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Google's cache of Books Read in 2004 (Keep it Updated)
October 10, 2004, 03:40:59 PM »
In case anyone wants it reassembled. Sorry for the long posts. I'm pulling a cached page at a time. If this violates any rules about post size I'll happily yank it.
I'm also trying to clean the formatting as I go.
What I'd suggest: Start a new thread. Find your post from here, cut and paste it to the new thread. Update, as these caches are not current to say the least.
This is page 1.
Godzilla Blitz
Along the lines of the "Games Completed in 2004", this is a "Books Read in 2004" thread. Claim a spot and list up the books you finish in 2004. Be sure to update your list when you finish a new book.
The thread is now open for general discussion, questions, comments on reader lists, impressions on books newly completed, etc.
If you missed the initial listing period and would still like to add a list of books, by all means feel free.
This isn't really a competition to see who reads the most books in a year, but rather as a way to learn a bit more about other GG'ers, as a way to spark discussion about books, and as a resource for GG'ers to find books they might be interested in reading.
It's up to each GG'er to decide on their own what constitutes "reading a book". For me, I have two very little kids, so I probably read a dozen books a day, none of which is longer than 100 words. I won't be counting those. However, I will be counting some easy Japanese novels that I work through occasionally; I feel like I've "read a book" after I finish one of those.
Lastly, I'm very much making all this up as I go along. If anyone has any suggestions on how to improve things, please feel free to post them here or email me.
Happy reading!
My list:
* Shadow of the Hegemon - Orson Scott Card (1/19) (B-)
* Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J. K. Rowling (1/21) (A+)
* Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett (1/24) (B)
* Guilty Pleasures - L.K. Hamilton (2/15) (B)
* D-Day - Stephen Ambrose (3/8) (B+)
* Stars Shine Down - Sidney Sheldon (3/9) (C)
* Angels & Demons - Dan Brown (3/13) (A+)
* Reversible Errors - Scott Turow (3/17) (B)
* The Lost World – Michael Crichton (3/22) (A)
* Seabiscuit – Laura Hillenbrand (3/25) (A+)
* Guide to Rational Living – Albert Ellis & Robert Harper (3/28) (B+)
* Hominids – Robert J. Sawyer (4/1)(A-)
* Futebol: Soccer, The Brazilian Way – Alex Bellos (4/5)(C+)
* Damn, Why Didn't I Write That! – Marc McCutcheon (4/8) (B)
Currently reading:
The Self-Publishers' Guide – David Poynter
On deck:
Shadow Puppets?
[ 04-15-2004, 01:43 PM: Message edited by: Godzilla Blitz ]
Gone Golder
Currently reading:
Wicked: The Life and Time of the Wickerd Witch of the West. Gregory Maguire.
Game of Thrones. George R R Martin
Now Playing.
[PS2] Fatal Frame II
[Xbox]Soul Calibur II,
[GC] Eternal Darkness (again)
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
Kelric Varchilde
Gone Golder
The Heart of Red Sox Nation
Currently Reading:
* The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan.
* Blood & Iron: From Bismarck to Hitler the Von Moltke Family's Impact on German History by Otto Friedrich
Finished Reading:
* The Eye Of The World by Robert Jordan.
* The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan.
* The Dragon Rebortn by Robert Jordan.
* The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll.
* The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
[ 02-11-2004, 12:01 PM: Message edited by: Kelric Varchilde ]
My DVD Collection
GGOOTP, Boston Red Sox.
GG Newbie League, Co-Commissioner, Boston Dockworkers.
Pronounced: Lee-no
Finished the following:
Redliners by David Drake 2/12/04 (3 stars)
Lt. Leary, Commanding by David Drake 2/7/04 (3 stars)
Ring of Fire edited and created by Eric Flint 1/28/04 (3 stars)
Thief of Lies by Barb and J. C. Hendee 1/11/04 (3 stars)
There Will Be Dragons by John Ringo 1/4/04 (3 stars)
Currently reading:
Warhorse by Timothy Zahn
Phule Me Twice by Robert Asprin and Peter Heck
Note: Rating system is out of 4 stars possible.
4 stars - great book, read it now!
3 stars - good book, definitely worth reading
2 stars - okay book, read when bored
1 star - lousy book, don't bother
[ 02-13-2004, 04:32 AM: Message edited by: Lyno ]
Gone Golder
Shadows of God by Greg Keyes
The Briar King by Greg Keyes
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
Currently Reading:
Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson
Jeff Vitous
Gone Golder
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian
HMS Surprise by Patrick O'Brian
The Mauritius Command by Patrick O'Brian
Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brian
Russia Besieged (Time-Life)
German Secret Weapons of the Second World War by Ian Hogg
Gladiatrix by Amy Zoll
[ 04-26-2004, 08:58 PM: Message edited by: Jeff Vitous ]
545 Accident-free miles and counting!
2004 YTD: 600 Long: 47 2003 Total: 1500
Gone Golder
Hail To The King
4-star ratings.
Lost - Gregory Maguire (**)
The Wolves of the Calla - Stephen King (***1/2)
Master & Commander - Patrick O'Brian (****)
The Music of the Spheres - Elizabeth Redfern (***)
The Red Church - Scott Nicholson (**)
Crocodile on the Sandbank - Elizabeth Peters (***)
Devil in the White City - Erik Larson (****)
Sharpe's Tiger - Bernard Cornwell (****)
Band of Brothers - Stephen Ambrose (****)
The Church of Dead Girls - Stephen Dobyns (***)
Gangs of New York - Herbert Asbury (***)
Currently reading:
Icewind Dale Trilogy - R.A. Salvatore
Lord of Chaos - Robert Jordan
Post Captain - Patrick O'Brian
[ 05-11-2004, 01:15 PM: Message edited by: YellowKing ]
I insult Dutch people so that YOU don't have to!
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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (Doctorow) - nice little sci-fi book with some really interesting ideas.
The DaVinci Code (Can't remember - it's in the car.)
Wonder Boys (Chabon)
Don't like the writing of DaVinci, but it's an interesting concept. Love the style of Wonder Boys but I am not romanced by the story. So, I read a little of each each day.
Now Playing:
PC: RS: Athena Sword, UT 2004
X-Box: Nada
Gamecube: Mario Golf
Board: SAN JUAN, Ticket to Ride
Gone Golder
The Gunslinger - Stephen King
The Mystic Rose - Stephen Lawhead
The Drawing of the Three - Stephen King
The Waste Lands - Stephen King
Wizard and Glass - Stephen King
[ 03-19-2004, 02:45 PM: Message edited by: Jolor ]
Gone Golder
The Da Vinci Code (Brown)
Legend (Gemmel)
Currently Reading:
Cryptonomicron (Nealson)
Atlas Shrugged (Rand) [Read many times before]
Keep Australia on your Left (can't remember)
Waiting List:
New Spring (Jordan) [Probably waiting for paperback]
The New Buffetology (Buffet) [Re-read]
It is just an internet forum people. Relax.
