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« Reply #380 on: August 14, 2009, 11:40:53 PM » |
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I'm currently stalled on "A Cook's Tour" by Anthony Bourdain, which he wrote while filming No Reservations, it's kind of a literary behind the scenes of that show.
I'm also currently reading the Harry Potter books, I'd previously only read Goblet of Fire and Philosopher's Stone (in that order, sadly), so now I'm going through and reading the whole series in order.
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« Reply #381 on: August 15, 2009, 12:43:12 AM » |
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"Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" by Jane Austin and Seth Grahame-Smith.
If only I could have read this version in high school instead.
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« Reply #382 on: August 15, 2009, 08:00:33 PM » |
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"Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" by Jane Austin and Seth Grahame-Smith.
I've been recommended this book by so many different sources that I have to add it to my list of things to read. |
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« Reply #383 on: August 15, 2009, 08:43:41 PM » |
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"Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" by Jane Austin and Seth Grahame-Smith.
I've been recommended this book by so many different sources that I have to add it to my list of things to read. Same here; at first, i thought it was a fast-spreading joke or something... |
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« Reply #384 on: August 15, 2009, 10:34:16 PM » |
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Theyre doing a sequel: Sense & Sensibility and Sea monsters...
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« Reply #385 on: August 20, 2009, 05:18:55 PM » |
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Currently reading: Things We Think About Games.
It's really good. Especially the later thoughts.
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« Reply #386 on: August 25, 2009, 10:45:34 PM » |
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Finished Nineteen Eighty-Four a few days ago. Hadn't read it in English yet. Currently reading Kafka's Der Prozess and Achebe's Things fall apart.
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Tiedätkö sen?"
Kuiskaten laulaa keiju:
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« Reply #387 on: August 26, 2009, 01:37:15 AM » |
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Finished Nineteen Eighty-Four a few days ago. Hadn't read it in English yet. Currently reading Kafka's Der Prozess and Achebe's Things fall apart.
I didn't care for 1984. The message was excellent, but the delivery was underwhelming. How's "Things Fall Apart"? I've seen it on shelves but never read it. |
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« Reply #388 on: August 26, 2009, 09:52:14 AM » |
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The Paradise War by Stephen Lawhead. It's a bit slow to go anywhere so far I'm half way through, but we'll see I suppose
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« Reply #389 on: August 26, 2009, 09:56:57 AM » |
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The Paradise War by Stephen Lawhead. It's a bit slow to go anywhere so far any I'm about a quarter of the way through, but we'll see I suppose
I read his Dragon King trilogy, it was pretty good. |
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« Reply #390 on: August 26, 2009, 10:40:55 AM » |
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« Reply #391 on: August 26, 2009, 10:41:58 AM » |
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I read his Dragon King trilogy, it was pretty good.
I haven't read those ones, but I tried to read the Pendragon Cycle and couldn't get into it, I might try again at some point. |
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« Reply #392 on: August 26, 2009, 11:54:40 AM » |
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It's been a while since I posted I think... I've read:
- the Mistborn trilogy by Sanderson. The first book is fantastic, but unfortunately it's downhill from there.
- Dead Beat by Jim Butcher (a Harry Dresden book). Very nice - much better than Storm Front, the only other HD book I've read.
- Blood of Elves by Sapkowski. There was a positive buzz about it and it won an award so I wanted to see what it was all about. It's pretty good but the end leaves a taste of unfinished business... I'm guessing it's to get people to buy the sequel(s). :-/
- Jhegaala by Steven Brust. Pretty nice.
I'm reading the Black Company by Glen Cook.
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Silanah heard their songs and prayers. And she watched. Sometimes mortals did indeed forget. Sometimes, mortals needed… reminding…
The Malazan Book of the Fallen, Steven Erikson
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« Reply #393 on: August 26, 2009, 02:49:19 PM » |
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- Dead Beat by Jim Butcher (a Harry Dresden book). Very nice - much better than Storm Front, the only other HD book I've read. |
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The mind transcends the body. It's also a little cold because of that. Please get it a blanket. I wish I could read your mind, I can barely read mine. "Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. At 2:15, it begins rolling up characters."
