French Arabian sub-plot does mesh with an overall theme of the story. Frankenstein and the old French guy both sacrifice their families' well-being for what they decide is a higher cause. Arrogant, self-righteous weenies. PFUI!
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I am reading an "English" book called Från jorden till månen".... well its not english I guess
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So Mary is sitting there in a boat with Byron or Shelly or someone, languidly dipping her elegant fingers into the slow dark waters, musing thusly:
"Let me see... The Creature is created complete in form and endowed with a natural ability to survive in the wild; yes, that will fly. He also immediately possesses the capacity for speech and the most profound mental analyses, but, to be believable, must at the same time be completely ignorant of any language with which to form thoughts and communicate. So far so good. Now... By what means may I contrive to grant him the ability to speak and understand? Hmmm... Wait! I have it! He hides out in some kind of shed or lean-to or something attached to a cabin and spies through a peephole upon its inhabitants! And the inhabitants are... wait, I've got it... I've got it... Exiles from Paris, because the patriarch of this family defended an Arab, you see, who was mercilessly persecuted by the French for being a Muslim, so the old French guy helps the Arab escape, and as a result his whole family has to flee Paris and live in a cabin somewhere far away, and then the Arab guy's daughter, who is in love with the young man of the French family, leaves her Arab dad because she decides being an Islamic woman totally blows, so she becomes a Christian and finds the young French man in exile, and after she shows up out of the blue the French family takes her in and... THAT'S IT! They teach her how to speak French while the monster spies on them and learns along with her!!!"
Sheesh. At least in the movie version we had some kind of explanation of how Frankenstein did it, and they skipped the whole Arabian Nights thing (which, I believe, is the sub-plot you refer to, is it not, my dear Agent-Tachyon?).
Indeed, the whole thing was quite convoluted and did offend both my literary tastes and bowels. I suppose I was expecting more because of all the Frankensteinian awesomeness I've come to expect in every other media save the source.
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I'm reading The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe by Douglas Adams
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For the first time?
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Yep
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Gosh. That's like finding a whole cornchip in the bottom of the bag. Or a C-note in a pair of pants you haven't worn in years. Or... or... Gosh.
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Yeah back when those books came out I was in a long non-fiction phase and eschewed all the popular works of fiction. I finally read HHGTTG in 2005 after I saw the movie (that way the movie was more enjoyable). Now I need to read the rest. But since then I've done Baroque Cycle and Diamond Age, plus a bunch of others that have been in my queue. Too many good books to read, too little time.
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Abbey Normal.
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I'm reading Anarchism: Political innocence or social violence? and The Silent World (again, it kicks ass).
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I am currently reading Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut. It is probaly one of the most interesting books I've read in a while. I never really got into reading Kurt Vonnegut's books until I learned of his death. Hopefully over the summer I can read more of his fine works of literature.
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Check out Harrison Burgeron if you get the chance. It's about the only thing he wrote that I recall reading, but it kicks ass.
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Yesterday I started reading How We Eat: Appetite, Culture, and the Psychology of Food by Leon Rappoport (http://www.amazon.com/How-We-Eat-Appetite-Psychology/dp/1550225634/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-9183110-4032743?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181089603&sr=8-1)
Interesting read so far.
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The last thing I read in that vein was something by Marvin Minsky(i?) about cannibalism.
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Last night, I read a great movie. Yes, read a movie. This was the second movie I've read in the past month. The first was Pan's Labyrinth. (http://www.blockbuster.com/catalog/movieDetails/265150) Last night's movie was Delicatessen.
http://www.blockbuster.com/catalog/movieDetails/8683
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101700/
I'd recommend it.
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Reading only counts if its out of a genuine book. Anything else is just amusement or browsing.
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Says you.
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Today I'm re-reading Fight Club for probably the 20th or so time...it just won't stop getting better.
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You know they have a movie right?
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OMFG NO WAY! I'M GOING TO RENT IT NOW
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I can burn you a copy of mine and send it in the mail to save you the trouble. It'll be just like netflix.
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Thanks but I've already got a copy, I was kidding. I've seen the movie at least twelve times.
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I just finished "Cell" by Stephen King.
I've moved on to "The Color Of Magic" by Terry Pratchett.
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"The Alphabet of Manliness" by Maddox.
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It kicks ass, though I thought it was a bit below him to include Chuck Norris.
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It kicks ass, though I thought it was a bit below him to include Chuck Norris.
Yeah, but the chapter on boners totally makes up for it.
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I like the bit about dangerously contaminated photons bouncing off dicks in the bathroom into one's eyes.
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Read "My tank is fight!" yesterday, it kicks ass.
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It took me a little over a friggin week, but I've finished re-reading the first six Stupid Sexy Flanders books. I'm prepping for the final book next month.
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I haven't read any of them. I guess I should do that one of these days. Sandy has them all, so I really have no excuse. I've seen all the movies so far though. Maybe that's it. I don't want to ruin the movies by reading the books first.
Anyway today I'm starting Weird California (http://www.amazon.com/Weird-California-Greg-Bishop/dp/1402733844). Yeah, I know that's redundant....
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I just finished "Steal this book" (I did). It's a little amusing and sad to hear quite how psyched he was about his doomed revolution.
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Double posting is COOL!
Now reading "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau, strongly recommended to me by my comrades Dr. King and M. Ghandi.
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Love Thoreau. That one was great as was Walden.
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Fallen - Warren Ellis (i just picked up the TPB today)
Meditations - Marcus Aurelius (break time book)
Shame - Salman Rushdie (lunch time book)
Roller Girl - Melicious (when i'm doing laps at the rink book)
The Elegant Universe - Brian Greene (at home book)
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The Godmakers by Frank Herbert
There was a big used book sale near me and I found a few old Sci Fi out of print paperbacks.
