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George RR Martin's A Storm of Swords. I plan to get A Feast for Crows in a couple of weeks so I thought I'd reread the preceeding novel first so I wouldn't miss the subtle politics in the next one. I borrowed a copy of it out of the Library last year when it was first released so I've already read it but I'm really looking forward to buying a copy to take my time with.
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I'm in my boring time where I can't focus on anything other than technical books or manuals. Although I'm thinking of finally picking up my copy of A Game of Thrones tomorrow since mom has another long doctor appointment.
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I've really enjoyed the series so far, Scotty. It's been a good read. I figure it's time to get the one that's out 'cause I'm expecting the last one pretty soon. (soon as measured by epochs)
On the other hand I found a copy of The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant on a bargain book rack and while I did enjoy parts of it I'd only suggest reading it for nastalgia's sake. It's certainly no Illearth War, it's ok overall but I think Donaldson may be past his prime.
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The Doors of His Face, The Lamp of His Mouth by Roger Zelazny is currently what I am reading.
Very hit and miss. I am learning to appreciate it the more I read it. It's 1950s sci-fi stuff. Kinda trippy as you could guess by the title.
There was a very good story about a translator on Mars. He was a phenom at languages and had learned martian. He would translate works of literature to martian or from martian.
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quote:Originally posted by Ghost of Numf El: Just read "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman over the course of a long week-end stuck on a North Sea oil platform.
Very enjoyable read (over 600 pages in his 'preferred text' version). Very well written. Worth a read.
Thriller / mystery / ghost / love / religion / magic / road movie type book.
Stuck on a North Sea oil platform??? That's like one of my phobias!!! Sorry Numf this quote is over a year old...I was reading some old stuff.
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Just finished 'The Picture of Dorian Grey' by Oscar Wilde. You know, it was actually pretty amazing!
It suffers a bit by the plot kind of limping along at times, but its just so witty, and so bitingly unforgiving that it draws you right in. I’ll probably be quoting Wilde for the next few months.
Since it was so controversial for its time, its makes it much more enjoyable to picture so many people who were uncomfortable because of it.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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You know... I've never actually read The Picture of Dorian Gray, but Wilde pretty much rocks.
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Yeah, he really does. You should read it Eryk. One of the main characters, Lord Henry, is generally called the 'quinntessential Wilde character' (yeah, liked I'd spell that right). Every single line he utters is pure genius. The book was worth it for his outrageous philosphies alone--by the end, I was converting into one of his discpiles no matter how I really felt.
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I just downloaded Dorian Gray off Project Gutenberg!
One of my friends in high school was a huge Oscar Wilde fan, but I've never explored his work in that much depth. I remember seeing "Gross Indecency", a play about Wilde's trials, a few years ago and really enjoying it. And The Importance of Being Earnest rocks like nobody's business.
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No I didn't pickup the book because of Oprah. I was waiting for the paperback version. She just made the paperback come out sooner.
A beatiful bleak book set in a near future where some great castrophe has occured. That is not the important part, its more about the realtionship between a father and his son.
It a beautifully depressing uplifiting story.
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A Feast for Crows is a real pleasure. I read it in such a hurry when it first came out that I really didn't get to absorb the depth of this one. This series gets better with each book, I'm really going to be sad when it comes to an end...supposedly with the fifth installment.
Actually in an interview Martin said that he hadn't planned a fifth book but each character's story took on so much weight that he couldn't possibly wrap it up in this one without shorting the readers and the characters.
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: I just downloaded Dorian Gray off Project Gutenberg!
One of my friends in high school was a huge Oscar Wilde fan, but I've never explored his work in that much depth. I remember seeing "Gross Indecency", a play about Wilde's trials, a few years ago and really enjoying it. And The Importance of Being Earnest rocks like nobody's business.
Let me know what you think!
And you know what? I've never read the Importance of Being Earnest (or seen it performed). Sounds like I know what my next purchase should be.
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Dead Men Do Tell Tales is a brief intro into Forensics Medicine. CSI fans will find something interesting.
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