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| RagingMudcrab |
 Jan 17 2011, 12:30 AM
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 It's good. Informative, easy for most to understand and totally spot-on. -------------------- "The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live." -Ayn Rand
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| SubRosa |
Jan 17 2011, 01:38 AM
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QUOTE(Thomas Kaira @ Jan 16 2011, 05:41 PM)  Recently received a couple new books from my grandfather over my Christmas vacation: -Helmet for my Pillow, by Robert Leckie -With the Old Breed, by Eugene Sledge -Hero of the Pacific, the life of John Basilone The first two are autobiographies of their services in the Pacific theater during World War 2, and the third is a biography of a marine legend and celebrity, who was sadly killed in service on Iwo Jima. The Pacific war was one of the most hellish experiences a man could ever go through. You had the intense heat, incredible humidity, disease, and an enemy who would sooner die than surrender. This was a truly brutal war, and every man who served in it, who are now constantly haunted in their dreams by it, has my undying respect.  Did you have a chance to see The Pacific yet? It is based on those three books. -------------------- |
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| Thomas Kaira |
Jan 17 2011, 03:09 AM
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QUOTE(SubRosa @ Jan 16 2011, 05:38 PM) QUOTE(Thomas Kaira @ Jan 16 2011, 05:41 PM) Recently received a couple new books from my grandfather over my Christmas vacation: -Helmet for my Pillow, by Robert Leckie -With the Old Breed, by Eugene Sledge -Hero of the Pacific, the life of John Basilone The first two are autobiographies of their services in the Pacific theater during World War 2, and the third is a biography of a marine legend and celebrity, who was sadly killed in service on Iwo Jima. The Pacific war was one of the most hellish experiences a man could ever go through. You had the intense heat, incredible humidity, disease, and an enemy who would sooner die than surrender. This was a truly brutal war, and every man who served in it, who are now constantly haunted in their dreams by it, has my undying respect. Did you have a chance to see The Pacific yet? It is based on those three books. It was another gift from them.  -------------------- Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning? |
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| Kyku |
Jan 21 2011, 11:42 AM
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Well, right now I'm reading the first book in A Song of Ice and Fire. It's great so far... shame I don't have any more books from the series. ^^' Next I might read the first Xanth book... which I can't remember the name of.
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| Grits |
Jan 21 2011, 12:14 PM
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QUOTE(Kyku @ Jan 21 2011, 05:42 AM) Next I might read the first Xanth book... which I can't remember the name of. A Spell for Chameleon? -------------------- Jerric's Story * Darnandex * Screenshot: Cyrodiil Meadow |
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| King Coin |
Jan 21 2011, 06:51 PM
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I'll be starting Dead or Alive by Tom Clancy as soon as I finish The Killing Frost by Scott Gamboe
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| mALX |
Jan 22 2011, 12:43 AM
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The Lusty Argonian Maid
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| RagingMudcrab |
Jan 22 2011, 10:01 AM
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QUOTE(mALX @ Jan 21 2011, 03:43 PM) The Lusty Argonian Maid TEH BEST BOOK I EVAR READ!!! -------------------- "The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live." -Ayn Rand
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| mALX |
Jan 22 2011, 05:52 PM
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QUOTE(RagingMudcrab @ Jan 22 2011, 04:01 AM) QUOTE(mALX @ Jan 21 2011, 03:43 PM) The Lusty Argonian Maid TEH BEST BOOK I EVAR READ!!! The Real Barenziah is pretty great too - one of my faves of the "in-game" books. -------------------- |
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| TheOtherRick |
Jan 25 2011, 04:53 PM
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QUOTE(SubRosa @ Jan 16 2011, 06:38 PM) QUOTE(Thomas Kaira @ Jan 16 2011, 05:41 PM) Recently received a couple new books from my grandfather over my Christmas vacation: -Helmet for my Pillow, by Robert Leckie -With the Old Breed, by Eugene Sledge -Hero of the Pacific, the life of John Basilone The first two are autobiographies of their services in the Pacific theater during World War 2, and the third is a biography of a marine legend and celebrity, who was sadly killed in service on Iwo Jima. The Pacific war was one of the most hellish experiences a man could ever go through. You had the intense heat, incredible humidity, disease, and an enemy who would sooner die than surrender. This was a truly brutal war, and every man who served in it, who are now constantly haunted in their dreams by it, has my undying respect. Did you have a chance to see The Pacific yet? It is based on those three books. Fantastic mini-series! Eclipsed only by "Band of Brothers" from the same network. -------------------- |
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| TheOtherRick |
Jan 25 2011, 04:57 PM
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I am currently reading (actually restarting) The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan. It is the first book in a 13 volume fantasy series. I had started it back in the late '90s, but got side tracked in the middle of the fifth book. Fun reading. I highly recommend it.
