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And now, we sprinkle Grendel liberally with Old Spice!
I just finished Memoirs of a geisha by Arther Golden and am now reading The tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
Holy crap! All 1600 pages, or an abridged version? I've only read the abridged version of Genji, and I found it fabulous. You have good taste. 
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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When the babel fish was in place, it was apparent Peter said:
I am reading through the Song Ice and Fire books, Almost through the second one, will be done by thursday or Friday, I also have Heinlein's "For Us, The Living" Which was unpublished till recently.
For those That have Just Read Starship Troopers, I suggest getting your hands on a copy of Joe Halderman's Forever War , and Armor by John Steakley, And Ender's Game If you haven't already.
armour was the one with the antlike cretures right? a good book if im rembering corectly. enders game was a good short story that was turnedinto a series of books that I never bothered to read.
I love books though
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Fizodeth's account was hax0red to write:
Rereading the Myth Adventures of Skeeve and Aahz, all 12 books.
I loved those books when I was a kid. Supposedly they're all getting the Phil Foglio art treatment at some point; I'm looking forward to that.
As for those of you who read "Heart of Darkness"...quitcherbitchin'. It's like 30 pages long. Suck it up 
Or just go watch Apocalypse Now. It was based off of "Heart of Darkness"
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Somthor enlisted the help of an infinite number of monkeys to write:
armour was the one with the antlike cretures right? a good book if im rembering corectly. enders game was a good short story that was turnedinto a series of books that I never bothered to read.I love books though
Yeah, Armor is the one with the Space Marine-like guys in the nuclear powered armored battle suits who were fighting the ant-like insect alien race. If you liked Starship Troopers, I recommend this book. Kinda the same premise. Marines vs insect aliens, but also the underlying effects of war and battle on the human pysche.
uhmm.. do the boards count as a book? They should... horror, drama, sci-fi, mystery, suspense... erotica... all wrapped up in one cover.
A Game of Thrones: Board Game. [ 02-25-2004: Message edited by: Katrinity ]
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Check out the big brain on Katrinity!
I know we have a lot of A Song of Ice and Fire fans out there..but have any of you tried this card/board game?A Game of Thrones: Board Game.
I did not know the board game was out. Very interesting...
I have a Lannister deck for the card game though, and it's pretty fun.
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When the babel fish was in place, it was apparent Smilodon Fatalis said:
Has anyone read Anerican Gods? Someone recommended this book to me.
I heard that was great, but I haven't gotten around to it.
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This insanity brought to you by Karnaj:
Holy crap! All 1600 pages, or an abridged version? I've only read the abridged version of Genji, and I found it fabulous. You have good taste.
Unabridged.
Tanya Huff
The 2nd Summoning
Long, Hot Summoning
Piers Anthony
Split Infinity
Blue Adept
Laurell K Hamilton
Caress of Twilight (Reread)
Seduced by Moonlight
Robert Heinlein
To Sail Beyond the Sunset
Currently Reading, should be finished tonight:
Robert Heinlein
Time Enough for Love
Currently skimming:
The Legend of Huma (Dragonlance Chronicles) [ 02-26-2004: Message edited by: Gikk ]
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Vorago had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
Decided to re-read all the Anita Blake novels as I wait for the latest one to get around to hitting paperback form so I can buy it. Forgot how much these books kicked ass.
You need to come to Marcon.
She's Guest of Honor.
And omfg, meredith Gentry kicks ass, too.
... and reading that past list...
I read too much... or too fast.. or something.
O.x I'm such a dweeb. [ 02-26-2004: Message edited by: Gikk ]
Still waiting for the local Chapter to get Cerulean Sins in paperback, love the books, but SO not paying for hardcover prices, heh. Way in the heck too expensive for a single book.
Meredith is, indeed, awesome 
And that would rock if I could make it, but can't 
AP English class was reading it so I thought I'd look at it. Loved the movie.
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Vorago was listening to Cher while typing:
Woah, Seduced by Moonlight is out? I so didn't know that, damn.Still waiting for the local Chapter to get Cerulean Sins in paperback, love the books, but SO not paying for hardcover prices, heh. Way in the heck too expensive for a single book.
Meredith is, indeed, awesome
And that would rock if I could make it, but can't
If you give me yoru life in contractness if you lose them (i.e. pay the .. uhh... 30 bucks to replace them if you MISplace them), and pay for shipping, I'll loan you both of them.
I love those books ^_^
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Everyone wondered WTF when Gikk wrote:
If you give me yoru life in contractness if you lose them (i.e. pay the .. uhh... 30 bucks to replace them if you MISplace them), and pay for shipping, I'll loan you both of them.
Hehe, thanks, but no worries. I will have to buy them both regardless when I can paperback, so I can wait Because naturally I can't read them just ONCE 
Thanks for the offer though, I can wait. I will just appreciate them more [ 02-27-2004: Message edited by: Vorago ]
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Kegwen obviously shouldn't have said:
That was definately a cool book.
Wanted to read it for a long time, finally have motivation to -- using it and the movie as my sources for a film and literature project.
I've also had S.M.Stirling's 2nd Terminator book on going, as well as the second book of the Butlerean Jihad trilogy ("The Machine Crusade").
I've got yet another book on going as well but I can't recall its title; it's one I'm rereading in any case.
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
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Check out the big brain on Lyinar Ka`Bael!
Still working my way through Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver. Been playing too much EQ.
Ah but you're nearly all-powerful in EQ. And you can make all foods.
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--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Bloodsage thought about the meaning of life:
What's with all the underlining?
Tags are fun?
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Lyinar Ka`Bael had this to say about (_|_):
Still working my way through Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver. Been playing too much EQ.
PL plz
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So quoth Arttemis:
Tags are fun?
Makes it hard to read.
Italics are better, since underlining is merely a way to signal the typesetter to use italics.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
Always fun when the mainish char starts out with amnisia!
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We were all impressed when Arttemis wrote:
Tags are fun?
For me it just makes it seem like this:
"Hay guys, I went to the bookshop earlier and found HOLYCRAPWOWCHEESE320004. It's a really good book. I highly recommend HOLYCRAPWOWCHEESE320004."
[edit: to actually contribute to the thread.. also the unabridged Tale of Genji] [ 02-28-2004: Message edited by: Niklas ]
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There was much rejoicing when Arttemis said this:
I really liked Marquez. I read One Hundred Years of Solitude and Chronicle of a Death Foretold, though, so that may have something to do with it.I enjoy a lot of the literature from that area, though. I read Ficciones, and thought that was great (I especially liked the story about the Library of Babel or whatever it was), and I'm currently reading Pedro Paramo.
I'm reading about Marquez himself, now. I really know nothing about South American history, either, so picking up the context should make his other books easier to get through.
What did you think of the ending to One Hundred Years of Solitude?
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MorbId was listening to Cher while typing:
I'm reading about Marquez himself, now. I really know nothing about South American history, either, so picking up the context should make his other books easier to get through.What did you think of the ending to One Hundred Years of Solitude?
I thought it was pretty interesting how the prophecy that Aureliano or whatever his name was found at the end of the book could have very well been the book One Hundred Years of Solitude. I thought that was rather humorous.
