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04-09-2005, 08:33 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Louisiana
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I just finished "Pale Moon Rising" by Ginna Gray...it was good 
*Soul*
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04-12-2005, 03:48 PM
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#227
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: nomad
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Friedrich Duerrenmatt - A dangerous Game (die Panne)
I was really impressed.
Now, seriously, Duerrenmatt is an interesting author...black humor, somewhat kafkaesk, but still original with a fresh style-I can only suggest reading his stuff.
just in case:
http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople....e&UID=1114
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"The reason why truth is so much stranger than fiction is that there is no requirement for it to be consistent."
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04-12-2005, 04:08 PM
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#228
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Lisboa, Portugal
Posts: 1,608
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Eva Luna - Isabel Allende (damn good)
Nike, baby: just IN case.
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04-12-2005, 11:51 PM
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#229
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: under the bed
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I generally read two books at a time. I keep one by the bed so I can read while going to sleep and one on the coffee table for when my bf wants to zone off into the tv. I'm reading VC Andrews "Ruby" as a bed time story and collection of HP Lovecraft for the waking hours.
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04-13-2005, 02:40 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: nomad
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thanks, mael, edited - BUT:that was a typo - o is next to i on german keybords ;P
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"The reason why truth is so much stranger than fiction is that there is no requirement for it to be consistent."
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04-19-2005, 05:14 PM
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#231
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: California
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im reading a book on john lennon, and i just got done reading the Great Gatsby, and right befor that a book on margaret sanger
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04-19-2005, 05:16 PM
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#232
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: California
Posts: 167
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i just got the complete works of Edgar Allen Poe at the library for $5
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04-19-2005, 06:42 PM
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#233
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,051
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I finally got around to reading "The Hitchhicker's Guide To The Galaxy". There's this crazy hippy that rides his bike around campus here, and if there were such a thing as "the Hitchhikers Guide..." It would say NOT TO TALK TO HIM! Every time you talk to him, it will turn into an hour long conversation about how you should "Totally check out my website, Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy... I totally designed it and stuff... Hitchhicker's guide..." I've never actually vivisted it 0.o He even calls himself "Time Lloyd" or something. Anyway, hilarious book. I drew a picture of my version of Ford Prefect. He looks pretty shadey in a happy kind of way ^.^ Ford is my favorite character.
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04-19-2005, 08:41 PM
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#234
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 150
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Poppy
Wormwood by Poppy Z Brite
...love....her....
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04-20-2005, 06:00 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Athens, Greece
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I am currently reading a novel by a Greek author, M. Karagatsis. It's called Leitourgia se La yfesis, in English Mass in La minore, originally published in 1943.
Karagatsis' use of the Greek language is amazing, he uses many metaphors and he develops his characters in depth. I don't know if any of his books are translated, my guess is yes.
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04-21-2005, 10:13 AM
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#236
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: I own Pitseleh!!
Posts: 3,747
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Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolf
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04-21-2005, 10:17 AM
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#237
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: I own Pitseleh!!
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It took me two weeks, but I just finished rereading the entire Dragonriders of Pern saga. Well, until the point where her son took over. There's just been something about this series, since I first read it way back when, that I find endearing.
I <3 Ruth, he's just the best dragon ever.
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Yes he is!
I get the feeling maybe that we're the only ones reading this series?
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I wanna read that now! My friends Greeny and Adam were reading those! Adam's really funny... he sits on a stool in front of my German teacer and just... stares at him... or throws his toy cow at him... I call him "Dingus Kahn" sometimes. I said "Adam, if you were a puppy, I would name you "Dingus Kahn"". My friend Kim said, "He is your puppy". I'm really sorry and really tired. Um... I'm going to read "Peter Pan".
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Ha HA!!!
Dingus Kahn!
Brilliant!
