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I just started A Crown of Swords, the 7th book in the Wheel of Time series, and goodness, since yesterday I've read like 170 pages... this series is fantastic!!! |
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I haven't found a good book in AGES! it's sucky...i better find a few for my trip. ah well. |
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I'm illiterate... I watched A Clockwork Orange last night... it was BASED on a book. Close enough. |
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im really getting into this weeks tv guide man! woah! i just cant put it down! :-P books.... sorry, never interested me. |
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nothing compares to a good book in my mind... but the trouble is finding a good book... so many books I've started and never finished... but the cool thing with this series is that it's one super long story, and it's a kick ass story that is never boring... and it's like 9 books long now, with I think a total of 13 books planned... |
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so what I mean is that with this series you've found like 13 good books... |
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A Clash of Kings, the second book in the best fantasy series ever, A Song of Ice And Fire, by George R. R. Martin. BTW The Funkmaster I share your feelings on the Wheel of Time series!!! I finished A Crown of Swords in April, and plan on reading the next two (and so far only others I haven't read) in the series this summer. |
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I'm a HUUUGGGEEE reader!!! I was reading LONG before I got into music. . . |
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A great series I would reccomend to anyone would be the Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich. They're something anyone would enjoy. Lots of humour, and quirky but likable characters. It's probably my favourite non-fantasy series. |
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I'm reading Ender's Game. |
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Confirmation it's a book about extraterrestrial encounters with hard evidence |
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house corino the third in the dune prequel trilogy (no it wasn't stolen from star wars- it's the other way around) and aside from that... jr tolkien, the hobbit s king, the tommyknockers c palahniuk, survivor and some crap by hp lovecraft |
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enders game? some kid in lansing tried to get me to start up on that series- i think i might once i finish what i've already got on my plate |
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Currently reading Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Recently read Anthem by Ayn Rand, the first two Lord of the Rings books, and Issac Asimov - The Complete Stories Volume I. About every year or so I reread the complete Hitchhiker's Guide series, and I've been reading assorted physics books for the last ten years. Next, I want to start reading more philosophy. And I've tried reading Godel, Escher, Bach like three times but I just can't stay with it. I like to read. |
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I also read various parts out of the bible every now and then--mostly the Old Testament because it's entertaining. I'm not religious at all, though. |
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I'm reading Bram Stoker's Dracula. I have a really cool edition with more annotations than story. |
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TimeLine by Michael Crichton I havent picked it up in a while since I've been to sick to even sit on a computer, but starting Monday on my last 3 hours of work where I have nothing to do, I'll pick it up again =) |
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Ohhh, Timeline was really good. Great mix of science and history. They're making a movie out of it, ya know? |
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Oh god!!! I read Timeline last year and it is absolutely horrible!! It's just a typical, predictable Chrichton thriller. Some interesting concepts, and likeable characters, but overall nothing really special. |
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I don't usually read too many of those books, so maybe I was able to appreciate it more. I thoroughly enjoyed it. |
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For those that like fantasy the entire Elric Saga by Michael Moorcock was pretty good. |
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Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard. the thickest book i've ever read besides the Tolkien trilogy |
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Yikes who to believe....well my opinion is this---its not going to be one of those books where I sit back and think "geee golly I love it" its just one of those books where I want to read something different. I did hear a movie is being made from it. But so far the characters are really interesting, and its easy reading too..=) |
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Fight Club |
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i recently bought william s burroughs' naked lunch...but i havent had time to start it yet... i also started wells' time machine a month or so ago...but havent really had time to read much more of it... so yeah...i wanted to get some reading done this summer...but then i had to get a stupid job |
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i just started reading The Shining and am about 300 pages into it, after that i'm gonna start on the stand. i love to read! i'm a geek i know......... |
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ENDERS GAME rules....one of my top 5 of ALL TIME easy..... Ive read it 16 times or so....LUUUVE it!!=) Right now Im reading "A Peoples History of the United States" - Thomas Zinn Very cool....Very well written...Anyone else read this? |
