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03-29-2008, 06:19 AM | #527 |
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i have been reading "the new birth" by david k bernard. very interesting theology.
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03-29-2008, 08:04 AM | #528 | |
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03-29-2008, 10:52 AM | #529 |
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For anyone who'd like a little sample of Arthur C. Clarke, here is The 9 billion names of God
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03-29-2008, 11:08 AM | #530 | |
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03-29-2008, 11:29 AM | #531 | |
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03-29-2008, 11:31 AM | #532 |
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Currently reading Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card because my students keep bugging me to read it and discuss it with them. I loved Ender's Game, and I'm unsure why it's taken me so long to read this one. I'm loving it as well.
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03-29-2008, 01:07 PM | #533 |
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Just Started "World Without End", Ken Follett. Sequel to "Pillars of the Earth".
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03-29-2008, 08:26 PM | #534 |
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I've been on the waiting list for 'In the Courts of the Crimson Kings' by S.M. Stirling, JoCo library just came thru for me today. I like Stirling as a collaborator w/David Drake mo' bettah than I like some of his 'straight up, no chaser' stuff, but these recent Mars/Venus books are pretty good. They're a homage to the old John Carter of Mars - and every other 'jump between planets inhabited by beautiful girls in skimpy duds, dinosaurs and bad green MoFos' book you ever read as a kid. If you didn't read those books...it's not too late.
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Took me ages to find this thread without the search feature. Someone rep me (neg or positive, I don't give a shit), so I can easily find it again to bring back to the top.
Anyway: Read a bunch of stuff, but the one of note would be A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaleid Husseini, author of the Kite Runner. I know a lot of people on here didn't like it, but I thought it was brilliant. It's centers on women in Afghanistan instead of men, which is why I think a lot of people don't like it as much. Excellent, though.
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Over the last two weeks I read the first 960 pages of The Pillars of the Earth, and no shittin' you, my dog ate the damn thing while I was gone to a wedding.
I read the last 20 pages in a book store and have moved on to McCarthy's The Road. Jesus, this thing is depressing. I really like McCarthy and I think I'll move on to The Border Trilogy next.
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I'm about halfway through [I]The Road[I] right now and yes, it is depressing but it's also hard to put down.
An observation about getting older - It was only a few years ago that I had a problem with putting a book down when I needed to sleep. I'd know I was going to suffer for it in the morning but I'd just keep turning the pages. Today I have the opposite problem. No matter how badly I wan to stay awake to read I just can't do it. My eyes get heavy and after trying to read the same paragraph three times I finally put down the book and turn off the light. Lately, I'm finding that the book that used to take me 2-3 days to read now takes me 2-3 weeks. The mind is willing but the eyes are not. |
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04-14-2008, 11:37 PM | #539 |
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I have some stuff that I'd like to be reading, but am forced to write papers for classes and read Dickens' "Bleak House."
Once school ends, I have two delicious looking pieces memior/creative nonfiction: "The Boys of My Youth" by JoAnn Beard, and "The Florist's Daughter" by Patricia Hampl. |
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