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NubianGoddess
Cream Queen
the works of Tom Sharpe and Terry Pratchett if you love to laugh out loud. I'm now trying to get through Anne Rice's The Vampire Armand. dont know what's wrong but I dont like this one... read almost everything by her but this one... pffffffffffffff
Kir-ir-Bannog
...no ordinary rabbit
Congratulations, i aint play this. You have just exposed yourself for the philistine / ignoramous that you are.
These i read in the last 5 years and are superb (dunno about life changing but definitely superb):
His Dark Materials trilogy - Phillip Pulman
In The Country of Last Things - Paul Auster
Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood
The Ned Kelly Gang - Peter Carey
Brother Number one (Biography on Pol Pot) - David P Chandler
The Count Of Montechristo - Alexander Dumas
These i read in the last 5 years and are superb (dunno about life changing but definitely superb):
His Dark Materials trilogy - Phillip Pulman
In The Country of Last Things - Paul Auster
Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood
The Ned Kelly Gang - Peter Carey
Brother Number one (Biography on Pol Pot) - David P Chandler
The Count Of Montechristo - Alexander Dumas
It is really bad. I typically lke her stuff, and I'm no homophobe, but the man/boy love things in it kind of put me off. Also, really slow. She was way off her game in that one.
I've begun Only Revolutions and it's mostly annoying. I'm hoping to like it, but I'm starting to wish MZD would just write something with a more standard narrative. I thought HOL had a decent story (btw, it isn't just on 2 levels, it's more like 3, possibly 4: Truant, Zampano, and the documentarian whose name I forget, and the mother (though maybe that's just Johhny). While that was fun, the tricks used in OR just seem like that: tricks. I'm hoping there's a redeeming story somewhere. As for the Fifty Year Sword, I feel lucky to have copy since they're pretty seriously limited, but just flipping through it seems like I might not like it any better. Too bad, since HOL is such a cool book.
Mr Samsara
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I was wondering when you were gonna chime in... Quick! Someone think up something clever. This is actually an intelligent thread...
Kir-ir-Bannog
...no ordinary rabbit
i think its a shame this part of the forum has to be completely about music.
its so limiting
Wow, I hated that book. I really tried to finish it, but it was such a struggle that I gave up. It starts great, but then in the middle it is just so boring and frustrating...
Kenneth R.
Cináed
Great works of writing have always been hudge inspiration to music, lyrics and concepts for albums.
Such a great classic adventure story about revenge. Such a great author also!
And I forgot to add to my list the works of Jules Verse such as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Captain Nemo is one of the greatest characters in literary history.
Disgustipated
Cynical.
On the topic of bios, I enjoyed Anthony Kiedis'.
The Belgariad Series - David Eddings.
The Crimson Petal and the White - Michel Faber.
The Belgariad Series - David Eddings.
The Crimson Petal and the White - Michel Faber.
hezagenius
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You're the 2nd person that's recommended that book to me in the last few days. Some of the reviews make it sound like the second coming of Christ! I think I am going to read No Country for Old Men first since I already bought it, but I'll check out Blood Meridian after that.
Don Corleone
Emre
salvador dali - the diary of a genius =)
jean-jacques roussau - confessions
two essential autobiographies
jean-jacques roussau - confessions
two essential autobiographies
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