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I'm trying to find a gore or horror book/series/author/whatever in the style of Edward Lee, Richard Laymon, Jack Ketchum, etc. but without the sexual elements and child abuse. Just a straight up horror adventure I guess.
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Tumble posted:I want some books about psychopaths. People who have NO moral values and the destruction that causes. Oh, also some books about modern-day assassins. If the books combine these two things, even better! I know your post is two weeks old but I have the perfect book for you: Afraid by Jack Kilborn. From Publishers Weekly Known for cop thrillers, J.A. Konrath (Fuzzy Navel) debuts his Jack Kilborn pseudonym and reveals some serious horror chops in this carnival of carnage. Five government-sponsored Red-ops fighters, psychotic torturers with modified brains and extensive training in killing anyone in their way, have been accidentally assigned to a mission in small, sleepy Safe Haven, Wis. Gen. Alton Tope sends in a dozen Green Berets, two other Special Forces teams, navy SEALs and some marines, all of whom may be just about enough to stop the killers. The townies also band together to save their little rural paradise, though several get trampled into red goo along the way. Any attempt to make a point about U.S. support of international terrorism gets a bit lost in the gore fest, but fans of gross-out horror will love it. (Apr.)
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Sep 29, 2009 03:31
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Industrial posted:I'm trying to find a gore or horror book/series/author/whatever in the style of Edward Lee, Richard Laymon, Jack Ketchum, etc. but without the sexual elements and child abuse. Just a straight up horror adventure I guess. That's going to be hard. Clive Barker?
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Sep 29, 2009 06:55
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northerain posted:That's going to be hard. Clive Barker? Some of his work fits yeah. Early stuff especially, some of his later stuff reads like Saw mixed with porn.
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Sep 29, 2009 13:37
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On the horror tip, anyone read any WH Pugmire? He's got a new book that just came out, and I've never heard of him before, but this new release caught my eye for two reasons. A: Set in a fictionalized Snoqualmie valley, and as I'm PNW born-n-bred I'm a sucker for stuff set here; and B: I'm a fan of the author that did the introduction, Jeffrey Thomas.
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Sep 30, 2009 16:38
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Encryptic posted:What are some other good books that tackle the same subject that Guns, Germs and Steel does? I remember reading on here that GG&S was pretty flawed and someone recommended a couple other books that they considered to be better-written and not logically unsound, but I didn't write them down and I can't remember for the life of me what they were called. I would also like to know of books similar to GG&S.
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Sep 30, 2009 21:55
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Okay, this might be a long shot with this forum since it's mostly male, but here goes. I'm looking for good, well written, interesting romance books. I've never read one, because the writing tends to put me off or it's horribly cliche. However, I've come across some bits and pieces in other books that make me feel all fuzzy and goopey, and I'd like a book that makes me feel like that without making me feel like an idiot. I have read Jane Austen and Bronte, and while it was interesting in a more historical sense and they were funny, it didn't do much for me on a more sentimental point of view. Oh and I don't mind there being good sex scenes and all, in fact no sex scenes would probably feel like blueballs in a good romance, but I don't want it to be straight up porn. I have the internet for that  I went into the romance section at my local chapters and the shelves upon shelves of really cheesy covers and waxed chests put me off looking deeper. I was pretty embarrassed to be seen there at all to tell the truth, but logically there must be some well written romance out there for other women who are a bit more selective with their reading. Help?
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Oct 1, 2009 15:42
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I like a lot of people hated reading and school, and only recently picked it up as a hobby, therefor I missed out on a lot of classics since I probably read them hating every minute of it. Right now I can say the only "classic" book I read and like are 1984 and Animal Farm and most of my reading right now is history books. I'm pretty open to anything you can recommend, even if I don't agree with it religiously or politically. Sorry about having such a broad question, but its better then googling "what classic book should I read?"
