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#257083 - 04/16/09 01:52 PM
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![]() hobbyist Registered: 01/03/06 Posts: 24 |
The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass. Very odd book, but very good.
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#257086 - 04/16/09 02:01 PM
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![]() aficionado ![]() Registered: 12/25/02 Posts: 556 Loc: Ashburn, VA |
I'm reading: The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality by Brian Greene.
Extremely interesting book. Brian is very good at explaining very complex subject matters in a way that a dummy like me can understand :-) Edited by JaimeG (04/16/09 02:01 PM)
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#257091 - 04/16/09 02:16 PM
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![]() shareholder in the making ![]() Registered: 05/03/03 Posts: 18044 Loc: NoVA |
I'm still reading the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde. Very interesting, yet very odd, literary alternate universe stuff.
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#257099 - 04/16/09 02:40 PM
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![]() shareholder in the making ![]() Registered: 04/02/03 Posts: 16437 Loc: Ben Lomond, California |
I finally got around to reading and finishing Pillars of the Earth recently. I think it's going to put me on a historical fiction kick because I'm itching for more. Fortunately, there's a sequel to keep me going.
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#257167 - 04/17/09 09:00 AM
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![]() axiomite ![]() Registered: 12/30/03 Posts: 6331 Loc: Cleveland, Ohio |
Glad to hear you enjoyed it, Peter. I suspect you'll enjoy the sequel as well.
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#257169 - 04/17/09 09:59 AM
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![]() shareholder in the making ![]() Registered: 04/02/03 Posts: 16437 Loc: Ben Lomond, California |
As soon as I finished, I went to wikipedia and read up on the White Ship incident, Thomas Becket, Romanesque and Gothic architecture, and the various actual buildings in the novel.
I love books push me to learn.
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#257529 - 04/20/09 10:48 AM
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![]() axiomite ![]() Registered: 10/05/06 Posts: 6955 Loc: PEI, Canada |
I enjoyed both books in that series as well. Amazing that an author of fiction could induce an interest in architecture when I had only a visual interest in it before. I found the second book good but a bit long. It kept wrapping up plots then inventing new ones. I enjoyed it but the editor needed to take a stronger hand and get him to tie it together more. Personal opinion, of course.
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#258657 - 04/29/09 03:57 AM
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![]() Founder, Axiom Upgrade Club shareholder in the making Registered: 07/20/06 Posts: 11677 Loc: Richland, WA, USA |
Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert
I'm not very far in, but it's interesting hearing the origins of the strip so far. |
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#262754 - 06/06/09 04:51 PM
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#262917 - 06/08/09 11:14 AM
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![]() connoisseur ![]() Registered: 09/19/08 Posts: 4116 Loc: Porch,enjoying Bombay Sapphire |
I have been meaning to read Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals by John Gray. Hope to get to it soon...
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