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02-06-2011, 02:46 AM
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#2851
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: In your trash can
Posts: 2,594
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On writing - SK.
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"Always be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle." - Plato
Help me, I'm holding on for dear life
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02-07-2011, 08:59 AM
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#2852
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Arizona
Posts: 26
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I am reading: "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson. It's about two men during the 1893 Chicago World's Fair: Daniel H. Burnham, the guy in charge of the World's Fair who used his abilities to create something grand; and Dr. H. H. Holmes, a guy who used his abilities (and murder hotel) to become America's first serial killer.
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02-07-2011, 01:14 PM
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#2853
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 4,036
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Everything Matters, by some Currie jr. guy...
pretty good so far!
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"I've an idea. Why don't we play a little game. Let's pretend that we're human beings, and that we're actually alive. Just for a while. What do you say? Let's pretend we're human. Oh, brother, it's such a long time since I was with anyone who got enthusiastic about anything."
― Jack Osborne
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02-07-2011, 05:23 PM
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#2854
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Omaha Ne.
Posts: 24
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Tour Smart by Martin Atkins.
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02-24-2011, 07:47 PM
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#2855
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Pennsylvania, USA
Posts: 357
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Just finished "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and will be reading "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" as soon as it comes in the mail.
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"An orphan's curse would drag to hell
A spirit from on high ;
But oh ! more horrible than that
Is the curse in a dead man's eye !
Seven days, seven nights, I saw that curse,
And yet I could not die."
-The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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03-08-2011, 07:26 AM
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#2856
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 708
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Tough guys Don't Dance - Norman Mailer.
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03-08-2011, 08:15 AM
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#2857
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 2,932
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Originally Posted by vindicatedxjin
The communist manifesto and Utopia.
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Nice. Next, you should try reading Empire, by Negri and Hardt. It's called this century's communist manifesto.
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Originally Posted by KissMeDeadly
You fucking people [war veterans] are only a step below entitled rich kids, the only difference being you had to do and witness horrible things, instead of being given everything.
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real classy
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03-08-2011, 09:24 AM
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#2858
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: ∞ ∞ //▲▲\\ ∞ ∞
Posts: 4,618
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I'll def. get around to that. During ISO meetings, we've been going over Paul D'Amato's "The Meaning of Marxism".
I'm also reading "Eating Animals" by Jonathan Safran Foer. His explanation of eating meat vs being vegetarian is beautiful. Love love love his writing.
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03-08-2011, 10:03 AM
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#2859
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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I've been meaning to pick that up, I heard it's amazing. Is it depressing?
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03-08-2011, 11:07 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: ∞ ∞ //▲▲\\ ∞ ∞
Posts: 4,618
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It IS amazing.
Some parts are sad to the point of me tearing up, but its not really depressing. I've laughed a lot too. Go read it.
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03-08-2011, 11:09 AM
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#2861
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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During the break between semesters, probably. I checked out Female Chauvinist Pigs on Feb. 20th, and I'm only in the second chapter.
I AM reading Nathan The Wise for one of my courses, though.
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03-08-2011, 11:12 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Dude, I don't even know where I live anymore.
Posts: 1,276
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I ran out of books.... wish i had a Barnes and Noble near me.
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03-08-2011, 11:13 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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This is why having an ereader is awesome!
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03-08-2011, 11:27 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: ∞ ∞ //▲▲\\ ∞ ∞
Posts: 4,618
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I want a nook so bad.
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03-08-2011, 11:31 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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I got the Sony touch screen one, its pretty rad. I almost got a Kobo (which is the same as a Nook I believe), but I heard some complaints about the loading times. But I'm thankful for it all the same, after it came out Sony's prices dropped to a reasonable price so I didn't feel bad for asking for it for Christmas.
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03-08-2011, 12:42 PM
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#2866
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 2,932
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Ew. Fuck e readers. I like having the physical book. It's a trophy. My room currently has four trophy cases and one day all the walls will be books.
