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Equinox
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Re: What do you read?
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by Equinox » Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:54 pm
OPOJ wrote:Hi everyone.
I read all kind of science fiction books. Like Isaac Asimov.
Now I'm reading Brave New World from Aldous Huxley.
Hey! OPOJ!
Brave New World is the book I want to read next!
I've read 1984 and loved it, saw Equilibrium and now I'm in love of those kind of theories...btw, if you haven't seen that movie or read that book and you like BNW, you should! they're btw the same lines...of totalitarian governments.
"Insanity: A Perfect Rational Adjustment To An Insane World"
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by stratoplayer » Sat Jun 03, 2006 12:47 am
Equilibrium is FANTASTIC, I even have it in my computer!
Close your eyes and try to remember, destroyed lullabies of days gone by
Close your eyes on the edge of forever, a chance to dream fast asleep your nightmare ends
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by Equinox » Sat Jun 03, 2006 4:15 am
stratoplayer wrote:Equilibrium is FANTASTIC, I even have it in my computer!
I agree, that movie is 'off the hook'
And guess what! I bet you've notice that Preston, at the end of the movie...smiles a bit.
hehehehhe
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by stratoplayer » Sat Jun 03, 2006 4:43 am
You couldn't resist that could you...
Close your eyes and try to remember, destroyed lullabies of days gone by
Close your eyes on the edge of forever, a chance to dream fast asleep your nightmare ends
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by Heiserich » Sun Jun 04, 2006 5:54 pm
Forget-me-not wrote: Great you are! I didn't have enough diligence to finish it
Well, it starts to get exciting on about page 300, where he describes the battle of Austerlitz. The first parts of the book are a little ropy, but it gets better and better. If I didn't have other things to do
I'd like to read it through all at once. But as I still have to do some exams I've just two hours at night where I can read...
Life can only be understood in reverse
But must be lived forwards...
I'm losing my senses, I'm losing my senses
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by Just a Vampire » Sun Jun 04, 2006 11:40 pm
Well, I guess I wrote here before that I'm reading the Kalevala, and I have it in a PC.
Also have Dracula (I have'em on my brother's PC cause I have no money for the books, besides, the Kalevala is quite hard to find here- No, correct...is IMPOSSIBLE)
What do I read: Epic stories (Kalevala, the song of Roland, etc), JRR Tolkien, Beowulf...that stuff
"now he knows his father betrays
now his wings turns to ashes to ashes his grave"
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by Forget-me-not » Tue Jun 06, 2006 3:59 am
Just a Vampire wrote:Well, I guess I wrote here before that I'm reading the Kalevala, and I have it in a PC.
Also have Dracula (I have'em on my brother's PC cause I have no money for the books, besides, the Kalevala is quite hard to find here- No, correct...is IMPOSSIBLE)
What do I read: Epic stories (Kalevala, the song of Roland, etc), JRR Tolkien, Beowulf...that stuff
Good choice, "Kalevala" (in Russian) and "The Lord of The Rings" (in English) are literary masterpieces which are always with me in my Pocket PC
EDIT: Oh, how could I forget? "The Silmarillion" is there too, at the first place!
Heiserich wrote: Well, it starts to get exciting on about page 300, where he describes the battle of Austerlitz. The first parts of the book are a little ropy, but it gets better and better. If I didn't have other things to do
I'd like to read it through all at once. But as I still have to do some exams I've just two hours at night where I can read...
Nice to hear you like it. I'm glad to know that Russian classical authors are enjoyed abroad
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by miditek » Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:59 pm
Due to my job, I have to read mountains of technical documentation from Microsoft, Cisco, Netscreen, and others.
For private reading, I really enjoy biographies and autobiographies. I'm also rather keen on military history, as well books on counterintelligence and espionage. Some of my favorite authors are politicians, generals, and doctors. Clausewitz and Churchill are among my favorite authors.
I also enjoy a great deal of Christian literature, such as works by C.S. Lewis and Rick Warren.
For fiction, I've read a lot of Whitley Strieber, Jenkins/LaRue, Stephen King, D.C. Fontana, and many others.
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by Patricia » Sun Jul 02, 2006 1:09 pm
A book about minerals by Judy Hall, very interesting!^^
Olen tyytyväinen...Onpa kiva tavata...
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by MetalAngel » Mon Jul 03, 2006 5:35 pm
I'm actually reading a book about the city Of Jihlava in Moravia (Czech Republic), this book is called "Kapitoly z historie Jihlavy" (or in english "the chapters of the Jihlava's history"). Very interesting thing.
