05-08-2007, 00:08
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Re: What are you reading?
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I could never really get into Terry Pratchet myself....
The best fantasy i ever read though,asides from Lord of the Rings was Raymond Feists Magician.....Excellent read.
The sequels were never quite as good but the Magician itself was great.
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Magician is a brilliant book, first read it cover to cover one Christmas Eve (well Christmas morning)
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05-08-2007, 00:57
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#347
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Re: What are you reading?
Judas Unchained, still, Peter F. Hamilton, good stuff, reminiscent of old style like the lensman series, but much more sophisticated
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05-08-2007, 01:06
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Re: What are you reading?
Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen
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05-08-2007, 02:07
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Re: What are you reading?
I might start reading Insanity Never Sleeps which was written by my aunties husband, he's also got other books like Nutural Evil.
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05-08-2007, 02:38
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Re: What are you reading?
Argos Catalouge.
*that has to be a first for this thread*
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05-08-2007, 10:39
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Re: What are you reading?
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Magician is a brilliant book, first read it cover to cover one Christmas Eve (well Christmas morning)
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I`d never actually read a fantasy type book until someone gave me the Magician one day, telling me how fantastic it was and how i really had to read it.
It Lay on a shelf for months until one night i realised i never had anything else to read....turned out he was absolutely right of course
I dont think i read it as quick as you though .
You must have had trouble sleeping that night i take it.......all that excitement about Santa coming was it.
Now thats the one book that is a constant here at home.
I dont read it much mind you,i just hand the money over after others have read it
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05-08-2007, 10:47
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Re: What are you reading?
Terry Pratchett - Capé Jugulum
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05-08-2007, 10:52
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Re: What are you reading?
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Terry Pratchett - Capé Jugulum
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In Ghat they believe in vampire watermelons, although folklore is silent about what they believe about vampire watermelons. Possibly they suck back.-- (Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum)
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06-08-2007, 14:52
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Re: What are you reading?
Re-reading Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner. First read it in the 70s, thoroughly enjoyed it at the time but then lost/lent out my copy. Found it on line and decided to see if it had stood the test of time. It does.
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06-08-2007, 15:04
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Re: What are you reading?
i am reading the you & your wedding website forums. why i chose to do so 12 days before our wedding (as it keeps reminding me!) agh!
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06-08-2007, 15:22
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Re: What are you reading?
I've bought my hat and I intend to wear it whilst I sit at my computer on your big day.
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06-08-2007, 15:42
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Re: What are you reading?
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I've bought my hat and I intend to wear it whilst I sit at my computer on your big day.
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teehee!
you have so many cool smilies Jo!
and before anyone yells at me for being off topic - I don't really do much reading cos I haven't got the concentration. I read some of the observer yesterday...
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06-08-2007, 16:10
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Re: What are you reading?
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Re-reading Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner. First read it in the 70s, thoroughly enjoyed it at the time but then lost/lent out my copy. Found it on line and decided to see if it had stood the test of time. It does.
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Agreed. I read this twice, too, and if anything enjoyed it more the second time around.
For anyone who hasn't read it, the title refers to an area the size of the island of Zanzibar upon which the entire human population (7 billion in 2010) can stand shoulder-to-shoulder.
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06-08-2007, 16:16
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Re: What are you reading?
I am reading Cruel and unusual a crime story by Patricia Cornwall
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07-08-2007, 01:15
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Re: What are you reading?
stephen king again last book dark tower done them all big read very good
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