vasudeva
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8/9/2005 at 17:36 |
Sheik_Yerbouti: Heather; I am Legend may be a short story, but my God is it porwerful. I was hooked on every one of the 179 pages.
Just watched the movie version of this, with Vincent Price. I fell asleep near the end. SAD FACE.
There are two versions of this movie. One with Charlton Heston entitled, "Omega Man" and the one you saw "The Last Man on Earth". I can't be sure, but I think the former sticks more closely to the story than the latter.
Also, I've heard that "The Last Man on Earth" is just plain lame. Check out "Omega Man"!
I liked Omega Man better -- Chuck Heston gettin blaxploitation -- but you can't knock V Price.
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JohnLenin
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8/9/2005 at 18:15 |
I don't read that much, but I like Asimov and Bradbury a lot.
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Heather
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8/10/2005 at 15:24 |
Sheik_Yerbouti: As a plus, the version of I Am Legend I own includes several other Matheson shorts. Some of them are freaky and fantastic reads. Sold. You willing to part with your copy for a week or so? heather.keith@gmail.com
I'll send you a monster book or seven(teen) in return. |
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sahlgoode
SENATOR BABYHEAD  Posts: 254 Registered: 7/6/2005 Offline
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8/10/2005 at 17:14 |
Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut audio book here.
Link good for 7 days or 20 hit's whichever comes first. If you like it re-up for others.
Warning...65mb.
Enjoy
http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2AZF7QSQV4JBF30IM955ALQDYL
edit by sahlgoode 10/08/05
[Edited on 10/8/2005 by sahlgoode]
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vladtweano
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8/10/2005 at 17:41 |
you mean timequake, yes?
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ghostrider
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8/10/2005 at 18:33 |
say Vlad...ain't you missing a little Symbol Of Powa ?
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sahlgoode
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8/10/2005 at 18:43 |
vladtweano: you mean timequake, yes? Why yes. Yes I do mean Timequake. Thanks for pointing that out vlad.
Once again my tardness is showing.
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ghostrider
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8/10/2005 at 18:57 |
TEH CUTE SLEEPY KITTY !
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sahlgoode
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8/10/2005 at 22:01 |
^^ fixt
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middle_age_man
Mostly Harmless  SSHOLEPosts: 427 Registered: 1/11/2005 Offline
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8/30/2005 at 03:09 |
I have been listening to unabridged audiobooks on my walk to and from work. I just finished Jarhead : A Marine's of the Gulf War and Other Battles by/performed by Anthont Swofford. I really enjoyed it. I'd be interested to hear an opinion from swarmers with military service who have read it.
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Heather
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11/1/2005 at 16:27 |
Excerpt from Coven by Edward Lee. |
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middle_age_man
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3/12/2006 at 03:19 |
Can anyone recommend a good science fiction series published in the last ten years? I loved the Hyperion series.
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shitbox
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3/12/2006 at 08:18 |
Skunk Works was good...talks about the development of the U2 spyplane...SR71etc. Fun stuff.
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middle_age_man
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10/3/2006 at 01:09 |
I just finished The Brief History of the Dead. Great book, definitely a worth while read.
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freakbass
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10/3/2006 at 01:45 |
I'm reading THREE DAYS TO NEVER right now which is really tripped out, and "Infinite Jest" which has already been mentioned.
Another recent enjoyable read was THE HISTORIAN, a fascinating (and scary) historical fiction piece about VLAD.
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dinozoa
SENATOR BABYHEAD  Posts: 319 Registered: 7/18/2004 Offline
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10/3/2006 at 06:45 |
I just finished Infinite Jest. It is basically way too long. It is a good book, and an even better meta-book, but I remember being pretty satisfied with the experience and not wanting to read anymore and I still had 600 pages left to read. I didn't take any notes though. I just remembered everything.
Having learned my lesson, I went on to check out A Suitable Boy, by Vikram Seth. It is the 7th longest novel in any language (Infinite Jest is 10th). It is also maybe 600 pages too long. Still, like Infinite Jest, it is amazingly well written. If anything, the writing style is better than IJ, but the philosophy isn't as exciting.
Speaking of India, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie is pretty good, especially if you liked Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, by David Eggers. Those two books are basically exactly the same, read them, you'll see what I mean (they're also really good.)
Everybody here has been spooging over Dune, so I put it on my 'to read' list, right after Beloved, by Toni Morrison, which some (NY Times book reviewers) say is the best novel in the last 25 years.
I'm pretty happy this reading list is back, I think I absorbed a lot of the books people recommended subconsciously, and then picked them up without thinking about it.
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vasudeva
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10/3/2006 at 15:33 |
Reading "The Protector's War", the sequel to "Dies the Fire".