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Oct 2, 2009 04:40
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Cosinetta posted:Okay, this might be a long shot with this forum since it's mostly male, but here goes. I'm looking for good, well written, interesting romance books. I've never read one, because the writing tends to put me off or it's horribly cliche. However, I've come across some bits and pieces in other books that make me feel all fuzzy and goopey, and I'd like a book that makes me feel like that without making me feel like an idiot. I have read Jane Austen and Bronte, and while it was interesting in a more historical sense and they were funny, it didn't do much for me on a more sentimental point of view. Oh and I don't mind there being good sex scenes and all, in fact no sex scenes would probably feel like blueballs in a good romance, but I don't want it to be straight up porn. I have the internet for that I'm a reader of romances, but to be honest, it's really hard for me to recommend any because individual tastes can vary so much. Georgette Heyer is a perennial recommendation for having largely invented the genre. There's no real sex scenes in her books, and some people find them too twee for words. Romance authors are pretty much divided by genre; is there a particular area that sounds interesting to you? That is, are you into historical medieval adventure, or Regency manners, or contemporary Sex-and-The-City type tales, mysteries, futuristic thrillers, paranormal, etc? If nothing else, you might try checking out RomanticTimes.com which has some pretty active forums with lots of suggestions and reviews.
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Oct 2, 2009 08:54
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wheatpuppy posted:I'm a reader of romances, but to be honest, it's really hard for me to recommend any because individual tastes can vary so much. Georgette Heyer is a perennial recommendation for having largely invented the genre. There's no real sex scenes in her books, and some people find them too twee for words. Hmm, didn't realize the genre was so broad. I guess I'd be more into the paranormal, thriller, mysteries, that kind of stuff. I'd like to stay far far away from sex-and-the-city stuff, while medieval adventure could be interesting. I'll check out romantictimes.com though, thanks!
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Oct 2, 2009 14:03
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I read to my son's preschool class on Fridays. I usually only bring in one book, but the teachers love the break so they always hand me book after book until the bell rings and they can get the kids out. So, I figured I read a larger book over the course of a few weeks. I need a recommendation. My most successful book so far has been "Where the Wild Things Are". I'm big, glare well, and I do a good monster voice. I don't do well with the fruity stuff like Max and Ruby. I tought of "the Lion, the With, and the Wardrobe", or "the Hobbit", but they might be too advanced for 4 year olds. I tried "Babe" and "Charlotte's Web" on my kids at home, but either those stories are boring or I read them like poo poo, my kids kept wandering off. So..I want a longish kid's book with talking monsters suitable for a group of 4 year olds, whose parents might get angry if I cross some line.
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Oct 2, 2009 14:50
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The Dregs posted:I read to my son's preschool class on Fridays. I usually only bring in one book, but the teachers love the break so they always hand me book after book until the bell rings and they can get the kids out. So, I figured I read a larger book over the course of a few weeks. I need a recommendation. The Hobbit sounds kind of perfect. It's even written in a really engagingly read-aloud friendly tone.
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Oct 2, 2009 16:13
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The Dregs posted:I read to my son's preschool class on Fridays. I usually only bring in one book, but the teachers love the break so they always hand me book after book until the bell rings and they can get the kids out. So, I figured I read a larger book over the course of a few weeks. I need a recommendation. How about The Wind in the Willows? It's talking animals, not monsters, but there's quite a variety of them, and while there's sort of an arc through the book, most of the chapters really stand alone as separate stories and probably would be about right for 4-year old attention spans. There are quite a number of nice illustrated versions around, too, so you could have some pictures to go with the reading.
