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Old 07-06-2003, 10:42 AM   #41 (permalink)
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slowly making my way though the lord of the rings trillogy
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Old 07-06-2003, 10:56 AM   #42 (permalink)
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Lukcy You by Carl Hiaasen. Liked all his other stuff, although not as good as the UK equivalent Christopher Brookmyre

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Old 07-06-2003, 11:42 AM   #43 (permalink)
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The Darwin Awards II by Wendy Northcut... it's amazing how stupid people are, bless them when they don't breed.

and miked: both of those are great books, animal farm has some interesting (and quite deliberate) parallels to the communist russian revolution.
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Old 07-06-2003, 01:54 PM   #44 (permalink)
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Dragonlance Defenders of Magic trilogy by Mary Kirchoff

ok, so it's no great and epic literature of the world. It's still entertaining. (I think, I'm through the first half of the first book )
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Old 07-06-2003, 01:56 PM   #45 (permalink)
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"32 Cadillacs" by Joe Gore

and

"Box Socials" by W.P. Kinsella
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Old 07-06-2003, 02:12 PM   #46 (permalink)
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This morning I started the latest Clive Cussler novel to hit paperback. Last week I was in Alaska on a cruise and I worked through my TFP withdrawl by reading Harry Potter #5 and "Hard Eight" by Janet Evanovich. That was the funniest of the series so far. I guess you can tell I am in the mood for easy but fun reading now.


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I'm gonna buy another Heinlein book when I'm almost done with "The Moon is A Harsh Mistress"
That is one of my favorite Heinlein books. I think I have read everything he wrote at least once. Some several times. His later stuff became a little self indulgent, but once you are a fan, it is still fun to read. "Harsh Mistress" should be required reading. We might have a few more liberterians in this country.
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Old 07-06-2003, 02:13 PM   #47 (permalink)
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Just finished the new Harry Potter.
Just about to start Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse is the best).
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Old 07-06-2003, 08:24 PM   #48 (permalink)
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just finished the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I can't believe he created entire languages, sheesh!
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Old 07-06-2003, 08:29 PM   #49 (permalink)
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lol, Harry Potter and the Order of The Pheonix ... stop laughing. Trying to patiently wait for The Dark Tower V. (nov)
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Old 07-06-2003, 09:00 PM   #50 (permalink)
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lol, Harry Potter and the Order of The Pheonix ... stop laughing. Trying to patiently wait for The Dark Tower V. (nov)
Yeah. Just finished Black House myself. Can't wait for the 5th of November.

Started on Water Touching Stone, by Eliot Patterson.
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Old 07-06-2003, 09:24 PM   #51 (permalink)
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Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger

It's been awhile since a book made me stop and giggle out loud. If I weren't such a hermit, I'm sure people would be wondering what's so funny.

I've decided after reading this thread that I'm picking up a Heinlen book, which one should I get? I'll for sure pick up Starship Troopers, the overt fascism in that movie was great, as a poli sci student it's my bread and butter.
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Old 07-07-2003, 10:57 AM   #52 (permalink)
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Just finished up "Demian" by Hermann Hesse, see sig.

Reading Granta #81 Best of Young British Novelists 2003

Reading The Zizek Reader by Slavoj Zizek.

Reading The Odyssey by Homer

Reading The Renaissance by Graham Dixon.
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Old 07-07-2003, 11:29 AM   #53 (permalink)
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Choke - By Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club guy)
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Old 07-07-2003, 12:42 PM   #54 (permalink)
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J.D.Salinger - The Catcher In The Rye and
Marco van Leeuwen - Dune Advent (fanfic)
neither of which is turning out to be particularly good... after this comes Joseph Heller - Catch-22 which I have higher hopes for...
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Old 07-07-2003, 02:37 PM   #55 (permalink)
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Pillars of Creation by Terry Goodkind. Waiting anxiously for the next in the series to be released (July 21). The whole Sord of Truth Series is excellent. I highly reccomend it.
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Old 07-07-2003, 02:53 PM   #56 (permalink)
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currently consumed with One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
GREAT BOOK! I felt so...hollow when I finished it. Like I had just slid down someone's family tree, hitting every branch!
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Old 07-07-2003, 03:54 PM   #57 (permalink)
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I'm reading 'The Avengers' by Rich Cohen and 'The Night Trilogy' by Elie Wiesel.
The Avengers is about Abba Kovner, Vitka Kemper and Ruzka Korchaz, three Jews in Lituania who fought the Nazis.
If you haven't read The Night you should.
It will make you feel like you are right in the middle of Holocaust.
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Old 07-07-2003, 04:04 PM   #58 (permalink)
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I'm part of the Harry Potter crowd - but up next is the latest John Sandford, followed by catch up work on all of Jonathan Kelleman's works.
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Old 07-07-2003, 04:32 PM   #59 (permalink)
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I'm working on Galapagos by Vonnegut.

and yes, Slaughter house Five was odd, but i enjoyed it.
Kurt Vonnegut is my favourite author to date. Fantastic fiction.
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Old 07-07-2003, 04:42 PM   #60 (permalink)
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Working my way through, "God Emperor of Dune." By Frank Herbert. It's the fourth book in the Dune saga.

