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| Books & Authors Recommended and not so recommended reading. |
10-27-2007, 10:43 AM
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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein.
It's been painful for the first few chapters because he tried to write it in a Russian-ish accent and (IMO) completely botched it. He removed all the the's but left all the a's and an's. What the hell is that? What kind of dialect keeps one article and drops another? Plus he's completely inconsistent about it.
I got to the revolution part though, and that's kind of interesting.
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"Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons wait for you down there. Little pets they are, little little little pets. Cute little things, they say. Don't you believe it. No man ever saw them and walked away alive. You won't either. That's the final dash, flash. That's the utter clobber, cobber." --Cordwainer Smith, Norstrillia.
Last edited by ClancyBoy : 10-27-2007 at 10:49 AM.
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10-27-2007, 10:51 AM
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Ink Slinger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid on the breakwater
Oh good God, lol. I simply couldn't read Ulysses. I read the first two/three pages and had to put it down.
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The Circe chapter (what is it, chapter 15?) is great. The rest is just way too heavy-handed for me.
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"Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons wait for you down there. Little pets they are, little little little pets. Cute little things, they say. Don't you believe it. No man ever saw them and walked away alive. You won't either. That's the final dash, flash. That's the utter clobber, cobber." --Cordwainer Smith, Norstrillia.
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10-27-2007, 11:03 AM
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Started on the Complete Chronicles of Conan the other day, I'm now on the Scarlet Citadel.
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10-27-2007, 03:07 PM
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Adept Writer
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About to finish The Poisonwood Bibles by Barbara Kingsolver. Decent story.
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10-27-2007, 05:07 PM
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Ink Slinger
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Richard Ford, Women with Men -- 3 longish short stories. So far so good.
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11-13-2007, 10:55 AM
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Scribe
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The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass.
Quite different than what I've read recently, but it's excellent.
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11-13-2007, 11:20 AM
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I just finished Jon Krakauer - Into The Wild and the guy in the book was constantly talking about tolstoy so now im on war and peace.
P.S i also couldn't read Ulysses.
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11-13-2007, 11:47 AM
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Regeneration by Pat Barker
King Lear
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11-13-2007, 05:07 PM
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Finished Halfway to The Grave by Jeanine Frost a week ago which was decent
Finished Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K Hamiliton, that was a fun easy read
Now on to The Minion by LA Banks
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11-13-2007, 06:17 PM
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I haven't tackled novels in a long time. For now, a sociology book: "Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled - and More Miserable Than Before" by Jean M. Twenge.
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11-30-2007, 05:17 PM
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Reading Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner series. Simply love it.  |
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11-30-2007, 08:12 PM
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Profound Writer
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Wuthering Heights and The Fifth Elephant. Looking for 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, can't find it any where.
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11-30-2007, 08:14 PM
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Profound Writer
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His Dark Materials.
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11-30-2007, 08:30 PM
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I'm currently in the middle of Wheel Of Darkness by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
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12-01-2007, 01:15 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sinilin
Reading Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner series. Simply love it. |
I love Lynn Flewelling, her characters are easy to get attached to. I liked her Tamir trilogy a little more than Nightrunner.
I am reading A Sword from Red Ice by JV Jones. |
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