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currently I'm reading Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks and Digital Fortress by Dan Brown,
along with subtitles, forums posts, the keys on the keyboard, the intructions on the shampoo bottle.....
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Digital fortress was the last straw for Dan Brown in my book. I've read three of his books now, and they've been the SAME DAMN BOOK, right down to the end plot twist.
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I'm reading Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King. It's a very good book, if a bit out of his style.
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That's the one with King Roland isn't it?
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Death Masks by Jim Butcher, number 5 in the Dresden Files. Very entertaining books, great tv show...why sci fi canceled that and kept on Painkiller Jane, I do not understand. I also recently read the first (and as of now, only) 3 books in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordin. They're kids' books which ups the awesome factor on them. I think Riordin was (or maybe is...?) a middle school teacher and a mystery writer, which explains his style and understanding of middle school kids. Pretty good stuff.
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Honestly, how much was the da Vinci code a crap, crap book.
Possibly, the most overrated novel in modern history.
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That's the one with King Roland isn't it?
Yes, it is. I love that guy, even though I'm pretty sure I'm not supposed to.
This is actually my second time reading the book.
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I should read that one, I've finished the Dark Tower and I hear that it ties in somehow.
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I've never read the Dark Tower, but I can tell you even if it doesn't tie in, Eyes of the Dragon is definitely a book worth reading.
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The Souls of Black Folk
W.E.B. Du Bois
If you know anything about Du Bois you might have guessed this book is very intellectual. What I mean by that is I stop and say "What?" after reading for a few minutes.
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I've never read the Dark Tower, but I can tell you even if it doesn't tie in, Eyes of the Dragon is definitely a book worth reading.
The Dark Tower is dangerous because if you read it, you'll inevitably end up reading pretty much every other book he's ever written.
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Just finished Interface by Neal Stephenson and his uncle. Now I'm reading The Poisonwood Bible.
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The Fog of War: Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara by James G. Blight & janet M. Lang
Based on an Academy Award winning film by Errol Morris...I myself haven't seen the film, but the book is captivating.
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Just finished "Plato and a Platypus walk into a bar" a few days after getting it.
Now on to "Introducing Nietzsche".
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The Immortalists: Charles Lindbergh, Dr. Alexis Carrel and their daring quest to live forever
So far, it's FUCKING AMAZING.
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I just ordered it.
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You, Sir, are in for a TREAT.
I remembered they had a connection and even co-authored a book on organ transplants but it always seemed so strange. I mean, Charles Lindbergh? This is really filling a lot of historical gaps for me.
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I just finished this cool book about how Houdini was a spy for the Secret Service (maybe it was the former OSS as well actually), and it was pretty sweet.
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Sounds cool. What's it called and I'll pick it up on my next run to the book store. ^_^
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The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
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Sounds cool. What's it called and I'll pick it up on my next run to the book store. ^_^
"The Secret Life of Houdini, The Making of America's First Superhero". I got it on CD.
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I appear to be reading a website called Geekforum.org.....
/sarcasm
sorry, I probably shouldn't be sarcastic on my second post, but it's only true :roll:
/J
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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt - Edmund Morris
This will be followed up with Theodore Rex by the same man as soon as I finish. Seriously, Theodore Roosevelt was a fucking BAD ASS.
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Just finished the Halo novel Contact Harvest. It's pretty decent and tells the story of first contact with the Covenant and how the war started.
Currently reading Trouble Magnet by Alan Dean Foster. The latest in his Flinx of the Commonwealth novels.
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God Emporer of Dune by Frank Herbert - awesome series
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The October Country by Ray Bradbury.
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The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Finally finished it. Great book. Now I'm reading Water For Elephants.
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Making Money by Terry Pratchett
His entire Discworld series is good I highly recommend it
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Making Money by Terry Pratchett
His entire Discworld series is good I highly recommend it
I didn't know it was published. Thanks for the info. I just downlo... err, obtained a copy, and now i'm reading it.
When i'll see it in a bookstore i'll probably buy it, i like Pratchett very much and have the entire Discworld series.
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The Portrait of a Lady. Well trying to anyway. It has been on the bedside table for so long, I'm beginning to think it's part of the decor.
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Hi xandy. We appreciate it when new people follow the accepted customs of the site by creating an introductory thread and telling us a bit about themselves.
Please make us happy.
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God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
Finished it, great book, good perspective.
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Water for Elephants was nice. Now I'm reading Peace Like A River by Leif Enger. So far so good.
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Read, about a month ago, "A Darwinian Left"... good stuff. (It's short, but I used it in a discussion I led at the Phil Club about Human Nature.)
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Loved that movie. Kaufman is one of my favourite script writers.
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I'm going to read some Vonnegut (http://www.dailylit.com/home) for free. Thanks Ivan for the author and thanks Springwise for the link.
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I'm currently reading The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger. It's quite the read!
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I picked up Steven Colbert's I am America! (And so can you!) last night and really like it so far.
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I hear the CD version is really good, I'm waiting for it.
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God Emporer of Dune by Frank Herbert - awesome series
Yeah, so far, so good! Im reading the first book, Dune, and have about 50pages to go... Been reading all day though, so Im taking a bit of a break. :-)
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I just started reading The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. I also finished 2BR02B, so I need to sign up for another on dailylit.
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dark at the roots by sarah thyre.
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An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude by Ann Vanderhoof (http://www.amazon.com/Embarrassment-Mangoes-Caribbean-Interlude/dp/0767914279/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201093832&sr=8-1)
Just got back from staying in a vacation home in St John and it was a book at the house that I started. When I got home had to go pick it up.
