posted June 06, 2004 10:23 PM            

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Originally posted by wile_e_coyote:
i just picked up a buttload of free books from our library. they just toss out all of their doubles and everything. some pretty cool ones. classics.
im reading the odyssey book right now. the magic the gathering one. pretty boring. it's the first magic book i've read. are they all this bad?

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Worse.

posted June 06, 2004 11:04 PM            

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posted June 07, 2004 10:29 AM         

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Originally posted by Tha Gunslinga:
Worse.

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anyway, I be reading "The Ominous Parallels" By Leonard Peikoff. You should read it.

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posted June 07, 2004 10:37 AM            

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Originally posted by Lordcaine:
I'm taking time off from my Tom Clancy binge to reread the Harry Potter series in anticipation of book six...any idea on the release date?

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I think that I heard on the radio that it was supposed to be next summer, but I may have misunderstood and they were referring to the summer of 2006, which sounds more like what I would expect.

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posted June 07, 2004 10:44 AM            

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Originally posted by wile_e_coyote:

im reading the odyssey book right now. the magic the gathering one. pretty boring. it's the first magic book i've read. are they all this bad?

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just finished reading the Fifth Dawn book - I know, I know but I have to read them all - it's a weird compulsion, but I digress.

This book is so badly written it makes me ashamed to actually put it with my other books - the other main problem with the MTG books is the quality control - spelling is shot to hell, and the print quality is always on the dodgy side, but I still read them.

but I will be returning to better stuff tonight gonna break out Perdido Street Station by China Mieville again, well written with tons of imagination

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posted June 07, 2004 10:58 AM            

Song of Susannah Dark Tower 6

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posted June 07, 2004 11:27 AM            

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Originally posted by nderdog:
I think that I heard on the radio that it was supposed to be next summer, but I may have misunderstood and they were referring to the summer of 2006, which sounds more like what I would expect.

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Damn...well at least book three of Malanie Rawn's Exiles is supposed to be released this fall...I've been waiting since 2000 for that.

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posted June 07, 2004 04:51 PM            

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posted June 08, 2004 08:45 AM            

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Originally posted by wile_e_coyote:
im reading the odyssey book right now. the magic the gathering one. pretty boring. it's the first magic book i've read. are they all this bad?

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the Ice Age trilogy imo is the best. Jodah is cool.

posted June 08, 2004 09:31 AM            

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Originally posted by iakae:
I'm re-reading the origin Timothy Zahn Star Wars series because Grand Admiral Thrawn rules all.

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I have those as audio books. They weren't bad.

posted June 08, 2004 03:35 PM            

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Originally posted by iakae:
I'm re-reading the origin Timothy Zahn Star Wars series because Grand Admiral Thrawn rules all.

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Damn straight. If you haven't already, you should read his other EU books, Specter of the Past and Vision of the Future. Those two, along with the original Thrawn trilogy, bookend the Pre-NJO EU perfectly and are IMO the best written of all of them.

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posted June 08, 2004 05:05 PM            

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posted June 08, 2004 07:33 PM            

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Originally posted by BoneShredder:
Damn straight. If you haven't already, you should read his other EU books, Specter of the Past and Vision of the Future. Those two, along with the original Thrawn trilogy, bookend the Pre-NJO EU perfectly and are IMO the best written of all of them.

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Actually, I own pretty much all of the Star Wars books (well, except for the Young Jedi books, which I can't stand, and that's a shame since Luke and Mara have their baby in that series). The five Timothy Zahn books are far and away the best, although the majority of others aren't bad either. My only complaint about the Zahn books is that they moved Luke away from being an almost omnipotent being back to more of a farmboy; I actually enjoyed his progression towards becoming a Light Side Vader. Outside of the Zahn books I've really enjoyed the two series focusing around Han Solo (the Corellian trilogy and the three books about his youth).

posted June 09, 2004 04:06 PM            

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Originally posted by Lordcaine:
I'm taking time off from my Tom Clancy binge to reread the Harry Potter series in anticipation of book six...any idea on the release date?

-David-

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Damn It only took me three days to finish all 5 books...oh well on to Expanded Universe by the great Heinlein! I really want one of those miniature singularity disposal units...I especially want it in red (mmmm...designer color black holes).

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posted June 09, 2004 04:44 PM            

THe Rule of Four...I thought it was cool, but it wasn't as cool as the Dan Brown books because none of this stuff is true except for the most basic of situations.

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posted June 16, 2004 10:27 AM            

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Originally posted by SerraBanger:

Song of Susannah Dark Tower 6

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It's so good.. so, so very good..

but I'm almost done with it

I'm re-reading books 2-6 when I'm done with this one.

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posted June 16, 2004 10:53 AM            

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Originally posted by SerraBanger:
It's so good.. so, so very good..

but I'm almost done with it

I'm re-reading books 2-6 when I'm done with this one.

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I'm making myself wait until I reread 1-5. I own Song already, just waiting. I'm 4/5 of the way through Wastelands right now...bout another 2-3 weeks I should be ready to read it.

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posted June 16, 2004 10:37 PM            

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Originally posted by Selvaxri:
finished with Tarzan of the Apes, will soon read Jungle Tales of Tarzan and Return of Tarzan.

shuddup, they're good books.

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am i the only person here who reads- and enjoys- the Tarzan series?
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You guys are seriously missing out. It's nothing like the Disney wussified version.

finished Jungle Tales, now enjoying Return of Tarzan.

posted June 17, 2004 11:01 AM            

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posted June 17, 2004 11:41 AM            

-David-

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posted June 17, 2004 12:17 PM            

the other great thing about it is he writes about Edinburgh (my home town) and it's fun knowing all the places and sometimes the people he is writing about

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