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Posted: March 07 2005 at 12:01 |
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I am almost finished with Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston. It is about the man who severed his own arm to free himself from a rock in 2003 while hiking in Utah. Any suggestions?
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arkitek
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Posted: March 07 2005 at 12:04 |
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i have just read Marilyn Mansons autobiography (weird stuff) good tho!
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Eemu Ranta
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Posted: March 07 2005 at 12:21 |
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The Dancing Wu Li masters by Gary Zukav,
Describes quantum mechanics and modern physics (written in 1979) in a
comprehensive fashion.
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FloydWright
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Posted: March 07 2005 at 12:29 |
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I'm currently reading Frankenstein, the original by Mary Shelley. It's excellent writing.
Don't let all the movie versions bias you against this one...the most well known ones aren't faithful to the book at all!
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Spanky
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Posted: March 07 2005 at 14:39 |
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I'm reading "A Prayer for Owen Meany" right now. I still don't
know what to think yet, I've only just finished the doink grabbing part.
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Coalinga knows how to party.
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Posted: March 07 2005 at 17:55 |
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The Sacred Art Of Stealing by Christopher Brookmyre if you like satire you'll really enjoy any of his books.
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Metropolis
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Posted: March 07 2005 at 18:02 |
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Yeah, Chris Brookmye is ace
I'm currently about half way through The Amber Spyglass, the third book
of Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy. The series
starts of seeming pretty juvenile (my little sister recommended it to
me), but it gets better and better the further you get through it
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We Lost the Skyline............
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FloydWright
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Posted: March 07 2005 at 18:18 |
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Metropolis...have we met on another board by any chance? I would've been using the same avatar...
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Eemu Ranta
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Posted: March 08 2005 at 01:39 |
 Metropolis wrote:
Yeah, Chris Brookmye is ace
I'm currently about half way through The Amber Spyglass, the third book
of Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy. The series
starts of seeming pretty juvenile (my little sister recommended it to
me), but it gets better and better the further you get through it
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I concur, that serie is excellent!
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Metropolis
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Posted: March 08 2005 at 03:15 |
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^don't think so Floyd, I only sign on here
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We Lost the Skyline............
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Posted: March 08 2005 at 06:46 |
Metropolis wrote:
Yeah, Chris Brookmye is ace
I'm currently about half way through The Amber Spyglass, the third book of Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy. The series starts of seeming pretty juvenile (my little sister recommended it to me), but it gets better and better the further you get through it
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His Dark Materials are the cleverest, sharpest, most interesting 'teen' books I've ever read. Totally gripping, exceptionally well written and dealing with a host of concepts that most adults would struggle to get through. They are superb and the closest thing to real literature that fantasy fiction has come since Lord of the Rings. An awesome work.
Me, I'm in the middle of '2Stoned', the second volume of Andrew Loog Oldham's autobiography - it's a fascinating read and a comprehensive account of the working of not just the Stones' business in the 60s but all of all the music biz in the UK and the States during the period 64-67. It features contributions from all the main movers and shakers as well as Oldham and he writes in a lovely, Wolfe-ian style that is pure 60s and that's no insult - Loog Oldham actually has a very nice turn of phrase. And for once the phrase 'unputtdownable' is true. I ploughed through 300 odd pages on a long plane journey the other day and never once had the urge to skip passages. Highly recommended.
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Posted: March 08 2005 at 07:50 |
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Ian Simmons : Hyperion
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FloydWright
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Posted: March 08 2005 at 15:24 |
Metropolis wrote:
^don't think so Floyd, I only sign on here
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Different Metropolis...my bad.
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Rob The Plant
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Posted: March 08 2005 at 21:08 |
"Stairway to Heaven" is a great biography, of THE GREATEST prog rock band in the world, without question.
I can't think of much outside of school that I've read lately, but the Homeric texts are awesome, and so is "The Aeneid". I tried reading some crappy ass Tom Clancy book, man that guy sucks.
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Collaborators will take your soul.
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Posted: March 09 2005 at 07:12 |
Alucard wrote:
Ian Simmons : Hyperion |
Liked it a lot, although I enjoyed the sequel even more. The best thing about the first book is how it features very varied stories: The tale of the professor and his daughter almost brought tears to my eyes, while the future-noir tale of the private detective had me reading compulsively.
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Posted: March 09 2005 at 18:22 |
"The Snowgoose" by Paul Galico WOW!! This makes the Camel album of the same name even better!!!! Now I get it. Highly worth reading if you like the album.
I'm reading "The Snow Queen" by Joan Vinge. It's a good SI-Fi/Fantasy epic. I'm gonna read "The Summer Queen" when I'm done
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Posted: March 09 2005 at 20:20 |
Wizard/TRueStar wrote:
"The Snowgoose" by Paul Galico WOW!! This makes the Camel album of the same name even better!!!! Now I get it. Highly worth reading if you like the album.
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Snow good!
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Paco Fox
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Posted: March 10 2005 at 03:35 |
Wizard/TRueStar wrote:
"The Snowgoose" by Paul Galico WOW!! This makes the Camel album of the same name even better!!!! Now I get it. Highly worth reading if you like the album.
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And the curious part is that you can almost read it alongside the music (yes, it's more a short story than a novel)
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Posted: March 10 2005 at 12:58 |
Alucard wrote:
Ian Simmons : Hyperion |
Top-notch stuff
I've just finished reading Tony Harrison's long poem "V". Disturbing, to say the least.
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"In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun
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Posted: March 10 2005 at 13:23 |
Actually it's Dan Simmons. Anyway; I liked part one very much and was very much excited about reading part two, but I just couln't get through it, the storie meanders aimlessly from sentence to sentence. I will try to read it though, it might get better.
There is a sequel to this duologie (like a trilogie, but with two instead of three). I don't know if I should read that too. I probably will someday ( I liked most books from this writer)
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