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  • AtreyuKun
    Member
    • Aug 2009
    • 1223

    #46
    Nothing to read right now, buy the next book I plan to pick up is Pride and Prejudice with Zombies.

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    • bipolarbear1968
      Member
      • Mar 2010
      • 1074

      #47
      Anyone ever read any of the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett? I'm currently reading "Making Money"

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      • danielan
        Member
        • Apr 2010
        • 1514

        #48
        Originally posted by bipolarbear1968 View Post
        Anyone ever read any of the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett? I'm currently reading "Making Money"
        Yeah, very enjoyable series.

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        • timholian
          Member
          • Apr 2010
          • 1448

          #49
          Originally posted by AtreyuKun View Post
          Nothing to read right now, buy the next book I plan to pick up is Pride and Prejudice with Zombies.
          I want to read this also, I don't know why but I do. LOL

          Right now I am reading a book my mother-in-law gave me to read because I was complaining I didn't have anything. Oh, I'm not gong to tell you what it is..... not that it isn't a good book... I just don't feel like anyone here would be interested in what its about.

          Edit: I read my post and thought it sounded a bit like I was trying to be pretentious... so screw it I will tell ya... its called The Help and is about Black maids in Mississippi during the early 1960's. See... I told you you wouldn't be interested. LOL

          Edit 2: I am making my way through The Walking Dead comic (soon to be TV show on AMC) so I am not a complete wuss ya know. LMAO It is a super badass story/comic even if you dont think comics are your thing.

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          • PipenSnus
            Member
            • Apr 2010
            • 1038

            #50
            Originally posted by krahv View Post
            Pipensnus can u recommend some of the better books of ur suggested authors.
            Christopher S. Hyatt: The Psychopath's Bible and Energized Hypnosis
            Robert Anton Wilson: The Illuminatus! Trilogy and the Cosmic Trigger trilogy
            Antero Alli: Angel Tech

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            • snusgetter
              Member
              • May 2010
              • 10903

              #51
              Originally posted by sgreger1 View Post
              After I got home yesterday I finished that short story "The Machine Stops"

              Reading through it was horrible, the spelling was blatantly off on certain words and letters missing made it hard to digest, I had to read almost every line either slowly or twice.

              But the story was amazing.
              I downloaded the large print pdf from manybooks.net... The first few pages were readable although the rest reminded me of some blogs I've attempted to read on the 'Internets' (I wonder if this aspect is mentioned in the book or if the book itself was foretelling the inevitable --- I had to give up on it).

              But I did manage to snag the real thing:
              Mala Fide dotcom » Ebooks "These ebooks are available in Palm eReader, Mobipocket, and Adobe Reader formats. The basic versions are freeware." http://www.malafide.com/blog/?page_id=7
              Will see how this one goes.

              btw, malafide has quite the selection you might want to investigate...

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              • desirexe
                Member
                • Feb 2008
                • 1170

                #52
                You guys are so distinguished with your books! I just finished reading a mailing - "2010 Hurricane Tracking & Survival Guide." According to the guide, my survival kit is missing about 95% of the recommendations.

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                • GENERAL BILLY
                  Member
                  • Aug 2009
                  • 528

                  #53
                  Originally posted by sgreger1 View Post
                  On to my next book which ive owned for quite some time but have been meaning to read:

                  "The true believer"

                  And excelent book on why we follow mass movements like religion or political parties

                  http://brothersjudd.com/index.cfm/fu...il/book_id/743



                  "Unless a man has the talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden...We join
                  a mass movement to escape from individual responsibility, or, in the words of an ardent young
                  Nazi, 'to be free from freedom.' It was not sheer hypocrisy when the rank-and-file Nazis declared
                  themselves not guilty of all the enormities they had committed. They considered themselves
                  cheated and maligned when made to shoulder responsibility for obeying orders. Had they not
                  joined the Nazi movement in order to be free from responsibility? "




                  It's like religion. I can be a wife beating alcoholic with 7 wifes and still obstain myself from any guilt because I pray to jesus. Or I can fight for the army and justify killing others because "it's for my country", whereas normally I would never kill a man etc. Great book for anyone who enjoys many of the topics I post about on snuson.
                  Hoffer is awesome. True Believer and his other collections show more insight into the psychology of individuals, groups, movements and nations than anything else I have ever read. He is well reasoned but ruthless in the judgments he makes.

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                  • snusgetter
                    Member
                    • May 2010
                    • 10903

                    #54
                    Better safe than sorry...

                    Originally posted by desirexe View Post
                    You guys are so distinguished with your books! I just finished reading a mailing - "2010 Hurricane Tracking & Survival Guide." According to the guide, my survival kit is missing about 95% of the recommendations.
                    Hey, I live in the Northeast and the word is out that "This is the year for a b-i-g one for us"... It has been a while so I downloaded http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...282879.acrobat --- I'm sure the precautions apply pretty much all along the east coast.

                    Thanks for mentioning it.

                    btw, 5% = run like hell?!?

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                    • Monkey
                      Senior Member
                      • Mar 2009
                      • 3290

                      #55
                      Originally posted by PipenSnus View Post
                      Robert Anton Wilson: The Illuminatus! Trilogy and the Cosmic Trigger trilogy
                      +1 The Illuminatus! Trilogy is an excellent read.

                      I must get the Cosmic Trigger Trilogy, that will be next on my list. Thank you.

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                      • The Great Dane
                        Member
                        • Apr 2010
                        • 145

                        #56
                        i finally found out how many books iv got...when i moved, i hat to carry them all from 3 floor - iv got...well i stopped counting when i got to 600! anybody who ever counted their books and found the number to be...well a bit much?!

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                        • PipenSnus
                          Member
                          • Apr 2010
                          • 1038

                          #57
                          Originally posted by Monkey View Post
                          +1 The Illuminatus! Trilogy is an excellent read.

                          I must get the Cosmic Trigger Trilogy, that will be next on my list. Thank you.
                          I'm only too happy to illuminate you further. Hail Eris and keep the lasagna flying!

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                          • Monkey
                            Senior Member
                            • Mar 2009
                            • 3290

                            #58
                            Originally posted by PipenSnus View Post
                            I'm only too happy to illuminate you further. Hail Eris and keep the lasagna flying!
                            All Hail Discordia!

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                            • Big L
                              Member
                              • Aug 2009
                              • 151

                              #59
                              Originally posted by The Great Dane View Post
                              i finally found out how many books iv got...when i moved, i hat to carry them all from 3 floor - iv got...well i stopped counting when i got to 600! anybody who ever counted their books and found the number to be...well a bit much?!
                              I don't count, I don't even want to know the exact number. And yet I keep buying more...

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                              • tom502
                                Member
                                • Feb 2009
                                • 8985

                                #60
                                I've had this interest in the old Sci-Fi Pulps of the 30's to 60's, so I was at the bookstore yesterday, and picked up a couple of books of short story compilations that were originally published in those. One was all Arthur C. Clark, and another, various authors. I do love sci-fi, and don't read much, so the short stories should be easily digestable.

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