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    #1

    Good books

    Has anyone read any good books lately? I really need some good literature right about now, because I suddenly have a lot more time in my life.

    Right now I've just been reading Terry Pratchett Discworld novels, but I really would like something new...
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    Re: Good books

    Read Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. It is complete with the mafia owning half of California, a redneeck suburb named 'New South Africa', a native American guy that rides a Harley with a nuke in the side car and guts people like fish with glass daggers, and a handheld minigun named 'Reason' that can destroy an oil tanker in 3 seconds flat.

    You'll enjoy it, although its 450 pages may be a bit beefy for some. It delves quite heavily into Sumerian religous themes.
    The unnecessary felling of a tree, perhaps the growth of centuries, seems to me a crime little short of murder." ~ Thomas Jefferson

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      #3
      Re: Good books

      I've been reading "Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy", good times!

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        #4
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        Toecutty...that sounds rad.

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          #5
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          I'm reading Catch-22 and re-reading Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas right now. I like both of them a lot, although I'm only halfway through Catch-22.
          Eat Smello.

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            #6
            Re: Good books

            Anything by Ralph Waldo Emerson... if you haven't already.

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              #7
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              Hmm, Catch-22's my favorite book... I think I'll check out Fear and Loathing.
              I'll definetely take a look at Snow Crash, and Emerson sounds enticing.
              Last edited by Translucid; 03-05-2005, 06:38 PM.

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                #8
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                I think Ender's Game is really fun.

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                  #9
                  Re: Good books

                  battle royale.



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                    #10
                    Re: Good books

                    Anything by P.G. Wodehouse

                    ~Updates weekly on Sundays~

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                      #11
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                      I dunno, Valk...I loved Battle Royale, but the translation I have anyway lives much to be desired.
                      Last edited by DK; 03-05-2005, 09:30 PM.

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                        #12
                        Re: Good books

                        The Mark Musa translation of Dante's Inferno.

                        And Catch-22, Watership Down, A Clockwork Orange, How The Mind Works, and a little book that will forever have a place in my heart; Redwall.
                        "At first it just looked like a picture of a bunch of lily pads, but then I started scraping at it with my pocket knife and the whole painting just sort of spoke to me," Schmidt said. "For the first time, I finally understand what Monet was trying to get across in her work."

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                          #13
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                          Redwall is great. One of my favorites.
                          Last edited by Caciss; 03-06-2005, 12:03 AM.

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                            #14
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                            Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. It's a true tale about an escaped Australian prisoner who defects to India and is changed by its people and culture. Absolutely fabulous book. Gets a little bit overbearing in one part, but a solid and meaningful read all the way around. Though, it's nearly 1000 pages long, so not for the day reader.
                            "Mindless killing doesn't do a lot for me anymore." - Sampson

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                              #15
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                              I loved The Lost Years of Merlin saga and the Another Fine Myth saga!

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