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Basic Writings of Nietzsche

By, well, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche.

This is something I've been reading since last year. Because of school and the reading requirements therein, I find it hard to do any reading for pleasure because all of my will to read is just sapped by the time I put down my textbooks, and I want to do anything but.

That said, this has been a supremely interesting collection of his essays, and I look forward to wanting to read more.

 

For Cause & Comrades

James M. McPherson

This is a school book that I am to write a critique on, but beyond that, as a history buff, it's a fascinating look at what made people fight in the American Civil War through segments of their own letters and diaries from the day. It's a good way to really see into the mindset of the day(as well as the lack of grammar!) and it presents it all in a very focused and captivating manner, without getting bogged down in the inanities of full letters or textbook-speech. Definitely recommended for anyone interested in history.

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darth_ender said:

Well, now you should jump into my Enderverse thread and read my reviews (skipping the spoiler sections of course).  They're all very different books, but they are all interesting takes on the characters.  I'd love to read a review from someone else, as it gets a bit lonely in that thread *cricket chirps*

FYI: Ender's a stud.  That's why I am he :)

I had a sneaking suspicion there was a relation there, couldn't remember if I read you saying so before. And there are more books?? Hm, when I finish, I will get to your thread more! Interesting cast there though. Hopefully they do make it sufficiently gritty.

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Basic Writings of Nietzsche

By, well, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche.

This is something I've been reading since last year. Because of school and the reading requirements therein, I find it hard to do any reading for pleasure because all of my will to read is just sapped by the time I put down my textbooks, and I want to do anything but.

That said, this has been a supremely interesting collection of his essays, and I look forward to wanting to read more.

Good luck. For Intro to Philosophy I was supposed to have read some of his writing.

The blue elephant in the room.

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I'm enjoying it, I never had to read it for class, but I was always interested in what he had to say and all the misunderstandings around his work.

It's taking me forever to get through it because school keeps making me read other things, but it's good. I guess I just have to deal with sacrificing my pleasure reads for school.

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Just finished Slaughterhouse-Five.

Amazing. Never wanted it to end. So it goes.

Started reading Outlander by Diana Gabaldon about a woman who accidentally time travels to 18th century Scotland.

My girlfriend recommended it, it's one of her favorites, but so far I'm not into it all that much. She hated - couldn't even finish - one of my all-time favorites (John Crowley's Little, Big), so maybe I'm disliking it out of spite.

 

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Snow Crash, again!

A picture is worth a thousand words. Post 102 is worth more.

I’m late to the party, but I think this is the best song. Enjoy!

—Teams Jetrell Fo 1, Jetrell Fo 2, and Jetrell Fo 3

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I'm thinking about reading Neuromancer again as well. I'm a bit of a Cyberpunk junkie...

A picture is worth a thousand words. Post 102 is worth more.

I’m late to the party, but I think this is the best song. Enjoy!

—Teams Jetrell Fo 1, Jetrell Fo 2, and Jetrell Fo 3

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Have been reading the Avengers vs X-Men crossover event that started in April.

Sixty eight issues so far. The main story is done, but there is an epilogue story line called AvX: Consequences which is going to last five issues and then some Avengers and X-men team-ups.

The new Avengers comic is called UNCANNY AVENGERS as members of both teams are joined together after the events of AvX.

 

 

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I just read Hitchhikers Guide for the first time (I know, I know.) I'm halfway through Restaurant at the End of the Universe.

Also just caught up with the last 40 issues of the walking dead comic. That was a nice week of depression. Now I've started the new daredevil series. Heard it was good. I may jump on the Uncanny Avengers. Didn't read AvX even though I have the poster hanging up in my room. (It was a gift)

Haven't been reading much in general recently. I've gotta get on that.

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Wolfman said:


 

Have been reading the Avengers vs X-Men crossover event that started in April.

Sixty eight issues so far. The main story is done, but there is an epilogue story line called AvX: Consequences which is going to last five issues and then some Avengers and X-men team-ups.


This is why I don't read comics anymore ...

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Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein

A while ago I found myself somewhat fascinated by the Military Scifi subgenre. Turns out there's quite a bit of it out there. Luckily, I happen to have a friend who is into it. So he gave me a list of books to check out and Starship Troopers was at the top of the list. I was already curious because I've seen the film and the aforementioned friend HATED it. It was pretty good. Far bigger in scope than the film and why in the world would they leave out the mech suits!?! Those would be amazing on the big screen! Ah well, maybe someday they'll actually try to make a faithful adaption.

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Reading Timeline by Michael Crichton and Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. I can't get into the former, so I'll probably just end up giving it up and giving my copy away. The latter, though, has got my interest and I'm getting through it bit by bit.

