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Books Thread of Reading and Boobs and Gay Science

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    literary crunch berries

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  • ZebesianPirateZebesianPirate Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Orikaeshigitae wrote: »
    it is unquestionably a rushed book: a few plot threads are left hanging and you're like 'what, that was over quick'

    but it's really fun

    e: pirate, what do you like

    Oh, I mostly have a preference for science fiction but I'll read most things.

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Orikaeshigitae wrote: »
    Faricazy wrote: »
    erotica

    ori do you know is gibson's new book good?

    no

    i'd have read it by now if it wasn't fifty goddamn dollars
    fifteen, you mean?

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2007
    Faricazy wrote: »
    Orikaeshigitae wrote: »
    Faricazy wrote: »
    erotica

    ori do you know is gibson's new book good?

    no

    i'd have read it by now if it wasn't fifty goddamn dollars
    fifteen, you mean?

    no

    the hardcover at my bookstore was 45 dollars

    why do people keep correcting me

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    because amazon has it for fifteen american buckaroos

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  • SkankPlayaSkankPlaya Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    I thought Stardust was pretty good, but then again, I have a boner for Gaiman.

    As for I am Legend. I thought is was a good enough story, far too in depth in some parts, and the end just seemed like it was tacked on to give it some "resolution"

    I really like Warren Ellis, but the more I read of his, the more apparent it is that he repeats himself. There was a whole lot of Transmetropolitan in Crooked Little Vein. It's still great that he writes things so dirty and depraved (and makes seem real) things that I would never even imagine, and if I did, would probably spend hours trying to scrub off of me.

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  • SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    I love Gaiman. Love. LOVE. I bought Fragile Things.

    I just thought Stardust was pretty heavy-handed with the THIS IS FANTASY style of writing.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    yeah but who are you

    you never wrote a book

    you're nobody

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  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Everyone should read Heroes Die. And I'm not just saying that so it will make more money and then the third book in the series will come out.

    Well, maybe a little. But it's still really, really good.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    I picked up House of Leaves earlier today before work because I was in B&N and while getting a magazine I thought to myself "I might as well buy a book, too".

    I really haven't read many books proper in a while, just been sticking to graphic novels...

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  • KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited September 2007
    Bloods End wrote: »
    Everyone should read Heroes Die. And I'm not just saying that so it will make more money and then the third book in the series will come out.

    Well, maybe a little. But it's still really, really good.

    is that the stover book

    that's all half sci-fi and half fantasy

    there were a couple of those

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  • You BastardYou Bastard Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    has anyone mentioned The Catcher in the Rye yet

    it is quite good

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    You Bastard wrote: »
    has anyone mentioned The Catcher in the Rye yet

    it is quite good

    Man it is okay but if it hadn't been so damn controversial for its time I doubt it would be very well-known.

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  • You BastardYou Bastard Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    I understand that

    J.D. Salinger was kinda a douchebag

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  • FreddyDFreddyD Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    You Bastard wrote: »
    has anyone mentioned The Catcher in the Rye yet

    it is quite good
    I read it back in junior high school, and I didn't care for it. I read about a book a week back then so I probably had pretty good taste.

    I think The Perks of Being a Teenage Wallflower is something my generation can relate to more.

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    edited September 2007
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  • Peter EbelPeter Ebel CopenhagenRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Read a Norwegian collection of short stories. They all had moose and sex! Not moose sex though.

    Currently reading A History of Warfare by John Keegan. Again.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    The Far Side wrote: »
    i thought i'd pretend to be one of those deaf-mutes

    I do have to say that having read A Catcher in the Rye did make watching Ghost in the Shell: Stand-Alone Complex more interesting.

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  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Knob wrote: »
    Bloods End wrote: »
    Everyone should read Heroes Die. And I'm not just saying that so it will make more money and then the third book in the series will come out.

    Well, maybe a little. But it's still really, really good.

    is that the stover book

    that's all half sci-fi and half fantasy

    there were a couple of those

    Yeah. So far all that have been published is Heroes Die and Blade of Tyshalle. Caine Black Knife is done but they haven't published it yet. Supposed to be coming out middle of next year or something.

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  • Dee KaeDee Kae Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
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    Apparently this is a teen's book, an awesome one at that.

