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Phrixus Zephyr
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Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2007.05.29 01:31:00 -
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Edited by: Phrixus Zephyr on 29/05/2007 01:31:06
Was in the library the other day, quite depressing really, not that I was in the library but how **** the lending section was compared with phenomonally huge refrence section(s) which are full of books id be quite interested in reading.
Anyway I wanted something to read in a non sufficating library atmosphere so I just grabbed a book that looked interesting (yes I judged a book by its cover).
Tom Holt's - You dont have to be evil to work here but it helps.
Which is basicly about a guy who works in a factory in 2005 that makes bits of metal for plumbing. It turns out magic is real and his dad is paying some accountancy like company who it turns out are actually sorcerers, to work out a contract with the Devil to sell his soul for goblin employees to work in his factory so he doesnt have to pay minimum wage so he can undercut the cheap chinese imports. Plus otherÖ
Quite funny, alot of observations about tv, high streets and companies, implying its all witchcraft or they work for the devil etc.
Basicly I was just wondering what everyone else is reading?
While we're at it what books do you recommend EVERYONE read?
If you havn't read Catch-22, you really should. Although i wouldn't know where to begin explaining what it's about other than WW2, very cynical and very very funny.
 Originally by: Benglada
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Tarquin Tarquinius
Gallente
Escorts of Eve
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Posted - 2007.05.29 01:35:00 -
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Edited by: Tarquin Tarquinius on 29/05/2007 01:34:56
I picked up Hugh Laurie's The Gun Seller the other day. Haven't gotten into it enough to know how good it is yet, but is kinda funny.
I'm usually a fan of historical novels. Bernard Conrnwell, Steven Pressfield, Michael Curtis Ford, Simon Scarrow, and Colleen McCullough are my favourites.
I discovered most of these authors after I picked up one of their books based solely on the cover. 
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VinceNoir
Amarr
Pyrrhus Sicarii
Aftermath Alliance
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Posted - 2007.05.29 01:40:00 -
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I'm currently pillaging The Stand for like the 5th time, what a book son. Other than that it's all about George Macdonald Fraser and Thomas Hardy. Oh and if you're looking for a laugh, Alphabet of Manliness & this gem. The website of the that last one is hilarious also.
Originally by: "Shanda Captison"
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lordharold
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Posted - 2007.05.29 01:55:00 -
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Just finished 'Ash' by Mary Gentle, for the second time running. Fantastic.
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Locus Bey
Gallente
Qalandar
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Posted - 2007.05.29 02:42:00 -
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Recommendations:
Murphy, Watt - Samuel Beckett.
The Toth Family - Istvan Orkeny.
Narcissus and Golmund. The Glass Bead Game - Hermann Hesse.
Pretty much anything of Jack Kerouac.
Pretty much anything of Phillip K. ****.
The Wild Asses Skin - Honore de Balzac.
Maldoror - Comte de LautrTamont. (one weird ass book)
Everything by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky.
Faust - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
The Myth of Sisyphus - Albert Camus.
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Neon Genesis
The Landed Gentry
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Posted - 2007.05.29 15:12:00 -
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At the moment, P.G. Wodehouse - The Code of the Woosters.
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Indra Sebuchiore
Sebiestor tribe
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Posted - 2007.05.29 16:27:00 -
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Currently reading Slaughterhouse 5 and loving it, well worth reading, especially if you have ever read and liked Catch 22.
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kartusion
Ventis Secundis
R0ADKILL
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Posted - 2007.05.29 18:21:00 -
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If your into Alternate history then Harry Turtledove is a must.
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SonicCJK
The Collective
Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2007.05.29 18:33:00 -
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MASTERING THE MERGER
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The Pointless
Gallente
Lacks a Point Ltd
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Posted - 2007.05.29 19:10:00 -
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Read any of the DiscWorld books?
Or for something different, maybe Osamu Tezuka's Buddha graphic novels. (Warning, Buddha is manga)
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Posted - 2007.05.29 21:40:00 -
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Edited by: Kazuo Ishiguro on 29/05/2007 21:39:17
Originally by: Indra Sebuchiore
Currently reading Slaughterhouse 5 and loving it, well worth reading, especially if you have ever read and liked Catch 22.
Seconded, although it's a bit more surreal than Catch-22. Some other novels I can recommend, in no particular order:
Don Quixote (if you have the time)
The Grapes of Wrath
East of Eden
Seven Pillars of Wisdom (by T.E. Lawrence, a.k.a. Lawrence of Arabia. Also a bit long.)
A Farewell to Arms
The 'Sword of Honour' trilogy (Evelyn Waugh)
Invisible Man (by Ralph Ellis - not to be confused with The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells)
The Wild Palms
Any of the Sherlock Holmes short stories/novels
The 'His Dark Materials' trilogy (Phillip Pullman)
Kim
Burmese Days
1984
//edit: oh, and 'When we were Orphans' is pretty good, too 
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Lanfear's Bane
kleptomaniacs
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Posted - 2007.05.29 22:00:00 -
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Edited by: Lanfear''s Bane on 29/05/2007 21:59:28
Originally by: Tarquin Tarquinius
I picked up Hugh Laurie's The Gun Seller the other day.
I bought this from Amazon after it came up on recommendation as I had looked at something by Stephen Fry, it's not a bad read at all.
Last few books I read were - Stranger in a Strange Land, The Wasp Factory and The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocolypse.
Lanfear's Bane.
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Phrixus Zephyr
D00M.
Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2007.05.29 23:05:00 -
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Originally by: The Pointless
Read any of the DiscWorld books?
Of course 
Originally by: Benglada
And whos going to tackle for them? Jesus?
