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Jacked Out

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I like Michael Moorcock, his book Von Bek especially, which has a side of Lucifer I loved to read about. I also liked books by Pratchet, Gemmel and Puzzo (Things like The Godfather).

I loved a book called The Romance Of The Three Kingdoms, which is about a warring era in china (Dynasty warriors anyone?)

Other than that I read a daily paper SMILEY

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Systemic Anomaly

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TheShickle wrote:

It took me like a whole day to read Cat and the Hat.

 

That Dr. Seuss is one hell of a novelist.

HAHAHA


Its deep real deep stuff. Touches on personal issues. For instant Do I really want green eggs and ham in a box with a fox?

However there really are college course on the undertones that were used in the Dr.Seuss books.  The big one was the military draft which he touched on in Green Eggs in Ham. The green eggs and ham were considered to be a G.I.  "with a fox in a box" was consider to be getting stuck in a Fox hole. Crazy stuff.


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Erm, well, I haven't really read anything since late august, and even that was a forced read (The Life of Pi - had to read it for college. Not too bad, but eh, not that great, in my opinion), but I suppose you could say I've been reading a lot of stuff from my text books hah. Nietzsche, Kant, Mill, Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, Buddha - good stuff! My Lit class not so much.

Favorites, however, include Orson Scott Card's Empire, Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind, Max Brooks's World War Z, and Gene Wilder's Autobiography, Kiss Me Like a Stranger.




Jacked Out

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I enjoyed Ender's Game.

I am Dracula is a good book, although it upset me towards the end.

I always get upset when lovers are seperated, after they have gone through so much.

 

It's a pain I wish never to experience.



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MarsNova wrote:
TheShickle wrote:

It took me like a whole day to read Cat and the Hat.

 

That Dr. Seuss is one hell of a novelist.

HAHAHA


Its deep real deep stuff. Touches on personal issues. For instant Do I really want green eggs and ham in a box with a fox?

However there really are college course on the undertones that were used in the Dr.Seuss books.  The big one was the military draft which he touched on in Green Eggs in Ham. The green eggs and ham were considered to be a G.I.  "with a fox in a box" was consider to be getting stuck in a Fox hole. Crazy stuff.

Indeed, but I see the link.

Would that mean that Sam I Am is Uncle Sam?

 

Maybe if Seuss was alive he'd of written The Matrix.

 lol

"I will not take the blue pill here or there. I will not take it anywhere."

"I will not take it on a train, I will not take it in the rain."



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Currently Reading:  The Traveller, H.P. Lovecraft's Call of Cthulhu and other Weird Tales, Stephen Colbert's I Am America (And So Can You!)

Intend to read: 
The Blooding, It, Gunslinger

Favorites: 
Dragonlance Chronicles and Legends, Anything by Edgar Allen Poe


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Jacked Out

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Currently Reading: Making Money ~ Terry Pratchett

Favourite Book(s):
  • The entire Discworld Series by Terry Pratchett;
  • Time, Space, Origin and Phase Space books by Stephen Baxter



Systemic Anomaly

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Currently (being forced to) read:  Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Next:  Life of Pi

Favorites:  The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, and of course anything by J. K. Rowling.  SMILEY




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Rosincrantz wrote:
Currently Reading:  The Traveller, H.P. Lovecraft's Call of Cthulhu and other Weird Tales, Stephen Colbert's I Am America (And So Can You!)

Intend to read: 
The Blooding, It, Gunslinger

Favorites: 
Dragonlance Chronicles and Legends, Anything by Edgar Allen Poe


Lovecraft is good. Cthulhu is creepy.

 

Don't read The Necronomicon. It ruins lives.



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Pyraci wrote:
I also plan to read "I am Legend" by Richard Matheson.

 

Set aside everything else and make this your priority.  It's just...astonishing.




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Currently Reading: None

Buying soon: I am Legend

Favorite books: The Autumn Series (zombie books), and The Transall Saga by Gary A. Paulsen



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Currently Reading:  Reinfield Dracula's slave. It is a interesting take on the Bram Stoker's novel. It is told from the prospective of Reinfield, the lunatic that does Dracula's bidding. The author weaves stories in and out of each other based on the novel and film. Has all the original characters plus a few the author has introduced. It is not a fast paced book but it is not boring at all.

I am almost finished and think it's a decent addition to the Dracula lore.


Intend to read:  I am legend. I have heard nothing but praise from book lovers about this novel. I also will be reading The Matrix Warrior. I have it on my shelf here and have not had time to read it yet. I think after watching the second film I would like to have some questions answered.

Favorites:  Communion by Whitley Striber. A very disturbing look into the extraterrestrial if indeed based on truth. Stinger by Robert Mccammon. This book is a fascinating look into alien contact. Scary and a page turner. I read this in High School nearly two decades ago and still can remember the whole book it was so detailed. Very long book but well worth it, maybe my favorite book of all time. I don't think it is now available in stores but on ebay and online book stores you can still find it fairly cheap.

Message edited by Wallflower26 on 10/30/2007 13:27:55.


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Next on my list will be 'Infidel' by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.  'Collapse' is a slow read, though, so it may take me a while to get to it!

 

 

Illyria




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Thought I would rez this to see what people are reading NOW!

Just finished: Life of Pi by Yann Martel.  Really good book, imo.

Reading now: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

About to read: Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll.

I'm pretty excited about readings these.  It's one of those books that is referrenced in life almost daily and it's good to know EXACTLY what they're talking about and not just what I remember seeing in the Disney movie when I was 5.  Plus, the Matrix deals with it a ton which is a nice added bonus.  SMILEY


 
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