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Offline Samwise
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What are you reading these days?
« on: June 21, 2003, 12:56:18 PM »
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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« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2003, 01:30:07 PM »
Daily mirror, some porn and........... nope, that\'s about it.
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« Reply #2 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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« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2003, 08:48:33 PM »
Right now it\'s Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck).
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« Reply #4 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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« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2003, 09:02:12 PM »
Maxim and Stuff ;)
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« Reply #6 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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« Reply #7 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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Re: What are you reading these days?
« Reply #8 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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« Reply #9 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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« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2003, 12:35:49 AM »
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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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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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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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« Reply #11 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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« Reply #12 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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« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2003, 02:34:46 AM »
what\'s a "book"

i read mags, read internet stuff..
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« Reply #14 on: June 22, 2003, 02:39:43 AM »
"City of Beasts"
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