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Scrubbs 20-11-2004 18:14
Re: What are you reading?
 
Ellis Peters cadfael chronicles
just finished tad williams "the war of the flowers"

homealone 20-11-2004 18:26
Re: What are you reading?
 
I'm reading 'The Scatterlings' by Isobelle Carmody.

its just a SF book I picked up in an Oxfam shop, for taking on holiday, that I never got round to reading.

Its about a girl who wakes up in a wrecked police flyer, with no memory of who she is, on a planet with a two tier society, i.e. an underclass, whom she meets after finding it was their sabotage that crashed the flyer.....

she also keeps hearing 'voices' in her head - thats the first 50 pages, its been quite good, so far. :)

BBKing 21-11-2004 02:33
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Re-reading the same copy of Pratchett's 'Moving Pictures' I bought at Reading station on the way to my Oxford interview in 1991 (I failed).

Quote:
and a nice sideways swipe at the internet.
One of the best satires on free-market capitalism I've read. Working for ntl, a lot of it was painfully familiar...

sir_drinks_alot 21-11-2004 02:44
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the sunday times

cookie_365 21-11-2004 15:06
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Just finished 'Teach Yourself Art History' by Grant Pooke & Graham Witham - and I've been trying to read Tom Jones by Henry Fielding for the last year :erm:

BBKing 21-11-2004 15:17
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and I've been trying to read Tom Jones by Henry Fielding for the last year
Make the effort - it's one of my all-time favourites and a great read.

Maggy 19-06-2005 15:23
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Thought I'd ressurrect this one..

I'm presently reading a book I found in the depths of my daughter's room.

The World's Greatest Rock'n'Roll Scandals by David Cavanagh.

A fascinating read(even if slightly out of date) and as you can guess not a lot of laughs.Until that is I reached the section on Keith Moon.Quite a few laugh out loud moments here.

Like this one at a gig in San Francisco.

Quote:
Pete Townshend becomes increasingly distressed at the erratic timekeeping of his drumming friend.He's slowing down by the bar, as the night's potion of drink and drugs bubbles in his system.'Play faster!!' roars Townsend,'play faster'.Moon is quite obviously in a spot of bother,so a doctor is summoned with the necessary pick-me-ups in his syringes.During a quiet section in the song Moon is given a twin boost in his ankles.He proceeds to play like a madman, flailing away at his cymbals and lashing into his drums.All the time Townshend is screaming 'Play slower,play slower!!'
:rofl:

Halcyon 19-06-2005 15:32
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At the moment, an illustrated World Atlas. Its got loads of facts and photos too so I am dreaming of places I want to travel off too some day.

homealone 19-06-2005 15:36
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I'm working my way through a box of old Sci-Fi books, that I rescued from the attic. The current one is 'Cycle of Fire' by Hal Clement, next will be 'Hothouse' by Brian Aldiss.

LemonyBrainAid 19-06-2005 15:37
Re: What are you reading?
 
War and Peace.



...not

Doctor Who - The Monsters Inside

And

Visual Basic .NET in 21 Days

Scrubbs 19-06-2005 15:42
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Sci-Fi kevin j andersons "a forest of stars" number 2 in series
aliens, earthlings, space gypsys etc

:) fits in with my sig I suppose:D

Halcyon 19-06-2005 16:22
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LemonyBrainAid

Visual Basic .NET in 21 Days
Crikey !!! You are keen !!!
Best of luck to you.
Programming used to drive me mad that I never want to ever go near it again.

Russ 19-06-2005 16:26
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I've just finished Dan 'The Da Vinci Code' Brown's Angel and Demons - a fantastic thriller on how Christianity and science can co-exist and even inter-mingle.

I thoroughly recommend it!

Tezcatlipoca 19-06-2005 16:48
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"Darwin's Children" by Greg Bear

bmxbandit 19-06-2005 17:23
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after reading 'touching the void', i've just been recommended about a dozen more mountaineering books... fascinating stuff!


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