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for reals though, that's not a good book the communist manifesto by karl marx is way better written mussolini's opinion about mein kampf: "a boring tome that I have never been able to read" and hitler's opinion: "If I had had any idea in 1924 that I would have become Reich chancellor, I never would have written the book."
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I read the first page of that book, and it gave me this personal insider joke that when ever anybody mentions Hitler, I like to say "He was great man trying to bring people together." (by invading Poland.)
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Jul 11, 2015 05:33
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NecroMonster posted:don't read any fantasy or science fiction books they are for people with weak minds Ian M Banks - 'Consider Phlebas' & 'Player of games' were good books to hook you. Or try 'Ilium' by Dan Simmons
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bollig posted:BTW if anyone knows any non fiction or fiction books that deal with a complete collapse of society (fiction would have to have a foot in reality NOT THE STAND) then I would be much appreciated. Galapagos by Vonnegut Oryx and Crake/The Great Flood by Atwood
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Jul 11, 2015 06:27
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krustysean posted:Ian M Banks - 'Consider Phlebas' & 'Player of games' were good books to hook you. Or try 'Ilium' by Dan Simmons The two weakest culture books IMHO, Use of Weapons is really good though
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Jul 11, 2015 06:27
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I'm reading the Wheel of Time right now and enjoying it. I think I'll read the Expanse series next. Does it own?
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Jul 11, 2015 06:49
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You're a way better mod/person than Ralp ROFLburger posted:I'm reading the Wheel of Time right now and enjoying it. I think I'll read the Expanse series next. Does it own? Nigga if you think Wheel of Time own lemme just suggest some poo poo books that I hate -Poisonwood Bible -The Alchemist -Ladies Farting vol II
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Jul 11, 2015 07:17
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ROFLburger posted:I'm reading the Wheel of Time right now and enjoying it. I think I'll read the Expanse series next. Does it own? lol, read Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell instead
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Jul 11, 2015 08:25
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ROFLburger posted:I'm reading the Wheel of Time right now and enjoying it. I think I'll read the Expanse series next. Does it own? Nope it is fully off the rails and because they turned it from a trilogy to a unknown number of books the pacing really suffers. The Culture books are better space books and are all stand alone so they don't have the weird pacing issues that big series have. Don't read massive anthologies like wheel of time there is absolutely no way a writer can keep you interested in 15 books.
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Jul 11, 2015 08:59
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Locker Room Zubaz posted:Use of Weapons is really good though Everyone says this and I just don't see it. Use of Weapons was my least favorite Culture book, by far. It's more like a collection of short stories than a novel. It had no characters that I cared about and just felt cold and distant.
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Jul 11, 2015 09:06
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The bible op.
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Jul 11, 2015 09:08
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The Dennis System posted:Everyone says this and I just don't see it. Use of Weapons was my least favorite Culture book, by far. It's more like a collection of short stories than a novel. It had no characters that I cared about and just felt cold and distant. I don't get the comparison to a short story collection, are you sure you aren't thinking of Matter?
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Jul 11, 2015 20:42
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dee eight posted:
Word Locker Room Zubaz posted:Galapagos by Vonnegut Word UP Locker Room Zubaz posted:Oryx and Crake/The Great Flood by Atwood I just read the Handmaid's Tale, and I wasn't such a fan, but I've heard good things about Oryx and Crake. On the list.
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Jul 11, 2015 21:08
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jackyl posted:seems like I see some good literature books being posts itt but really I was looking for escapist fiction I just finished reading The Kouga Ninja Scrolls by Futaro Yamada. It's basically 300 pages of ninjas. The word ninja becomes meaningless.
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Jul 11, 2015 21:46
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Twitch posted:I just finished reading The Kouga Ninja Scrolls by Futaro Yamada. It's basically 300 pages of ninjas. The word ninja becomes meaningless. That is an extremely meaningful word to myself and my people forums poster Twitch, I don't think this is a good book.
