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Read a book yesterday that really depressed me.
Man Search for Meaning
I think that was it's name, the tag line is basically a message of hope from the Holocaust.
Fuck me if this is messages of hope I don't know.
This is grim reading, it's short, and supposed to show how man can find hope in even the grimmest places, a I could get from it was how dehumanising the camps were and how horrific it was.
Left me so down I had to pick up Legend today and reread it again to lift me up.
WE ARE THE KNIGHTS OF DROS DELNOCH
Reading at t'moment?
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Posted 24 September 2019 - 06:50 PM
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Posted 24 September 2019 - 07:44 PM
Andorion, on 24 September 2019 - 11:59 AM, said:
So I just finished Jemisin's How Long Till Black Future Month, and wow.... this anthology is absolutely superb. Hard hitting, beautifully written and very authentic.
Yup. It's a real showcase of how good she is across a whole range of spec fic. Her next series is expanding on the concepts of The City Born Great, which is so intriguing.
They came with white hands and left with red hands.
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Posted 24 September 2019 - 09:59 PM
BfuckinK, on 24 September 2019 - 08:38 PM, said:
1 copy. I got.
The book, the job, or the exsex?
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Posted 25 September 2019 - 04:08 AM
BfuckinK, on 25 September 2019 - 04:05 AM, said:
The DP is awesome!
Ando, Macros, QT when y'all getting this?
Ando, Macros, QT when y'all getting this?
The what?
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Posted 25 September 2019 - 04:36 AM
BfuckinK, on 25 September 2019 - 04:13 AM, said:
Gideon the Ninth.
Yeah I am getting and reading that in early October. After the 2nd I think
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Posted 25 September 2019 - 07:10 AM
Just finished In The Ruins.
Need to have a look at my TRP and see what I read next then, first time I've done this in like 14 months.
Need to have a look at my TRP and see what I read next then, first time I've done this in like 14 months.
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Posted 25 September 2019 - 08:31 AM
Just as I posted that I had the same horrifying thought
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Posted 25 September 2019 - 12:37 PM
Dragon Punch, a colloquial term for a reversal in fighting games characterised by very quick startup, very long and vulnerable recovery frames and usually a generous amount of invulnerable frames when rising. A DP will usually put you airborne at the end of it and usually can't be combo'd from,
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Posted 25 September 2019 - 04:10 PM
Through Chapter 24 of Gideon. I really like Palamedes and Dulcinea (and Gideon of course.)
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"Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more, not less. Without occupying space, it fills the universe. It nourishes everything, yet itself feeds upon destruction. We claim to control it, but does it not perhaps cultivate us as a source of food? May it not be that all wood grows so that it can be set ablaze, and that men and women are born to kindle fires?"
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Posted 25 September 2019 - 04:21 PM
BfuckinK, on 25 September 2019 - 04:05 AM, said:
The DP is awesome!
Ando, Macros, QT when y'all getting this?
Ando, Macros, QT when y'all getting this?
Morgoth, on 25 September 2019 - 08:30 AM, said:
I worry it's a sex thing.
Macros, on 25 September 2019 - 08:31 AM, said:
Just as I posted that I had the same horrifying thought
Maark Abbott, on 25 September 2019 - 12:37 PM, said:
Dragon Punch, a colloquial term for a reversal in fighting games characterised by very quick startup, very long and vulnerable recovery frames and usually a generous amount of invulnerable frames when rising. A DP will usually put you airborne at the end of it and usually can't be combo'd from,
So it IS a sex thing.
BfuckinK, on 25 September 2019 - 03:23 PM, said:
Dramatist Persona
Oh, ok nevermind.
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Posted 25 September 2019 - 04:24 PM
Salt-Man Z, on 25 September 2019 - 04:10 PM, said:
Through Chapter 24 of Gideon. I really like Palamedes and Dulcinea (and Gideon of course.)
Ch 19, and agreed. Both excellent characters with a lot going on.
I'm impressed by how the author has steadily worked in the rest of the cast and kept them distinct.
Gideon is awesome and hysterical.... ffs, the sunglasses!
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Posted 25 September 2019 - 04:47 PM
You have all endorsed it, so I'll likely nab it when I can find it at the library.
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Posted 25 September 2019 - 07:13 PM
Gah, I got to page 300 (out of 450?) during lunch. I anticipate not getting a lot of sleep tonight...
...and finishing the book, if that isn't what was implied.
...and finishing the book, if that isn't what was implied.
"Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more, not less. Without occupying space, it fills the universe. It nourishes everything, yet itself feeds upon destruction. We claim to control it, but does it not perhaps cultivate us as a source of food? May it not be that all wood grows so that it can be set ablaze, and that men and women are born to kindle fires?"
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Posted 25 September 2019 - 11:43 PM
Nearly done with "King's Blood" (probably will finish it in my commute tomorrow). I'm beginning to notice some interesting parallels with Bakker's work. Curious how that'll go.
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Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:
And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.
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Posted 26 September 2019 - 02:08 AM
Tried Jeff Salyards SCOURGE OF THE BETRAYER. Fucking hell, what a pretentious load of twaddle. Not for me.
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Posted 26 September 2019 - 03:29 AM
Mentalist, on 25 September 2019 - 11:43 PM, said:
Nearly done with "King's Blood" (probably will finish it in my commute tomorrow). I'm beginning to notice some interesting parallels with Bakker's work. Curious how that'll go.
Since I had less than 30 pages left, finished "King's Blood" at home. The direction in which the plot is going makes sense.
Gonna start "Tyrant's Law" tomorrow.
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Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:
And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.
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Posted 26 September 2019 - 06:40 AM
BfuckinK, on 25 September 2019 - 10:28 PM, said:
Mac can we get your Gideon commitment?
Sure, but it's gonna be a while, I have a pile of books high enough that I'm gonna need to apply for airspace clearance to make it any higher as it is
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"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"
