Good books?
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Warrior
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written Sunday, July 11 2004 14:58
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I've been slowly trudging through The Tale of Genji. Not easy reading, but it's mostly just various sexual escapades and court intrigue... There's this fantastically entertaining part where the protagonist and his best friend have more or less of a love triangle with an old woman... I read it on my lunch break. It's like reading a romance novel without all the raised eyebrows. -------------------- "'I saw the duckling hatch and disappear. Sadly I ask who may have taken it.'" Posts: 67 | Registered: Monday, June 28 2004 07:00 |
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Skip to My Lou
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written Monday, July 12 2004 09:25
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One of my favorite authors is Raymond E. Fiest. His first two books, Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master are high on my list of favorites and I enjoyed his other books too. Terry Brooks' Shanara books are good also. Read some Douglas Adams! -------------------- Take the Personality Test! INTJ 100% 75% 100% 44% Huzzah for the Masterminds! www.Keirsey.com for personality information. The Sloganizer! "Swing your Archmage Alex." Deep down, you wish you were a stick figure. Posts: 1629 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Babelicious
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written Monday, July 12 2004 10:02
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Illuminatus! The greatest series ever penned. When I first read "The Eye In The Pyramid," I literally went mildly insane for a few days. Most of the Cthulhu Mythos literature is pretty good, too. "At the Mountains of Madness" is great. -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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By Committee
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written Monday, July 12 2004 13:41
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"The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul" is probably one of my favorite books ever, almost entirely for Chapter 3, when Dirk makes his entrance, kind of. :) Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Wednesday, July 14 2004 08:12
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Andrea: I heard that Guillermo del Toro (dir. of Blade II, Cronos, Mimic, Devil's Backbone, Hellboy) may do "At the Mountains of Madness" as film. Also, if you like Illuminatus, be sure to check out Shrodinger's Cat also by RAW. In fact, you may wanna check some of his other work, they are more philosophical, less fiction, but still mind blowing. Dirk Gently was so fantastic!!! A funny book that I don't think was mentioned (may have been and I've forgotten) is: "Good Omens" by Neil Gaiman and Terry Patchet. There are a couple of non-fiction books I read recently which were good: The Hot Zone (it scared the jeebee jeebees out of me!) Fermat's Enigma about Fermat's Theorem. Very interesting. -------------------- quote:Random Jack Vance Quote Manual Generator Apparatus (Cugel's Saga) Posts: 604 | Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00 |