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yo
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response 13 of 31:
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Jan 15 12:01 UTC 1996 |
Fareinheit 451, made me stay awake all night to finish it, especcially the
notes from Ray Bradbury. by the way tried to find it at barnes and noble and
borders, both were out. Sort of ironic.
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chelsea
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response 14 of 31:
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Jan 15 23:52 UTC 1996 |
Evidently, it's a hot book.
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scott
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response 15 of 31:
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Jan 17 00:08 UTC 1996 |
I keep coming back to stuff by Ken Kesey. Definite style, there, with scenery
descriptions worthy of Mark Twain.
And of course, if something by Hunter S. Thompson should come out...
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omni
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response 16 of 31:
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Jan 26 06:09 UTC 1996 |
re 14: Good one, chelsea.
I'm into "the Rainmaker" by John (I'm a Lawyer, not a writer) Grisham.
Strangly compelling, a little depressing but overall a good time-sink.
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adania
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response 17 of 31:
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Jan 28 00:50 UTC 1996 |
I often have trouble putting down the encyclopedia when I am looking up
something...
I have to say that I still will read "The last herald mage" trilogy in
one sitting even though i have read them many times.
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toking
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response 18 of 31:
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Jan 7 19:12 UTC 1997 |
Right now I working my second time through Steven R. Donaldsons
"Chronicle of Thomas Covenant: Unbeleiver" (the first and second)
I finished the first 3 books in 4 days (thats about 1200 pages)
and would already be done wiuth thew second 3, but I had to find book 2
of the xecond chronicles.
really good...really really good
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adania
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response 19 of 31:
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Jan 8 05:24 UTC 1997 |
Okay, gotta mention Sherri S Tepper now...
i am so amazed by her writing...
although i have noticed a trend that seems to be getting
tired in soem of her more recent books.
She's getting kinda preachy...but each book
taken individually is wonderful and very difficult to put down.
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omni
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response 20 of 31:
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Jan 14 04:59 UTC 1997 |
My too good to lay down is Homicide:A year on the killing streets by David
Simon.
It is an account of the Baltimore PD's Homicide unit from 1/88 to 12/88
and covering the 234 murders that happened there. Its an interesting look into
how real police handle real homicides, and yes the TV series sometimes
parllels it. I bought on special order from Little Professor. $5.99
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atticus
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response 21 of 31:
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Oct 14 19:50 UTC 1997 |
Anything by Carl Hiaasen is "unputdownable" -- he makes me laugh so
hard.
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otaking
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response 22 of 31:
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Oct 14 14:45 UTC 1999 |
Anything by Robert Anton Wilson or Neal Stephenson causes a lot of sleepless
nights. "Just 10 more pages and I'll sleep... OK, maybe just a few more...
Hey is that the sunrise? Oops."
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lilmo
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response 23 of 31:
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Oct 15 22:24 UTC 1999 |
Re resp:12 - Sorry, I haven't checked this item in a LONG time. The name of
it is "The Forever King". (I hope!)
Re resp:17 - Hey, a kindred spirit! I find it hard to put down any of the
Valdemar books, frankly. It took a great effort of will to go to sleep at
2am yesterday morning, rather than finish "OwlKnight".
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otaking
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response 24 of 31:
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Oct 17 15:56 UTC 1999 |
Re #17&23: I had some long nights as well when I read Lackey's "Last Herald
Mage Trilogy" and "The Fire Rose" Eventually, I'll read more of her works.
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lilmo
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response 25 of 31:
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Oct 19 02:13 UTC 1999 |
Have you read anything else by her?
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otaking
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response 26 of 31:
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Oct 19 13:05 UTC 1999 |
Unfortunately, no. Eventually, I'll read more of Lackey's works, but I don't
have an entire collection at my disposal like I used to.
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jazz
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response 27 of 31:
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Oct 19 13:11 UTC 1999 |
That's understandable, as they're billed as young women's fiction.
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lilmo
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response 28 of 31:
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Oct 19 23:10 UTC 1999 |
Even though I am not a young woman, I will resist taking offense. :-)
otaking: if you enjoyed the interactions of the heralds the most, I would
recommend Queen's Own next (originally published as a trilogy: Arrow of the
Queen, Arrow's Flight, Arrow's Fall). If the magic was what you liked, I
would recommend Oathbound & Oathbreaker. They all take place in Velgarth (the
'world' of Valdemar) several hundred years later.
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jazz
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response 29 of 31:
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Oct 20 03:57 UTC 1999 |
It shouldn't be offensive. I've books around here that go in the
"occult" section or the "young readers" section - it's what's in the book
that's important. Nonetheless, people do limit themselves to genres they could
be considered to fit in, so it's understandbale. :)
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otaking
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response 30 of 31:
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Oct 20 13:38 UTC 1999 |
Thanks for the advice, lilmo.
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lilmo
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response 31 of 31:
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Oct 21 20:25 UTC 1999 |
Sure, thing. The "Oath" books take place mostly south of Valdemar. The
Queen's Own trilogy starts a fairly lengthy series of books where eah picks
up not too long after the previous one, and starts about as long after the
"Oath" duology (er, well, trilogy, now) as it follows Vanyel's story.
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