What Book Are You Reading at the Moment?

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Re: What Book Are You Reading at the Moment?

Post by Ex-California » Sun Aug 27, 2017 1:57 pm

I picked up this since Bolleli got me all fired up on the discovery of the New World again

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I think this was actually recommended to me back in the DCF days by someone here. I am going back through my really long book wish list and starting from the bottom instead of the top like I should
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Re: What Book Are You Reading at the Moment?

Post by Hwen Hoshino » Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:06 am

Speaker to Animals wrote:That one that is a fake secret autobiography of Abraham Lincoln who fights vampires is actually really good. The film, again, was rubbish, but the novel was freaking awesome.
I loved the movie minus for the Obama at the end.

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Re: What Book Are You Reading at the Moment?

Post by Speaker to Animals » Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:08 am

Hwen Hoshino wrote:
Speaker to Animals wrote:That one that is a fake secret autobiography of Abraham Lincoln who fights vampires is actually really good. The film, again, was rubbish, but the novel was freaking awesome.
I loved the movie minus for the Obama at the end.

The film was pretty terrible. The novel was really good.

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Re: What Book Are You Reading at the Moment?

Post by GloryofGreece » Tue Aug 29, 2017 12:24 pm

Dictionary of Imaginary Places
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/01560 ... UTF8&psc=1

Medusa Head : The Rise and Survival of Joseph Fouché, Inventor of the Modern Police State
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/14808 ... UTF8&psc=1
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Re: What Book Are You Reading at the Moment?

Post by GloryofGreece » Tue Aug 29, 2017 12:26 pm

Hwen Hoshino wrote:Took me forever but i am almost done.

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I liked it as much as Gates of Fire. Good Stuff.
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Re: What Book Are You Reading at the Moment?

Post by apeman » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:05 am

Finished Brave New World, 1/2 way through Beyond Good & Evil

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Re: What Book Are You Reading at the Moment?

Post by SuburbanFarmer » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:07 am

apeman wrote:Finished Brave New World, 1/2 way through Beyond Good & Evil
Brave New World is probably the most accurate prediction of the future ever written.
SJWs are a natural consequence of corporatism.

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Re: What Book Are You Reading at the Moment?

Post by Speaker to Animals » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:15 am

GrumpyCatFace wrote:
apeman wrote:Finished Brave New World, 1/2 way through Beyond Good & Evil
Brave New World is probably the most accurate prediction of the future ever written.

Read Forever War and then get back to me.

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Re: What Book Are You Reading at the Moment?

Post by apeman » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:21 am

Speaker to Animals wrote:
GrumpyCatFace wrote:
apeman wrote:Finished Brave New World, 1/2 way through Beyond Good & Evil
Brave New World is probably the most accurate prediction of the future ever written.

Read Forever War and then get back to me.
OK, I will.

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Re: What Book Are You Reading at the Moment?

Post by SuburbanFarmer » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:22 am

Speaker to Animals wrote:
GrumpyCatFace wrote:
apeman wrote:Finished Brave New World, 1/2 way through Beyond Good & Evil
Brave New World is probably the most accurate prediction of the future ever written.

Read Forever War and then get back to me.
Based on the plot summary, I'm guessing you're referring to your social-issue paranoia, and not extreme time dilation issues.
SJWs are a natural consequence of corporatism.

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