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You fucking people [war veterans] are only a step below entitled rich kids, the only difference being you had to do and witness horrible things, instead of being given everything.
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real classy
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03-08-2011, 12:46 PM
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#2867
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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Eh, I'm pressed for space, I have books spilling out of my closet, out from under my bed, and I took over my roommate's bookshelf. And I'm not looking forward to moving because that's going to be a headache. Plus it saves me a trip to the library if they have the ebook version.
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03-08-2011, 04:00 PM
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#2868
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: A ship called Dignity
Posts: 1,919
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I'm......not reading anything at the minute  I ran out of books and have no idea what's around that's good. Come on people, recommend me stuff! I'll read pretty much ANYTHING except chick lit, you know, shitty romance novels and stuff. Other than that, anything's fair game. TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO READ WISE ONES.
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03-08-2011, 05:04 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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MARGARET ATWOOD.
Barring that, I WAS reading The Windup Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, and I didn't finish it but I was really loving it, can't wait to be able to pick it up again. Down And Out In The Magical Kingdom by Cory Doctorow was also pretty good, if you don't want anything too heady. I wouldn't call it fluff but it was pretty easy reading, and you can download it for free online!
Actually, you can just go through my Shelfari, I have most things rated. Haven't been using it in a while and don't mind how half assed the written reviews are (I can't justify putting effort into them).
http://www.shelfari.com/meganc
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03-08-2011, 05:36 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 2,424
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MissCheyenne
I'm......not reading anything at the minute I ran out of books and have no idea what's around that's good. Come on people, recommend me stuff! I'll read pretty much ANYTHING except chick lit, you know, shitty romance novels and stuff. Other than that, anything's fair game. TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO READ WISE ONES. |
The Shannara Series by Terry Brooks which MUST be read in this order:
Running With the Demon*
Knight of the Word
Angel Fire East
Armagedon's Children
Elves of Cintra
Gypsy Morph
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The First King of Shannara*
The Sword of Shannara*
The Elfstones of Shannara
The Wishsong of Shannara
The Scions of Shannara
The Druid of Shannara
The Elf Queen of Shannara
The Talismans of Shannara
The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara
Antrax
Morgawr
Jarka Ruus
Tanequil
Straken
and then the first book of the new incomplete Trilogy (The Legends of Shannara) entitled 'The Bearers of the Black Staff' which is filling in the time gap marked with +++
Anything marked with an * can be a standalone read, but you really benefit from reading them all.
I'm a Terry Brooks junkie. :3
The series oscillates between Fantasy, Sci-fi and modern, but there's always a touch of fantasy and magic in each, and the modern sci-fi elements only really crop up prior to The First King and once again and onward from The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara
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03-08-2011, 05:44 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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I bear a grudge against Shannara because something bad always happens to my favourite characters, or great things happen to characters I hate. Jerle Shannara was particularly guilty of this.
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03-08-2011, 06:00 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 2,424
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It's true, Terry Brooks is very guilty as charged, and yet, I always cling to the vain hope of a fairy tale ending that everything turns out alright for all the characters... and sometimes Mr. Brooks truly leads me on then breaks my heart (ie. the ending of Straken)
EDIT: Actually great stuff happened to one of my favourite characters from the First King/Sword (I cannot remember which, I think First King, because it involved Bremen), so that's not entirely true.
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03-10-2011, 11:39 AM
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#2873
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Uniontown, Kentucky
Posts: 334
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Demon In My View, By Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
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04-06-2011, 08:20 PM
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#2874
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Pennsylvania, USA
Posts: 357
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John Lennon biography, and Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams.
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"An orphan's curse would drag to hell
A spirit from on high ;
But oh ! more horrible than that
Is the curse in a dead man's eye !
Seven days, seven nights, I saw that curse,
And yet I could not die."
-The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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04-07-2011, 04:03 PM
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#2875
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: A ship called Dignity
Posts: 1,919
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Quantum Physics - Alastair I.M. Rae and (for the third time) Battle Royale - Koushun Takami
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