Books you're currently reading??? - Page 25

Troubleshooter · 01-27-2006, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

I've read Lensman. Awesome story, though each book is essentially the same story but bigger.

Cool weapons.

The thing I like best is the dialog and the attitude. It's like a good sherbet after a solid meal. It's a completely different, and in some ways shocking, flavor. And the attitude about how to deal with the bad guys would be pretty foreign to a lot of people today as well.

Happy Monkey · 01-28-2006, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

I read about 3 or 4 in the series. I didn't know there was more.

There's 9 so far. It starts going downhill in book 6, unfortunately.

Spexxvet · 01-31-2006, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

Stephen Donaldson is my favourite author so if there are any other Thomas Covenant fans, I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Loved the first - read it when it was brand new - second and third were pretty good. Read the next three, but it was a chore. Reread the firt one last year, enjoyed it, and stopped there.

eiffelenator · 02-02-2006, 02:56 AM

Stoned, Naked, and Looking Through My Neighbor's Windo (grouphug.us posts)

I can't look away from the thing.

Kozmique · 02-19-2006, 02:33 PM

A Friend of the Earth by TC Boyle. I have never bought a book by this guy but for some reason I have 5 or 6 titles floating around the house. He's OK.

wolf · 02-19-2006, 02:35 PM

People of Darkness - Tony Hillerman

Trilby · 02-19-2006, 06:45 PM

Just finished Devil in the White City. Excellent!

richlevy · 02-19-2006, 07:47 PM

I just finished My Peoples Waltz by Dale Ray Phillips. It's a thin paperback I took with me on my trip. Very nice writing. The story plays out like a bad country western song - child of divorce grows up and gets divorced, but the characters, events, and surroundings are described very well.

It's somewhere between depressing and uplifting depending on how you look at life.

Pie · 02-19-2006, 11:22 PM

Freakonomics

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed (Alan Alda's autobio)

wolf · 02-19-2006, 11:39 PM

Pagans and Christians - Gus DiZerega

Granola Goddess · 02-21-2006, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

Freakonomics

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed (Alan Alda's autobio)

I have Alda's book on hold at the library. Looking forward to reading it! Right now I'm reading "If Dog's Prayers Were Answered, Bones Would Fall From The Sky".

http://www.dogwise.com/ItemDetails.c...45228&Method=3

I have a black lab/border collie cross who I luv very much.

Cyclefrance · 02-23-2006, 02:00 PM

Just finished Lance Armstrong's autobiography 'It's not about the bike' that deals with his early career and fight aginst testicular cancer that had raged throughout his body. A very emotional read and telling of the man's unbeliveable ability to fight adversity. Hard to say how long it has been since I have read something that impacts so much. Amazing stuff - if you see it on the bookshelf it's worth the expenditure. It of course helps if you like cycling and have an interest in 'Le Tour' but there so much more besides that I reckon anyone would find this book compulsive reading.

dar512 · 02-28-2006, 04:24 PM

Finished Seventh Son and started Red Prophet both books by Orson Scott Card in the Alvin Maker series. They are fantasy novels about an alternate universe set in the early 1800s America.

Clodfobble · 03-01-2006, 10:12 PM

I gave a couple of books in that series to my sister-in-law for Christmas this year. I personally couldn't get past the romance-novel look of the cover art.

dar512 · 03-01-2006, 10:58 PM

They're well worth reading if you like fantasy and/or early American history.

02-19-2006, 02:33 PM	#365
Kozmique Pirate Queen Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Under the black flag Posts: 55	A Friend of the Earth by TC Boyle. I have never bought a book by this guy but for some reason I have 5 or 6 titles floating around the house. He's OK. __________________ Language is a virus from outer space

02-19-2006, 02:35 PM	#366
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	People of Darkness - Tony Hillerman __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-19-2006, 07:47 PM	#368
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I just finished My Peoples Waltz by Dale Ray Phillips. It's a thin paperback I took with me on my trip. Very nice writing. The story plays out like a bad country western song - child of divorce grows up and gets divorced, but the characters, events, and surroundings are described very well. It's somewhere between depressing and uplifting depending on how you look at life. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

02-19-2006, 11:22 PM	#369
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Freakonomics Never Have Your Dog Stuffed (Alan Alda's autobio) __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

02-19-2006, 11:39 PM	#370
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Pagans and Christians - Gus DiZerega __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-02-2006, 02:56 AM	#364
eiffelenator Irrelevant Adulterant Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 43	Stoned, Naked, and Looking Through My Neighbor's Windo (grouphug.us posts) I can't look away from the thing.

02-19-2006, 06:45 PM	#367
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Just finished Devil in the White City. Excellent!

02-23-2006, 02:00 PM	#372
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Just finished Lance Armstrong's autobiography 'It's not about the bike' that deals with his early career and fight aginst testicular cancer that had raged throughout his body. A very emotional read and telling of the man's unbeliveable ability to fight adversity. Hard to say how long it has been since I have read something that impacts so much. Amazing stuff - if you see it on the bookshelf it's worth the expenditure. It of course helps if you like cycling and have an interest in 'Le Tour' but there so much more besides that I reckon anyone would find this book compulsive reading. __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

02-28-2006, 04:24 PM	#373
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Finished Seventh Son and started Red Prophet both books by Orson Scott Card in the Alvin Maker series. They are fantasy novels about an alternate universe set in the early 1800s America. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

03-01-2006, 10:12 PM	#374
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I gave a couple of books in that series to my sister-in-law for Christmas this year. I personally couldn't get past the romance-novel look of the cover art.

03-01-2006, 10:58 PM	#375
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	They're well worth reading if you like fantasy and/or early American history. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

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