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    GoldenSeducerGoldenSeducer AAAAAUGH!! Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I just finished reading Neuromancer the other day. I'm working on Count Zero and then I'll be reading Mona Lisa Overdrive.

    As far as recommendations go, read the Neuromancer trilogy and also the Bartimaeus Trilogy. Both are exceptionally fun reads if you're into Sci-Fi and Fantasy, respectively.

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    LednehLedneh shinesquawk Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Neuromancer is a trilogy?

    Shit

    Guess I'll get Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive then, and I'll look into Bartimaeus afterward

    Thanks dudes

    (edit) FUCK according to lvccld.org Count Zero doesn't exist in my library district :cry:

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    GoldenSeducerGoldenSeducer AAAAAUGH!! Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Ledneh wrote: »
    Neuromancer is a trilogy?

    Shit

    Guess I'll get Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive then, and I'll look into Bartimaeus afterward

    Thanks dudes

    No problem. Also, Molly is my favorite character.

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    JayKaosJayKaos Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I've really gotta re-read Neuromancer and the other related books. I first read them back in like... junior high or early high school when I was first getting into Cyberpunk, so I feel like I probably missed alot. Especially since my friend just read it and complained that she didn't understand it at all, when I thought I had understood it perfectly.

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    Penguin IncarnatePenguin Incarnate King of Kafiristan Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man is reading like an Irish version of On the Road.

    This is not a good thing.

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    Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Dumb Hero wrote: »
    Halfway through Clash of Kings and daaaaaaamn it's rad

    Even the characters I am supposed to dislike like Tyrion and Theon are still awesome and I wanna see what happens to them.

    Also
    Holy shit Araya in Haranhenal (sp?) and that one murderer dude coming to her in the night like that daaaaamn
    I don't think you're supposed to dislike Tyrion.

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    Penguin IncarnatePenguin Incarnate King of Kafiristan Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Ledneh wrote: »
    I just finished reading World War Z (awesome). . .
    No, it's not.

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    Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Man, PI, you really don't like World War Z.

    Why not?

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    naporeonnaporeon Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    My guess?

    Because it is shit.

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    Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    hey nap, what did you think of I, Lucifer?

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    PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Dublo7 wrote: »
    Dumb Hero wrote: »
    Halfway through Clash of Kings and daaaaaaamn it's rad

    Even the characters I am supposed to dislike like Tyrion and Theon are still awesome and I wanna see what happens to them.

    Also
    Holy shit Araya in Haranhenal (sp?) and that one murderer dude coming to her in the night like that daaaaamn
    I don't think you're supposed to dislike Tyrion.

    Yeah Tyrion is quite clearly the bitchin'est character in the series.

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    Penguin IncarnatePenguin Incarnate King of Kafiristan Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    naporeon wrote: »
    My guess?

    Because it is shit.
    This is about as accurate of my beliefs on WWZ as there will ever be.

    And Tyrion is Rock on Wheels. That guy is the fucking best.

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    GefahrMausGefahrMaus Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    This
    al1ov2.jpg

    comes out today. I will be going out and getting it on my lunch hour.

    This man is a genius. Only author besides Douglas Adams to make me laugh out load while reading.
    Hes got several books with the same main character, a psychopath with a sunny disposition who refuses to take his meds. The books have every thing murder, mayhem, drugs and deviant sex. I highly recomend him.

    start with this one
    ttcovercr9.jpg

    you can go to his sight and read excepts from the books

    http://www.timdorsey.com/books.html

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    DynagripDynagrip Break me a million hearts HoustonRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2008
    Penguin Incarnate wrote: »
    Ledneh wrote: »
    I just finished reading World War Z (awesome). . .
    No, it's not.
    hi5!

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    OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2008
    i found a copy of the arabian nights so i'm reading that while i wait for kavalier and clay to arrive

    also world war z sucks

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    DynagripDynagrip Break me a million hearts HoustonRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2008
    Seriously. The writing is atrocious and I fucking hated his made-up slang.

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    AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Poorochondriac wrote: »
    Dublo7 wrote: »
    Dumb Hero wrote: »
    Halfway through Clash of Kings and daaaaaaamn it's rad

    Even the characters I am supposed to dislike like Tyrion and Theon are still awesome and I wanna see what happens to them.

    Also
    Holy shit Araya in Haranhenal (sp?) and that one murderer dude coming to her in the night like that daaaaamn
    I don't think you're supposed to dislike Tyrion.

    Yeah Tyrion is quite clearly the bitchin'est character in the series.

    Well yeah, I know he is, but the rest of the Lannisters are such scum it's hard to root for their side.

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    PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Dumb Hero wrote: »
    Poorochondriac wrote: »
    Dublo7 wrote: »
    Dumb Hero wrote: »
    Halfway through Clash of Kings and daaaaaaamn it's rad

    Even the characters I am supposed to dislike like Tyrion and Theon are still awesome and I wanna see what happens to them.

    Also
    Holy shit Araya in Haranhenal (sp?) and that one murderer dude coming to her in the night like that daaaaamn
    I don't think you're supposed to dislike Tyrion.

    Yeah Tyrion is quite clearly the bitchin'est character in the series.

    Well yeah, I know he is, but the rest of the Lannisters are such scum it's hard to root for their side.

    Silly DH. All assumin' Tyrion has a side.

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    captainkcaptaink TexasRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Why didn't the Wachowski Bros. just adapt Neuromancer? That would have prevented the atrocities commited by the matrix sequels.

