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ah that's it
Also I looked up House of Blue Leaves to see what that was.
harry potter series (shut up i like it)
Sherlock holmes series (the collection, sadly only 1st and 2nd)
kill your idols: tom waits (best short book i have ever read)
snow crash (almost done with it)
if you guys haven't read any of these i would suggest most of them
In the words of the ancients, one should make his decision within the space of seven breaths. It is a matter of being determined and having the spirit to break through to the other side
That was my impression.
It's not?
I dunno, i've never read it.
Russian literature is...thick.
any major dude will tell you
I'm certain George R.R. Martin has been mentioned, because this is a books thread on a geeky forum, so let me just say this: As good as he is, Hobb is better.
Start with the Liveship Traders trilogy, ignoring the halfway-silly covers.
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Isn't the House of Blue Leaves also that restaurant in Kill Bill?
The posts in this thread since its resurrection are a great illustration of why part of me shudders every time a book thread appears.
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Perhaps you should retire to your ivory tower, milord?
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Chop chop! Your crumpet break was over thirty seconds ago. I knew that giving you five minutes off every 12 hours would lead to you taking liberties.
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I'll let the latter part lie, if only because you're so very right about the first part, and Martin is so good anyway.
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For me, Alfred Bester is probably the best example. Now, I normally hate sci-fi...but Bester's The Demolished Man and The Stars My Destination are fantastic, genre-defying works of genuine literary merit. Every other novel the man wrote? Utter garbage.
Tom Robbins would be another great example. Jitterbug Perfume is a damned good book, showcasing what happens when a skillful wordsmith uses a work not only to tell a great story well, but to show what is possible when an artist is genuinely having fun with his work. Most of the rest of his oeuvre, while enjoyable, lacks the composure and/or gravitas to be considered important.
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"Small Favor" is coming out on April 1.
I'm looking forward to this.
EDIT: For an extra "Oh hey" the first four chapters are up on Butcher's website.
If you aren't reading these books, you should be.
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that's the one about the recon marines, right? i've read that. good book.
I like them, which probably means they're horrible.
In all seriousness, it's like Harry Potter grew up and became a bad-ass.
The series is about Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard/P.I. He's the guy who gets called when the really strange shit is going on, when the troll decides to come out from under the bridge, literally.
The first few are fairly straight-forward "Cops need help, call the wizard", but the last 4 or 5 have involved a war between the supernatural powers that Harry started, and have dropped the "cops need help" bit almost entirely.
I do a horrible job explaining things like this, the wiki article is better at it.
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So, I go to the library to check some out.
Missing. All but two, which have been checked out for over a month.
fuck you! i will not hear good words about austen or james!
fuck them both!
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satan, check this wishlist's rims out
Stupid idea stealing business aside, Jonathan Safran Foer is awesome.
go buy fear and loathing! it's short and probably cheap
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satan, check this wishlist's rims out