What I'm reading

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"The Tommyknockers" by Stephen King
"Cell" by Stephen King
The "Dark Tower" series by Stephen King
The Gunslinger-Completed
The Drawing of the Three-Completed
The Wastelands-Completed
Wizard and Glass-About halfway
Wolves of the Calla-Havn't started
Song of Susannah-Havn't started
The Dark Tower-Have yet to buy

"Bag of Bones" by Stephen King

That's pretty much it...

Robot Chicken Koko · Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:18 pm Post subject:

Almost finished with Treason by Orso Scotto Cardo.
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wrincewind · Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 3:54 pm Post subject:

i am reading the entire works of terry Pratchett. for the fifth time. I'm currently up to "thief of time".
After that, i think i will read some (all) of the new doctor who books.

Munan · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:18 am Post subject:

I'm reading Paradísarheimt (translated as Paradise Reclaimed) by Icelandic Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness. It's very good.
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Daffy D · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:31 am Post subject:

I'm reading the 1st book of Cerebus by Dave Sim. A wieldly popular comic book series about a barbarian Ardvark named Cerebus who has a strong distrust for humans. It's sort of a cross between Conan the barbarian and Howard the Duck.
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ploiper · Gender: Joined: 12 Oct 2006 Posts: 5

a little book called prey. and when i say little what i mean is over 500 pages of awsomeness.

Sal · Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:23 am Post subject:

Woody Allen's collection of short stories entitled Getting Even.
unfortunately in Polish, couldn't find the original.
then i'll get on to Side Effects, his next collection, this time in English.
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Aramor · Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:16 am Post subject:

Currently reading Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time. The first volume. I only read the prologue so far, but I think it's pretty cool.
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wrincewind · Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:50 am Post subject:

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Robot Chicken Koko · Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:08 pm Post subject:

I'm now almost finished with "Hunters of Dune" by Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson. I'm impressed with the way these two have kept the story original and interesting and have lived up to the legacy of the original Herbert's literary genius. It's my 'bathroom' read so I only read it 5-10 minutes at a time, but I suggest it to anyone who likes Dune and also science fiction.

What's on deck:
I'm at the Derek Zoolander Center For Kids Who Can't Read Good... And Want To Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too
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wrincewind · Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:35 pm Post subject:

finished pratchett, doctor who, and mmost of the "redwall" series, by brian jaques. and ive re-read "sir thursday" by brian jaques. now i'm reading the latest issiue of new scientist.
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kiramuse · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:37 pm Post subject:

Recently finished Gaiman's Smoke and Mirrors, a rather amazing if not interesting collection of short stories (some of which are out there, but still enjoyable). Very Happy

Currently working on Forever Midnight (Pred novel) and Laurell K. Hamilton's Burnt Offerings (Anita Blake book 7) which I'm loving both so far. Need to purchase Furuba 15 and Genju no Seiza 2.

Ah, so much to read, so little time to read for fun. Rolling Eyes

zombieopanic · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:21 pm Post subject:

Can you please stop this nonsense and put in NSFW

cause umm,there talking about a book and your showing us porn,very scary.........

Spock · Gender: Joined: 02 Aug 2006 Posts: 756 Location: Western US

...stupid spam bot...

anywho,

I'm currently reading my share of Star Trek novels (what a suprise!)

Vulcan's Forge
and
Prime Directive

Vulcan's Forge is about Captain Spock and the events that follow the untimely death of Captain Kirk. Spock is recalled to Vulcan, his home planet, a large desert with a thin atmosphere, to discover someone is stealing supplies. That's about as far as I am right now.

Prime Directive, I'm not sure what it's about, but the Prime Directive in Star Trek is the law that no one can interfere with the natural development of a primitive species (one that doesn't travel space or have contact with other races), not even if it means saving their lives from destruction (apparantly, this rule did not exist to Captain Kirk, Captain Picard was the loser who followed this rule Razz

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Simon_Says · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:55 pm Post subject:

Oh man, the directive. So noble a goal, so blatantly flawed on so many levels, and no one in any of the series actually gave a damn when it was violated.

