10-07-2012, 04:32 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
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Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi, read it.
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10-07-2012, 05:05 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Miami, FL, USA, North American Continent, Earth, Terrestrial Planets, Solar System, Local Cluster, Local Bubble, Orion Arm, Milky Way, Local Group, Virgo Supercluster, Universe, Multiverse, Omniverse, Eternity
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On the third book of Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Trilogy. Great series.
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10-08-2012, 10:45 AM
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To Live Is To Die
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Just started reading Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. Thoughts/comments on the book?
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10-08-2012, 10:48 AM
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MWAHAHAHAHA!
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: The Frozen North! (read: Northern Wisconsin)
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10-09-2012, 07:37 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Miami, FL, USA, North American Continent, Earth, Terrestrial Planets, Solar System, Local Cluster, Local Bubble, Orion Arm, Milky Way, Local Group, Virgo Supercluster, Universe, Multiverse, Omniverse, Eternity
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Just finished Mistborn, starting Alloy of Law.
The ending was equal parts brilliance and disappointment in my opinion, but I'll forgive it because Brandon Sanderson is a genius. The Hoid character, crossovers from one series into the next, all his original series taking place in the same universe with an interconnected mythology... A Song of Ice and Fire is still my favorite fantasy series but if Sanderson pulls off his super-series "Cosmere" project then I think it will legitimately be the best bit of fantasy fiction ever made. I wouldn't normally jump all over an author's dick like that, but I get chills at thinking of the way his series are interconnected. Just knowing that [spoilerspoilerspoiler]Demoux and Hoid from Mistborn were in The Way of Kings, on a different world...[/spoilerspoilerspoiler] This guy is going places. Last edited by Seref : 10-09-2012 at 07:42 PM. |
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10-09-2012, 08:09 PM
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Join Date: May 2012
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I read 'The perks of being a wallflower' (haven't seen the film, don't think I will.) and I have to say I'm a little disappointed.
I tried to like it, but the writing seemed juvenile throughout, and the protagonist cried too much for my liking. Also, it's pretty uneventful. Alone, that would be no criticism at all, because I really enjoyed Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, and 'An Artist of the Floating World', both fairly uneventful and ponderous. Maybe I didn't understand it properly. Also, I thought the references to other works were gratuitous, however I'm following them up and might find something interesting, so I'm grateful they're there. I'm currently reading 'The Trial' for my fiction, and for nonfiction, 'The Invisible Gorilla, and other ways our intuitions deceive us'. The latter is thoroughly fascinating, detailing how unreliable memories can be, and other perceptual filters we often experience. The former is Kafka, and no more need be said. Last edited by TooktheAtrain : 10-09-2012 at 08:12 PM. |
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10-10-2012, 10:05 PM
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UG's Jabroni
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: The sea, where you can make rash decisions based on fear...because of the implication
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http://www.humblebundle.com/
I don't know if anyone's heard of the Humble Bundle, but they're running a pay-what-you-want promotion for a number of sci-fi/fantasy ebooks. I was wondering if anyone had read any of the works on the list: Pirate Cinema (Cory Doctorow) Pump Six and Other Stories (Paolo Bacigalupi) Zoo City (Lauren Beukes) Invasion: The Secret World Chronicle (Mercedes Lackey) Stranger Things Happen (Kelly Link) Magic for Beginners (Kelly Link) Old Man's War (John Scalzi) Signal to Noise (graphic novel) (Neil Gaiman) The only one I've read is Old Man's War, which I really liked. I enjoyed American Gods so the Gaiman graphic novel intrigues me, and I've wanted to read some Bacigalupi for a while now. Any opinions?
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10-15-2012, 06:55 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Scotland
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Recommend me some SF yo. I've only read The Dispossessed.
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10-15-2012, 06:56 PM
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'Gucci be the slippers'
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: New Jersey
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Currently reading DFW's Broom of the System. It's great.
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10-19-2012, 11:29 PM
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schmendrick.
Join Date: May 2004
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I'm looking for a book of world folk tales. Something with a lot in there spanning the world. Suggestions?
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It is pretty much perfect. I still have some of the little vignettes running through my head constantly. Like the Eric Clipperton one.
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10-19-2012, 11:33 PM
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'Gucci be the slippers'
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: New Jersey
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Just finished Slaughterhouse-Five. So good.
^Grimms, but you probably already knew that. |
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10-20-2012, 12:19 AM
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schmendrick.
Join Date: May 2004
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I do know those, though I wouldn't mind owning a nice edition.
Generally, I was looking for more things like a book on Russian folk tales or Japanese. Things beyond what I think most of us grew up with.
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10-20-2012, 02:52 PM
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Buddhist mantra
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Allston, Mass. Where the streets are paved with broken glass.
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Woo hoo! Judas Unchained finally arrived like a month after I ordered it! Can't wait to finally see what happens like 6 months from now when I finally get to the climax.
Speaking of climax, Peter F.'s penchant for Sex Scenes became a bit ridiculous during the course of Pandora's Star. Like it felt like there was one or two every 20 pages or so. That's a lot of sex when you consider the overall length. Like, I get that these 400 year old Commonwealthers are forever young and horny but at a certain point it's like I get it bro, how are Ozzie and Tochee doin'?! Some of it was so silly too. Like w/ Kazimir and Justine. Ugh. I felt like I only really cared about one or two of the many, many, many plots last time too at certain points though I know they'll all come together eventually.
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10-20-2012, 06:12 PM
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5000 candles in the wind
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Pawnee
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Starting reading Rabbit, Run yesterday. I like it so far. A friend kept bugging me to read it for ages, and I finally got around to starting it.
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I don't mind if I have to sit on the floor at school. All I want is education. And I'm afraid of no one. - Malala Yousafzai
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10-20-2012, 06:16 PM
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The Man Who Lives Forever
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: In a land where time don't command
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That's a great series.
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10-21-2012, 10:46 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
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I've been slowly progressing through the Discworld series. I'm following them in the order they were written, and I'm starting Maskerade tonight.
It's the only books I've been reading in two years. 
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10-21-2012, 11:58 PM
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MWAHAHAHAHA!
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: The Frozen North! (read: Northern Wisconsin)
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That'll take you awhile. There's like 30 books in that series. Not that the length of it makes it any less excellent. |
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10-22-2012, 12:17 AM
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Lets rent bikes from 1942
Join Date: May 2006
Location: In the deepest ocean, the bottom of the sea
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It's really great. Some people don't like it cause they don't like Rabbit, but I think it's awesome. Updike is the man.
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10-22-2012, 08:49 AM
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5000 candles in the wind
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Pawnee
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Yeah I'm not too far into it yet, so I'm not sure how I feel about him at this point. Updike was born about an hour from here, so he's kinda popular around these parts.
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I don't mind if I have to sit on the floor at school. All I want is education. And I'm afraid of no one. - Malala Yousafzai
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10-25-2012, 04:14 PM
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GT's Iron Fisted Leader
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Black Mage Village
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Just bought Red Country by Joe Abercrombie, it just came ouy. Absolutely loved the First Law trilogy and Best Served Cold. I have The Heroes but I will read it after RC.
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