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Mortlake
Devils Rejects 666
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Posted - 2016.06.20 12:47:27 -
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American Gods (again) - Neil Gaiman
Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. Truth be told, I've been pretty unlucky.
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Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
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Posted - 2016.06.20 14:49:46 -
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Starship Troopers ~ Robert A. Heinlein In the Mouth of the Whale ~ Paul J. McAuley
There's always a random Pratchett on the go too, reading Mort for the umpteenth time and still finding new stuff to laugh at.
Civilized behaviour is knowing that violence is barbaric, but paying other people to do it is business.
Nil mortifi sine lucre.
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Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
12424
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Posted - 2016.06.20 17:03:51 -
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'Mein Kampf', for ironic value.
Perfection is a dish best served like wasabi .
Bumble's Space Log
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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
4520
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Posted - 2016.06.20 23:56:56 -
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LordOdysseus wrote:Khergit Deserters wrote:Just finished Philip K. ****, The Man in the High Castle. Strange book. Not really sci-fi, more like a psychological novel that happens to be in an alternative future setting. Do you recommend it to casual readers? Hmm. Not really, no. There's not that much of a story, really. It's various characters doing various things and having various thoughts. If you know World War II history, the ideas about what happened with non-defeated Japan and Germany are interesting. But it's just worked into the characters' subplots along the way. Like big news stories that might or might not matter to them. I've read a fair amount of Mr. [Censored]'s works, but I had to resort to internet opinions to help get a handle on the bizarre ending of the book.
Amazing that this tripped-out, film noir gritty thing was published in 1962.
But, on the other hand, it is the novice usually who gets the famous ace by doing at some moment the unexpected thing.
-Eddie Rickenbacker
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LordOdysseus
Skyfang Inc.
7889
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Posted - 2016.07.20 21:02:35 -
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"Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever" by Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman
It gives sound advice about living forever biologically.
If fire doesn't solve your problem,you're not using enough.
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Jake Hicks
Art Of Explosions 404 Hole Not Found
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Posted - 2016.07.25 14:43:54 -
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Khergit Deserters wrote:LordOdysseus wrote:Khergit Deserters wrote:Just finished Philip K. ****, The Man in the High Castle. Strange book. Not really sci-fi, more like a psychological novel that happens to be in an alternative future setting. Do you recommend it to casual readers? Hmm. Not really, no. There's not that much of a story, really. It's various characters doing various things and having various thoughts. If you know World War II history, the ideas about what happened with non-defeated Japan and Germany are interesting. But it's just worked into the characters' subplots along the way. Like big news stories that might or might not matter to them. I've read a fair amount of Mr. [Censored]'s works, but I had to resort to internet opinions to help get a handle on the bizarre ending of the book. Amazing that this tripped-out, film noir gritty thing was published in 1962.
Even more amazing was that he wrote the book that was basis for blade runner in 68.
Read it many years ago and had similar feelings.
A television adaptation series was made in 2015 and received great reviews.
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Jake Hicks
Art Of Explosions 404 Hole Not Found
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Posted - 2016.07.25 14:55:01 -
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Jonah Gravenstein wrote:Starship Troopers ~ Robert A. Heinlein In the Mouth of the Whale ~ Paul J. McAuley
There's always a random Pratchett on the go too, reading Mort for the umpteenth time and still finding new stuff to laugh at.
Always amazes me that Starship trooper was published in 59. The combat suites they use are way more advanced (and in some way more realistic) compared to the ones used in the movies. |
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2016.07.27 01:13:35 -
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Jake Hicks wrote:Jonah Gravenstein wrote:Starship Troopers ~ Robert A. Heinlein In the Mouth of the Whale ~ Paul J. McAuley
There's always a random Pratchett on the go too, reading Mort for the umpteenth time and still finding new stuff to laugh at. Always amazes me that Starship trooper was published in 59. The combat suites they use are way more advanced (and in some way more realistic) compared to the ones used in the movies. Yeah, Heinlein was one of those old science fiction guys. Where thinking about real world laws of physics, astronomy and other hard science disciplines were what shaped the story. That kind of went out of style along the way, I guess. But Andy Weir's The Martian from 2014 is equally "hard", science-based sci-fi. So hard and nerdy that I couldn't finish it. Good book, I'm just lazy and not that much of a science nerd.
