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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi

"How do you co-write a book anyway?"

Take turns writing every other word?


Haha...no, that's how I co-write!

"Alright, you can take all the 'the's 'a's and 'and's - I get the rest"!
MTFBWY. Always.

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The book I'm reading right now, Q, was written by four college students under the pseudonym "Luther Blisset"
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in 7 days i'm going to start reading angels and demons

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I'm half-way through Mario Puzo's The Godfather and all I can say is I'm definitely glad I picked it up.

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Currently reading The Dead Zone, by Stephen King; Dune by Frank Herbert (finally slugged my way to around page 150), Stardust by Neil Gaiman (fantastic as always); One Hell of a Gamble: Kruschev, Kennedy, and the Cuban Missle Crisis (excellent!); and am re-reading A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (best fantasy series I've ever read. Period). Next I want to pick up The Sword and the Shield, which is a history of the KGB.
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wow how do you read more than one book at a time and keep all those stories straight! i normally only like reading one book at a time as i normally get really into them.

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i used to try to ready more then one book at once, but now i find that if i get into a book ill just finish it really fast, and start reading the other one.

i still read a few sometimes when i have one for pleasure and one for school.
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Originally posted by: Hot.like.fire
wow how do you read more than one book at a time and keep all those stories straight! i normally only like reading one book at a time as i normally get really into them.


I have better than average memory and reading/retention skills. It's never been formally tested but someone close to me has a Bachelor's in Experimental Psych and is quite well versed in learning, etc who has told me as much as well as a former Behavioral Psych teacher who said my memory was "remarkable".

As one of my favorite fictional characters, Adrian Monk, says: It's a blessing...and a curse. I tend to remember a lot of minutia that I should probably let go of. For instance I can tell you a lot of useless facts about when a lot of tv shows were produced, which episodes were made when, etc. Of course it hasn't made me rich yet!

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I tend to remember a lot of minutia that I should probably let go of. For instance I can tell you a lot of useless facts about when a lot of tv shows were produced, which episodes were made when, etc. Of course it hasn't made me rich yet!


I have the same problem with movies. I know WAAY too much useless trivia about movies. Then again, since I'm hoping to get into the film industry, I guess it's good to know the field.

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Originally posted by: Nanner Split
I tend to remember a lot of minutia that I should probably let go of. For instance I can tell you a lot of useless facts about when a lot of tv shows were produced, which episodes were made when, etc. Of course it hasn't made me rich yet!

I have the same problem with movies. I know WAAY too much useless trivia about movies.


Yeah, but I usually remember it within seconds of seeing/hearing it if I'm paying enough attention...

Then again, since I'm hoping to get into the film industry, I guess it's good to know the field.


Good luck! If you ever need a lackey to run your studio's IT dept, send me a PM!!!!
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Will do! Maybe if I get elevated to a high position someday, I can cast Gaffer in a movie as well.

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wow how do you read more than one book at a time and keep all those stories straight! i normally only like reading one book at a time as i normally get really into them.


lol, I am the king of reading too many books too fast. Just ask shim. I usually have like 3 books on the go. One for home, one for school and one for the bus. It usually takes me about half a day to finish a novel. I'm not kidding. I do slightly over 100 pages an hour. I finished hobbit overnight. I finished LOTR in a day.
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yeah thats pretty crasy, at my fastest i can do about 50 or 60 pages in and hour
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yeah when i skim i can read quite a bit. close to 80 pages in an hour.

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hahaha i have been living on those for the past two weeks, like literally, they probably acount for a good chunck of my calorial intake.
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Originally posted by: Skipper
wow how do you read more than one book at a time and keep all those stories straight! i normally only like reading one book at a time as i normally get really into them.


lol, I am the king of reading too many books too fast. Just ask shim. I usually have like 3 books on the go. One for home, one for school and one for the bus. It usually takes me about half a day to finish a novel. I'm not kidding. I do slightly over 100 pages an hour. I finished hobbit overnight. I finished LOTR in a day.


All I can think is wow, that is way fast. I could never read anything that fast.

I'm reading "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash" by Jean Shepherd. I like savoring what I'm reading, so I take it much slower. For a while I couldn't read anything because school reading burned me off of all books for a long time. I used to LOVE reading. I want to feel that way again.
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Originally posted by: skye_solo
Originally posted by: Skipper


I'm reading "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash" by Jean Shepherd. I like savoring what I'm reading, so I take it much slower. For a while I couldn't read anything because school reading burned me off of all books for a long time. I used to LOVE reading. I want to feel that way again.


I would love to read that book. It's the basis for A Christmas Story, the movie, correct? That guy had a knack for hitting things on the head.

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Originally posted by: JediSage
Originally posted by: skye_solo
Originally posted by: Skipper


I'm reading "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash" by Jean Shepherd. I like savoring what I'm reading, so I take it much slower. For a while I couldn't read anything because school reading burned me off of all books for a long time. I used to LOVE reading. I want to feel that way again.


I would love to read that book. It's the basis for A Christmas Story, the movie, correct? That guy had a knack for hitting things on the head.


Yeah, it is that book. It took me a while to find in a real bookstore too. Instead of doing the easy thing and buying it online I kept looking in the stores. Eventually I found it after around a six month search.

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Just finished Freakonomics and will soon be starting William Gibson's All Tomorrow's Parties.
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I'm sort of kind of reading AC Crispin's Star Wars novel 'Rebel Dawn' about Han Solo in the days before ANH, but it isn't as interesting as the first two books in the series for some reason.

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Bought my copy of Haunted, by Chuck Palahniuk (not sure its spelled right), it was SUPPOSED to arrive today, it's not here. Oh well but that is going to be my next book. After Kafka, I wanna read everything by Chuck now.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Anyone reading anything new? I'm on a Stephen King kick right now. Just finished Skeleton Crew and am about 60 pages into 'Salem's Lot. Very, VERY good stufff. Still eagerly awaiting the next installment of George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series, which I highly recommend to low-magic fantasy fans.
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Stopped my serious readings due to the need of reading some technical books.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Last three books read:
"Apathy and Other Small Victories" by Paul Neilan (Amazon)
Sick yet funny book about a morally deliquent slacker who gets involved in a murder investigation. Laugh out loud moments but generally a creapy book. It's great! There's swearing in sign language in the book, yeah it's that good, shit head.

"The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer" by Neal Stephenson (Amazon)
This was my first Stephenson book and i'm eagerly awaiting getting into some others. This tale investigates a future world where an engineer develops an interactive book to help guide his daughter. While attempting to make a second copy, the book finds it's way into the hands of girl who's under the tutalage of a disadvantaged family. The story then follows the growth of these books and girls and their way into adulthood. Fascinating look at not only development of an individuals but some of the social political ramifications of a technological world.

"The Fourth Bear" by Jasper Fforde (Amazon)
The setting is a world where book characters occupy the same breathing space as the rest of us. The UK police force has a special division (Spec-Ops 27) which investigates Nursery Crime. Unfortuantely for Detective Jack Spratt, the mass murder, Gingerbreadman (delightful SW reference in his murdering technique for those who read this one) has escaped from prison, a mysterious rash of explosions, and a finicky reporter named Goldilocks has gone missing. Lots of fun, this is the second in the series and an off shoot of the Thursday Next series, so if you like this one, there's many others. (Aside: the author was one of the photographers on many of the Bond films)

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Originally posted by: JediSage
Anyone reading anything new? I'm on a Stephen King kick right now.
I'm currently reading The Gunslinger and have The Drawing of the Three lined up for when I finish (which will probably be today)

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