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the day of the locust by nathanael west. finally. my brother gave it to me at least ten years ago, and it's been on my to-read list ever since, but only now have i actually gotten around to picking it up.
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Just finished a Hunter S. Thompson binge (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hell's Angels, The Rum Diary).
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Yo.
I've been reading Gates of Fire, by Stephen Pressfield.
It's a great book.
Much advisitorialship.
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Word dawg.
Now make with the funny or get out.
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Yo.
I've been reading Gates of Fire, by Stephen Pressfield.
It's a great book.
Much advisitorialship.
who are you? :?
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Patricia Cornwell - At Risk My mams anurse, otherwise iwouldn't have gotten into this author, I was bang into Jeffery Deaver before hand.
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Maybe you should be reading a manual on how to fix PCs.
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Maybe you should be reading a manual on how to fix PCs.
:lol:
Right now been rereading Rich Dad Poor Dad
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Maybe you should be reading a manual on how to fix PCs.
Thanks but no thanks they always send me bong eyed and then to sleep, I think i've got the problem sussed anyways.
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The Tom Cruise Biography.
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Finished The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. Excellent read. Buy it now!
Just started The Cobweb by Neal Stephenson and J. Frederick George
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at work: uncle john's monumental bathroom reader
at home: still reading (very, very slowly) the day of the locust
in between classes at school: a drinking companion: alcohol and the lives of writers by kelly boler (incredibly fascinating and definitely worth reading, but a warning: there are a ridiculous amount of grammatical and spelling errors in this book; it's distracting at times.) and mental floss's forbidden knowledge
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Thanks but no thanks they always send me bong eyed and then to sleep, I think i've got the problem sussed anyways.
Know what makes ME bong eyed?
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I picked up John Stewart's Naked Pictures of Famous People about 6 months ago, and now I'm finally reading it. Pretty funny, especially "Martha Stewart's Vagina."
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I just started the Riftwar Saga series, by Raymond E. Feist. It seems a bit like generic fantasy to me, nothing special so far. We'll see.
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The Templar Legacy
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I just started the Riftwar Saga series, by Raymond E. Feist. It seems a bit like generic fantasy to me, nothing special so far. We'll see.
I've changed my mind! I wouldn't recommend it to others yet, but it's good enough to have been overly eager to grab the next books in the series. The storyline so far isn't original-- then again, how it is possible to be original in fantasy?-- typical underdog hero, somehow mixed into a perilous quest to save the world, blah, blah, blah. But what I really enjoy is how it's written. The characters have so much depth, and it's not overly detailed and dry like fantasy writers tend to get sometimes. Either way, I've barely been able to put down the books, which is a good indication it's good since I get bored so easily.
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Finished Cobweb yesterday. Not Stephenson's best, but still a nice read.
Starting The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver today in a few minutes.
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The Proud Highway by Hunter S. Thompson.
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Just finished Feast of Souls (http://www.amazon.com/Feast-Souls-Book-Magister-Trilogy/dp/0756404630/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206531703&sr=1-1) by C.S. Friedman. A very good book. She does a good job with layering a story. You think you've got things figured out and a layer is pulled back and more things are revealed, or hinted at anyway. I'd also recommend her Coldfire trilogy. (http://www.amazon.com/Black-Sun-Rising-Coldfire-Trilogy/dp/B000H2M42I/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206531703&sr=1-3)
Edit: When fetching those links I found some information about the Kindle. (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FI73MA/ref=amb_link_6369712_2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=1CF5E63VEX9WFQB5DGGF&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=375463101&pf_rd_i=507846) I'd read a Newsweek article and was pretty intrigued. Has anyone here handled or tried one? As a pretty heavy reader the thought of being able to download books in a minute from anywhere is very interesting... especially for when I travel.
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I like turning the pages and showing off the books on my bookshelves. I don't think I could do the kindle. I don't even like reading anything that long on a computer.
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I like turning the pages and showing off the books on my bookshelves. I don't think I could do the kindle. I don't even like reading anything that long on a computer.
I agree with wanting to hold the book.
However the Kindle screen is supposed to be easier on the eyes, plus I like the thought that I could travel with many books and not take up tons of space.
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I'm reading Howl's moving Castle by Dianna Wynne Jones. I saw the movie first, and I really loved it and thought it would make a good book. and it did happen to be a book, so now I'm reading it :-). It's very good so far in my oppinion.
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I started "Cell" by Steven King. It's....different.
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I started "Cell" by Steven King. It's....different.
I was disappointed with it at first, and from about the halfway point on I was fairly hooked.
It's not particularly original or groundbreaking, but I found it engrossing and definitely enjoyed it.
I'm a huge George Romero fan though, so that probably helped.
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I'm currently reading You Can Negotiate Anything by Herb Cohen and 1984 by George Orwell.
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Bought a Playboy for the first time in a long time yesterday. I had almost forgot there were more articles than pictures, but the Jenna Fischer interview was pretty good. I'm thinking about renewing my subscription.
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If you were a real man, you'd subscribe to Hustler.
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playboy has never done anything for me. it's so.. mild.
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uncle john's bathroom reader plunges into music
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Finished Cobweb yesterday. Not Stephenson's best, but still a nice read.
Starting The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver today in a few minutes.
Finished The Bean Trees on Tuesday, started Pigs In Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver which continues the story of Taylor and Turtle. Good stuff :detta:
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Armed Madhouse: From Baghdad to New Orleans - Sordid Secrets & Strange Tales of a White House Gone Wild, by Greg Palast.
