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Will · Postby **Will** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:31 pm

A great big book about Japan's pacific war. Good stuff.

DarkIvy · Postby **DarkIvy** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:42 pm

1984, by George Orwell

donkey_booter · Postby **donkey_booter** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:30 pm

Isaac Asimov - Foundation and Earth

Read all the others, 'cept the prelude one, which looks crap. They're Sci-Fi but not TOO unbelievable. Well, they were slightly believable until it introduced a wall, rocks and probably excrement that were conscious. They stored information in rocks......in the rocks conscience. Still, I had to read it now that I've started the trilogy and they are damn good books.

(Same guy who wrote "I, Robot", recently turned into a film....)

eloquent · Postby **eloquent** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 11:03 pm

Dan Brown - Angels and Demons.

And I'm also reading a nice chunky book about black holes and associated theory for my physics (extra reading) which is actually rather fascinating.

Laura · Postby **Laura** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:36 am

A nice combination of David Copperield, Death of a Salesman(for class again), and OotP, which is taking a long time because its at home, and I'm not.

Starshade · Postby **Starshade** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:19 pm

Demonstorm is coming to a close, and I expect more death and revenge.

Darragh · Postby **Darragh** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:36 pm

Abhorsen- Garth Nix

Brass- Helen Walsh (Crazy Book, entralling though)

Got 2 on the go because I have had a bit of free time on my hands

zemarl · Postby **zemarl** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 4:23 pm

ahh, i want to read abhorsen! stupid school library doesn't have it, bah.

reading violet eyes and not really enjoying it

DarkIvy · Postby **DarkIvy** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 11:58 pm

Laura wrote:A nice combination of David Copperield, Death of a Salesman(for class again), and OotP, which is taking a long time because its at home, and I'm not.

I'm reading Death for a Salesman, for class too...

lostinthought451 · Postby **lostinthought451** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 12:35 am

Heart of Darkness.

Kahlan · Postby **Kahlan** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:44 am

Old magic.. an old favourite.. read it a dozen times.. i'm beginning to outgrow it though..

voodoo_doll · Postby **voodoo_doll** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:14 pm

Conflict!: Ireland 1909-1922

History text book. Its a great read...but not so much

eniamrahc · Postby **eniamrahc** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:01 pm

The Dark Flight Down by Marcus Sedgwick.

I found it sort of sad.

Tomsy · Postby **Tomsy** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 9:59 pm

eniamrahc wrote:The Dark Flight Down by Marcus Sedgwick.

I found it sort of sad.

It just dragged a bit for me.

Michael Moore - Stupid White Men ... and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation

Will · Postby **Will** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 10:07 pm

abc wrote:Michael Moore - Stupid White Men ... and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation

Read that a couple of weeks ago. Flicks a bit too much between comedy and seriousness for my liking. See his "solution" for Northern Ireland, for example..

eloquent · Postby **eloquent** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 12:22 am

Most of what he says is very clever stuff... It's just not really anything that doesn't come out in one of those 'why GWB is a gooch face' type conversations that seem to happen so often.

Postby **jessia** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 5:33 am

<recently discovered jon stewart>

i don't remember what publication it was (either time, rolling stone, or the globe & mail) describing him as all sorts of things better than moore... including funnier and cuter than moore.

and whoever said it was right.

did anyone see him on cnn crossfire?

eniamrahc · Postby **eniamrahc** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 8:46 am

Um, no.

In Hollow Lands by Sophie Masson. A weird book.

eloquent · Postby **eloquent** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 12:47 pm

jess wrote:did anyone see him on cnn crossfire?

I really need to start watching some CNN again sometimes. Is braces dude still about?

Postby **jessia** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 4:21 pm

don't know.

but it was basically stewart battling it out with the bowtie conservative while the "leftie" just sat there. and they weren't even going on about politics. it was media, and how stupid their show was and comparing it to wrestling and saying it was hurting america.

bowtie conservative: come on, be funny.
stewart: no, no, no, i will not be your monkey.

linkage, watch it:

http://mediamatters.org/static/video/cr ... 041015.wmv

or http://mediamatters.org/static/video/cr ... 015001.mp4

disclaimer: jess likes the bowties.

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