GoneGold Madden League Commish
Gone Golder
There is NO Tag
Let Freedom Ring (Hannity)
King of Torts (Grisham)
Currently Reading:
The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy: by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko
Perdido Street Station (Mievlle)
Next on list: The Da Vinci Code (Brown) & Cabinet Curiosities (Preston)
[ 01-13-2004, 08:50 AM: Message edited by: Eco-Logic ]
Now Playing: Prince of Persia: Sands of Time (Xbox), Beyond Good & Evil Xbox), Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo
Anticipating: BC (Xbox), UT2004
Gone Golder
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Poirot Loses a Client by Agatha Christie
Dialogues of the Dead by Reginald Hill
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie
Put on by Cunning by Ruth Rendell
Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
Magician: Apprentice by Raymond Feist
Curtain by Agatha Christie
Magician: Master by Raymond Feist
Silverthorn by Raymond Feist
Meditation in Action by Chogyam Trungpa
A Darkness at Sethanon by Raymond Feist
If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O by Sharyn McCrumb
Bimbos of the Death Sun by Sharyn McCrumb
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by Sharyn McCrumb
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
The Places That Scare You by Pema Chodron
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
Currently Reading:
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
Born in Tibet by Chogyam Trungpa
[ 05-21-2004, 08:58 AM: Message edited by: wanderingoutlaw ]
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The Knight - Gene Wolfe
The King of Foxes - Raymond E. Feist
Prentice Alvin - Orson Scott Card
Alvin Journeyman - Orson Scott Card
Heartfire - Orson Scott Card
The Crystal City - Orson Scott Card
Assassin's Apprentice - Robin Hobb (reread)
Royal Assassin - Robin Hobb (reread)
Assassin's Quest - Robin Hobb (reread)
Currently reading:
Fool's Errand - Robin Hobb
Golden Fool - Robin Hobb
Fool's Fate - Robin Hobb
The Outstretched Shadow - Mercedes Lackey/James Mallory
Lord of Snow and Shadow - Sarah Ash
[ 04-17-2004, 09:33 PM: Message edited by: Juntei ]
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The Seventh Scroll by Wilbur Smith
The Norm It's a serious world, someone has to make fun of it.
X-Box Live Tag: Jancelot
The Lord is my sheperd. I shall not want for nothing. He makes me lie down in the green pastures. He greases up my head with oil. He gives me kung-fu in the face of my enemies. Amen.
-Tom Cullen
Gone Golder
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan
The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan
Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan
The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan
Winter's Heart by Robert Jordan
Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan
The Miocene Arrow by Sean McMullen
Eyes of the Calculor by Sean McMullen
Dreams of the Sea by Élisabeth Vonarburg
Voyage of the Shadowmoon by Sean McMullen
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
1610: A Sundial in a Grave by Mary Gentle
The Briar King by Greg Keyes
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
The Golden Fool by Robin Hobb
[ 04-30-2004, 03:12 PM: Message edited by: T-Dub ]
You're fit but my gosh don't you know it.
Reading List
Gone Golder
Bargain Huntin' Thrilla
1. Coyote Moon(Miller)
Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract
Gunpowder Empire(Turtledove)
Golden Moderator
Ok, I'll play along, though I really don't get a lot of reading time anymore (except after the kids go to bed).
* A Clear and Present Danger - Tom Clancy
* Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlin
* Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Rowling
* Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Rowling
* Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Rowling
* Arrows of the Queen - Mercedes Lackey
* Arrow's Flight - Mercedes Lackey
* Arrow's Fall - Mercedes Lackey
In Progress:
* The Sum of all Fears - Tom Clancy
Well, I just finished Prisoner of Azkaban.
I was pleased - not just with the book, but with the series. I was afraid, after the first two, that the author was going to become too formulaic, but she really stepped into a different line with Prisoner. There was more depth, she actually pulled off the bad guy/good guy switch that she futzed with in the last two, and she added story elements that will tie the series together. It looks like it won't just be seven unrelated adventures with the same characters, but an actual continuing story arc - fantastic!
[ 02-08-2004, 01:46 PM: Message edited by: Blackhawk ]
Reviews Manager, Stratos Group
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Hide your women
The Fat White Vampire Blues Mildly entertaining, not strongly recommended.
About to start:
Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey Into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism. Recommended and lent by a coworker and fellow dope fiend. [Smile]
"I hope a society of 'educated' human beings doesn't end up to be a society of b.s. english majors, that would be irritating." -SuperHiro
Gone Golder
* Game of Thrones - George RR Martin
* Clash of Kings - George RR Martin
* What Went Wrong? : The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East - Bernard Lewis (Slowly)
[ 01-29-2004, 02:52 PM: Message edited by: Gerber ]
2 Samuel 12:21-23 His servants asked him, "Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!"
22 He answered, "While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, 'Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let the child live.' 23 But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me." Homepage
Gone Golder
A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin
Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy (School)
The Time Machine - H.G. Wells (School)
Micellaneous school readings - ARGH!
Sierns of Titan - Vonnegut (school)
Good Omens - Pratchett, Gaiman (eventually)
Great Expectations - Dickens (school)
Gone Gold IRC : #gonegold on FEFnet, Password: brutesquad
"A person that is an idiot or a moron does NOT become President of the United States." -msduncan
Gone Golder
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Endymion by Dan Simmons
Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons
Dune by Frank Hebert
Dune Messiah by Frank Hebert
Children of Dune by Frank Hebert
Currently Reading:
God Emperor of Dune by Frank Hebert
Next in line:
Heretics of Dune by Frank Hebert
[ 05-12-2004, 01:12 PM: Message edited by: pr0ner ]
XBox Live Gamertag: Pr0ner
The Nature Boy
Gone Golder
Owner of a Bleeding Heart
Sadly, I find that I have real trouble reading more than one book at a time these days, so my reading is pretty slow now...
Top 10 books 1 & 2 (graphic novels) very highly recommended.
Return of the King, JRR Tolkien
American Gods by Neil Gamian
On Tap:
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Big Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth by Joe Conason
Agatha Christie Reader in German & English
"I am angry that so many of the sons of the powerful and well-placed... managed to wangle slots in Reserve and National Guard units...Of the many tragedies of Vietnam, this raw class discrimination strikes me as the most damaging to the ideal that all Americans are created equal and owe equal allegiance to their country."
-Colin Powell in his autobiography
Proud owner of the GGOOTP Rockies
Gone Golder
Suicidal Sectoid
Finished: 100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to Present
Working on: World War One by John Keegan
Up Next: Paris, 1919 by Margaret MacMillan
An Army At Dawn by Rick Atkinson
[ 01-26-2004, 03:47 PM: Message edited by: CSL ]
Long Live Napoleon!
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Google's cache of Books Read in 2004 (Keep it Updated)
Reply #1 on:
October 10, 2004, 03:48:27 PM »
This is page 3. Looking for page 2.
quote:Originally posted by Jeff Vitous:
quote:Originally posted by Gebeker:
I'm currently reading "Broca's Brain", by Carl Sagan. It's an oldie, but it's well worth the read if you have any interest in popular science books. That is one of my all-time faves. If you haven't already, also check out "Dragons of Eden" and "Demon Haunted World."
If you ask me what book made the biggest impression on me, "Demon Haunted World" might be it. I would highly recommend that one to anyone. "Dragons of Eden" is next on my list of books to read.
[ 02-07-2004, 07:45 AM: Message edited by: Gebeker ]
If we start talking about cosmology and somebody pipes in to opine that the Great Argleblaster sneezed out the universe 4000 years ago, does that make all of science a religious topic? -- Ironrod1
Gone Golder
I seem to have the slight problem of acquiring books faster than I read them [Frown]
Godzilla Blitz
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Icon 1 posted Profile for Godzilla Blitz Email Godzilla Blitz Edit/Delete Post Reply With Quote IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator quote:Originally posted by Lyno:
On another note... this thread doesn't get moved to the top of the forums if we only edit our post, making it tough to figure out when someone updates their list. Perhaps we should add a new post with a short blurb of the book we just finished everytime we update our book list?I think this is a great idea for those who are so inclined. I'll probably add some ratings to my list and maybe write a short blurb about worthwhile books when I finish them, but if people would like to write impressions about every book they finish, that's wonderful as well. If the thread hits too many pages, we can start a new one and move our lists over.
