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02-19-2006, 02:49 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Cimmeria
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I`am reading Stephen King`s `Christine` for the second time, also reading `Forest of the Vampire` which is a book on east european folklore, which is quite interesting.
Manimal, `Perl for systems administrators`, it does`nt sound like a very exiting book.
Is it written by the same people who brought you `Watching Paint Dry for Systems Administrators`. 
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02-20-2006, 09:44 PM
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#552
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Australia. Finally back home.
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I have hated all the books I've read by Stephen King. I just don't like what he writes though I can't quite put my finger on why.
Right now I'm reading "Hades' Daughter" by Sara Douglass. I've just started and it's quite good so far.
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02-21-2006, 09:49 AM
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#553
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Originally Posted by Beowulf
I`am reading Stephen King`s `Christine` for the second time, also reading `Forest of the Vampire` which is a book on east european folklore, which is quite interesting.
Manimal, `Perl for systems administrators`, it does`nt sound like a very exiting book.
Is it written by the same people who brought you `Watching Paint Dry for Systems Administrators`. |
True the plot is lacking, but it does help me pay the bills
Up next is "VMWare ESX Advanced Design". Can you just feel the excitement? Whooooey!
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02-22-2006, 07:03 AM
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#554
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,055
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I just read Belly Laughs by Jenny McArthy. It was really funny - she isn't shy about anything, anything at all. I like it a lot more than I thought I would.
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02-24-2006, 10:08 AM
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#555
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Lovely rainy Wales
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I've been slowly making my way through 'American Gods' by Neil Gaiman, but I've had to stop reading it for a while so that I can read the thousands of books that are being thrown at me by lecturers. What I've read of 'American Gods' so far is very good (no suprise there as its Mr. Gaiman). Shall fill you all in more when i finish it.
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02-24-2006, 10:33 AM
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#556
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: California
Posts: 152
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Right now I'm reading "Vampire Kisses" wich is very addicting.
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02-24-2006, 11:05 AM
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#557
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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I'm reading The Gnole by Alan Aldridge, it was my favourite book for a long time but I forgot about it, I found it when I went home for the weekend and was going through books I don't want anymore. I think the next pet I get I'm naming it Fungle ^_^
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02-24-2006, 11:11 AM
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#558
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Sedona, AZ
Posts: 870
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A book of poems by William Blake.
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02-24-2006, 02:23 PM
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#559
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: San Francisco, California.
Posts: 392
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Profane Existence #49.
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02-25-2006, 08:24 AM
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#560
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Slovenia
Posts: 28
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Digital Fortress by Dan Brown.
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02-25-2006, 03:01 PM
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#561
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: U.K
Posts: 1,858
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The Babysitter Triology by R.L.Stine. I read it when I was about 9 & it always got me worrying if someone was secretly after me...
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02-25-2006, 04:11 PM
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#562
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: San Francisco, California.
Posts: 392
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"Fire To The Powder Keg", again. It was that good of a book to me.
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02-25-2006, 05:50 PM
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#563
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 1,249
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Eisenhorn by Dan Abnett. It's a Warhammer 40k novel. I don't play the game but I love the setting. Lots of races constantly at war. An emperor that to stay alive thousands of people must be sacrificed everyday. It's pretty insane. Plus the guy on the front of the book looks all tough and "GRRR! I'm going to hurt you!" I think my sickness is making me silly. >_<
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02-25-2006, 06:35 PM
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#564
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: New Mexico
Posts: 317
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Ender's Game by Orison Scott Card. I've read it before...many many times. But it will always remain as my favorite book. Such a wonderful novel.
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02-26-2006, 05:01 AM
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#565
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: A long time ago in a galaxy far away...
Posts: 50
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The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. This has been one of my favourite books for a very long time. I think I first read it when I was 7 or so, I'm not entirely sure.
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02-27-2006, 08:15 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Norway
Posts: 1,059
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I'm reading Havana by Stephen Hunter.
It's about a man who's recruited by a shady branch of the US government to kill the young Fidel Castro, another man who's going to woo him, Commie-style, and possibly some more men doing something else... I don't know, I'm only three chapters in so far. But it looks promising! I was in the mood for something hard-boiled, and this fits the bill.
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02-27-2006, 09:18 PM
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#567
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Australia. Finally back home.
Posts: 957
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I've just started reading "Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglass Adams... again. This is about the fourth time I've read it and I still think that it's funny.
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02-28-2006, 09:20 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: A long time ago in a galaxy far away...
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Have you read any of the other books in that series? They're fucking hilarious.
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02-28-2006, 01:19 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: San Francisco, California.
Posts: 392
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"From Mission To Microchip" by Fred Glass. Because I have to. It's for 1 of my Labour Studies classes & the author is my teacher.
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02-28-2006, 04:34 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
Posts: 9,203
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Elegy for a Lost Star, by Elizabeth Haydon. I think it's better than lord of the rings
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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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03-02-2006, 06:59 AM
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#571
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,055
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I just finished The Gilded Cage: A Story of Esther, by Rebecca Kohn. It was so good, I read it in one sitting.
The Book of Esther in the Old Testament is one of my favorite, because it's about a woman (yes a woman) who uses her smarts, beauty, and position to save her people from genocide. But, it's not very personal. Kohn tells Esther's story and not only does she tell it in a way that makes you feel like you really know Esther, but she writes it as historically accurate as possible. One really great thing about this book is the character of the King. He has his terrible faults, but he has his good traits, too. He is very much a real human being. I like to read about characters that don't fit nicely into a little box and if you like that, you'll like this book. If you like historical fiction, this one is great.
Now I'm reading The Punishment of Beauty by Anne Rice. It's the second in the Beauty series. Melikes this one too. I can't wait to find out what happens at the end of the third book
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03-02-2006, 04:04 PM
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#572
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 96
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Well I am currently reading C# Core Language of the Little Black Book series by Bill Wagner. Its a computer programing book.
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03-03-2006, 03:37 PM
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#573
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Australia. Finally back home.
Posts: 957
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Nemesion - Actually I have the omnibus edition. It has the first four books of the series in one book. They're ALL freaking hilarious!
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03-06-2006, 11:51 PM
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#574
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: New Mexico
Posts: 317
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Dracula Was A Woman by Raymond T McNally. A wonderful, albet expensive, little book about the Blood Countess, Elizabeth Bathory.
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Since the one thing we can say about fundamental matter is, that it is vibrating. And since all vibrations are theoretically sound, then it is not unreasonable to suggest that the universe is music and should be perceived as such.
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03-07-2006, 12:11 AM
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#575
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,055
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Is it a documentary, or a historical fiction?
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