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Mtthias Clemi
Gallente
Infinitus Odium
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Posted - 2007.05.29 23:16:00 -
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Just read "Forward the Foundation" for like the 5th time... love that book 
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Plaetean
coracao ardente
Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2007.05.29 23:32:00 -
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Atm reading The Clash of Civilisations by Samuel P Huntingdon, my reccomendation would be The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.
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Miss Anthropy
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2007.05.29 23:59:00 -
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I'm currently reading Earth Abides by George R Stewart (the granddaddy of Post Apocalyptic novels). I'm also reading China Mieville's Perdido Street Station. Huge novel but quite good.
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Caldari
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Posted - 2007.05.31 11:51:00 -
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If you're into WW2 stuff, I recommend the Stephen E. Ambrose books: Citizen Soldiers, D-Day, Band of Brothers, etc...
Discworld is definitely a good laugh at all times, and if you're into sci-fi stuff - try Iain M. Banks' Culture novels, they're amazing. Currently reading Use of Weapons, but I'd recommend Player of Games to get into Iain M. Banks quickly I think.
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Rattus Labbus
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2007.05.31 13:55:00 -
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Originally by: lordharold
Just finished 'Ash' by Mary Gentle, for the second time running. Fantastic.
Heh :) Don't know anyone else who reads her books!
If you liked Ash then give Ilario : The Lion's Eye a go. Superb, and set in the same world, though is totally stand-alone.
And of course Rats & Gargoyles and 1610: A Sundial in a Grave are essential reads.
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ry ry
StateCorp
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Posted - 2007.05.31 14:35:00 -
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Originally by: Lanfear's Bane
The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocolypse.
i randomly picked that up a while ago, and quite enjoyed it despite it not being my usual bag. are his others worth a read? i was going to pick one up tonight.
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ry ry
StateCorp
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Posted - 2007.05.31 14:41:00 -
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i just finished The Difference Engine (William Gibson and Bruce Sterling) which was a good read.
a word of warning though - knowing a little bit about victorian history helps make sense of it all, as the authors have woven many real life people and events into their fiction.
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Posted - 2007.06.13 04:23:00 -
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i have a question i am still in school and they gave us a list of 10 books i have to read 3. the first 2 i chose sucked why must summer reading be so bad?
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Tarquin Tarquinius
Gallente
Escorts of Eve
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Posted - 2007.06.13 04:29:00 -
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I recently picked up John Hodgman's Areas of My Expertise and Bernard Conrwell's The Gallows Theif. I also have Simon Scarrow's The Eagle in the Sand coming in from Amazon.
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Posted - 2007.06.13 04:44:00 -
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orison scot card
robert jordan
JRR tolkin
Tom Clancy
Michal Crighton
Clive Culesser
all fanticy / science fiction
read them they are all great authors
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Camilo Cienfuegos
EP0CH
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Posted - 2007.06.13 05:14:00 -
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Quote:
Basicly I was just wondering what everyone else is reading?
Err... well, truth be told I've just put down "Uncle John's Curiously Compelling Bathroom Reader" 
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While we're at it what books do you recommend EVERYONE read?
Two books, both by an author called Bo Fowler. I can't find them for sale anywhere, but...
"Skepticism Inc."
"The Astrological Diary of God"
They're fiction/humour, and damn good at that. The first is about an atheist starting a metaphysical betting shop, the latter is about a retired kamikaze pilot...
Get your head around that one! 
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Dimitri Chandler
Gallente
Dark Knights of Deneb
Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2007.06.13 05:17:00 -
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Currently reading World War Z by Max Brooks.
Next on the list is The Terror by Dan Simmonds.
Just finished Maze of Death by Philip K. D1ck, and before that I read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley for about the 12th time.
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Miss Anthropy
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2007.06.13 06:35:00 -
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Originally by: Dimitri Chandler
Currently reading World War Z by Max Brooks.
Next on the list is The Terror by Dan Simmonds.
Just finished Maze of Death by Philip K. D1ck, and before that I read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley for about the 12th time.
I couldn't quite get into Brave New World. I had read Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four before trying Brave. Brave seemed a much nicer place to be in as far as future "utopias" go. Much more so than the ever encroaching horror depicted in Orwell's vision; which seems to be edging ever more closer to becoming a reality.
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Ione Hunt
Imperial Shipment
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Posted - 2007.06.13 09:19:00 -
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Finishing the Dune trilogy...great series!
...and every SciFi fan should get Peter F. Hamilton's new book when it comes out in August
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Posted - 2007.06.13 10:55:00 -
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Originally by: Miss Anthropy
I'm currently reading Earth Abides by George R Stewart (the granddaddy of Post Apocalyptic novels). I'm also reading China Mieville's Perdido Street Station. Huge novel but quite good.
I love China Mieville, sadly the stores around here don¦t have any of his books and I want to own a copy of each now.
I also recommend The Gap series
At the moment I¦m reading Seeing, which is a political novel and rather good.
Pink Dread has been hijacked
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Lord MuffloN
Caldari
Chaos Reborn
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Posted - 2007.06.13 11:08:00 -
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Sapir and Murphy - The Destroyer (Remo Williams)
Best seriers EVER!
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Ifni
Applied Eugenics
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Posted - 2007.06.13 11:15:00 -
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Edited by: Ifni on 13/06/2007 11:14:18
Indeed, China Mieville is excellent. I own both Perdido Street Station and The Scar, both vast novels, but great reads. I'm currently going through The Prestige by Christopher Priest, after seeing the movie, and must say, it's quite intruiging finding the differences between the screen play version and the novel.
Also, to the OP, Tom Holt is very funny. I pick up his omnibus editions of his novels, to save on cost. Very funny and light hearted books.
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