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What are people's opinions about Scribd?
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There is Roman mythology fanfiction, like Lucian of Samosata's Dialogues of the Gods or Dialogues of the Dead. They are very awesome and cool.
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Apr 4, 2015 21:50
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Fenrir posted:I know it's kinda old and kinda ... well, okay it's basically the dime candy of the fantasy world, but would anyone be interested in some Dragonlance chat? I wouldn't mind making a thread about the series, but it just feels like it would be pointless if I'd be the only one posting in it. I read all of the main "Dragons Of" books when I was younger, and a lot of the smaller ones, too. What are your thoughts? What are the "main series books"?
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Apr 14, 2015 06:10
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How do you pronounce Andre Dubus III? One of his stories ruined my life the other day and I've struggled to describe it to people because I don't know how to pronounce the author's name.
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May 27, 2016 20:19
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Snapchat A Titty posted:Wikipedia yo: His surname is pronounced "Duh-BYOOSE", with the accent falling on the second syllable, as in "profuse". Thank you.
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May 28, 2016 18:57
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blue squares posted:Yeah, look at the Bible Or "Homer".
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Jun 21, 2016 10:03
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I read all of Jack McDevitt's Alex Benedict books, and all the Long Earth books, and now I'm starting on The Expanse. Are they a good addition to my downward spiral of series binges?
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Feb 16, 2017 21:25
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Take the plunge! Okay! posted:They are rather readable and the plot keeps moving forward in every chapter. Some people dislike the genre hopping (book four is pretty much a western in space) and there is no depth, characterization nor elegant prose but if you could handle McDevitt, you'll be fine. Okay I read the first two and wow, the world building is terrible, everybody talks exactly the same way, and the authors really, really, really hate people in their late teens or early 20's. I guess I'm invested now, though.
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Feb 22, 2017 04:44
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union is good alt-history. 1. It isn't shlocky 2. It isn't advancing an agenda 3. It creates a world that feels lived-in and real 4. It's actually well written
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Jun 1, 2017 05:34
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Do not read S M Stirling anything ever ever ever.
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Jun 4, 2017 16:23
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I feel like writing what ifs are explicitly contrarian to the purpose of a historian Most histories are what ifs because it's actually kind of hard to pinpoint exactly what happened in the past and you have to make educated guesses most of the time.
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Jun 5, 2017 05:23
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When the main character of a book is an author, and they're writing a book, and there are big excerpts from the fake book, make one of those the book of the month.
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Jun 28, 2017 15:54
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I meant only the fake book itself: i.e read only the excerpts from the fake book and not the novel around it. And review and discuss it like it's real.
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Jul 3, 2017 06:51
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corn in the bible posted:can't wait to do a botm on the navidson record This guy gets it.
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Jul 3, 2017 16:42
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How many books on Goodreads are actually rated less than 3??
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Apr 22, 2018 06:36
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Krankenstyle posted:i know at least 5 Out of all the books ever written ever?? Those five must be awful.
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Apr 23, 2018 05:18
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The opposite of all those rich scientists in the novels of the era was Griffin, the Invisible Man. He's a super scientist whose one constant problem is lack of money. It's the basis of that entire novel and continuously running out of money is what drives every beat of the story.
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Jun 4, 2018 05:23
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Robot Wendigo posted:Let's only talk about serious things from serious books like Harry Dresden I never read Harry Potter when it first came out in the US because I was 12 and reading much more serious literature like Piers Anthony novels.
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Jun 28, 2018 14:25
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I don't think I've ever felt more shame about reading anything, not Goosebumps, not Animorphs, not Star Wars novels, not a million Harry Turtledove potboilers, not The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis. 10-13 year old boys have bad taste is my only defence.
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Jun 28, 2018 18:04
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Franchescanado posted:"No Piers Anthony" seems a simple solution. This is a good rule. And I'm sorry for bringing him up and starting this because I wanted to make a dumb self deprecating joke about my teenage self being a goober.