Magic Boy: Do the Pratchett books get better as the series progresses? I was told that they do. I've read the first three books and keep feeling like something is lacking. Not sure what it is, but I'm debating whether to buy "Mort", the fourth book, or just give up.
I'd also add my recommendation to Sagan's Demon Haunted World. Insightful book.
Gone Golder
The Sword of Shannara(Brooks) [third or forth time] - I have a thing where I collect several books by the same author and once I get enough new books by them I work my way through all of their work starting at the begining each time.
The Elfstones of Shannara(Brooks) - This is taking forever, I think I have finally burned myself out on Fantasy.
Dungeons and Dreamers - The Rise of Computer Game Culture From Geek to Chic (King & Borland) - Reading books like this and Kent's The Ultimate History of Video Games is like taking a ride down memory lane. Both books mentioned were very good trips.
Angels & Demons (Brown) - I think it was triggercut who tried this and didn't like it. I put it off for a long time but finally read it. I loved it, finished it in just 3 days reading on breaks and lunch at work. I even sat in my car after work to finish one section and ended up finishing the rest at 5 AM once I got home. Looking forwared to the Da Vinci Code now.
The Sandman - Preludes & Nocturnes(Gaiman) - So far this really isn't my cup of tea. I liked American Gods and wanted to see what the whole graphic novel thing was about so I chose Gaimans Sandman series. I doubt I will go any farther into the series after reading the first collection.
On Tap:
The rest of the Shannara books and Brook's third Knight of the Word book once I find it.
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin books numbers 13-20
Still Life With Crows (Preston & Child)
Darwins Radio (Bear)
[ 03-14-2004, 02:37 AM: Message edited by: sjsharks ]
Rich in KCK
Gone Golder
Only question about adding posts, what happens when this eventually reaches page 10 and gets locked? Would we have to start over with a new thread?
Gone Golder
Guns, Germs and Steel-very interesting but a bit dry
In a Sunburnt Country-Very entertaining book about Australia
A Short History of Nearly Everything-Fascinating and funny history of...well...everything and the processes by which we came to understand it.
Game of Thrones (4th time)-book one of the official gonegold fantasy series
From a Buick 8-mediocre Stephen King book that doesn't really get interesting until the end.
Mount Dragon-Bio terror novel; ok, but not one of D Preston and L Child's better efforts
The Laughing Corpse
Lunatic Cafe
Guilty Pleasures
Circus of the Damned-The first four books of the Anita Blake vampire hunter series. Cheesy B novels that are almost impossible to put down. Highly entertaining but have a few too many descriptions of men's nipples.
The next 6 of the series-drawing a blank on the titles at the moment
A Clash of Kings (2nd time)-Book 2 of the official gonegold fantasy series
Blackbox-A gimmick book that has about 800 chapeters in about 200 pages. The gimmick wears thin fast and I barely remember what this one was about. Airplanes, mainly.
A Storm of Swords (2nd time)
Guardian of the Horizon (Amelia Peabody Mystery)
Golden Fool-book 2 of the Tawny Man series
Kingdom Come-Graphic Novel
[ 04-08-2004, 03:25 PM: Message edited by: Gryndyl ]
Life may be a sinking ship but that doesn't mean we can't sing in the lifeboats.
Godzilla Blitz
Gone Golder
quote:Originally posted by derek_hutch:
Only question about adding posts, what happens when this eventually reaches page 10 and gets locked? Would we have to start over with a new thread? At the time I opened the thread up for discussion, I was unaware that threads longer than ten pages get locked (I'm still kind of new here). However, threads just fly off the general discussion page, so I didn't think this thread would live unless people could add posts to bump it up.
We'll have to start a new thread when this one gets locked. We'll give people a week or so to copy/paste their lists from this thread. I'm guessing it shouldn't be a problem if we move three of four times during the year, and moving every once in a while will help clear out the inactive posters. We can link all the threads for those that want to read through the whole thing.
Gone Golder
The Man in the High Castle
Nightside of the Long Sun
Currently reading: Lake of the Long Sun
[ 02-25-2004, 08:47 PM: Message edited by: Kaigen ]
Force Monkeys
Stratos Group
Planet Deus Ex
Gone Golder
A Storm of Swords - George R. R. Martin - **** 1/2
How to Brew - John Palmer - *** - Good reference book to have around, but the info isn't anything you can't get on the internet.
The Sudbury Valley Experience - *** - This book has essays describing The Sudbury Valley School. Like the previous book, much of it can be found on the internet, but it's nice to carry around. It does offer a good analysis of the philisophical issues facing the current education system.
[ 02-16-2004, 07:53 PM: Message edited by: NoxiousDog ]
GGOOTP Cincinnati Reds '05, '06 Central Division Champions
HCL Katy Firebirds
John Walker - The human capacity to ignore inconvenient facts and avoid unpleasantness is immense.
Gone Golder
So far I must admit that I have thoroughly enjoyed the Tales of Alvin Maker series by Orson Scott Card.
Pronounced: Lee-no
Redliners by David Drake is a novel about soldiers suffering combat fatigue. The powers that be decide that the best way to cure them is to have them safeguard colonists on a planet with hostile flora and fauna. The action is non-stop with great characters. There isn't much of a plot, but that's like going to watch an action movie and expecting a drama.
Final score: 3 stars - fast moving action and great characters make for entertaining reading.
Gone Golder
Cryptonomicon - **** stars
Quite an entertaining and interesting read. Stephenson has accomplished quite a lot in this book, which was surprisingly good.
Stephenson has an extremely odd writing style. Somehow he manages to both harm his storytelling and help it, all at the same time. His use of present tense is disorienting, particularly when he jumps back and forth in time eras with little or no demarcation to warn the reader this has taken place. This, plus the surprising topic of WWII Cryptography combined with modern day data havens, makes for a slow-starting book that is hard to get into.
And yet even when I got into it, I found myself frequently putting it down. It certainly was NOT one of those "Must read the entire thing in one night" novels. Indeed I never once even had the inclination to do so. But every time I put it down, I'd pick it back up again. It took me a month to soldier through, but somehow by the end of the book I didn't feel particularly as though I was soldiering anymore. Somewhere along the way it turned into a pleasant read.
GoneGold Madden League Commish
Grievous Angel
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Finally finished Fellowship of the Ring. I may get killed for this, but I gotta tell ya, I ended up liking the movie better. Tolkien created an absolutely amazing living world, but the book has some pacing issues for me. This is a march to destroy the most dangerous item in creation, not a stroll through Middle Earth. And I'm not thrilled with Sarumon only making an appearance via a re-told dialogue. It's hard to believe him as a dangerous foe when he doesn't even show up. Maybe if I had read the book before seeing the movie, I would feel differently. Still, a good read, and I'm happy to plunge into the Two Towers.
Now Listening To: Great Big Sea, "Rant and Roar"
Owner, Port Royal Cutthroats (GGNL)
Godzilla Blitz
Gone Golder
quote:Originally posted by Grievous Angel:
Finally finished Fellowship of the Ring. I may get killed for this, but I gotta tell ya, I ended up liking the movie better. Tolkien created an absolutely amazing living world, but the book has some pacing issues for me. This is a march to destroy the most dangerous item in creation, not a stroll through Middle Earth. And I'm not thrilled with Sarumon only making an appearance via a re-told dialogue. It's hard to believe him as a dangerous foe when he doesn't even show up. Maybe if I had read the book before seeing the movie, I would feel differently. Still, a good read, and I'm happy to plunge into the Two Towers. I'm with you. Actually, I've never finished the book, despite making it a couple hundred pages or so into the thing on three separate attmepts. I always get stuck in that damn forest. It seems like it goes on forever, and there's all those damn poems. Ugh. At some point I'll go back to it and try again, but I just haven't had it click yet.
