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Posted by Gaara on Fri Sep 16th at 7:21am 2005

I like fantasy most, although I have read a few Tom Clancy's. I recommend Everworld by K.A Applegate, it's got a good concept. Also the more recent Harry Potter books are definitley worth a read.




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Posted by Crapceeper on Fri Sep 16th at 7:32am 2005

Terry Pratchett, leally nice stuff. I never dived into Harry Potter - too much commerce. But I checked out Artemis Fowl. I like it.

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Okay: I saw the Harry Potter movies; they're okay. But the "Goblet of fire" Trailer really sucked. The main characters look even worse than they looked in "Prisioner of Azkaban". And especially Ron. I can't believe a wizzard-trainee would like to look like a pot smoking creep. Screw it all.


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Posted by Gaara on Fri Sep 16th at 9:29am 2005

How can they even think about making movies based on books that are 500 plus words? Also the Harry Potter series shows what Harry is thinking alot of time, and how can movies do this without having constant voice overs?


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Posted by Loco on Fri Sep 16th at 10:10am 2005

I'm starting to read political stuff these days. Just finished Noam Chomsky's "Hegemony or survival", which was interesting but got a bit tedious towards the end. I've started "How Mumbo Jumbo Conquered the World" by Francis Wheen, which seems to start out with the boring bits like economy etc, but then gets more interesting.

I've read all the Harry Potter books so far, purely because I read the first couple when I was a bit younger, and so by default want to finish them! It's not too much of a problem, since they only take a few days to read during the holidays.



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Posted by Madedog on Fri Sep 16th at 10:13am 2005

Oh yes, I have seen all of the trailers concerning GoF, and I must say - really, Moody looks like a f*cking f*g and basically he's NOTHING I imagined him to be... I thought he was a bit more thinner and wore a dark black robe and was to scare nuts out of people... instead, he is more like a clown to me...



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Posted by Crono on Fri Sep 16th at 10:17am 2005

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How can they even think about making movies based on books that are 500 plus words? Also the Harry Potter series shows what Harry is thinking alot of time, and how can movies do this without having constant voice overs?


It can be done. It's just the movies based on books most times are pushed by studios. There are rare ones which are really pushed by love of the book by the film makers. A good example is Lord of the Rings.

If you're wondering how well emotion and portrayal can be played out without dialog, watch 2001.


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Posted by fishy on Fri Sep 16th at 12:46pm 2005

What happened to comedy?

The day that reading Tom Sharpe doesn't have me in fits of laughter is the day that I have a labotomy.

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If you're wondering how well emotion and portrayal can be played out without dialog, watch 2001

Or even watch some of the old silent movies.




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Posted by fraggard on Fri Sep 16th at 12:56pm 2005

I like reading sci-fi, but can't get enough books to read <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif">. I usually end up reading fiction stuff, including some real crap of late (John Grisham's The Brethren=ubers**tty). I've read quite a lot of non-fiction of late though. Notably: Something Happened by Joseph Heller. If Catch 22 didn't, this book will mess with your mind.




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Posted by Underdog on Fri Sep 16th at 1:25pm 2005

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I like reading sci-fi, but can't get enough books to read .

There are many unabridged, text versions of books available on bit-torrent sir. Have you tried there?




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Posted by Gaara on Fri Sep 16th at 1:40pm 2005

I've read a couple of books on my computer (Harry Potter 1-4 and some others) but I'd much rather have it so that I can just read anywhere. I think the Halo series of books are the best literature based on a game that I have ever read.


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Posted by pepper on Fri Sep 16th at 6:28pm 2005

I enjoy reading the books written by Robert Ludlum, i recently finishd The Bourne ultimatum and the Tristan Betrayal. Both very good books, kept it exciting to the end. I just started in Angels and Demons from dan Brown, for the last year all the books i read were in english, i enjoy it much more then reading in dutch, also the books are cheaper to get here.


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Posted by Cash Car Star on Fri Sep 16th at 7:46pm 2005

? quoting Nickelplate
Terry Brooks is really good.
I've said it before and I'm saying it again, Terry Brooks is the Bud Light of modern fantasy.



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Posted by $loth on Sat Sep 17th at 3:14pm 2005

Non fiction, ermmmmm novels, mostly horror, and harry potter.




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Posted by fraggard on Sat Sep 17th at 3:30pm 2005

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? quoting fraggard
I like reading sci-fi, but can't get enough books to read .

There are many unabridged, text versions of books available on bit-torrent sir. Have you tried there?



aye,aye cap'n. I tried and found and downloaded quite a few. 'cept I can't read on a monitor for too long (<2 hrs) whereas I typically read books in 4-6 hr stretches at a time :/

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Posted by Gwil on Mon Sep 19th at 1:45pm 2005

Bit of anything really - lean toward non-fiction mostly, but I alternate with occasional dips into random fiction off our hostel community bookshelves. It's worth noting that non fiction readers and sales far outstrip fiction nowadays, and have done for some time.

If you want to read some good non fiction, try any of Bill Brysons books. I have only read 2 so far (Down Under, A Short History Of Nearly Everything) and they prove to be an excellent blend of facts, humour, social commentary and a lot more. He is definately worth checking out.

More recently I read "A Safe Area" - Pulitzer Prize winner for investigative reporting. It was a rather harrowing look at the events surrounding the Srebrenica massacre in the war of the mid 1990's. A real eye opener to how UN red tape and pussyfooting can both lead to tragic consequences and ultimately discredit the organisation which was founded with the intentions of stopping such events occuring again.

I also finished a few weeks ago a book by an author whose name escapes me, called "Cuba and the night". Worth a look if you see it lurking on the fiction shelves of second hand book shelves. Also recently read "The Terminal Man" , the story of the guy who lived in Charles De Gaulles Airport, Paris, for 15 years (The movie, "The Terminal" with Tom Hanks is based roughly on his story). Also worth a read.

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Posted by Fjorn on Mon Sep 19th at 6:30pm 2005

Any good story really, I prefer Fiction, but if its a well done non-fiction book, I'll read it



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Posted by rs6 on Mon Sep 19th at 10:48pm 2005

A good read is Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy. That is my favorite book.



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Posted by ReNo on Mon Sep 19th at 11:56pm 2005

I really enjoyed Rainbow Six also, probably my favourite Clancy book that I've read.




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Posted by FatStrings on Tue Sep 20th at 1:53am 2005

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? quoting Nickelplate
Terry Brooks is really good.
I've said it before and I'm saying it again, Terry Brooks is the Bud Light of modern fantasy.

amen to that





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