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    #961
    Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

    Today, I finished reading "Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of the Greek Myths" by Bernard Evslin. It was part of required reading assigned over the summer.

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      #962
      Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

      i keep telling myself that I'll pick up my book again resume reading through Lovecraft. Only this time without crying like a girl.

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        #963
        Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

        I'm reading Don Quixote

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          #964
          Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

          Just finished "Go Set A Watchman" and "How East New York Became A Ghetto".
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            #965
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            So,how was "Go set a watchman" in comparison to "To kill a mockingbird"?
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              #966
              Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

              Originally posted by anunitu View Post
              So,how was "Go set a watchman" in comparison to "To kill a mockingbird"?
              It takes place later, when Scout is in her mid-20's. The writing style is the same, and I liked it a great deal. It's very thought-provoking.
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                #967
                Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

                Originally posted by Hawkfeathers View Post
                It takes place later, when Scout is in her mid-20's. The writing style is the same, and I liked it a great deal. It's very thought-provoking.
                I need this in audiobook!
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                  #968
                  Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

                  Originally posted by Jembru View Post
                  I was constantly being hounded by wiccan friends to read this when I was in my early twenties and never got around to it. Maybe one day...

                  At the moment I'm reading 'The Pow Burn North Shields: Once an Important Tributary to the River Tyne' by Mike N. Coates. I finally got my hands on this, and another book by the same author that covers a wider area than just the Pow Burn. I'm already a bit clearer on how I can work with this buried river, and I can feel a ritual coming on..
                  It's pretty good. I dunno if I would really consider it a wiccan book per say but it does play up goddess worship with Diana as the queen of heaven, queen of the faeries, and makes an implication of her involvement in creation. Despite some obvious Christianized elements, there's quite a bit preserved from traditional elements of witchcraft. I don't take it all as fact, but I affirm there is merit in reading it.
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                    #969
                    Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

                    In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. I can't believe I've never read it before. I'm from KS for crying out loud!
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                      #970
                      Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

                      Ever get into a trilogy and you just don't get the last book? I'm so not into Dust. It's all pedestrian now that I know about the future world and the silos. I haven't picked it up for like 2 weeks. Meh. It's not like I have to listen to it.
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                        #971
                        Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

                        Originally posted by Seax_Blade View Post
                        I'm reading Don Quixote
                        Have you been watching the Newsroom? ;p

                        I'm reading Dune. Apparently it's the best sci-fi ever written and influenced Star Wars. What's your opinion on this MO?

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                          #972
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                          That it's the best sci-fi ever? Hell no. The first Dune (the series got worse after, so only the first is relevant) was good, don't get me wrong but it wasn't that good.

                          That it influenced Star Wars? Err, maybe... I'd have to see the argument for that but it's possible I guess.
                          life itself was a lightsaber in his hands; even in the face of treachery and death and hopes gone cold, he burned like a candle in the darkness. Like a star shining in the black eternity of space.

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                          "But those men who know anything at all about the Light also know that there is a fierceness to its power, like the bare sword of the law, or the white burning of the sun." Suddenly his voice sounded to Will very strong, and very Welsh. "At the very heart, that is. Other things, like humanity, and mercy, and charity, that most good men hold more precious than all else, they do not come first for the Light. Oh, sometimes they are there; often, indeed. But in the very long run the concern of you people is with the absolute good, ahead of all else..."

                          John Rowlands, The Grey King by Susan Cooper

                          "You come from the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve", said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth; be content."

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                            #973
                            Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

                            Originally posted by MaskedOne View Post
                            That it's the best sci-fi ever? Hell no. The first Dune (the series got worse after, so only the first is relevant) was good, don't get me wrong but it wasn't that good.

                            That it influenced Star Wars? Err, maybe... I'd have to see the argument for that but it's possible I guess.
                            The first Dune was fantastic... Best? Well, I love it, but best in in the eye of the beholder... As far as influencing Star Wars...

                            ... well, obviously. In the same way that the Foundation trilogy, many, many pulps, Star Trek, etc., etc., ad infinitum did. By imagining a Galactic Empire and writing space opera about it.
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                              #974
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                              Myself loved "Stranger in a strange land"...was one of my favs after "Foundation"(Asamov was my first SF read)
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                              all i ever wanted was a normal life and love.
                              NO TERF EVER WE belong Too.
                              don't stop the tears.let them flood your soul.




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                                #975
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                                Alright, finished yesterday the Throne of Fire and now starting The Serpent's Shadow. Mmmm.. The third book is a bit harder to understand for me. Without any connection to the language, whether it's Hebrew or English. It's written in a bit confusing way. I get different pictures of what's happening in both languages. Welp, whatever.. I want to enjoy the book.
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