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Empy
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If you like Asimov, Ender's Game has a high chance of being good.
I, personally, like Asimov, though his writing style is a bit hard for me to go through. Which is why I only made it to about halfway through Second Foundation before I got bored with the series.
I also just got Children of the Mind today, which I will read. But once I'm done with this, I don't have anything else on my list.
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| dodger wrote: | | Sharp wrote: | | dodger wrote: | | Neil Gaiman's American Gods. Gaiman's style as a novelist is a little sketchy, but the story and ideas are great. |
I had a friend who carried that book around just to show people the creepy/dirty parts. |
There aren't actually that many creepy or dirty parts in it, so your friend is a loser.
I mean, on top of the obvious. |
We aren't friends any more.
Mostly because he dropped out of the top classes. |
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THE Moosed
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| possums wrote: | | Anything by Haruki Murakami. |
Wow, I thought I was the only one who has heard of him. I loved The Wind Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore. He's amazing. |
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| THE Moosed wrote: | | possums wrote: | | Anything by Haruki Murakami. |
Wow, I thought I was the only one who has heard of him. |
What, are you joking? He's like the best-selling translated author in America. I see people reading his books on the bus more than Danielle Steel novels.
Cool that you dig him though; Kafka on the Shore is fucking amazing.
And by that card, Franz Kafka's stuff is pretty good as well. I recommend The Trial and his short stories.
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Empy
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| Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 5:29 am Post subject: |
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Danielle Steel writes too much.
Same with Clive Cussler and Stephen King.
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Stephen King writes eloquently when he doesn't write horror. Though I did like The Shining.
And Steel is a pile.
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| Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 6:19 am Post subject: |
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| possums wrote: | | And Steel is a pile. |
You only say that because you're not a middle-aged woman. |
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possums
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| Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 6:20 am Post subject: |
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I assure you that when I grow to be a middle-aged woman I will assert quite the same.
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| Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream |
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THE Moosed
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| Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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| possums wrote: | | THE Moosed wrote: | | possums wrote: | | Anything by Haruki Murakami. |
Wow, I thought I was the only one who has heard of him. |
What, are you joking? He's like the best-selling translated author in America. I see people reading his books on the bus more than Danielle Steel novels.
Cool that you dig him though; Kafka on the Shore is *bleep* amazing.
And by that card, Franz Kafka's stuff is pretty good as well. I recommend The Trial and his short stories. |
Mm. No one I know has heard of him. I just picked up The Wind Up Bird Chronicle from the bookstore one day because it looked cool. *Shrug* |
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| Good Omens was a pretty good book. Written by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. |
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Dracula by Bram Stoker
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Maus I & II by Art Speigelman
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Tokyo Doesn't Love Us Anymore by Ray Loriga
Ghost World & Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron by Dan Clowes
Off The Map by Hibikina Chickena and Kika Kat (CrimethInc.)
Factotum by Charles Bukowski
On the Road & The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
Travels with Charlie by John Steinbeck
Evasion by Anonymous (CrimethInc.)
The Burn Collector by Al Burian
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman |
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Ray
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I always wanted to read Tokyo Doesn't Love Us Anymore. What's it like, Mike?
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| Chazaq wrote: | | I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream |
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