Richard Cribb
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I think we have a winner!Heretic_Cata said:Dante Aligheri's - Divine Comedy
What Are You Reading, Again?
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Good choice!puglover said:The libraries didn't have any George RR Martin, so I picked up Island in the Sea of Time by SM Stirling and am enjoying it.
Look for The Peshawar Lancers by the same author when you're done with that trilogy.
If you like that "time travelling american village" idea you could also check out the 1632 series by Eric Flint (and partners), a West Virginian mining community gets moved to Germany 1631 (the middle of the Thirty Years War) and meet lots of cool people, like the Swedish king Gustav II Adolf (aka Gustavus Adolphus).
I just finished A Feast of Crows, haven't started anything else.
tomsnowman123
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The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Truth About Corporate Cons, Globalization and High-Finance Fraudsters by Greg Palast.
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Angel of Verdun
The Prose Edda
The Poetic Edda
The Nibelungenlied
The Song of Roland
The Poetic Edda
The Nibelungenlied
The Song of Roland
FriendlyFire
Codex WMDicanious
STATE of DENIAL - Bobwoodrow (<--- Explosive)
Crusaders (<--- MTW2 is comming out so)
Crusaders (<--- MTW2 is comming out so)
Richard Cribb
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And a most worthy runner-up...tomsnowman123 said:
Narz
keeping it real
steviejay
Now in Black and White!!
Started reading the Count of Monte Cristo. Read just under 200 pages in two hours. Can't seem to put it down, only got 5 hours sleep as a result of it. Really easy to read which I think is due in part to it originally being written in parts.
I've got the three Musketeers to read after that, then I need to finish the Shining...
I've got the three Musketeers to read after that, then I need to finish the Shining...
'Only got 5 hours of sleep...'? I'm happy when I get that much.
I decided to go the philosophical route. Currently reading a three part series:
Where God Went Wrong, Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes, and Who Is This God Person Anyway?
I decided to go the philosophical route. Currently reading a three part series:
Where God Went Wrong, Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes, and Who Is This God Person Anyway?
steviejay
Now in Black and White!!
Oh, I'm also readin 'A History of Egypt' by Nicolas Grimal
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LLXerxes said:
Seems like an interesting book, part of a series.
Or, I hope it's a series. Because this part doesn't seem to progress past the boys' youth.
It is quite a good read.
And it is indeed the first part of a series. To be precise, there are four volumes:
1.The Gates of Rome
2.The Death of Kings
3.The Field of Swords
4.The Gods of War
There might be a fifth one as well, but as far as I know that is not something the author has decided on yet.
Currently reading Point Counterpoint by Aldous Huxley.
Masquerouge
Deity
Just finished Soldier's son by Robin Hobb, great one, before that was the Ancestor's tale by Dawkins, great one, and I'm currently reading Neuromancer, which is good but not great so far - and I'm three-fourths into the book so the ending better be amazing if it wants to move up in the ratings
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Deity
"L'Evangile selon Pilate" by Eric Emmanuel-Schmitt ("The Gospel After Pilatus").
It's an amazing twist retelling the whole story and the author himself is as good as ever. I would judge this second after the trilogy ("Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleur du coran" [Mister Ibrahim and the flowers of the Quran] "Oscar et la dame rose" [Oscar and the rosa lady] and "L'enfant de Noé" [The child of Noah]).
All of these books I can really recommend you to read. Or if you want, they've made an excellent film out of "Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du coran" (with Omar Sharif).
mitsho
It's an amazing twist retelling the whole story and the author himself is as good as ever. I would judge this second after the trilogy ("Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleur du coran" [Mister Ibrahim and the flowers of the Quran] "Oscar et la dame rose" [Oscar and the rosa lady] and "L'enfant de Noé" [The child of Noah]).
All of these books I can really recommend you to read. Or if you want, they've made an excellent film out of "Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du coran" (with Omar Sharif).
mitsho
That makes me think of William Gibson's writing style. It is the ugliest writing style I've ever seen. In fact, I despise Gibson for it.jalapeno_dude said:At first, I liked Raymond E. Feist. His plots are certainly decent. But his writing isn't the greatest. Example: EVERY CHAPTER IN EVERY ONE OF HIS BOOKS STARTS WITH THE SAME SENTENCE, essentially.
The [noun] [verb]ed.
It drove me insane.
Heretic_Cata
We're gonna live forever
I finished reading Dante's Inferno, but i'll keep the Purgatory and Heaven for next time. It's very hard and tiresome to read, i'll finish it eventualy.
I think i'll start reading the Ramayana next.
Did anybody read it ? Is it enjoyable ?
I think i'll start reading the Ramayana next.
Did anybody read it ? Is it enjoyable ?
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
I just finished:
A Brave Black Regiment: The Story of the Massachusetts 54th by Luis F. Emilio.
Absolutely amazing book. It's by one of the 54th's Captains, so he gives an almost journal-like description of every day of the 54th's existence. It's a great read.
But now, I'm back to Jane Eyre.
A Brave Black Regiment: The Story of the Massachusetts 54th by Luis F. Emilio.
Absolutely amazing book. It's by one of the 54th's Captains, so he gives an almost journal-like description of every day of the 54th's existence. It's a great read.
But now, I'm back to Jane Eyre.
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