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holiday
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"Read any good books lately?"
, posted Tue 12 Mar 00:11
Since the topic of books has been brought up in another thread, just thought that I'd ask you all what good books you've read recently?
As for myself, I haven't been doing much reading lately... last good book I read was Charlotte's Web (yeah, finally traced down a first ed :) and American Gods, by Neil Gaiman. Nicely written book, but it's so similiar to Douglas Adam's Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul.
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Rid Hershel
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"Re(1):Read any good books lately?"
, posted Tue 12 Mar 03:05
Good books? Hummm... If you haven't tried Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith you should, it's a great scifi-surrealistic story with a crazy twist. Very good. And any book by William Gibson, of course (my favorite is Idoru). Lately I've been reading the Philip K. Dick complete short stories... and a couple of Discworld books, too.
talbaineric
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"Re(2):Read any good books lately?"
, posted Tue 12 Mar 05:43
I'm sure all of you have heard of Anne Frank,the girl who was discovered hiding in an attic in Amsterdam and sent to the concentration camps,dying in Bergen-Belsen in March 1945,just before WW2 was over,and before the camp was liberated?
*whew*
Well,I've read "The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank",and it talks about women who were in Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen with Anne,who seen or knew her and her family,and/or were with her to the end. It's sad to see what those bastard Nazi's done to so many innocents.
Juan
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"Re(1):Read any good books lately?"
, posted Tue 12 Mar 07:17
I normally dont like reading but the only one book that i enjoyed is the count of montecristo (the old book, nothing related to the horrible movie they made not very long ago.)
quote: Since the topic of books has been brought up in another thread, just thought that I'd ask you all what good books you've read recently?
As for myself, I haven't been doing much reading lately... last good book I read was Charlotte's Web (yeah, finally traced down a first ed :) and American Gods, by Neil Gaiman. Nicely written book, but it's so similiar to Douglas Adam's Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul.
, posted Tue 12 Mar 07:19:
Does sumt count as a real book? LOL! My friend gave me her collection of romance novels...
[this message was edited by daala on Tue 12 Mar 08:57]
Iron D
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"Redwaaaaaaaaaaall!"
, posted Tue 12 Mar 10:03
I'm currently reading Marlfox by Brian Jaques. It's a part of the "Redwall" series, and there's a bunch of them out there now. These books are awesome. Think of a mixture of a Disney film, The Chronicles of Narnia without the magic, and make them a lot bloodier and gory and you've got the Redwall books.
BlackNinjaVinny 31th Post
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"Re(1):Redwaaaaaaaaaaall!"
, posted Tue 12 Mar 12:10
Well, in school, we just finished The Grapes of Wraith. Not that bad of a book. Also, in school, for reading time (I'm in college, too :P) I was reading Jaws, which kicked massive ass. The movie quivers in comparison tot he book. Check it out if you can. Currently I'm reading The Man With The Golden Gun. Not a bad book.
Rid Hershel
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"Nerd literature"
, posted Tue 12 Mar 14:42
quote: Good books? Hummm... If you haven't tried Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith you should, it's a great scifi-surrealistic story with a crazy twist. Very good. And any book by William Gibson, of course (my favorite is Idoru). Lately I've been reading the Philip K. Dick complete short stories... and a couple of Discworld books, too.
Looking at what everyone else is reading it looks like I'm the sci-fi geek of the board...
Time Mage 249th Post
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"Re(1):Nerd literature"
, posted Tue 12 Mar 15:26
The last book I read was the third Harry Potter book. Despite their kiddy fame, they're good books, I was very surprised!
Time has come... crash down on the wicked! Meteor!
Iron D
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"Heh, heh, I'm a geek...."
, posted Tue 12 Mar 15:43
quote:Looking at what everyone else is reading it looks like I'm the sci-fi geek of the board...
You aren't the only one, Rid. Comics are sci-fi to an extent, plus I love Star Trek (mostly The Next Generation, a little bit of the original, but nothing else) and Star Wars.
Toxico
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"Re(1):Read any good books lately?"
, posted Tue 12 Mar 16:01
What I write... and also Dr. Jekill & Mr. Hide Big greates works of Edgar Alan Poe (Dupin rules) Macbeth The speech of socatres (dunno how is english title of these)
Rid Hershel
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"Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman"
, posted Tue 12 Mar 16:13
Forgot about "Good Omens", by Pratchett (Discworld) and Gaiman (The Sandman, Neverwhere), another excellent book!
And Iron D, I like comic books and Star Trek, too... (but from Star Trek only The Next Generation, and the "war" episodes from Deep Space Nine).
daala
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"Re(2):Nerd literature"
, posted Tue 12 Mar 16:45
out of all the HP books, #2 is the best one.. ^_^
quote: The last book I read was the third Harry Potter book. Despite their kiddy fame, they're good books, I was very surprised!
Dominus
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"Re(1):Read any good books lately?"
, posted Tue 12 Mar 21:33
Right now, the "Satyricon," by Petronius. After that, I've been wanting to read "Vanity Fair," by Thackeray. Oh, we also studied the "Romance of Reynard the Fox" recently in my Medieval Lit class. Those stories are great!
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