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Postby Elwher » Tue Mar 28, 2017 9:15 am

Conquest of Mexico Vol II by William Prescott, the 1873 edition as edited by John Foster Kirk.

Due to the footnotes being all in the original languages, primarily Spanish, Latin, and German, I find it a bit slow going since my familiarity with those languages is not good. However, it is interesting to read a history of the period which treats Cortes and his men as bringing civilization to the benighted natives. Prescott's view of them makes Kipling look like an apologist.
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Postby The Grene Knyght » Tue Mar 28, 2017 9:33 am

Gonna read Othello tonight
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Postby Glorious ReBublic of Alevstan » Fri Mar 31, 2017 4:06 pm

Mason & Dixon, Pynchon. I'm sure it would be good if I understood anything.
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Postby Strombolia » Sat Apr 01, 2017 8:44 pm

American Gods by Neil Gaiman - it's...interesting. Not entirely sure I like it as a whole, but the concept is different and engaging, so I'm getting through it.
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Postby Gim » Sat Apr 01, 2017 10:58 pm

Korea by Daniel Tudor
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Postby Glorious ReBublic of Alevstan » Sat Apr 08, 2017 8:40 pm

Glorious ReBublic of Alevstan wrote:Mason & Dixon, Pynchon. I'm sure it would be good if I understood anything.

Update: The language sort of clicked about 60 pages in. Amazing book.
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Postby Isedern » Sat Apr 08, 2017 8:44 pm

Down Under by Bill Bryson
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Postby The Macabees » Sat Apr 08, 2017 9:21 pm

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Robert Heinlein
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Postby Delphero » Sat Apr 08, 2017 10:19 pm

Strombolia wrote:American Gods by Neil Gaiman - it's...interesting. Not entirely sure I like it as a whole, but the concept is different and engaging, so I'm getting through it.


Nice. I'm currently three quarters into that book.
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Postby The New Sea Territory » Mon Apr 10, 2017 8:39 am

"The Origin of the Work of Art" by Martin Heidegger, from Basic Writings.
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Will save the Galaxy for food By Ben Yahtzee Croshaw. The creator of Zero Punctuation. I love it so far.
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Postby Zottistan » Tue Apr 11, 2017 8:04 am

Just starting Shogun, James Clavell. Have heard good things and am looking forward to this.
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Postby Rannoria » Tue Apr 11, 2017 1:00 pm

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring by JK Rowling J.R.R Tolkien

Plan to get All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. Depends if I can find it on my kindle, though I'd like your guys' opinion.
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Postby UniversalCommons » Tue Apr 11, 2017 6:29 pm

Other Minds The Octopus, The Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith.
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Postby The Flutterlands » Tue Apr 11, 2017 6:31 pm

Reading two books.

1984 by George Owell

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Harry Potter and thd Sorcerer's Stone by J.K Rowling
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Postby The Danish Confederacy » Tue Apr 11, 2017 7:08 pm

I'm trying to find UnWholly, by Neal Shusterman. In the mean time, I'm reading Everlost, by the same author.
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Postby World Anarchic Union » Tue Apr 11, 2017 11:19 pm

Rannoria wrote:Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring by JK Rowling J.R.R Tolkien

Plan to get All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. Depends if I can find it on my kindle, though I'd like your guys' opinion.

Great book. I would absolutely recommend it. It's very anti-war if that interests you and is quite intense in some aspects from what I remember. It's, overall, a fantastic read.
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Postby Tokuopolis » Wed Apr 12, 2017 2:28 pm

Maximum Security (CHERUB Series)

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Postby The New Sea Territory » Thu Apr 13, 2017 8:01 am

Latin Literature in Translation by Guinagh and Dorjahn.

Specifically, I read through their selections from Lucretius's On The Nature of Things, Tacitus's Germania, I'm skipping around; might read Martial next.
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Postby Partybus » Fri Apr 14, 2017 1:25 pm

Bazar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King.

His latest short story collection, mostly outstanding so far...
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Postby World Anarchic Union » Fri Apr 14, 2017 2:16 pm

The Clown by Heinrich Böll
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Postby Ethel mermania » Fri Apr 14, 2017 3:18 pm

Zottistan wrote:Just starting Shogun, James Clavell. Have heard good things and am looking forward to this.


Great book. Loosely based on a real person. The TV series is also excellent.
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Postby Aghrabia » Sat Apr 15, 2017 10:37 am

Anno Dracula: The Bloody Red Baron, by Kim Newman. I read the first one and loved it- now I'm working my way through the series.
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