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Re: Books in the pile

Postby GeneralGayer on Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:17 pm

sounds dull
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Re: Books in the pile

Postby Benocrates on Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:26 pm

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Re: Books in the pile

Postby Space Cowgirl on Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:25 pm

I am reading Neuromancer by William Gibson.. about halfway through, can't believe I never read it before.  It's pretty good, but it's hard to follow.  Half the time I don't know what is actually going on, I guess that is the way it's supposed to be. 
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Re: Books in the pile

Postby General Douchebag on Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm

Has anybody read The Dogs Of War by Frederick Forsythe? Don't, I lost the will to live for a few days after reading that, and I had stopped after the prologue, then read the first sentence to see if it was like The Lord Of The Rings in that it started tediously, but got better. No luck.
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Re: Books in the pile

Postby Guessed on Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:32 pm

I started reading it and came to the same conclusion, only much sooner.
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Re: Books in the pile

Postby General Douchebag on Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:38 pm

Think yourself lucky, it gets worse with every word.
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Re: Books in the pile

Postby Guessed on Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:46 pm

I believe it.
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Re: Books in the pile

Postby GeneralGayer on Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:47 pm

right now I'm reading a selection of contemporary Finnish literature. There's too much poetry in it....poetry is never as good when its translated
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Re: Books in the pile

Postby Space Cowgirl on Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:01 pm

Been reading Dumas Key, by Stephen King for the last couple days.  One of his better novels, hard to put down. 
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Re: Books in the pile

Postby Wendy on Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:12 am

I'm not reading anything at the moment, though I'm planning on reading Eddings' new book series soon. I've read the first one, but my mother is reading the second one, and is rather sluggish at that, so I have to wait until she's done.
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Re: Books in the pile

Postby Space Cowgirl on Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:23 pm

Just started reading Accelerando, by Charles Stross.  Manfred Macx reminds me of RoboSteve!
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Re: Books in the pile

Postby GeneralGayer on Mon Dec 01, 2008 3:15 pm

Just finished Juha by Juhani Aho and will now start Jonan of Kiivijarvi - Finnish Freedom Fighter by Leslie W. Wisuri
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Re: Books in the pile

Postby Space Cowgirl on Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:40 pm

I just finished Living Dead in Dallas, by Charlaine Harris.  Had to have something fluffy before I dig into Count Zero by William Gibson.
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Re: Books in the pile

Postby Ski on Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:24 am

I just re-read 'Winds of War' and 'War and Remembrance' by Herman Wouk recently. Hopefully, I can find more free time to start delving into something else soon.
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Re: Books in the pile

Postby Mrs. Peach on Wed Dec 03, 2008 4:36 pm

Walter Scott's Peveril of the Peak
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