Freedom by Daniel Suarez. Love it (and its predecessor Daemon). Well worth picking up, I'll warn that it's a little bit cyber-punk, but set in the present day rather than ambiguously in the future and mostly plausible.
Since most people are listing slightly more serious books, I'm also reading Against the Day by Pynchon, and Zeithoun by Dave Eggers. Highly recommend the second, the first has lost my interest on more than one occasion now.
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The look went still deeper, went far below the faults, defects and hopelessness of our time, our intellect, our culture alone. It went right to the heart of all humanity, it bespoke eloquently in a single second the whole despair of a thinker, of one who knew the full worth and meaning of man's life. It said:
"See what monkeys we are! Look, such is man!"
"See what monkeys we are! Look, such is man!"
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Hell of a good biography.
"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead." - Charles Bukowski
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Generation A by Douglas Copeland.
Some of it is really good and some of it not so great, but it keeps me entertained.
Some of it is really good and some of it not so great, but it keeps me entertained.
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You're reading the same thing or did you accidently erase your comment?Brian Peacock wrote:Mac_Guffin wrote:
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Remembering the Kana by James W. Heisig
Her e vi, men kor faen har du vært hener, då?! Kjøyre frå oss i Tyskland på den måten der?! Eg kom til grensa, og de berre "Aberdesen og uberdasen?", eg berre "Ich weise no faen!", ikkje sant!?
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http://www.amazon.com/Peoples-Tragedy-R ... 014024364X
Quite illuminating, one of those areas I'd never managed to educate myself in even briefly. Some of the sheet stupidity of the parties involved is just mind-boggling.
Quite illuminating, one of those areas I'd never managed to educate myself in even briefly. Some of the sheet stupidity of the parties involved is just mind-boggling.
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I am also a fan, and I don't care if anybody says that I am a low brow!kendricktamis wrote:I was reading Harry Potter last night. It is one of my favourite book and it broke best selling record.
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
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Homeland by R.A.Salvatore.
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Plato and a Platypus walk into a bar.
Love that book.
Love that book.
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Reading Nancy Friday 'Men in Love' about how their Sexual Fantasies are an indicator of love.
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Arousal : The Logic of Sexaul Fantasies Dr Bader as before
*Gets ready for Sauciest Theist Award anytime soon*
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Arousal : The Logic of Sexaul Fantasies Dr Bader as before
*Gets ready for Sauciest Theist Award anytime soon*
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I strive on low brow literature.JimC wrote:I am also a fan, and I don't care if anybody says that I am a low brow!kendricktamis wrote:I was reading Harry Potter last night. It is one of my favourite book and it broke best selling record.
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