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Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree... -
Serious, any single book by Amy Tan (you only need to read one, they're all the same).
The Chronicals of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, an histerical book by Barry Hughart.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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Read it. Liked it.Originally posted by rah
Lucifer's Hammer. Just a bit of SF in the premise but realistic enough. A good read.
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Both sound like great recommendations. I will read them.Originally posted by Jaakko
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco - a great conspiracy/mystery sort of book, where a practical joke done by three book editors goes horribly wrong. Very complex. I can't tell much else, I've only started on it myself. But I do love it so far.
The Descent by Jeff Long - what if the myth of Satan and demons was based on reality? Vast networks of caves are discovered around the globe, and the caves aren't empty...
A great horror-techno thriller mix, and a genuinely scary book at times.
FYI: I am an honorary Finn. (Because of acting Finnish at a company class.)Comment
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REad 1984. Is The Outsiders by SE Hinton?Originally posted by red_jon
My favourite book was Nineteen Eighty-Four and would definintly reccomend reading it.
Or 'The Outsiders'.Comment
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Will look at it. Thanks.Originally posted by Kropotkin
"The Dice Man" by Luke Rhinehart; Fun and somewhat disturbing novel about a man that lets the dice decide his actions.Comment
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Probably doesn't show, but I have read that.Originally posted by Urban Ranger
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Just read Keegan's First World War. Disappointing. Not much new ground covered.
Keegan's Warpaths is pretty good. It deals with battlefields in North America.
I heard Anthony Beevor has a new book out about the Fall of Berlin in 45. The reviews I have seen have been pretty good.
King Leopold's ghosts is an interesting book about the Belgium Congo colony. It puts Conrad's Heart of Darkness into perspective.
Terry Pratchett is always good for quick, easy read.
Carl Hiassen's Sick Puppy is great.Golfing since 67Comment
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I must be on GP's ignore list.
One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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I also liked Cryptonomicon by Stephenson(?).<p style="font-size:1024px">HTML is disabled in signatures
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Aren't we all?
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You to?
I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator RubioComment
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A Canticle for Leibowitz - Miller
The Name of the Rose - Eco
R/G/B Mars - RobinsonLast edited by Freeze; June 23, 2002, 11:24....tried to sit in my lap while I was standing up. Marlowe
The revolution is not only televised, but 40% off. T.
You SCROOOOOOOED it up, Bobby Terry!! Walkin DudeComment
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Ya, that was a great book, although I got lost a bit on some of the math discussions.Originally posted by loinburger
I also liked Cryptonomicon by Stephenson(?).Golfing since 67Comment
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Freeze,
I read Leibowitz. Will check out Eco.
BC, I will check out your recomendation. Thanks.
JT, will check out Atwood.
Che...not gonna read Marx. Did some excerpts for a class at USNA. The stuff was turgid. Poor writing goes with poor thinking, I guess...
Krop, the Dice book sounds interesting.Comment
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