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yeah enders game was a pretty good book, i haven't read any other books in the series yet though. |
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im readin the hitchikers guide to the universe. funny ass book. |
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Just finished "Leaving Reality Behind"...the story of the etoy artists and their battle with ETOYS.COM ... I was involved with a couple of virtual sit-ins for etoy when all this happened a couple of yrs back so it was great to finally read the whole story.... Started this morning "Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth" - a novel done as a comic strip...bit tricky to desribe really..."Bought up as an only child by an over-protective mother, with only his fantasies about superheroes for company, Jimmy is now a middle-aged loner working as an office dogsbody in Chicago. He has just received a letter from his estranged father, inviting him to spend Thanksgiving with him." - The Guardian Review & also "Digital Biology" by Peter Bentley...pop science book about Alife; kinda simplistic at times but not a bad introduction, I guess... Reading is tops!!!... |
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.... a great review of Jimmy Corrigan... |
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I'm reading the complete works of Oscar Wilde (All in 1 book and it cost me £1.50 brand new :) ). Jand: "Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth" is superb. I love the sense of melancholy in it. The artwork is superb and those little cut out and make buildings are brilliant (although I'd never cut it up!). I like the multiple choice quiz with things like: Is your relationship with your father: a) Strained b) Distant c) Non-existant |
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Jand: Since when did you become a moderator, or have you always been one and I've just not noticed...? |
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Yeah, I'm loving this Jimmy Corrigan book...it's really touching & quietly sad...I'm supposed to be doing some programming for someone today but it looks like i'm just gonna read all day... Nah, just been made a moderator last week...I believe phob is planning on having a load more once xltronic gets off the ground so there should be at least one mod on all the time....theres a bit more info here ... |
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I'm reading a beautiful book called "The House of Sleep" by Coe. I like to put nice soundtrack when I read... so for this book I selected Fyuti and Soup by Bola, Astrobotnia pt.1 and Geogaddi. |
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"Noise" by Jacques Attali. BTW, for those into "Ender's Game", the rest of the series is crap. |
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i just finished the player of games by iain m. banks last week... my, what an incredible story! the ending was just horror! i'm taking up tess of the d'urberville by thomas hardy soon. |
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shite i meant use of weapons by iain m. banks... sheesh! |
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Banksy - Existencilism |
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im currently perusing the Forrest gump novel, but i aint enjoying it, its very dissimilar from the acclaimed movie, the underlying differences are numerous and striking and the subject matter is clearly aimed at a different target audience. Although i find the insights into the mind of forrest enlightening, i beleive the films' ambience and diversity of character presents a greater representation of the era, and conveys a cartain charm not found within the literature. |
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thanks for all the good ideas. I really need a new book for my next vacation and i think i'll go find myself fight club because i've been hearing lots of good things about both the book and the movie. |
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Kaspar Hauser would kick Forrest Gump's ass any given day. |
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Kasper Hauser...now theres a name I haven't heard in a while...wasn't he some sort of idiot savant?... J198: yeah, Fight Club is a great novel (just as good as the film)...Chuck Paulaniuks other novels are very cool as well (Survivor, Choke & Invisible Monsters...)...if you like FC you'll like those as well... |
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Kaspar hauser was an idiot savant to top all other wannabes such as Rainman, Forrest Gump etc. I haven't read the book (I think the film was made by a book) but the film was so much better than any of later-to-come PC garbage... |
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Jand: Finished Jimmy Corigan yet? |
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heh! yeah....finished it now....couldn't put it down once I'd started...wicked book..:).. Don't know what to read next now...it's gonna be a big comedown after that... |
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Yeah, I read a small book on Kaspar Hauser a few years ago, very interesting, but very speculative as well, as far as his real identity, etc.. |
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If you haven't read it, "Ada or Ardor: A family chronicle" by Vladimir Nabokov is even better than Jimmy Corrigan IMO. V. different type of book, but probably my favourite book of all time. |
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I do not have the time nor the patience to sit down for a few hours and read a book! There are so many other distracts that I find far more appealling than reading.. |
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distractions |
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