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An Oblique Approach - David Drake - SF - Aliens invade ancient earth yet again [Wink] This is actually part one of a series (didn't realized it at the time), and things are set up for a great epic adventure I think. Heh DD just loves great commanders with companion crystals/rings/helmets giving advice [Wink]
The Starfarers - Poul Anderson - SF - Was a really great read and interesting stuff. Covers an epic level span of time, has some great ideas in it. All in all a great hard SciFi read. (well at least I think it's hard SF!)
The Shores of Tommorrow - Roger MacBride Allen - SF - (part 3 of the Ocean of Years) - awesome trilogy with a great ending. Some really great ideas in there as well. Great stuff!
Gone Golder
bumping since editing doesn't move this to the top of the heap.
This sig is closed. Please proceed to the next sig. Thank you.
Grievous Angel
Gone Golder
Paulbot, you suck. I concede.
Now Listening To: Great Big Sea, "Rant and Roar"
Owner, Port Royal Cutthroats (GGNL)
Gone Golder
quote:Paulbot, you suck. I concede.I wasn't trying to beat you, I was hoping to spur you on! [Big Grin]
Yeah, right.... [Big Grin]
I've really enjoyed reading the Trilogy, and hate putting it down, so I've been reading it a lot. I will be hard to beat. [Big Grin]
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I polished off Crossroads of Twilight last night so I'm up to speed on the Wheel of Time after not touching the series for four or five years. I know it's hip to bitch about how nothing happens in the latter books of the series but I didn't really find that to be true. Sure, Jordan isn't quite working at the level of Steven Erikson or George R.R. Martin but who is?
Next up: The Miocene Arrow by Sean McMullen.
"I think the whole, y'know, if you dig into the philosophy of the song I think the guy really wants a ride."
-Ryan Adams, RE: Mix Tapes
Gone Golder
"The DaVinci Code" by Dan Brown
By Patrick O'Brian:
..."Master and Commander"
..."Post Captain"
..."H.M.S. Surprise"
..."The Mauritius Command"
..."Desolation Island"
..."The Fortune of War"
..."The Surgeon's Mate"
..."The Ionian Mission"
..."Treason's Harbor"
..."The Far Side of the World"
..."The Reverse of the Medal"
..."The Letter of Marque"
"The Man Who Was Thursday" by G.K. Chesterton
Currently reading:
Patrick O'Brian's "The Thirteen Gun Salute"
In queue (love that word - look at all those vowels together!):
book 14 in the Aubrey/Maturin series
I'm with Kelric. I can only read one fiction book at a time. And like Gumps, I'm not getting much computer gaming time in.
[ 04-12-2004, 01:31 PM: Message edited by: Bad_Demographic ]
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GRRM: A Rretrospective by George R. R. Martin
Dangerous Visions edited by Harlan Ellison
Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
The Thackeray T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases edited by Jeff VanderMeer and Mark Roberts
The Steampunk Trilogy by Paul Di Filippo
Blood Meridian (Or the Evening Redness in the West) by Cormac McCarthy
The Dark Country by Dennis Etchison
Lies & Ugliness by Brian Hodge
Currently reading:
Ghost Music and Other Tales by Thomas Tessier
On deck:
Album Zutique #1 edited by Jeff VanderMeer
Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje
Ghosts of Yesterday by Jack Cady
Reave the Just and Other Tales by Stephen R. Donaldson
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The Thackeray T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases edited by Jeff VanderMeer and Mark RobertsQuite possibly the coolest book released last year.
koani, you familiar with Fantastic Metropolis? It's one of my favourite sf sites on the 'net. Very la-dee-da.
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Bad Medicine : Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Distance Healing to Vitamin O
The Mists of Avalon
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul
The Salmon of Doubt
The Logic of Failure
The Da Vinci Code
The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms
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This is page 4. Still Looking for Page 2.
Baron Of Hell
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just finished
The wonderful wizard of oz amd Dune
Moving on to
The Last of the Mohicans basicly for the same reason I was reading Oz. It came with my palm.
And I'll also be reading something else but I'm not sure what.
now playing
15. Xenosaga -PS2
18. GTA3: Vice City -PC
19. The Two Towers - GBA
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I have completed G.K. Chesterton's "The Man Who Was Thursday". Has anybody else here read it? I'm still trying to figure it out.
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Just finished Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age. Kind of weird.
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But never trust a fellow with a helmet on his head." Helmethead - Great Big Sea
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Reading: A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide
Stephanie Power won the Pulitzer at age 32 for her chilling book on how America and the World have ignored genocide throughout the 20th century. From the Armenian slaughter in WW1, to the holocaust, Pol Pot's slaugher of 2 million cambodians, Saddam's attempt to exterminate the Kurds, up through the Rwanda massacre, she paints a picture where America's interests always superceded humanitarian need. It is a book that will fill you with outrage, yet she does a masterful job of presenting all sides. You understand why the U.S. officials ignored the genocide, and one of the tragedies is that it's sometimes difficult to say they were wrong. It'd be easy to feel more comfortable if the situation was more black and white. But it isn't, and that is what is worrying for future incidents of genocide.
This book is an absolutely riveting book, and for such a grim subject is often vastly entertaining. Oftentimes it reads like a thriller, although you know the bad guys are going to win. And even in the midst of despair this book is also uplifting, as it shows those few individuals who were truly able to make a difference. The heart of the novel is Raphael Lemkin, the Polish jew who saw the holocaust was going to happen before most of the world did, and tried and failed to get the message out, and through his constant perserverance, was able after the war to get the World community to realize the threat of genocide and to make it against the law. He was also the one who fasihoned the word. His story is moving and uplifting. But there are other heroes in the story as well, but I'll leave it up to you to discover them
This is one of the most important books in the past decade at least, and deserves all the acclaim and adoration it has received. It is a book that can have the power to change policy, and to change hearts. I highly recommend everybody pick this book up
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quote:Originally posted by Baron Of Hell:
just finished
The wonderful wizard of oz amd Dune
Moving on to
The Last of the Mohicans basicly for the same reason I was reading Oz. It came with my palm.
And I'll also be reading something else but I'm not sure what. Baron - if you can find them, the other OZ books are a lot of fun too (dunno if they have them for your palm tho). I think they get even more interesting after the focus shifts from Dorothy's adventures (bk 2 & 3, I think involve dorothy as a primary character, and she comes back briefly in the last book -13 or 14 as I recall)... the OZ books written by other writers weren't as good tho.
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I was looking for a good book to send my teenage daughter so the last two books I read were "The earth, by butt and other big round things." and "Sisterhood of the traveling pants".
It's sad I know. I feel so 13 year old girly that im gonna have to buy a couple hot rod magazines to get my manliness back.
If we shadows have offended, / Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber'd here / While these visions did appear.
And this weak and idle theme, / No more yielding but a dream,
Gentles, do not reprehend: / If you pardon, we will mend.
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I just finished up Dreams of the Sea by Élisabeth Vonarburg. Awesome book. Highly, highly recommended for fans of Ursula K. LeGuin, Gene Wolfe, and other literary sf types!
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And there's not much of page 4. Sigh.
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This is page 2. I didn't realize I could just cut and paste the url, change the page number, and google would bring me right to the cache.
There is no page 5. These pages don't contain edits entered after May.