Long title, but an interesting read. All of the things make sense so far, but I am torn on how much to believe.
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If you were a real man, you'd subscribe to Hustler.
If he were a real man, he'd make his OWN pr0n.
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I just started Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer today. I know, I should have seen the movie first so I could at least enjoy the movie, but with the monster taking up all my time, I only see a movie bimonthly (that means six a year for those of you not versed in my native tongue)
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http://www.abyssandapex.com/index.html
This.
In my spare time, since I don't seem to have enough to read a book these days.
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I just started Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer today. I know, I should have seen the movie first so I could at least enjoy the movie, but with the monster taking up all my time, I only see a movie bimonthly (that means six a year for those of you not versed in my native tongue)
i read that several years ago at the urging of a friend. even though it's not even remotely something i'd even consider picking up on my own, i remember enjoying it very much.
i just starting reading honeymoon with my brother by franz wisner.
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What am I reading? Not vampire's posts. That's for certain.
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I finished "Shards of Honour" by Lois McMaster Bujold the other night when I couldn't sleep.
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I started re-reading Robert Silverberg's "Majipoor" trilogy recently. I last read it back in high school and I've forgotten how good it is. I just finished Lord Valentine's Castle and I started Valentine Pontifex yesterday.
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I just started Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. I've never read it before.
I just finished The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. I really enjoyed it.
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I just started Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. I've never read it before.
I just finished The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. I really enjoyed it.
The Dirk Gently books rock.
And I just looked up that other book, which sounds really good. Unfortunately the wiki-pedia entry contains some spoilers when detailing the story and plot. :-(
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I'm nearly finished Thanks For The Memories by Cecelia Ahern, it's easy going fluff!
And The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime is an awesome book!! (So is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightdress)
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i thought the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime sucked.
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Rereading A Game of Thrones right now. Ah, George R.R. Martin, marry me.
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Rereading A Game of Thrones right now. Ah, George R.R. Martin, marry me.
That's a pretty good series. I was pretty impressed with how willing he has been through the whole series not to bend from the dictates of the story.
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Rereading A Game of Thrones right now. Ah, George R.R. Martin, marry me.
Totally read that as Gnome of Thrones.
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Totally read that as Gnome of Thrones.
hahaha, well done.
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when you are engulfed in flames by david sedaris.
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Right now I am reading the second book in "The First Law" series. It's called "Before They Are Hanged". Very good read. Trying to read it slow cause I still can't get a straight answer as to whether or not the third book is out yet or not.
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I hate that about trilogies or series books. Waiting up to a year or more between volumes can suck.
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the last couple of books i read: The Alchemist, Slaughter-house five, Catcher in the Rye, and some other thing i forgot that was written bye that guy that wrote "the grapes of wrath"
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the last couple of books i read: The Alchemist, Slaughter-house five, Catcher in the Rye, and some other thing i forgot that was written bye that guy that wrote "the grapes of wrath"
of mice and men?
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yeah, thats it. its not that im stupid or have a very short attention span but all in all the fact that the author is able to take a great idea and fully materialize it within a short book is a huge reason why im a fan of Stienbeck
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I liked that book alot.
I finished Wicked and now I'm reading The Summons by John Grisham.
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when you are engulfed in flames by david sedaris.
i would just like to say that, for the first time in my life, i am not so impressed with david sedaris's work. this book just isn't holding my attention. :|
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I just started reading "A Game of Thrones" by George R. R. Martin (book 1 of 7 in the A Song of Ice and Fire series). Only about 10 chapters in, I read slow >_>...
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I just started reading "A Game of Thrones" by George R. R. Martin (book 1 of 7 in the A Song of Ice and Fire series). Only about 10 chapters in, I read slow >_>...
That's an awesome series, and reading slow isn't a bad thing. By the time you're done with book 5, the other two might actually be out. :-)
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Having finally finished my Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy tome, I've decided to take a break from the series before starting Mostly Harmless and instead am reading Potato Queen. The reason why I am not going forward with Mostly Harmless is because So Long and Thanks for all the Fish made very little sense to me.
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Hitchhikers Guide is a classic. Well I am finally done reading some stupid girl novels (The Twlight Series and the Posion Study series) and I have started my first grapic novel- "The Watchman"
Anyone here read it? Its pretty cool, I am not sure if i am the comic book type though.
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Finished The Summons. That was pretty good.
Now I'm reading State of Fear by Michael Crichton.
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Finished The Summons. That was pretty good.
Now I'm reading State of Fear by Michael Crichton.
I enjoyed State of Fear, though it got some real bashing from the science community.
I'm now working on Next by the same author.
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What's next?
ahahahahaha... ha
heh.
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I just finished the War and Peace by Dostoyevsky series by Stephanie Meyer, and now I'm reading Piratica by Tanith Lee.
Also, I'm back.
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I'm now reading John Dies at the End. It's entertaining ^^
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I started reading an edited anthology of Conan stories. I believe that title is Conan the Swordsman.
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currently reading The Acid House by Ivine Welsh. Great book.
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Am going to start 'Strip City' by Lily Burana. I'm not too sure I'll like it, if not I'll be attacking 'How to Lose Friends and Alienate People'!
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I got my Subterranean Press edition of Project Moonbase and Others (http://www.subterraneanpress.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=heinlein&Category_Code=PRE&Product_Count=15) today.
Can't wait to start reading that.
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I'm just about finished with Prodigal Summer By Barbara Kingsolver. Before that was Zodiac by Stephenson. Before that was Into the Wild by Krakauer. I think that covers my absence.
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Finished reading Across the Face of the World (http://www.amazon.com/Across-Face-World-Heaven-Trilogy/dp/0316003417/ref=pd_sim_b_1) by Russell Kirkpatrick. It was pretty meh.
