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17 Mar 2013, 1:10 pm

Re-reading The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss.

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18 Mar 2013, 10:03 pm

The Hangman' s Daughter. By Oliver Potzsch

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21 Mar 2013, 12:59 pm

currently reading--

which is featured in my avatar.

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21 Mar 2013, 1:52 pm

The Book of Deacon by Joseph R. Lallo.

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21 Mar 2013, 4:35 pm

Lunatics by Dave Barry (hilarious!)

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06 Apr 2013, 12:40 pm

The cover makes it look like a novelization of the movie, but it's not. It's a collection of three previously published Judge Dredd novels, repackaged as a tie-in. I wouldn't mind seeing more tie-ins like this. It's a better idea than publishing a barely readable novelization that some hack writer cranked out in three weeks.

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06 Apr 2013, 10:19 pm

Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden

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07 Apr 2013, 7:55 am

"Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace - I'm only about 100 pages into this one, but it's a pretty fun read.

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07 Apr 2013, 8:35 am

Feel by Chris Heath, a book about Robbie Williams.

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12 Apr 2013, 1:41 am

atm I'm reading Ransom Riggs' "Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children". It's very good so far.

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12 Apr 2013, 7:35 am

A friend just lent me 'The Third Policeman' by Flann O'Brien

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12 Apr 2013, 8:41 am

I'm rereading The Mote in God's Eye for the first time in about 30 years. Damn, it's good!

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1003 ... _God_s_Eye

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In 3016, the 2nd Empire of Man spans hundreds of star systems, thanks to the faster-than-light Alderson Drive. No other intelligent beings have ever been encountered, not until a lightsail probe enters a human system carrying a dead alien. The probe is traced to the Mote, an isolated star in a thick dust cloud, & an expedition is dispatched. In the Mote the humans find an ancient civilization--at least one million years old--that has always been bottled up in their cloistered solar system for lack of a star drive. The Moties are welcoming & kind, yet rather evasive about certain aspects of their society. It seems the Moties have a dark problem, one they've been unable to solve in over a million years.
This is the 1st collaboration between Niven & Pournelle, two masters of hard sf. It combines Pournelle's interest in the military & sociology with Niven's talent for creating interesting, believable aliens. The novel meticulously examines every aspect of 1st Contact, from the Moties' biology, society & art, to the effects of the meeting on humanity's economics, politics & religions. All the while suspense builds as we watch the humans struggle toward the truth.

This book was so influential! I see it's fingerprints all over Firefly, Battlestar Galactica (remake), the I-war games...

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