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Oct 2, 2009 17:49
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I wasn't sure if I should make a new thread for this or post it here, because we could actually "discuss" it, but I figured it'd be pretty safe to post it here and then I can expand it to a full thread if it warrants it. I'm a huge fan of the (sub)genre of wacky WWII occult super-science poo poo. I've had a thread in Games about it, and a thread in CineD about it, and now it's time to bring it up here. When I say "wacky WWII occult super-science poo poo", I mean stuff like the Indiana Jones movies, the Wolfenstein games, Philadelphia Experiment, Die Glocke, etc. I'm looking for thoughts/recommendations on books on the subject. They can be fiction, non-fiction, or "non-fiction" (i.e., "history" books whose veracity is probably dubious at best). I've read a pretty good number of books, and I've got a couple coming in the mail that I obviously haven't read yet. What I've read: Hitler's Suppressed and Still-Secret Weapons, Science and Technology (borderline "nonfiction") The Nazis and the Occult: The Dark Forces Unleashed by the Third Reich (nonfiction) Black Order (fiction) Swastika (fiction) The Keep (fiction) What I own and haven't read yet: They Used Dark Forces (fiction) Black Camelot (fiction) The Black Sun (fiction) What I know about but haven't bought yet: The Hunt for Zero Point: Inside the Classified World of Antigravity Technology (nonfiction) The SS Brotherhood of the Bell: Nasa's Nazis, JFK, And Majic-12 ("nonfiction") Reich Of The Black Sun: Nazi Secret Weapons & The Cold War Allied Legend ("nonfiction") Unholy Alliance: A History of the Nazi Involvement With the Occult (nonfiction) Spear of Destiny ("nonfiction") The Spear (fiction) I'm really not that picky about quality, to be perfectly honest. Sure I'd read pretty much "anything" on the topic, but obviously I'd prefer to read the "better" stuff first which is why I brought the topic up here. Thanks in advance! 
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Oct 2, 2009 23:55
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The first book that comes to mind when you say "Wacky WWII occult super-science poo poo" is Gravity's Rainbow which is possibly the densest, most difficult, and frustrating novel I've ever read. It's also hugely incredibly rewarding if you can push through it - but if you aren't looking for a more 'Academic' read, then it isn't for you.
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Oct 3, 2009 00:10
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CharlesWillisMaddox posted:I like a lot of people hated reading and school, and only recently picked it up as a hobby, therefor I missed out on a lot of classics since I probably read them hating every minute of it. Well, what interests you? That can narrow it down. An easy trap to fall into is that there's a set of books out there that you must read, like it's some obligation or initiation to the world of reading. There's no list. Just read stuff that interests you in some way - don't feel like you have to read The Old Man and the Sea or War and Peace or The Corrections or whatever.
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Oct 3, 2009 01:45
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CaptainPsyko posted:The first book that comes to mind when you say "Wacky WWII occult super-science poo poo" is Gravity's Rainbow which is possibly the densest, most difficult, and frustrating novel I've ever read. It's also hugely incredibly rewarding if you can push through it - but if you aren't looking for a more 'Academic' read, then it isn't for you. Also, I forgot to mention - I own (and love) My Tank Is Fight.
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Oct 3, 2009 03:12
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CharlesWillisMaddox posted:I like a lot of people hated reading and school, and only recently picked it up as a hobby, therefor I missed out on a lot of classics since I probably read them hating every minute of it. If you can find a bookstore (or, even better, a library) with a 'literature' section go there and scan the shelves and if you see something that looks interesting leaf through it and maybe read a page in the middle and some at the beginning and see if it's good! I mean, people itt can sit here all day and rattle off good book titles, or you can take this γνῶσις and know how to find good books your own self!
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Oct 3, 2009 03:21
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Xenomrph posted:What do you mean? Like, what sort of "academic" book is it? It's held up as a masterpiece of Postmodern literature, and it's easily among the flat out most difficult to read books I've ever read, right up there with James Joyce, the Russian Masters, etc. etc. A dictionary, an encyclopedia, and a bookmark to http://gravitys-rainbow.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page at hand while reading would be well advised.
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Oct 3, 2009 06:08
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I am looking for a sci-fi and/or fantasy film noir type detective novel. I enjoyed Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan. Something similar would work, but I am not picky.
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Oct 3, 2009 08:47
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Enormo posted:I am looking for a sci-fi and/or fantasy film noir type detective novel. I enjoyed Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan. Something similar would work, but I am not picky. Jonathan Lethem's Gun, With Occasional Music. Not-too-distant future Oakland, CA, everyone's on drugs, questions are illegal unless you're police or private eye (like our hero), and talking animals roam the streets.
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Oct 3, 2009 21:16
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McCoy Pauley posted:How about The Wind in the Willows? It's talking animals, not monsters, but there's quite a variety of them, and while there's sort of an arc through the book, most of the chapters really stand alone as separate stories and probably would be about right for 4-year old attention spans. There are quite a number of nice illustrated versions around, too, so you could have some pictures to go with the reading. Good call! I forgot all about that. I don't remember anything about it other than it had frogs and I liked it. I'll go check it out.