For anyone who hasn't read "Dune," I suggest you do. Even if you're not a science fiction fan, because that book doesn't read like your typical sci-fi. And as a sci-fi fan, it has completly changed my view about the genre.
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Old 07-07-2003, 05:32 PM   #61 (permalink)
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Working my way through, "God Emperor of Dune." By Frank Herbert. It's the fourth book in the Dune saga.

For anyone who hasn't read "Dune," I suggest you do. Even if you're not a science fiction fan, because that book doesn't read like your typical sci-fi. And as a sci-fi fan, it has completly changed my view about the genre.
I second that! I must've read the entire saga at least 7 times and I can never get enough of it. Which is why I'm now reading the (lesser) fanfics and I have read the (once again lesser) prequels.
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Old 07-07-2003, 07:28 PM   #62 (permalink)
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A David Horowitiz book that i stole from a friend called "the politics of bad faith"

and no, i dont agree with him
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Old 07-07-2003, 11:32 PM   #63 (permalink)
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This summer I'm reading the books that I will be reading in the fall in my Humanities class in college. That way when I don't have time to read them and have to, I'll be able to go through them faster just to refresh my memory.

Right now I'm starting Plato's "The Trial and Death of Socrates." And I just recently read Epictetus' "Enchiridion."
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Old 07-08-2003, 06:41 AM   #64 (permalink)
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Karate Dojo: Traditions and Tales of a Martial Art
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Old 07-08-2003, 08:00 AM   #65 (permalink)
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Howard Zinn's- People's History of the United States of America
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Old 07-08-2003, 08:46 AM   #66 (permalink)
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I am reading "All Souls" by ______. It is a true story about growing up poor white Irish in south Boston projects around the time of bussing. It is a bit depressing.

I usually read fiction: Wilbur Smith is a current favorite as well as the John Sandford "Prey" mysteries.
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Old 07-08-2003, 08:48 AM   #67 (permalink)
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Just picked up "Designing Web Usability" by Jakob Nielsen
good stuff!
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Old 07-08-2003, 11:58 AM   #68 (permalink)
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A brief history of time - stephen hawking
probly soon i'll dig up another clancy book

o and harry potter
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Old 07-08-2003, 12:27 PM   #69 (permalink)
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Just finished "Scotty Bowman: A LIfe in Hockey" and am now reading Dave Barry's "Big Trouble".

Next up, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
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Old 07-08-2003, 12:28 PM   #70 (permalink)
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I am currently reading Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the
All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser

I just finished the new Harry Potter and How Insensitive by Russell Smith

I haven't read any Vonnegut in years... I loved Slaughter House 5 and Cat's Cradle.
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Old 07-08-2003, 10:52 PM   #71 (permalink)
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" The Brothers Karamazov" by Dostoesky
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Old 07-08-2003, 11:33 PM   #72 (permalink)
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Old 07-08-2003, 11:37 PM   #73 (permalink)
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The latest Harry Potty, the most recent McSweeney's collection of short stories (a new one from Stephen King included), Hannibal, and a book about teaching your baby to sign.
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Old 07-08-2003, 11:38 PM   #74 (permalink)
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Pimp, Story of my Life - Iceberg Slim
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Old 07-09-2003, 04:48 AM   #75 (permalink)
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I am currently re-reading Orwell's "1984", then I plan to re-read Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451". There are books that I like to read again every few years or so, and these are two of those. They were required reading for me back in high school, back...oh, 24 years ago, or so. (yeesh, I'm gettin' old) They made an impact on me and have stuck with me ever since.
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Old 07-09-2003, 12:36 PM   #76 (permalink)
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Funny, 1984 and 451F they just made us watch the films....

Just finished (tonight) Douglas Adam's "The Salmon Of Doubt" - Don't bother, just makes you want to read a complete story.

Still on -
Robert Kiyoski Rich Dad, Poor Dad "Cash Flow Quadrant"
Alvin Hall "Your Money or Your Life"
William J. O'Neill " How to Make Money in Stocks" In Good Times Or Bad
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D. Brent Chapman and Elizabeth D. Zwicky "Building Internet Firewalls" - One of the Best Low Level hacking books I've read.

Really lost interest in Fiction recently, but now realise I need some easy reading to remind me its not all hard work.
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Old 07-09-2003, 09:37 PM   #77 (permalink)
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American Psycho for the third time.
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Old 07-10-2003, 05:45 AM   #78 (permalink)
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Old 07-10-2003, 06:02 AM   #79 (permalink)
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I have the uncorrected proof of Chuck Palahniuk's latest, Diary. I'll start it as soon as i finish Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle.

If you're picking up William Gibson, Neuromancer is just wonderful.
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Old 07-10-2003, 06:18 AM   #80 (permalink)
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I've got five or six books that don't belong to me that I need to finish, but at the moment I'm reading One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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