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Really about a couple of months ago, but I forced myself to read Foucault's Pendulum.
Pure 100% brilliance, albeit a bit difficult to swallow at times. |
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micky
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Posted: November 10 2007 at 18:25 |
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 a nice 'light' read  Fascinating book though.. well written and not dry at all. |
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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sleeper
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Posted: November 10 2007 at 20:06 |
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Well Storm of the Dead was only released in the last month or two (never saw it before then at least). |
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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: November 10 2007 at 21:27 |
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Sacrifice of the Widow - February 2007
Storm of the Dead - September 2007 Ascendancy of the Last - June 2008 So yes, it's not been out that long. I gather they're a continuation of the War of the Spider Queen series, so you should try and pick them up. Amazon has them. Of course, if your local Borders has them, even better. My local Waterstones has R.A. Salvatore's The Orc King, but I will wait for a Mass Paperback version, becasue the hardback takes up too much room and doesn't fit alongside the rest of the series that I own, which are all paperbacks (box sets in fact). Edited by Geck0 - November 10 2007 at 21:32 |
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Norbert
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Posted: November 15 2007 at 07:33 |
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The Moor's last Sigh by Salman Rushdie. I don't think that it's on par with Midnight Children, but a good novel, and it belongs to the author's better works.
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Posted: November 15 2007 at 17:08 |
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Not an entirely appropriate post but I just read that Oprah Winfrey picked Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth as her book club selection. This novel was written in 1989. I was kind of shocked to see this, because I read this book at least 15 years ago and was absolutely blown away by it. I don't normally put too much weight to Ms. Winfrey's opinions but I am in full agreement with her that this was an excellent read and I highly recommend it. Edit: To a certain extent this would be an equivalent to her recommending Rush's Snakes and Arrows to her followers.Edited by rushfan4 - November 16 2007 at 13:57 |
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Posted: November 18 2007 at 14:01 |
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I finished "Riders On The Storm" by John Densmore a few days ago. It was very interesting, if you're a Doors fan you'll enjoy reading firsthand accounts of the making of the albums and all the wackiness of life with Jim Morrison.
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"Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is THE BEST."
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Posted: November 28 2007 at 22:33 |
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Feast of Love by Charles Baxter for college.
From the title I thought it was going to be a cheesy New Age book about love, but it wasn't that bad. It is written in a non-linear style and kept my attention. Also rereading:  Such an amazing book, I recommend it to everyone. Edited by king of Siam - November 28 2007 at 22:35 |
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Dean
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Posted: November 29 2007 at 05:32 |
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Started reading this, but for some reason I can't remember what happened in the previous book, even with the "what has gone before" preface in this one, I think my mind is slowly ebbing away....
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Jared
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Posted: November 29 2007 at 07:01 |
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Micky...I think you and I are similar spirits....again, that's just the sort of book I'd read...
 at the moment though....
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Posted: November 29 2007 at 07:43 |
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Not got that one yet (hint hint, Vicky...) - generally enjoyed the first book, but think will have to re-read it before tackling the new one. Good books, yes, but not a patch on the original 1st & 2nd Chronicles. NOM! |
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Posted: November 29 2007 at 18:44 |
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World War Z by Max Brooks. This is the most well-thought out piece of satire I've read since The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
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Posted: November 29 2007 at 21:05 |
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Posted: November 29 2007 at 21:59 |
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If you haven't read The Zombie Survival Guide, read that first. I can't decide which is better, and when I was reading ZSG I kept forgetting it was all made up. |
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My friend has told me to read them, he gave them to my brother to read and he really liked them. I'll have to get around to that at some point. If only I didn't put off reading so often.... |
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Posted: November 30 2007 at 09:26 |
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I'm currently reading Patrick Süskind's Perfume, which has been surprisingly intriguing so far. I believe they made a movie out of it too.
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Posted: December 08 2007 at 07:59 |
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A novel by Franz Werfel about the Prophet Jeremiah, called Höret die Stimme! in German, I'm not sure whether it's available in English.
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Posted: December 09 2007 at 19:48 |
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Been reading Sartre's Nausea, it's fire for sure, Sartre ain't no joke yanno. Gonna read some more Joyce after I'm finished probably.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: December 09 2007 at 19:52 |
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I'm still halfway through Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. It's not because it's not very good (it's fantastic actually), it's just I've been busy.
I also started Scott Ciencin's Shadowdale, which is another Forgotten Realms novel. I'm also still reading R.A. Salvatore's The Thousand Orcs. So much to read, yet so little time. |
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Posted: December 11 2007 at 08:37 |
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Chartres and the Birth of the Cathedral by Titus Burckhardt.
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