Just didn't catch me. It was kind of like reading a lonely planet travel guide for a fantasy world.
"when traveling on the westroad through Firuane be sure to stop and enjoy the step falls ....."
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Now I'm starting You Know Where to Find Me by Rachel Cohn (http://yaarc.blogspot.com/2007/09/you-know-where-to-find-me-by-rachel.html).
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I've had alot of time to read while I've been in Germany.
The first book that I read while I was here was "Pillars of The Earth" by Ken Follet. Great book, very long. I loved it.
The second book I read was "Surely You're Joking! Mr. Feynman!" by Richard P. Feynman. Another great book, even if you don't like physics. It was very funny.
My flight tomorrow back to the states is 12 hours total. Including a 2 hour layover in Frankfurt. So I picked up "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson. Another great science book.
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The second book I read was "Surely You're Joking! Mr. Feynman!" by Richard P. Feynman. Another great book, even if you don't like physics. It was very funny.
I've been contemplating buying that one.
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'The Celestine Prophecy'. It's quite the read.
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The color purple by Alice Walker
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Just finished Hank Zipzer: The Life Of Me by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver. Kick ass book. Now I'm going to read the whole series. Can't wait until Ian is old enough to read these.
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Recently finished Outbound Flight by Timothy Zahn and Sharper Than A Serpent's Tooth by Simon R. Green.
Just stuck my nose inside of The Rising by LaHaye & Jenkins.
Adding The Origin of the Universe by John D. Barrow to my 'processing' list as soon as I am home once more.
Though, I really want to start Day By Day Armageddon by J. L. Bourne.
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Right now I'm almost finished reading Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Dangerous-Mind-Chuck-Barris/dp/0786888083/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216743166&sr=8-2), the "Unauthorized Autobiography" of Chuck Barris.
I was a bit surprised; Barris is a much better writer than I had expected. It's witty, fast moving, hilarious in parts, and very tense and violent in others. I highly recommend it.
After this I might be going towards Robert Silverberg again, since I discovered that he wrote several more Majipoor novels in the 1990s.
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I'm on Prince Caspian
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At the moment I'm reading a collection of poems by a danish guy called Dan Turrél. The collection is called "Storby Trilogien".
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Right now I'm almost finished reading Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Dangerous-Mind-Chuck-Barris/dp/0786888083/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216743166&sr=8-2), the "Unauthorized Autobiography" of Chuck Barris.
I was a bit surprised; Barris is a much better writer than I had expected. It's witty, fast moving, hilarious in parts, and very tense and violent in others. I highly recommend it.
After this I might be going towards Robert Silverberg again, since I discovered that he wrote several more Majipoor novels in the 1990s.
Loved the movie. Haven't read the book
Right now I've just started When You Are Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris
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The book's great. Clooney did a great job capturing its essence in the film, as did Kaufman's screenplay. The book's very funny though.
Since I'm doing spy research lately, I figured I'd go straight from that to Escape From the CIA (http://www.amazon.com/Escape-CIA-Lost-Important-Defect/dp/0671726641/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216927795&sr=8-1) by Ronald Kessler. It's not bad so far.
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Right now I've just started When You Are Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris
don't waste your time. compared to his other books, this one blows big time.
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The book's great. Clooney did a great job capturing its essence in the film, as did Kaufman's screenplay. The book's very funny though.
Since I'm doing spy research lately, I figured I'd go straight from that to Escape From the CIA (http://www.amazon.com/Escape-CIA-Lost-Important-Defect/dp/0671726641/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216927795&sr=8-1) by Ronald Kessler. It's not bad so far.
Tom Clancy's spy books are good. I read The Cardinal Of The Kremlin in high school and I really enjoyed it.
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I've been contemplating buying that one.
Buy it, and also What Do You Care What Other People Think? The books are not just funny, but also profound and moving. The second half of What Do You Care... is about the Rogers Commision's investigation of the Challenger disaster. Awesome disection of government bureaucracy in action.
You don't have to buy them to read them. I listened to them on CD from the library during my commute. That's the only chance I have to read. Make sure you get an unabridged version.
Currently listening to Heat (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/28/books/review/28reed.html?ex=1306468800&en=0339dac852fd8a78&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss) by Bill Buford. (<--------------put on your list, PbSaurus)
Mario Batali makes Tony Bourdain look like a winging sissy.
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Now I'm reading Nicholas Meyer's The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (http://www.amazon.com/Seven-Per-Cent-Solution-Reprint-Reminiscences-Watson/dp/B000IX3HVS/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217977071&sr=8-6). I read it ages ago and found a nice first edition hardcover copy of it last year that I picked up for cheap at a used bookstore.
For a Sherlock Holmes fan, it's a must-read.
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For a Sherlock Holmes fan, it's a must-read.
Yes, if only because it's the only legitimate story in which Holmes actually says the words "Elementary, my dear Watson."
IIRC, that is.
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The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank
Going to Amsterdam on the 21st!
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The Elfish Gene by Mark Barrowcliffe. It's an advance reading copy set to be published in November of this year, I believe.
I hiiiighly recommend it. I'm sure the topic is near and dear to many of us.
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I just finished reading "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson. It was good, I learned a ton of utterly useless facts that I would otherwise be perfectly fine without. My only complaint about it is that a great deal of the book was spent discussing biology, evolution, taxology, and other strange topics that are not math and physics and are therefore not very appealing to me. Very educational though, and it certainly seemed to cover nearly every topic imaginable.
I decided to read through The Guide again, and dusted off my copy of "The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy" and read that again. I think after this I might read some work by Isaac Asimov, I had read his short story "The Last Question" and it really turned me on to his work.