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  • Penguin IncarnatePenguin Incarnate King of Kafiristan Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    You goddamn phonies.

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  • ZebesianPirateZebesianPirate Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Dee Kae wrote: »
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    Apparently this is a teen's book, an awesome one at that.

    I've not read a Garth Nix novel in ages. I might give it a go.

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  • Penguin IncarnatePenguin Incarnate King of Kafiristan Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    After I read The Crossing, I'm going to move on to another Salinger book and then finish the Plains Trilogy.

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  • SamiSami Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Dee Kae wrote: »
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    Apparently this is a teen's book, an awesome one at that.

    It's alright.

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  • Apathetics AnonymousApathetics Anonymous Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    So has anyone e-masturbated all over A Song of Ice and Fire yet?

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Apathetics Anonymous wrote: »
    So has anyone e-masturbated all over A Song of Ice and Fire yet?

    They're pretty good books, though sometimes I get annoyed by the "LOOK AT ALL THE RAPE AND VIOLENCE HAPPENING!"

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  • Apathetics AnonymousApathetics Anonymous Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Moriveth wrote: »
    Apathetics Anonymous wrote: »
    So has anyone e-masturbated all over A Song of Ice and Fire yet?

    They're pretty good books, though sometimes I get annoyed by the "LOOK AT ALL THE RAPE AND VIOLENCE HAPPENING!"

    You can never have too much rape and violence though. That applies to both literature and social engagements.

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    I dunno, people tend to get annoyed when I start stabbing and raping at social gatherings. Maybe I'm just hanging around the wrong people.

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  • Apathetics AnonymousApathetics Anonymous Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Sound like a bunch of squares to me.

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  • ZebesianPirateZebesianPirate Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Oh, this sounds good. I like fantasy and I like violence. I don't like too much rape, though. I mean, I don't mind a little rape but you can certainly have too much of a good thing.

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  • Apathetics AnonymousApathetics Anonymous Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    ZebesianPirate wrote: »
    Oh, this sounds good. I like fantasy and I like violence. I don't like too much rape, though. I mean, I don't mind a little rape but you can certainly have too much of a good thing.

    I would go so far as to say they're my favourite fantasy books of all time. My only fear is that the bastard will die before he manages to churn out the last few books of the series.

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  • ZebesianPirateZebesianPirate Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Apathetics Anonymous wrote: »
    ZebesianPirate wrote: »
    Oh, this sounds good. I like fantasy and I like violence. I don't like too much rape, though. I mean, I don't mind a little rape but you can certainly have too much of a good thing.

    I would go so far as to say they're my favourite fantasy books of all time. My only fear is that the bastard will die before he manages to churn out the last few books of the series.

    I'll definitely track them down. I need to read something. I think the last book I read was Harry Potter.

    God.

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  • Apathetics AnonymousApathetics Anonymous Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    My readings slowed down abit recently. I'm trying to plough through Chomsky's 'Failed States' but I can only muster the energy for a chapter at a time.

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  • ZebesianPirateZebesianPirate Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    I don't think I have any chance of reading Chomsky. I need to ease myself back into reading right now.

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  • Apathetics AnonymousApathetics Anonymous Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    It's all part of my sliding progress tactic. I started with Where's Waldo then gradually moved up to political commentary.

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  • ZebesianPirateZebesianPirate Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Well, I read Harry Potter which is a bit more advanced than Where's Waldo (or Where's Wally as we call it here), but not by much. I will give definitely give this fantasy series a go.

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  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Song of Ice and Fire is exactly like Harry Potter. Except when they went down to get the Philosophers Stone, instead of having a bunch of tests to complete, Harry and Ron would be brutally murdered along with all their friends, and all the women would be raped then murdered.

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  • Randall_FlaggRandall_Flagg Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    my favorite fantasy series are definitely A Song of Ice and Fire and the Dark Tower series

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  • Eastern GlowEastern Glow Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Penguin Incarnate wrote: »
    You goddamn phonies.

    You're a prince PI, a goddamn prince.

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    I love Song of Ice and Fire, but that bastard would rather jet around in conventions and speak to his wierdo fans than get to cracking on his books. Thats why now I'm a bigger fan of the Malazan Books of The Fallen. Erikson has put out twice as many books as that douche in the same amount of time, and most have been excellent. Doesn't mean I'm not anxious for A Dance with Dragons though.

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