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Oct 3, 2009 21:27
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The Dregs posted:I read to my son's preschool class on Fridays. I usually only bring in one book, but the teachers love the break so they always hand me book after book until the bell rings and they can get the kids out. So, I figured I read a larger book over the course of a few weeks. I need a recommendation. Redwall! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redwall Loved that book when I was kid. I'm very surprised there's so many books out in the series now.
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Oct 4, 2009 05:05
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CharlesWillisMaddox posted:I like a lot of people hated reading and school, and only recently picked it up as a hobby, therefor I missed out on a lot of classics since I probably read them hating every minute of it. I just recently read Camus's "The Stranger" and I fell in love with it. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature for a reason I suppose. I read it in one sitting; it's short, engaging, each sentence has purpose and every chapter ends gracefully. Highly recommended.
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Oct 4, 2009 05:19
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I'm not positive if this is where I should ask, but can somebody recommend me a Vietnam novel/memoir from my list? I have a Vietnam history class and need to read a book and write a paper on it. I would prefer something easy/interesting to read as I already have enough to read. Here is the list provided: Nam by Mark Baker Friendly Fire by C.D.B. Bryan A Rumor of War by Phillip Caputo Dispatches by Michael Herr Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic If I die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home by Tim O'Brien Going After Cacciato by Tim O'Brien The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien Everything They Had by Al Santoli Bloods by Wallace Terry The Thirteenth Valley by John Del Vecchio Close Quarters by Larry Heinemann Paco's Story by Larry Heinemann Fields of Fire by James Webb Free Fire Zone by Rob Riggan Vietnam-Perkasie by W.D. Ehrhart The Killing Zone by Frederick Downs The Short Timers by Gustav Hasford And a Hard Rain Fell by John Ketwig A Life in a Year: The American Infantryman in Vietnam by James Ebert Thanks!
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Oct 4, 2009 18:39
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I've heard good things about ''The Things They Carried'' by Tim O'Brien.
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Oct 4, 2009 19:53
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I'd like to read the memoirs of a person who led a successful and fun life with lots of adventure so I can figure out how to do the same. Some kind of motivational book along the same lines would also be cool, but only if it has good, solid advice and not hokey bullshit.
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Oct 4, 2009 20:51
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Billy Maize posted:Dispatches by Michael Herr Go with Dispatches and The Things They Carried. For my money, Dispatches is the best war memoir written by a journalist ever (only AJ Liebling's stuff on WW2 is close). The Short Timers is good too (it was the basis for Full Metal Jacket) but I'm pretty sure it's long out of print. I didn't see it on there, but the Library of America has a couple good volumes of Vietnam writings; mostly features and reporting from the front lines. There's some neat stuff in there.
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Oct 4, 2009 21:08
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northerain posted:I've heard good things about ''The Things They Carried'' by Tim O'Brien. The Things they Carried is good, but it's a book of short stories, and it's somewhat uneven. From that list, read Going After Cacciato - it's an amazing book about the chase to bring back a soldier who deserts and decides to walk from Vietnam to Paris, and his adventures along the way. At least, that's what it is on the surface. Very very very highly recommended.
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Oct 4, 2009 21:10
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I need some advice on finding books or one big book of works by HP Lovecraft. I recently, on a whim, purchased a book of short stories inspired by Lovecraft and have decided I need more. I looked up Lovecraft but I'm not sure what I'd be getting with the different books and compilations I see.
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Oct 5, 2009 02:22
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MariusLecter posted:I need some advice on finding books or one big book of works by HP Lovecraft. I recently, on a whim, purchased a book of short stories inspired by Lovecraft and have decided I need more. The Dunwich Horror and others Dagon and other Macabre tales At the Mountains of Madness and other Novels plus one book of revisions, and ghostwritings The Horror in the Museum, and other revisions That covers all of his fiction, Arkham house, who publishes these also publishes a book of his poetry, and another with his miscellaneous writings.
