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Old 08-02-2003, 07:49 PM   #161 (permalink)
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Old 08-03-2003, 11:30 AM   #162 (permalink)
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Old 08-03-2003, 11:44 AM   #163 (permalink)
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Old 08-03-2003, 11:48 AM   #164 (permalink)
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I finished up my other reading projects over the weekend, and have decided to finish out the summer with cataclysm/end of the world books. I'm reading Lucifer's Hammer at the moment.
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Old 08-03-2003, 11:52 AM   #165 (permalink)
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Before picking up "The Book of the Samuri" - I was reading Deborah Tannen's "Talking 9 to 5" - finished that, now along with "The Book of the Samuri," I just started ""Team Bush: Leadership Lessons from the Bush White House"
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Old 08-03-2003, 12:15 PM   #166 (permalink)
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Read Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein last week, working on Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins.
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Old 08-03-2003, 12:20 PM   #167 (permalink)
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Forgot a great one - I read the Godfather also last week. It really fills in a lot of backstory from the movie. Not that the movie was significanlty different, but there are events that are implied by letting you see the results, and the book fills in the gaps.
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Old 08-03-2003, 09:08 PM   #168 (permalink)
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Old 08-04-2003, 07:10 AM   #169 (permalink)
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I just finished the Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Quadrilogy if you count "The Hobbit")...

I am now making my way through the Harry Potter Series...I am on the 3rd book. Can I just say, this series IS much better in book format.

I mostly read ALOT of computer manuals though, I am a computer programmer, so I have to stay abrest to all things programming...know what I mean...(heh, he said "abrest"....heh)
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Old 08-04-2003, 08:00 AM   #170 (permalink)
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Started Naked Empire by Terry Goodkind this weekend. Not too shabby, but was hoping for better.
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Old 08-04-2003, 09:49 AM   #171 (permalink)
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Mr Mephisto, I generally prefer fiction, as I think that many non fictions are fairly dull, and my life is dull enough as it is :P

However, I intend to read the books that you listed which seemed interesting.

Besides Catch-22, there's Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. I like other books, but these 2 are ones that I'd recommend to basically everyone who has not read them.
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Old 08-04-2003, 09:59 AM   #172 (permalink)
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I picked up the latest Harry Potter book Saturday and finished it last night. Definitely not deep and pithy but an amusing read.
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Old 08-04-2003, 10:55 AM   #173 (permalink)
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I havent read a book in 4 yrs ya that pretty bad
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Old 08-04-2003, 11:19 AM   #174 (permalink)
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Just finished reading "The Giver" by Lois Lowry again. An excellent book - it deals with many current issues today in a very open manner including euthanasia and the use of drugs for so many emotional, psychological purposes.

My favorite book of all time is "The Count of Monte Christo" by Alexander Dumas - the same author of "The Three musketeers". "The Count of Monte Christo" Is several thousand pages long - it took me a whole summer to read it but it was so well worth it.
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Old 08-04-2003, 12:07 PM   #175 (permalink)
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Old 08-04-2003, 01:09 PM   #176 (permalink)
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keith richard's biography
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Old 08-04-2003, 01:51 PM   #177 (permalink)
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terry pratchet "Night Watch"
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Old 08-10-2003, 04:24 PM   #178 (permalink)
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The Order of the Phoenix.


Never heard of the that one before, right?
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Old 08-10-2003, 06:55 PM   #179 (permalink)
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I'd recommend The Old Man and the Sea to anyone.
Regarding Heinlein, I recommend Friday, Glory Days, the Cat Who Walks Through Walls and, of course, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress.

Currently I'm reading Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov.

I loved Neuromancer, Ender's Game, and Night Watch. Thanks for reminding me.
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Old 08-10-2003, 07:41 PM   #180 (permalink)
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Old 08-10-2003, 08:05 PM   #181 (permalink)
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Some 'Rich Dad Poor Dad' thing. I got it as a graduation gift from my rich friend's parents, so I figure they know something is right about the book.
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Old 08-10-2003, 08:56 PM   #182 (permalink)
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The Source.