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The Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri.
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The Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri.
Doing so also. Just flipped it open yesterday as a matter of fact.
I just finished Day By Day Armageddon by J. L. Bourne - which I definately liked. I've decided to take a peak into The Race For God by Brian Herbert, though so far it seems like slow work.
Slightly random query: Does anyone here read the Johnny the Homicidal Maniac comics?
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Just started reading The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman.
Not bad, so far. I like his writing style.
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Now that I'm a lot older, I'm re-reading The Bible and have made it to Leviticus so far.
How should I put this...now don't get me wrong, I'd like to think that I'm something of a devout kinda guy, but ARE YOU INSANE? You want us to do WHAT?
OT God is hardcore. :|
Just started reading The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman.
Not bad, so far. I like his writing style.
I hear that book has pissed off some religious groups because they say it's all GODLESS ATHEIST BRAINWASHING. (These groups just fucking completely buried the irony needle btw) I'm curious why they'd get such an idea.
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I've studied the Bible extensively in several different translations. Leviticus is some straight-up gangsta shit yo.
So is Job. Job severely messed with my head when I read it as a younger Demosthenes.
Think of it. The very concept of an all-powerful deity essentially having a dialogue with himself about how harshly he can flog one of his most faithful worshippers to see if the poor little critter cracks under the pressure.
Whiskey tango foxtrot.
Seriously.
And people teach this stuff to CHILDREN!????
(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/smilies/crazy2.gif) (http://www.guildhaven.org/images/smilies/huh2.gif)
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Sorry, but this is the first thing that popped into my mind.
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That wasn't by accident, my friend. 8-)
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I almost baled on TDC somewhere around Canto XIII on account of tedium.
But then I retold some of the story to some friends, and was amused. Some of it is pretty funny, at least to modern sensibilities. So I have to finish it just to decide for myself whether Alighieri was dead serious or pulling a fast one. Maybe, just maybe, he was havin a lawf.
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I've wondered the same thing in the past when I've read it.
He was quite the poet, when it comes down to it; could be he was just elaborately pulling everyone's leg.
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Finished up Next. Pretty good. Makes me wonder just how much of my body is owned by a bio-gen company.
Moving onto In the Time of Butterflies for school, should prove to be a boring book imo.
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I'm slightly annoyed that my supervisor cracked down on reading at work. Apparently we aren't allowed to read other than when we're on lunch break. :|
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Finished up Next. Pretty good. Makes me wonder just how much of my body is owned by a bio-gen company.
I'm going to try to read Next next. If I can find it on CD.
I just finally read Stupid Sexy Flanders and the Sorcerer's Stone. I don't get the end when Dumbledorf tells Harry that only someone who was trying to FIND the stone could actually find it and that if someone were looking to USE the stone that they never would find it. Wouldn't that make it a bad thing that Harry went down there? If he didn't, the dude(s) would be down there forever looking for it, right?
Anyway, so now I'm on The Rural Juror by John Grisham. I mean...The Last Juror, sorry.
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I just finally read Stupid Sexy Flanders and the Sorcerer's Stone. I don't get the end when Dumbledorf tells Harry that only someone who was trying to FIND the stone could actually find it and that if someone were looking to USE the stone that they never would find it. Wouldn't that make it a bad thing that Harry went down there? If he didn't, the dude(s) would be down there forever looking for it, right?
Well, the mirror of Erised shows you what you want most, right? Well, Voldemort simply wanted the stone - so the mirror depicted him having it and using it. Meanwhile, Harry wanted to find the stone most - so the mirror showed Harry finding it, in a manner of speaking.
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Just finished reading The Runes of the Earth (http://www.amazon.com/Runes-Earth-Chronicles-Thomas-Covenant/dp/B000H2N49K/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1220012838&sr=8-2) and Fatal Revenant (http://www.amazon.com/Fatal-Revenant-Chronicles-Thomas-Covenant/dp/0441016057/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1220012838&sr=8-1) by Stephen R. Donaldson. They are the first two in a trilogy that follows two previous trilogies.
I really enjoyed them, little dramatic and fatalistic at times but he's a great author for using words that make me go "huh" and then have to look them up. That doesn't happen often with me.
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Just started reading Orcs (http://www.amazon.com/Orcs-Stan-Nicholls/dp/0316033707/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1220529262&sr=1-1) by Stan Nicholls
It's a collection of short stories that were written and formerly in print in the late 90's I think. Only a few chapters in but so far pretty good.
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SQL Server 2005 Implementation and Maintenance. If things go well, I hope to take the certification exam at the end of next month.
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the best book of useless information ever by noel botham.....on my new kindle!!!!! :mrgreen:
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I just finished reading a couple of books on my wife's Kindle. Definitely cool technology. Now if only they'd make the goddamned books cheaper than buying a physical book, I'd be 100% behind it. :roll:
Right now for me, I'm reading Max Brooks' "The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection From The Living Dead (http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/1400049628/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1221055766&sr=8-2)".
So far it's surprisingly good.
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i'm really good at buying the $.25 books. can't beat that.
i just wish the stupid "next page" button didn't take up the entire right side. i keep hitting it accidentally. :roll:
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i'm really good at buying the $.25 books. can't beat that.
Everything I've looked for that I want for the Kindle so far costs as much as, or more than buying a physical paperback of the book, which has me irked. I can find most of those books for less than $3.00 at a local used book store and actually have a physical book in my hands. Why should I pay $8.00 for something insubstantial, AND with DRM to boot?
