posted May 31, 2003 04:33 PM            

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I'm reading "Turning The Mind Into An Ally" by Sakyong Mipam Rinpoche. Fantasticly mind-awakening.

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posted May 31, 2003 05:07 PM         

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i just finished reading the Hot Zone (great book about the ebola virus, one part of the book describes a guy's bowels rupturing in the hospital, comparing it to the sound of paper ripping)

i just started reading Kurt Vonnegut's the Slaughterhouse Five

posted May 31, 2003 08:20 PM         

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I'm reading the God's Omnibus (3 books in one) by Terry Pratchett. He's a funny, funny man. His books always make me laugh out loud, which is weird sicne i read a lot in the bus on the way to work.

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posted June 01, 2003 01:31 PM            

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I'm reading The Mask of Dimitrios by Eric Ambler (again) cos it is absolutely totally the bomb.

In the future i expect to be reading Harry Potter book 4 again in preparation for the release of book 5, which I can confirm I have pre-ordered off Amazon at the nuff impressive 50%off!

posted June 01, 2003 08:36 PM            

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I just finished the Scourge novel. I'm also working my way through Stephen King's Dark Tower books in expectation of the next one at the end of summer.

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posted June 02, 2003 06:13 PM            

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German for Dummies...

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posted June 02, 2003 07:27 PM            

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I just started reading "The Gathering Storm" by Kate Elliot. It's book 5 in the Crown of Stars series. Had it for only three days, read about 200 pages a day. It's simply amazing. Hopefully I will finish it soon so I can start reading the rest of the series over again.

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posted August 26, 2003 11:26 AM            

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I've been reading Roald Dahl's "Tales of the Unexpected".

It's a collection of well-written, semi-short stories, each with a nasty surprise for one of the characters at the end.

Such a fantastic book. The man is surely a genius. I recommend it to all of you.

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posted August 26, 2003 11:31 AM            

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Just finished Dune: The Butlerian Jihad this morning. Great book, but didn't address some of the things I was expecting it to. I am anticipating yet another prequel book to cover more of the ground here. Herbert and Jordan are doing an amazing job of expanding on the vast Dune universe and detailing the stories that are hinted at in Frank Herbert's original works.

Next up, is The Morgawr by Terry Brooks to finish up the "Voyage of the Jerle Shannara" series.

I am SO behind on my reading right now...should have had both of these books finished months ago.

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posted August 26, 2003 11:35 AM            

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Economic Apartheid in America
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posted August 26, 2003 11:36 AM            

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just finished "claws of chaos" by Gav Thorpe from Black Library.

it is a games workshop novel. Excellent read

posted August 26, 2003 12:05 PM         

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I'm reading the God's Omnibus (3 books in one) by Terry Pratchett. He's a funny, funny man. His books always make me laugh out loud, which is weird sicne i read a lot in the bus on the way to work.

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If you're interested in science (actual science) I can recommend 'Science of Discworld'. It switches from reality to a discworld story (per chapter), and it really describes a lot of today's science, even though it's quite mind-boggling on occasion. And the swapping from fiction to reality is a demanding job too (for a foreigner anyway) but it's a good read.

Currently I'm reading The Hobbit illustrated by Alan Lee, which is again an excellent piece of work.

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posted August 26, 2003 02:49 PM            

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Aunt Tula, by Miguel de Unamuno.

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posted August 26, 2003 02:59 PM            

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The Scions of Shannarah by Terry Brooks

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posted August 26, 2003 04:58 PM         

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Atlas Shrugged by Aya Rynd.

good read :-)

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posted August 26, 2003 05:07 PM            

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Machiavelli - The Prince

Various Folks - The Poetry of Atlantic Canada (An Anthology.)

I've finished the other seven or so I've been reading.

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posted August 26, 2003 09:43 PM            

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Read The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, I just got it the other day, and I couldn't put it down, now I have a messed sleeping pattern.....

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posted August 26, 2003 09:51 PM            

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Might I add that the Discworld series is funny as all hell!

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posted August 26, 2003 09:52 PM            

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Atlas Shrugged by Aya Rynd.

good read :-)

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bah. Capitalist Manifesto is more like it. And its Ayn Rand.

posted August 26, 2003 10:00 PM         

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Just finished American Scream by Cynthia True. Pretty good bio of Bill Hicks. Dragged in parts, but good nonetheless. Now I'm re-reading Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy until I can get to the bookstore and buy something new.

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posted August 26, 2003 10:13 PM            

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servant of the empire and every other raymond feist book

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posted August 26, 2003 11:45 PM         

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Might I add that the Discworld series is funny as all hell!

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Yeah I think I have nearly all of them. They're just never boring.

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posted August 27, 2003 12:14 AM            

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I too have most of them, including the original hardcover of The Colour of Magic! I picked it up at some Library Sale or something... the satire in these books is stupendously rich! They may look like kiddie novels, but they're adult-oriented.

While we're recommending books, though...

Anyone read any Guy Gavriel Kay? The Sarantine Mosaic is probably the best piece of fantasy I have ever read. Kay is defintiely one of Canada's top novelists.

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