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* Asylum Patrick McGrath
* The Club Dumas Arturo Perez-Reverte
* House Rules G. C. Scott
* Still Life With Crows by Lincoln Child (Author), Douglas Preston
* The Cabinet of Curiosities by L. Douglas/Child Preston (Author)
* The Holy Road by Michael Blake
* The Codex by Douglas J. Preston
* Hadrians Wall by William Dietrich
* Mount Dragon by Douglas J. Preston (Author), Lincoln Child (Author)
* Relic by Lincoln Child (Author), Douglas J. Preston (Author)
The funny thing with this....the title is not "THE Relic" it's "Relic" but it seems to always be referred to as "THE Relic". Just an observation....
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Marathon Man - William Goldman
Brothers - William Goldman
Magic - William Goldman
I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
The Naked Sun - Isaac Asimov
The Robots of Dawn - Isaac Asimov
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The Jester: James Patterson
Assassin: Lehaye & Jenkins
Da Vinci Code: Dan Brown
Comedy Film: Voytila
Working on:
Odd Thomas: Koontz
Knights Templar: ???
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I'll play too:
Guns of August: Barbra Tuchman
Forge of Mars: Steven Balfour
Earthrise: William C. Deitz
Side Show: Rick Shelley
Darwins Radio: Greg Bear
Currently reading:
Tolkien and the Great War, The Threshold of Middle-earth: John Garth
The Peloponnesian War: Donald Kagan
Lucieffers hammer: Pournelle and Niven
Evil: Inside Human Cruelty and Violence: Roy F. Baumeister
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The Dragon Queen
The Book Of Virtues
Walk On : The Spiritual Journey Of U2
Now Reading:
The Eight Mindful Steps To Happiness
On Deck :
The Tao Of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff
The Te Of Piglet by Benjamin Hoff
The Adventure Of Being Human by Basil Sharp
Charlie Wilsons War
Fighter Combat by Robert Shaw
(I'll fill in the authors later, Gotta go to work [Frown] )
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A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin
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A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin
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Tehanu, by Ursula Le Guin (GREAT BOOK)
Dude, Where's My Country, by Michael Moore (not too good of a book, too liberal for me)
Goodbye Chunky Rice, by Craig Johnson (150 pages of comic genius! It made me cry. [Frown] )
The Fixer, by Joe Sacco (comic about Sarejavo during and after the war. Very interesting read.)
Currently Reading:
Writing Down the Bones, by Natalie Goldburg
The Other Wind, by Ursula Le Guin
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"Destroy Power, Not People." -Crass
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The Chronoliths: Robert Charles Wilson 1-25-04
Dance Band on the Titanic: Jack L. Chalker 2-03-04
Humans: Robert J. Sawyer 2-13-04
A Place So Foreign and Eight More: Cory Doctorow
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The Street Lawyer - John Grisham 3/4
Timeline - Michael Crichton 2/4
LOTR Two Towers - J.R.R. Tolkien 2.5/4
LOTR Return of the King - J.R.R. Tolkien 3/4
Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them) A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right - Al Franken 3/4
The Cat From Outer Space - Ted Key :-) lol, I dunno when I bought this 1978 copyrighted book based on a Disney movie that I never saw. . .
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I, CLAUDIUS - Robert Graves
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX - J.K.Rawlings
UNRELIABLE MEMOIRS - Clive James
CLAUDIUS THE GOD - Robert Graves
HIGH SOCIETY - Ben Elton
ENDER's GAME - Orson Scott Card (I was bored on Sunday)
THE ART OF CRICKET - Sir Donald Bradman
RUN OUT - Graham Halbish
THE LOVE SONG OF J. EDGAR HOOVER - Kinky Friedman
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I don't see how you people can read more than one book at a time. I do the plain old pattern of read one, finish it, read another, finish it, so on and so forth.
Mark, what do you think of A Song Of Ice And Fire so far?
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I'm currently reading "Broca's Brain", by Carl Sagan. It's an oldie, but it's well worth the read if you have any interest in popular science books.
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The Underground History Of American Education by John Taylor Gatto (read the book online at the link)Whoa.
Oh, and currently reading:
A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan.
Next Up? Guess.
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- Baron of Hell
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Just finished:
Dan Brown - the Davinci Code
Ken Follett - The Pillars of the Earth
Dan Brown - Digital Fortress.
Originally posted by godhugh:
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Finished: Timeline - Micheal Crighton
Reading: The Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson.
Btw aussie77, you mean Neal Stephenson, not Nealson [Wink]
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But never trust a fellow with a helmet on his head." Helmethead - Great Big Sea
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quote:Originally posted by Gebeker:
I'm currently reading "Broca's Brain", by Carl Sagan. It's an oldie, but it's well worth the read if you have any interest in popular science books. That is one of my all-time faves. If you haven't already, also check out "Dragons of Eden" and "Demon Haunted World."
I always found it hard to reconcile his "Mr. Rogers"-like TV persona with his writings. He was an excellent scientist -- as much as he wanted to believe that UFOs exist and that aliens are anal probing us daily, he presents the most lucid argument descibing the impossible odds that any such thing ever occured, or likely will occur anytime soon. He also does a great job debunking creationist nonsense; I adopted many of his arguments in to my own debates with the minions of Jeebus.
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Currently Reading:
The Dark Tower: Wizard and Glass - Stephen King
Kushiel's Avatar - Jacqueline Carey
Quicksilver - Neal Stephenson
The Dark Tower: The Wastelands - Stephen King
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - Stephen King
The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three - Stephen King
Bitter Instinct - Robert W. Walker
The Partner - John Grisham
Red Rabbit - Tom Clancy
The Summons - John Grisham
King of Torts - John Grisham
Getting ready to read:
Havana - Stephen Hunter
Then it's bookstore time to see what's next.
Other than the following fantasy series, I'm looking for sci-fi/fantasy series to take on cruise. Any recommendations
Leaning towards picking up as many of the Terry Prtatchett books as I can, but those go so fast I'm looking for something more than just that.
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quote: Other than the following fantasy series, I'm looking for sci-fi/fantasy series to take on cruise. Any recommendations
By cruise do you mean deployment or "a cruise?" If its the former I would recommend ordering all of Steve Erikson's Malazan Books of the Fallen from Amazon UK. He is generally considered to be the equal of George RR Martin on many boards. He isn't published in the US yet (first book comes out here in June) but he has four books available in England and Canada:
1) Gardens of the Moon
2) Deadhouse Gates
3) Memories of Ice
4) House of Chains
Gardens is the shortest at 700 pages. The rest are approx 1000 pages. Should be perfect reading for an underway. The series sets new standards for "epic" and each book does a good job at telling a somewhat standalone story while progressing the series as a whole.
Also, I noticed you don't have Robin Hobb's third series listed (Tawny Man trilogy). You may want to look at picking those up.
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theohall: I'll second kmgrey's Steven Erikson nod. I'd rank him ahead of Martin but that might just be foolish Canadian pride. For sf, you might wanna check out The Golden Age (although I know the China Miéville praise in the review won't draw you in [Wink] ) and The Phoenix Exultant by John C. Wright. Very cool, far, far future sf. Another sf recommendation I like to throw out is Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan. Graphic, ultraviolent sf noir: tastes as good as it sounds!
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Thanks for the suggestions. Yes, it's a deployment following the 6 month of workups during which we'll only see port for around 80 days, then cruise for 6 months.
Added all to the text file of books to acquire, except The Golden Age. Read an excerpt and that's not my kind of thing, just like Mieville wasn't my cup of tea either.
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Theo- just curious, what ship are you on?
