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05-13-2012, 10:25 PM
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Re: The Book thread.
Anyone read SnowCrash? Kind of a Sci fi-ish book. Very weird so far, I'm only 9 chapters in and it's long. It's about a pizza delivery driver/samurai/hacker
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05-13-2012, 11:26 PM
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Re: The Book thread.
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Going to start re-reading Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky soon. Haven't read it in a few years. Keep finding myself flipping through Albert Einstein's Sidelights on Relativity lately.
Also trying to assemble a new reading list to purchase. Any suggestions welcome - Sci Fi and Biographies are my tops.
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How about
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05-14-2012, 12:39 AM
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Re: The Book thread.
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Sounds interesting. Is this the novel that the horror movie The Descent was based off of?
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05-14-2012, 01:05 AM
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Re: The Book thread.
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Sounds interesting. Is this the novel that the horror movie The Descent was based off of?
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Not to my knowledge. Wikipedia doesn't mention a connection. I haven't read the book myself but I've heard many good things about it from reputable sources. |
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05-18-2012, 06:15 PM
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Re: The Book thread.
I've started reading Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, anybody read it?
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05-22-2012, 10:05 AM
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Re: The Book thread.
Hi guys,
I recently self published my first novella and shortly afterwards, my second novella, through the KDP program by Amazon.
So far, reception has been positive with readers drawing comparisons to Hitch-hikers Guide and Red Dwarf.
The two books are the first two in a series that I hope to develop over the next few months, with the third also well on the way.
Anyway, if you have a spare few hours, check them out, they're called 'Conrad' and 'The Elder Diamond.'
Feel free to leave feedback!
Cheers!
Last edited by lemonhed : 05-22-2012 at 10:08 AM.
Reason: Wrong info
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05-22-2012, 07:10 PM
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Main Eventing Gyms
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Re: The Book thread.
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I've started reading Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, anybody read it?
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05-22-2012, 08:08 PM
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Re: The Book thread.
I recently started reading "Food of the Gods" by Terence McKenna.
Its a really interesting book that is very hard to explain. Basically its about psychedelic mushrooms, and societies interactions with various psychedelic experiences throughout time. I don't really agree with all he says, but hes an interesting guy no doubt.
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05-25-2012, 01:48 PM
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Wheel Man for SCOTT STEINER
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Re: The Book thread.
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Originally Posted by lemonhed
Hi guys,
I recently self published my first novella and shortly afterwards, my second novella, through the KDP program by Amazon.
So far, reception has been positive with readers drawing comparisons to Hitch-hikers Guide and Red Dwarf.
The two books are the first two in a series that I hope to develop over the next few months, with the third also well on the way.
Anyway, if you have a spare few hours, check them out, they're called 'Conrad' and 'The Elder Diamond.'
Feel free to leave feedback!
Cheers!
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Free too, when I'm online at a comp I will download them and give you feedback.
I got 49 pages into Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and then got sidetracked with work. That's about a hundred books started and left unfishined.
Does anybody have any tips to not get distracted??
What's everyone else reading? |
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05-25-2012, 05:30 PM
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Re: The Book thread.
A Dance with Dragon by George R.R. Martin.... wait I mean me...
And World War Z.
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