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Originally posted by Saras
Niall Fergusons "The House of Rothschild Vol. II. The Worlds Bankers 1848-1999".
Niall Fergusons "The House of Rothschild Vol. II. The Worlds Bankers 1848-1999".
Is Vol. 2 any good?
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Weird, I have that one too. 'Course I bought it by mistake. I meant to pick up Vol. 1 on the rise of the Rothschild & didn't notice I had Vol. 2 until I got home. Is Vol. 2 any good?
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Has anyone read Nightfall? Asimov's most famous short story - I love it.
It was great. Especially the ending."Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master" - Commissioner Pravin Lal.Comment
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Just finished "Reversible errors" by Scott Turow. Loved it, as i did almost all of his books.What?Comment
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Civil War Battle Series, authored by James Reasoner.
Fictional novels based on battles of that war.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ BraindeadComment
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Originally posted by monkspider
Anyone here a fan of Asimov's "I, Robot"?
Always writing about robots that Asimov is.
It's one of my favorites
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Originally posted by Ramo
"Timequake" by Vonnegut
me too.
But I got half-way through that, and started another book, for upstairs, while TimeQuake is downstairs. - Tom Holt's Snow White and the Seven Samurai.
Non-fiction: Just finished The Pattern on the Stone by Daniel W Hillis, and began River out of Eden by Richard Dawkins.Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
"I don't believe in giving scripting languages because the only additional power they give users is the power to create bugs." - Mike Breitkreutz, FiraxisComment
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lol, good title, what's it about?Snow White and the Seven Samurai.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'."
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7 short warriors.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ BraindeadComment
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The Sunflower by Simon WiesenthalTutto nel mondo è burlaComment
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...and snow white.
Basically, three kids hack into the Fairytale dimension (that runs on narrative, suspiciously like the Discworld) and crash it's operating system. Then things go haywire.Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
"I don't believe in giving scripting languages because the only additional power they give users is the power to create bugs." - Mike Breitkreutz, FiraxisComment
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Snow White and the Seven Samurai.
lol, good title, what's it about?
7 short warriors.
Porn?Last edited by Anodyne; January 6, 2003, 13:21.You make my life and times
A book of bluesy SaturdaysComment
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Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist
"Kids, don't listen to uncle Solver unless you want your parents to spank you." - SolverComment
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I've seen the Seventh Samurai - The original Japanese movie that Maginificent Seven was based on.One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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Does sound very discworld-like, any good?Basically, three kids hack into the Fairytale dimension (that runs on narrative, suspiciously like the Discworld) and crash it's operating system. Then things go haywire.
No relation to the book I imagine... excellent film thoughI've seen the Seventh Samurai - The original Japanese movie that Maginificent Seven was based on.
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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nothing at the moment... But I've read The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds (both H.G. Wells) and Stupid White Men (Michael Moore) since Christmas.
All 3 excellent books.Comment
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