What have you been reading lately?
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Dollop of Whipped Cream
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written Wednesday, October 4 2006 11:41
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quote:I do. They are quite interesting. -------------------- "Tyranicus is about the only one that still posts in the Nethergate Forum." —Randomizer Spiderweb Chat Room Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 562 | Registered: Friday, December 14 2001 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, October 4 2006 11:57
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The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Some parts aren't too funny, and some jokes are outright ripped off from other people, but it has its gems. www.venganza.org -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database BoE Webring - Self explanatory They Might Be Giants - Four official websites for one of the greatest bands in existence Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, October 4 2006 12:34
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quote:Seconded. We had like 6 of them at my house... I have none at college, regrettably. -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, October 4 2006 12:35
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Classical and Quantum Computation -------------------- Lt. Sullust Quaere verum Posts: 2462 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Cartographer
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written Thursday, October 5 2006 05:01
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Finished American Gods by Neil Gaiman last night. Have read it once before. I've still got a big stack of books waiting for me now. Not sure which one I'll pick, though. Still haven't got the one I reserved. :( Whoever's got it hasn't even returned it on time. It's now nearly two weeks late, the bastard... -------------------- Pannaan kaikki hippulat vinkumaan! ^_^ Ooh! Riibu's Kolo - January Blues - Geneforge, +2, +3 - My Elfwood Gallery and DevArt page So many strange ones around. Don't you think? Posts: 1308 | Registered: Sunday, September 8 2002 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Thursday, October 5 2006 07:30
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I am reading Blackbeard America's Most Notorious Pirate by Angus Konstam. This at times is very dry and historical. He is comparing different records of what happened with Blackbeard. There are interesting moments throughout. Lets capture us a musician, get the merchantman sloop with sugar and rum, mix up and the sugar and rum to make some punch, sail to the islands where we will bring in the local whores and build a giant bonfire where we will drink rum punch and eat for a week straight, make the musician and whores dance and have a good time. -------------------- 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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Post Navel Trauma ^_^
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written Thursday, October 5 2006 11:17
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I've just finished Neil Gaiman's Fragile Things. Next up, Terry Pratchett's Wintersmith, except that first I'll read some excessively geeky magazines (cVu and Overload) -------------------- Barcoorah: I even did it to a big dorset ram. New Mac BoE Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Thursday, October 5 2006 11:57
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Pratchet is an excellent author, I find myself laughing to his books far too much, and far too loudly. This is probably a dumb comparison, but some of his characters remind me of Shakespearian characters, or at least the comic ones. I even enjoyed the picture book for Vime's son that got published. -------------------- "Let's just say that if complete and utter chaos was lightning, he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are false'." Posts: 564 | Registered: Wednesday, April 14 2004 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Tuesday, October 10 2006 16:29
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Terry Pratchett worked for eight years as a technical writer for the nuclear industry. He claims it was a lesson in how to write well, because it is so easy for things to go wrong with the equipment. -------------------- 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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Councilor
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written Tuesday, October 10 2006 18:14
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Since this is back up, I'll just say that I recently finished Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell) and We (Yevgeny Zamyatin). Dikiyoba is now starting Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. -------------------- Episode 4: Spiderweb Reloaded Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Cartographer
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written Tuesday, October 10 2006 21:31
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I finished Notre Dame two days ago. D'you know, I had no idea it could be so boring. Not the bits with the characters and the plot advancing, you know, with all the story, but the whole chapters where he just described places. I never skip anything while reading, but that was too much even for me. It was completely pointless! But the actual story was entertaining, yes. Although... I absolutely hated Esmeralda. At some point I just started hoping for her to die at the end. I actually checked the ending at one point and was grimly satisfied to find a passage of her getting hung. Admittedly, I nearly felt that maybe she should've gotten saved when every other character tried to do something for her, but then she opened her mouth and just, that... Ugh -_- "Oh, for f---'s sake! Just kill her already!" I may be in trouble since my MC in my NaNovel is a lot like her in that stupid love aspect. Except Rosalie doesn't fall in love, just has a huge crush and she at least has the sense to know that Jonathan doesn't really love her. Probably makes her even more stupid to accept his advantages, though. (sorry, OT :\ ) Girls! -------------------- Pannaan kaikki hippulat vinkumaan! ^_^ Ooh! Riibu's Kolo - January Blues - Geneforge, +2, +3 - My Elfwood Gallery and DevArt page So many strange ones around. Don't you think? Posts: 1308 | Registered: Sunday, September 8 2002 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, October 11 2006 01:14
