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03-27-2009, 12:03 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Gallifrey
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Originally Posted by Mr E Nigma
Pineapple Juice, have you read Angels and Demons?
It's Da Vinci Code's predecessor. I'd recommend it.
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Yep, I've read Angels and Demons. I was a little disappointed, but whatever Brown lacks in writing skills he more than makes up for in plot. That's why I'm excited for the movie.
Is Da Vinci Code crap?
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03-27-2009, 12:08 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: In Antarctica with the Penguins
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I wasn't dissapointed but then again I didn't really have high standards at the time I read it.
Did you see the movie The Da Vinci Code?
The book isn't crap, the plot is decently strung together, I'd merit it around the same bit as Angels and Demons. It's not the best read in the world, but in my opinion it's at least worth reading.
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03-27-2009, 12:12 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Gallifrey
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Alright, then Da Vinci Code it is. Thanks friend.
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03-27-2009, 12:23 PM
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#2104
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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Originally Posted by Apathy's_Child
Don't bother, it's shit. Seriously. Stop reading it and go read something good instead. You'll thank me for this advice - I forced myself to read the whole thing (before my days of "if you can't make it work a hundred pages in, you can't make it work") and still regret that afternoon of my life that could have been spent doing something worthwhile, like getting high watching Ren and Stimpy or jerking it to trampling porn.
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So you were right, unsurprisingly. I didn't get much further with it, just kept getting more and more of a feeling that I'm being preached at.
Think I'll go read The Gnole instead.
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03-27-2009, 12:30 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 19
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I'm currently reading The $50 and up Underground House Book, by Mike Oehler.. I'm looking for some property to buy & want to build an alternative style house... Just researching various forms of alternative building styles & that's the book I'm currently reading on the subject.  So far it's pretty interesting.
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03-27-2009, 01:12 PM
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#2106
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Gallifrey
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Violin by Anne Rice again. Not really an Anne Rice fan 'cause she goes into crazy detail with architecture and I hate that. I don't know dick about architecture so when she goes on and on about it my eyes just skip right over it. Regardless, this book is very good.
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03-28-2009, 01:55 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr E Nigma
Pineapple Juice, have you read Angels and Demons?
It's Da Vinci Code's predecessor. I'd recommend it.
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No.
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03-28-2009, 02:52 PM
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#2108
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 4,678
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Catch-22 by Joseph Heller and Slow Man by J.M. Coetzee.
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03-28-2009, 07:49 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Australia
Posts: 291
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for the 2nd time. Tipping the velvet
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03-30-2009, 03:14 AM
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#2110
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 2,721
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Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett - old favorite. I tried to read some Pinter for my new theater kick, but was finding it pretty crappy and ultimately overrated, so decided to just return to one of the best plays ever written.
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03-30-2009, 06:15 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Cimmeria
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Currently reading ...
Roman Legionary 58 BC - AD 69
by Ross Cowan
`The period 31 BC-AD 43 saw the greatest expansion of the Roman Empire. In 31 BC Octavian defeated Antony at the battle of Actium and remodelled the semi-professional Roman army into a permanent force of 28 legions. Octavian became the first emperor (Augustus) and under his leadership the legions conquered northern Spain, all Europe south of the Danube line and Germany west of the Elbe. The legionaries exemplified the heroic culture of the Roman world and this title takes a behind-the-scenes look at their lives, training, weaponry and tactics, including the bloody massacre of the Teutoberg forest. `
I found this book in the local Waterstones and it looked really interesting (I love reading about history) !!!.
http://www.waterstones.com/waterston...do?sku=5337669
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03-30-2009, 07:41 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Sometimes home, more time away.
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I have recently read:
Adams vs God: The Rematch by Phillip Adams
Lascivious Bodies: a Sexual History of the Eighteenth Century by Julie Peakman
What's Happening To Our Girls? by Maggie Hamilton
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04-02-2009, 12:09 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Stockholm
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Oh my, what to choose, what to choose? I am currently reading a shitload of books, including but not limited to:
The name of the wind, by Patrick Rothfuss
Shadowmarch, by Tad Williams
The Redemption of Althalus, by David & Leigh Eddings (for like, the umphteenth time)
Brisingr, by Christopher Paolini
Out, by Natsuo Kirino
Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
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04-06-2009, 07:59 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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On the road, kerouac, and loving it. the scroll idea is catchy too
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04-06-2009, 03:17 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Gallifrey
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Naked Lunch. I hate it.
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04-06-2009, 04:07 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Norway
Posts: 211
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The Historian. I find it werry intriguing
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04-06-2009, 05:11 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: WV, USA
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I'm reading The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray...again.
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04-10-2009, 01:17 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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Just finished Terry Goodkind's The Pillars of Creation and getting the next in the series tomorrow. ...The story lines are getting a little repetitive but I can never stop a series half way through.
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04-20-2009, 10:48 AM
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#2119
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: United States.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Templar
The Historian. I find it werry intriguing
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Omg that book started out so damn slow, good book later on though.
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04-20-2009, 05:18 PM
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#2120
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
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Originally Posted by CrimsonPythonidae
Adams vs God: The Rematch by Phillip Adams
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Is it really called that?
It annoys me when people say "vs" instead of "v" and it's still publicized so.
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Originally Posted by George Carlin
People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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04-20-2009, 06:08 PM
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#2121
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Dirty South
Posts: 1,726
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"At the Mountains of Madness" by HP Lovecraft
Just started on it, and enjoying it so far.
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04-22-2009, 07:28 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: United States
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I am currently immersed in Loot: The Battle over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World, by Sharon Waxman. It provides some fascinating information on the controversial history of the antiquities market, particularly regarding the efforts countries are making to seek the return of their most prized historical artifacts.
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04-22-2009, 10:32 AM
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#2123
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: In Antarctica with the Penguins
Posts: 1,521
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Godslayer Jillian
Is it really called that?
It annoys me when people say "vs" instead of "v" and it's still publicized so.
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It really is called that..
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Currently reading "Midnight's Mask" - by Paul S. Kemp
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04-24-2009, 07:05 AM
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#2124
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Sometimes home, more time away.
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Jilian, can you please explain to me the thing about "vs" and "v"? I did try to look it up but quickly grew tired of not finding what I wanted, I didn't realise there was an issue of one now being void yet still publicized? All I can can find is "vs" as an abbreviation of versus, not "v".
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04-24-2009, 07:10 AM
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#2125
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 2,687
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HavelockV
I am currently immersed in Loot: The Battle over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World, by Sharon Waxman.
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She lectured here at NYU a while back.
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