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Title: What are you reading these days?
Post by: Samwise on June 21, 2003, 12:56:18 PM
See subject. Right now I\'m reading:

Title: What are you reading these days?
Post by: Cerberus on June 21, 2003, 01:30:07 PM
Daily mirror, some porn and........... nope, that\'s about it.
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Post by: Ginko on June 21, 2003, 02:39:45 PM
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (currently 278 pages in)

The Vampire Lestat (256 pages in)

I\'ve actually put The Vampire Lestat on short hold until I\'m done with Harry Potter.  Then I will continue to read the rest of the Vampire Chronicles.

I can usually finish a book in 2-3 weeks so I\'m always looking for new material.
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Post by: The Stapler on June 21, 2003, 08:48:33 PM
Right now it\'s Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck).
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Post by: Luke on June 21, 2003, 09:00:12 PM
My ladyfriend bought me 1984 cause I\'ve never read it.

After that I wanna get into Cryptonomicon by Neil Stephenson.
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Post by: theomen on June 21, 2003, 09:02:12 PM
Maxim and Stuff ;)
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Post by: Viper_Fujax on June 21, 2003, 09:03:52 PM
i have to read The Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston and The Sound of the Waves by Yukio Mishima for summer reading. Both sound boring as hell, but then again 90% of books assignmed by teachers are boring.
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Post by: nO-One on June 21, 2003, 09:06:17 PM
Last thing I read IIRC was a lesbian prison sex story involving an inmate and a guard, nice little piece of literature.

However the only book I sometimes give a read is Dreams of Terror and Death a collection of HP Lovecraft stories.

Otherwise I just read comics.
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Post by: Coredweller on June 21, 2003, 09:11:16 PM
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Originally posted by Samwise
See subject. Right now I\'m reading:

  • Red Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
  • Science Fiction anthology (Different authors - I personally enjoyed the works by Bruce Sterling and Isac Asimov the most)
  • The Vampire Armand (Anne Rice)
  • And finally some misc. non-fiction books. Mostly about psychology and filmmaking.
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That is a weird coincidence Sammy because I just finished reading "Green Mars."  I thought it strange that he put the titles in that order... Red, Green, Blue.  I kinda thought it should be Red, Blue, Green but oh well.  Those books are not really the best SF I\'ve read.  Robinson seems to be too fascinated with geology... He devotes such long passages to descriptions of the martian landscape complete with place names that are impossible to remember, and an inadequate map.  I should have just found a better map of mars to look at while I was reading.  Some of the characters are pretty annoying, like Maya and Frank, but John Boone was cool, and Coyote and Nirgal in the second book are interesting characters also.

Trying to decide what to read next.  I can\'t go directly to the next Mars book.  I need a break.  :)
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Post by: ##RaCeR## on June 22, 2003, 12:17:36 AM
I am currently in between IT (Stephen King) and Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis).

Yeah, I know I\'m a bit old for it but its an excellent series.
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Post by: Samwise on June 22, 2003, 12:35:49 AM
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Originally posted by Luke
My ladyfriend bought me 1984 cause I\'ve never read it.

So I take it you\'re reading it now? If not, you should! :D

Really, it\'s an amazing book IMHO.

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Originally posted by Ginko
I can usually finish a book in 2-3 weeks so I\'m always looking for new material.

That gives way for another interesting question. How long does it take you to read a book?

For me it depends on the subject. I read a 350-something book by Lloyd Kaufman (Troma founder). It took me one day to finish, because I enjoyed it so much. Other books can take from a few days to a week (or two, if I\'m really busy and not that interested in the book).

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Originally posted by Coredweller
That is a weird coincidence Sammy because I just finished reading "Green Mars."

Heh, yeah that\'s weird. I haven\'t really read that much of it so far (about 70 pages into it). I guess I\'ll just have to wait and see if it\'s worth it. :)

About new reading material... have you read The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck? It\'s an interesting novel and quite different from what I\'ve usually been reading. Just a suggestion anyway, it might not be to your liking. :D
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Post by: Kimahri on June 22, 2003, 12:45:08 AM
whats with the mars books?... get me into them cause they sound like science fiction and i love that.
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Post by: kopking on June 22, 2003, 02:11:36 AM
about the only things i read are, newspapers, and thrasher magazine, sidewalk, and document skateboarding
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Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on June 22, 2003, 02:34:46 AM
what\'s a "book"

i read mags, read internet stuff..
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Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on June 22, 2003, 02:39:43 AM
"City of Beasts"
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Post by: Samwise on June 22, 2003, 02:49:18 AM
I pity the fools who do not read. :p
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Post by: ooseven on June 22, 2003, 03:13:47 AM
High-resolution X-ray diffraction analysis of the Bragg peak
integrated intensity in highly mismatched III-N epilayers


By G. Feng, X.M. Shen, J.J. Zhu, B.S. Zhang, D.G. Zhao, Y.T. Wang, H. Yang,J.W. Liang.