I think that's the only thing holding this back as a brilliant idea, to be honest.
i just wish the stupid "next page" button didn't take up the entire right side. i keep hitting it accidentally. :roll:
Yeah, I run into that a lot too. To be honest, I use the "next page" button on the left side more often, but I'm left handed, so I'm usually holding it in that hand.
That
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Everything I've looked for that I want for the Kindle so far costs as much as, or more than buying a physical paperback of the book, which has me irked. I can find most of those books for less than $3.00 at a local used book store and actually have a physical book in my hands. Why should I pay $8.00 for something insubstantial, AND with DRM to boot?
I think that's the only thing holding this back as a brilliant idea, to be honest.
Yeah, I run into that a lot too. To be honest, I use the "next page" button on the left side more often, but I'm left handed, so I'm usually holding it in that hand.
That
oh, yeah, i've run into the cost issue with books i really want, but i dunno- i'm hoping that changes soon. it has to, right?
my biggest problem with the "next page" button seems to be when i'm trying to either put it back in its case or close the case. the actual reading i'm trying to do with my left hand, too, though i'm right-handed. just seems less likely to make mistakes that way.
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One would think it would have to change; I mean, one of the reasons Steve Jobs won't let the big music labels raise prices on iTunes is because if they go much past a buck a track, it's actually cheaper for people to just buy CDs, so from a sales perspective it doesn't make much sense to price electronic-only and DRMed media more than something of which you can buy physical media sans DRM.
Hopefully Amazon comes to that same conclusion soon. I mean, the Kindle is really neat, and I like using one, but if the books I want continue to be cheaper in physical paperback, that's how I'm going to be buying and reading them, going forward.
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Finished War and Peace by Dostoyevsky... Shut up im a teenage girl! :P And I liked it, I don't care what anybody says, I was happy with this happy ending, which is weird because I prefer tragedies... which might be why I'm in love with Shakespeare and am carrying his unborn child.
Hey I too just finished War and Peace by Dostoyevsky not too long ago! I'm a teenage guy and even I enjoyed it. The end was SO amazing omg. So now I am reading the next book in the series, New Moon =]
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One would think it would have to change; I mean, one of the reasons Steve Jobs won't let the big music labels raise prices on iTunes is because if they go much past a buck a track, it's actually cheaper for people to just buy CDs, so from a sales perspective it doesn't make much sense to price electronic-only and DRMed media more than something of which you can buy physical media sans DRM.
Hopefully Amazon comes to that same conclusion soon. I mean, the Kindle is really neat, and I like using one, but if the books I want continue to be cheaper in physical paperback, that's how I'm going to be buying and reading them, going forward.
Demo, darling- you know of my acronym-knowing deficiency.. i ignored it the first time, but now i must ask: DRM? :? it's a stupid question, i'm sure, but i can't figure it out!
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DRM = Digital Rights Management (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management), i.e., anti-consumer measures to make it difficult for you to enjoy the product for which you paid legitimate money, while doing essentially nothing to stop less scrupulous individuals from widespread piracy of said product.
Suppose you have a Kindle and purchase a bunch of books for it. Being smart, in a modern, electronic-age sense, you back up your books on a computer of some kind.
Then, you drop your Kindle one day and fuxx0r it. Oh well, you think, and buy a new one.
None of those books you purchased for your original Kindle will work on the new one. Period.
DRM: that's entertainment!
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I should also point out that one of the biggest issues I have with DRM as a concept is that most executions of it make no allowances for Fair Use (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use), and circumventing restrictions to enjoy Fair Use of a DRM-protected product is technically in violation of the DMCA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmca), which I find deeply offensive. It essentially means that regular, honest people effectively have to break the law in order to use in reasonable ways products they legitimately purchased.
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I'm reading Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver and then several toddler psychology books. But I've been informed that I shoud probably be reading toddler legal books.
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Reading pb's need-to-know list...
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thanks, Demo.
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I'm reading search engine optimization for dummies. And now I understadn what they called it that. II've read 3/4s of the book and only learned one thing so far. The rest is all great info, but I had already picked it up on the web. So I feel like a dummy for buying it.
I learned that you can submit a sitemap to ask.com via the search box.
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I tried to finish The Divine Comedy.
I just didn't try hard enough.
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If you don't finish it, you're going to hell.
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and if you never start it?
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I'm going to start reading Darren Shan's Death's Shadows!
According to his cover he's the Number One Master of Horror, doncha know? :roll:
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I'm reading Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five. It is amazing/disturbing/addictive. Its so interesting that I cant do any actual work with it for my class. I am solely focused on the story.
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I just started readening this (http://www.amazon.com/Club-Dumas-Arturo-Perez-Reverte/dp/015603283X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223906118&sr=8-1), on which Roman Polanski based The Ninth Gate (http://www.amazon.com/Club-Dumas-Arturo-Perez-Reverte/dp/015603283X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223906118&sr=8-1).
Just as a point of information, it's not pronounced "DUMBASS".
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Friedrich Hayek - "The Road to Serfdom"
It's an interesting read to say the least. I just started it last night, but looking forward to finishing it.
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For the first time in a couple of years, I'm doing some recreational reading. Right now I've got...
Mort
The Colour of Magic
The Light Fantastic
The Prince and the Pauper
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I'm currently reading:
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir
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I just finished Darren Shan's Wolf Island.
Last time I was here, I was reading his previous book :-o
Am going to start reading The World According to Garp or The Vampire Lestat!
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Tolkien's "The Silmarillion".
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Tolkien's "The Silmarillion".
Does it live up to the Lord of the Rings?
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The Silmarillion is like the Bible, but with elves instead of all the Jews.
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The Silmarillion is like the Bible, but with elves instead of all the Jews.
