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Oct 5, 2018 7:44:13 GMT -7
Post by ferd on Oct 5, 2018 7:44:13 GMT -7
Nice. I have a couple other Pynchon books to read...but all the reading I've been doing lately has been comic books.
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Oct 5, 2018 8:04:38 GMT -7
Post by EddieBlake on Oct 5, 2018 8:04:38 GMT -7
Started Lisey's Story by Stephen King the other day.
It reads like a long apology to his wife for being a drunk/coked up mess for a lot of their time together.
The book is all about the wife of a famous author dealing with his "untimely" death.
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Post by lordkundalini on Oct 19, 2018 6:22:47 GMT -7
decided on some Sci-Fi. went with Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke. must be a big book.. been reading alot and only 6% done. so far im liking it. im excited to get back to it on the train
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Post by EddieBlake on Oct 19, 2018 8:22:49 GMT -7
I love Sci-Fi from that time.
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Oct 24, 2018 11:35:24 GMT -7
Post by lordkundalini on Oct 24, 2018 11:35:24 GMT -7
Finished the first Rama book.. it was good enough.. not a very exciting ending but all in all enjoyable enough.. started the second book in series.
ive also been reading the Dan Brown book Lost Symbol.. i like the DaVinci code alot more but this one is alright... i like the Robert Langdon character
go to put those on hold as book 4 in the Kings dark tidings series is out.. that is one of my fav fantasy series ever and the main character may be my fav fantasy character.. he is in the top 3 with Drizzt Do'Urden,, and Conan for sure.
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Post by Zeewada on Oct 25, 2018 8:03:04 GMT -7
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_QuinnAll the political talk had me thinking of one of the most influential books Ive read, Ishmael. Im sad to see Daniel Quinn passed away earlier this year.
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Post by lordkundalini on Oct 25, 2018 8:18:35 GMT -7
love that book!!!! and the follow up as well.. was not aware he passed
most unfortunate
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Oct 25, 2018 8:20:14 GMT -7
Post by lordkundalini on Oct 25, 2018 8:20:14 GMT -7
well i decided to start the whole Kings dark tidings series by Kal Kade over. blasted thru 16% of book 1 on the train yesterday..
man i love these books! started book 4 but thought, lets just read the whole thing
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Oct 25, 2018 8:28:28 GMT -7
Post by lordkundalini on Oct 25, 2018 8:28:28 GMT -7
hmmmm,, im not sure if i ever read Beyond Civilization,
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Oct 25, 2018 8:31:12 GMT -7
Post by Zeewada on Oct 25, 2018 8:31:12 GMT -7
I think Ive only read Ishmael. The story of B does sound familiar though.
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Post by saulgoodman on Oct 26, 2018 7:31:43 GMT -7
So, I finished all the books I had been reading at the same time. Well, all except Finnegans Wake and IV, and as I said before, even though I only have a chapter remaining of FW, I intend to take the last one really show. And, IV is the Klosterman essay book that I am just picking up periodically anyway. But, I finished MASH, Motherless Brooklyn, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, the Brautigan, the Most Dangerous Book and any others I've mentioned of late.
So, after that, last week while we were on vacation, I re-read the Odyssey (the prose adaption--i think it's pointless to read Homer in verse translation since it is mostly read for its narrative rather than its poetic purposes anyway).
So, now, I am rereading Joyce's Ulysses, and that should occupy me through the rest of the year.
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Nov 5, 2018 8:14:49 GMT -7
Post by lordkundalini on Nov 5, 2018 8:14:49 GMT -7
well blasted thru the first 2 books of the Kings dark tidings series by Kal Kade over.
perhaps even more enjoyable the second time around.
if you like fantasy, check out this series for sure.. my fav fantasy character by far those first 2 books are awesome.. lots of action and lots of funny stuff.
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Nov 6, 2018 13:08:54 GMT -7
Post by lordkundalini on Nov 6, 2018 13:08:54 GMT -7
dam i love that series. i want to reread books 1 and 2 again
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Nov 16, 2018 8:11:15 GMT -7
Post by lordkundalini on Nov 16, 2018 8:11:15 GMT -7
Finished book 4 of the Kings Dark Tidings series. did not disappoint.
by far my favorite fantasy series. if you like Fantasy i really recommend this series.
now i have to wait. boo. ended on couple of cliffhangers.
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Nov 20, 2018 18:54:23 GMT -7
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2018 18:54:23 GMT -7
I just finished Native Tongue by Carl Hiassen. It was my first time reading him and it was pretty enjoyable. Will probably read a few more by him and pick up one of his kids books to read with my daughter. I'm now a couple chapters into blink my Malcom Gladwell and it's pretty fascinating if you like psychology.
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Nov 27, 2018 7:31:30 GMT -7
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Post by EddieBlake on Nov 27, 2018 7:31:30 GMT -7
Not a Gladwell fan. He goes off half cocked a way too much lately
Im thinking of picking up the Hannibal Lector series of books. The movies/TV shows are pretty damn good.
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Post by ferd on Nov 27, 2018 7:58:26 GMT -7
Thomas Harris is good at writing suspense. Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal were all really good books. I may have liked Hannibal the best because I really loved how Harris described Lector's mind and how it works.
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Nov 27, 2018 8:08:26 GMT -7
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2018 8:08:26 GMT -7
Not a Gladwell fan. He goes off half cocked a way too much lately How so? |
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Nov 27, 2018 8:17:50 GMT -7
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Post by EddieBlake on Nov 27, 2018 8:17:50 GMT -7
He recently wrote an article excusing my ex's school of not having a diverse student body because they spend too much on the dining hall.
He was pretty off base and hadn't even talked to anyone at the school(Bowdoin). They had a lot of kids from all over the country going there on full rides.
He also had a bonkers appearance on Bill Simmons podcast.
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Nov 27, 2018 8:19:31 GMT -7
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Post by EddieBlake on Nov 27, 2018 8:19:31 GMT -7
Thomas Harris is good at writing suspense. Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal were all really good books. I may have liked Hannibal the best because I really loved how Harris described Lector's mind and how it works. Have you watched the show? Bryan Fuller was super about keeping as close to the source material as possible. It's damn suspenseful and grizzly as hell for a network TV show. Damn shame that NBC cancelled it like idiots. |
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