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flawd101
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Re: What are you reading? January 05, 2004 at 11:44 PM UTC #
stargate - reconnaissance
LOTR - return of the king (3rd time….)
markie
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Re: What are you reading? January 05, 2004 at 11:57 PM UTC #
I am half way through Please Kill Me! Which works so much better than I thought it would.

I have also been trying to read James Frazers, The Golden Bough. It is a bit more brilliant than I.
skeeter
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Re: What are you reading? January 06, 2004 at 01:59 PM UTC #
Originally posted by mark e smith:
I am half way through Please Kill Me! Which works so much better than I thought it would.
Good choice. I love that book.
Samantha
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Re: What are you reading? January 06, 2004 at 03:36 PM UTC #
I'm reading this Forum…DUH! :)
grotty
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Re: What are you reading? January 06, 2004 at 05:28 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Samantha:
I'm reading this Forum…DUH! :)
It's relatively new - copyright 2001. It's out in trade paperback now - you can pick one up cheap on ebay for him if interested. It's not a graphic novel though like the Sandman series.
grotty
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Re: What are you reading? January 06, 2004 at 05:31 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Couldn't get through that one.

Originally posted by allmy$to930:
Last week:
John Kennedy Toole: Confederacy of Dunces
Really? You should give it another try sometime. I would have thought this nearly a perfect book for you.
bunnyman
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Re: What are you reading? January 07, 2004 at 02:58 PM UTC #
Just finished "Broken Summers" by Henry Rollins…great read. I highly recommend that one.
skeeter
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Re: What are you reading? January 07, 2004 at 03:26 PM UTC #
Originally posted by bunnyman:
Just finished "Broken Summers" by Henry Rollins…great read. I highly recommend that one.
Rollins' books get on my nerves after a while. They all seem to boil down to everyone-sucks-but-me-nobody-understands-i-hate-everyone-and-everything-
in-this-world-and-i-want-to-kill-everybody-and-i-need-more-coffee.

"Get in the Van" was interesting though.
grotty
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Re: What are you reading? January 07, 2004 at 05:57 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Sir HC:
And because you never know when the dead shall rise, The Zombie Survival Guide

http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/zombiesurvivalguide/
I've seen that book - it looks pretty funny. Wasn't it written by the son of Mel Brooks?

All of those Dawn of Dead type movies really freaked me out as a kid. That's still my most frequent nightmare. Maybe this would help me conquer those demons, er, zombies.
Dandy01
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Re: What are you reading? January 07, 2004 at 06:39 PM UTC #
Straight Dope - Cecil Adams (as soon as I get it!)
Sir HC
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Re: What are you reading? January 07, 2004 at 06:54 PM UTC #
Originally posted by grotty:
Originally posted by Sir HC:
And because you never know when the dead shall rise, The Zombie Survival Guide

http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/zombiesurvivalguide/
I've seen that book - it looks pretty funny. Wasn't it written by the son of Mel Brooks?

All of those Dawn of Dead type movies really freaked me out as a kid. That's still my most frequent nightmare. Maybe this would help me conquer those demons, er, zombies.
I am about 1/2 way through and am amazed how thorough the author (a Max Brooks no relation mentioned but no real background info on him is in the book either). For fun the book is great, I got the book because the author did a chat on the Washington Post site around Halloween and it was insanely funny. I can say I now look around thinking how my situation is if zombies started to walk…
grotty
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Re: What are you reading? January 07, 2004 at 06:58 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Sir HC:
For fun the book is great, I got the book because the author did a chat on the Washington Post site around Halloween and it was insanely funny. I can say I now look around thinking how my situation is if zombies started to walk…
I just ordered a used copy -
Thanks Dr Phil :D
bunnyman
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Re: What are you reading? January 07, 2004 at 08:50 PM UTC #
Actually, the new Rollins book is a bit more mature…he's grown into himself. He still does a bit of the intense macho guy thing, but there are times when he seems to be more human than in previous books. Get in the Van was amazing, though. I loved that book.
skeeter
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Re: What are you reading? January 07, 2004 at 08:55 PM UTC #
Originally posted by bunnyman:
Actually, the new Rollins book is a bit more mature…he's grown into himself. He still does a bit of the intense macho guy thing, but there are times when he seems to be more human than in previous books. Get in the Van was amazing, though. I loved that book.
Maybe I'll check it out then. Have you heard the CD that goes with "Get In The Van"? I haven't. I'm curious what's on it. Is it just him reading excerpts from the book? Is it worth tracking down?
ggw
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Re: What are you reading? January 08, 2004 at 07:04 PM UTC #
Originally posted by grotty:
Originally posted by Samantha:
I'm reading this Forum…DUH! :)
It's relatively new - copyright 2001. It's out in trade paperback now - you can pick one up cheap on ebay for him if interested. It's not a graphic novel though like the Sandman series.
Or you can subscribe to the Neil Gaiman Author's Preferred Limited Edition Series, which gets you thge "director's cut" of each book plus a never-before-published screenplay.
Samantha
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Re: What are you reading? January 09, 2004 at 12:18 AM UTC #
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Originally posted by grotty:
Originally posted by Samantha:
I'm reading this Forum…DUH! :)
It's relatively new - copyright 2001. It's out in trade paperback now - you can pick one up cheap on ebay for him if interested. It's not a graphic novel though like the Sandman series.
Or you can subscribe to the Neil Gaiman Author's Preferred Limited Edition Series, which gets you thge "director's cut" of each book plus a never-before-published screenplay.
lol…I can't even afford the Sandman books…so I will stick to borrowing my ex's Gaiman novels…when I ever see him again :roll:
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