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Chewbaccus · 10-10-2002, 03:57 PM

Just got done reading Destiny's Way, the latest Star Wars book. Yeah, I'm a junkie.

On my shelf (other than SW):

- Anything by Harry Turtledove. Turtledove deals in alternate history, a subgenre of Fantasy/Sci-Fi. The idea is that one pivotal moment in history pivots the other way (Washington doesn't escape New York, Constantinople falls to the Muslims early, Pilate pardons Jesus, etc.), and the story deals in what happens in the world afterward. His latest book, The Center Cannot Hold, is part of a thread in the aftermath of World War I, if the South had won the Civil War and was on the opposite side of the US. Really good stuff.

- Microserfs by Douglas Coupland. For the uninitiated, Microserfs is quite possibly the chronicle of early 90's geek culture. The book is written like a journal, telling the story of Daniel Underwood, a bug checker for Microsoft, who's been having trouble sleeping, so he starts the journal to find out why and it snowballs. Fun read.

- The Illuminatus! Trilogy This is the freakiest book I have ever read. I actually haven't finished it. I got half through it, and my mind was so blown, I had to read some Grisham to take a break. Illuminatus! was recommended to me by a friend, and when I told him of my difficulty, he said it helps to be stoned while reading. So there you go.

- The Lord of the Rings, one-volume edition All three books, w/ appendices, genealogies and maps. The maps help. Oh Lord do the maps help.

- Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong I got extra credit from a teacher because he saw me reading this book. The author, James Loewen, is a history professor in college. For this book, he read the dozen most widely-used High School US History textbooks and summarily points out how they alter, leave out, or outright lie about facts to paint America in the best possible light. Unbelievably valuable.

- Lamb: The Gospel According To Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal The funniest book. Period. There is nothing else. This is the gospel written by Levi bar Alphaeus, the friend since childhood of Jesus chronicling the "Lost 18", the eighteen years of Jesus' life that are unrecorded in the other four Gospels. Picture the movie "Dogma", in text form, and tenfold better. That's "Lamb".

Right now in my hand - The Hitchhiker's Trilogy, all five (that's right, five) books by Douglas Adams. Right now, I'm about midway through "Hitchhiker's Guide". So help me God, anyone ruins anything, and there'll be hell to pay. Much much hell.

~mike

10-10-2002, 03:57 PM	#36
Chewbaccus Freethinker/booter Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 523	Just got done reading Destiny's Way, the latest Star Wars book. Yeah, I'm a junkie. On my shelf (other than SW): - Anything by Harry Turtledove. Turtledove deals in alternate history, a subgenre of Fantasy/Sci-Fi. The idea is that one pivotal moment in history pivots the other way (Washington doesn't escape New York, Constantinople falls to the Muslims early, Pilate pardons Jesus, etc.), and the story deals in what happens in the world afterward. His latest book, The Center Cannot Hold, is part of a thread in the aftermath of World War I, if the South had won the Civil War and was on the opposite side of the US. Really good stuff. - Microserfs by Douglas Coupland. For the uninitiated, Microserfs is quite possibly the chronicle of early 90's geek culture. The book is written like a journal, telling the story of Daniel Underwood, a bug checker for Microsoft, who's been having trouble sleeping, so he starts the journal to find out why and it snowballs. Fun read. - The Illuminatus! Trilogy This is the freakiest book I have ever read. I actually haven't finished it. I got half through it, and my mind was so blown, I had to read some Grisham to take a break. Illuminatus! was recommended to me by a friend, and when I told him of my difficulty, he said it helps to be stoned while reading. So there you go. - The Lord of the Rings, one-volume edition All three books, w/ appendices, genealogies and maps. The maps help. Oh Lord do the maps help. - Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong I got extra credit from a teacher because he saw me reading this book. The author, James Loewen, is a history professor in college. For this book, he read the dozen most widely-used High School US History textbooks and summarily points out how they alter, leave out, or outright lie about facts to paint America in the best possible light. Unbelievably valuable. - Lamb: The Gospel According To Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal The funniest book. Period. There is nothing else. This is the gospel written by Levi bar Alphaeus, the friend since childhood of Jesus chronicling the "Lost 18", the eighteen years of Jesus' life that are unrecorded in the other four Gospels. Picture the movie "Dogma", in text form, and tenfold better. That's "Lamb". Right now in my hand - The Hitchhiker's Trilogy, all five (that's right, five) books by Douglas Adams. Right now, I'm about midway through "Hitchhiker's Guide". So help me God, anyone ruins anything, and there'll be hell to pay. Much much hell. ~mike __________________ Like the wise man said: Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.