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It's Pratchett....
Anywho, AFFC was good. I liked it quite alot more then ASOS. I don't know why it got the bad rep.
Now for class I'm reading The Iliad.
Reading at t'moment?
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Posted 14 June 2006 - 09:11 AM
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Posted 14 June 2006 - 09:34 AM
It's my high school literature class.
I have a cool teacher, so I told her that it's a really good read and now we all have to write a paper on it.
I am not very popular at the moment.
I have a cool teacher, so I told her that it's a really good read and now we all have to write a paper on it.
I am not very popular at the moment.
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Posted 14 June 2006 - 09:45 AM
@ Trouble
Correct. Now which would you prefer - a kick in the naggers
or
- a figgin
Correct. Now which would you prefer - a kick in the naggers
or
- a figgin
Piece o candy, piece o candy, piece o candy aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.........................................
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Posted 14 June 2006 - 09:57 AM
A figgin!
I love that threat. that was one of my favorite bits in Guards! Guards!
I love that threat.
that was one of my favorite bits in Guards! Guards!
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Posted 14 June 2006 - 03:18 PM
I'm thinking of trying out Terry Pratchett again. I read Truckers once years ago and didn't much like it, but I have heard many good things about various of his other works. Which do you think would be the best to read to start with?
A Haunting Poem
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
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Posted 14 June 2006 - 07:40 PM
Discworld, man. Discworld.
Personally, start with Small Gods, one of the stand-alone ones - many people think it's his best, and it's one of my favourites, and then start with the City Watch sequence, beginning with Guards! Guards!
Personally, start with Small Gods, one of the stand-alone ones - many people think it's his best, and it's one of my favourites, and then start with the City Watch sequence, beginning with Guards! Guards!
Hello, soldiers, look at your mage, now back to me, now back at your mage, now back to me. Sadly, he isn’t me, but if he stopped being an unascended mortal and switched to Sole Spice, he could smell like he’s me. Look down, back up, where are you? You’re in a warren with the High Mage your cadre mage could smell like. What’s in your hand, back at me. I have it, it’s an acorn with two gates to that realm you love. Look again, the acorn is now otataral. Anything is possible when your mage smells like Sole Spice and not a Bole brother. I’m on a quorl.
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Posted 15 June 2006 - 09:51 AM
OK, so Small God's followed by Guards! Guards! Got it. 
A Haunting Poem
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
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Posted 19 June 2006 - 09:54 AM
please, some fanfares...
THE BONEHUNTERS
thank you.
THE BONEHUNTERS
thank you.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
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Posted 19 June 2006 - 11:57 AM
Reading Use of Weapons by Ian M. Banks.. Truly an excellent book. I love his prose, as well as the way he structures his books. The end scene in Consider Phlebas still makes me shiver
Take good care to keep relations civil
It's decent in the first of gentlemen
To speak friendly, Even to the devil
It's decent in the first of gentlemen
To speak friendly, Even to the devil
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Posted 19 June 2006 - 12:20 PM
Finished reading The Prestige by Christopher Priest, one of the 'best offbeat' SF novels of all time. Continuing with George MacDonald's Flashman series with Flashman's Lady (think of a comical version of Sharpe, with Sean Bean replaced by a coward, a scoundrel and a cad who flees at the first sign of battle but somehow ends up winning all the glory). After that, more Priest with The Separation and then probably Iain M Banks' Look to Windward.
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"Try standing out in a winter storm all night and see how tough you are. Start with that. Then go into a bar and pick a fight and see how tough you are. And then go home and break crockery over your head. Start with those three and you'll be good to go."
- Bruce Campbell on how to be as cool as he is
- Bruce Campbell on how to be as cool as he is
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Posted 19 June 2006 - 07:37 PM
Just finished Use of Weapons.. Still shivering somewhat.. Banks is an author who truly knows how to write an ending. Though the ending in itself was not as well written as the end of Consider Phlebas.. in context of the rest of the book, it was truly incredible.. Think this climbes close, if not even all the way into my top ten
Take good care to keep relations civil
It's decent in the first of gentlemen
To speak friendly, Even to the devil
It's decent in the first of gentlemen
To speak friendly, Even to the devil
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Posted 21 June 2006 - 12:54 AM
I recently bought "The Crooked Letter' - by Sean Williams. It's the frist book int the Books of the Cataclysm series. It's about two brothers, Seth & Hadrian, that are twins. But instead of being identical twins thay are mirror twins - their hair parts on the opposite side, they both have one eye lower then the other on opposite sides, right down to Hadrian's heart being on the right side of his body. The story is basically about there being many different realms and a demon of sorts is using the twins to re-unite them all into one realm inorder to consume the souls of humans and become the ultimate ruler. I am only half way through but so far it is really intriguing.
Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:
And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.
~TQB~
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Posted 23 June 2006 - 07:33 PM
I read Neal Stephenson's ZODIAC on my flights and a bit in NYC. Just finished it, and I really enjoyed it. Fast-paced and entertaining, ZODIAC is a perfect vacation read!
If anyone is interested in learning more, you can check the blog for the full review!
Patrick
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If anyone is interested in learning more, you can check the blog for the full review!
Patrick
www.fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com
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Posted 24 June 2006 - 10:09 PM
On a dark background - Ian M Banks .. still not letting me down he is
Take good care to keep relations civil
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To speak friendly, Even to the devil
It's decent in the first of gentlemen
To speak friendly, Even to the devil
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Posted 26 June 2006 - 01:51 AM
Just finished Carrie Vaughn's Kitty Goes to Washington. It's the horror/dark urban fantasy sequel to Kitty and the Midnight Hour, and it's an extremely entertaining read! Give it a go!
You'll find the full review on the blog, if you're interested. . .
Patrick
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You'll find the full review on the blog, if you're interested. . .
Patrick
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Posted 26 June 2006 - 04:51 AM
Three quarters of my way through Kate Elliots The Burning Stone.
Her books are getting slightly better as they go along. But I still hope Liath dies, hopefully in pain.
And I just started Across the Nightingale Florr by Lian Hearn. It's pretty average reading.
Her books are getting slightly better as they go along. But I still hope Liath dies, hopefully in pain.
And I just started Across the Nightingale Florr by Lian Hearn. It's pretty average reading.
