What have you been reading lately?
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Monday, December 17 2007 22:59
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I'm reading some Pratchett right now, but have been all over the map. Nothing like Christmas shopping for other people. I always end up proof reading the books for people so that I know they aren't ... lemons. -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Argon - "I'm at a loss for words..." Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Councilor
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written Monday, December 17 2007 23:07
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Just started The Other Insect Societies. Kind of technical but highly interesting so far. Dikiyoba. -------------------- Episode 4: Spiderweb Reloaded Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, December 18 2007 03:10
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quote:Even if the first movie did well, the 'church' would be even more up in arms about the last two... -------------------- Lt. Sullust Quaere verum Posts: 2462 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Tuesday, December 18 2007 18:41
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Many passages of writings include "secular" symbolic references to God. If they're going to accuse literature of secularization, they might as well accuse society as well. [ Tuesday, December 18, 2007 18:42: Message edited by: Excalibur ] -------------------- Decca Records - "We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out." Posts: 1384 | Registered: Tuesday, February 6 2007 08:00 |
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BANNED
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written Tuesday, December 18 2007 18:48
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I don't knwo for sure but I'm assuming your talking about His Dark Materials trilogy. I loved the books more than anything else I've read before but I hated to movie with such contempt that about half way through wathing it I went insane with anger and they kicked me out of the movie theater. -------------------- When I close my eyes at night I see David Bowie. PLAY AVERNUM 1!!!!!!!!!!! Posts: 157 | Registered: Saturday, August 25 2007 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, December 18 2007 19:08
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Since I am the official bearer of bad tidings for this thread, and since it somehow hasn't come up here yet, I present to you... disaster. —Alorael, who would like to know why it couldn't have been one of those other fantasy Terrys. Yes, that's a terrible thing to say, but does literature really need Terry Goodkind? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Tuesday, December 18 2007 19:12
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Still working on the Hitchhiker's Trilogy. Somewhere in the middle of The Restraunt at the End of the Universe. -------------------- "I'm happy I'm the mentally disturbed person I am." -Nioca "Yes, Iffy is a demon." -Iffy Posts: 1186 | Registered: Friday, June 18 2004 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Tuesday, December 18 2007 19:28
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Nalyd liked that series up to the reality-swap part. -------------------- Fear us, mortals, but never envy, for though we burn with power, our fuel is our sorrows. Posts: 1636 | Registered: Wednesday, January 5 2005 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Wednesday, December 19 2007 11:23
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Finished reading Ragamuffin by Tobias Buckell. -------------------- Wasting your time and mine looking for a good laugh. Star Bright, Star Light, Oh I Wish I May, I Wish Might, Wish For One Star Tonight. Add your one star vote to my tally. Posts: 1084 | Registered: Thursday, November 7 2002 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Monday, December 24 2007 09:41
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Read the Down Home Zombie Blues by Linnea Sinclair, a science fiction romance. -------------------- Wasting your time and mine looking for a good laugh. Star Bright, Star Light, Oh I Wish I May, I Wish Might, Wish For One Star Tonight. Add your one star vote to my tally. Posts: 1084 | Registered: Thursday, November 7 2002 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, December 24 2007 10:51
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quote:I freaked out and thought he died. This is a bit less bad. (Though not by much, technically)... :( -------------------- The Noble and Ancient Order of Polaris - We're Not Yet Dead. Encyclopedia • Blades Forge • Archives • Stats • RSS (This Topic / Forum) • Blog • NaNoWriMo Did-chat thentagoespyet jumund fori is jus, hat onlime gly nertan ne gethen Firyoubbit 'obio.' Decorum deserves a whole line of my signature, and an entry in your bookmarks. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Monday, December 31 2007 02:26
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It is very sad that Terry Pratchett got alzheimers. Let me see. I finished reading a number of books since last I posted. The last one I read was The Secret History of Moscow by Ekaterina Sedia. This is a really beautiful book. It is an urban fantasy set in a fairytale underground Moscow with very odd creatures like Zhemun the celestial cow and other things. It is quite good. -------------------- Wasting your time and mine looking for a good laugh. Star Bright, Star Light, Oh I Wish I May, I Wish Might, Wish For One Star Tonight. Add your one star vote to my tally. Posts: 1084 | Registered: Thursday, November 7 2002 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Thursday, January 3 2008 09:17
