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I'm getting started on "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin. Supposedly, it's the Russian equivalent to "1984" or "Brave New World". I don't know. My girlfriend lent it to me.
What are you reading?
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Otal Nimrodi 
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Posted 24 January 2006 - 08:19 PM
I'm reading The Lord of the Flies.
Not as good ast Lord of the Rings.
Not as good ast Lord of the Rings.
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Posted 25 January 2006 - 07:33 PM
Note to self: Never get stuck on an island with a bunch of kids.
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Posted 25 January 2006 - 08:27 PM
I read that book awihle ago and thought that although there might be some possibility of such things occuring (like the intentional murder and what not), the book was full of shit. On another point, if everyone had stuck with whoever the main character was, it was quite obvious that they would have had a better chance of survival. That is besides the fact that he was the one with morals and such. At the end when they were rescued if the kid told me what the rest had done, I might have been inclined to kill the little scumbags, or at least leave them stranded. I would have said the rest had died somehow. If they were doing that now, imagine what they might have grown up to be come. And why might I have believed the kid you ask, well who was chasing who with spears trying to kill him?
Apparently writing about JM here is his secret weakness. Muwahaha!!!! Now I have leverage over him and am another step closer towards my goal of world domination.
"And the Evil that was vanquished shall rise anew. Wrapped in the guise of man shall he walk amongst the innocent and Terror shall consume they that dwell upon the Earth. The skies will rain fire. The seas shall become as blood. The righteous shall fall before the wicked! And all creation shall tremble before the burning standards of Hell!" - Mephisto
Kurgan X showed me this web comic done with Legos. It pokes fun at all six Star Wars films and I found it to be extremely entertaining.
<a href="http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/cast/starwars.html" target="_blank">http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/cast/starwars.html</a>
"And the Evil that was vanquished shall rise anew. Wrapped in the guise of man shall he walk amongst the innocent and Terror shall consume they that dwell upon the Earth. The skies will rain fire. The seas shall become as blood. The righteous shall fall before the wicked! And all creation shall tremble before the burning standards of Hell!" - Mephisto
Kurgan X showed me this web comic done with Legos. It pokes fun at all six Star Wars films and I found it to be extremely entertaining.
<a href="http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/cast/starwars.html" target="_blank">http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/cast/starwars.html</a>
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Posted 26 January 2006 - 06:13 PM
I finished reading Che guevara's Guerilla Warfare for the second time. I'm just about to start reading Lenin's Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism. I got the book ages ago, so I may aswell read it.
What did the computer game addict say when he read a book?
The graphics aren't upto much, the sound is abit limited, and the plot is abit linear.
What did the computer game addict say when he read a book?
The graphics aren't upto much, the sound is abit limited, and the plot is abit linear.
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Posted 26 January 2006 - 09:13 PM
If my English class, say, were stuck on an island together, I don't think much would happen.
Possibly because due to people who can't divide evenly, it has all of six people in it.
Possibly because due to people who can't divide evenly, it has all of six people in it.
"YOU'RE MISSING A PERIOD. YOU THINK IT'S FUNNY, DON'T YOU? YOU THINK IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU FUCK WITH GRAMMAR? WELL, FUCK YOU AND FUCK YOUR MISSING PERIOD! I HOPE IT MEANS YOUR SLUTTY, NON-PUNCTUATED WAYS HAVE GOTTEN YOU TEEN-PREGNANT!"
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Posted 28 January 2006 - 11:37 AM
Has anyone read Lloyd Alexander's The Book of Three or at least seen the film The Black Cauldron which was loosely based upon his work?
How about Jeanne DuPrau's The City of Ember, anyone reading that?
How about Jeanne DuPrau's The City of Ember, anyone reading that?
I am the Fisher King.
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an obi-wan to go.
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an obi-wan to go.
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Posted 09 February 2006 - 12:02 PM
Just going through some Isaac Asimov books, what with a certain webcomic I'm doing now and all. 
I, Robot - check.
The complete Robot - check.
Lucky Star - in progress.
I, Robot - check.
The complete Robot - check.
Lucky Star - in progress.
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Pop quiz, hotshot. Garry Kasparov is coming to kill you, and the only way to change his mind is for you to beat him at chess. What do you do, what do you do?
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Posted 14 February 2006 - 06:17 AM
Alfred Bester - Demolition
I've read that book a couple of times now and I still can't say whether it's good, bad or just something in between...
I've read that book a couple of times now and I still can't say whether it's good, bad or just something in between...
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Pop quiz, hotshot. Garry Kasparov is coming to kill you, and the only way to change his mind is for you to beat him at chess. What do you do, what do you do?
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Posted 14 February 2006 - 06:37 AM
Going through all the books I have ever read by Isaac Asimov: Understanding Physics
I've read both The Book of Three and The City of Ember. Sadly, I don't remember much of the first, and I didn't really like the second.
Kind of reminded me of The Wind on Fire trilogy, only less so.
I've read both The Book of Three and The City of Ember. Sadly, I don't remember much of the first, and I didn't really like the second.
Kind of reminded me of The Wind on Fire trilogy, only less so.
"YOU'RE MISSING A PERIOD. YOU THINK IT'S FUNNY, DON'T YOU? YOU THINK IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU FUCK WITH GRAMMAR? WELL, FUCK YOU AND FUCK YOUR MISSING PERIOD! I HOPE IT MEANS YOUR SLUTTY, NON-PUNCTUATED WAYS HAVE GOTTEN YOU TEEN-PREGNANT!"
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Posted 14 February 2006 - 01:03 PM
QUOTE (Mirithorn @ Feb 14 2006, 04:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Going through all the books I have ever read by Isaac Asimov: Understanding Physics
I've read both The Book of Three and The City of Ember. Sadly, I don't remember much of the first, and I didn't really like the second.
Kind of reminded me of The Wind on Fire trilogy, only less so.
I've read both The Book of Three and The City of Ember. Sadly, I don't remember much of the first, and I didn't really like the second.
Kind of reminded me of The Wind on Fire trilogy, only less so.
I'm not familiar with the Wind on Fire trilogy.
I am the Fisher King.
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an obi-wan to go.
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an obi-wan to go.