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T he successive phase transformation in a Co-rich Al–Ni–Co
decagonal phase

By Kazuki Yamamoto , Wang Yang, Yutsuki Nishimura, Yoshie Matsuo.


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Study of the magnetic order in a Co/Cr multilayer by magnetic
Bragg di!raction at the Co 2p resonance

By Alessandro Mirone!, Maurizio Sacchi!, Esther Dudzik, Hermann DuK rr,Gerrit van der Laan, Annie Vaure, FreH deH ric Petro
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Post by: Ginko on June 22, 2003, 06:27:21 AM
To answer your question, Sammy...

The Harry Potter books for example, each book took me 2-3 days because I would get so wrapped up in them...I would read at least a hundred pages a day...in the case of the 4th and 5th book, it\'s like 300 pages a day.

More intense books such as Anne Rice, who\'s literature is dripping with detail, will take me 2-3 weeks as I can only handle a good hour or 2 of reading before I get tired.
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Post by: politiepet on June 22, 2003, 07:17:11 AM
the brethren - john grisham
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Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on June 22, 2003, 08:01:19 AM
I\'ve never read a Harry Potter book, but after this phenomenon about the fifth one... i\'ll perhaps check some of \'em.
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Post by: Faithdies on June 22, 2003, 10:33:01 PM
Right now Im re-reading through the Star Wars X-Wing collection for like the 7th time. Im on "I, Jedi" right now.
I can normally finish a 400 page book in about two days.
Though I have read a few Robert Jordan new releases in a day.
Like Winters Heart and Crossroads of Twilight.
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Post by: SwifDi on June 22, 2003, 10:56:40 PM
Bible
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Post by: Samwise on June 23, 2003, 08:11:09 AM
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Originally posted by SwifDi
Bible
Now that\'s gay.
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Post by: Bossieman on June 23, 2003, 11:40:23 AM
The elegant Universe (String theory) Brian Green
Bloodline of the holy Grail; Laurence Gardner
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Post by: JBean on June 23, 2003, 11:44:52 AM
people still read!?!?

I mostly read on the internet and magazines.....

I might check out some of the books you all have posted since I do live in a city where the slogan is "the city that reads" (although i\'ve seen many signs around town with a \'b\' thrown in before the \'r\' in reads..... :D  

The City That Breads! (so what it\'s spelled wrong, but that\'s the charm of it)
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Post by: CHIZZY on June 23, 2003, 02:09:21 PM
still chipping away at The Silmarillion by Tolkein... But I really only have time to read when I\'m pooping.

BTW, I know I\'ve mentioned it before, but y\'alls should read the Space Trilogy by C.S. lewis.  "out of the silent planet" and such....

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684823802/ref=lib_dp_TFCV/103-7573369-3792665?v=glance&s=books&vi=reader#reader-link
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Post by: shockwaves on June 23, 2003, 02:12:59 PM
does espn.com count?
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Post by: The Stapler on June 23, 2003, 02:20:24 PM
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Originally posted by SwifDi
Bible


Reading the Bible doesn\'t mean you\'re going to get any from your gf.
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Post by: GigaShadow on June 23, 2003, 03:05:10 PM
Citizen Soldiers - great book if you liked Band of Brothers.
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Post by: Rya on June 23, 2003, 03:15:49 PM
- Harry Potter 5
- Harry Potter 3
- LOTR 1
- The Hobbit
- Dracula
- Peter Pan
- Anne of the Island
- Dune
- Sphere
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Post by: shockwaves on June 23, 2003, 04:11:33 PM
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Originally posted by The Stapler


Reading the Bible doesn\'t mean you\'re going to get any from your gf.


:laughing:

It\'s funny, because you know she\'s the only reason he\'d be reading it :p
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Post by: CHIZZY on June 23, 2003, 05:06:32 PM
vapor, you need to find a chick who parties. F*ck those bible-thumpin\' hoochies, they ain\'t never gonna give up the play. You see those girls at your little school who are in detention? They put out. Guaranteed. Score some reefer, and tell them you just knocked off a liquor store. We\'re talkin\' BJ\'s and snortin\' blow off your wang all nite!

BTW, read some non-fiction.
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Post by: GigaShadow on June 23, 2003, 05:58:18 PM
Vapor changed his name?  Where the hell have I been?