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^^^ you never know...he could be a man of many talents...Geek
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i've been hanging around Project Gutenberg lately, reading all the classics I've missed out on until now. Siddhartha has been the most interesting so far, and it only takes a few hours to read (although your head will be re-reading it for a long while longer...)

Ulysses might be next on my list. =)
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So far it's amazing. The characters are so interesting and it's unbelievably well written.
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A modern classic : Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman's Good Omens.  A satyrical look at the Apocalypse.  Everyone into brilliant humour should read this.
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A french book on Krautrock:

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I'd try Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men.  Short and great, it'll probably just take a day or two to read; it's only 107 pages or so...
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I'm currently reading the script in tandem with the 13 programme DVD set, which I purchased recently.... it's still fairly heavy going for a thicko like me....Confused
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I just read Georg R R Martins A Game of Thrones, excellent read.
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Originally posted by Melomaniac Melomaniac wrote:

A modern classic : Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman's Good Omens.  A satyrical look at the Apocalypse.  Everyone into brilliant humour should read this.


I hope you meant 'satirical'... I don't remember the book being that sexy ; damned fine book though - Pratchett's grasp of satire is often overlooked.

For me, I've just finished:



I know JKR has her detractors (better that than dementors ), but I've loved the series from book 1, right through to this finale - she's also made sure there'll be no more HP books by using the old plot device of an epilogue which takes place 19 years later.

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Just finishing up Terry Pratchett's Thud, and about to start Darkly Dreaming Dexter (you might've seen the tv show?) by Jeff Lindsay.

What is it with prog fans and Terry Pratchett though? I thought prog fans weren't supposed to have a sense of humour...
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Well if you consider the Discworld series is an ongoing concept, currently in about 25+ parts...

...how prog is that?

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Monumental Propaganda by Vladimir Voinovich.
About as good for me as Ivan Chonkin and Moscow 2042.
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Originally posted by Melomaniac Melomaniac wrote:

A modern classic : Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman's Good Omens.  A satyrical look at the Apocalypse.  Everyone into brilliant humour should read this.
I can't stop reading Discworld novels. I've gone through nine in the last three weeks. I've read all the witches stories (Equal Rites, Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad, Lords and Ladies, Carpe Jugulum), Guards! Guards!, The first two novels (feat. Rincewind and Twoflower), Small Gods, and I'm halfway through Mort. After that, I've got Sourcery and Eric, then I'll read Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five before I go back to Discworld.
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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Well if you consider the Discworld series is an ongoing concept, currently in about 25+ parts...

...how prog is that?
I think it's nearly at 40, with another one coming out this year and yet another Terry is already writing. The man is a machine. A satirical machine.
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Originally posted by 1800iareyay 1800iareyay wrote:

Originally posted by Melomaniac Melomaniac wrote:

A modern classic : Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman's Good Omens.  A satyrical look at the Apocalypse.  Everyone into brilliant humour should read this.
I can't stop reading Discworld novels. I've gone through nine in the last three weeks. I've read all the witches stories (Equal Rites, Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad, Lords and Ladies, Carpe Jugulum), Guards! Guards!, The first two novels (feat. Rincewind and Twoflower), Small Gods, and I'm halfway through Mort. After that, I've got Sourcery and Eric, then I'll read Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five before I go back to Discworld.

you missed one witches novel: "Maskerade"


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Originally posted by 1800iareyay 1800iareyay wrote:

Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Well if you consider the Discworld series is an ongoing concept, currently in about 25+ parts...

...how prog is that?
I think it's nearly at 40, with another one coming out this year and yet another Terry is already writing. The man is a machine. A satirical machine.

Thud! wasnumber 30 (of the main set, lets not add in the extras like the Wee Free Men), and from what I've heard he's always writting one of these books and sometimes more than one.
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Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

Originally posted by 1800iareyay 1800iareyay wrote:

Originally posted by Melomaniac Melomaniac wrote:

A modern classic : Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman's Good Omens.  A satyrical look at the Apocalypse.  Everyone into brilliant humour should read this.
I can't stop reading Discworld novels. I've gone through nine in the last three weeks. I've read all the witches stories (Equal Rites, Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad, Lords and Ladies, Carpe Jugulum), Guards! Guards!, The first two novels (feat. Rincewind and Twoflower), Small Gods, and I'm halfway through Mort. After that, I've got Sourcery and Eric, then I'll read Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five before I go back to Discworld.

you missed one witches novel: "Maskerade"
Oh man I did. I've read it though, so I'm still done with the witches.
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I just read a real classic of avant-garde literature.



"A million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates" by Mr. RAND Corporation.

It all starts with 10097, followed by the enigmatic 32533 and 76520. The abrupt succession of 56567 by the innocent 08075 heats things up, and the plot twists as 02918 enters the game. The book kept me on the edge of my seat until the happy ending with 41988.

Overall, one of the most engaging and moving books I have ever read, even though the translation is a little iffy, it is best read in it's original Klingon.

(spoilers ahead)
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I prefer Randomicus' rebuttal to that digitist propaganda: "MILXVI V CCCXIX..."
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er, anyway. I've been reading plenty of Vonnegut these past two weeks and he doesn't have any bad books! slaughterhouse five might be the most well-known but Breakfast of Champions is everything that book is and hilarious too.
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