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Post by Destro on Nov 8, 2004 1:47:28 GMT -5
Hopefully this will breathe some life into this forum. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Just wondering what you guys are reading; is it good, bad, etc.? Right now I'm reading The Professor's House by Willa Cather for school and The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce on my own. Both are pretty good so far; Bierce's dictionary has some pretty funny definitions in it, and some really make you think.
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Post by Destro on Nov 8, 2004 2:24:45 GMT -5
Here are a few definitions from The Devil's Dictionary: Battle, n. A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue. Belladonna, n. In Italian, a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues. Bride, n. A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her. Elector, n. One who enjoys the sacred privilege of voting for the man of another man's choice. Man, n. An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be. His chief occupation is extermination of other animals and his own species, which, however, multiplies with such insistent rapidity as to infest the whole inhabitable earth and Canada. Painting, n. The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic. Presidency, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics. I think some of are pretty funny, and if not at least make you think. You can blame my sense of humor on taking too many English classes. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Devastator_2000 on Nov 13, 2004 22:27:40 GMT -5
I just wrapped up a new Star Trek series of books. It was the I time to series and it was very good. It was made up of about 8 books and it filled in the gaps between Insurrection and Nemesis.
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Post by Alter_Ego on Nov 14, 2004 14:30:50 GMT -5
I just finished (last night) reading Imzadi. It was my first Star Trek book. Very good. Might consider reading the second one later......
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Post by CkRtech on Nov 14, 2004 14:56:13 GMT -5
"Lucky Man" - the autobiography of Michael J. Fox
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Post by Starfilly on Nov 16, 2004 14:55:07 GMT -5
Le Morte Darthur, the Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table by Sir Thomas Malory "For she was a passing fair maiden and a young." ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png)
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Post by Alter_Ego on Nov 16, 2004 18:27:14 GMT -5
I just finished another really good book.
The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey
Good stuff!!!! I've read a good hunk of her books, and can recommend all of them!
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Post by Destro on Nov 18, 2004 13:33:39 GMT -5
I've finished the two books I mentioned. I am now reading Passing by Nella Larsen and The Age of Access by Jeremy Rifkin.
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Post by Alter_Ego on Nov 18, 2004 15:11:04 GMT -5
I'm starting Exile's Valor, another novel by Mercedes Lackey. It is the second in a new series that she is writing.
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Post by StrykerX2K on Nov 18, 2004 16:07:55 GMT -5
I just finished "Blind Side" by Catherine Coultier and "Fatal Tide" by Iris Johansen. I am starting "No One to Trust" by Iris Johansen and then "The Big Bad Wolf" by James Patterson....most of these are FBI thriller novels having to do with forensics and topics of that nature, but interwoven with some political issues relevant to the storyline......Iris johansen is a great author I have read almost all of her stuff....
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Post by Destro on Dec 2, 2004 21:12:46 GMT -5
Finished Passing about a week ago, stopped reading Age of Access; wasn't really getting into it, but I might try again. I'm currently reading The Red Badge of Courage.
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Post by Alter_Ego on Dec 3, 2004 11:11:44 GMT -5
I am so sorry to hear you are reading that. I was forced to read it in high school. I have a hard time supporting any book that I had to read during that period.
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Post by Destro on Dec 3, 2004 14:49:46 GMT -5
I am so sorry to hear you are reading that. I was forced to read it in high school. I have a hard time supporting any book that I had to read during that period. I'm reading it on my own. ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png) I think it's pretty good so far.
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Post by Alter_Ego on Dec 3, 2004 18:01:41 GMT -5
I'm reading it on my own. ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png) I think it's pretty good so far. Good luck with that.... ![:-/](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/undecided.png)
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Post by Starfilly on Dec 4, 2004 20:30:28 GMT -5
Oops, I have to catch up... In the past few days I read The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury (EXCELLENT) and The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury and now I'm working on Strange Highways by Dean Koontz. Another student at the college said I just *had* to read the Koontz books, and I admit it's quite good so far. He reminds me of M. Night Shyamalan a little bit.
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Post by Devastator_2000 on Dec 7, 2004 19:31:19 GMT -5
Right now I am not reading any books. But I read many magazines on a regular basis. Each month I read Maximum PC and CPU Magazine. But this month I stared picking up a couple other magazines about my sub-hobbies. N-Scale Railroading and Fine Scale Modeler.
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Post by Destro on Dec 12, 2004 22:57:04 GMT -5
Finished The Red Badge of Courage a few days ago..won't start anything else til finals are over. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) I don't think I would've liked it as much if I was forced to read it; it reads fairly slowly, so being on a fixed schedule would make it more difficult. I do think Crane is a great writer, and this work and Maggie: A Girl of the Streets are probably his best works.
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Post by Destro on Dec 28, 2004 20:26:18 GMT -5
I finished The Hound of the Baskervilles yesterday and started reading The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie today. I'll be teaching both of these books this spring! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Destro on Dec 30, 2004 18:10:34 GMT -5
Finished The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie today. It wasn't what I expected, but it was really good. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) It's about a school teacher at an all-girl school and her chosen few ("The Brodie set"). It's set in the 30's, and Miss Brodie isn't the type of teacher that fits in. When I started reading it, I thought I'd be getting a "Dead Poet's Society"-type of teacher and message, but it is quite different; Miss Brodie is a strange and interesting character who has an affair w/ another teacher and is also a Fascist... Not the best book I've ever read, but worth a look. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Destro on Jan 3, 2005 0:57:01 GMT -5
Started The Human Stain by Philip Roth the other day. It might take me awhile to finish w/ school starting and all. I'm about 50 pages in and so far it's really good. I've read his novel Portnoy's Complaint and his short story Goodbye, Colombus, and going on those works I'd say he's my favorite living author; highly recommended. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) btw, has anyone seen the movie version of The Human Stain? It came out not too long ago, and it stars Nicole Kidman and..Gene Hackman, iirc.
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