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Nanatsu no Tsuki
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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Thu Jul 30, 2020 3:44 am

Currently rereading The Charlemagne Pursuit, by Steve Berry.
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An Alan Smithee Nation
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Ex-Nation

Postby An Alan Smithee Nation » Thu Jul 30, 2020 4:01 am

Descartes Discourse on the Method. Something of a disappointment, the meat in the sandwich is very thin. The interesting and useful bit, is in with a lot of guff, and self justification. The annoying 'I've used my method to discover a lot of truths but I'm not going to tell you what they are', a laughably bad 'proof' of God and the soul and some stuff about the heart heating up the blood.
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Free Stalliongrad
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Postby Free Stalliongrad » Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:30 pm

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
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Dominioan
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Postby Dominioan » Thu Jul 30, 2020 2:09 pm

The Art of War, Sun Tzu
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Postby Maichuko » Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:53 pm

I just finished the 2nd novel in the Ciaphas Cain Savior of the Imperium Omnibus by Sandy Mitchel. The Last Ditch was pretty good, his arguments with the other Commissar was great and the beginning of the novel set on the out of control ship was probably my favorite part.
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Postby Tikariot » Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:29 am

Steve Berry - The King's Deception
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Left-wing Utopia

Postby The Grene Knyght » Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:22 am

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
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Postby UniversalCommons » Sun Aug 02, 2020 7:06 pm

Providence by Max Barry. A piece of science fiction.
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The Cosmic Mainframe
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Postby The Cosmic Mainframe » Sun Aug 02, 2020 7:27 pm

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
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Postby Region of Dwipantara » Sun Aug 02, 2020 7:33 pm

#MO by Rhenald Kasali. Also Calculus (9th Edition) by Dale Varberg, Edwin Purcell and Steve Rigdon, but that isn't really a normal "read" isn't it?
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Pax Nerdvana
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Postby Pax Nerdvana » Sun Aug 02, 2020 7:35 pm

The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Waterson. I'm thinking of rereading I, Robot next.
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Postby Malsog » Sun Aug 02, 2020 7:40 pm

Les Ingenieurs du Chaos, by Giuliano da Empoli.
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Atheris
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Postby Atheris » Sun Aug 02, 2020 7:40 pm

Got my hands on Brave New World.
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Postby Thepeopl » Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:20 pm

Just finished "the watchmaker of filligreestreet" by Natasha Pulley.

Starting in "shear trouble" by Elizabeth Craig.
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Hopal
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Postby Hopal » Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:22 pm

Macbeth, By William Shakespeare
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Pax Nerdvana
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Postby Pax Nerdvana » Fri Aug 07, 2020 7:45 pm

Sphere by Micheal Crichton
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Ammunition supply-chain (6.5x55 Swede and .303 British, although available, isn't exactly everywhere)
If it's ugly, uncomfortable, and can't shoot straight, but it accomplishes the above, then it's either a Mosin or a Hi-Point."
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Shwe Tu Colony
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Postby Shwe Tu Colony » Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:43 pm

Now reading Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. I'm only some 47 pages of 268-ish pages in, and while I do find it pretty unoriginal, it's not a bad reading by any means.
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Dummie
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Postby Dummie » Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:50 pm

"The Kama Sutra: New Amish Comentary Edition"
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Postby Greater Kamilistan » Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:55 pm

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Thepeopl
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Postby Thepeopl » Sun Aug 09, 2020 10:17 am

"Shear trouble" read. Harlequin romance for 60+old people. Some sleuthing and lots of cooking. And yes, useful quilting tips.

Next: William Gibson, "virtual light".

And just bought, "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman.
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Thepeopl
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Postby Thepeopl » Sun Aug 09, 2020 1:48 pm

Shwe Tu Colony wrote:Now reading Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. I'm only some 47 pages of 268-ish pages in, and while I do find it pretty unoriginal, it's not a bad reading by any means.


It is from 1989... lovely read. I really liked it when I read it in 1996.
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US-SSR
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Postby US-SSR » Sun Aug 09, 2020 2:35 pm

The Complete Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Just finished the first chapter of The SIgn of Four where Watson calls Holmes out on his drug use (legal at the time) and Holmes explains it by saying he can't stand for his "superfine mind" to be idle for any length of time. Fictional of course but it's convenient for the Holmes legend how all the facts just happen to fit with his "analytical" deductions, not to mention how the most crucial of those are kept from the reader until the final revelation. These tales would be completely unrecognizeable to a reader of modern mystery/detective/spy literature, where nothing is as it seems and the main task of the protagonist is usually to make such a nuisance of him or herself that the bad guys are provoked into actions that reveal their crimes and objectives.
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We're not going to control the pandemic!

It is a slaughter and not just a political dispute.

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Postby US-SSR » Sun Aug 09, 2020 2:38 pm

Dummie wrote:"The Kama Sutra: New Amish Comentary Edition"


I'll bet that brings new depths of meaning to "theeing and thouing"...
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We're not going to control the pandemic!

It is a slaughter and not just a political dispute.

"The scraps of narcissism, the rotten remnants of conspiracy theories, the offal of sour grievance, the half-eaten bits of resentment flow by. They do not cohere. But they move in the same, insistent current of self, self, self."
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Postby The Rich Port » Sun Aug 09, 2020 2:40 pm

Shwe Tu Colony wrote:Now reading Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. I'm only some 47 pages of 268-ish pages in, and while I do find it pretty unoriginal, it's not a bad reading by any means.


Man that takes me the fuck back. The 80s and 90s were the best decade for literature IMO but that's just me :lol:

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Postby Elwher » Mon Aug 10, 2020 7:43 am

The Rich Port wrote:
Shwe Tu Colony wrote:Now reading Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. I'm only some 47 pages of 268-ish pages in, and while I do find it pretty unoriginal, it's not a bad reading by any means.


Man that takes me the fuck back. The 80s and 90s were the best decade for literature IMO but that's just me :lol:

Fuckin' Jurassic Park chitches.


I quite agree. The Man Who Would Be King – Rudyard Kipling; A Study in Scarlet – Arthur Conan Doyle; The Time Machine – H. G. Wells; all from the 80s and 90s
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