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Fri Sep-16-11 09:35 PM
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What are you currently reading? |
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Fri Sep-16-11 09:56 PM
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1. Galapagos, by Kurt Vonnegut |
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re-reading all his novels these days.
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Fri Sep-16-11 09:59 PM
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2. The Omen Machine, by Terry Goodkind |
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Not as good as his Wizard's First Rule, but not nearly so preachy as the latter novels of the same series.
Next up: A Game of Thrones. :)
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Fri Sep-16-11 10:00 PM
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Fri Sep-16-11 10:01 PM
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Lila, An Inquiry into Morals* Robert M. Pirsig
The Man who Walked Through Time* Colin Fletcher
Alters of Unhewn Stone, Science and the Earth Wes Jackson
Rules for Radicals Saul Alinsky
Tal's 100 Best Games BernardCafferty
*rereading
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Fri Sep-16-11 10:02 PM
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5. Just finished Cutting For Stone and it is a great book. |
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Fri Sep-16-11 10:06 PM
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6. Digital Photography. Tips, Tricks and Techiques. |
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Everything you need ot know about taking, sharing, printing, editing and managing great digital photographs.
I hear digital cameras might replace film cameras. :silly:
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Fri Sep-16-11 10:09 PM
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7. just finished "The Giver" |
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Fri Sep-16-11 10:11 PM
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8. A Clash of Kings - George RR Martin |
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2nd in the Game of Thrones/Song of Ice and Fire books
it's so good..
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Fri Sep-16-11 10:18 PM
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9. As They See 'Em----Weber----about umpires. |
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Fri Sep-16-11 10:42 PM
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10. Paul Malmont's "The Astounding, The Amazing, and the Unknown" |
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Edited on Fri Sep-16-11 10:44 PM by MrModerate
Historical fantasy about now-famous science fiction writers in WWII. Under the leadership of Hollywood-handsome Robert Heinlein, a scrappy crew including Isaac Asimov, L. Sprague de Camp, and the guy who wrote "The Shadow" are part of a skunkworks project set up by the wartime Navy in Philadelphia. The primary objective of the young scientists and engineers: avoid being drafted.
Under pressure from Naval authorities, they promise to demonstrate a way to make battleships invisible to radar (which they haven't a clue how to do). Throw in a little mystery about some of the more obscure experiments performed in 1908 by Nikola Tesla (note that date), and adventures ensue.
It's vivid and witty. And kinda-sorta based on fact. Highly recommended. Quasi-sequel to his "The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril," which was about a bunch of pulp authors (notably L. Ron Hubbard) in the 1930s saving the world from stolen WWI poison gas — which I'd recommend equally highly.
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Fri Sep-16-11 11:45 PM
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11. Selected Letters of Philip Larkin: Selected Letters of James Wright; The Original of Laura (Nabokov) |
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Sat Sep-17-11 01:04 AM
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12. "The Help" by Katheryn Stockett |
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Sat Sep-17-11 02:00 AM
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By Philip Plait, author of Bad Astronomy.
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Sat Sep-17-11 08:29 PM
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14. Double Take by Catherine Coulter |
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Wed Sep-28-11 07:36 PM
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15. A Grand Design -Stephen Hawking in non-fiction and |
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Edited on Wed Sep-28-11 07:37 PM by amyrose2712
(re-reading)Memnoch the Devil - Anne Rice (5th in Vampire Chronicles) in fiction. And no one could ever convince me that True Blood vamps aren't COMPLETELY influenced by her. I totally picture Eric Northman as LeStat now. YUM!
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