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Points: 1059 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 12 2004 at 12:26
Originally posted by Reed Lover Reed Lover wrote:

There are as yet undiscovered Amazon tribes who have a word for W*nker that sounds suspiciously like Dubya Bush. 

This begs the question....how are you familiar with these tribes if they are as yet undiscovered? How do you posess knowledge of their language?
This reminds me of the tale of a sailor who was shipwrecked alone on an island, home only to birds which make a wailing sound. He was supposedly shipwrecked at night, and thought the wailing of these birds was the tortured souls of those shipwrecked before him, so threw himself off the cliff. 
If he was shipwrecked alone, how did this story get out?? What a stupid yet intriguing tale.

I think English people should stop complaining about the American population. We too have our flaws (about to elect tony blair for a third term...). 

 
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Points: 1835 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 12 2004 at 12:37

Paradox wrote: "This begs the question....how are you familiar with these tribes if they are as yet undiscovered? How do you posess knowledge of their language?
This reminds me of the tale of a sailor who was shipwrecked alone on an island, home only to birds which make a wailing sound. He was supposedly shipwrecked at night, and thought the wailing of these birds was the tortured souls of those shipwrecked before him, so threw himself off the cliff. 
If he was shipwrecked alone, how did this story get out?? What a stupid yet intriguing tale."

A paradox indeed, Paradox.

 
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Currently I am Reading the David Gemmel novel waylander 2. Its a good read.
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Points: 831 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2004 at 18:02

English teacher loadin' it on, but it's good stuff anyway:

Just finished "Anthem", you know, the thing "2112" was based on. Good, but not as good as the other anti-utopia books (eg, "1984", "Brave New World")

Reading "Ender's Game", and it's great! I'm on the second-to-last chapter, on the edge of finishing it....

Finished re-reading C.S. Lewis' first two "Narnia" books a month ago, and before that I read zilch over summer besides a boring, plotless book called "The Orchid Thief" for a summer reading assignment.
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Points: 831 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2004 at 18:06

Oh yeah, there's another great book I'm reading: it's "Autobiography of a Yogi", by Paramahansa Yogananda. I just read a footnote regarding Shastric scriptures, and it blew me away!!! When I start a band, I'm going to make an entire  concpet album based on this amazing footnote!!! It's so clever, I'm surprised nobody else has thought of it...

 

 

 
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Points: 1059 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2004 at 20:25
lol! for a moment there i thought you were being serious.
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Points: 831 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2004 at 22:55
Originally posted by penguindf12 penguindf12 wrote:

Oh yeah, there's another great book I'm reading: it's "Autobiography of a Yogi", by Paramahansa Yogananda. I just read a footnote regarding Shastric scriptures, and it blew me away!!! When I start a band, I'm going to make an entire  concpet album based on this amazing footnote!!! It's so clever, I'm surprised nobody else has thought of it...

In case you don't know, that is exactly what Yes' "Tales from Topographic Oceans" is based on. I was joking. They actually did it.
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I could not resist digging up this thread......

20 odd years ago, I avidly read the 6 book Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant series repeatedly.......

Steven Donaldson has now released the first of a final 3 book series: "Earth Runes, The Final Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever"

About halfway through now, and it has quite simply taken me back to The Land.

I did wonder how he would get round the small fact of Covenant dying in the 6th book though........ fear not, avid reader!

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Points: 762 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2005 at 04:55

Originally posted by will will wrote:

Currently I am Reading the David Gemmel novel waylander 2. Its a good read.

    I love David Gemmell's books. He is one of the best writers around.
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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

I could not resist digging up this thread......

20 odd years ago, I avidly read the 6 book Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant series repeatedly.......

Steven Donaldson has now released the first of a final 3 book series: "Earth Runes, The Final Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever"

About halfway through now, and it has quite simply taken me back to The Land.

I did wonder how he would get round the small fact of Covenant dying in the 6th book though........ fear not, avid reader!

Yes, I've read the book. I actually believe the Donaldson books, whilst obviousy derivative of Tolkien,to be superior. I am a tad disappointed with this latest edition.Will not discuss until you have finished.Big smile



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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2005 at 07:06
Have you read his 'Gap' series - a science fiction epic based in part on Wagner's 'Ring' cycle?

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Points: 5187 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2005 at 07:17

Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Have you read his 'Gap' series - a science fiction epic based in part on Wagner's 'Ring' cycle?

Yes, I've read all his stuff. Nothing anywhere near as good as the "Chronicles" though.

Maybe it is a Progressive Rock "thing" but I was put-off by the relative brevity of each of the Gap series books.LOL



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Points: 1125 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2005 at 07:36
I too read the Thomas Covenant Chronicles many years ago and they were wonderful reads.But sad to say I lost my way reading wise, until I read the 'Wheel of Time' series by Robert Jordan, which I found compulsive reading, until I got 'Winter's Heart' as a Christmas present 3 years ago.I've still to read it, but shall very soon, as one of my new years res's is to read again and to cut down alchol.
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Currently reading Ghost Rider by Neil Peart. It's about his travels after he lost his daughter in a car accident and his wife to cancer. It is getting really hard to finish. I'm about half-way right now, but it's so boring. I feel like I owe it to Neil to finish it, and see what he learns at the end. After I finish it, I am gonna read The Know-it-all. It's memoir by a guy who read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Points: 5502 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2005 at 15:28

Oscar Wilds complete works. It was a bargain, only 7 euro.

It's a lot of work getting through it, I didn't noticed it was written in English. I asumed it would be a translation in dutch.
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Points: 389 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2005 at 18:56
I am reading "The Fly Swatter" by Nicholas Dawidoff.  It is excellent to say the least.
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Points: 675 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2005 at 19:18
I finished "The Real Frank Zappa Book" recently.  I must say it is one of the finest(and most TRUE ) books I have ever read.
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Points: 3525 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2005 at 19:55
I didn't even realize Donaldson's new TC book was out. I remember reading a sample while he was writing (something about Linden and the horses, maybe?). I'm definitely a fan...even though sometimes I think he set up hotkeys on his word processor for certain lines (F1= "Leper Outcast Unclean", F2= "You never loved me anyway", etc. ).
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I'm reading George Carlin's 'When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?'.
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