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Re: What are you reading right now?

Postby black bart » Mon May 27, 2013 7:52 am

DavidH wrote:A history of the Owain Glyndwr rebellion. You'd probably like that, Bart. :lol:


I have read John Cowper Powys's novel Owain Glendower which is a fictional account of the rebellion and is a terrific read.

It would make a great film with an Aussie or American actor as Prince Glendwr and Meryl Streep as his wife. Oscars all round. Freeeeeeedom look you!
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Re: What are you reading right now?

Postby PKMKII » Fri Jul 05, 2013 1:42 am

Onto book three of Song of Fire and Ice. Book two and season two of the show were a lot more different than book/season one. Although some of it was necessary, like the way the Battle of Blackwater Bay turned out.
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Re: What are you reading right now?

Postby peacefulsongs » Sat Jul 27, 2013 5:38 am

This is a list of books that I have read since December 7, 2012 in chronological order:

The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Candide
Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching (second time)
The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (second time)
Tao Te Ching (third time)
Why Can't We Be Good
Candide (second time)
The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (third time)
Candide (third time)
Bible
Generation Me
Tao Te Ching (fourth time)
The Peter Principle
Cross Roads
The Salt Plan
Communist Manifesto
The Dilbert Principle

I am currently not reading anything. I am thinking of reading the Book of Mormon or Atlas Shrugged but those books are so huge it's hard to find the motivation to start on it.

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Re: What are you reading right now?

Postby pieces o'nine » Sat Jul 27, 2013 2:40 pm

juicegiver wrote:I am thinking of reading ... Atlas Shrugged but those books are so huge it's hard to find the motivation to start on it.

Don't let Rain see that kind of talk! :haha:
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Re: What are you reading right now?

Postby peacefulsongs » Sun Jul 28, 2013 3:57 am

pieces o'nine wrote:
juicegiver wrote:I am thinking of reading ... Atlas Shrugged but those books are so huge it's hard to find the motivation to start on it.

Don't let Rain see that kind of talk! :haha:


Which part would offend Rain? Atlas Shrugged? or my attitude of being overwhelmed by voluminous books?

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Re: What are you reading right now?

Postby pieces o'nine » Sun Jul 28, 2013 12:37 pm

I'll let him speak for himself, if he cares to. :haha:
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Re: What are you reading right now?

Postby ET, the Extra Terrestrial » Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:51 pm

Just finished Kim Stanley Robinson's Science in the Capitol trilogy about anticipating, experiencing, and mitigating the consequences of global warming. Pretty interesting, with some very original mitigation strategies, and a major superstorm named Sandy that hits the Atlantic coast of the USA with devastating effects. That part was written in 2004. :shocked:
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Re: What are you reading right now?

Postby peacefulsongs » Wed Jul 31, 2013 6:50 pm

pieces o'nine wrote:if he cares to.


He probably doesn't.
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Re: What are you reading right now?

Postby pieces o'nine » Wed Jul 31, 2013 9:47 pm

He might; he like Ayn Rand's books. He'll be checking on this topic again one of these days...

I'm not so much a fan anymore, but read it many years ago, and it made quite an impression on me then.
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Re: What are you reading right now?

Postby peacefulsongs » Wed Jul 31, 2013 9:52 pm

pieces o'nine wrote: but read it many years ago


I am a little different. It might take me many years to read it. That book is huge.

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Re: What are you reading right now?

Postby black bart » Thu Aug 01, 2013 6:30 am

I am reading:

I Partridge
We need to talk about Alan

I am also looking forward to seeing the film.
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Re: What are you reading right now?

Postby peacefulsongs » Sat Aug 03, 2013 11:46 pm

In a few seconds I am going to start reading:

The God Virus: How religion infects our lives and culture by Darrel W. Ray

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Re: What are you reading right now?

Postby black bart » Thu Aug 29, 2013 5:28 am

Gaslit Nightmares - An Anthology of Victorian Tales of TERROR!
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Re: What are you reading right now?

Postby DavidH » Thu Aug 29, 2013 5:33 am

Ooo er. :shocked:

I'm reading Jerusalem: The Biography, by Simon Sebag-Montefiore. A very full account of the known history of Jerusalem from the earliest days to the present. Very interesting indeed.

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Re: What are you reading right now?

Postby black bart » Thu Aug 29, 2013 5:48 am

DavidH wrote:Ooo er. :shocked:

I'm reading Jerusalem: The Biography, by Simon Sebag-Montefiore. A very full account of the known history of Jerusalem from the earliest days to the present. Very interesting indeed.

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In your opinion, when was the best time to be there?
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