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Anyone here a fan of Asimov's "I, Robot"?
Always writing about robots that Asimov is.
Always writing about robots that Asimov is.
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The Colour of Magic - Terry Pratchett.One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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Unfinished Tales by JRR Tolkien - specifically, the chapter on the Istari..."Love the earth and sun and animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown . . . reexamine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency" - Walt WhitmanComment
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Richard J. Evans "In Defence of History"Comment
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"Power and Profit: The Merchant in Medieval Europe" by Peter Spufford
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"Golf is a Game of Confidence" by Bob RotellaComment
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Nothing in dead-tree format lately, but I intend to spend some time today at http://www.edge.org/q2003/question03_index.html .This is Shireroth, and Giant Squid will brutally murder me if I ever remove this link from my signature | In the end it won't be love that saves us, it will be mathematics | So many people have this concept of God the Avenger. I see God as the ultimate sense of humor -- SlowwHandComment
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"Timequake" by Vonnegut"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Dubliners by James Joyce, regressing to Asimov's Robot Novels and some stories from his old monthly SF magazine when my head starts to explode. Which is most of the time.Brought to you by Firelad, AKA King of the FairiesComment
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Living the early 90s once was bad enough.Originally posted by Ramo
"Timequake" by Vonnegut
One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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Island of the Day Before - umberto eco
The Discoverers - Daniel Boorstin."Perhaps a new spirit is rising among us. If it is, let us trace its movements and pray that our own inner being may be sensitive to its guidance, for we are deeply in need of a new way beyond the darkness that seems so close around us." --MLK Jr.Comment
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Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil GaimanRethink Refuse Reduce Reuse
Do It OurselvesComment
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I just finished "Ship of destiny" by Robin Hobb. Outstanding fantasy
I´m currently re-reading "The shadow of the torturer" by Gene Wolfe. I tried to read his "Book of the new sun" in the mid 80-s but lost interest somewhere in book two. I think it was the flowery and somewhat stilted language that tired me that time. We´ll see if I can plough through it this time
An interesting book I found at the library is "The renaissance of the city" by Jerker Söderlind - a book on architecture and the problem of modern city planning. It asks the question: "Why don´t we build the city of our dreams - the good city?"
Also when I ride the tram I read "The Hippopoptamus" by Stephen Fry.I love being beaten by women - LorizaelComment
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Extremely funny book!Originally posted by Osweld
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Just finished "To Catch a Thief" by Mercedes Lackey.
Currently reading the new short story collection from deLint, "Tapping the Dream Tree."The true nature of a man is shown by what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.Comment
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Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time--the new one comes out this week. The middle books were painfully slow at times but I think he's moving faster as he gets towards the end.Comment
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My Dark Places - James Ellroy It got very heavy and I had to stop reading for a bit... then never picked it up again... those are some dark places.
The Ticket That Exploded - William Burroughs Xmas pressie, looking forward to this one
The Idiot - Dostoevsky Another one I stopped halfway through for no reason. Silly person I am.
Heheheheh. I'd like to hear your thoughts on this one"The Naked Lunch" - fiction (I'm assuming!)
I loved the whole series... read them in 4 successive days, each book is better than the last. Can't wait for the 5th.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Lots of Asimov fans hereAnyone here a fan of Asimov's "I, Robot"?
I read pretty much everything Asimov published in paperback in my teens... just sink into a comfortable Asimov hole for days at a time
Must reread the foundation books though...
Has anyone read Nightfall? Asimov's most famous short story - I love it.
Hehe Pratchett rules... a friend of mine was telling me it is advertised in the US as a satire of British culture, is that true? Here it's just sold as straight fantasy.The Colour of Magic - Terry Pratchett.
I've got that, but never got round to reading it after I'd read the first 20 pages... just didn't appeal. Any good?"Timequake" by VonnegutLast edited by Graag; January 6, 2003, 12:00.I have discovered that China and Spain are really one and the same country, and it's only ignorance that leads people to believe they are two seperate nations. If you don't belive me try writing 'Spain' and you'll end up writing 'China'."
Gogol, Diary of a MadmanComment
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