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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #315 on: March 22, 2014, 11:58:49 pm »
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Just finished "Plague" by Camus, gonna start reading Kafka's "Trial" .

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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #316 on: March 23, 2014, 01:50:09 am »
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Absolutely great series recommended to everyone.

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Here is a brief introduction to who the protagonist is (as quoted from Wikipedia), which is pretty much enough to give you a good idea and encourage you to go and read these:

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Also, Jonathan L. Howard, the author, is the writer behind the storyline of the Broken Sword series. I never played a Broken Sword game but those of you who have might be interested in checking out these published works of his.

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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #317 on: March 23, 2014, 04:25:45 am »
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By the way,if you nerds haven't heard about it yet , buy books of Bernard Cornwell. He writes historic novels that takes place in medieval times . Recommending "Azincourt" and series called "The Grail Quest" he has lots of amazing novels .

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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #318 on: March 23, 2014, 09:53:32 am »
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Dostoevsky's Crime & Punishment, The Gambler
Kafka's Trial
Bulgakov's Master and Margaritha
Márquez's Hundred years of solitude
Kudera's Unbearable Lightness of Being, Immortality
Irwine Welsh's Trainspotting
Huxley's Brave New World
Badbury's Fahrenheit 451

Kundera's Laughable loves - collection of short stories - is much better than the rest of his writing.

When I was still a teenager I liked to read books like those mentioned above, "ambitious", iconic for our culture. The problem is the most of them are bloody booring. NOw I'd rather read fantasy books, which don't pretend to be sth more than good entertainment ;)

Anyway, recently I've read once more everything from Arturo Perez Reverte and 3 first books written by Pat Conroy, Great santini, Prince of tides and Lords of discipline, great stuff :P

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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #319 on: March 28, 2014, 11:57:33 pm »
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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #320 on: March 29, 2014, 12:20:09 am »
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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #321 on: April 05, 2014, 01:59:50 pm »
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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #322 on: April 29, 2014, 12:04:38 am »
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Absolutely great series recommended to everyone.

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Here is a brief introduction to who the protagonist is (as quoted from Wikipedia), which is pretty much enough to give you a good idea and encourage you to go and read these:

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Also, Jonathan L. Howard, the author, is the writer behind the storyline of the Broken Sword series. I never played a Broken Sword game but those of you who have might be interested in checking out these published works of his.

See what happened there.  :wink:
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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #323 on: April 29, 2014, 12:43:50 am »
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Indeed I did dear Schizo.

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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #324 on: April 29, 2014, 01:07:44 am »
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You'd be surprised...
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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #325 on: April 29, 2014, 01:08:45 am »
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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #326 on: April 29, 2014, 01:17:24 am »
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I probably don't see what you see there dear Schizo. But what I see is an equation. Although the series does not currently follow any specific timeline, there seems to be the large "XL?" code there (of course "L" originally meant to represent a key there). When I first put the three books together, that instantly gripped my attention. XL here would instantly bring you to "extra large" but here in this case, it would most probably stand for "extended life". That is what I came up with back then. Johannes here is a necromancer and he has no worries as to a certain time of death.

Then again, of course, there may be no code intended at all. We all love to see what we want to see after all.

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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #327 on: April 29, 2014, 01:28:35 am »
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True. Probably why it is so hard to tell what is real and what isn't.
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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #328 on: June 12, 2014, 11:27:49 pm »
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Finished up currently available novels of Horus Heresy.

Finished Ender's Game just now. Unsure what the hype is about. Seemed awfully mediocre literature in every way. :/

Anyway, have started reading stuff by Isaac Asimov. Currently doing I, Robot.

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Re: What We're Reading
« Reply #329 on: June 13, 2014, 12:01:34 am »
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Vlad Taltos series, on the other hand, is great.

Few days ago I've read the first book in the series, don't remember the title, and while I enjoyed the reading it's no match for Abercrombie's novels. According to me ofc :P

Finished Ender's Game just now. Unsure what the hype is about. Seemed awfully mediocre literature in every way. :/

I remember that I loved it, 10 years ago when I've read it. But back then I was still a teenager so hard to tell if I'd like it now.

Isaac Asimov is totaly overrated. And he has wrote too many books.
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