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Post by Fate on Apr 6, 2006 8:08:00 GMT -5
Got another Terry Pratchett book form the library (Inda should be proud I'm using my library card). The Colour of Magic is the first in the Disc World series.
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Post by Indagatrix on Apr 6, 2006 9:44:02 GMT -5
I am very proud of you! Plus it's national library week -- so give your local librarian a hug. And listen to this little ditty
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Post by Fate on Apr 6, 2006 15:04:54 GMT -5
That is cool. I always thought it was pronounced lie-berry. Anyway one of the cool things about the Disc World books is one of the gods name of course is Fate.
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Post by Aerynrox on Apr 21, 2006 11:50:44 GMT -5
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold. A pretty good fantasy novel that I had never heard of until recently. The protagonist is not your usual youth who is shaken out of his comfortable life by sudden intrigue and danger a la the Lord of the Rings or The Wheel of Time (not that those aren't wonderful fantasy novels as well). I'm quite enjoying it and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys fantasy. I think it reminds me most of Terry Goodkind's series.
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Post by Eldarion on Apr 21, 2006 15:46:26 GMT -5
/OT
Lois was once the Guest of Honor at an SF convention I used to be involved with. Nice person. We helped her proof the galley of one of her Vorkosigan books. What a sight, Lois and a dozen fans spread all over the consuite, intently pouring over the pages...
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Post by ronin on Apr 21, 2006 15:56:32 GMT -5
Wheel of Time - will it ever end...?
Apart from all these books on neurophysiology I'm currently reading The Elegant Universe (2nd time) by Brian Greene and See no Evil by Robert Baer.
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Post by Eldarion on Apr 21, 2006 16:00:47 GMT -5
Wheel of Time - will it ever end...? Ah, that's the point, you see. A wheel (i.e., a circle) has no end!
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Post by ronin on Apr 21, 2006 16:04:17 GMT -5
Wheel of Time - will it ever end...? Ah, that's the point, you see. A wheel (i.e., a circle) has no end! Apparently that's also what Robert Jordan's thinking...
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Post by Fate on Apr 21, 2006 18:18:50 GMT -5
Terry Pratchett - Equal Rites (Evidently a look at Feminism in the Disc World series).
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Post by laurelin on Apr 23, 2006 22:25:43 GMT -5
I love the Pratchett books, I own them all. I have a small reading problem and must own all my books ;D
I am currently reading A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin. Very good series so far!
If anyone has any suggestions for good books, I'd love to hear them!
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Post by Indagatrix on Apr 24, 2006 8:42:40 GMT -5
If anyone has any suggestions for good books, I'd love to hear them! Besides Pratchett titles -- what other genres do you like to read?
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Post by laurelin on Apr 24, 2006 9:38:57 GMT -5
I'll read just about anything...except romance novels, I refuse to read romance novels. I read alot of SF/F, Historical fiction (try Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield), fiction (Vonnegut, Morrow, Tom Robbins, etc.), classical (Dante, Voltaire, Homer, Geoffrey, etc.)....ummmmm There's more, but my daughter has decided to be done with cartoons and would like my help drawing turkeys
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Post by kelkhil on Apr 24, 2006 18:39:09 GMT -5
Inda NOOOoooo!!!
*wispers in Inda's ear* She has a serious illness. She is a Biblioholic. She can't stop buying or reading books.
Please don't encourage her. LOL
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Post by laurelin on Apr 24, 2006 19:47:01 GMT -5
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Post by Fate on Apr 24, 2006 21:06:27 GMT -5
I f Laurelin is addicted to books then Inda is the pusher! (or Librarian)
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Post by laurelin on Apr 24, 2006 23:23:59 GMT -5
Unfortunately, I don't borrow my books, I must own them. My idea of redecorating is to buy a new book shelf ;D
Still taking book suggestions....
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Post by ronin on Apr 25, 2006 1:03:57 GMT -5
Book suggestions... James Ellroy, especially American Tabloid, The cold six thousand and the LA books. Gay Talese - Honor thy father; Tom Wolfe - The Right Stuff; HST - Kingdom of Fear.
