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02-11-2009, 01:30 PM
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I'm just digging how Stephenson can still be writing cyberpunk when he's setting his books in the 17th Century. YMMV, but I think it's totally fucking COOL.
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02-11-2009, 01:31 PM
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lobber of scimitars
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A way to keep track of what you're ignoring.
If anyone would like to be my friend, pm me and we can swap account information.
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02-11-2009, 05:49 PM
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i'm re-reading the Song of Ice and Fire Series By George R R Martin
i have maybe 250 audio books at this point, and this is BY FAR the best series.  Roy Dotrice is fantastic as a narrator.....but he only did the 1st 3. John Lee is OK, but....
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02-14-2009, 02:17 PM
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02-11-2009, 07:29 PM
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the Twilight books
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02-12-2009, 09:20 AM
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dar512 is now Pete Zicato
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I'm not sure why everyone is dissing the Twilight books. I read them when the darlets were reading them. (before all the hoopla) They're light reading, but reasonably entertaining.
What? Everyone else is reading War and Peace?
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02-12-2009, 09:22 AM
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dar512 is now Pete Zicato
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By the bye, of the Ender books I've read, I like Speaker for the Dead the best.
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02-12-2009, 09:41 AM
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum |
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02-12-2009, 07:02 PM
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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 Any reading is good. I was the girl who never got into Wrinkles in Time, though highly recommended by friends. Then again, I was highly entertained when reading The DaVinci Code. I think for a lot of us it isn't so much the genre as it is the writing...so I might even take up some recommendations I've seen in this thread.
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02-12-2009, 09:32 AM
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Your Bartender
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I am ignoring Learning SQL by Alan Beaulieu. I should read it. Instead I'm going to ignore it and start looking up pieces of code when I need something I don't already know.
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02-12-2009, 09:40 AM
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Slattern of the Swail
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I am ignoring Learning ASL (American Sign Language) because...well, I don't know why. I just am resisting.
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum |
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02-12-2009, 09:59 AM
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Your Bartender
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Ah! You mean War and Peace by Leeo Tollstö˙, the well-known Dutch author.[/Monty Python]
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02-12-2009, 10:53 AM
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I just ended my ignoring streak, finished "Little Bee" last night and started "Up for Renewal". I still need to finish "The Great Mortality", "Stiff", and "Beowulf".
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02-12-2009, 11:43 AM
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Looking forward to open mic night.
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I am actively ignoring Carlos Castaneda's, "Art of Dreaming".
I was embarassed when I picked it up. Oddly....... I think it's kooky but maybe there is something to it....It's on iggy for now.
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02-12-2009, 07:32 PM
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any book that other people recommend to me
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