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Icon 1 posted Profile for Godzilla Blitz Email Godzilla Blitz Edit/Delete Post Reply With Quote IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator Theohall: If you like "gritty" fantasy series, you might like the Book of Words trilogy by J.V. Jones. Here's a link to the first book in the series:
The Baker's Boy
Generic titles aside, I found the trilogy solid reading.
I also read her book "The Barbed Coil" but found it tedious in many places.
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The Elric Saga: Part III - Michael Moorcock
The High House - James Stoddard
A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
Shogun - James Clavell
Gardens of the Moon - Steven Erikson
Deadhouse Gates - Steven Erikson
Currently reading:
Memories of Ice - Steven Erikson
Up next:
House of Chains - Steven Erikson
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How in the heck did you get the pages beyond the first? I was only able to access page one of multi-page threads.
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Cut and paste the URL of the page you're searching for into the google search bar. Change the page number in the search bar. You'll be brought right to the cache.
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Heh my list has certainly been improved upon since the first page of that. :lol:
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Aha. I was able to do that for a couple of threads. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like the threads I want have been cached past the first page.
Good job on the books list, though!
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This is cool - I definetly want to participate in the 2005 version of this.
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Well, as my post wasn't made until page 6 of that thread, it's not going to be found (until GG comes back up again, of course) so I've gone through my books and recreated it. I think I actually managed to list them all- The fact that almost half of what I read so far this year was by Stephen King made doing this a lot easier...
By Stephen King:
Wolves of the Calla (Dark Tower 5)
Hearts in Atlantis
Bag of Bones
On Writing
Song of Susanna (Dark Tower 6)
From a Buick 8
Everything's Eventual
Regulators (as Richard Bachman)
Black House (with Peter Straub)
The Gunslinger (revised)
Dark Tower Book 7
By others:
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
1984 - George Orwell
I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
Watchmen - Alan Moore
Good Omens - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
The Bad Beginning (SUE1) - Lemony Snicket
The Reptile Room (SUE2) - Lemony Snicket
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon
Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll
The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut
Shopgirl - Steve Martin
Pale Fire - Vladimir Nabokov
Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron - Daniel Clowes
Slapstick - Kurt Vonnegut
Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace (for when I start feeling real ambitious)
Also, Light - M. John Harrison, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke, Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov and Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut are all on my list as possible future reads.
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Odd, I can't find my post, which was on page one. Oh well, so much for that. I think I'd managed to plow through 7-8 books, which is a pretty good year for me.
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100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to Present(***)
Paris, 1919 by Margaret MacMillan(***)
World War One by John Keegan(*****)
An Army At Dawn by Rick Atkinson(*****)
The Count of Monte Cristo by Andre Dumas(*****)
Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy(****)
The Bear and The Dragon by Tom Clancy(***)
No Logo by Naomi Watt(*****)
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond(****)
Marching as To War: Canada's Turbulant Years by Pierre Burton(****)
Krakatoa by Simon Winchester(***)
A Brief History of the Crusades by Geoffory Hindley(***)
The Columbian Exchange by Alfred Crosby(****)
Moby Dick by Hermin Melville
The Greek Achievement: The Foundation of the Western World by Charles Freeman
Need to Finish:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom by Conrad Black
The British Isles by Norman Davis
Coming Up:
Nuremburg by Joseph Persico
The Hapsburg Monarchy by Robin Okey
The Three Muskateers by Andre Dumas
And its only October, school has definetly put a crimp on my reading though.
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Last week while I was in San Francisco for a day, I managed to re-read "Good Omens." It's a hell of a lot funnier now than it was back in the day, mainly because I'm old enough to actually get a lot of the humor. The slams at life in London cracked me up, but I was amazed at home un-funny it gets right around the 3/4 mark once the witchfinders show up.
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Quote from: "Grievous Angel"
Odd, I can't find my post, which was on page one. Oh well, so much for that. I think I'd managed to plow through 7-8 books, which is a pretty good year for me.
That's because I hate you Grievous Angel.
Actually the cache for some reason didn't pick up the text of the last post on each page. The same thing happened to Paulbot on another page.
I could have left your name in but that would have implied you don't read books.
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Tareeq's idea to start a new thread is a good one, so...
New thread started:
Move quickly to claim prime first page real estate.
And thanks, Tareeq, for rescuing as much of the old thread as you could!
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I'm just sending off a check for the deposit on a pup and when discussing the guarantee on the pups the breeder mentioned having the eyes on the pup checked by 13 weeks.
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My father completed his US slam this Spring (March 2011) with a hunt to Texas. He hunted three days for a nice bird. He was able get this 19.5 pound Rio Grande with a 9.5 inch beard late in the morning on his last day. To make the hunt even more memorable, this was the first turkey he has ever gotten with his bow.
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Torso halves are different too. Vastly different mold, actually.
I bought the gray MP version of Starscream from Japan. I wanted realistically colored jets.
I also got the American version of Skywarp (real jets are also black).
I'm not getting Thundercracker. The only blue jets I know of are the Blue Angels, and they're F-18's. Hasbro should make some. Maybe not as the Angels being Decepticons - but just some F-18's as Decepticons.
Anyway, I think the mold my planes are seem very fragile and I transformed them once - Starscream to robot and Skywarp to fighter jet, and then just leave them in those modes so I can look at them and appreciate them in their place on my shelf.
Fearing breaking them, I stick with my motto: "They're Transformers. They're not supposed to be transformed." :P
It would be nice to hear if the new Thundercracker mold is sturdier, even if I don't plan to get any more jets (unless they make a different kind of jet for the MP line - like F-18's).
My name is ChaddyMac, and I'm a PlasticCrack-aholic.
Hey! I found (and actually bought) SW action figures in the Inland Empire! That should trend on Twitter any second now. :rolleyes: TRU has a BOGOHO deal until Labor Day. I found the Ewok pack (only one there) and the E1 JarJar, which may've well been a femine hygeine product. :eek: They couldn't get a scan for it, so the cashier asked for a price check (it happens sometimes). However, her request was heard over the store's PA system, so here's basically what all the customers heard:
"I need an item check. It's a Jar Jar Binks 6" [?!? :confused: ] action figure."
"Doesn't it have a bar code?"
"Yes, but it says no data found."
"Did you try typing in the numbers?"
"Yes, and it still said no data."
"What package is it? There's different kinds."
"It just says Star Wars, and Jar Jar."
"Does it say Phantom Menace? There's different kinds, like Clone Wars, Phantom Menace."
"No, just Star Wars."
[by now, the "expert/manager" has arrived in person, off the radio]
Manager Guy: "Hmm. That one's different."
Me: "Yeah. I hadn't seen too many of these before. I've seen the Phantom Menace ones."
Manager Guy: "These are the ones they give out at Lucasfilm premieres. [speaking to the cashier, and holding a Vintage figure] Just scan this one."
Rest of line [by now, there were about 4 purchasers] of customers' thoughts: "Ugh. Stupid toy collectors..."
BTW, here's my photos: http://www.tfviews.com/news/toysandcollectibles/1573
1) deco, the plastic looks less toyetic and the paint is better thought out on Starscream.
2) the fit & finish is better on SS, especially the undercarriage lines which are sleeker and more rounded on Starscream.
Everything else comes off way better on TC, and that face on SS really is a burden now compared to TC's much more accurate head design.
I've seen your place though, you ARE a plasticaholic. :D
MP Thundercracker is not cracking anytime I come near a TRU it seems...
Sure thing Maradona.
Ok, so Raiders of the Lost Ark in IMAX is opening this Friday and running just 1 week. Let's try to work out who definitely wants to try to come and what works for their schedule. My schedule is fluid. I know Bikerscout wants to go but can only make it next Tuesday, Wednesday, and maybe early Thursday at best.
