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wolf · 06-06-2010, 09:57 PM

It's actually quite cool. This is a second read for me, it's been 9 years since I read it (published 2001), so it's both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time.

lumberjim · 06-06-2010, 10:00 PM

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I've read Pillars Of The Earth once long ago then recently. I have World Without End in my book list. I hope it is good as the first.

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Trilby · 06-07-2010, 06:34 AM

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that depends on what the definition of 'is' is.

TheDaVinciChode · 06-07-2010, 12:36 PM

Spartan - Valerio Massimo Manfredi.

"Brothers by Blood, Enemies by Fate, Heroes by Death."

Happy Monkey · 06-07-2010, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by skysidhe

American Gods peaked my interest after reading Neverwhere.
I have not put it on my book list. How is it?

Very good.

And apparently, one of the things Gaiman made up for it is now true(According to some reference book).

skysidhe · 06-07-2010, 02:31 PM

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Very good.

And apparently, one of the things Gaiman made up for it is now true(According to some reference book).

And what is this thing that is fact now? He doesn't say! or at least not explicitly. I don't have time to search through twitter for a clue.

wolf · 06-07-2010, 02:31 PM

Has anyone figured out what the thing is? I'm hoping that there really is an extra-dimensional portal in that cool-sounding place ...

Pete Zicato · 06-08-2010, 10:08 AM

Just finished A Princess of Mars

Heavy on the action. Not so much for character development. But a good yarn overall.

It should make a good movie if they don't screw it up.

lumberjim · 07-09-2010, 09:56 PM

Les Miserables

GunMaster357 · 07-12-2010, 03:23 AM

La Enigma de Paris - Pablo de Santis

DanaC · 07-12-2010, 03:50 AM

Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, by Captain Sir John Kincaid.

I've been meaning to read it for a couple of years (rather than just scanning my library copy for relevant terms in the index). So when I saw it in bookstore at 30% off sale price, I snapped it up.

I 'made' myself start reading it, with the thought that it wold be a valuable thing to do, and would help me 'read into' this period of warfare. What i didn't expect was for it to be such fun!

If you like the adventures of Sharpe by Bernard Cornwell, then you'd love Kincaid's recollections. He enlisted in the 95th (Rifles) in 1808 and fought in the Penninsular War. He was basically a real life Sharpe.

Funny and poignant by turns it reads wonderfully well. Sometimes the archaic language patterns seem to drop away and there is something very real and now about his words

Gravdigr · 07-12-2010, 04:39 AM

'Night of Thunder' by Stephen Hunter

classicman · 07-12-2010, 02:31 PM

''Paved With Good Intentions'' By Jared Taylor

What a compelling book even though I don't agree with a lot of his viewpoints.

Trilby · 07-18-2010, 08:03 AM

Little, Big - John Crowley.

Love it, Love it, Love it!

Also - Wise Children - Angela Carter.

wolf · 07-18-2010, 05:10 PM

Hidden Wives - Claire Avery

Cow orker got it free from goodreads.com as part of the FirstReads promotion. It's about a couple of girls in a polygamist cult. It's not a cute and quirky cult like on Big Love. This is the awful, creepy kind of polygamist cult.

06-06-2010, 09:57 PM	#1801
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	It's actually quite cool. This is a second read for me, it's been 9 years since I read it (published 2001), so it's both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. __________________ 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

06-07-2010, 12:36 PM	#1804
TheDaVinciChode Chews Food Coming In, And Going Out Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 339	Spartan - Valerio Massimo Manfredi. "Brothers by Blood, Enemies by Fate, Heroes by Death." __________________ "O' Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done;" "The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won;" - Walt Whitman / Leaves Of Grass.

06-07-2010, 02:31 PM	#1807
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Has anyone figured out what the thing is? I'm hoping that there really is an extra-dimensional portal in that cool-sounding place ... __________________ 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

06-08-2010, 10:08 AM	#1808
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Just finished A Princess of Mars Heavy on the action. Not so much for character development. But a good yarn overall. It should make a good movie if they don't screw it up. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

07-09-2010, 09:56 PM	#1809
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Les Miserables __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

07-12-2010, 03:23 AM	#1810
GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	La Enigma de Paris - Pablo de Santis __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

07-12-2010, 04:39 AM	#1812
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	'Night of Thunder' by Stephen Hunter __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

07-12-2010, 02:31 PM	#1813
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	''Paved With Good Intentions'' By Jared Taylor What a compelling book even though I don't agree with a lot of his viewpoints. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-18-2010, 08:03 AM	#1814
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Little, Big - John Crowley. Love it, Love it, Love it! Also - Wise Children - Angela Carter. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

07-18-2010, 05:10 PM	#1815
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Hidden Wives - Claire Avery Cow orker got it free from goodreads.com as part of the FirstReads promotion. It's about a couple of girls in a polygamist cult. It's not a cute and quirky cult like on Big Love. This is the awful, creepy kind of polygamist cult. __________________ 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

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