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02-14-2006, 07:27 AM
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Novice Fantasist
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I was just beginning my second read of Gregory Maguire's Wicked (because I recently bought Son of a Witch, so I needed a refresher). Then my loving wife bought me Cell by S. King for Valentine's Day. King is my favorite poison so I hafta drop everything to read that one 
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Memoirs of a Dead Lesbian Fish Girl
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02-14-2006, 01:04 PM
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Currently I'm trying to get through "Survivor" by Chuck Palahniuk, afterwards I have a choice between Stephen King's "On Writing" (which I've read before) or J.K Rowling's "Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire". I just can't wait until I'm done Survivor though, it's been one long read.
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02-14-2006, 02:48 PM
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Best Seller
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Currently I am reading "Conflict of Interest" by John Martel. I'm hoping to finish it soon. I really want to get to "Beowolf" and "Grendel", I've heard they are well-plotted and good. However if I can get my hands on a copy of "Silence of the Lambs" or "Hannibal", I would read both first.
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02-14-2006, 02:52 PM
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Best Seller
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howl and other poems, by allen ginsberg
the sons, by franz kafka
the wild boys, by william s burroughs
stanley kubrick biography, by... i forget who
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02-14-2006, 05:39 PM
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Scribe
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Hey salvothasock, have you read any other Kafka? What would you recomend, if so? I just started metomorphosis. It's amazing, so far!
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02-14-2006, 06:27 PM
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Ink Slinger
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Hey salvothasock, have you read any other Kafka? What would you recomend, if so? I just started metomorphosis. It's amazing, so far!
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Hi, fastkilr, I'm not salvo, but I would recommend In the Penal Colony. That is my favorite one of his. Liked it more than the metomorphis, though I'm probably in the majority in that regard.
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Reading - The Autobiography of Malcom X (second time I've had to read this, but it is really good), Crime and Punishment (thinking about waiting until the summer to read this since I have too much other reading to do), and The Best 30 American Essays. |
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02-14-2006, 06:35 PM
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Scribe
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I just finished Armistead Maupin's The Night Listener. I love his writing style and his characters. The Tales From the City series was great fun. This one was, as always, a pleasant and entertaining read. I had one HUGE problem with this one's concept however:
Spoiler Alert (reading further may spoil the ending for you)
He structures the book as a classic mystery and then leaves it with a deliberately ambiguous ending. It wasn't simply unsatisfying because of that, it was like promising a solution and then not providing one. As a reader, you are trying to solve the mystery all the way along, developing theories, etc., and then you are told you'll never know for sure.
It made sense in his context, but I think it was a mistake. He was after a, "life is like that - sometimes you have to choose what you want to believe" thing, but as a reader it was irritating.
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02-14-2006, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by gohn67
Hi, fastkilr, I'm not salvo, but I would recommend In the Penal Colony. That is my favorite one of his. Liked it more than the metomorphis, though I'm probably in the majority in that regard.
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I second this, The Metamorphsis was what convinced me to read Kafka but In the Penal Colony is what made me a fan.
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02-15-2006, 12:20 AM
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Brimstone by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. So far, so good.
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02-15-2006, 07:39 PM
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Prolific Writer
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"Dawn" but i forgot who wrote it.
DUH! V.C. Andrews
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02-15-2006, 08:38 PM
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Prolific Writer
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Assasin's Apprentice ~ Robin Hobb
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02-15-2006, 09:44 PM
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Wordsmith
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowlings
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02-16-2006, 01:07 AM
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Profound Writer
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Atomised, Michel Houllebecq
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02-20-2006, 08:39 AM
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I have a tendency to read more romance fiction books. I recently read a great book STAR DUST by Ann O'Bannon. It's a sci fi romance. If you like soft science fiction you'll love this book.
I am currently reading MOON'S WEB by Cathy Clamp and C T Adams. It's good but I'm not sure werewolf stories are my thing or not.
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02-20-2006, 04:47 PM
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Profound Writer
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Cal, Bernard Mac Laverty
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