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01-29-2010, 04:04 AM
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Batman
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 20,187
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Just finished Blood Pact by Dan Abnett.
Another great story in the Gaunt's Ghosts series
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01-29-2010, 01:36 PM
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#222
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Scarlet Witch
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Frozen Wasteland
Posts: 7,863
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Just finished Shutter Island,
I think this might be one of those rare works that actually translate better to a movie that it does in the book.
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01-29-2010, 08:26 PM
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#223
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Galactus
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Farmers Branch
Posts: 30,626
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reading the Percy Jackson series, book 1, the Lightning Thief.
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01-29-2010, 09:06 PM
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#224
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Phoenix
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Posts: 12,143
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bat_collector
reading the Percy Jackson series, book 1, the Lightning Thief.
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Are these marketed as "young adult" books or are they straight-up novels? I'd love to start these as well. BC, let us know how this one is.
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01-30-2010, 11:50 AM
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#225
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I don't have a solution but I admire the problem.
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Land of sweat
Posts: 2,504
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Just finished the Conqueror series by Conn Igulden.. It's absolutely fabulous.. Can't recommend it enough if you are interested in Genghis Khan or even history.. or just plain great adventure..
I've already started and read arnd 100 pges into the first book of Conn's Emperor series abt Julius Caeser, and it is looking as good if not better.
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01-30-2010, 04:08 PM
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#226
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What is a free gift? Aren't all gifts free?
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posts: 1,734
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Finally finished War and Peace (the 1500 page version translated by Rosemary Edmonds). Although a good book and incredibly well written, I think the reputation and high praise it gets is heavily overrated when it comes to the story itself.
I have read a few books that have clocked in at over 1000 pages and that did not feel like 1000+ or at least had enough content to struggle somewhat succesfully to that length, but there is alot of fat that could have been trimmed off this book (I guess that explains why you can get abridged versions that come under 900 pages). But, I chose this version of the book as it is pretty much closest to the true representation of the feel and translation as Tolstoy had intended.
This book is the equivalent of a movie that makes boat loads of money, is good, but not as great as it should be from the critical acclaim.
I am halfway through "The Prince" now...this is a really quick read in comparison (150 some odd pages) but wow is it interesting..like a guidebook to dictatorship LOL. Kinda crazy.
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01-31-2010, 05:57 PM
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#227
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Loki
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Canada
Posts: 2,549
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Will be starting up Shogun by James Clavell soon.
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01-31-2010, 07:01 PM
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#228
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If you saw a heat wave, would you wave back?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 2,914
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Craze
The first three stories of the John Carter of Mars series.
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How were they? I've been interested since Jesse mentioned them.
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01-31-2010, 08:26 PM
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#229
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Phoenix
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Posts: 12,143
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Devils Drifter
How were they? I've been interested since Jesse mentioned them.
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You gotta really suspend disbelief on how Carter gets to Mars, but once you do, and John starts his adventure...No one writes Fantastic Fiction like Edgar Rice Burroughs. He covers all his bases and explains all Mars' civilizations, tribal skirmishes, race hatreds, and natural dangers. An earthling surrounded by thousands of years of a thrilling civilization caught up in tribal adventure and politics makes for a great series. Keep in mind that Carter is a product of ERB's era makes it all the more interesting. You'll easily read and recognize that all sci-fi adventure rode on this cat's coat-tails.
On top of it all, the book's kick a$$. They really stand the test of time.
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01-31-2010, 09:00 PM
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#230
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Borrow money from a pessimist, they don't expect it back.
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Virginia
Posts: 776
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Reading The Shining again. I am seeing how long it takes to read Stephen King's books in order. Gonna be a while lol
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