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Post by Pombar on Oct 11, 2006 17:32:24 GMT
I agree, that's why I put "perhaps". His writing has become repetitive, frustratingly lovey-dovey, and filled with stiff, awkward and badly pulled off jokes.
The others up there are masters of their art, though - Robert Jordan and Robin Hobb of writing, and Terry Goodkind of Propaganda.
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Post by Turbocharge on Oct 11, 2006 17:35:15 GMT
I'm a big fan of Raymond E Feist and Terry Brooks these days, myself. I've been meaning to give Robert Jordan and Robin Hobb a try at some point as well.
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Post by Pombar on Oct 11, 2006 17:37:31 GMT
Robin Hobb's Assassin trilogy was one of the, if not the greatest achievements in Fantasy of the 90s.
Currently reading: Medea, by Euripides
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Post by homsar on Oct 13, 2006 19:38:07 GMT
Kino No Tabi: Book One Of The Beautiful World. I can only describe it as Gulliver's Travels meets The Motorcycle Diaries. But It's utterly fantastic.
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Post by Arch_one_zero_one on Oct 13, 2006 20:41:54 GMT
The Great War For Civilisation: The Conquest Of The Middle East by Robert Fisk.
He's the Middle East correspondant for The Independant and he came into my university to give a talk today, which was excellent, I might add, so I bought his book and he signed it for me. Not started reading it yet, but if its anything like the talk, its going to be a great read.
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Post by Samface on Oct 14, 2006 13:48:35 GMT
Re-reading Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot. It's better than I remembered, actually! Plus I have now dreamt about vampires for five days in a row.  |
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Post by Smithy on Oct 14, 2006 14:59:12 GMT
Plus I have now dreamt about vampires for five days in a row. Count yourself lucky last night I dreamt I was a female comics blogger, that'll really screw you up... Reading Cerebus High Society by Dave Sim, as it seemed to make some twisted sense to read a book by a the king of all misogynistic [censored] rags right after a book on on the appalling hardships and gang raping of women in China. In my defense it is early Sim before he went completely into the realms of 'female void and Male will' territory... |
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Post by kitai on Oct 20, 2006 8:25:27 GMT
Ouran High School Host Club ~ Volume 1
I finally found the manga! Yatta!!
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Post by Samface on Oct 20, 2006 13:23:17 GMT
I am reading Jane Eyre and unexpectedly loving it!
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Post by Pombar on Oct 20, 2006 17:16:50 GMT
I am reading Jane Eyre and unexpectedly loving it! HATE THAT BOOK [/unconstructive] |
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Post by archangelffx on Oct 23, 2006 0:47:47 GMT
'Japanese For Busy People'
It's a textbook. For Japanese. Cos I'm doing a Japanese course.
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Post by The Tikal who had no Toes on Oct 24, 2006 17:22:41 GMT
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger. Undecided whether I prefer the book or the film.
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Post by unikron on Oct 24, 2006 18:18:54 GMT
Dante's "The Divine Comedy"
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Post by Mobiusman on Oct 26, 2006 7:21:39 GMT
Jango. It's nothing to do with Mr. Fett, honest.
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Post by Samface on Oct 26, 2006 17:56:03 GMT
I got Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life in the post yesterday. It was a happy day.  |
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Post by Mayday on Oct 26, 2006 17:57:59 GMT
"Does Anything eat wasps?" and its sequal "Why don't Penguin's feet freeze?"
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Post by Ryan James on Oct 28, 2006 15:58:48 GMT
Nightwing: Mobbed Up. It's interesting to say the least.
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Post by unikron on Oct 31, 2006 12:29:40 GMT
"Twilight Of The Idols" & "The Anti Christ" by Nietzsche.
A fascinating tome regarding his views on "morality" and religion.
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Post by Samface on Oct 31, 2006 14:21:36 GMT
Finished Jane Eyre (very good, but the whole bit with St. John seemed tacked on), and am now reading Haruki Murakami's Norweigan Wood (absolutely excellent thus far).
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Post by The Tikal who had no Toes on Nov 1, 2006 18:42:58 GMT
I've recently been reading various essays on Richard Wagner. Not for fun, but because I have to do an essay on him.
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Post by Turbocharge on Nov 1, 2006 18:56:32 GMT
The CG Tutorial by Randima Fernando and Mark Kilgard
Yeah, it's a computer graphics textbook. Big whoop, wanna fight about it?
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Post by Pitt on Nov 3, 2006 11:09:07 GMT
I've almost completed The Eye of the World and am preparing to move on to The Great Hunt and then The Dragon Reborn.
However I may take some time out from the Wheel of Time series to concentrate on The Curse of Salamander Street by G.P Taylor. I believe that it serves as the sequel to his Shadowmancer, his first book.
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Post by Pombar on Nov 3, 2006 12:16:38 GMT
Only move off WoT when you finish Knife of Dreams!  |
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Post by Pitt on Nov 3, 2006 12:55:08 GMT
I said that I may read a book from a different series, but I am not certain as of yet.
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Post by Pombar on Nov 3, 2006 14:21:23 GMT
Though I'd love to say "DON'T DO IT!", I have yet to actually read the 11th one yet. Got so many other books to read as well...  |
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