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10-29-2011, 07:13 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Atlanta
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Margaret Atwood is one of my favorite authors. She does tend to use her work as a way to comment on social issues, but so far I've never felt like anything she wrote was unreasonable. The Blind Assassin is incredible. Have you read The Handmaid's Tale? Because, geez.
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10-30-2011, 09:06 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Originally Posted by wolf moon
Margaret Atwood is one of my favorite authors. She does tend to use her work as a way to comment on social issues, but so far I've never felt like anything she wrote was unreasonable. The Blind Assassin is incredible. Have you read The Handmaid's Tale? Because, geez.
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Oh I don't mean she uses hyperbole, its just that kind of social commentary is starting to get to me.
Handmaid's Tale didn't depress me as much, might have been because I read it all in one night, whereas since I don't have much time for reading I've been reading Blind Assassin for a few weeks now. I think that and Year Of The Flood were my favourites.
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10-30-2011, 04:52 PM
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#2953
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Atlanta
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I like Alias Grace and Blind Assassin best. I've probably read the latter close to 20 times.
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11-03-2011, 07:49 PM
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#2954
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 272
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A Study in Sherlock. So far, I've loved every story.
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11-04-2011, 04:38 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: A ship called Dignity
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I'm reading the Wheel of Time series again plus loads of classics. I would name them all but it's a massive list.
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11-04-2011, 04:46 AM
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#2956
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 708
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A Storm of Swords - yes, I caved after Game of Thrones withdrawal set in. The writing style is annoying, but I'm finding the storyline compulsive as fuck.
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11-22-2011, 08:05 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: colorado USA
Posts: 1,254
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I've got a sci-fi kick going right now. Have been reading the Star Wars novels. Am now on "Heir to the Empire" by Timothy Zahn.
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11-22-2011, 03:19 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Cimmeria
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Quote:
Originally Posted by carakitty
I've got a sci-fi kick going right now. Have been reading the Star Wars novels. Am now on "Heir to the Empire" by Timothy Zahn.
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Thats a really good book, did you also read the graphic novel version that Dark Horse comics published a while back ? 
I have quite a few Star wars books in my collection, my favourite being `The Star wars Chronicles` which is amazing !!!.
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11-23-2011, 02:49 PM
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#2959
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Bradford, UK
Posts: 81
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Been trying to read 'Salem's Lot' for about a month, but I keep getting distracted, first by the first installment of 'The Hunger Games' and then by Adam's copy of Jekyll and Hyde...I will finish this book.
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11-23-2011, 03:35 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Cimmeria
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Originally Posted by CyanideandRaspberryTea
Been trying to read 'Salem's Lot' for about a month, but I keep getting distracted, first by the first installment of 'The Hunger Games' and then by Adam's copy of Jekyll and Hyde...I will finish this book.
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You have good taste in books !!!.
Currently reading ...
Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War
Translation by Martin Hammond
I really love reading about anything historical !!!.
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11-23-2011, 04:33 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: colorado USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Beowulf
Thats a really good book, did you also read the graphic novel version that Dark Horse comics published a while back ?
I have quite a few Star wars books in my collection, my favourite being `The Star wars Chronicles` which is amazing !!!. |
I'm still toward the beginning of Heir but so far am feeling like I enjoyed the earlier books better. I do realize that some books can take a while to warm up, so it won't be tossed aside.
I toughed it out through the first half of "Outlander" and felt like I was gonna die because it seemed so boring but ended up getting really hooked on the series.
Tell me more about "The Star Wars Chronicles" please? Mr. Kitty has just about all of the Star Wars Novels in his library. I don't recall seeing that one though. We don't have the graphic novels either.
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11-23-2011, 07:15 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Salem, OR
Posts: 25
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Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas De Quincey and trying to finish the rest of Stephen King's Dark Tower series and World War Z by Max Brooks.
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11-23-2011, 08:23 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 272
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I am highly amused by the extreme level of Star Wars geek that has suddenly appeared around here.
Currently writing a paper on Coraline, so I just keep reading it over and over. Not that I'm complaining.
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11-23-2011, 08:25 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: colorado USA
Posts: 1,254
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Coraline? As in the girl with the button eyes? I liked that movie. The ladies with the dogs freaked me out though.
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11-23-2011, 08:30 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Atlanta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by carakitty
Coraline? As in the girl with the button eyes? I liked that movie. The ladies with the dogs freaked me out though.
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Yes indeed. I love it to bits, and was quite excited when I convinced my professor to let me write about it. Am contemplating wearing my new button key necklace when I present the paper, but that might be too much...
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11-23-2011, 09:30 PM
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#2966
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie.
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11-24-2011, 08:11 AM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,271
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Agatha Christie? You disgust me!
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11-24-2011, 08:47 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 729
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Just finished rereading "Something Rotten" - Jasper Fforde.
Now I'm trying to decide between starting "The Hobbit Trap" - Maciej Henneberg and John Schofield... "Islam (its law and society)" - Jamila Hussein... or "Javascript in easy steps" - Mike McGrath.
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11-24-2011, 09:05 AM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,271
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I like my java with flavored, liquid creamer.
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11-24-2011, 09:16 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 729
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I'm told Java Script isn't worth learning, but figured I'd have a passing looksy anyway just for fun... as I haven't coded at all before. (Except passing one unit by rote memory after missing prerequisites, which didn't teach me a thing.)
I've done "Hello World" which is basically the equivalent of potty training, now I want to see if I can make it do sums. If I can't get basic competence, I will simply use the knowledge I have to make the strings form disgusting and anatomically improbable statements. Hee ^_^
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11-24-2011, 07:43 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Salem, OR
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Anyone ever read any Anne Rice? I never have but it seems like the best case scenario for the moment...
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11-24-2011, 07:48 PM
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#2972
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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I wouldn't recommend her to anyone. Her prose is fine but there's just something really lifeless about the way she writes, in my experience. I've only read Interview With A Vampire and Servant Of The Bones though, and to be fair the first half of Servant was actually good.
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Agatha Christie? You disgust me!
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Its a quick read, and I hate how gory more modern mysteries are. After Girl With The Dragon Tattoo I've grown quite an appreciation for Christie.
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11-24-2011, 08:49 PM
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#2973
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Salem, OR
Posts: 25
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Hmm maybe I'll put a little effort into my search..
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11-24-2011, 09:11 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Cali
Posts: 8,030
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Saya
there's just something really lifeless about the way she writes
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I find this highly amusing (cuz, ya know, she writes about vampires and stuff)
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11-25-2011, 12:50 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Salem, OR
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Ah, missed that. Ha! Found Michael Crichton's Sphere, never read anything by him before justI vaguely remember a movie so it is what I'm going with.
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