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Jun 29, 2018 19:14
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So you're reading horror short stories and listening to horror podcasts.
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Jul 9, 2018 07:21
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When I was a little boy if I was really overwhelmed with curiosity about the ending of a book, I'd allow myself to read the last page and only the last page. If I could glean some spoilers from that, good for me. If not, tough poo poo. It's a good system!
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Nov 1, 2018 20:53
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Reading only the very last page yields, like I said, mixed results. It's different than reading lots of pages or the last chapter or something. It doesn't ruin every mystery!
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Nov 1, 2018 23:10
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Marlovian theory is most romantic theory.
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Nov 19, 2018 04:52
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Foundryside is pretty good so far.
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Dec 31, 2018 05:51
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Has anyone read the Drenai series? Somebody told me I should read it and it sounds awful. Is it awful or good? Can anybody tell me more about it without spoilers?
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Feb 14, 2019 05:07
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pikachode posted:happy valentines day For reading today, I recommend the greatest love story ever written: Norman Mailer's The Executioner's Song.
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Feb 14, 2019 17:29
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Thanks for the responses about the Drenai series.
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Feb 14, 2019 17:30
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I'm reading Breakfast of Champions, and is nobody feeding Kilgore Trout's bird while he's on his adventure?? I'm up to the part where he's with the trucker going through Philadelphia. I remember the scene where he offers to let the bird go out the window and the bird chooses its cage instead but that's it. hosed up to let your bird starve.
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Mar 30, 2019 23:56
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There are some problems with Shogun.
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May 3, 2019 19:27
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I just finished Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds. drat it was nice to read some sci-fi that wasn't a turgid bloated potboiler book 6 of a 9 book series. Century Rain is refreshing in its energy and its weirdness and how it doesn't hold your hand at all. Has anyone else read it?
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Jul 4, 2019 17:54
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My favorite recent Western novel is Days Without End. Anyone else read that one?
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Jul 14, 2019 16:21
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I used to use the service TuneIn for audio books around 3 years ago. I was definitely subscribed to it for at least a year. Today I decided to re-up my subscription, which was $10 for a month. I downloaded the app and couldn't find audiobooks anywhere on it at all! Googled the issue and whoops they pulled all the audiobooks off the service in January of 2018. Now I feel like a sucker and they've got my money. Unless you can't see, just stick to READING your books with the eyes God gave you is I guess the lesson.
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Jul 29, 2019 07:29
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Are you reading that book series with the native American werewolf lady? Those have some ridiculous covers.
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Aug 18, 2019 08:58
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StrixNebulosa posted:Nope, not yet. I'm reading Nalini Singh. I haven't read the Mercy Thompson series, I just know about it because somebody once told me about the premise and I had to decide if I thought that was a real thing or made up and I chose fake and there was money involved and I'm still a little bitter about it. Of course it's real!
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Aug 18, 2019 16:51
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escape artist posted:is there a historical fiction thread? I demand somebody tell me why all the weird sex stuff in Aztec is necessary!
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Nov 8, 2019 10:14
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Thomas Pynchon is definitely pretentious. And he's written a bunch of real big books for added visual effect!
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Dec 1, 2019 07:23
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Sham bam bamina! posted:Have Finnegans Wake on your desk and pushily read it to him. Ask the person to pick any part in Finnegans Wake for you to start reading because it's circular.
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Dec 1, 2019 07:58
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excellent bird guy posted:Right now I'm reading Redwall. It's a series I really liked at 10 years old, the first 'serious' series I ever got in to. I'm impressed with the big vocabulary, it' not dumbed-down or condescending like what I think of as being children's literature. How do you feel about this old epistolary comedy article from humor website Something Awful? https://www.somethingawful.com/news/bargain-book-bin-3/
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Feb 17, 2020 16:09
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TheAardvark posted:I'm pissed, my Kindle just asked if I wanted to turn on word learning mode for kids because I clicked on the word "nacreous" Thanks you just reminded me of the lyrics of To Anacreon in Heaven.
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Feb 19, 2020 04:12
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