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« Reply #80 on Mar 2, 2009, 8:09am »
Reading Book 5 of the Temeraire Series of Naomi Novik.

Also reading Microbilogy the Easy Way by Rene Kratz Ph.D.

and cross reading The Anatomy Coloring Book (3. Edition) by Wynn Kapit & Lawrence M. Elson.

Somebody needs to cut a corpse? I can help! ;D
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« Reply #81 on Mar 14, 2009, 11:18am »
"The Poems and Plays of Robert Browning: Volume 1 1833-1844"
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« Reply #82 on Mar 17, 2009, 8:29pm »
I finished reading Requiem Robyn Young, part 3 of the Brethren series about the Knights Templar and the Crusades. This book handled about the period of end of the Knights Templar and Edward I's war against Scotland.

A very good book and historically very interesting.
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Re: What are you reading now?
« Reply #83 on Jun 3, 2009, 10:45pm »
actually picked up a book for once. Reading World War Z, 30 pages in and I need to take a break. I got chills from reading it. Interesting though.
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« Reply #84 on Jul 5, 2009, 3:32am »
Orcs by Stan Nicholls. It's a trilogy of novels set in a world where orcs are the protagonists and humans are apparently the feared and despised invaders. I liked the concept and some of the characters but the plot was formulaic and took a backseat to the action scenes - and even these weren't all that grand as you never really felt the orc band was at risk of losing a fight.

The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski. Wow! Now this is good fantasy. It follows Geralt of Rivia from the Witcher in a series of adventures. Like the game, there's a lot of moral grey areas and Geralt has to make a lot of hard choices. Geralt has a lot more personality and life than in the game. The only downside is that I recognized a lot of plotlines from the game so a lot of the twists weren't as surprising as they would have been. Great book though.
I like how the author plays with classic fairy tales, almost to the point where you can't recognize them.
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Re: What are you reading now?
« Reply #85 on Jul 5, 2009, 7:05am »
The Alchemaster’s Apprentice by Walter Moers.
Thatīs what itīs about if someone cares.
Like all Walter Moers books, itīs fantastic, literally.
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« Reply #86 on Jul 5, 2009, 1:38pm »
Animal Farm - George Orwell. It's a great book, extremely clever construction and a good amount of bitter irony.
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Re: What are you reading now?
« Reply #87 on Jul 13, 2009, 1:54pm »
Empire In Black & Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky. VERY good, so far. Part one of Shadows Of The Apt. Part two sits on the stack, waiting... :)
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« Reply #88 on Jul 14, 2009, 7:11am »
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown. I like brain relaxation :)
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Re: What are you reading now?
« Reply #89 on Jul 14, 2009, 2:30pm »
Hmmm... currently struggling to continue reading :"The Long Emergency" by Kunstler buttttt... I'm not sure if I should even bother. ::) He keeps throwing forth tons of highly negative sweeping assumptions about all the other methods for producing renewable energy, events in world history and so forth, etc: all along the basis that Kunstler is right and the others aren't.

The first few chapters were worth reading though: they thoroughly explained how and why oil is running out even IF there's a lot of oil left. And actually were fairly informative about all the costs, resources, factors, etc. involved in obtaining, producing and distributing oil. A shame everything soon collapsed into some highly alarmist propaganda about "how the world is going to end". I'm interested more in "how to sustain cities, towns, countries" though.
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Re: What are you reading now?
« Reply #90 on Sept 8, 2009, 3:20am »
I've begun reading Clive Barker's Abarat, my interest renewed after reading Flix's post. ;D

It's a dark fantasy, sort of Alice in Wonderland thing, and I gotta say the story and the very writing itself is very catchy! From the very beginning, I've just been hooked by his narration, and I hope it'll stay interesting, because I'll definitely be getting more of his works in the future if I really like this one! :)

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Re: What are you reading now?
« Reply #91 on Sept 8, 2009, 3:36am »
Cool. I haven't read that one myself, but I'm sure it will be great. Nothing he's written has really let me down.
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Re: What are you reading now?
« Reply #92 on Sept 13, 2009, 9:25am »
A Game of Thrones, part one of the A Song of Fire and Ice series by George R.R. Martin. I like it.
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« Reply #93 on Sept 14, 2009, 2:38am »
Yes! I love that series; it gets really good.
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Re: What are you reading now?
« Reply #94 on Sept 14, 2009, 1:21pm »
When you play the game of thrones, you either win - or die!"

Memorable quote that - I like it too, unfotunately, it is one of those series which one should only start reading when it's completely written.

The long waiting for the next book is a pain!
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« Reply #95 on Sept 14, 2009, 7:36pm »
I like the HUGE amount of reading that's still to be done. I'm only in the beginning of the first book ;D Reading such enormous stories really feels like going on a journey yourself. At the end of reading Lord of the Rings for example, I was mentally really tired, full with good memories and both happy and sad that it was over...until I embarked upon the journey again!
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Re: What are you reading now?
« Reply #96 on Nov 5, 2009, 7:41pm »
Unseen Academicals, Terry Pratchett's latest. Terry takes on football - and fashion models! ;D
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Re: What are you reading now?
« Reply #97 on Nov 6, 2009, 10:02pm »
Not had so much time to read these days, but I've been digging into Lovecraft short story collections (on and off) since about Halloween or so. Pieces like "The Shadow Over Innsmouth", "The Haunter In The Dark", "The Dunwich Horror" and the like... good stuff. :)
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« Reply #98 on Nov 7, 2009, 1:01am »
Yes! My all-time fav author. Be sure to read "The Colour out of Space" as well. :)

Ditto on no time to read anymore. Currently working on Legend by David Gemmell
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« Reply #99 on Nov 7, 2009, 1:17am »
If you like Lovecraft, guys, you should also check out Clark Ashton-Smith when you have the chance (And assuming you haven't already, of course!). An old collaborator of Lovecraft's, he added some things to the Mythos - and was a darned fine writer in his own right.
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