Over Christmas I read The Godfather, Catch-22, The Last Templar, and I'm now reading The Three Musketeers.

Catch-22: Awesome book. It was moving and eye-opening on so many fronts. It amused me, it shocked me, it dazzled me. So many truths told through supposedly ludicrous events. The style was absolutely spectacular, it kept me engaged for hours upon hours on end. The characters are all memorable, especially the protagonist Yossarian. The comedy is the best bit of the whole book, beginning to end was a laughter-coaster. I think the two situations with the man in white rank among the top five moments of entertainment history genius. Five stars.

Last Templar: A Davinci Code wannabe that actually succeeds on many levels. The actually facts seem to be more or less consistent with history, contrary to Davinci, as well as the obligatory big secrets were actually fundamentally more important and yet more believable. But enough about comparisons, on its own, the book hold swell. Great cinematic style, good pacing, believable characters. But it just didn't have the essential brilliance the former two had. Three and a half stars.

The Godfather: Of all the books I read, this must be the single best of all time. Words cannot describe just how grand a masterpiece Mario Puzo made. I simply could not put down the book for any length of time. Five stars and a heif.
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AAATripper · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:51 pm Post subject:

Dhampir, Thief of Lives, Sister of the Dead, Traitor to the Blood, and now Elder Fay are out. All wonderful, I can't get enough of Barb and J.C. Hendee. Chane is possibly the coolest character to date in any book... sucks he doesn't make any appearances till Thief of Lives.
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kiramuse · Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:29 am Post subject:

Currently reading Master of Wolves, Awaken Me Darkly, and Traveler. I'd really like to start The Historian...but it's so long and there is homework and actual work to be done.

Master of Wolves-supernatural novel involving, you guessed it, werewolves. Nothing more need be said.

Awaken Me Darkly-novel involving an alien hunter who is trying to solve a murder case, and the only one who can help her happens to be one of the most dangerous species to visit Earth.

Traveler-novel telling the story of the Civil War through the eyes of Robert E. Lee's war horse, Traveler. I loved Watership Down, and I'm loving this one, too. Smile

The Historian-novel involving the history of Dracula tied in with a 21st century mystery. I could go on, but it's a long summary.
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cfos · Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:00 pm Post subject:

"Catch-22" You know, for some reason I didn't like this book (or the movie), except for Major Major Major Major. I do like Joseph Heller and would highly recommend his book "Something Happened". If you pick up Something Happened, don't be dismayed by the chapter titles *L*

I'm currently reading two books on billiards. One is sorta like a textbook and the other is the BSA official rules book. ESPN recently ran a marathon of Jeanette Lee aka The Black Widow. All I can say is, "DAMN!"

Spock · Gender: Joined: 02 Aug 2006 Posts: 756 Location: Western US

I finished Vulcan's Forge and Prime Directive. The culprit was kinda obvious towards the middle/end when they find out in Vulcan's Forge. As for Prime Directive, it was....interesting.

Right now I'm reading Star Trek Titan: Taking Wing. It's kinda good, but so far it's been a drag, I'm in the middle of the book, and not much has happened. Although, Spock makes a few appearances in this book (yay!), where he's still doing the Unification thing, trying to make the Romulans accept their Vulcan brothers.

Comparison:

Vulcan

and

Romulan

The only difference is the forhead ridge is more defined in the Romulans.
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I read all of the Halo books. I'm actually impressed with their turn out. Too bad characters like Mckay died. They were kick ass.

AAATripper · Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 2:19 pm Post subject:

I just finished Ghosts of Onyx, and I thought the ending was just too anti-spartan, so many of them died... but whatsisname almost managed to take two hunters with his bare fists...
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Aurelyn · Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:08 am Post subject:

Finally got round to reading Ken Follett's 'Pillars of the Earth' after being told how good it was for years. It really is...
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cfos · Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:08 am Post subject:

I think Pillars was definately his best; however, Eye of the Needle is also up there.

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