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It's been 13 years since the premiere of Showtime's 2000-05 soap "Queer as Folk," enough time to have passed that HBO's new gay-themed series, "Looking" (10:30 tonight), doesn't feel like a rip-off or rehash.
On the contrary, it's a more realistic, less graphic peek into the lives of three gay friends in San Francisco.
"Queer as Folk" presented a fantasy version of the gay community in Pittsburgh.
"Looking" is more rooted in everyday life not the extraordinary, explosive storylines that were hallmarks of the soapy "Queer as Folk."
"Looking" follows three gay friends with boyish, more idealistic 29-year-old Patrick (Jonathan Groff, "Boss," "Glee") as the primary audience surrogate. Although viewers first see him meeting a stranger for sex in a city park, it quickly becomes clear, through a comedic interruption, that this is not his usual behavior.
Patrick has never had a relationship longer than six months but he is seeking a committed, romantic partner.
Starring: Frankie J. Alvarez, Murray Bartlett and Jonathan Groff.
Artistic Agustin (newcomer Frankie J. Alvarez) is preparing to move from San Francisco to less hip Oakland to live with his boyfriend, Frank (O.T. Fagbenle).
Almost 40, Dom (Murray Bartlett, "Guiding Light") finds himself unfulfilled personally and professionally. He's roommates with Doris (Lauren Weedman) and the pair has an easy, amusing relationship.
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Patrick constantly puts his foot in his mouth, including during his introduction to a new boss in the third episode. Dom tries to find more satisfying work with the help of a florist (Scott Bakula, "Men of a Certain Age"). Agustin is the most sexually promiscuous character -- he and Frank have a three-way with another man in the pilot.
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Just got back from Brisvegas, Queensland - headed up
there on Wednesday 6 Feb for linux.conf.au, which I found
most interesting. It was particularly refreshing to see some
progress with upcoming Samba releases -
specifically much better support for Windows 2000 and Microsoft
Active Directory
Active Directory(MAD as Novell like to say). It now
supports Kerberos, and Samba servers can be added to AD
domains fairly easily. winbind has also improved, allowing
PAM/NSS machines to use AD for user/group information -
which would be mostly useful for MS shops with the odd unix
box. I'm sure there's plenty of other goodies in Samba 3,
but this is the stuff I'm mostly interested in. The time
setting code was particularly cute. I find Single Sign On,
authentication, authorisation and security in general
thoroughly intriguing.
Had a good yarn to Andrew Tridgell about AD too,
specifically wrt modifying OpenLDAP to support
Active Directory. Sounds like there's a fair bit of work
involved but I'd love to see an open source implementation
so I'm planning to get stuck into this with David Elson as
soon as time permits. I would have liked to have seen the
chatter involved in adding a win2k workstation to a domain
but it insisted on talking to the DNS root servers (all of
them) and fell back onto legacy DCERPC calls. Adding NT ACL
support to OpenLDAP and making the Kerberos PACs work are
going to be interesting challenges, as is automatically
updating things like the USNs (sequence numbers).
There were plenty of other interesting talks, especially
rasmus's PHP talk, User Mode Linux, Debian Porting, oh, and
how could I forget Neil Brown's kNFSd Authentication talk
which was most interesting. It's also good to see increasing
interest in software engineering practices wrt constantly
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Originally Posted by FlattFanOriginally Posted by kwanaticOriginally Posted by FlattFanIt's strange, but some people think Agnes is fast. I can't stress it enough, watch it again if you're unsure. This girl is not fast, has never been fast.Originally Posted by kwanatic
I have missed the first half of Grand Prix series, so CoR was actually the first competition of the season for me to get to see top skaters' new programs on TV...only mens and ladies as usual, though, since regular TVs never broadcast other disciplines unfortunately; dance and pairs in my country (except NHK Trophy)...
Congratulations to Kiira, Gracie and Agnes!
Here is my impressions of Ladies Free:
-I really liked Korpi's, Gold's, and Marchei's free programs as whole. Helgesson's, too. Korpi and Helgesson were far above everyone else in terms of skaitng skills. Kiira is ready to finally get onto the Worlds podium. Good luck to her for the rest of the season!
-Liked Zawadzki's, too. Rapsody program suits her personality very well. Gracie's L is B is well-choreographed and also age-appropriate.
-Kanako and Adelina need some more of maturity to put off that kind of music/program. They look much better in different costumes, maybe? To Kanako: have some makeup lessons asap, p-l-e-a-s-e.
-As for Choreo sq, Murakami's was the best for me. Korpi's was great, too.
-Very sad to see Alena's disapointed face after SP and LP in front of home crowd. Her new programs, both SP and Free are a bit of letdown after such a very successful last season. But not her fault, I would rather blame it to Morozov.
My biggest surprise from this comp was Valentina Marchei!
I love her programs this season, as well as her a bit toned-down makeup and costume . She looks more matured and elegant on the ice.
Last season I did not see, I thought, any improvement from Valentina and Adam as far as skating skills/stroking/gliding was concerned, even though they were actually coached by Yuka and Jason. But this year, I have seen it in Valentina's skating and her programs. So kudos to her and her coaches!


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LSU has a bye this weekend and Bama has to play a tough Miss St team.
Against BAMA, LSU is going to have to rely on thier D to get the win. That's because Bama will place 8 in the box to stop the Tigers run game and make Mettenberg throw the ball. If Mett has a good game the Tigers will win. That and the fact that it is almost impossible for teams to beat LSU at night, at home. If Mett is as inconsistent as he has been for most of the season, Bama wins.
And, a two loss SEC team is better than Oregon, ND or Kansas.
"All those things bother me: The populism, the lying and the scapegoating and the xenophobia bother me, but then theres a layer of incompetence here. I suppose, in a way, we should be thankful: If he had a coherent ideology, hed probably be more dangerous." P J O'Rourke
You just never know what's going to happen.
TT shuts down WVU, then lets TCU put up 53 points?
Fla St. gets rocked by NC State then puts up 51 on BC,
A&M puts up 69 points and 500 yds, then well we know what happen,
South Carolina goes on a 2 week slump?
I mean I could go on with stories like this for a dozen more teams. You just never know what the heck mental flub some teams are going to get over or have week in and week out in College Football in OCTOBER!
UGA knows that if they beat the Gators, and finish off Auburn and Ole'Miss they go to the SEC Championship AGAIN!
They also HATE Florida, so it'll be a Rivalry game for the ages if they come to play. They'd love NOTHING more than to end Florida's chances.
UL Ragin Cajun Water Ski Team takes NCAA second place in the nation for 2012!
"All those things bother me: The populism, the lying and the scapegoating and the xenophobia bother me, but then theres a layer of incompetence here. I suppose, in a way, we should be thankful: If he had a coherent ideology, hed probably be more dangerous." P J O'Rourke
I hear you, but I am not sure I agree.
It appears to me that, as of this moment, Alabama is simply a better team than LSU. That said, MSU has not beaten us very much, but they have always beaten us up in a very physical football game. While we are doing that, LSU will be sitting at home healing up and getting players back.
You can't throw everything out the window just because the game is at night in BR. You should know that Alabama has historically enjoyed a lot of success down there whether during the day or at night. I don't know of any Alabama fan who trembles at the mention of Death Valley, nor should we. The team that plays there regularly is another story, however.
As I see it right now, LSU is probably one of 2 - 3 teams that can begin to match up physically with Alabama, which of course means the converse is true as well. If both teams play as good as they can play Alabama wins. If Mett pulls a Stephen Garcia, or if Alabama somehow shows up not ready to survive the first 1.5 quarters or so as the residual anger from last January wears off, or if Bama turns the ball over, LSU will win. I am of course assuming no injuries either this week or next, which could change the entire complexion of the game.