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Jul 11, 2015 21:52
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some really good books to read are all the donald duck and uncle scrooge comics by carl barks
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Jul 11, 2015 23:00
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Sheep-Goats posted:-The Alchemist This book was a steaming pile
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Jul 11, 2015 23:01
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Locker Room Zubaz posted:Don't read massive anthologies like wheel of time there is absolutely no way a writer can keep you interested in 15 books. I'm on book 9 and there have been some slow or unnecessary parts that have made me want to tear my balls off. But as a whole, I'm enjoying it and do not regret starting it. Also the scope and scale of the story is pretty cool.
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Hogge Wild posted:lol, read Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell instead I've read that twice and am looking forward to a sequel.
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gnarlyhotep posted:I've read that twice and am looking forward to a sequel. i really wish there will be one, but i'm not having my hopes up
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Jul 12, 2015 08:04
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Hogge Wild posted:i really wish there will be one, but i'm not having my hopes up She left it wide open for more, maybe she's just taking her time writing lots of footnotes.
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Jul 12, 2015 09:04
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Non-fiction books I liked: World War II by James Jones (it's a spiff big rear end book full of art produced during the war, lots of sketches by combat troops) You probaby know him better for From Here to Eternety and The Thin Red Line On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Grossman The Natural Mind: An Investigation of Drugs and the Higher Consciousness by Andrew Weil
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Jul 12, 2015 15:29
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I'm reading Don Quijote De La Mancha right now and its really really good. People often consider it the first modern novel and Cervantes does some really unique and original things in the story that still haven't been matched by other writers IMO. Probably one of the first examples of "metafiction" or humor. Read the original spanish text if you can because a lot of the English translations aren't so great. I am reading a translation by Burton Raffel alongside the spanish text. Raffel's english style flows pretty well, but when I go back and compare it to the spanish version he really tries to add a lot to the text that simply isn't there and often times does it a disservice. However, he does have a lot of footnotes that explain the metahumor and points out all the references to Spain's chivalric classics. Huge Lady Pleaser fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Jul 12, 2015 |
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Jul 12, 2015 17:07
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Basically these days I only read contemporary fiction about headstrong Indian women, which is a much broader genre than you might think. Sarita Mandanna's Tiger Hills was maybe the best modern debut novel I've ever read but it looks like her upcoming second book won't have an Indian woman in it at all??? hosed up imo but I'll read it anyway and it will probably be good.Waroduce posted:Twilight War (Iran not vampires) Was this good? I've owned it for a little while but haven't gotten around to reading it yet. ROFLburger posted:I'm reading the Wheel of Time right now and enjoying it. I think I'll read the Expanse series next. Does it own? The first one owns mega-hard, the next two are pretty good but not as great (I kinda feel like they retread a lot of the same territory as the first, the second one is especially guilty of this), I own the fourth one but I'm nervous about starting it because The Expanse was supposed to be a trilogy and I thought the ending of the third book was a perfectly good send-off to the series and I'm worried it will be a Terminator 3 sort of situation.
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Jul 12, 2015 21:08
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when I'm done reading these I'm going to draw flip cartoons in the corners of the pages
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Jul 12, 2015 22:16
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Hogge Wild posted:lol, read Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell instead Looked this up and it sounds very interesting. Way to go GBS! 
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Jul 12, 2015 22:37
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The Expanse the entire series of books is pretty good, and all of it pretty cleverly written. Not joking fyi Edit: read it in english if possible
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Just checking in to say that 'Demon in the Freezer' is p great, if you're into viruses and the people that are trying to stop them/die from them. Next up is 'The Twenty One Balloons' by William Pene du Bois which I read when I was a kid and absolutely loved. And now I'm reading it again, because it was on top of the pile.
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Jul 18, 2015 16:21
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Huge Lady Pleaser posted:I'm reading Don Quijote De La Mancha right now and its really really good. 
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Jul 18, 2015 16:25
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Myron Baloney posted:when I'm done reading these I'm going to draw flip cartoons in the corners of the pages My stickman guy had an amazing car.
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Peter F. Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy is some good sci fi. Same for his Commonwealth Saga.
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