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Post by Kayenne on Oct 5, 2005 21:22:06 GMT -5
Urgent 2nd Class: Creating Curious Collage, Dubious Documents, and Other Art from Ephemera by Nick Bantock (of Griffin and Sabine fame)
Also, the Sept. issue of Architectural Digest, and Blackfoot Physics by F. David Peat.
Science, Order, and Creativity by David Bohm and F. David Peat is currently on hold. (This is what I mean about getting carried away!)
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Post by CelticWench on Oct 6, 2005 7:53:22 GMT -5
Sadly enough, I'm reading a Star Trek novel right now. I'm not sure I like it. It's called Imzadi. I read that once, a long time ago....I don't think I liked it much, either. Last night I finished Terry Pratchett's "The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents" -- the story of the pied piper as it might happen in Discworld. A great and relatively quick read! I think it should be required reading for all rat puckers. Erin
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Post by Athena on Oct 9, 2005 11:52:38 GMT -5
Kushiel's Avatar - Jaqueline Carey
A Breath of Snow and Ashes - Diana Gabaldon
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Post by Simon De Montfort on Oct 9, 2005 19:33:07 GMT -5
Still working on Simon, I know you can't judge people by the standards of our day but so far there are some things about this guy that just would not make it today. Hair shirts indeed, I don't see any of those on sale at the faire.
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Post by Britny Ylisaari on Oct 22, 2005 18:39:57 GMT -5
I finished reading A Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy. Now, I've started on The Resturant at the End of the Universe.
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Post by Sir Trevor on Oct 22, 2005 21:02:57 GMT -5
I started reading Hitchhicker's Guide
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Post by Simon De Montfort on Oct 23, 2005 19:47:40 GMT -5
I finished reading A Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy. Now, I've started on The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. I envy you as only one can who has read those books, That you are reading them for the first time and discovering the insane humor Therine is a discovery I wish I could make for the first time again. Have you ever heard of Mission Earth? I almost died laughing wile reading those books , there are ten of them and I bought them at a discount many moons age. I could not stop laughing.
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Post by Simon De Montfort on Oct 23, 2005 19:57:44 GMT -5
The Weapon, By Micheal Z.Willamson. Pretty good so far.
Better than Simon who may not be the character I want to want emulate. Sure he seemed to be standing up for the common Knight but treason is a hard road to follow and the religious practices of the day are unsettling. He was a fighter though I will give him that much.
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Post by Sir Trevor on Oct 23, 2005 21:46:29 GMT -5
If you like your stories with a twist and some humor. And you like fantasy. You need to try Another Day Another Dungeon by Greg Costikyan. It take the fantasy genre and makes it hilarious. There is still a good plot, but some of the things that happen are just laugh out loud funny. Heres a link to some of the character intros www.costik.com/adad.htmlDoesn't really display the humor, but gives you a taste of the writing style.
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Post by Hephzibah on Oct 23, 2005 23:05:02 GMT -5
Like the link Trevor.
my reading still is how to work this new phone. Thank God for children HAHAHA
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Post by Hephzibah on Oct 23, 2005 23:13:10 GMT -5
Sorry but true
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Post by Kayenne on Oct 24, 2005 21:18:08 GMT -5
For twisted humor (with a sideorder of satire) try anything by Terry Pratchett. Have yet to read him myself, but he comes highly recommended by a friend who knows her fiction.
For example: Death's horse is named Binkie. Rats have their own Death (the Grim Squeaker)!
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Post by Mickey on Oct 24, 2005 21:50:58 GMT -5
This is a thread I'll have to come back to for more recommendations and reviews. Like most things, I like too many different kinds of things to just stick with one kind/type. I've recently read The DaVinci Code--I liked it a lot. My husband actually read it and liked it too!!
I've been reading many mysteries lately. A lot of James Patterson's and others. I ran across one of his that was different than anything else I've ever read of his though. It's called The Jester. He wrote it with Andrew Gross. I thought Faire friends might like it. It's set in Medieval times. It's very dark in a lot of it, so if you like mostly "light" or happy, don't go for this. Although, I must say, I'm not usually into "dark" but I did like this. Parts were hard to get through though.
The book I'm reading right at this moment is called The Feng Shui Detective. It's by Nury Vittachi. I don't think I've ever read anything by him before. I'm about halfway through, and I'm still not sure if I really like it or not. It's not bad, but so far it's not great either!
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Post by Sir Trevor on Oct 24, 2005 22:14:02 GMT -5
For twisted humor (with a sideorder of satire) try anything by Terry Pratchett. Have yet to read him myself, but he comes highly recommended by a friend who knows her fiction. For example: Death's horse is named Binkie. Rats have their own Death (the Grim Squeaker)! Sounds a lot like Fritz Leiber. (just realized, I forget to tell Britny about those books )
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Post by Lady Catharine on Oct 25, 2005 11:59:22 GMT -5
InStyle Mag-sorry but I must pre-pare for the annual ladies trip the Big Apple!
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