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Post by gretchen on Oct 30, 2005 10:45:07 GMT -5
Hey Orkad! I missed you. As did these people, I think. yes, yes we did!
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Post by MoonageDaydream on Oct 30, 2005 21:58:34 GMT -5
See? Toldya.
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orkad
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Cherita is awesome . . .
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Post by orkad on Oct 30, 2005 22:03:01 GMT -5
Awww . . . shucks guys. It's good to be back. Thanks for making me feel so welcomed.
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Post by ProvidencePortal on Oct 31, 2005 9:04:47 GMT -5
Late happy returns, but not any less heartfelt. Welcome back Orkad.
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anth
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Post by anth on Nov 26, 2005 5:36:01 GMT -5
Here's a list of my favs with my personal mini reviews:
-'The Da Vinci Code' & 'Angels and Demons' by Dan Brown: Educational, shocking and riveting reads with amazing character development.
-'Harry Potter' series by J.K. Rowling: Great character development, with an in-depth look into many adolescent concerns wrapped in a tantalising sub-plot of magic, good and evil.
-'What is the matter with Mary Jane?' by Sancia Robinson and Wendy Harmer: A satirical journey through the life of the anorexic/bulimic Sancia Robinson. Entertaining and frighteneing look at these overbearing mental illnesses.
-'Interview with the Vampire', 'The Vampire Lestat' and 'The Queen of the Damned' by Anne Rice: A Sexy, vampiric, alluring, mystical, honest, riveting and oddly human series which re-traces the history of the modern vampire. Fantastic. Honestly couldn't put them down.
-'The Streetcar named Desire' by Tennessee Williams: Desperate and tragic, this play delves into the life of Blanche Dubois, whose past and present clash as she visits her sister Stella. Stanley (Stella's husband) is suspitious of Blanche. The plays follows Stanley as he emotionally tears apart the already mentally ailed Blanche.
-'Notes from my Travels' by Angelina Jolie: In 2001, Angelina Jolie journey to refugee camps placed in Cambodia, Pakistan, Ecuador and Africa. These are her published journals. Amazing and terifying reality of refugees. A must read.
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Post by thepretender on Nov 28, 2005 2:02:57 GMT -5
I am almost through reading Forever by James Hamill. It has been a wonderful read. A young boy in Ireland must avenge the somewhat accidental death of his mother and later the murder of his father. He travels to New York to find the creepy Earl of Warren who was responsible for the deaths. He ends up being given Eternal Life as long as he does not leave the Isle of Manhattan and lives there from the 1700's to the present. You get a history of New York through one man's eyes. Everything...the revolution, immigration, the slave trade, the living conditions on early New York etc. Very cool. When I am through I will be starting on two Zombie books by Brian Keene...The Rising and The City of the Dead. I am not keen on Zombies but I do like this author as a person and can't wait to see what his fictional dead folk are like.
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Post by KISMET on Dec 7, 2005 23:23:45 GMT -5
For anybody that likes sociology I recommed anything by Neil Postman. I also just got done with the first book of "the teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castanada. It was a good read all about drugs and mexican indian beliefs. there are a few more books after it that I intend to read as well.
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anth
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Post by anth on Dec 10, 2005 2:11:51 GMT -5
'Do Androids dream of electric sheep' is another great novel. Alot of you would be familiar with the movie rendition, 'Blade Runner'.
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Post by Bigboy on Dec 10, 2005 8:04:45 GMT -5
Yeah - I have to say I'm a fan of Philip K Dicks books in general. His stuff also seems to translate so well to movies:
Paycheck Total Recall Minority report Blade Runner, And A scanner Darkly, coming out next year.
There are a few others, but those are the big names...
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Post by Bigboy on Jan 3, 2006 11:16:15 GMT -5
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Post by ProvidencePortal on Jan 3, 2006 14:07:24 GMT -5
... two Zombie books by Brian Keene...The Rising and The City of the Dead. Thanks for the recommendation, pretender -- I just ordered both from Amazon, at the same time that I pre-ordered what might be my ultimate dream come to life, a Stevie King novel about ... ZOMBIES (well, after a fashion ... but close enough to count): www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743292332/103-0408448-0215820?v=glance&n=283155
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Post by MoonageDaydream on Jan 3, 2006 14:48:56 GMT -5
I haven't read it either... but my friend has. I get long lectures about this book all the time. It's by Ayn Rand, and it's supposedly one of the most important books you'll ever read. I haven't had any time recently, but I'm looking forward to reading it. Cambece, how do you like it so far?
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Post by thepretender on Jan 3, 2006 23:52:03 GMT -5
Providence, Have you read the zombie books yet? I haven't gotten The Rising yet. I got City of the Dead and that is his second and I wanted to read them in progression. I read Terminal by him and enjoyed it. I was sent to his website by a fellow McCammon fan and I really like reading his rants and posts about everything. Apparently there are some video games that are based on his works.
Re: The Fountainhead.. I can't even begin to talk about this book. I do think it is important to read but.... I can't wait to see what you have to say about it when you are through. Who is John Galt BTW. ugh
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Post by ProvidencePortal on Jan 4, 2006 11:40:06 GMT -5
Providence, Have you read the zombie books yet? Not yet -- I just ordered them yesterday, and won't be getting them until King's new book is released at the end of the month, because I bundled my order. I read some of Keene's entries at his blog www.hailsaten.blogspot.com/, and he does read like McCammon.
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Post by gretchen on Jan 5, 2006 19:43:18 GMT -5
omigod. i just had a literary orgasm. i got a borders gift card for xmas and THAT will be what i buy with it. i'm currently reading Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach. and i am in LOVE with it. it's not just about death and decomp, although there are chapters dedicated to such. it mostly deals with cadaver research, from medical students doing their dissections and plastic surgeons practicing a new skill to impact research making cars and planes safer for the living and pathological research to cure disease. right now i'm reading the chapter on ballistics research and the comparability of human tissue simulant(ballistics gelatin) and cadaver tissue to living human tissue and animal tissue. it's not as gross as you might think it sounds, and quite funny actually.
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