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by Freedan » Wed Jul 05, 2006 4:19 pm
I know this is kind of stupid, but actually i'm reading Avalon right now...though i've bearly started it.
i guarentee it!
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by Stratochild » Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:55 pm
mostly fantasy and sci-fi
actually Nightwatch
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by MetalManiac » Thu Jul 06, 2006 4:54 pm
Terry Pratchett. And of course, heavy-metal magazines.
"When night falls
she cloaks the world
in impenetrable darkness.
A chill rises
from the soil
and contaminates the air
suddenly...
life has new meaning."
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by TerrinePotter » Fri Jul 07, 2006 7:26 am
I have recently finished "The Celesty Prophecy" (Tolkki's recommendation at his forum), and a book about neurobics, brain exercise.
I am reading "Veronika Decides to Die" that is the only book of Paulo Coelho I had not read.
Apart from that I am writing my novel and reading my books on learning German and Japanese (does that count?)
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by Stratochild » Fri Jul 07, 2006 9:05 am
MetalManiac wrote:Terry Pratchett. And of course, heavy-metal magazines.
yeah i forgot heavy metal magazines
... and gaming magazines
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by stratobabius » Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:52 pm
Let's see... I should be reading these for the exams next month...
Maths, Physics, Anatomy, Computers, Chemistry
Right now I'm reading nothing though...
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by Mormegil » Thu Jul 13, 2006 7:31 pm
Mark Salisbury's Burton On Burton, a book about my all-time favourite director Tim Burton. So far it seems really promising.
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by Heiserich » Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:09 pm
Hurray, finally I finished "War and Peace" by Tolstoi!
It took quite a long time, cause I had only two hours in the evenings to read. However, it's an absolutely great book.
Probably tomorrow I'll start with another book, don't know yet which one I'll choose...
Life can only be understood in reverse
But must be lived forwards...
I'm losing my senses, I'm losing my senses
D. Mustaine
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by Stratofanius » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:26 am
Excellent book about old Rome's emperors and stuff, I don't know what is the english name of it.
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by nepi » Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:57 pm
last week I read "the different between woman and man". Was very interesting, recommended!
Now I am reading a poetically book from Rimbaud. Awesome, really awesome!!!!
you can't kill my dreams
you can't kill my spirit
I was born to be FREE!
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by Painless_Cry » Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:16 am
currently reading a harry potter fan fic that my BF wrote... lol
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by nefertari » Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:30 pm
I´m reading at this time "The Tenth Insight " by James Redfield. It is very interesting .
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by browneyedgirl » Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:55 am
"THE SEX LIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS" I just got through reading this book&if true, there are lots of past USA presidents that would make Bill Clinton look like an angel!
George Washington was the Father of our country. Literally.
Also, I read the DAVINCI CODE which was interesting. I am waiting for the DVD, now!
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by Equinox » Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:19 am
What I last read was The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton.
I finished in a week. Just 300 pages.
The book was old I must say, back from the 60s. But I loved it very much.
It gave me the same thrills Crichton's last one State of Fear.
He's my favorite writer.
By the way, I just noticed that he's coming out with a new book on Nov 28 called NEXT that deals with genetics. Anyone intrested:
http://www.michaelcrichton.net/"Insanity: A Perfect Rational Adjustment To An Insane World"
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by nefertari » Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:21 pm
Now I´m reading :Maya Cosmogenesis 2012 by John Major Jenkins , and Kalevala
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by browneyedgirl » Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:20 pm
the andromeda strain is also a good movie!
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by NeonVomit » Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:24 pm
Got started on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.... if the film is anything to go by, this should be an interesting read...
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by Mormegil » Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:09 pm
I finished Dan Brown's Deception Point some time ago. It was a lot like the Da Vinci -Code and Angels And Demons; it was a really exciting story, but after reading it once, that's it.
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by Equinox » Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:37 pm
browneyedgirl wrote:the andromeda strain is also a good movie!
And I am in the waiting list in the library to see it.
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by MaFiaBoY » Thu Oct 12, 2006 4:45 pm
I'm currently short on cash so I'm basically re-reading some of my classics. At the moment i'm reading Lolita for the seventh time, if I remember correctly. I've also had a look to Biography of Hunger, english translation of Biographie de la faim, one of my favourite books by Amélie Nothomb. Really great translation, I highly recommend it.
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