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The Ugly

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #975 on: May 21, 2014, 11:25:53 AM »
Quote from: Nordic Beast on May 21, 2014, 04:34:56 AM
Anyone turn me onto some good new science fiction?-----and Im not talking about the fantasy crap they often try  to pass as sci-fi

What are your older favorites?
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #976 on: May 21, 2014, 05:50:43 PM »
Quote from: The Ugly on May 21, 2014, 11:25:53 AM
What are your older favorites?
Love Verner Vinge, jack Vance, Zelazney, Ballard etc

Just re-read the series by Gene Wolfe "book of the new sun" --amazing

Also, in honor of Jack Vance's death I reread "tales of the dying earth"

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #977 on: May 21, 2014, 05:55:51 PM »
Quote from: Nordic Beast on May 21, 2014, 05:50:43 PM
Love Verner Vinge, jack Vance, Zelazney, Ballard etc

Just re-read the series by Gene Wolfe "book of the new sun" --amazing

Also, in honor of Jack Vance's death I reread "tales of the dying earth"



Clarke? "Childhood's End" is pretty damn good, and "2001," obviously. I assume you've probably already read them, though.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #978 on: May 21, 2014, 06:04:51 PM »
Quote from: The Ugly on May 21, 2014, 05:55:51 PM
Clarke? "Childhood's End" is pretty damn good, and "2001," obviously. I assume you've probably already read them, though.
2001 yes but not childhoods end. I'll check it out this weekend. Thx bro
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #979 on: May 21, 2014, 06:07:31 PM »
Quote from: Nordic Beast on May 21, 2014, 06:04:51 PM
2001 yes but not childhoods end. I'll check it out this weekend. Thx bro

You bet.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #980 on: June 01, 2014, 11:40:06 AM »
Lion of Macedon by David Gemmell.  Never read the serious but doing so n8w.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #981 on: June 01, 2014, 12:07:26 PM »
The Sunday paper.
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The Ugly

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #982 on: June 01, 2014, 05:57:44 PM »
Just finished President Me by Adam Carolla. Funny as fuck, but pussified Libs will hate it.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #983 on: June 02, 2014, 06:13:18 PM »
"For whom the bell tolls"

-Hemingway


never had the chance to read it before
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #984 on: June 03, 2014, 11:01:47 AM »
"On Scope' Jack Coughlin-meh
Full Assault Mode-Dalton Fury-meh

now reading the latest Stephen Hunter novel.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #985 on: June 03, 2014, 01:01:18 PM »
I need to get my ass in gear and start reading some good books again. There are plenty of books here at home that I'd enjoy reading again. I've been so scattered lately, about all I can handle at once is a good magazine article. Each month, I read Vanity Fair from cover to cover. I'm in the middle of an article about Daniel Craig right now. He's a really funny guy....who'd of thought? He seems like such an intense and serious person.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #986 on: June 03, 2014, 04:22:43 PM »
Sorry. Been most lax. My bad.

Greg Bear: Darwin's Radio: a bit science fiction, a bit biology, and totally boring: C

Stehen Leacock: Sunshine sketches of a Small Town. The Seth illustrated edition. A classic with great pics: A

Bill Bryson: One Summer, America 1927: A compendium of the noteworthy items of 1927, which was truly a great year. A bit meandering, but classic Bryson storytelling. B+/A-

David Thompsom: The Big Screen: Nothing less than the history of movies. Very dense, and not for the dilettante. Film buff approved. Superb.

Alice McDermott: Charming Billy: A retrospective of a convivial Irishman. It won the NBP. This is literature of the highest order.  
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #987 on: June 03, 2014, 04:37:50 PM »
Just finished this yesterday

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #988 on: June 03, 2014, 05:51:09 PM »
Quote from: Straw Man on June 03, 2014, 04:37:50 PM
Just finished this yesterday


Oh, Hey. That looks interesting. Can you give us a description? 
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The Ugly

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #989 on: June 03, 2014, 05:52:32 PM »
Quote from: Straw Man on June 03, 2014, 04:37:50 PM
Just finished this yesterday



Was that his last?

Please, like Chimps requested.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #990 on: June 03, 2014, 08:33:17 PM »
Quote from: Straw Man on June 03, 2014, 04:37:50 PM
Just finished this yesterday



Thanks,

Christopher Hitchnens was a great, great writer who I enjoyed reading. I have not read this yet, but on your recommendation, I definitely will.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #991 on: June 03, 2014, 08:53:20 PM »
Quote from: Primemuscle on June 03, 2014, 08:33:17 PM
Thanks,

Christopher Hitchnens was a great, great writer who I enjoyed reading. I have not read this yet, but on your recommendation, I definitely will.

Agree, the man was brilliant.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #992 on: June 04, 2014, 04:15:29 AM »
Quote from: Straw Man on June 03, 2014, 04:37:50 PM
Just finished this yesterday



Havent read this book yet but I fully intend to.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #993 on: June 04, 2014, 05:54:00 AM »
'A Game of Thrones' by George R. R Martin.
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Straw Man

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #994 on: June 04, 2014, 02:44:17 PM »
Quote from: The Ugly on June 03, 2014, 05:52:32 PM
Was that his last?

Please, like Chimps requested.

yep, his last book written as he was dying of cancer

he didn't actually get a chance to finish it so his wife wrote the last chapter
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The Ugly

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #995 on: June 04, 2014, 03:30:45 PM »
Recommended?
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #996 on: June 04, 2014, 03:45:58 PM »
A Clash of Kings - George R. R. Martin
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #997 on: June 04, 2014, 05:09:12 PM »
Quote from: The Ugly on June 04, 2014, 03:30:45 PM
Recommended?

Definitely and it's only 100 pages so you can knock it out in a few hours
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #998 on: June 05, 2014, 12:02:23 AM »
Quote from: Straw Man on June 04, 2014, 02:44:17 PM
yep, his last book written as he was dying of cancer

he didn't actually get a chance to finish it so his wife wrote the last chapter

Christopher also wrote about his experience with terminal cancer extensively in Vanity Fair.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #999 on: June 05, 2014, 10:47:40 AM »
Quote from: Primemuscle on June 05, 2014, 12:02:23 AM
Christopher also wrote about his experience with terminal cancer extensively in Vanity Fair.

I think the book is mostly a compilation of those VF articles.
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