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May 16th, 2007, 06:27 PM
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The Trinity of Might
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The Books/Reading Thread
K, pretty self explanatory. Right now, I'm trying to read Tolkien's Silmarillion again because it's boring and I skipped a lot of parts when I first read it. I also just finished Children of Hurin, and that was very good.
What have ya'll be readin?
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May 16th, 2007, 06:29 PM
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Limbonic Architect
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I'm in the middle of reading Treasure of Khan by Clive Cussler, but I may break that since I've recently acquired a copy of Dante's Inferno (which, by the way, is totally copied from Book 6 of Vergil's Aeneid).
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May 16th, 2007, 06:32 PM
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The Trinity of Might
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I had to read Dante's inferno for my hon lit class last year.
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May 16th, 2007, 06:34 PM
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A song of ice and fire George RR Martin
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May 16th, 2007, 06:37 PM
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Life Is Worth Losing
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I'll be beginning The Thing On The Doorstep, a collection of works by Lovecraft, soon.
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May 16th, 2007, 06:45 PM
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PERISH NOW!
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Macbeth. Seriously the best thing I've ever read.
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Just because it's stupid and horrible and a plague upon man doesn't mean it can't be totally fucking awesome.
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The Red Sun Mocks My Sadness
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May 16th, 2007, 08:11 PM
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The Face of Melinda
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Montu Sekhmet
K, pretty self explanatory. Right now, I'm trying to read Tolkien's Silmarillion again because it's boring and I skipped a lot of parts when I first read it. I also just finished Children of Hurin, and that was very good.
What have ya'll be readin?
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I heard Children of Hurin was great.
Currently reading "109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos" by Jennet Conant. Amazing book.
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We arrived here from different spaces
Bidding the wooden shrines farewell
Concealed within dead lips lies the rope
That forged us and then tore us to shreds
Distant opposite assembly at the shores
They're telling me it's time to let go.
I, Susan, swear to uphold my vow to shun Big Gayve and all those who converse with him for the betterment of GMD and humanity.
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May 16th, 2007, 08:16 PM
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Life Is Worth Losing
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Edward Teller was way cooler. And yeah, I've been meaning to pick that Tolkien book up as well.
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May 16th, 2007, 08:41 PM
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My favourite books:
Daughter of the Empire
Servant of the Empire
Mistress of the Empire
A superlative fantasy trilogy by Raymond E Feist and Janny Wurts.
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I don't read anything like as much as I would like to, mainly through business/laziness/the internet. I tend to go for the fantasy genre when I do though.
At the moment I am trudging through Michael Moorcock's Corum: The Prince in the Scarlet Robe, having already read a collection of his Elric stories (incidentally, the character who appears on every Cirith Ungol album cover). However, I have to say that I find these books totally unsatisfying, and I am only continuing to read this Corum thing because there is no alternative on my bedside table.
For me, his books fail in the three most important categories of a great novel: i) characters, ii) plot, iii) writing style. The characters are not delved into much at all, the plots are extremely linear, based on a "quest" like journey from place to place and artefact to artefact, and his writing style just generally strikes me as rushed and uninspiring - probably the reason why he's shitted out over 100 books.
Totally overrated.
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What I've read by Feist however has been fantastic. The Magician trilogy is also excellent (Magician, Silverthorn, A Darkness At Sethanon), and sensible to read before the ..Empire trilogy, but I far prefer the latter works. Can't recommend enough.
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May 16th, 2007, 08:56 PM
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Currently reading through Michael Shermer's "Why Darwin Matters" and Douglas Adams' "The Salmon of Doubt."
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May 16th, 2007, 09:07 PM
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