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Tobar said:

Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein

A while ago I found myself somewhat fascinated by the Military Scifi subgenre. Turns out there's quite a bit of it out there. Luckily, I happen to have a friend who is into it. So he gave me a list of books to check out and Starship Troopers was at the top of the list. I was already curious because I've seen the film and the aforementioned friend HATED it. It was pretty good. Far bigger in scope than the film and why in the world would they leave out the mech suits!?! Those would be amazing on the big screen! Ah well, maybe someday they'll actually try to make a faithful adaption.

Aw, the movie is awesome in a "campy, tongue-in-cheek, propaganda-laden satire-of-militarism" way. Less so in a "true-to-the-source" way.

I think Starship Troopers III had the mechs. The sequels lose all the "deeper" satire and parody and actually do suck, though.

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asterisk8 said:

Just finished Slaughterhouse-Five.

Amazing. Never wanted it to end. So it goes.

Oh man! Back during my traveling days that book spent substantial amounts of time sticking halfway out of my back pocket. Read it so many times, such a good read. It's one of my go to comfort books. Such good stuff. Vonnegut in general is pretty amazing.

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Look at the typesetting on that missus...phroar!

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Tyrphanax said:

Aw, the movie is awesome in a "campy, tongue-in-cheek, propaganda-laden satire-of-militarism" way. Less so in a "true-to-the-source" way.

It's a fine Paul Verhoeven flick but does not deserve the title.

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The sequels lose all the "deeper" satire and parody and actually do suck, though.

It's all shallower than a dried up puddle compared to the book. =P

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Like I said; not very true-to-source, but still fun.

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Stephen King's The Dark Tower - the complete concordance by Robin Furth.

Started out as a reference book while he was writing the latter books in the series, got expanded with some anecdotes and whatnot. Got this one with some xmas money..Big DT fan.

Year of the Black Rainbow by Claudio Sanchez

part of the backstory woven through the albums of Coheed and Cambria. Technically, the first part of the story - but now there's a prequel story / album and side stories...also partly reading it to pass time until the new album comes out on the 5th of Feb.

Argo by Antonio Mendez 

Thought I'd have a look through this after seeing the movie twice.

Prometheus script - by Jon Spaights [again]

marvelling at the fun ride that the movie could have been rather than the trainwreck it is.

also been listening to an audiobook [in the car] of the walking dead - the road to woodbury. I like it so far. Not sure who wrote it, I think Kirkman had a hand in it though..

 

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Over Christmas I started re-reading the bits of Rudy Rucker's Ware Tetralogy I had read before and reading the bits I hadn't.

Quite a ways into Freeware now.

Really wavy.

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The Hobbit or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

Finished it a while ago. It was a fun read and my first Tolkien. I still wish Jackson had kept truer to the dialog of the book.

 

Currently reading Land of Terror the second Doc Savage book. Lester Dent was a genius with words.

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I am currently reading "Shrink Rap"  By Robert B. Parker, on my new Kindle that I got for Christmas.    It is a detective story.

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Warbler said:

I am currently reading "Shrink Rap"  By Robert B. Parker, on my new Kindle that I got for Christman.    It is a detective story.

Christman is a great name for a detective.

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Bingowings said:

Warbler said:

I am currently reading "Shrink Rap"  By Robert B. Parker, on my new Kindle that I got for Christman.    It is a detective story.

Christman is a great name for a detective.

The adventures of Christman and his sidekick Crossie, solving crime throughout time!!

 

 

* Crossie is an anthropomorphised cross.

This could be an awesome webcomic, in the style of the Silver Age DC comics... but on Crack.

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I jumped into my usual re-read of H.G. Wells; Time Machine, Dr. Moreau, Invisible Man...then this happened.

If you know this then you are certainly a 90's kid.


Animorphs.

I missed this.

 

I seriously forgot just how good these are. I managed to stumble across the last book I needed (#52-curse you and your unavailability!!) and started at no.1 for the first time in years. Not only was this pretty damn good sci-fi but it was also chock full of extremely good character development. And it was intended for kids. From Scholastic of all places. It's an absolutely hopeless premise. Dark. Grisly. Hellish. Filled with the stuff of nightmares. How in the heck these kids didn't immediately start suffering from PTSD is amazing.

Yet for most of the series they manage to somehow hold on to their sanity. This is what always really made it stand out in my mind.

Sure you can't openly read them in public because they're ostensibly kids books. But if these were made into a film you'd have an impossible time negotiating for a PG-13 rating. There's some truly silly books (#14 has to do with Area 51 essentially guarding a primitive alien toilet. Yep. Really wish I was making it up.) and #24-40 something were ghostwritten, but damn it if these weren't great reads.

They still read well today despite the now dated late 90's setting. I started a few days ago. Already downed 18 of them.

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