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04-20-2006, 06:22 PM
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#676
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: On the planet Skyron in the Galaxy of Andromeda
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I'm reading A Hymn Before Battle... good military SF this
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04-20-2006, 07:00 PM
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#677
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: couch-surfer
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I'm digging into R. Scott Bakker's The Darkness That Comes Before. Really good story, and I think it has something to do with the fact that the author has a BA in English, an MA in theory and criticism (okay so far so blah), but also he's working on his Ph.D. in philosophy. The combination of his creativty and educational background makes the topics brought up in the book relavant to the real world in ways the simplisitic aphorisms common in fantasy novels are not. So far I've been happily surprised.
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04-20-2006, 07:14 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: On the planet Skyron in the Galaxy of Andromeda
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I've read that... good stuff... R. Scott Bakker is evil though... too long a wait between books
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04-20-2006, 07:20 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: couch-surfer
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Originally Posted by Crom Crauch
I've read that... good stuff... R. Scott Bakker is evil though... too long a wait between books
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You only know what a wait is if you were reading Stephen King's Dark Tower series as they came out. Good christ, nothing for years and then bam, the last three in a rush. Pfft!
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The phrase "we (I) (you) simply must---" designates something that need not be done. "That goes without saying" is a red warning. "Of course" means you had best check it yourself. These small-change cliches and others like them, when read correctly, are reliable channel markers.
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04-20-2006, 07:33 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: On the planet Skyron in the Galaxy of Andromeda
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Originally Posted by Sobeh
You only know what a wait is if you were reading Stephen King's Dark Tower series as they came out. Good christ, nothing for years and then bam, the last three in a rush. Pfft!
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I know what you mean... even if I have turned 18... there's been plenty of that in recent years *curses Khota Hirano*
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04-20-2006, 07:49 PM
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#681
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Hebron, IN
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The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving. I love that short story. It has a really good moral about greed.
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04-21-2006, 09:16 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Blountsville, AL
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I am reading now "Simulacra and Simulation"; a very interesting philosophy book on the subjects of reality. Any fan of the Matrix would love it.
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04-23-2006, 06:51 AM
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#684
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Southern California
Posts: 130
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Nightmare House by Douglas Clegg.
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04-23-2006, 06:57 AM
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#685
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Norway
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The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman.
First book in the trilogy called "His Dark Materials". I just needed some fantasy to keep me entertained in between all the 19th century literature in my curriculum. Boy am I glad I picked this one up. If you like Harry Potter, the Arya chapters in George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series, or generally reading about heroic kids with a mysterious destiny to fulfill, you'll love this.
I don't have time to give a synopsis right now, but there are witches, armored bears, evil child-snatchers, magic, and parallel universes galore. It's easy to read, but satisfyingly well-written, with an emphasis on action and propulsive storytelling rather than ridiculously complex descriptions of the world and characters. New things are revealed bit by bit as you go along, in a way that gradually increases your understanding of the universe, but doesn't get in the way of the story. Highly entertaining, and genuinely emotionally affecting too.
Can't wait for the next two books, although the editions with the nicest cover design (larger than the small pocket version, textured matte paper, embossed gold title, excellent typography on the chapter headings) is sold out from the publishers, according to my bookstore...
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04-23-2006, 07:16 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Blountsville, AL
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I just purchased 'Autobiography by the Pythons' yesterday; diary entries, personal stories, and et cetera from the Monty Python's Flying Circus lead actors. This is absolutey a must for any fan of the television programme or movies.
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04-23-2006, 04:50 PM
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#687
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Neverwhere
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I am reading a collection of American Gothic Stories with an introduction by Joyce Carol Oates. I think I may also attempt Wuthering Heights following the completion of the semester.
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04-25-2006, 07:35 AM
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#688
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: in my own little world...
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Ha ha ha! Yes! Yes! *jumping up and down* I just got my books in the mail! Whoo hoo! Im off to read the vampire chronicles.
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04-25-2006, 02:12 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 380
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Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. I brought it yesterday and now Im on page 148 because I kept reading for it is so hard to put down. It is a great book by the author of The Da Vinci Code.
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04-25-2006, 04:27 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Seattle
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Originally Posted by Engulfed_in_darkness
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. I brought it yesterday and now Im on page 148 because I kept reading for it is so hard to put down. It is a great book by the author of The Da Vinci Code.
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That's a great book...but at parts, you'll roll your eyes. You'll know what I mean when you get there.
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04-25-2006, 04:28 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Seattle
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I just started the latest Harry Potter book.
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04-25-2006, 07:28 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 380
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My friends are obsessed with harry.
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04-25-2006, 07:30 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 380
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Originally Posted by Sharkman_75
That's a great book...but at parts, you'll roll your eyes. You'll know what I mean when you get there.
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Angels and Demons or the da vinci code?
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04-25-2006, 08:21 PM
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#694
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 1,249
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I'm reading a random Star Wars book. W00t for geekness!
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04-26-2006, 06:37 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: London, UK
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I am now reading "Emma". Got to love Jane Austen. It's really making me wish I were born a century-and-a-half ago. So is all the Keats poetry I've been reading lately. Gggahhh... WHERE IS MY TIME MACHINE?!
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04-26-2006, 01:14 PM
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#696
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Indiana
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"Memnoch the Devil" by Anne Rice. I have yet to get through a Vampire Chronicles book, but this one seems to be holding my interest.
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04-26-2006, 01:56 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: San Francisco, California.
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Two books.
*"Tell Me A Riddle" by San Francisco's own Tillie Olsen. [because I fucking have to--for labour-studies class].
*"Robert & Mabel Williams Resource Guide" [Freedom Archives] [because I want to].
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04-26-2006, 11:53 PM
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#698
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: nomad
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Terry Pratchett - Wyrd Sisters
I've started it yesterday night. What can I say, Pratchett is just the ideal contrast to all these scientific books I work with during the day. They never get boring.
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04-27-2006, 05:53 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: in my own little world...
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I just finished "Interview with a vampire" I was suprised at the accuracy of the movie. I mean, it wasn't perfect, but it was closer than most movies based on books get. Im a little quiet around here, cause Im reading. I get sucked into books and can't put them down until I have finished them.
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04-27-2006, 06:01 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,247
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Originally Posted by Sharkman_75
I just started the latest Harry Potter book.
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I believe Rowling is planning to kill Harry in the next book.
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