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Phrixus Zephyr
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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
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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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Jaerl
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.
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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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scififreak
Minmatar
The Collective
Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2007.06.13 11:30:00 -
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Edited by: scififreak on 13/06/2007 11:31:02
Bone***** - **** Francis. Very good author
Edit: wtf!!!
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Ifni
Applied Eugenics
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Posted - 2007.06.13 12:20:00 -
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Originally by: scififreak
Edited by: scififreak on 13/06/2007 11:31:02
Bonecrack - Dick Francis. Very good author
Edit: wtf!!!
lol profanity dodge.
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VinceNoir
Amarr
Pyrrhus Sicarii
Aftermath Alliance
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Posted - 2007.06.13 12:44:00 -
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Originally by: Ifni
Originally by: scififreak
Edited by: scififreak on 13/06/2007 11:31:02
Bonecrack - Dick Francis. Very good author
Edit: wtf!!!
lol profanity dodge.
Oh shit, Ifni's hacking like a pro.
Originally by: "Shanda Captison"
Vince, you can't even spell ECM m8
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Ifni
Applied Eugenics
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Posted - 2007.06.13 12:46:00 -
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Posted - 2007.06.13 13:23:00 -
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John Steakley's "ARMOR". Great book if you like the man against the universe in a badass powered combat suit kinda thing.
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Shalia Ripper
Caldari
High4Life
Curse Alliance
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Posted - 2007.06.13 15:25:00 -
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Edited by: Shalia Ripper on 13/06/2007 15:25:12
Originally by: scififreak
Edited by: scififreak on 13/06/2007 11:31:02
Bone***** - **** Francis. Very good author
Edit: wtf!!!
I've been a fan of Mr. Francis' work for years. He has gotten better as he aged...unlike Clive Cussler, who was mentioned by someone else. Cussler was OK until the early 90's....that is when he should have dropped Dirk Pitt and came up with a new shtick. Another author that aged badly is Robert Ludlum. LOVE his older stuff, but everything since his stroke sucks. ******? Alive? Leave that for the two-bit hacks, Bob. You have done better.
I just finished rereading Legacy of Heorot for the nth time. Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes. One of the best sci-fi "monster" books written. EVER.
Going back to Mr. Francis, I don't think there is a stinker in the bunch. Granted some of his earlier books had that "wannabe James Bond" feel, but all in all good stuff. I recommend The Edge, Bolt, Proof, The Danger and hell....all of them. I think the first one I ever read was Dead Cert.
P.S. ****** is profanity? Damn!!! Who at CCP has invoked Godwin's Law preemptively?
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The Anointed
Caldari
KR0M
The Red Skull
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Posted - 2007.06.13 18:42:00 -
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Im currently reading;
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
I'm a big fan of Robert Cowley, What If? and More What If? are quite good, especially for shorter commutes.
'Amo, Amas, Amat'. - Harry Mount and 'War reporting for Cowards' - Chris Ayres are also quite good.
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Lord Zoran
Caldari
House of Tempers
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Posted - 2007.06.13 19:06:00 -
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i've never actually finshed a book all the way through without being forced to......
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Tek'a Rain
Gallente
Isis Technologies
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Posted - 2007.06.13 19:30:00 -
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Edited by: Tek''a Rain on 13/06/2007 19:32:53
lesse.. reading right Now?
flipping back and forth between Permanence by Karl Schroeder (space is Big) and Science Fact/Fiction which is a compilation of different stories, all powerful scifi. including gems like The Gun Without A Bang (robert sheckley) and R.U.R., the play which helped create and put in use the term Robot (so i have been told). its actually a Textbook from '74, with intro from ray bradbury. one of my treasures from a 2$ investment in a case of old scifi hardbacks.
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SEFARIS TU ANY YEER EN THE PAST.
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Abavus Durden
Caldari
Pukin' Dogs
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Posted - 2007.06.13 22:40:00 -
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I'm currently reading the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher. This is what the TV series is based on, but much tamed down for a TV audience. They aren't the deepest literature ever written, but they're fast reads (I blew through 1 in a day while stuck at an airport)and highly enjoyable.
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Tarquin Tarquinius
Gallente
Escorts of Eve
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Posted - 2007.06.13 23:50:00 -
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My favourite book of all time, and one I highly recommend to everyone is....
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
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Great Artista
Purple Cloud
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Posted - 2007.06.13 23:58:00 -
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lOL yuo read?+1!!
On a more serious note, could someone recomend a good scifi book? I have only touched some random novels which unfortunately were absolute crap.
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MassonA
Caldari
coracao ardente
Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2007.06.14 07:12:00 -
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if i was going to be a little smartarse, i am reading your post 
but i havent read anything for quite a while, i should probably pick up a book from somewhere
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Posted - 2007.06.14 08:03:00 -
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Edited by: Gojyu on 14/06/2007 08:02:35
My recommendations:
If you're in to sci-fi
The gap series- It's the mood of eve in book form, dark, dark scifi. Loved every second of it, although the authors style can be a bit much if you try reading all the books back to back.