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Finishing up "Middlesex," by Jeffrey Eugenides. To say it's about a Greek hermaphrodite doesn't quite do it justice, but is factually accurate nonetheless. -------------------- "Mongo only pawn in game of life" -- Mongo Posts: 75 | Registered: Monday, August 5 2002 07:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Thursday, January 3 2008 09:38
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I'm about 4 pages from finishing Snow White and the Seven Samurai. -------------------- Synergy, et al - "I don't get it." Argon - "I'm at a loss for words..." Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Thursday, January 3 2008 09:54
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I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Tiberius Colbert. -------------------- "I'm happy I'm the mentally disturbed person I am." -Nioca "Yes, Iffy is a demon." -Iffy Posts: 1186 | Registered: Friday, June 18 2004 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Friday, January 4 2008 08:41
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I read Scheherezade Goes West by Fatema Mernissi. This is a kind of odd book. It is about the concept of the harem in the western world and the middle east. It is written by a Moroccan professor who is an Islamic feminist so it has a very different view of the world than one which I am used to. The book is pretty intriguing. -------------------- Wasting your time and mine looking for a good laugh. Star Bright, Star Light, Oh I Wish I May, I Wish Might, Wish For One Star Tonight. Add your one star vote to my tally. Posts: 1084 | Registered: Thursday, November 7 2002 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Friday, January 4 2008 08:58
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I got "Numerical Recipes in C++" for Christmas, and have been working my way through it. It is indisputably the most fantastic programming book I've ever read. I also got and have already finished "Soon I will Be Invincible", which I enjoyed a great deal. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Saturday, January 12 2008 07:51
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I've been reading the Fables series of graphic novels by Bill Willingham. The illustrations are beautiful and colorful. The stories involve fairytale creatures in modern Manhattan who have been fleeing an adversary in the land of fables. The series has won five Eisner awards this year in 2007, three in 2006, and two in 2005. It really is excellent. -------------------- Wasting your time and mine looking for a good laugh. Star Bright, Star Light, Oh I Wish I May, I Wish Might, Wish For One Star Tonight. Add your one star vote to my tally. Posts: 1084 | Registered: Thursday, November 7 2002 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Saturday, January 12 2008 08:03
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I'm reading a collection of short stories from such writers like Ursula Le Quin and Ray Bradbury. Still three stories to go, then I'll continue with a book from Stanislaw Lem -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Saturday, January 12 2008 13:39
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The Stars my Destination -------------------- Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Saturday, January 12 2008 14:27
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Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover books. And, as you might be able to judge by the name, Goldenking's mentioning of the Hitchiker series made Nalyd obsessed with it. [ Saturday, January 12, 2008 20:13: Message edited by: Agrajag ] -------------------- Fear us, mortals, but never envy, for though we burn with power, our fuel is our sorrows. Posts: 1636 | Registered: Wednesday, January 5 2005 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Saturday, January 12 2008 16:59
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The Stars My Destination was made into a very interesting graphic novel -- read comic book. -------------------- Wasting your time and mine looking for a good laugh. Star Bright, Star Light, Oh I Wish I May, I Wish Might, Wish For One Star Tonight. Add your one star vote to my tally. Posts: 1084 | Registered: Thursday, November 7 2002 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Wednesday, January 16 2008 20:46
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John Steinbeck - East of Eden -------------------- Decca Records - "We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out." Posts: 1384 | Registered: Tuesday, February 6 2007 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Sunday, January 20 2008 17:19
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I read the graphic novel illustrated by Charles Vess, A Book of Ballads which takes old Irish, English, and Scottish ballads and turns them into comic book stories with the ballads written out as poems at the end of each story. -------------------- Wasting your time and mine looking for a good laugh. Star Bright, Star Light, Oh I Wish I May, I Wish Might, Wish For One Star Tonight. Add your one star vote to my tally. Posts: 1084 | Registered: Thursday, November 7 2002 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Tuesday, January 22 2008 20:25
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Now my English teacher says we're going to read Macbeth. :( -------------------- Decca Records - "We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out." Posts: 1384 | Registered: Tuesday, February 6 2007 08:00 |