"Just what do you think the moon up in the sky is? Everyone sees that big, round shiny thing and thinks there must be something round up there, right? That's just silly. The truth is much more awesome than that. You can almost never see the real Moon, and its appearance is death to humans. You can only see the Moon when it's reflected in things. And the things it reflects in, like water or glass, can all be broken, right? Since the moon you see in the sky is just being reflected in the heavens, if you tear open the heavens it's easy to break it~"
-Ibuki Suika, on overkill
To sumbolaion diakoneto moi, basilisk ouranionon.
Epigenentheto, apoleia keraune hos timeis pteirei.
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« Reply #394 on: August 26, 2009, 03:46:54 PM » |
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- Dead Beat by Jim Butcher (a Harry Dresden book). Very nice - much better than Storm Front, the only other HD book I've read. That is a zombie T-rex, sir. Bad-ass. |
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« Reply #395 on: August 26, 2009, 04:39:32 PM » |
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Finished Nineteen Eighty-Four a few days ago. Hadn't read it in English yet. Currently reading Kafka's Der Prozess and Achebe's Things fall apart.
I didn't care for 1984. The message was excellent, but the delivery was underwhelming. How's "Things Fall Apart"? I've seen it on shelves but never read it. Finished Things fall apart today. It was very good, I enjoyed it. The language is quite simple, but colourful, suits the characters very well and the message is carried out decently. A lovely book to read when you can't concentrate exclusively on reading for hours. I actually read it at work during my two eight hour shifts... |
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Kyselevät: "Mikä päivä nyt on?
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« Reply #396 on: August 26, 2009, 06:41:59 PM » |
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Just finished rereading Ender's Game for a summer assignment, and have started Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.
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« Reply #397 on: August 26, 2009, 10:51:53 PM » |
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I'm reading Stephen King's On Writing for a class and the Planar Chaos MtG novel cuz it came in my fatpack...
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Currently playing: Forte Lulz, Chaotic EVIL Bard bent on world domination; Canere Potentia, to sing of power.Aralaxax, Warforged Osteomancer, Machines are my people, I wield bones as other wield swords.Randall Gray, she's not sexually confused, honest!Zion "I can make followers, but why bother when people line up for me?"Currently DMing: Real Men Use Their Hands, World's Largest Dungeon "If you can pretend to be a half-orc barbarian or a dwarf wizard then you can pretend to be an alpha male."-Ninjarabbit "The hotel shop only had two decent books, and I'd written both of them."-Douglas Adams " It's funny how the Earth never opens up and swallows you when you want it to." Xander Harris, Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
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« Reply #398 on: August 26, 2009, 11:05:52 PM » |
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I'm reading Stephen King's On Writing for a class and the Planar Chaos MtG novel cuz it came in my fatpack...
I remember that! You bought it, opened it, and said, wow, theres a whole book in here. I laughed at you/ |
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My choice place for buying Magic: the Gathering Singles: adventuresOn.comCurrently DMing a Solo PbP, Check it out hereLike the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,
That host with their banners at sunset were seen:
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« Reply #399 on: August 27, 2009, 11:03:08 AM » |
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I'm reading Stephen King's On Writing for a class and the Planar Chaos MtG novel cuz it came in my fatpack...
I remember that! You bought it, opened it, and said, wow, theres a whole book in here. I laughed at you/ Yeah, it's cool. All these names I recognize, and quite a few I don't... I met Karn! |
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Currently playing: Forte Lulz, Chaotic EVIL Bard bent on world domination; Canere Potentia, to sing of power.Aralaxax, Warforged Osteomancer, Machines are my people, I wield bones as other wield swords.Randall Gray, she's not sexually confused, honest!Zion "I can make followers, but why bother when people line up for me?"Currently DMing: Real Men Use Their Hands, World's Largest Dungeon "If you can pretend to be a half-orc barbarian or a dwarf wizard then you can pretend to be an alpha male."-Ninjarabbit "The hotel shop only had two decent books, and I'd written both of them."-Douglas Adams " It's funny how the Earth never opens up and swallows you when you want it to." Xander Harris, Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
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