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 Post subject: Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 8:12 am 
cryptictonight wrote: hurrayforpie wrote: I just read Ender's Game over thanksgiving break. I don't usually go looking for sci-fi, but my friend let me borrow it, and i figured his recommendation was as good as any. It was short and a pretty easy read, but now I really want to read the rest of the series. Are the next books anywhere as good as the first? I LOVE Orson Scott Card and the Ender's Game series. I didn't think I liked Sci Fi until I read those books. The rest of the series is great, I would reccomend reading them, but it gets weirder and more science fiction-ish. Set on alien worlds with weird creatures and such. But it is still amazing and the character development is incredible. I actually only read up to Speaker For the Dead (which I LOVED..possibly more than Ender's Game, by the way). And I have been meaning to pick back up and read Xenocide and Children of the Mind, but I haven't got to it yet. But if you really liked "Ender's Game" I would suggest "Ender's Shadow" next. It is a companion book to Ender's Game which is written from Bean's point of view. And then there is a whole series that follows after that book about what happens to Bean (Shadow of the Hegemon and Shadow of the Gaint) . Bean is probably my favorite character so that side of the story is very exciting to me. Speaker for the Dead didnt really catch my eye, but that was way back in sophomore year, so I might go back and try again. Those books that follow Bean, I.E. "Ender's Shadow", "Shadow of the Hedgemon" and "Shadow of the Giant" are awesome, and I HIGHLY recomend those. I like those stories a lot because Bean is also my favorite character. _________________ Weston wrote: i spit out a flury of rude language at garron like, "UGH!....DUMMY!" he flips out and crys for the next couple of hours, then we stop at subway my favorite restaurant and buy him a sub and things are cool now. You will be greatly missed Jonathon David Wilson. Great bassist, great guy. *caution* *Myspace-caution* |
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:18 pm
jdstories wrote: cryptictonight wrote: jdstories wrote: Anyways, I think you mean Ender's Shadow, rather than Shadow of the Giant. Ender's Shadow is the first companion book and then I mentioned Shadow of the Hegemon and Shadow of the Giant because those are the 2nd and 3rd books in the "shadow" series. These books get increasingly political...like intense analysis of war tactics and stuff. But I still really enjoyed them. I haven't read the last one yet... I've never before heard of Shadow of the Giant. cryptictonight wrote: DRMS_7888 wrote: Speaker of the House hehehe  Yeah, what is this? Congress? JD Err, yeah, speaker FOR THE DEAD. I have been studying to many government textbooks for finals week. >_< _________________ EisleyForever wrote: you're A-list in my heart! MAKECOLDPLAYHISTORY |
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 3:18 pm
Quote: The Necronomicon Well...maybe you want to read the secret breath of the Great Old Ones and have your sanity/eternal soul sucked into oblivion; I know I sure don't. _________________ Audioscrobbler Now 
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 5:46 am
What do you guys think about the Silmarilian? _________________ Weston wrote: i spit out a flury of rude language at garron like, "UGH!....DUMMY!" he flips out and crys for the next couple of hours, then we stop at subway my favorite restaurant and buy him a sub and things are cool now. You will be greatly missed Jonathon David Wilson. Great bassist, great guy. *caution* *Myspace-caution* |
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Joined: 25 Jan 2005 | Posts: 931 | Location: Where I currently am.
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:38 pm
Silmarilian? Fell asleep three times in the first four pages. Promptly put it back. I only want to finish LotR because I feel obligated as a geek to do so. I failed the first time i attempted TTT. I apologize if this offends any fans. |
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Joined: 06 Dec 2005 | Posts: 15 | Location: Kennesaw, GA
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:02 am
Dead Clown wrote: Silmarilian?
Fell asleep three times in the first four pages. Promptly put it back. 