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Post by Aerynrox on Apr 25, 2006 7:28:21 GMT -5
The book I most fequently try to push on people is Iain Pears' An Instance of the Fingerpost. Of course, if you like historical fiction, you may already have read that one.
Going back a few years - Caleb Carr's The Alienist.
Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game is great as well.
Terry Goodkind's series which starts with Wizard's First Rule is outstanding fantasy.
Just finished Never Let Me Go with my book discussion group, and I think it was great! Anything by Kazuo Ishiguro is great.
I can come up with more......
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Post by ronin on Apr 25, 2006 9:06:23 GMT -5
Some more books that are really funny; Luke Rhinehart - The Dice Man. Graham Greene - Our man in Havana. Joseph Heller - Catch 22
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Post by kelkhil on Apr 25, 2006 9:57:33 GMT -5
*Kelkhil reaches into his wallet to pay for lunch and finds nothing but cobwebs* *Washes dishes for an hour to pay his tab* *Gets home to find a new bookshelf already filled with new books* Thanks alot guys! ;D
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Post by laurelin on Apr 25, 2006 23:22:25 GMT -5
Thanks, everyone. Some I have read (and liked) and others I have not. I now have a list to take to the book store (start washing those dishes, Dear!)
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Post by Aerynrox on May 1, 2006 9:46:42 GMT -5
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro. He is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors.
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Post by kelkhil on May 5, 2006 9:14:32 GMT -5
Terry Goodkind's series which starts with Wizard's First Rule is outstanding fantasy. I loved the start of that series. Unfortunatly it got kind of drug out and slow towards the last few books. I haven't even read the last one. I should read them again and see if I can overcome the last few. I am also halfway through the Wheel of Time series, but with the long pauses inbetween books I am not going to read it again until the series is completed. Too many characters to remember inbetween the 1+ years between books.
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Post by laurelin on May 7, 2006 23:33:21 GMT -5
I caved and finally have started reading "The Da Vinci Code"
All I can say so far is, "Wow..."
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Post by Amaretta on May 8, 2006 7:56:07 GMT -5
You should read the precursor to the DaVinci code, Angels and Demons, excellent book.
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Post by Indagatrix on May 8, 2006 8:18:11 GMT -5
Da vinci code really is a nice read. I know people are avoiding it because of all the publicity -- but it's a quick readm, not too horribly predictable and pretty well written. I suggest it to people.
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Post by Aeron Serabien on May 8, 2006 9:40:57 GMT -5
I really enjoined Da Vinci and Angels and Demons. My ONLY complaint about them was the chapter ending cliffhangers. I mean, did every chapter HAVE to end with the equivalent of "and then he opened the door and what he saw would change everything......."
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Post by laurelin on May 8, 2006 12:58:08 GMT -5
Finished it! Very good book. Although I did spend the last number of pages thinking "How can these people not possibly know what orb was missing? Hello?? Simple five letters?? Did the author actually think no one could guess that?" Perhaps I shall try to find Angels and Demons. Although for now I shall be rereading Skinny Legs and All, by Tom Robbins (after posting that quote the other day I remembered how fun that book was).
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Post by Julie Sturbridge on May 8, 2006 18:46:57 GMT -5
I'm one of the minority of people who thought DaVinci Code wasn't all that. I read it about 2 yrs ago after some friends recommended it (after I was already annoyed by the hype...and it's *still* hyped, 2 years later!).
I thought the writing was somewhat simplistic, and the book was somewhat predictable, but VERY repetitive. It was constantly following the path of "lookout--they're chasing us!...uh, oh--new puzzle that we'll NEVER figure out!...they're still after us!...good thing I'm so smart that I figured out ANOTHER puzzle!...uh oh--here they come, let's relocate to the next geographic location..."...lather, rinse, repeat a few more times and there you have it.
However, I AM lielyl to see the movie to see how it turned out...
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Post by Quintare on May 9, 2006 1:24:19 GMT -5
Is this 'The DaVinci Code' topic LOL
I'm reading a book called 'Baudolino' by Umberto Eco. However my wife has just finished Angels and Demons and is now starting on DaVinci, so I think that means I am almost kinda reading it too. By proxy.
:halo:
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