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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #210 on: December 06, 2007, 05:18:09 AM »
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #211 on: December 06, 2007, 05:24:01 AM »
Stephen King? That's a good book.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #212 on: December 06, 2007, 05:24:28 AM »
i should read it. i'm nuts about the movie.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #213 on: December 06, 2007, 05:44:27 AM »
One of his best i think.

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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #214 on: December 06, 2007, 05:49:54 AM »
Would you believe I've never read an Stephen King novel...Nor a Michael Crichton (though I did start Jurassic Park)

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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #215 on: December 06, 2007, 06:22:46 AM »
Yes. Not all people read Stephen King or Michael Crichton. Any particular reason why you haven't read a Stephen King book?
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #216 on: December 06, 2007, 06:34:38 AM »
Haven't had any in easy reach, never felt the need to, and generally not my genre of choice.

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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #217 on: December 06, 2007, 06:52:49 AM »
Well, if you feel the need to read a good, non-horror, book by Stephen King, try The Dead Zone. Great writing.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #218 on: December 06, 2007, 07:08:32 AM »
Anything like the TV series?

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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #219 on: December 06, 2007, 10:41:18 AM »
Anything like the TV series?

Far better. Can't go into details without giving away story points, though.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #220 on: December 06, 2007, 08:52:36 PM »
Just finished re-reading Up the Line, by Silverberg
Starting on a Poul Anderson, that I don't remember
liking.

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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #221 on: December 07, 2007, 03:44:23 AM »
i love the TV series. but i love Stephen King books. i had like a dozen of them when i could read. i've given up on the idea now, for now. unless i can be fixed, i'm not reading anything. :( i used to read them halfway anyway. :laugh: then i thought wow, what a great book, how have i concentrated so well? and it was out of the window. then it was too good to read in peace.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #222 on: December 11, 2007, 11:19:07 AM »
I read really slowly, and I have ADHD out the yang so it's really hard for me to concentrate.  Think that's why I love the Russian writers.  They kicked in so well with me that I was forced to pay attention.  I read the Brothers Karamazov in 8 days, and I still can't believe I managed that.

Right now I'm reading The Fourth Way by P.D. Ouspensky, and Other Colors:  Essays and a Story by Orhan Pamuk.  I'll be reading these forever.   :-[
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #223 on: December 11, 2007, 11:38:50 AM »
The Ionian Mission by Patrick O'Brian.

I came to this world with nothing
and I leave with nothing but love,
everything else is just borrowed.

Fuck it, we'll do it live.

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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #224 on: December 11, 2007, 11:56:31 AM »
I *love* that cover.
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