Books

Lord Duality · Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:41 am Post subject: Books

Just a generic book thread. For any book that doesn't fall into a series of a classic.

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Lord Storms · Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 7:35 pm Post subject:

The Source by James Michener is good, as are Timeline by Michael Crichton and Raptor Red by Robert T. Bakker.

Yup, those are the books I've been reading recently.
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General Ceyrox · Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:10 am Post subject:

I've been reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, does that count as a classic book?
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Heartless Banryx · Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:43 am Post subject:

Yeah, though I don't see how...
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Lord Duality · Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:06 pm Post subject:

Well, the author is dead and people still read it. So that makes it a bit of a classic...

Anyways, Read Feed by M.T. Anderson.
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General Ceyrox · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:01 am Post subject:

Artemis Fowl series, even though it already has it's own topic. I don't read alot of books...
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Lord Duality · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:03 am Post subject:

Eh, I don't know. The first thing I heard about it was that it sucked. But now lots of people say that it is good. Maybe I'll get one of them.
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General Ceyrox · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:13 am Post subject:

They're pretty good. But some times it can be hard to tell what's going on.

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Heartless Banryx · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:16 am Post subject:

The first one's a terrible introduction to the series, mainly because its hard to imagine things when you're in one place the entire novel. But if you start reading from the second one, you'll learn to love it.
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Lord Duality · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:21 am Post subject:

Okay, all I remember was my sister ranting about it and hating it. I might grab it. Maybe.

Heh, I had a similar problem with feed. They use slang words, that weren't even invented yet

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Heartless Banryx · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:29 am Post subject:

That's... kinda stupid.
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Lord Duality · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:31 am Post subject:

Heartless Banryx · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:32 am Post subject:

It's a mix of yow! and ouch!
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Lord Duality · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:35 am Post subject:

No, I think its something to do with being sexy. But I never figured uot what it exactly meant...
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Heartless Banryx · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:38 am Post subject:

Hm...
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Lord Duality · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:41 am Post subject:

Heh, sorry, never mind.
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General Ceyrox · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:51 am Post subject:

I've heard the word Youch used before.
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Lord Duality · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:54 am Post subject:

I have to. But they've changed the meaning for this book. I mean, it is slang now.

LOL, only the old people use words like "Dude" and such.
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Baron Loki · Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:51 pm Post subject:

That book sounds... special...
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Lord Duality · Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:22 pm Post subject:

It really is.

Anyone read The Giver? Well, never, EVER, read Gathering Blue. That was a waste of my life.
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Baron Loki · Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 5:45 pm Post subject:

Has anyone read Good Omens? Very funny, almost Catch-22 style.

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Pony · Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:19 am Post subject:

Anyone ever read Jesus Land, or The Glass Castle?
I haven't finished The Glass Castle, but so far it's pretty good

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Dread Abyss · Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:06 am Post subject:

Jesus Land?

The Other Side of the Island in my opinion is a pretty good book, I recommend it to most of you. A post apocalyptic novel about love, loss, and the power of human choice. Honor and her parents have been reassigned to live on Island 365 in the Tranquil Sea. Life is peaceful there-the color of the sky is regulated by Earth Mother, a corporation that controls New Weather, and it almost never rains. Everyone fits into their rightful and predictable place... Except Honor. She doesn't fit in, but then she meets Helix, a boy with a big heart and a keen sense for the world around them. Slowly, Honor and Helix begin to uncover a terrible truth about life on the Island: Sooner or later, those who are unpredictable disappear... and they don't ever come back.
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Pony · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 12:09 am Post subject:

>_>;
It's about a brother and a sister that get sent to a Christian boarding school type thing.
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Dread Abyss · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:37 am Post subject:

Go on.

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