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quote:I'll look for American Gods in the bookshop some time this week - if Good Omens was any indicator, his books are awesome. -------------------- 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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Apprentice
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written Wednesday, October 11 2006 07:14
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I'm reading Nietzsche... can't read enough Nietzsche... give, more, Nietzsche... Posts: 1 | Registered: Wednesday, October 11 2006 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Wednesday, October 11 2006 07:17
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By Diki: quote:Good, from what I remember of it. Introduction to RISC Assembly Language Programming by John Waldron. My joy knows no bounds. -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: I will hire an entire squad of blind guards. Not only is this in keeping with my status as an equal opportunity employer, but it will come in handy when the hero becomes invisible or douses my only light source. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, October 11 2006 07:31
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American Gods is really nothing at all like Good Omens. It's still great and still funny in places, but it's much less light-hearted and much less obviously explained, quite possibly because of the lack of Pratchetesque footnotes. —Alorael, who learned everything he knows about the old British currency system from a Good Omens footnote. He also learned most of what he knows about cloistered orders from the same. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Cartographer
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written Wednesday, October 11 2006 11:28
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(I got it! I finally got it! And now I'm not reading it. Why is that, I wonder? Damn these boards.) Have I actually mentioned what the hell it is that I've been wanting to read for so long? Hmm. Well, it's Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud, anyway. The last book of the Bartimeus trilogy. Gonna finish iiiit... -------------------- Pannaan kaikki hippulat vinkumaan! ^_^ Ooh! Riibu's Kolo - January Blues - Geneforge, +2, +3 - My Elfwood Gallery and DevArt page So many strange ones around. Don't you think? Posts: 1308 | Registered: Sunday, September 8 2002 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Monday, October 16 2006 05:00
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Just finished reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy. A nice little piece of post apocalyptic fiction. This is about what it means to stay human under nightmarish conditions. -------------------- 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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La Canaliste
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written Monday, October 16 2006 07:49
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My beloved is reading Wintersmith, and chortling much. I am reading the Divine Comedy and not chortling much at all. Should I read Fragile Things? -------------------- But it's the unsquandered youth that is truly wasted. Deep down, you know you should have voted for Alcritas! Posts: 387 | Registered: Tuesday, March 1 2005 08:00 |
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Too Sexy for my Title
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written Monday, October 16 2006 08:53
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I'm currently reading The Stand by Stephen King. 500 pages down and so far so good. Posts: 1035 | Registered: Friday, April 1 2005 08:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Monday, October 16 2006 17:26
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Right now? A Clive Cussler book. Believe it or not, the bad guy loses through his own greed. Next? House by Tracy Kidder. -------------------- 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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Apprentice
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written Monday, October 16 2006 19:36
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The Woman In White..Just finished it...Instantly made me a Wilkie Collins fan....Story never stalls....Great mystery.. Posts: 42 | Registered: Saturday, June 25 2005 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Monday, October 16 2006 21:12
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Alan Moore's Watchmen. If you haven't read it already, what the hell is wrong with you? Posts: 794 | Registered: Tuesday, October 11 2005 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Tuesday, October 17 2006 06:59
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Currently reading Witches' Brew, from Terry Brooks' Landover series. The series is good, if you're looking for mostly lighthearted fantasy. I also recommend his Shannara series and Word/Void trilogy. They're more serious. -------------------- Do not provoke the turtles. They do not like being provoked. -Lenar My website: Nemesis' Refuge Posts: 743 | Registered: Friday, September 29 2006 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Wednesday, October 18 2006 18:44
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Retief of the C.D.T. Everyone knows your superiors are idiots. Retief just proves it. Also, Bad Prince Charlie by John Moore. -------------------- My ego is bigger than yours. Posts: 480 | Registered: Thursday, October 11 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, October 18 2006 20:53
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Well, just finished The Thin Place, by Kathryn Davis. Excellent book, very convoluted. quote:Quite, quite dark, in fact... but awesome nonetheless. -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |