What fantasy/science fiction book are you reading RIGHT NOW?
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Shaun das Schaf wrote:FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
Have to be a tag-team...maybe a free for all Watch brawl.
I'm on F&F's side.
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the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
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I've just finished Flowers For Algernon. I REALLY liked it. Sad though. And I can't help thinking, like post-op Charlie, that I can only ever scratch the surface of the surface of the iterating surface of all the great books out there. Or maybe I just need an operashun to make me capable of reading at Avatar pace 
Also, does anyone else feel disrespectful when they finish a book that really moved them and just launch straight into something else? I feel like I should savour something, or at least let the story settle in me for a bit.
Instead, like the binge-reader I am, I'm posting to say I'm currently reading David Zindell's Neverness.
P.S. StevieG, I don't think we're helping our country's stereotype as a land of sunburnt yobbos, but I'm glad you'll be drinking and yelling ringside with me.
Also, does anyone else feel disrespectful when they finish a book that really moved them and just launch straight into something else? I feel like I should savour something, or at least let the story settle in me for a bit.
Instead, like the binge-reader I am, I'm posting to say I'm currently reading David Zindell's Neverness.
P.S. StevieG, I don't think we're helping our country's stereotype as a land of sunburnt yobbos, but I'm glad you'll be drinking and yelling ringside with me.
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As some one who's stuck halfway through Deadhouse Gates, I'm on Muffin's, ahem, Murrin's sideVraith wrote:Shaun das Schaf wrote:FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
Have to be a tag-team...maybe a free for all Watch brawl.
I'm on F&F's side.
u.
Tho' all the maps of blood and flesh
Are posted on the door,
There's no one who has told us yet
What Boogie Street is for.
Are posted on the door,
There's no one who has told us yet
What Boogie Street is for.
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It's on my all-time list.Shaun das Schaf wrote:I've just finished Flowers For Algernon. I REALLY liked it.
Lot's of interesting tidbits on it. [have I mentioned these before somewhere? seems familiar] For instance the initial potential publishers for BOTH the short story and the novel tried to get the ending changed to happy...author refused in both cases.
There's a pretty good movie of it from the 60's...I think it got an Oscar in some category, I know it was nominated.
There's a good play version of it.
And a musical.
Several radio and at least one made for t.v. too.
Anyway, just finished Pratchett "Sourcery."
It's amazing that he can keep being funny through so many books and in the same "comic fantasy" genre.
[spoiler]Sig-man, Libtard, Stupid piece of shit. change your text color to brown. Mr. Reliable, bullshit-slinging liarFucker-user.[/spoiler]
the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
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Charly without the 'e', so my work colleagues tell me. And it was Cliff Robertson who won the Oscar for Best Actor. Not sure whether I want to watch the film. I'm not great with films based on books I've read. Ok if I see the film first, risky if it's the other way around.
That's interesting about the pressure to change the ending Vraith. Would have been a crazy move though, take all the gut punch out of it. Glad Keyes stood his ground. I did know about the musical and the album, but not the play. I can imagine it would make a great play, a musical not so much.
And U, I've already stated my preferences for yelling from the sidelines, but you're seriously tempting me to join the brawl. (So long as I can bring my drink with me.) Deadhouse Gates is my favorite Malazan book.
That's interesting about the pressure to change the ending Vraith. Would have been a crazy move though, take all the gut punch out of it. Glad Keyes stood his ground. I did know about the musical and the album, but not the play. I can imagine it would make a great play, a musical not so much.
And U, I've already stated my preferences for yelling from the sidelines, but you're seriously tempting me to join the brawl. (So long as I can bring my drink with me.) Deadhouse Gates is my favorite Malazan book.
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Ouch! Just been FaithedFist and Faith wrote:You try to be on one of our sides, and we're gonna pull the ol' switcheroo on ya! Just read DG, the rest of Malazan, then Dune. Don't post again until you're done.
I've read Dune a couple of times. Good book, but I've never felt the need to read anymore in the series.
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Tho' all the maps of blood and flesh
Are posted on the door,
There's no one who has told us yet
What Boogie Street is for.
Are posted on the door,
There's no one who has told us yet
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