I will say this: I am interested to see how our D matches up with your O. Everybody thought UT would be our first real test, but they could not run the ball with any consistency. If LSU can somehow line up and run on Bama it could be a very long evening for Bama fans. If anybody is physical enough to actually do this it would be LSU for sure.
I just wish I was coming down there to eat at Pyrrain's and George's. Not to mention the tailgating before the game in BR.
Does anybody know if/when Middendorf's over in Manchac will be reopening?
Amen Dr. Ed. Don't forget they also went to Morgantown and handed WVA their backside to them on a plate. I am really rooting for them this year with their center coming from the HS team my boy is playing for this year. Their defense just keeps getting better every game. If they keep on winning I am figuring they will be in the big game. Once again Bill Synder has turned the program around to one of the class acts in the country. By the way that center wanted to go to Oklahoma State and they snubbed him. Isaac and he still wrestle with each other when he comes for workouts with the team. Great kid and only a red shirt sophmore.
"Does anybody know if/when Middendorf's over in Manchac will be reopening?"
They have been open for several weeks. When they rebuilt after Katrina it was done with future flooding in mind.


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I do understand that the Toshiba has the best processor,and the worst Graphic card
The Samsung has a good GPU, but the processor is lame.
The Dell is the jack of all trades, has a decent GPU(though the one on Samsung is better), and a decent processor, though the one on Toshiba is better. (Remember 3610 is better than 3612, dont get fooled by the name.)
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By Parrish Alford/NEMS Daily Journal
Looking back
Elston Turner, son of the fifth-leading scorer in Ole Miss history, lit up the Rebels with 37 points for Texas A&M in a 69-67 loss in College Station. Ole Miss rallied later in the week – literally – for an 84-74 overtime win against Georgia. The Bulldogs had an eight-point lead 3 minutes, 37 seconds left in regulation.
Marshall Henderson led five Ole Miss players in double figures against Georgia, going 14-for-14 from the free throw line to finish with 25 points.
Looking ahead
The Rebels are at South Carolina on Wednesday night at 6. CSS will televise the game. Ole Miss hosts Auburn at 4 p.m. Saturday for a Fox Sports Net broadcast.
Who's hot
Reggie Buckner posted two double-doubles last week, getting 13 points and 15 rebounds at Texas A&M, then 10 points and 10 rebounds at home against Georgia.
Who's not
Senior forward Murphy Holloway can't seem to post the rebound numbers he did earlier in the season. Holloway, the school's career-rebounding leader, had five rebounds against both Texas A&M and Georgia and has not reached double-figure rebounds since Jan. 26 against Auburn.
RPI watch
WarrenNolan.com has the Ole Miss RPI at at 52 going into the South Carolina game.
Bottom Line
Andy Kennedy and his players spoke openly of their hope that the emotional comeback win against Georgia will be the spark that leads them to a strong regular season finish. It very well may be, but a strong finish won't come from emotion alone. The Rebels have to show improvement in defense and rebounding.


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Just in case you are planning to make these and LIKE ME, had no experience in "altered art", there is a great tutorial in the SG University by Angie and Ro on making Altered Clipboards. It answered a lot of basic questions that I had!
Here it is Making Altered Clipboards Thanks as always for great ideas!
Making Your Clipboard Calendars
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Posted 07 December 2007 - 12:39 PM
Cool! mine are almost done, and I really didn't know if I was going to do the clipboard thing or bind them?? Thanks for the link!
Posted 07 December 2007 - 12:49 PM
Thanks for this link. I've been looking for something like this as I have no experience in altered anything!
This Beautiful Signature by Jennifer Z. Thanks!
Posted 07 December 2007 - 01:20 PM
I have some experience with altered.........wait, no, that would be "neutered".....never mind. Going back to sit in my corner now.
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U.S. stocks are modestly lower by mid-afternoon Monday as a selloff in crude oil accelerates and punishes the energy sector.
U.S. stocks lose all gains by late morning Monday as another selloff in crude oil pressures the energy sector.
U.S. stock futures shake off more pressure from Chinese markets to rise on Monday morning.
Arch Coal (ACI) stock was downgraded to 'neutral' from 'buy' at Sterne Agee on Tuesday.


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Next to guessing whom Mitt Romney will pick as his running mate, there's no more delicious fruit on Washington's tree of gossip than the identity of the next secretary of state. It remains a position of transcendent importance, especially in a new world where everyone seems to live and throw garbage in everyone else's backyard. The prospects generally lack the public presence and star power of most Foggy Bottom occupants—Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell, and Condi Rice, for example. And they certainly don't rival Hillary Clinton, who is determined both to stay until January and not be a lame duck. Doubt not that she has the will, standing abroad, and popularity at home to walk from office with head high.
The contenders for both President Obama and Romney are basically inside professionals, very well known and respected by peers and foreign leaders. But they lack the stage presence of their immediate predecessors.
Obama's list centers on John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice; and National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon. According to insiders, Obama is thinking Kerry would travel a lot and successfully, and interfere least with policymaking. Susan Rice's blend of soft and hard line sits well in the Oval Office. Donilon is regarded as the wisest policy and political head.


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Ann Coulter is just one of many. Her use of the word "******" in recent diatribes against President Obama only echoes a prevalent notion that comparing someone to the mentally handicapped is a clever put-down. Ten years ago in high school, I listened as an extremely intelligent teacher explained to our class that we would be "********" if we misused the Bunsen burners. After making a mistake at a new job, my then boss asked if I was "a ******." Among the under 30 set, "********" is regularly used as a synonym for excessive intoxication. For some, "I'm a ******" is a sufficient form of an apology. The only conclusion I can draw is that Ann Coulter and every other person who misuses the word "******" has absolutely no idea who they are talking about.
My brother David was born with Fragile X Syndrome. Fragile X is the most common form of genetically inherited mental ******ation. As a result, David has no idea that two plus two equals four. He lacks the fine motor skills necessary to drive a car or use a knife. His concept of time is limited to today and tomorrow. While he recognizes many words, he does not have the capacity to sit and read a book. His misfiring synapses trigger tremendous bouts of anxiety that cause him to hit himself and pinch our parents. After each outburst he is quick to apologize: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to pinch you." He needs to be reassured as he tries to erase the incident: "I didn't pinch you, did I? I'm good, right?" He becomes desperate to verify the other person's well-being: "You happy? Comfortable? You do?" David struggles to adjust to changes in routine. His favorite meal consists of a cheeseburger, French fries, and multiple Sprites with no ice. He loves Skittles, Chinese food, cookie dough ice cream, and his birthday. At 24 years old, he can recite entire scenes from My Cousin Vinny and still watches Barney The Dinosaur. He never forgets a name, always remembers a face, and is genuinely beloved by everyone who knows him.


text: Adolescence is a period of dramatic change. The effects of the onset of puberty and the consequent, both emotional and physical, can be dramatic. It is not uncommon for adolescents – and their family members – to feel like their life is a rollercoaster of ups and downs, as their body undergoes dramatic transformations, not all of which are welcome. The transitional period between childhood and adulthood presents a range of specific challenges for young people living with type 1 diabetes and their diabetes healthcare providers. Understanding a young person's experiences with and attitudes towards diabetes is essential in order to provide appropriate and effective support during the crucial transition to adult self-management. To find out, the Portuguese Diabetes Association engaged with a group of young people with type 1 diabetes. These are there words.