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Norbert 
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^^^ Yes, The Trial(Der Prozess) is almost impossible to beat. Karamazov Bros. is great, too. |
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: February 10 2006 at 09:33 |
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Just finished Simon R. Green's 6th book in the Nightside series,"Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth".
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Posted: February 10 2006 at 10:18 |
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No I haven´t
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Karn Evil 9
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Posted: February 13 2006 at 20:43 |
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Has anyone here read The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan? its really long, and all the books are huge, but over all the series is great, and has a great story. |
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Watch out where the huskies go,dont you eat that yellow snow
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: February 13 2006 at 21:45 |
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One of my favorite fantasy series |
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Posted: February 14 2006 at 06:04 |
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"Seen by Clown"(Ansichtes eines Clownes)by Heinrich Büîll.I've just got it in our local shop few days ago.I'm satisfied
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Posted: February 15 2006 at 09:04 |
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Nope
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Laurent
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Posted: February 27 2006 at 19:51 |
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I just started reading 2001: A Space Odyssey.
I've seen the movie several times, ever since i was a small child, and love it. The last time I read a full book, from start to finish, was Hunter S Thompson's Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, nearly 5 years ago. |
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Posted: February 28 2006 at 03:27 |
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5 years? That's a terrible admission, Laurent ; as a self respecting prog fan, you should be a compulsive reader of the Greek classics, Roman, Norse and English mythology, sci-fi, fantasy... you'll be saying next you can't speak Elvish 
Ahem... Personally, I'm still on a Robin Hobb vibe (now in the third book of the Farseer Trilogy, "Assassin's Quest") and still constantly impressed with the depth & quality of her writing - which is everyone else's cue to jump in to say they find her writing shallow & vapid 
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
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Norbert
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Posted: February 28 2006 at 07:47 |
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Milos Urban: Hastrman, Prince of Water- A green novel As you can guess it deals with environmental issues, but it offers much more, philosophical and religiolal questions(Christianity and Paganism). I find it quite fascinating. |
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Posted: February 28 2006 at 08:02 |
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it's "Heinrich Böll" and "Ansichten eines Clowns" (literal translation "Views of a Clown"), but almost correct .
I like the movie too, especially the scene where Helmut Griem (the
leading actor) sits in front of a warehouse, playing guitar and singing
"der arme Papst Johannes, aaaahaaaahaaah, war was ich nicht bin und du
nicht bist: er war ja fast ein Christ" ("poor pope John,
aaaaahaaaaahaaaah, was what you are not and I am not: he nearly was a
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PROGMAN
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Posted: February 28 2006 at 09:23 |
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A lot of people seen to be reading the Di Vinchi Code lately!! |
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CYMRU AM BYTH
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: February 28 2006 at 09:37 |
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I am reading Stephen King's new book Cell. If you are a fan of this writer and have been disappointed with his later works because of his attempts at writing more conventional fiction,you will love this book because it harkens back to his early days and the gore starts flying by page 9. |
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Posted: February 28 2006 at 12:41 |
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Splendid - I saw a brief precis somewhere & the plot seems to harken back to books like The Stand (global epidemic....); well written, despite the gore? Hang on! I thought SK had effectively retired. |
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TheProgtologist
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Very well written,imo. On the dedication page he dedicated the book to Harlan Ellison and George Romero,so I knew it was going to be bloody.It combines the global epidemic(if you could call it that) with a Night of the Living Dead type theme. |
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Great book! the movie actually makes sense after you read it (somewhat). I am just a big A.C Clarke fan in general. |
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Posted: February 28 2006 at 13:32 |
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I'm reading:
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Jim Garten
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Ha! Amazon.com, here I come... |
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BaldJean
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Posted: March 01 2006 at 03:49 |
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I only ever read one Stephen King book ("Needy Things") and found it
amazing how he ruined such a beautiful plot idea. why did everything
have to end in gore? the neighbors could have made each others lives a
living hell with very different (and less gorey) methods. now that I
would have enjoyed. but not that splatter orgy of his. no, Mr. King,
you failed; back to the beginner's course for you! but there would
probably have been a lot less readers had he written the book the way I
suggested. why, I bet his harcore fans skip the first few pages to get
to the gorey passages!
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