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March 12, 2003
10:34:59 AM
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Due to the lack of suscess with v2 i decided to make a v3 that acctualy uses things you see every day, ei the bathroom.
I am once again for warning that the prizes a very small this has the same prize as v2.
ok this weeks question-on a scale 1-10 1 being terrible, 10 the coolest thing you've ever seen, 5 something your completely nuetral too, wher do you rate books in gerneral.
i think v2s prize was 15 pairs of boxers and 2000 ICs for the best comback/remark/reason. -----------------------
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March 13, 2003
6:19:28 PM
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*shakes head in utter dismay of the total idiocy of today's teenagers as he snaps in a clip and begins to euthanize.
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March 13, 2003
6:32:50 PM
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in case you havent noticed i represent stupidity. and this is called "Snipes D*mb@$$ Survey" for a reason.
btw:i own and read alot of books i.e. LOTR, Shannara, Xanth, SW, LYoM. . .ect. -----------------------
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March 13, 2003
6:36:01 PM
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Ever read a Tom Clancy book? "Rainbow 6" is good, as is "The hunt for the Red October." Or maybe try Michael Shaara's book "The Killer Angels." Now THAT is a d*** good book! -----------------------
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March 13, 2003
6:37:34 PM
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Face it, the Shannarra books, every single one of them, sucked. The story was juvenile and contrived, and was a rip-off of every decent fantasy to come before it. Lord of the Rings is a gimme as far as great books go. Wheel of Time and the Sword of Truth... very good books. -----------------------
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March 13, 2003
6:45:21 PM
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WHAT, NO Flippen way, the Shannara books wher good untill the Wishsong of Shannara, wich kinda sux sept Garet Jax.an i've read Hunt for the Red October, but those kinda books aint my basket of i forgot what. lucky for me you didnt comment on LYoM.. i want to r4ead the wheel of time books, but i dont own them and i need a new prossessor realy badly so that wher my nexy $250 is goin -----------------------
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March 13, 2003
7:58:15 PM
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Lesse, LOTR, Wheel of Time, Deathstalker (nice little unknown series  ), Hound of the Baskervilles (heck, all Sherlock Holmes is good), and Tom Clancy.
BTW, if you're gonna bother reading Tom Clancy, read Red Storm Rising man 
Anyways, the mother of all classics and great books...
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March 13, 2003
9:30:32 PM
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Damn Argon, I think we agree about Red Storm Rising. Without any conditions even. Are you as scared as I am?
Actually, being a history major way back when, I did a lot of the historical novels and alternate history on top of the average sci fi.
So I've loved a lot of the Harry Turtledove series, particularly the whole alternate US history storyline he's followed from the 1880s to the 1930s (occupied Utah and the Nazified Freedom Party of the Confederate States, anyone?).
Aside from that, I read science fiction of basically one shot wonder quality, but the one shots are damn good. I also am waiting for the next Daniel Keys Moran book...and waiting...and waiting. |
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March 13, 2003
10:16:06 PM
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Shoot. It occurs to me that I haven't read a novel in about a year...
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March 13, 2003
11:51:49 PM
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Then may I recommend Michael Flynn's In the Country of the Blind? It was a fun, if not completely memorable read. I'll likely go back and read it again in a few years.
Wlater Mosley's Futureland was also a quite entertaining collective of short stories. Neither of these two books should take you more than a day or so to rip through. Grab your beverage of choice, a comfy chair and enjoy. |
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March 14, 2003
9:55:46 AM
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i'll just go with Argon, he seems the saneist(i just found the town library! yes thats right ive been here about 6months and i just found the library)
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March 14, 2003
8:44:23 PM
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Yeah, I've been meaning to read Harry Turtledove... Anyways, if anyone needs suggestions, my first one (well, Dune is the first and foremost one, but the first obscure one) would be a book called "Grunts". It's an amusing story about Orcs, the role they play in the darkness's plans for absolute power (cannon fodder anyone?) and what happens when they find Marine weapons and recruitment videos  It's pretty funny -----------------------
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March 14, 2003
9:37:00 PM
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Aaah, Hound of the Baskervilles. That's a classic.
I still say Killer Angeles was one of the best books written, or maybe The Dark is Rising. Something of a juvenille book, but still extremely well written. I recomend you all read Dark is Rising, then The Grey King, then finish with Silver on the Tree. There are 2 other book in the series, but they're not quite as good, nor overly crucial to the saga. -----------------------
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