Start the bubble machine!
-Lawrence Welk
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Vortexo VonBrenner
Raumfahrer Spiff Rakett Piloot Anslutning
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Posted - 2016.07.27 02:44:05 -
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Jonah Gravenstein wrote:Starship Troopers ~ Robert A. Heinlein ... One of the best books ever written, imo. With CGA as it is now, a direct movie adaptation could be made of the book. 3 hours of bliss.
EvE security zones in pictures
EvE quick reference pdf
A wise man sums up EvE
Smoke me a Kipper...
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Kitty Bear
Harbingers of Chaos Inc Break A Wish Foundation
1554
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Posted - 2016.07.28 09:23:17 -
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Katherine Kerr - Deverry Cycle |
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Jean Luc Clermont
Snuff Box Snuffed Out
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Posted - 2016.07.28 10:30:05 -
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erm...
at this very moment, i am reading the Eve-Online forums |
Gneeznow
Ship spinners inc
146
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Posted - 2016.07.29 01:31:58 -
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Just finished Brave New World, now starting World War Z |
LordOdysseus
HC - The Clan Of Max
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Posted - 2016.08.08 19:25:44 -
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Gneeznow wrote:Just finished Brave New World, now starting World War Z
I didn't know World War Z was based on a book.Must be much better than the film.
I've yet to read BNW. I heard its name often but don't know what it is about.
If fire doesn't solve your problem,you're not using enough.
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Jacques d'Orleans
Die KInder von Midgar
2804
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Posted - 2016.08.09 10:00:01 -
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Right now i'm reading:
Shattered Sword - The untold story of the Battle of Midway by Jonathan Parshall.
The beginning of the End
Never drink anything that only gets a lukewarm recommendation from an Australian infantryman!
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Royaldo
Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk Amarr branch. The-Culture
127
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Posted - 2016.08.09 15:04:11 -
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Orhan Pamuk - The museum of Innocence
Gert Nyg+Ñrdshaug - Chimera
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Silen Serine
University of Caille Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2016.08.09 16:00:01 -
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Currently muddling through American Gods, though about the 70-page mark it hasn't grabbed me yet.
Need a fantasy author for my September reads, if there are any suggestions. |
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2016.08.09 21:41:46 -
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Wahoo: The Patrols of AmericaGÇÖs Most Famous World War II Submarine by Richard OGÇÖKane It's a great one, really a page-turner.
Start the bubble machine!
-Lawrence Welk
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22000
Wiarbea Industries Krab Republic
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Posted - 2016.08.10 01:45:49 -
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Authority, Book 2 of the Southern Reach Trilogy on ibooks. by Jeff Vandermeer.
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Kairavi Mrithyakara
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Posted - 2016.08.10 03:02:42 -
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Silen Serine wrote:Currently muddling through American Gods, though about the 70-page mark it hasn't grabbed me yet.
Need a fantasy author for my September reads, if there are any suggestions.
I sympathise about American Gods.
Two fantasy author suggestions: Steven Erikson (massive Malazan series), Ursula Le Guin (shorter but intense Earthsea series). |
Gneeznow
Ship spinners inc
146
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Posted - 2016.08.10 03:07:17 -
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LordOdysseus wrote:Gneeznow wrote:Just finished Brave New World, now starting World War Z I didn't know World War Z was based on a book.Must be much better than the film. I've yet to read BNW. I heard its name often but don't know what it is about. "Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress... Huxley's ingenious fantasy of the future sheds a blazing light on the present and is considered to be his most enduring masterpiece." Sounds a lot like Lois Lowry's The Giver. I haven't read that too.