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    OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2008
    probably because johnny mnemonic was so terrible

    i need to make animated gifs of some of the scenes, like the ridiculous fake convulsions

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    captainkcaptaink TexasRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I've never seen it, is it based on Neuromancer?

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    AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Poorochondriac wrote: »
    Dumb Hero wrote: »
    Poorochondriac wrote: »
    Dublo7 wrote: »
    Dumb Hero wrote: »
    Halfway through Clash of Kings and daaaaaaamn it's rad

    Even the characters I am supposed to dislike like Tyrion and Theon are still awesome and I wanna see what happens to them.

    Also
    Holy shit Araya in Haranhenal (sp?) and that one murderer dude coming to her in the night like that daaaaamn
    I don't think you're supposed to dislike Tyrion.

    Yeah Tyrion is quite clearly the bitchin'est character in the series.

    Well yeah, I know he is, but the rest of the Lannisters are such scum it's hard to root for their side.

    Silly DH. All assumin' Tyrion has a side.

    Man, I know he's only looking out for himself, but currently he's allied with the Lannisters, even though he can't stand most of'em.
    I have a feeling something bad is eventually going to happen to Shae

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    OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2008
    johnny mnemonic was a short story that william gibson wrote, it's in burning chrome

    he was onboard the film adaptation, and the budget sucked so bad that everything else sucked as a result

    it has dolph lundgren in buddy holly glasses and ice cube in dreadlocks as a revolution leader

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    SithDrummerSithDrummer Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I remember I got that movie as a gag gift.

    I slapped everyone in the room.

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    naporeonnaporeon Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Dublo7 wrote: »
    hey nap, what did you think of I, Lucifer?
    It's absolute garbage, but I am constitutionally incapable of not finishing a book once I've got more than about one quarter of the way through it.

    Still, there are some elements of quality about it, and I am actually interested to see how the movie turns out.

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    Penguin IncarnatePenguin Incarnate King of Kafiristan Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Johnny Mnemonic is also a pseudo-prequel to Neuromancer.

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    BEAST!BEAST! Adventurer Adventure!!!!!Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    GefahrMaus wrote: »
    This
    al1ov2.jpg

    comes out today. I will be going out and getting it on my lunch hour.

    This man is a genius. Only author besides Douglas Adams to make me laugh out load while reading.
    Hes got several books with the same main character, a psychopath with a sunny disposition who refuses to take his meds. The books have every thing murder, mayhem, drugs and deviant sex. I highly recomend him.

    start with this one
    ttcovercr9.jpg

    you can go to his sight and read excepts from the books

    http://www.timdorsey.com/books.html
    i'm really confused....i thought i'd start from the beginning to see if i liked his stuff but the site says as follows:
    The series is meant to be read in publication order
    and then gives both the publication order and the linear story order....but, since it was meant to be read in publication order should i read it that way or would it be better to just read in linear?!?!! i'm so confuuuuuuuuused :(

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    Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Orikaeshigitae wrote: »
    johnny mnemonic was a short story that william gibson wrote, it's in burning chrome

    he was onboard the film adaptation, and the budget sucked so bad that everything else sucked as a result

    it has dolph lundgren in buddy holly glasses and ice cube in dreadlocks as a revolution leader

    Henry Rollins as the doctor who always looks as if he's about to completely fucking lose it.

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    simosimo Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    i am currently rereading gravity's rainbow and picking up a lot more than the first time i read it

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    Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Dumb Hero wrote: »
    Poorochondriac wrote: »
    Dumb Hero wrote: »
    Poorochondriac wrote: »
    Dublo7 wrote: »
    Dumb Hero wrote: »
    Halfway through Clash of Kings and daaaaaaamn it's rad

    Even the characters I am supposed to dislike like Tyrion and Theon are still awesome and I wanna see what happens to them.

    Also
    Holy shit Araya in Haranhenal (sp?) and that one murderer dude coming to her in the night like that daaaaamn
    I don't think you're supposed to dislike Tyrion.

    Yeah Tyrion is quite clearly the bitchin'est character in the series.

    Well yeah, I know he is, but the rest of the Lannisters are such scum it's hard to root for their side.

    Silly DH. All assumin' Tyrion has a side.

    Man, I know he's only looking out for himself, but currently he's allied with the Lannisters, even though he can't stand most of'em.
    I have a feeling something bad is eventually going to happen to Shae
    ;-)

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    Penguin IncarnatePenguin Incarnate King of Kafiristan Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Haha.

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    Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Reading A Scandal in Bohemia from the Complete Sherlocke Holmes VL one.

    Goddammit Holmes. You are a madman.

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    naporeonnaporeon Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Sherlock Holmes: a profoundly gifted detective, coldly rational and possessed of the readiest of wits...written by a man so credulous and gullible that he made Butters look like Socrates.

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    OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2008
    wooo i just found a copy of the rum diary

    i'm saving it to read in the bath tonight

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    WallhitterWallhitter Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Reading Frankenstein for my class. Goddamn, that is one classy book.

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    naporeonnaporeon Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Orikaeshigitae wrote: »
    wooo i just found a copy of the rum diary

    i'm saving it to read in the bath tonight
    h5

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    OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2008
    it's so tiny, though

    i'll read it in the first five minutes and then have to play with duckies to pass the time

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    naporeonnaporeon Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Orikaeshigitae wrote: »
    it's so tiny, though

    i'll read it in the first five minutes and then have to play with duckies to pass the time
    Yeah. It is very short.

    But I think you'll find it interesting, because it very clearly represents the early movements toward what would become his signature style.

    (Also, does your copy have quotation marks?)

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    OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2008
    i just flipped through real quick and yeah, it does

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