Not as good as the first. Stirling has an annoying tendency to hero-worship his main characters -- everyone is extremely strong with "whipcord" muscle, and "would be thought slow by anyone who had not seen him in battle", and moves like a panther.
He also is in some sort of retardedly masturbatory noob-love with Wicca.
Apart from these things, the overall premise is nifty, so book 1 is at least worth checking out. If the Wiccan jackoff passages bug you, give up and go read "Conquistador" by the same author. Even cooler premise, and no fucking Wiccans spouting bullshit earth-worship thoughts every other page.
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Danny_Inferno
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10/3/2006 at 15:47 |
I liked "The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles" (3 volumes) by Robert Anton Wilson.
Palm Sunday by Vonnegut, articles, shorter stuff and commencement addresses that make it a great read.
Raymond Chandler, wrote novels like film noir scripts.
My dad like John Le Carre a lot, but personally haven't read anything by him.
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mundhra
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10/3/2006 at 18:39 |
vasudeva: Reading "The Protector's War", the sequel to "Dies the Fire".
Not as good as the first. Stirling has an annoying tendency to hero-worship his main characters -- everyone is extremely strong with "whipcord" muscle, and "would be thought slow by anyone who had not seen him in battle", and moves like a panther.
He also is in some sort of retardedly masturbatory noob-love with Wicca.
Apart from these things, the overall premise is nifty, so book 1 is at least worth checking out. If the Wiccan jackoff passages bug you, give up and go read "Conquistador" by the same author. Even cooler premise, and no fucking Wiccans spouting bullshit earth-worship thoughts every other page.
clipswarm'd!
i read and liked ishmael a while back. i had already come to many of the same conclusions, but it was nice seeing them all tied together in one place. the socratic presentation was a nice touch.
cryptonomicon is fucking excellent. A++++ WOULD BUY FROM AGAIN!!!~1
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freakbass
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10/3/2006 at 19:13 |
Speaking of India, SHANTARAM by Gregory David Roberts is both beautifully written and pleasantly long. It's autobiographical and his story is intense!
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Tagnut
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10/4/2006 at 09:35  |
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins is next on my list.
On 2006-10-04 at 04:35:58, Tagnut wistfully remembered Bowie's codpiece in Labyrinth
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LORDKAHUNA
Don't make me fuk your moustache  SSHOLEPosts: 1586 Registered: 8/5/2003 Offline
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10/4/2006 at 12:53 |
vasudeva: Reading "The Protector's War", the sequel to "Dies the Fire".
Not as good as the first. Stirling has an annoying tendency to hero-worship his main characters -- everyone is extremely strong with "whipcord" muscle, and "would be thought slow by anyone who had not seen him in battle", and moves like a panther.
He also is in some sort of retardedly masturbatory noob-love with Wicca.
Apart from these things, the overall premise is nifty, so book 1 is at least worth checking out. If the Wiccan jackoff passages bug you, give up and go read "Conquistador" by the same author. Even cooler premise, and no fucking Wiccans spouting bullshit earth-worship thoughts every other page.
Yeah, the sequel had a weird time compression feeling to it. It's as if he was trying to age his characters in order to introduce the next generation. The wicca shit did get old fast.
I have recently picked up Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson, not as involved as Cryptonomicron, but still very cool. For the last week I’ve been on a retro pulp kick, sifting through my library and rereading Cussler, starting with Pacific Vortex. I also picked up another Deathlands novel ( I loves the post-nuke ultra violence).
I’ve also been reading a lot of novels on my Blackberry, usually when taking a shit. I’ve finished all the online books by this dude, and I’m starting to plow my way through these.
[FYI, I poop alot]
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freakbass
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10/4/2006 at 20:26 |
Snowcrash was awesome. I'm obsessed with Neal Stephenson. The Diamond Age was great as well.
I've been slowly trying to get through The Baroque Cycle but it's a tough push..
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sugarslim
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10/6/2006 at 01:28 |
if you are into rarities / classics, i would suggest Shane Stevens: rat pack (out of print), anvil chorus, dead city, to name a few, most of these are out of print however stephen king recommends him as one of his main inspirations for the dark half. |
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freakbass
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4/3/2007 at 01:36 |
just discovered Charles Stross and am reading "Accelerando"
very cool!
finally read Gibson's "Pattern Recognition" as well.
Beautiful. It was like taking a duck in the face at 250 knots..
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sugarslim
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4/3/2007 at 21:15 |
of gibson ive read neuromancer, idoru, and count zero, along with pattern recognition, definitely felt that pattern recognition was the most challenging of what i had read, and in fact i probably need to read it again....
in any case, so is there anything close to the footage head movement in the real world? were the russian mafia supposed to be good guys? |
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