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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:32 pm
by Grudge
I just bought this one (although I haven't finished Chasm City yet):
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 2:48 pm
by menkent
Le Ton beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language - Hofstadter, Douglas R.
Translation Studies (New Accents Series) - Susan Bassnett-McGuire
Myths to Live By - Joseph Campbell
i've got the paperback of Card's shadow of the giant on pre-order from amazon
gonna re-read Farhenheit 451 eventually, as i picked up a nice hardcover of that.
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:08 pm
by 4days
Deji wrote:Master and Margarita - Bulgakov obviously.
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:10 pm
by Freakaloin
lol...I'm an idiot..
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:10 pm
by werldhed
Freakaloin wrote:lol...ppl still buy books? rofl...
As opposed to what? Having the nice library lady read them to you on Saturday afternoons in the kid's section?
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:20 pm
by plained
they do
that there?
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 5:41 pm
by Freakaloin
lol...I'm an idiot..
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 6:26 pm
by Jackal
I'll probably pick up the new Stephen King book soon.
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 6:48 pm
by plained
hey kudos loined one man
its abosolutely effortless for you :icon20:
you own right heavy ey
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:06 pm
by Jackal
what?
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:10 pm
by DRuM
@plained
Jackal wrote:what?
he said you're a cunt
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:31 pm
by Geebs
sliver wrote:Sitting in my room waiting to be read:The Gormenghast Novels, by Mervyn Peake (apparently comparable to
They're nothing like the Lord of the Rings. For a start, they have proper characters and they're well written. The first two are fantastic, last one's a bit so-so
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:32 pm
by SplishSplash
Ayn Rand - The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand - Atlas Shrugged
read them both almost to the end. Now they're lying there next to my bed and I can't continue because I can't decide which one I want to finish first.
They're both really good books, though.
When I have some spare time, I'll read Gai-Jin by James Clavell. And Noble House after that.
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:32 pm
by Geebs
Just finished Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman. Not as good as american gods, but a decent read.
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:33 pm
by SplishSplash
Geebs wrote:sliver wrote:Sitting in my room waiting to be read:The Gormenghast Novels, by Mervyn Peake (apparently comparable to
They're nothing like the Lord of the Rings. For a start, they have proper characters and they're well written. The first two are fantastic, last one's a bit so-so
Do they have Hobbits? Because I'm not reading anything with hobbits, the LOTR movies have taught me that much.
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:37 pm
by Geebs
SplishSplash wrote:Geebs wrote:sliver wrote:Sitting in my room waiting to be read:The Gormenghast Novels, by Mervyn Peake (apparently comparable to
They're nothing like the Lord of the Rings. For a start, they have proper characters and they're well written. The first two are fantastic, last one's a bit so-so
Do they have Hobbits? Because I'm not reading anything with hobbits, the LOTR movies have taught me that much.
No, they don't. They're about the mad royal family of a huge gothic castle, and an antihero who takes the place over from them. They're brilliantly written and the characters are very believable and subtle.
Unfortunately, it got made into a fucking awful TV series by the BBC, who are experts at getting completely the wrong end of the stick with their adaptations.
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:38 pm
by Geebs
Oh, I also recently re-read "feersum endjinn" by Iain M. Banks. I liked it a lot more than most of his commies-in-space novels.
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:15 pm
by ScooterG
I frequently re-read my favorite southern American literature written by young women:
The Color Purple - Alice Walker
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Ellen Foster - Kaye Gibbons
You guys would probably hate these books. :icon25:
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:41 pm
by Dark Metal
New Tom Clancy out in May.
Yay.
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:23 pm
by Nightshade
Dark Metal wrote:New Tom Clancy out in May.
Yay.
He's gone downhill.
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:24 pm
by Dark Metal
Yeah. Still entertaining though.
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:45 pm
by werldhed
ScooterG wrote:I frequently re-read my favorite southern American literature written by young women:
The Color Purple - Alice Walker
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Ellen Foster - Kaye Gibbons
You guys would probably hate these books. :icon25:
To Kill a Mockingbird is great. :icon14:
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 12:10 am
by ScooterG
riddla wrote:
I never read the color purple but its a great film. I have Alice Walker's 'The Temple of My Familiar' but I dunno if its worth reading or not...
I haven't read it yet either, but I've heard it's great....
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 12:11 am
by ScooterG
Also, I LOVE Thomas Harris: The Silence of the Lambs is fantastic!!!
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 1:17 am
by ek
Robert Baer, Former CIA Case Officer and Author of "Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude."
After I just read, See No Evil, same author. :icon14: