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« Reply #50 on: July 08, 2003, 12:14:51 PM »
Even if a book appears above your reading level, you should be able to adapt pretty quickly. I remember the first time I started reading Lovecraft I was a bit confused because his writing is so verbose- I had to read back over stuff a few times to get what they meant. Now, though, I glide through Lovecraft.
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« Reply #51 on: July 08, 2003, 01:08:24 PM »
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Originally posted by: KnowsNothing
Anyway, somebody way back there mentioned these books and in what order to read them.  I'd like to know more about these books as they intrigue me.  So whoever read those books come back....wherever you are...


You can be very confusing.  Anyways, which books are you asking about?


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« Reply #52 on: July 08, 2003, 01:11:04 PM »
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Originally posted by: thecubedcanuck
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You are correct, I read Straub but my brain saw Backman.
Thanks for correcting it.


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« Reply #53 on: July 08, 2003, 02:26:25 PM »
Sorry

I didn't mean these i meant this.  I was talking about Myst: Book of Di'n (sp?).  Myst is also the name of a really old computer game, with two sequals: Riven and Exile, which were all extremely hard.

The reason I said these was because there are two more books in the series.

Funny, I went back to try to find the original post discussing the Myst books, but it was nowhere to be found.  Maybe I'm not looking hard enough.

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« Reply #54 on: July 08, 2003, 08:21:27 PM »
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Edgar Allen Poe is cool. And Lecter, did you once go by another name here? Your sig and avatar are both familiar, but I seem to remember a different name. But maybe those are just standard things that many people do. . .

No..who dares to copy me! My original avatar was cool...didn't know anyone copied it, ah oh well.

Anyway a great author is S.E Hinton and some excellent books written by Hinton were The Outsiders and Rumblefish
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« Reply #55 on: July 09, 2003, 07:38:14 AM »
Hmm.  Maybe I'm just thinking of you but I think it's someone else for some reason.  Oh well.

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« Reply #56 on: March 06, 2008, 12:05:27 PM »
Neil Gaiman's American Gods is good. Here's a free copy. Check it out.
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« Reply #57 on: March 06, 2008, 12:22:03 PM »
This thread loses 80 billion points for not having a single mention of the now inaccurately named Foundation Trilogy, which has expanded to 5 books, and even more if you count the sidestories. Foundation and Empire (the second book in the series) is the best thing I've ever read.

Also, while they won't expand your vocabulary, I highly recommend the Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams and How I Conquered Your Planet and The Exploding Detective by John Swartzwelder, all of which are some of the funniest things ever.
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« Reply #58 on: March 06, 2008, 04:28:32 PM »
Le Petit Prince.  Read it in the original language if you can (french) but if not, the popular translation will do.

Certainly gives a perspective on the adult world.
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« Reply #59 on: March 06, 2008, 04:33:15 PM »
Here's a good book.

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« Reply #60 on: March 06, 2008, 07:39:32 PM »
I know a good book.



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« Reply #61 on: March 06, 2008, 07:50:43 PM »
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« Reply #62 on: March 06, 2008, 07:51:48 PM »


i don no wat yur talking about
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« Reply #63 on: March 06, 2008, 09:04:22 PM »
The Rama Series is pretty good and I'm a big Raymond Feist fan.
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« Reply #64 on: March 07, 2008, 03:08:18 PM »
I'm going to start reading First Blood by David Morrell tonight after I get home from work.  It's the book that first introduced the character Rambo and the movie First Blood was loosely based on the book.
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« Reply #65 on: March 07, 2008, 06:11:49 PM »
I've been reading the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin and that is very good.  I'd check out book one, "The Game of Thones" if you're into politics or fantasy or both.
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« Reply #66 on: March 23, 2008, 03:39:59 PM »
Nobody likes A Wrinkle in Time or any of it's sequels?
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« Reply #67 on: March 23, 2008, 04:39:15 PM »
Nobody likes A Wrinkle in Time or any of it's sequels?

I actually hated a Winkle in Time when they made me read it in seventh grade. Sorry.
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« Reply #68 on: March 24, 2008, 02:42:22 PM »
well then you suck.
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« Reply #69 on: March 24, 2008, 02:57:56 PM »
Who the Hell broke this thread?
Why must all things be so bright? Why can things not appear only in hues of brown! I am so serious about this! Dull colors are the future! The next generation! I will never accept a world with such bright colors! It is far too childish! I will rage against your cheery palette with my last breath!

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« Reply #70 on: March 24, 2008, 03:03:35 PM »
I thought it was Kairon cuz it looked fine yesterday when I posted in it.



BTW Kairon, how the hell do you even pronounce that?
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« Reply #71 on: March 24, 2008, 03:34:28 PM »
I thought it was Kairon cuz it looked fine yesterday when I posted in it.

BTW Kairon, how the hell do you even pronounce that?

Ask Daaaman64.
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« Reply #72 on: March 24, 2008, 03:41:29 PM »
I thought it was Kairon cuz it looked fine yesterday when I posted in it.

BTW Kairon, how the hell do you even pronounce that?

Ask Daaaman64.

easy easy, it is pronounced "Karen"


bwahahahha. I still in my head pronounce it that way.  It is unavoidable.
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