Dune- The classic, chances are if you're into scifi you've read it already, but check it out if you haven't. Don't really recommend reading past god emperor (the rest kinda sucked), and most won't even recommend reading past the first.
Modern- JPod. The adventures of a cubical worker, the plot can't even begin to be described. Extremely funny
Everything else
H.P Lovecraft- at the very least call of cthulhu and the dunwich horror.
Edgar Allan Poe- A lot of his stuff is bad, the rest is extremely good.
1984- A classic, plain and simple
Inferno- By dante alighieri, the first book of quite possibly the greatest literary work ever created. Get the Musa translation if you're going to read it, longfellow and Sayers translations are very dry.
The Prince- Machiavelli's best work
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Lacrimae
Gallente
LFC
FATAL Alliance
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Posted - 2007.06.14 21:58:00 -
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Edited by: Lacrimae on 14/06/2007 21:59:32
Sadly all my books are packed as I am in the middle of moving to a new flat, so the only thing I have is Dan Brown's Angels and Demons I picked up at the airport last weekend, but a few that comes to mind:
Neil Gaiman - Can recommend anything by him, except Stardust really. Neverwhere and American Gods of course being the "classics"; "Smoke and Mirrors" being great for chuckles - especially love his take on Lovecraft's world.
Gaiman and Pratchett - Good Omens. Awesome! Great! Hilarious :D
Ian Irvine - All of The Three Worlds cycle. (Finished The View from The Mirror Quartet and The Well of Echoes Quartet. Decided against starting on The Song of the Tears triology before they're all published, else I would kill myself waiting)
Philip Pullman - His Dark Materials (triology)
For goodnight reading I like my "Mammoth Books of Seriously Comic Fantasy" and "Mammoth Book of New Comic Fantasy"... Means I can read a short story and force myself to go to sleep instead of going "juuuust one more chapter" :)
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Posted - 2007.06.15 02:28:00 -
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Originally by: Great Artista
lOL yuo read?+1!!
On a more serious note, could someone recomend a good scifi book? I have only touched some random novels which unfortunately were absolute crap.
if you want scifi i think you should read Orson Scott Card. read the ender's game books those are good ones.
if you want just fanticy then Robert Jordan, The whell of time. all the books are long, like realy long, but i have read all of them at least 7 times.
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Posted - 2007.06.15 07:25:00 -
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Currently reading ; -
Robert Rankin - Knees up mother earth
Phil Hines - Condensed Chaos (again)
I need to buy more books as I've read everything I have a dozen times
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Darkwingd
Paxton Industries
Paxton Federation
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Posted - 2007.06.15 10:50:00 -
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I just finished re reading the Harry Potter series to get ready for the last book next month, and no I am not 11 years old .
Currently reading The Mote in Gods Eye again.
If I could find my Ringworld books I would start those again.
Basically anything Sci Fi I gobble up, even if its bad >.<
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Rodj Blake
Amarr
PIE Inc.
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Posted - 2007.06.15 12:52:00 -
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Edited by: Rodj Blake on 15/06/2007 12:52:54
I'm currently reading Collapse by Jared Diamond.
Interesting stuff.
Next on my list of books to read are Kingdom Come by JG Ballard and The Steep Approach to Garbadale by Iain Banks.
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Cat Casidy
Death of Virtue
Vigilance Infinitas
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Posted - 2007.06.21 21:51:00 -
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I just started reading the 13 1/2 Lives of Captian Bluebear by Walter Moers, uhm well it starts off with captian bluebear explaining how he wasn't realy born just started out floating on the ocean in a walnut shell and gets rescued by the Minipirates , who rule the sea but no one knows cus they're so small.... and yes hes realy a blue bear, and i judged it by its cover since the whole books illustrated by what looks like the Dr. Seuse artist; and yes the book is thicker than half an inch
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Karai Kamasu
The Collective of Ascended Beings
Freelancer Alliance
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Posted - 2007.06.21 22:12:00 -
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I recommend Tad Williams, Otherworld series. Currently I am reading Nicola Griffith - Slow River.
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Fink Angel
Caldari
The Merry Men
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Posted - 2007.06.22 00:14:00 -
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I like non-fiction books and would definitely recommend the following:
Nam - Mark Baker
Holding The Key - Ted Conover
The Damage Done: Twelve Years Of Hell In A Bangkok Prison - Warren Fellows
Three Can Keep A Secret If Two Are Dead - Yves Lavigne
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Hubbins
The Three Hundred
R0ADKILL
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Posted - 2007.06.22 02:31:00 -
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If you are bored you can always read "Journey to the West"
Just make sure the edition has all 100 chapters 
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Rauth Kivaro
Forum Moderator
Interstellar Services Department
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Posted - 2007.06.22 06:21:00 -
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The Nymphos of Rocky Flats, by Mario Acevedo. Hardboiled mystery novel with a vampire and Iraq war vet as the lead character.
Sounds weird, but it's a great read.
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