That's what happened when I tried to read Crime & Punishment for school. I couldn't get past the first page. I fell asleep every time I tried to read it. But I have the book and I still plan on reading it some day. I haven't read the Silmarilian yet. I just finished LOTR:TTT. I shall start ROTK soon. _________________ - Jessica ------------------------------------------------------- "So many bands are like painters standing in front of their paintings going, 'Look at me, I did this.' It's like, 'Get out the way, I can't see it.'" - Dougie Payne, bassist of Travis ================================ http://www.xanga.com/madsenfan35 |
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Joined: 09 Feb 2004 | Posts: 544 | Location: Silverlake, Los Angeles, CA
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 1:14 pm
okay kids, for your next assignment, please read the following story: First Confession _________________ "Die Sonne scheint noch" -- Sophie Scholl <3 <3 <3 |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:49 pm
I'm not sure if it's too late to tell you all some great books, but: JT LeRoy - The Heart Is Decietful Above All Things Chuck Palahniuk - Lullaby those are some pretty intense reads. |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:47 pm
Since this post has been revived, I shall add another to the list. Read "Chromosome 6" by Robin Cook. It's a fascinating scientific medical thriller. _________________ - Jessica ------------------------------------------------------- "So many bands are like painters standing in front of their paintings going, 'Look at me, I did this.' It's like, 'Get out the way, I can't see it.'" - Dougie Payne, bassist of Travis ================================ http://www.xanga.com/madsenfan35 |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:51 am
I've read a lot of books... i used to read all those fantasy books... like LOTR and HARRY POTTER and Dune... I guess I have kind of matured into more sarcastic and coarse literature like Chuck Paluhnik and Bukowski and even George Carlin. I did happen to purchase some books by his holiness the Dalai Lama. His books are amazing and he is a brilliant man. I also think Kirt Vonnegut is great author with very transcedental philosophies and concepts. I recommend those authors to all of you if you aren't afraid to venture into a more realist point of view. I do think Vonnegut is a Naturalist though. _________________ 
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:35 pm
for people who dont just love a good story, but a really well written one PLEEEEEEEEESEE I urge you to read The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri as sherri dupree once said "a good book keeps you thinking about it for weeks after you've finished it" or something to that effect. and this book has that power... on me at least _________________ 
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:18 am
Seeing as how I haven't actually read for pleasure for ages, I guess it's appropriate to recommend a book we read in school recently. Thoreau's Walden is pretty difficult to get into, but there's some good stuff in there. For example: Quote: Little is to be expected of that day…to which we are not awakened by our Genius, but by the mechanical nudgings of some servitor…That man who does not believe that each day contains an earlier, more sacred and auroral hour than he has yet profaned, has despaired of life, and is pursuing a descending and darkening way. "I awoke the dawn?" Quote: In the midst of a gentle rain while these thoughts prevailed, I was suddenly sensible of such sweet and beneficent society in Nature, in the very pattering of the drops, and in every sound and sight around my house, an infinite and unaccountable friendliness all at once like an atmosphere sustaining me, as made the fancied advantages of human neighborhood insignificant, and I have never thought of them since. Quote: White Pond and Walden are great crystals on the surface of the earth, Lakes of Light. If they were permanently congealed, and small enough to be clutched, they would, perchance, be carried off by slaves, like precious stones, to adorn the heads of emperors; but being liquid, and ample, and secured to us and our successors forever, we disregard them, and run after the diamond of Kohinoor. So, *shrug*, if you're inclined... |
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Post subject: Re: Liturature Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:29 pm
Dead Clown wrote: Books you must read: Dune (You'll never look at water the same.) I loved reading dune.I was stupid and started it for a book report in 6th grade i never turned that report in cause i was still reading it and it took me 3 months to read it but i love that book. _________________ http://zenblade9.deviantart.com/ |
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:17 pm
thislifeismymuse wrote: I've read a lot of books...
i used to read all those fantasy books... like LOTR and HARRY POTTER and Dune... I guess I have kind of matured into more sarcastic and coarse literature like Chuck Paluhnik and Bukowski and even George Carlin. I did happen to purchase some books by his holiness the Dalai Lama. His books are amazing and he is a brilliant man. I also think Kirt Vonnegut is great author with very transcedental philosophies and concepts. I recommend those authors to all of you if you aren't afraid to venture into a more realist point of view. I do think Vonnegut is a Naturalist though. I can safely say that Palahniuk is one of my favorite authors. I have yet to read his new book, though. My 'to read' list is still backed up. _________________ mmmmm babypuffs. 
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:29 am
whoa! all these books seem very deep  well.....except C.S.Lewis
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