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03-04-2008 #41Senior Member Veteran Poster
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"Augustus" The Life of Rome's First Emperor.
Poorly written in places and the author uses awful cliches, but the similarities to the US are too obvious.
Reading it makes me realize that Roman society was insanely, ridiculously violent...
100 generations later, I think DC is a replica of Rome. Egyptian oblisk statues (the Washington Monument), temples to Gods (the Jefferson and Lincoln memorial), senators, Praetorian Guards (Secret Service), generals retiring as farmers (Washington, Jackson, Grant, Eisenhower etc)...
Okay, perhaps this is too much for HA but wtf
Look Marge, I'm reading The Economist, did you know Indonesia is at a crossroads?
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03-04-2008 #42Rookie Poster
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"On War", you should read it.
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03-04-2008 #43Rookie Poster
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right now, True Evil by Greg Iles...up next the new Stephen King book
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03-04-2008 #44Professional Poster
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the portable faulkner...bits and shorts of taken from numerous stories to make a history of his fictional county in mississippi...really well done..
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03-04-2008 #45Rookie Poster
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The Inhuman Condition by Clive Barker
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03-04-2008 #46Rookie Poster
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Just finished re-reading American Gods by Neil Gaimen, still the best book I've ever read. Now im about to finish The Zombie Survival Guide which is pretty good, but very different.
I did nothing, i did nothing and it was everything that i thought it would be.
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03-04-2008 #47Professional Poster
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Farside by Gary Larson. Good shit.
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03-04-2008 #48Junior Poster
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The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox
Barnes and Noble - Synopsis
"Superb.... An engrossing and complicated tale...that touches on every aspect of Victorian society."—Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World
It has 5 out of 5 rating from customers. It is an interesting book told in an interesting style.
Link to BN: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The...3330342/?itm=1
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03-04-2008 #49Junior Poster
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Currenty re-reading Foucault's Pendulum. I read The Talisman last week, couldnt get into the sequel. The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan is the best fantasy since LotR, i saw someone mentioned that. For the folks who like Dunces, i recommend Tom Sharpe- I'd start with Indecent Exposure, fucking hilarious.
But the book I'd recommend for anyone with depression issues-
http://www.amazon.com/How-Good-Bye-D...7351596&sr=1-1
could be the best book of all time.
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03-04-2008 #50Junior Poster
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Next I will re-read a classic - SILVERLOCK by John Myers Myers
If you check BN out you will find it is popular. The book takes the reader on an adventure that ties back to familiar literature. This is one book that you can lose yourself in.
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Sil...1012473/?itm=1
If you need more of a synopsis read the Wikipedia, but it could be a spoiler... WARNING! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverlock
In addition, I plan to go back and re-read a series of historical novels by Sharon Kay Penman. Based totally on historical facts, Penman really brings history alive. http://www.sharonkaypenman.com/
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