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emeraldlonewoulf 06-23-2008 08:54 PM

Reading 'The Ministry of Fear' by Graham Greene.

Bob Dole 06-23-2008 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by emeraldlonewoulf
Reading 'The Ministry of Fear' by Graham Greene.

Bob Dole wants physical evidence, or Bob Dole won't believe it and will come down on you with Bob Dole's wrath of Bob Dole.

TheBloodEternity 06-23-2008 09:24 PM

>.>
I knew the minute I saw "Bob Dole" upon logging onto Gnet that it would be some stupid fuck.

Man In Room 5 06-24-2008 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBloodEternity
Trying to work through the stories on:
http://tmoct.co.uk/lovecraftlibrary.html
So far my favorite is Haunter of the Dark


This web page rocks but I must ask, is it legal? I'm no expert, but the last I heard Lovecraft was under copyright. My favorite Lovecraft page has been http://www.hplovecraft.com/ and they refuse to list any tales because of copyright. I guess I don't really care if it's legal or not--just wondering.

pijanbalkan 06-24-2008 10:29 AM

i read ulyses of j Joyce and Baudelaire's Fleurs du Mal (again!!!!!!)

She_Is_My_Sin 06-24-2008 10:54 AM

E.H. Gombrich's 'The Story Of Art'. I seriously thought it would be a bit difficult to read, but in the introduction he made it very clear he didn't want to make it over-complex or speak down to people. Which is nice to know.

Tomorrow I'm going to look through my dad's collection of Dickens and pick something out for myself to read. I've been a bit curious after watching a documentary on him.

shogem 06-24-2008 11:17 AM

Brahm Stoker's Dracula, because I got my own copy finally.

Next, it'll probably be Night Watch.

She_Is_My_Sin 06-24-2008 11:24 AM

I really badly want to read Night Watch (if the poster above meant the russian fantasy/sci-fi story). I've only watched the film, but I'm assuming the book would probably be better.

shogem 06-24-2008 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by She_Is_My_Sin
I really badly want to read Night Watch (if the poster above meant the russian fantasy/sci-fi story). I've only watched the film, but I'm assuming the book would probably be better.

Yeah, I wish I could read Russian so I don't have to worry about anything being lost in translation, but I'm guessing that's being nitpicky at this point.

I've only heard good things about the series :]

MollyMac 06-24-2008 04:44 PM

The Tao of WIllie- by Willie Nelson. It's tejh definition of awesome sauce.

The Obsidian Raven 06-25-2008 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by (heartofflames)
The Vampire Lestat- Anne Rice.
Got into that kinda stuff right after watching The Queen of the Damned with the sexyness of Stuart Townsend.

ah read that , pretty good one

for me For a Few Demons More by Kim Harrison

LaBelleDameSansMerci 06-27-2008 09:23 AM

I'm reading The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott.

Cen0bite 06-27-2008 12:22 PM

right now i'm reading The Killing Dance by Laurel K. Hamilton and Bloodring by Faith Hunter

Godslayer Jillian 06-27-2008 09:58 PM

Alan Moore is a fucking genius!!!!
Now I'm reading Che: A Memoir by Fidel Castro.

IgorVGoth 06-28-2008 07:58 AM

Currently enjoying one of Asimov's Robot books.

Next will be The Hunchback of Notradame.

Xombie 06-28-2008 08:01 AM

A Farewell to Arms by Hemingway. Honestly, I wouldn't have started to read this if I didn't have to for English class, but it's not so terrible.

xillumex 06-28-2008 08:03 AM

Shirley by Charlotte Bronte... I really should be re-reading Mary Shelley's Frankenstein for my summer reading... *hides from responsible sensibility*

HumanePain 06-28-2008 08:08 AM

Jillian, who wrote that Hyperion book you said you liked? I am off work for a week and want to read it. Was it Dan Simmons? There are so many titles out there with the same name...

Godslayer Jillian 06-28-2008 01:09 PM

Precisely Dan Simmons. He also wrote a magnificent horror book called Song Of Khali. Even Stephen King called it horrifying.

Noirette 06-28-2008 01:52 PM

Dan Simmons is amazing.
I have red only the four books of "Hyperion", unfortunatly.

Noirette 06-28-2008 01:56 PM

Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi Ono and a book about Japan.

faye_falling 06-28-2008 10:09 PM

Just started The Alchemist, Paulo Coehlo. So far, so good.

Opteron_Man 07-01-2008 02:18 AM

I am reading "Fragments of Olympian Gossip"
By Nikola Tesla. 1920's.

While listening on my cosmic phone
I caught words from the Olympus blown.
A newcomer was shown around;
That much I could guess, aided by sound.
"There's Archimedes with his lever
Still busy on problems as ever.
Says: matter and force are transmutable
And wrong the laws you thought immutable."
"Below, on Earth, they work at full blast
And news are coming in thick and fast.
The latest tells of a cosmic gun.
To be pelted is very poor fun.
We are wary with so much at stake,
Those beggars are a pest—no mistake."
"Too bad, Sir Isaac, they dimmed your renown
And turned your great science upside down.
Now a long haired crank, Einstein by name,
Puts on your high teaching all the blame.
Says: matter and force are transmutable
And wrong the laws you thought immutable."
"I am much too ignorant, my son,
For grasping schemes so finely spun.
My followers are of stronger mind
And I am content to stay behind,
Perhaps I failed, but I did my best,
These masters of mine may do the rest.
Come, Kelvin, I have finished my cup.
When is your friend Tesla coming up."
"Oh, quoth Kelvin, he is always late,
It would be useless to remonstrate."
Then silence—shuffle of soft slippered feet—
I knock and—the bedlam of the street.

HumanePain 07-01-2008 07:44 AM

That was awesome.

Technowitch 07-01-2008 07:57 AM

Rereading Time of the Twins by Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman. I know, I know, I'm a nerd.


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