It's about Israel's history, or somethin'.
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Old 08-10-2003, 09:03 PM   #183 (permalink)
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Old 08-11-2003, 05:48 AM   #184 (permalink)
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester... it looks at how the cataclysmic explosion of the island of Krakatoa impacted on the planet... geologically, metorologically and culturally...
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Old 08-11-2003, 06:15 AM   #185 (permalink)
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Right now I'm reading this thread.

The last book I read was Harry Potter: Order Of The Phoenix, but I finished that a month ago.
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Old 08-11-2003, 06:41 AM   #186 (permalink)
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Wildlife Wars: The Life and Times of a Fish and Game Warden by Terry Grosz.

Interesting read so far (about half way through) about a game warden in CA from the mid 60's till recent times. Good stories about catching those breaking the law. A little repetitive at times (how often can this guy mention that he was 6'4" 320lbs? Apparently 30 or more times in 120 pages) but some of the stories are funny as hell.
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Old 08-11-2003, 05:08 PM   #187 (permalink)
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The "Original Uncut" Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein.
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Old 08-11-2003, 06:14 PM   #188 (permalink)
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The Lando Calrissian Adventures. Covers three books and almost done with the last one.
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Old 08-11-2003, 09:17 PM   #189 (permalink)
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Strangers by Dean Koontz...it starts out kinda slow so I'm hoping it gets rolling soon. Am about a quarter of the way into it.
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Old 08-11-2003, 10:09 PM   #190 (permalink)
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Old 08-11-2003, 10:16 PM   #191 (permalink)
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McNally's Dare by Vincent Lardo
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Old 08-11-2003, 10:19 PM   #192 (permalink)
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Well it just so happens that I am reading a Clancy novel right now. "Rainbow Six". Had just finished Volume 1 of Dante's "The Divine Comedy", I got the translation by Mark Musa, and he is praised pretty well for his work on this peice of literature. His notes on the text are helpful if you need them and they also provide history for the true-life characters included in "The Inferno" as well as the stories of the mythical beings that are found in the poem as well. It is very interesting and gives you some knowledge about Italy around the time of Dante's life as well as the stories and poets he himself respects and learned from. Oh and "Rainbow Six" has a lot of good action in it, more than the other Clancy novels I have read (not many) and so far it is turning into a very entertaining read.
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Old 08-13-2003, 08:30 PM   #193 (permalink)
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Book Three of His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman.

I recommend all three!
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Old 08-13-2003, 08:51 PM   #194 (permalink)
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I would like to say I am reading Catch 22. Which Ive yet to finish. But Im really not. After I read it though, I will read Johhny Got His Gun and Cats Cradel.
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Old 08-13-2003, 09:28 PM   #195 (permalink)
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I just finished a Mary Higgins mystery and am going back and forth between a How to Speak Spanish book and a new novel by Payne Harrison (Thunder of Erebus). Harrison is a new author for me, so I have no idea if I'm going to like him or not.
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Old 08-14-2003, 05:05 AM   #196 (permalink)
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i'm reading the autobiography of gabriel garcia marquez.

an excellent book showing where he got his inspiration for all his novels. a must read for fans !!!

at the moment it isn't released in english yet. but it's worth the wait.
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Old 08-14-2003, 05:56 AM   #197 (permalink)
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The Mustache
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Bout a guy that shaved off his mustavhe that he had for ten years and nobody noticed. So far it's aight
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Old 08-14-2003, 06:13 AM   #198 (permalink)
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The Silmarillion by Tolkein.
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Old 08-14-2003, 06:19 AM   #199 (permalink)
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Ball Four by Jim Bouton

If you're a baseball fan I highly recommend it.

If you're not, then I recommend it too.

Quick but fun read.
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Old 08-14-2003, 07:15 AM   #200 (permalink)
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I'm in the middle of the new harry potter. Great book, i love the series.

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