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Oct 5, 2009 14:22
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Epée posted:If you are even slightly interested in mathematics, I can't recommend Fermat's Last Theorem by Simon Singh enough. It is a history of mathematics, of sorts, how it all evolved to Fermat, and the further attempts in solving his famous last theorem. Not a hard book to read, and highly enjoyable. Seconding this recommendation. I also enjoyed Paul Hoffman's book on Paul Erdos The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
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Oct 6, 2009 18:03
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Can someone recommend some travel writing in the same vein as Paul Theroux? I've just finished Dark Star Safari and absolutely loved it so I'm particularly especially interested in African travel, though any recommendations would be much appreciated. I already have Chatwin and Colin Thubron on my list to investigate so perhaps suggestions of their best work might be a good place to start? Additionally, unless I've missed it, would there be interest in a dedicated travel literature thread?
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Oct 6, 2009 18:35
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Beloved oval office posted:Can someone recommend some travel writing in the same vein as Paul Theroux? I've just finished Dark Star Safari and absolutely loved it so I'm particularly especially interested in African travel, though any recommendations would be much appreciated. I already have Chatwin and Colin Thubron on my list to investigate so perhaps suggestions of their best work might be a good place to start? I recently finished Robert Byron's The Road to Oxiana and enjoyed it a lot. Byron travelled through Iran/Afghanistan/Central Asia during the thirties looking for interesting examples of islamic architecture. Chatwin was a fan of the book. V. S. Naipaul, who was a kind of "mentor" to Theroux, and a comrade in misanthropy, also has written a number of travel books.
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Oct 6, 2009 21:58
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I've got a history paper that's going to assigned soon, and I'm interested in writing about how early Judaism was more henotheistic than monotheistic. I'd appreciate if someone could steer me towards some history books that discuss it. So far my only idea is too get the first volume of The Cambridge History of Judaism out on interlibrary loan.
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Oct 7, 2009 17:25
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I found a book at Barnes and Noble by Roger Zelazny, "The Amber Series 1-10" or something like that. Looked up the Amber stuff on Wiki and found some other sites and i think it might be something I like. Anything I should know about the series before dropping the coin on em? I need a big honking book to fill about a 72 hour void that'll have me pretty well tied up and reading is about the only thing to do, I need pages as well as quality. Multiple books are right out, otherwise I'd be dragging "Black Company" along, 300-ish pages won't keep me occupied for more than an evening.
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Oct 9, 2009 00:53
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Turtle Parlor posted:I found a book at Barnes and Noble by Roger Zelazny, "The Amber Series 1-10" or something like that. Looked up the Amber stuff on Wiki and found some other sites and i think it might be something I like. Anything I should know about the series before dropping the coin on em? Zelazny was one of the giants of the field for a reason. Do it.
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Oct 9, 2009 01:53
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^^^^ On the other hand, I read the first 30 or so pages, said what the gently caress is this poo poo, and sent it back to the library. Seriously, the start is 'i'm an amnesiac, ohoho, i got the better of this mook, oh ho, i strongarmed this other dude out of the hospital because i'm a mysterious badass, and then oh i'll wander around for a couple of pages because there's nothing like getting to the loving point or establishing a setting or anything, and oh hey here's this rich chick's place who i may or may not be related to but i'm going to act all nonchalant and cool and generally be written intentionally vaguely (that's an actual phrase that's used 'intentionally vague') without actually revealing what the gently caress my book is about hurrrr' gently caress SF&F in the 60s/70s was gay and if your name wasn't Philip K Dick or Ray Bradbury, you can suck a hairy mansack.
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Oct 9, 2009 02:48
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I'm looking for a general history of the Nazi's SA, the brownshirts.
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Recently, I am getting into Buddhism and would like a book that can be used as a primer into the religion, on practice, basic teachings and morals. Buddhism for beginners, I suppose. I used to have the book "A Buddhist Bible" I hated it because the language was arcane and difficult to understand. So I am looking for something that is easy to understand, ewxcept I rather avoid the idiots or dummies guides. There was this one book I read on it which fit what I needed quite well. I think (I could be very wrong) it was "What Buddha said" yet everytime I use that title in the book store or Amazon, its not the exact book I am looking for. I do not know the author. Help please?
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