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11-12-2003, 03:51 AM
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Lord of the Pants
Join Date: Apr 2003
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Gosh, we're a violent bunch....
 I'm reading Holes by louis Sacher. Enjoyed the movie, expect to enjoy the book... |
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11-12-2003, 07:38 PM
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill
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Maybe the whole "cush on Heathcliff" thing is that whole "dangerous man" concept of attraction or whatnot. Which is odd, because I usually don't find myself attracted to the so-called baddies in real life.
edit: I guess that's why it's called a fantasy then. Meep! ::duck:: 
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11-13-2003, 03:57 AM
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Greatest Elven woman of Aman
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Having way too much fun with Fëanor's 7
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11-13-2003, 02:20 PM
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Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA
Posts: 10,820
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Starr: Have you read Dracula yet?
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Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle |
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11-13-2003, 07:33 PM
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill
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Eee, Gwaimir!
No, I haven't read Dracula yet. I was/have been/am reading: Johnny Got His Gone, The Vampire Lestat, Dune Messiah, That Hideous Strength, and trying to read LOTR for the fourth time. In between that I'm also trying to keep up with my homework, social life, work and extracurricular activities, and trying not to kill myself. (That last part was a joke, mostly  )
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“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell |
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11-13-2003, 07:46 PM
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Trying to keep a hold on my temper so I don't turn into a big green guy.
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i just finished the iliad (abridged)and am almost done with the oddysey.
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11-14-2003, 01:15 AM
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Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA
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Hope you succeed, Starr, 'specially in the last.
I'll pray for you.
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Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle |
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11-16-2003, 01:31 AM
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ilha Formosa
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"The Killing of History" by Keith Windschuttle
Beats on Foucault, Derrida, postmodernists, post-structuralists, cultural theory, political correctness etc. etc. with a big heavy club. Good stuff.
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11-16-2003, 04:57 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: on the floor, under the table, just to your left, your other left
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I'm reading "Starfleet Survival Guide." It's like those worst case scenario books, only gone Star Trek.
Boy, I sure love technical stuff. I also just finished reading the compleate DS9 episode guide and the Star Trek Chronology. Just finished meaning I have to be done so they can go back to the library. I want to read Dracula too! I actually just finished re-reading Gunsmith Cats. What a cool series. Now I have to start on the Sandman again.
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How to Survive the Sillmarillion I thought that Alcohol was just for those with nothing else to do. I thought that drinking just to get drunk was a waste of precious booze. But now I know that there's a time and there's a place where I can choose To walk the fine line between self control and self abuse. "Lacerations make complications, but welts go away in a day." |
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11-16-2003, 11:12 AM
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: 2nd star to the left.....
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Just finished Sharpe's Rifles by Bernard Cornwell. Found out it's actually a prequel in the historical chronology of the Sharpe series.
It's very well-written and its descriptions of battles seem realistic (though I've never been in battle and wouldn't know). I plan to read more in this series. Would also like to see the Sean Bean films where he portrays Richard Sharpe. |
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11-16-2003, 06:02 PM
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Elven Warrior
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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I'm on a Philip K. Dick kick lately. I just finished Martian Time-Slip and The Simulacra, and now I'm reading We Can Build You and The Cosmic Puppets, as well as some short story collections.
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11-18-2003, 11:21 PM
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The Fleet-Footed
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: British Columbia
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Bless the Beasts and Children by Glendon Swarthout
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11-19-2003, 04:44 PM
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the Shrike
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: San Francisco, CA <3
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Abhorsen by Garth Nix. And then I'll start on Good Omens by Terry Pratchet and Neil Gaiman - finally!
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11-19-2003, 05:03 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Israel
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11-19-2003, 05:31 PM
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the Shrike
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: San Francisco, CA <3
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 I found it in Unity Books, which is this tiny bookstore down the road, that seems to defy the laws of physics, and stock EVERYTHING, even though they are about one sixteenth the size of Borders Books... I'm looking forwards to it! Quote:
To be honest, I don't quite remember where it's from cos I've played them all... Mojo? Timmy? ... Glad you like the av - I'm a big fan of Guybrush and the Ghost Pirate Lechuck. Psst! Click the link in my sig!
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11-20-2003, 08:31 AM
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Location: Israel
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11-20-2003, 05:28 PM
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill
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...I found Good Omens in Barnes & Noble. ::shrug::
Stoopid ninety second rule.
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11-20-2003, 08:04 PM
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Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!)
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Not where I want to be ...
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11-20-2003, 10:03 PM
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Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Lost in the Opera House
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11-20-2003, 11:21 PM
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the Shrike
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: San Francisco, CA <3
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