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stumbled across a spare copy of Blood of Elves, hidden in the entirely wrong section in EB... almost as if someone put it there for safe keeping
something to look forward to...
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Looks good puppi... i'm without "reading" material - i have loads of stuff to read, loads of mags and non-fiction, but nothing that can just roall off me atm.. so am re-reading old favs.
"Integrity" and "integer" both contain a Latin root meaning "whole; complete." The root sense, then, is that people may be said to be acting with integrity when their beliefs, words, and actions have a sense of unity or wholeness.
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Not realy into reading unless it is a Pc mag or a realy funny Book, so mainly Jeremy Clarkson books and Pc mags.
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Yea JC is the best
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I have no idea why you are all so fascinated with him. <shakes head>
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Finished
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he has a very different way of writing, he tell it like it is in a funny way. he's been a journalist since he left school and if his publishers don't like him, why is he still writing then...Tribble wrote:I have no idea why you are all so fascinated with him. <shakes head>
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because he's a dysfunctional man-child who is blessed to inhabit a planet packed to the rafters with 30+yr old children... :/KatrynKat wrote:if his publishers don't like him, why is he still writing then...
@stuart: i'm thinking it's not working as advertised:
- blood of elves == harry potter and the half blood prince - not ruddy likely
the moon is a harsh mistress == the moon is a harsh mistress and a swath of stephanie meyer crud - kill it with fire
all quiet on the western front == multiple versions of all quiet on the western front - o...kay... so i should read it again?
in this respect, nobody beats a librarian... i don't see that changing any time soon...
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Ja, I found that myself. I only tested it after posting the link. Put in a particular title there and it just spews out every other book written by the same author.
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http://www.democracynow.org/2010/10/11/ ... hn_le_carrToday, we spend the hour, in a national broadcast exclusive, with world-renowned British novelist John le Carré, the pen name of David Cornwell. Le Carré’s writing career spans half a century, during which he has established himself as a master spy writer.
David Cornwell worked in the British Secret Services from the late 1950s until the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War.
Good old spy stories...
"Integrity" and "integer" both contain a Latin root meaning "whole; complete." The root sense, then, is that people may be said to be acting with integrity when their beliefs, words, and actions have a sense of unity or wholeness.
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The new cover of Crossroads of Twilight is one of my least favorites so far. Okay it depicts a critical point in the Blacksmith’s story but I think a scene featuring Mat and The DOM would have been better.
Wow I must say Michael Komarck rendition of this amazing scene takes my breath away, I just had to re read chapter 27 “ A Plain Wooden Box”
Some people complain the Min looks a little too much like a “China Doll “
Last night I finished reading The Towers of Midnight prologue, Distinctions. I noticed that Brandon used the word "tempest" again but other than that, I had no complaints. I can’t wait for the 2nd of November.
I know that Peter Dinklage has been cast as Tyrion Lannister, Sean Bean as Ned Stark and Lena Headey (known for playing Sarah Connor on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) as Cersei Lannister.
I figure it is best to wait for this series to come out on DVD/Bluray because I want all the extras. In the meantime I hope that he brings out "A Dance with Dragons"
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I've often thought about reading The Wheel of Time, but with 14 books that are VERY long, I just don't know anymore. It would be very easy to lose the story with so much reading. For me, at least.
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I have so many books on my shelf that I have to get to. Anyhow, I'm just about done with Steven Erikson's first book in The Malazan Book of the Fallen series, Gardens of the Moon and I must say that it's really good thus far. The magic system is very intriguing. I finally got around to buying the first Wheel of Time book! All that remains is reading it
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Yay someone that reads Erikson can't wait for Jan
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What a long and time-consuming journey you have begun...freeboy wrote:I finally got around to buying the first Wheel of Time book! All that remains is reading it
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Read 4 of his books, they were awesomeKatrynKat wrote:Jeremy Clarkson FTW!!!
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Not a Jeremy Clarkson fan at all...
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Hey Cap. Gosh! Erikson is just amazing. I've just fallen in love with his characters and the world they inhabit. I'm done with Gardens of the Moon and while I wait to get Deadhouse Gates I'm reading Ian C. Esslemont's Night of Knives. Have you read it and Return of the Crimson Guard?CapNemo wrote:Yay someone that reads Erikson can't wait for Jan
A friend of mine tells me that Esslemont's writing isn't as good as Erikson's.
Anyhow, my favourite line in the book is: "It's a bad smell when sorcerers panic". The way Erikson writes is beautiful.
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Hey MT, is the journey worth it though?Mystical_Titan wrote:What a long and time-consuming journey you have begun...freeboy wrote:I finally got around to buying the first Wheel of Time book! All that remains is reading it
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"Hail Eärendil, of mariners most renowned, the looked for that cometh at unawares, the longed for that cometh beyond hope! Hail Eärendil, bearer of light before the Sun and Moon! Splendour of the Children of Earth, star in the darkness, jewel in the sunset, radiant in the morning!"
Of the Voyage of Eärendil , The Silmarillion
"Hail Eärendil, of mariners most renowned, the looked for that cometh at unawares, the longed for that cometh beyond hope! Hail Eärendil, bearer of light before the Sun and Moon! Splendour of the Children of Earth, star in the darkness, jewel in the sunset, radiant in the morning!"
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Anyone read Chris D'Lacey - got 4 books from one series from a friend. I believe that they start out as kids books but don't end up that way.
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I don't know, I haven't read the books.freeboy wrote:Hey MT, is the journey worth it though?
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I'll start reading the series and let you know MT. Before that I have to start Erkison's Deadhouse Gates though
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Of the Voyage of Eärendil , The Silmarillion
"Hail Eärendil, of mariners most renowned, the looked for that cometh at unawares, the longed for that cometh beyond hope! Hail Eärendil, bearer of light before the Sun and Moon! Splendour of the Children of Earth, star in the darkness, jewel in the sunset, radiant in the morning!"
Of the Voyage of Eärendil , The Silmarillion