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Old 04-18-2006, 07:31 AM   #651
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Well, I am getting ready to read every book Anne Rice has ever written, just as soon as the seller gets them here. I only paid 20 bucks for them. I love ebay.
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Old 04-18-2006, 07:39 AM   #652
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I started "The Doors of Perception" by Aldous Huxley last night.

I'm being a book-whore at the moment, jumping from one to the next, unable to remain faithful to just one. I will have to discipline myself and choose.
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Old 04-18-2006, 08:38 AM   #653
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I recently started reading "Karari: The Sudanese Account of the Battle of Omdurman". With regard to Victorian era colonialism in Africa, it's rather interesting to read something from the native point of view instead of the European.
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Old 04-19-2006, 06:15 AM   #654
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i'm currently reading Midnight Blue, the Sonja Blue trilogy. it is totally awesome!! i can't even put it down for bed some nights
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Old 04-19-2006, 11:22 AM   #655
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I've recently been re-reading the patient book from American McGee's Alice. On a larger scale, I've been reading various exerpts from 'the Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe'. I just finished 'the Fall of the House of Usher'.
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Old 04-19-2006, 01:40 PM   #656
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I have just started reading King Arthur. It is childish. I like childish. As well as morbid and amusing ways of death such as jausting.
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Old 04-20-2006, 07:51 AM   #657
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I started Parish Damned by Lee Thomas last night. It's really short, so I should have it finished today.
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Old 04-20-2006, 05:29 PM   #658
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i'm reading the computer screen...

when i get home i'm starting a book on sign language
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Old 04-20-2006, 06:22 PM   #659
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I'm reading A Hymn Before Battle... good military SF this
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Old 04-20-2006, 07:00 PM   #660
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I'm digging into R. Scott Bakker's The Darkness That Comes Before. Really good story, and I think it has something to do with the fact that the author has a BA in English, an MA in theory and criticism (okay so far so blah), but also he's working on his Ph.D. in philosophy. The combination of his creativty and educational background makes the topics brought up in the book relavant to the real world in ways the simplisitic aphorisms common in fantasy novels are not. So far I've been happily surprised.
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Old 04-20-2006, 07:14 PM   #661
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I've read that... good stuff... R. Scott Bakker is evil though... too long a wait between books
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Old 04-20-2006, 07:20 PM   #662
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I've read that... good stuff... R. Scott Bakker is evil though... too long a wait between books
You only know what a wait is if you were reading Stephen King's Dark Tower series as they came out. Good christ, nothing for years and then bam, the last three in a rush. Pfft!
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Old 04-20-2006, 07:33 PM   #663
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You only know what a wait is if you were reading Stephen King's Dark Tower series as they came out. Good christ, nothing for years and then bam, the last three in a rush. Pfft!
I know what you mean... even if I have turned 18... there's been plenty of that in recent years *curses Khota Hirano*
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Old 04-20-2006, 07:49 PM   #664
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The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving. I love that short story. It has a really good moral about greed.
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Old 04-21-2006, 09:16 AM   #665
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I am reading now "Simulacra and Simulation"; a very interesting philosophy book on the subjects of reality. Any fan of the Matrix would love it.
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Old 04-21-2006, 09:20 AM   #666
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Arggh! I found an online copy of it here for those interested.
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPS/Bau...Simulacra.html
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Old 04-23-2006, 06:51 AM   #667
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Nightmare House by Douglas Clegg.
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Old 04-23-2006, 06:57 AM   #668
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The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman.

First book in the trilogy called "His Dark Materials". I just needed some fantasy to keep me entertained in between all the 19th century literature in my curriculum. Boy am I glad I picked this one up. If you like Harry Potter, the Arya chapters in George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series, or generally reading about heroic kids with a mysterious destiny to fulfill, you'll love this.

I don't have time to give a synopsis right now, but there are witches, armored bears, evil child-snatchers, magic, and parallel universes galore. It's easy to read, but satisfyingly well-written, with an emphasis on action and propulsive storytelling rather than ridiculously complex descriptions of the world and characters. New things are revealed bit by bit as you go along, in a way that gradually increases your understanding of the universe, but doesn't get in the way of the story. Highly entertaining, and genuinely emotionally affecting too.

Can't wait for the next two books, although the editions with the nicest cover design (larger than the small pocket version, textured matte paper, embossed gold title, excellent typography on the chapter headings) is sold out from the publishers, according to my bookstore...
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Old 04-23-2006, 07:16 AM   #669
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I just purchased 'Autobiography by the Pythons' yesterday; diary entries, personal stories, and et cetera from the Monty Python's Flying Circus lead actors. This is absolutey a must for any fan of the television programme or movies.
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Old 04-23-2006, 04:50 PM   #670
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I am reading a collection of American Gothic Stories with an introduction by Joyce Carol Oates. I think I may also attempt Wuthering Heights following the completion of the semester.
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Old 04-25-2006, 07:35 AM   #671
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Ha ha ha! Yes! Yes! *jumping up and down* I just got my books in the mail! Whoo hoo! Im off to read the vampire chronicles.
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Old 04-25-2006, 02:12 PM   #672
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Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. I brought it yesterday and now Im on page 148 because I kept reading for it is so hard to put down. It is a great book by the author of The Da Vinci Code.
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Old 04-25-2006, 04:27 PM   #673
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Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. I brought it yesterday and now Im on page 148 because I kept reading for it is so hard to put down. It is a great book by the author of The Da Vinci Code.
That's a great book...but at parts, you'll roll your eyes. You'll know what I mean when you get there.
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Old 04-25-2006, 04:28 PM   #674
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I just started the latest Harry Potter book.
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Old 04-25-2006, 07:28 PM   #675
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