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What are you reading?

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Posted 04 June 2008 - 11:37 AM

Just finished Legion by Dan Abnet, he truly is the master of war. smile.gif
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Posted 29 June 2008 - 09:13 PM

After a long chain of re-reads (Silmarillion for the fifth time, anyone?), I'm getting into some new territory. I've just started Buckskin Brigades, by need I even say who, and I'm actually surprised at its quality. I would have expected Hubbard's first novel to be noticeably clumsier reading than, say, Battlefield Earth, but this is not the case. Or if it is, I haven't noticed it so far. Some things were a bit awkward, like the quoting from Captain Lewis's journal (both the way it was done and the fact that he resorted to quoting at such length in the first place), but this isn't obviously "young Hubbard." This is just Hubbard, the same guy from Battlefield Earth. I'm still bellow the 100-page-mark, but I'm interested. Hubbard always seems to surprise me.

And remembering Orson Scott Card's wholehearted recommendation from almost a year ago, I just, as in, a few hours ago, began The Name of the Wind by someone called Patrick Rothfuss. Being only one chapter in, I can't say much, other than that this is indeed, as OSC said, amazingly well-written for a first novel.
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Posted 09 January 2009 - 09:29 PM

Currently reading "A Princess of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
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Posted 10 January 2009 - 11:11 AM

I'm reading Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein. It's weird how a book I like so much can be written in a style which reminds me so strongly of Ayn Rand.
"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 13 January 2009 - 03:49 AM

Re-reading the Brentford Trilogy by Robert Rankin
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Posted 24 January 2009 - 01:22 AM

I'm trying to read war and peace. Just another famous novel I never read and know nothing about.
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Posted 30 January 2009 - 02:16 PM

Currently just about finished with the biography of Leon Trotsky. After that I plan to move on to Inside The Company, a diary of abuses by the CIA.

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Posted 05 February 2009 - 07:59 PM

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Posted 26 September 2010 - 10:16 PM

We have these thread like "What record are you listening too" and things. So, obviously there is a smilar for books, surely?

I'm reading "The White House Mess" written by Christopher Buckley at the moment. ghd straighteners :wub: :D
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Posted 25 November 2010 - 10:32 PM

The series is probably old news to other people, but new to me. I started reading the Dresden Files a little over a week ago, and have been burning right through them. I'm about 1/3 of the way through White Night right now, which is the 9th book. If you hold any love for sci-fi/fantasy,then I would highly recommend it.
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<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 November 2010 - 02:17 AM

Whoa, am I glad that Dresden refers to the name of the character, and not the Saxonian capital... that would have made for awful sci-fi-fantasy-series. :sick:

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Posted 26 November 2010 - 08:38 PM

Oh man, every time I remember about the Dresden Files series it's like fucking Christmas. I love having a new book or two to dig through.
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Posted 29 December 2010 - 04:40 PM

All caught up on the Dresden Files, just have Side Jobs (the short story collection) to read and I hear the rpg books are a riot.

Got Earth (the book): A visitor's Guide to the Human Race for Christmas. It's awesome and I've already blitzed though it. Working on the crossword puzzle near the back. It's pretty tough.
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>
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Posted 30 December 2010 - 05:03 PM

And I also picked up Supervillains and Philosophy. So far it's shaping up to be a fun and complex read.
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>
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Posted 30 December 2010 - 11:25 PM

I'm reading the 1957 Training Manual For Volunteers of the Irish Republican Army.

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