11-19-2009, 01:20 PM | #2 |
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I just read Native Tongue in one sitting. It's dystopian SF, by Suzette Haden Elgin, who is both a linguist and a feminist, and combines both in her writing.
It was brilliant. Easily one of the best books I've read in a long time.
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11-24-2009, 07:16 PM | #3 |
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Dystopian sci fi is the greatest. I usually go for the TVs shows a bit more than the books, though, sadly. The new Prisoner with Sir Ian McKellan as Numbah 2 -- great.
I wanna reread Brave New World soon. I always thought it deserved more attention than 1984. Two good true stories: Alive - about how a Uruguayan rugby team survived a plane crash in the Andes, way above treeline, on the bodies of their friends, for over a month Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Aaron Ralston, expert mountaineer and certified badass, crushes his hand with a giant boulder at the bottom of a canyon in the middle of a god-forsaken desert all by himself, and nearly starves to death before chopping off his own hand with a dull pocket knife and scaling his way to safety. Nothing makes me so proud to be a human being like these kinds of stories do. We can be some strong SOBs. |
12-31-2009, 07:13 PM | #4 |
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Just started reading Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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12-31-2009, 07:14 PM | #5 |
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Oh - and I made it! I read through The Bible in 2009!
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01-01-2010, 10:16 AM | #6 |
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Including all the begats?
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01-05-2010, 10:42 PM | #7 |
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Yes - I didn't skip a word. Some of those repetitious parts made it difficult, so it was a very self-disciplining process. Not so much the 'begats' but the parts where different groups of people and their numbers are recounted, etc.
But - those are just parts. Most of it is just incredible. And it's nice to read it within a year, and my goal is to start doing it in successive years. I know some people, for instance, who have read it every year like 25 or 30 years running. I first did it within a year in 2006, and got derailed in both 2007 and 2008. I have not started yet in 2010, so I'm still trying to figure out if that's the goal I want to pursue or if I want to do more directed study of parts. But it's early, so I can still catch up easily. Especially if I'm riding the el.
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01-08-2010, 03:19 PM | #8 |
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I've recently been reading through the Left Behind series. That's kind of like... almost 15 years old, but I was LITTLE when they first came out.
I've also read a book recently called "Meet Mr. Smith" which was very good. It put a new spin on purity and holiness. Very enjoyable and it actually helped me to change undesirable behaviors. Yay!
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01-12-2010, 07:47 AM | #10 |
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I read from the New International Version (NIV). I once heard that it was considered to be the best 'thought to thought' translation while the NASB (New American Standard Bible) was the best 'word for word' translation. But really my reason for using it is different. It is used in a teen Bible study/competition program I've been involved in for over 30 years. So I'm familiar with the wording and most copies I own are that translation.
It's interesting sometimes to read from a different version, to get a different slant on it though. Helps 'round out' the picture.
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01-12-2010, 06:40 PM | #11 |
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Just read 'Dodo, A brief History' by Errol Fuller. Really fun book. Very interesting, easy to read and stacked with beautiful illustrations.
And now I'm left, itching to write a story with dodos but... erm, that might just be me.
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01-13-2010, 04:02 PM | #12 |
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So that's what our characters are going to find in LLL?
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01-13-2010, 06:49 PM | #13 |
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Well, I did say it'd be a RPG off the beaten tracks... Tempting, though. A dodo guardian...
But eh, I think most players will prefer that I'll keep dodos for my private writing efforts.
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01-13-2010, 11:48 PM | #14 |
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I'm starting to read The Witch Of Blackbird pond, A lot of people have told me it's a great book.
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I decided to read Carroll Lewis's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland properly, before Tim Burton's adaptation hits theatres. It was quite enjoyable, in all its strangeness.
So for those of you who plan on seeing the film, take this opportunity to read the novel first
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Any book with a Dodo is good in my book.
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01-31-2010, 09:11 AM | #19 |
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After I finished Uncle Tom's Cabin, I read a good book called Gifted Hands, by Ben Carson. The past few days I read the first two Sherlock Holmes stories, which I had read many, MANY years ago: A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four.
Meanwhile, my son just tore through a book that I'm about to start: The Lightning Thief.
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