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tupan 
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 I am reading the awesome book written by the son of Mel Brooks: |
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"Prog is Not Dead and never has been." (Will Sergeant, from Echo And The Bunnymen)
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Any impressions? One of the greatest poetry books ever... |
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The Truth
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Posted: December 20 2011 at 18:20 |
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It's definitely my kind of stuff, deeply thoughtful and the flow is just marvelous. |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: December 20 2011 at 18:49 |
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But does it work as well in English as in French?
I'm always curious about that. |
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Posted: December 20 2011 at 18:55 |
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^ yes, I was just about to ask that.
Of course, he'd need to be able to read French in order to answer. :P |
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The Truth
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Posted: December 21 2011 at 12:15 |
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It flows pretty well in English but maybe that was just a clever translator.
 I wish I could read French but I can only do Spanish and English.  |
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Posted: December 21 2011 at 14:17 |
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Finished Radio Free Albemuth...two days ago? Another good one from PKD, lots of his common themes explored again. The second night I was reading it, I dozed off for a while, and had a semi-dream about communicating with VALIS.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: December 21 2011 at 14:22 |
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No I haven't.
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SaltyJon
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Posted: December 21 2011 at 14:27 |
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No you haven't what?
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: December 21 2011 at 14:40 |
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Read a good book lately.
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SaltyJon
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Posted: December 21 2011 at 14:53 |
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Well get on with it! Attack I say!
Err...read one, I say! |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: December 21 2011 at 14:54 |
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I'm halfway through one. I've just not picked it up in weeks.
Is that a Neverwinter Nights quote? Edited by James - December 21 2011 at 14:58 |
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Posted: December 21 2011 at 14:56 |
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NWN or BG2 or something like that (or all of them, for all I know), yep. |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: December 21 2011 at 14:58 |
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Pretty sure it's NWN. It's on one of the voicesets I use actually.
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Posted: December 21 2011 at 15:05 |
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thing I like about a lot of the books I bought recently - Gateway, Neuromancer, The Forever War, and others - is that despite the author reimagining every detail about earth, creating alternate histories and explaining new technology without showing you the blueprints, you still have a flawed and only-sometimes competent human as the main character.
"The Stars My Destination" was really hard to believe in... the transformation of this shipyard drudge into a pure anti-hero who does as he wishes is tough to take seriously at times yes I bought a bunch of ze SF Masterworks series x3 |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: December 21 2011 at 15:15 |
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If I had lots of money, I'd buy all of the SF and Fantasy Masterworks series in paperback. That means the original series and the current one as well (they're not numbered any more, boo).
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Posted: December 21 2011 at 15:38 |
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Today I read half of an Artaud book in the library. Some parts were pretty good, the others I really didn't get at all haha. Didn't buy it cause i didn't have any cash.
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Posted: December 21 2011 at 17:23 |
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If you like modern literature, and are not afraid of some cyber punk influences, try Neal Stephenson's Reamde.
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The Miracle
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Posted: December 22 2011 at 17:52 |
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Just read the Utterly Perfect Murder, a lovely short story by Ray Bradbury (read it yourself here)
Now starting:   Edited by The Miracle - December 22 2011 at 18:39 |
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Great book,you should also try Brooks' The Zombie Survival Guide,
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