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| Linara |
Feb 5 2011, 05:06 AM
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QUOTE got side tracked in the middle of the fifth book. Ten years later...I started Eye of the World, and was sidetracked about ten pages in. Not sure what it was, usually I love long books. Speaking of long books, I just finished Otherland by Tad Williams. The first in a huge quartet, it's a masterpiece. I got lucky and picked up a signed copy for five books in an antique bookshop, so that made it better. -------------------- |
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| Linara |
Feb 5 2011, 05:08 AM
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QUOTE(mALX @ Jan 22 2011, 08:52 AM) QUOTE(RagingMudcrab @ Jan 22 2011, 04:01 AM) QUOTE(mALX @ Jan 21 2011, 03:43 PM) The Lusty Argonian Maid TEH BEST BOOK I EVAR READ!!! The Real Barenziah is pretty great too - one of my faves of the "in-game" books. I liked the Thief of Virtue, myself. The thief reminds me of Eugenides from Megan Whaler Turner's books, that's probably why. Also, a Less Rude Song is a great in-game book. -------------------- |
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| Olen |
Feb 5 2011, 02:07 PM
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QUOTE I just finished Otherland by Tad Williams. I read that but it left me feeling distinctly meh. I didn't see the point in the middle thousand pages and while some bits were clever others weren't which sort of spoiled the whole thing for me. QUOTE got side tracked in the middle of the fifth book I'm reading them... very very gradually. Wikipedia is my friend here, I can read the synopsis of the last book to remind myself which everone is before beginning the next... -------------------- Look behind you and see an ever decreasing number of ghosts. Currently about 15.
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| Captain Hammer |
Feb 5 2011, 10:05 PM
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Recently finished rereading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as well as Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters for a discussion about how Jane Austen's work could have been immensely improved.
For anybody else that suffered through the initial rough-drafts published over a century ago, I urge you to try the finished editions available today. Though less useful for the history professor looking at literary trends of the day, they stand up much better when looking at things like plot, narrative, characterization, etc. -------------------- My fists are not the Hammer!
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| TheOtherRick |
Feb 9 2011, 03:27 PM
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Are you KIDDING me with the quintuple spam? YIKES!
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| Dantrag |
Feb 9 2011, 06:07 PM
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 Councilor Joined: 13-February 05 From: The cellar of the fortress of the fuzz |
I've been reading the Dark Tower series by Stephen King lately. I happened to have books 1-4 laying around my house, so I started reading them. I was very into them for a while, just haven't gotten around to picking up the final 3.
In the meantime, I'm re-reading one of my favorite books, Neuromancer. If you haven't read it, you need to. The whole concept of the book is mind-boggling. -------------------- "Its when murder is justice that martyrs are made"
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| Petra Arkanian |
Mar 14 2011, 06:58 PM
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I just reread Gone, which is morbidly depressing, and read Hunger, a gone book, for the first time, which is even MORE morbidly depressing. Also, King Matt the First, which is even worse than Hunger and Gone in terms of depressing. Not too morbid, but still. And, as always, Maximum Ride, Percy Jackson and the Olympians (which is better than most people think), Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay, The Mysterious Benidict Society (which is funny) (all three books), Harry Potter series, and a lot of other ones which I forgot...
And then, of course, I'm reading all of the countless stories that I've written on my fifteen year old laptop, and fanfics and stuff. I like to read (duh). -------------------- Idiosyncrasy, my newest story
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| Ahrenil |
Mar 14 2011, 07:42 PM
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I just finished re-reading Good Omens. I read a few years ago and then lost my copy, and a few days ago while wandering around my local bookshop I spotted it again and just had to get it. It's possibly one of my favourite books of all time, though I do feel that the ending is a little...it seemed like the writers (Two of the best, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchet) just didn't quite know what to do with it.
Still, that book holds so many memories, so many awesome quotes. "Crowley was an angel who didn't so much fall from heaven, but sauntered vaguely downwards" |
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| grif11 |
Mar 15 2011, 11:59 PM
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I've just started reading Matter, by iain M. banks.
cant say much about it since ive only read the first few pages, but its really interesting so far. -------------------- ~Salutes~ I am dave! Yognaught.
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