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Mikerinos 
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 Posted: January 09 2008 at 21:06 |
I've been meaning to buy Brave New World and Island to compliment it soon, but I'm kind of behind on reading. |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: January 09 2008 at 22:42 |
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I also want to read Island, but I need to purchase it first. I found Brave New World online for free.
By the way, it's excellent and definitely worth reading, I was very surprised how good it was. |
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Posted: January 09 2008 at 22:45 |
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I read Banks' Feersum Endjinn last night, and I think it's his most interesting book so far. =) Reminded me of the Heechee in some ways.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: January 09 2008 at 22:46 |
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I presume that's Iain M. Banks?
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Posted: January 09 2008 at 22:48 |
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That's right. I think I've read *most* of the Culture novels, now.
I wonder when he'll release Matter? I was hoping to buy it for someone else as a christmas present last December so I could read it. ;P |
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Mikerinos
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Posted: January 10 2008 at 16:48 |
I read a bit of it in the bookstore, to be vague it seemed good, I can never truely get into a book right from the start (same with music, always takes me a few listens before evaluate an album). I should have bought it, but I can always finds books much cheaper on amazon.com... I ordered Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell recently from there, I've been meaning to buy it ever since I got into The Doors ages ago. Hopefully I'll find it as insightful as Jim Morrison did, still hasn't arrived in the mail. |
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Posted: January 12 2008 at 06:25 |
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Genesis: Chapter & Verse
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Posted: January 12 2008 at 08:31 |
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ashamed to say I've never read it... but after seeing the movie again recently... and as always.. after being left scratching my head... I had to finally get around to reading it.
Stephen King - The Shining. |
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Posted: January 12 2008 at 10:13 |
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The Shining is truly a scary book to read. Love it. Just finished Ron Wood's autobiography "Ronnie" yesterday and it pales in comparison to Clapton's. Sorry, Ron, you just aren't as interesting as you think you are.
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"Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain
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Posted: January 14 2008 at 23:53 |
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My daughter bought me this trilogy for a Christmas present and I recently started the first book,which is pretty awesome:  |
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Posted: January 15 2008 at 09:12 |
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The Transcendent Unity of Religions by Frithjof Schuon.
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Posted: January 15 2008 at 12:51 |
 A very good book, cant wait to get my hands on the follow up. |
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Posted: January 15 2008 at 13:13 |
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Inspector Rebus's swan-song Exit Music (Ian Rankin). Continuing where so many of the series have travelled, the soundtrack of Rebus's life is interesting rock. The apparently is the last novel, centred around Rebus's retirement, when he is presented with a MP3 player, loaded up up with some good albums, eg. Wishbone's Ash's Argus. Also a damned good detective story.  |
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Posted: January 16 2008 at 09:51 |
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Just finished "Definitely Maybe" (a rather odd translation from the original title
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Posted: January 16 2008 at 12:14 |
Now that one is definitely a masterpiece. |
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 BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
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Posted: January 18 2008 at 03:51 |
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Throughly recommend this one:
Small girl, fostered just outside Munich in 1939; her life over the next few years, seen through her eyes, but narrated by Death - the best portrayal of childhood I've read since 'Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha'; very touching, funny & occasionally horrific all at the same time. |
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: January 18 2008 at 07:19 |
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I've yet to read it, but this arrived this morning:
Keef Harltey - Halfbreed (signed by Keef!) An autobiography by the great drummer and leader of Keef Hartley Band (and former member of The Artwoods and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers). |
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Posted: January 18 2008 at 07:29 |
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Should be interesting, given the Deep Purple & Uriah Heep links
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: January 18 2008 at 07:41 |
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What's the Purps link?
I know the late Gary Thain went on to join Uriah Heep. |
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Posted: January 18 2008 at 07:51 |
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Would you like to watch TV, or get between the sheets, or contemplate the silent freeway, would you like something to eat?
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