The book and movie are very different, the book is something like 60 short stories in chronological order, there's no 'main plot' as it were but it is outstanding (so is the movie).
I read a bunch of dystopia/utopia books as part of my thesis, BNW was one of them which I had never finished properly after handing my thesis in. It's a fantastic book though, very believable in parts and very unbelievable in other parts. The world of distraction and saturation that Huxley spoke of has largely become real. |
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Jacques d'Orleans
Die KInder von Midgar
2806
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Posted - 2016.08.10 04:21:28 -
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A classic! One of the best books about the Submarine warfare in the PTO during WW2, written by the ace of aces. IMHO, you should also read the following books, if your time allows it:
- The Bravest Man: Richard O'Kane and the Amazing Submarine Adventures of the USS Tang, by William Tuohy
- The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, by James Hornfischer
- Japanese Destroyer Captain: Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway; by Tameichi Hara
- Thunder below, by Eugene B. Fluckey
All of them are real page-turners, at leat IMHO.
The beginning of the End
Never drink anything that only gets a lukewarm recommendation from an Australian infantryman!
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Buck Wrangler
The Conference Non Elite
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Posted - 2016.08.18 18:56:32 -
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The Buried Giant, Kazuo Ishiguro.
First time I have read one of his works. Very good so far (early into it though). |
Taishoku Mayaki
State War Academy Caldari State
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Posted - 2016.08.22 13:38:06 -
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I've read Wolf of the Plain, Lord of the Bow, Bones of the Hill and now on Empire of Silver all by Conn Iggulden in the past two weeks. Making good progress on this series. |
voetius
Quiet Days in Clichy
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Posted - 2016.08.22 20:26:12 -
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Why Marx Was Right Terry Eagleton, Yale, 2011
Maybe a bit controversial but I would rather read things that challenge rather than things I would automatically agree with. |
LordOdysseus
AirHogs Zulu People
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Posted - 2016.09.03 13:49:26 -
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Not a book I'm currently reading but, King Matt the First is a book I've read when I was at a very young age.The book's name was translated as "Child King" and my copy had no author name on it. I recently re-discovered it.
If fire doesn't solve your problem,you're not using enough.
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Jaqen-H'ghar of Braavos
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
105
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Posted - 2016.09.26 01:48:18 -
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A man feels obligated to lie and say A Song of Ice and Fire.
(In truth, this) |
LordOdysseus
AirHogs Zulu People
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Posted - 2016.09.29 20:26:49 -
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Jaqen-H'ghar of Braavos wrote:
Is it related to "The Horus Heresy" series which is on my "to-read" list?
If fire doesn't solve your problem,you're not using enough.
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Ralph King-Griffin
Devils Rejects 666 The Devil's Warrior Alliance
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Posted - 2016.09.29 20:36:41 -
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Bischoff's Latin Palaeaography: Antiquity and the Middle Ages I was legitimately shocked at a) how engrossing I found Reading this and b) how much of it I already knew, in a broad enthusiastic amateur sense, by no means saying this was anything other than thoroughly educational.
Short term results of reading this once without going down the Palaeaographical authenticity rabbit hole have been this.
Definitely a good read if you're interested in Western Calligraphy.
Praposal:Un-F**k Locator Agants
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Lasisha Mishi
Caldari Strike Witches
41
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Posted - 2016.09.29 20:42:19 -
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still reading various fallout equestria novels. gotten through around 12 or so of them. but more keep comin out(in various states of completion. i celebrate when one is finished) |
Vortexo VonBrenner
Raumfahrer Spiff Rakett Piloot Anslutning
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Posted - 2016.09.29 21:10:02 -
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Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
Forwarded that title to an artist type I know who uses a lot of calligraphy. If they don't like it I'll just blame it on this mad hatter guy in an online game I play...if they do like it I will be taking all the credit for it, thanks.
EvE security zones in pictures
EvE quick reference pdf
A wise man sums up EvE
Smoke me a Kipper...
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