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« Reply #500 on: October 29, 2012, 12:04:59 PM » |
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i'm slowly working my way through a few books:
The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
Confessions of a Crap Artist by Philip K Dick
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
and a book of Philip K Dick short stories
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« Reply #501 on: October 29, 2012, 05:34:46 PM » |
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Just finished-The Caspian Gates by Harry Sidebottom
just started-Praetorian by Simon Scarrow
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« Reply #502 on: October 29, 2012, 06:06:58 PM » |
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I bet you wouldn't say that to Jack Reacher's face!
john reacher is mac bolan in disguise |
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magikusar
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« Reply #503 on: October 29, 2012, 10:08:09 PM » |
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araminta station jack vance
the silver spike glen cook
sailor on the seas of fate michael moorcock
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« Reply #504 on: October 30, 2012, 07:04:58 AM » |
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colonel roosevelt by edmund morris .
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« Reply #505 on: October 30, 2012, 08:20:49 PM » |
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i'm slowly working my way through a few books:
The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
Confessions of a Crap Artist by Philip K Dick
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
and a book of Philip K Dick short stories
So just how many books do you read at once? |
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« Reply #506 on: October 30, 2012, 10:25:09 PM » |
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Hemingway.
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magikusar
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« Reply #507 on: October 30, 2012, 10:49:00 PM » |
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Rollback by Tom Woods
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« Reply #508 on: October 31, 2012, 05:16:20 AM » |
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So just how many books do you read at once?
My name's Garebear and I have a multi-book reading problem. I have four going at once right now. |
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« Reply #509 on: October 31, 2012, 09:42:51 AM » |
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Has anyone here read Reconsidering Marihuana?
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« Reply #510 on: October 31, 2012, 02:10:28 PM » |
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You can download a free epub reader add on or whatever they're called for firefox.
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« Reply #511 on: October 31, 2012, 03:47:33 PM » |
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Read the new Reacher, 'A Wanted Man,' in about 4 days. Hey, it ain't high literature, but Mr. Child has now mastered the art of un-put-downed-ness: interesting protagonist, short chapters, vertical fall of a plot, lots of action. Had four of his books to get signed, and a long line behind me, so I never did have the time to ask Child about casting Tom Cruise as Reacher. I'm guessing Cruise's production company offered Child a 2-foot stack of thousands.
IFOA thoughts:
Micheal Chabon: as nice and as gracious as he's ever been. Class act.
Junot Diaz: Lost some weight; super sharp, mental-wise. Discussed Toronto construction.
Mohammed Hanif: Finally got my books signed. Tiny fella. Pakistan air force must recruit small.
Lee Child: Debonair. Polite. British.
Rachel Joyce: Nice lady.
Kate Mosse: Small lady wearing ridiculous high heels. Channeling Vivienne Westwood?
Karen Thompson Walker: No impressions - too rushed.
Richard Ford: Brusque, verging on impatience. Got a friend to get my second lot of 4 books signed.
Andrew Westoll: A class act, and very forthcoming.
Cory Doctorow: Just like his on-line persona: in your face, friendly and smart/y.
China Mieville: Nice guy. Much softer nature than his dust-jacket pics might suggest.
Paul Auster: More effusive and warmer than his writing might indicate. Liked him a lot.
Jess Walter: As friendly and as nice as the last time I met him.
Chester Brown: Rocking a haircut like no other human, but so nice and quiet. You can see where his work comes from.
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« Reply #512 on: November 04, 2012, 02:48:21 AM » |
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Just finished The Great Gatsby (again), leaves me with a weird feeling. New film version coming out sometime? Looks pretty cool. |
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« Reply #513 on: November 04, 2012, 01:56:34 PM » |
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Anyone know of any good books fiction or non on Russia? KGB stuff, or War or something?
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« Reply #514 on: November 04, 2012, 02:02:36 PM » |
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Or something like American Psycho with lots of violence and sex?  |
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« Reply #515 on: November 04, 2012, 03:39:12 PM » |
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« Reply #516 on: November 04, 2012, 06:38:39 PM » |
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« Reply #517 on: November 04, 2012, 06:56:14 PM » |
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« Reply #518 on: November 04, 2012, 07:40:57 PM » |
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How the Scots Invented the Modern World
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garebear
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« Reply #519 on: November 04, 2012, 10:01:12 PM » |
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Read the new Reacher, 'A Wanted Man,' in about 4 days. Hey, it ain't high literature, but Mr. Child has now mastered the art of un-put-downed-ness: interesting protagonist, short chapters, vertical fall of a plot, lots of action. Had four of his books to get signed, and a long line behind me, so I never did have the time to ask Child about casting Tom Cruise as Reacher. I'm guessing Cruise's production company offered Child a 2-foot stack of thousands.
IFOA thoughts:
Micheal Chabon: as nice and as gracious as he's ever been. Class act.
Junot Diaz: Lost some weight; super sharp, mental-wise. Discussed Toronto construction.
Mohammed Hanif: Finally got my books signed. Tiny fella. Pakistan air force must recruit small.
Lee Child: Debonair. Polite. British.
Rachel Joyce: Nice lady.
Kate Mosse: Small lady wearing ridiculous high heels. Channeling Vivienne Westwood?
Karen Thompson Walker: No impressions - too rushed.
Richard Ford: Brusque, verging on impatience. Got a friend to get my second lot of 4 books signed.
Andrew Westoll: A class act, and very forthcoming.
Cory Doctorow: Just like his on-line persona: in your face, friendly and smart/y.
China Mieville: Nice guy. Much softer nature than his dust-jacket pics might suggest.
Paul Auster: More effusive and warmer than his writing might indicate. Liked him a lot.
Jess Walter: As friendly and as nice as the last time I met him.
Chester Brown: Rocking a haircut like no other human, but so nice and quiet. You can see where his work comes from.
Is that written in the first or third person? I don't care too much for that series if it's not written in the first person. |
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« Reply #520 on: November 06, 2012, 06:50:38 AM » |
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The Leopard Sword-Anthony Riches. ...the whole damn series is great  |
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« Reply #521 on: November 06, 2012, 08:32:36 AM » |
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Is that written in the first or third person?
I don't care too much for that series if it's not written in the first person.
The Reacher one? Yes, it's third person. First person only, eh? Well, that significantly reduces your reading list. |
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« Reply #522 on: November 06, 2012, 09:05:39 AM » |
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Finished Ender's Game which was very good, and jumped right into the The First Law trilogy by John Abercrombie.
It's not my genre, but the characters were so througoughly enjoyable to me, that I've already on the third book. Pretty good stuff.
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« Reply #523 on: November 06, 2012, 10:02:37 AM » |
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 I'm reading Black Hair Science
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« Reply #524 on: November 07, 2012, 09:18:13 AM » |
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I'm reading Black Hair Science Which science, nappyology (natural science) or nappynomics (social science)? Nappynomics is extremely dismal! |
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