12-09-2003, 12:03 AM | #1081 |
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I finished off Good Omens (Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett). I am now moving on to Hogfather by Terry Pratchett.
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12-09-2003, 12:38 AM | #1082 |
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I just started 'Camp Concentration' by Thomas Disch, and I'll probably start 'Snow Crash' by Neal Stephenson tomorrow.
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12-09-2003, 02:19 AM | #1083 |
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Just finished "The Curate of Glaston" written in the late 1800's by George MacDonald.
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12-09-2003, 04:18 PM | #1084 | |
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12-09-2003, 04:21 PM | #1085 |
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How about "The Gospel According to "Peanuts" .
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12-09-2003, 04:28 PM | #1086 |
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I'm reading Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey.
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12-09-2003, 04:50 PM | #1087 |
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I think I just read this recently, memory is overtaxed. Is this the one where new riders are being trained to meet the next thread fall which some don't think will even come?
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12-09-2003, 04:56 PM | #1088 | |
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I guess you are. Well, I didn't finish it yet, nor didn't get to momre than page 50. So I can't really help here. |
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12-09-2003, 06:29 PM | #1089 |
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Radagast The Brown
[B]Are you talking to me? WOW! A DiNiro immitation on Entmoot. Fifty pages? You should have an idea of the story by now.
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12-09-2003, 07:09 PM | #1090 |
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Radagast let me know if you like the book. I might want to check it out.
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12-10-2003, 10:37 AM | #1091 |
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..."I'll be home for Christmas and Channuka too, please have snow and mistle toe and presents by the dredel..."
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12-10-2003, 11:11 AM | #1092 |
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Am Off and on reading L. Kennedy's Menace: the life and death of the Tirpitz, E. Rutherfurd's London, W. Churchill's AHOESP-2: The New World. Have begun reading Clive Cussler's Valhalla Rising (the next but last Dirk Pitt book).
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12-10-2003, 05:02 PM | #1093 | |
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Ok, Elvengirl, I will. (but I read slowly lately. Only in the nights, when I'm tired, so it might take a while until I finish) |
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12-10-2003, 05:16 PM | #1094 |
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Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
From Library Journal
The planet Pern has been colonized for centuries by humans. When humans first settled on this world, they did not take notice of its sister planet, which had an indigenous life form that attempted to land on Pern when it came within reach. These silver "threads" fell in a destructive wave on the temperate lands of Pern once every 200 years, destroying all life they encountered. To combat this menace, the inhabitants of Pern developed a species of dragon that could burn these threads out of the sky before they touched down. Now, centuries have passed between threadfalls, and the danger of thread is considered a myth. However, a dragon rider named F'lar knows that the riders are once again needed I'M AFRAID I WAS CORRECT.
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12-10-2003, 05:22 PM | #1095 |
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How do I suppose to know? It wasn't in the first 70 pages...
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12-11-2003, 09:18 PM | #1096 |
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Right now I'm reading bits of Gulliver's Travels; I don't think I'll finish it though: I don't really care for Swift's style.
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12-12-2003, 07:22 AM | #1097 | |
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Further, since this is the end (I believe) of the Dragon Riders of Pern series it is even more unlikely.
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12-12-2003, 03:49 PM | #1098 | |
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What do you mean the end? Did I take the last book in a series? |
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12-12-2003, 05:10 PM | #1100 |
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....sigh....
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