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04-23-2005, 10:26 PM
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#238
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Off my rocker and being beaten with it
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Just finished Huckleberry Finn for the third time in 14 years. Not so goth, but in fear of calling out for people to just be whatever you want them to be... I was taught in college that this rather than Tom Sawyer was Mark Twain's classic. It's great. Huck helps Jim, a runwaway slave, get away while spending the entire book thinking he's awful while really he's a brave kid. I found it worth my time to read again.
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04-24-2005, 08:35 AM
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#239
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,051
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Dingus Kahn.. I'm glad you like it, Wolfmoon ^.^ As for Samuel Clemens, I've always liked "The Prince and The Pauper".
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"There's straw in his brains and his clothing is stained with mice and small newts and the perfectly maimed. Don't look under his hood in the place where he stood or you'll find yourself running from the rook in the wood."
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04-24-2005, 09:58 AM
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#240
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: I own Pitseleh!!
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Samuel Clemens?
Who?
j/k
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04-28-2005, 09:58 AM
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#241
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 1,111
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Therese Raquin (anybody who knows how do to accents... you're smarter than I am) by Zola. I *loooooove* it. It's a nice substitute for Dostoyevsky, since all of the books of him (that I have within reach of my bed), I've already finished.
*edit* I forgot! I have a really pretty quote from the book. Is that allowed? I hope that's allowed. It's allowed. It's really pretty, and it's about ****, pretty much:
"Then with a violent movement Laurent stooped, took the young woman, and held her against his breast. He pushed her head back, crushing her lips beneath his own. She made one wild instinctive effort to resist and then yielded, slipping down onto the floor. Not a single word was exchanged. The act was silent and brutal."
I love it.
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04-28-2005, 04:45 PM
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#242
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,051
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That's scarry, Tea. 0.o
I just finished Farenheit 451 a couple days ago.
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"There's straw in his brains and his clothing is stained with mice and small newts and the perfectly maimed. Don't look under his hood in the place where he stood or you'll find yourself running from the rook in the wood."
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04-29-2005, 03:17 AM
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#243
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: under the bed
Posts: 90
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Right now I am currently reading a book called "girls on the verge" Its about diffrent intitions girls goes through.
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04-29-2005, 06:17 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: I own Pitseleh!!
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Originally Posted by TeapotScar
It's really pretty, and it's about ****, pretty much:
"Then with a violent movement Laurent stooped, took the young woman, and held her against his breast. He pushed her head back, crushing her lips beneath his own. She made one wild instinctive effort to resist and then yielded, slipping down onto the floor. Not a single word was exchanged. The act was silent and brutal."
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Are you sure it's not just rough sex?
Some girls like it rough.
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04-29-2005, 06:21 PM
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#245
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 1,111
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Some girls like it rough.
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Heh, believe me... I know... :wink:
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04-29-2005, 06:30 PM
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#246
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 517
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WHORE
That wasn't directed to Tea, that's the book I'm reading right now. Seriously.
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04-29-2005, 06:43 PM
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#247
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: under the bed
Posts: 90
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Thats funny because not too long ago I read a book called SLUT by Leora Tanenbaum. It was about women who grew up with a reputation and how it affected them.
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05-12-2005, 03:46 AM
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#248
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Norway
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Just started Orlando by Virginia Woolf. Books that deal with subjects like gender ambiguity/androgyny are always interesting to me, so I just had to pick this one up. I'm still on the introduction, which is mainly about Virginia, her writing, circle of friends and such. Pretty interesting stuff.
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05-12-2005, 09:26 PM
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#249
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 554
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"The Red Diary" by Toni Blake
*Soul*
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05-20-2005, 04:31 PM
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#250
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Dublin, California
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Went to the local Book Dispensary and got a bunch of horror novels. Edward Lee, Laymon, Ketchum, Clegg, Little, Levin, Straub, and some anthologies. A few hundred dollars worth for a little over $15. Gotta love the used paperback store (they look new too!). Currently Im reading through the Laymon i got, and im in the middle of The Traveling Vampire Show. Love it. No Sanctuary is next.
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