Seriously? I am totally uninformed.
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Letters to Wendys, by Joe Wenderoth.
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In Search of April Raintree.
Good book!
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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.
Very good book. Kind of sad, but a very good story.
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Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
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The Hitchhiker's Trilogy
P.S. 42
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Hey Jack. The information in that post would go great in an introduction thread. Wander over to the new person's section and make one. You might like it.
And we'd probably like it too.
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"Black Man" by Richard Morgan
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Racist.
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At the moment I'm plodding through the last parts of The Book Of Lost Tales: Volume I (http://www.amazon.com/Book-Lost-Tales-History-Middle-Earth/dp/0780715462/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235403519&sr=8-2).
It's a tough read, being essentially Tolkien's rough draft for what later became "The Silmarillion", but it's very insightful and is significantly different in areas and more detailed as well.
After this I'm moving on to Return Of The Shadow (http://www.amazon.com/Return-Shadow-History-Rings-Middle-Earth/dp/061808357X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235403628&sr=1-1).
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Well... I've started to read...
House of Leaves - by Mark Z. Danielewski
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - by Haruki Murakami
L’Étranger - by Albert Camus
.. but of course, I have no idea when I'll finish because of the work load at uni :oops:
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finishing up on the god delusion and starting pragmatic programmer.
Also reading Little Voice theatre script as I am playing the part of her mother.
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I'm about halfway through Eldest by Christopher Paolini.
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About to start "An Invitation to a Beheading" by Nabokov.
The guy who wrote "Lolita" ?
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I'm reading 'Brisingr' by Cristopher Paolini, but in French (my mother's tongue). I'm not good enough to read it in original version.
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I'm reading The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
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I'm reading a few at the moment.
'To Kill a Mockingbird' for what is probably the fourth time (for English); 'Little Brother' for the second time because I wanted to re-read it and, as luck would have it, my World History teacher held up the book and asked who had read it, effectively reminding me of the title so I could get it in the library; 'Stupid Sexy Flanders and the Prisoner of Azkaban' for the one hundred and seventy-third time (trust me, I've been keeping count since I was, like, nine); and 'So Yesterday' because I found it in the school's library when I was searching for 'Little Brother.'
I recommend them all :)
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I'm reading Robert E. Howard's "Conan the Conqueror" at the moment, for the first time in probably 20 years. I decided to go back to some of my fantasy roots, and Robert E. Howard is right there at the base of the tree for me. I forgot how good a story teller he really was.
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About to start "An Invitation to a Beheading" by Nabokov.
The guy who wrote "Lolita" ?
Nabokov is one of my favourite writers, he's good.
Currently I'm reading Model Tax Convention on Income and Capital by OECD Committee on Fiscal Affairs, which is pretty sad, since it's what I'll have to read during whole wekends
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He's Just Not That Into You (by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo)
Startled by His Furry Shorts (by Louise Rennison)
Napalm and Silly Putty (by George Carlin - RIP)
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (by Douglas Adams)
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Just finished A Circle of Time by Marisa Montes. It's a sweet book, but chilling. I definitely recommend it.
Now I'm moving on to Messenger by Lois Lowry.
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I just got done reading "Upgrading and Repairing PC's 18th Edition", I am reading "Windows Lockdown" Right now (I do not read fiction).
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(I do not read fiction).
Your missing out on a universe of wonderful stories then.
From Homer to homoerotic A-Team fanfic, it's so much imagination!
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Homoerotic A-Team fanfic is not always fiction.
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^^^ Le Bump ^^^
I'm reading Pretty in Punk (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5714143/1/Pretty_In_Punk) on fanfiction.net :)
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I'm reading the Zombie survival guide by max brooks
its a great read its meant to be a comedy but it goes so in depth its scary the amount of detail and thought put into it is amazing.
id recommend it to anyone :)
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I am reading the ever interesting and weird A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
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Currently reading Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler. Creepiness abounds.
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Next book to read: Преступление и наказание by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
I had to read it in 7th or 8th grade, but I was too much a skiver to finish it. This is what helped me write the essay:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f7txmmP88Y#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f7txmmP88Y#noexternalembed)
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Nah, I'm not saying it's boring. I'm saying I was a skiver.
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I put Call Me Ishmail on one my nametags once when I was in food service.
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There were a few literate college students but I had to explain it to more than I really should have had to.
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me too!
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I'm reading A Witch's Guide to Ghosts and the Supernatural by Gerina Dunwich and Perverse Spectators: The Practices of Film Reception by Janet Staiger.
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Shades of Grey - Jasper Fforde. He is a freakin genius.
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Shades of Grey - Jasper Fforde. He is a freakin genius.
I read The Eyre Affair, and fully concur. The banana thing alone was, if nothing else, carrying on in the late Douglas Adams' marvelous tradition. Jolly good stuff.
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I read The Eyre Affair, and fully concur. The banana thing alone was, if nothing else, carrying on in the late Douglas Adams' marvelous tradition. Jolly good stuff.
I've read all of the Thursday Next Series, and the Nursery Crime Series (every book he's even written actually), and they're all amazing. Who is Douglas Adams?
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Who is Douglas Adams?
Ok, maybe it was unfair of me to cast Jasper into Mr. Adams' shadow -- I only did it to supply some relevance to other readers of these forums. Let me only say that, in my opinion, if you enjoy the one, you will not dislike the other.
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After rather strong wave of nostalgia rekindled my fondness for the Stupid Sexy Flanders novels, I decided to reread them - I'm currently halfway through the second book. I'm also devouring Oberon Zell's Grimoire For the Apprentice Wizard. Scintillating read.
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Right now I'm reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman
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