ladirushfan80 Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 QUOTE (owlswing @ Mar 1 2007, 09:35 AM) Just started reading the book Wicked...next up Son of a Witch. These were gifts for my 10 yr. old but after the first chapter I think her reading it will wait. These books are AWESOME!!!! my favorite was confessions of an ugly stepsister... but yeah, i agree that it's not quite a book i would give a 10 yr old...despite the fact that MacGuire writes his stories based on fairy tles.... with a twist.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
failte Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 http://www.labyrinthbook.net/images/page/cover3.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic.Feedback! Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach. He's pretty amazing. It's not much too read, but it's quite interesting. Really makes ya' think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadwing2112 Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 QUOTE (steelcaressed @ Mar 4 2007, 08:01 PM) QUOTE (deadwing2112 @ Mar 4 2007, 04:30 PM) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/Greenmile.jpg I've never read the book. Loved the movie though. From what I have read so far this book and movie could be really awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 QUOTE (Atomic.Feedback! @ Mar 5 2007, 09:29 PM) Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach. He's pretty amazing. It's not much too read, but it's quite interesting. Really makes ya' think. That book is practically my Bible. I've read it a bunch of times, and believe in its message wholeheartedly. It's much better than the other Richard Bach books that've been touted as his best - "Johnathan Livingston Seagull" and "Bridge Across Forever." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madra sneachta Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Mar 6 2007, 11:55 AM) QUOTE (Atomic.Feedback! @ Mar 5 2007, 09:29 PM) Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach. He's pretty amazing. It's not much too read, but it's quite interesting. Really makes ya' think. That book is practically my Bible. I've read it a bunch of times, and believe in its message wholeheartedly. It's much better than the other Richard Bach books that've been touted as his best - "Johnathan Livingston Seagull" and "Bridge Across Forever." There's a thread about which movie lines you regularly quote in Video Vertigo. If there was a similar thread here, my response would be - "Here's a simple test to determine if your mission in life has been accomplished - If you're still breathing, it hasn't" That's probably a slight misquote, but while I've always preferred Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintainance, that idea from Illusions made a major impact on me when I read it at 17, and has never left in the intervening 25 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 QUOTE (madra sneachta @ Mar 6 2007, 11:07 AM) QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Mar 6 2007, 11:55 AM) QUOTE (Atomic.Feedback! @ Mar 5 2007, 09:29 PM) Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach. He's pretty amazing. It's not much too read, but it's quite interesting. Really makes ya' think. That book is practically my Bible. I've read it a bunch of times, and believe in its message wholeheartedly. It's much better than the other Richard Bach books that've been touted as his best - "Johnathan Livingston Seagull" and "Bridge Across Forever." There's a thread about which movie lines you regularly quote in Video Vertigo. If there was a similar thread here, my response would be - "Here's a simple test to determine if your mission in life has been accomplished - If you're still breathing, it hasn't" All those quotes from the "Messiah's Handbook" are great: "Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours." And one of my favorites: "The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy; what the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls a butterfly." I just looked for my copy of the book, so I could quote more, but forgot I lent it to my sister-in-law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcaressed Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e83/gandsome/fevredream16.jpg Normally I wouldn't touch a book in the genre. Martin is such a genius though, that it is hard to put it down. You've gotta be great to make vampires interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. P. L. Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Noir after noir. After Fred Vargas' latest, back to some classic: Giorgio Scerbanenco. My, this man is good. He was ucrainian but lived in Italy and wrote in italian. He wrote a hundred thousand books, mostly worthless "love" novels for women, them started writing hard-boiled stuff. He's the italian Raymond Chandler. Absolutely great. Sadly, it seems he's never been translated in english. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadwing2112 Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Just bought Wizard and Glass today for $3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 (edited) I'm re-re-re-reading Joe Conason's book "Big Lies." After three borrows from the library in as many years, I recently bought my own copy. (Mod edit-political content.) Edited March 11, 2007 by Jack Aubrey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaine mac Roth Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I'm on a real classic SF kick at the moment. Currently, I'm about halfway through 'Lord of Light' by Roger Zelazny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Aubrey Posted March 14, 2007 Author Share Posted March 14, 2007 QUOTE (Slaine mac Roth @ Mar 13 2007, 12:12 PM) I'm on a real classic SF kick at the moment. Currently, I'm about halfway through 'Lord of Light' by Roger Zelazny. Well hello, Slaine! It's nice to see you around these parts again, sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubled_mystic Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 just started reading Roadshow. it's good, but not great thus far. Certainly not as good as Traveling Music or Ghost Rider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadwing2112 Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Rereading Anthem by Ayn Rand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milton Bridge Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy I last read this when I was in my teens - it is much funnier now I am in my forties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhythmic Mystic Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 (edited) currently reading "Cursor's Fury" by Jim Butcher and about to begin "Wizard's First Rule" by Terry Goodkind 1st post!!! (could have been better) Edited March 18, 2007 by Rhythmic Mystic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadwing2112 Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 QUOTE (Rhythmic Mystic @ Mar 18 2007, 01:53 AM) currently reading "Cursor's Fury" by Jim Butcher and about to begin "Wizard's First Rule" by Terry Goodkind 1st post!!! (could have been better) Nice avatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaine mac Roth Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 QUOTE (Jack Aubrey @ Mar 14 2007, 01:02 AM) QUOTE (Slaine mac Roth @ Mar 13 2007, 12:12 PM) I'm on a real classic SF kick at the moment. Currently, I'm about halfway through 'Lord of Light' by Roger Zelazny. Well hello, Slaine! It's nice to see you around these parts again, sir! Thanks Jack. I do manage to pop in occasionally. By the way, having just finished 'The Forever War' by Joe Haldeman and 'The Book of Ptath' by A E Van Vogt, I'm simultaneously working through 'Earth Abides' by George Stewart and 'Slaughterhouse 5' by the great Kurt Vonnegut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softfilter Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 (edited) QUOTE (doubled_mystic @ Mar 13 2007, 08:15 PM) just started reading Roadshow. it's good, but not great thus far. Certainly not as good as Ghost Rider Oh noooo!, It's not as good as.... Ghost Rider ? and that was And I'm just about ready to start reading Roadshow. Not a good sign. Edited March 21, 2007 by softfilter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabs89 Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller. Really a depressing play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcaressed Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e83/gandsome/the_last_king.jpg A fictional account of Mithradites. Very good so far, though odd. If he truly developed immunity to poisons by ingesting small amounts of them daily, he was indeed a formidable guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
failte Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0316013943.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V39266966_.jpg haven't read much of it yet, but so far it's good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. P. L. Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Just started... http://www.faber.co.uk/media/images/articles/3/361/cover_large_36119.jpg It's an indian hard-boiled novel. Looks very promising, I'm just at page 86... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madra sneachta Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060872985.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V45248836_.jpg This is a VERY DRAMATIC book, as evidenced by the BOLD CAPS liberally scattered through the BLURB. It's all about GENETIC RESEARCH and UNTRUSTWORTHY SCIENTISTS, and like most Crichton books, it's a rollicking read if you DON'T TAKE IT TOO SERIOUSLY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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