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Postby klimt » Sat Dec 06, 2008 3:29 am

Decision at Doona - Anne McCaffery

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Postby gforce422 » Sat Dec 06, 2008 4:23 am

I'm currently reading Mossflower by Brian Jaques.
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Postby osprey » Sat Dec 06, 2008 7:11 am

I'm currently reading Mossflower by Brian Jaques.
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Postby Muninn » Sat Dec 06, 2008 1:27 pm

Currently reading Emblemata by Andrea Alciato.

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Postby Tom Flapwell » Sat Dec 06, 2008 8:34 pm

Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul. I had put it away for years but decided to dig it out for NaNoWriMo, and I'm still reading it.
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Postby gforce422 » Sun Dec 07, 2008 3:27 am

I'm currently reading Mossflower by Brian Jaques.
High five.
:D
*high fives back* He writes some good books.
gforce422 is awesome because:
-He made the absolute nicest comments about me in the other topic. I didn't respond to them yet, because I suck, but they are greatly appreciated! =D
-I would say he would also be a good runner up as one of the nicest people alive.
-He joined the IRC sometimes. But not enough, I say! Chat moar =D
-He is evidently only 18 year old but he could easily pass for 25. =D
-He is a drummer like *I* am and this in itself is cool.
Astro> gforce's smiles can cure cancer in kittens
Astro> the happiness radiating from your person is enough to solve tensor calculus
<mib_4do271>everything you touch explodes in pillows of happiness

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Postby MuffinSticks » Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:31 am

The Know-It-All, by some completely unknown author. I found it in the humor section of a book store. It's about a dude that reads every volume of the encyclopedia and turns into a boring, awkward, irritating, know-it-all who's random uninteresting fact-telling brings conversations to an awkward standstill which embarrasses his wife and makes him look like a douche. It's rather humorous.
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Postby Tarukai » Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:56 am

I'm currently reading Mossflower by Brian Jaques.
High five.
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*high fives back* He writes some good books.
I think I have a bookmark in my copy of that because I was reading it after I finished redwall.

I should continue it. It was either Mossflower or Martin The Warrior.
[00:34:00] <Dermy> I do love to manipulate the standard rules of language for opportunistic effect
[00:34:06] <Dermy> Like a grammar hyena, I am
[00:34:16] <Dermy> Munching on the tasty entrails of tradition

[22:26:20] <MuffinSticks> I'm a chocolate muffin with white ears and a striped black and red tail
[22:26:35] <MuffinSticks> And exactly 6 chips

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Postby osprey » Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:35 am

You should read 'em chronologically. Martin the Warrior comes right before Mossflower IIRC.
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Postby Tarukai » Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:43 am

I believe that's the one I was reading, actually, so I think I can do this chronologically, to a point =P
[00:34:00] <Dermy> I do love to manipulate the standard rules of language for opportunistic effect
[00:34:06] <Dermy> Like a grammar hyena, I am
[00:34:16] <Dermy> Munching on the tasty entrails of tradition

[22:26:20] <MuffinSticks> I'm a chocolate muffin with white ears and a striped black and red tail
[22:26:35] <MuffinSticks> And exactly 6 chips

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Postby Angstwolf » Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:10 am

The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury.

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Postby Segovia » Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:55 pm

War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

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Postby C.Cat » Tue Dec 09, 2008 3:11 pm

Making Money by Terry Pratchett

The Preserving Machine by Phillip K. Dick

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Postby nickspoon » Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:19 pm

House of Leaves by Mark K. Danielewski.

It's very odd. Also, huge.
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Postby Æron » Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:23 pm

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss -- genre: fantasy
The Likeness by Tana French -- genre: thriller
In the Company of Mushrooms by Elio Schaechter -- genre: non-fiction

I tend to have many reading projects going on at once.

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