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That looks interesting 8)
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H.P Lovecraft="The Call of Cthulhu, and other stories".

It inspired me to invent another drinking game (if I still drank, I suppose. My first was the "Deadwood Drinking Game" in which you took a belt of Jack Daniels every time someone said "cocksucker".). Take a shot every time you read the words: gibbous, squamous, eldritch, Elder, blasphemous, or indescribable. Then at the end of any story try and do the "Pheasant Plucker" rhyme. Apart from "The Dream Quest" it's almost impossible.
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Up to his usual excellent standards
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books 1 and 2

(not book 3 yet)
What’s the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
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Aye it's barry, likesay, ken...
Just finished the first chapter. :P

before that - the beautiful Habibi...

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Excellent. Very informative and funny. :D
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I've been reading...
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...again.

This time I intend to work my way through the whole series (or at least the parts of it that Frank Herbert himself wrote; I really can't be arsed with the prequels, sequels, interquels, etc. that have been written since).
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1Q84 Book 3
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Niccolo Machiavelli - "Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius"
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markfiend wrote:This time I intend to work my way through the whole series (or at least the parts of it that Frank Herbert himself wrote; I really can't be arsed with the prequels, sequels, interquels, etc. that have been written since).
I did that last year. Got to the end of the fourth book and called it a day.

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Angelmaker, by Nick Harkaway. Good so far.

Prior to that I read the 5 books in Alistair Reynolds' Revelation Space series. I don't normally read Space Opera, but they were quite good.
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not actually out yet,but looking forward to it....


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Just started....

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Weighs a chuffin' ton. All, black leather-bound, in a cloth covered boxy thing. Three cd samplers. *sigh* It's beautiful.
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Onto Dune Meesiah now...
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Weighs a chuffin' ton. All, black leather-bound, in a cloth covered boxy thing. Three cd samplers. *sigh* It's beautiful.
That looks like it's worth adding to my birthday list. :)
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Weighs a chuffin' ton. All, black leather-bound, in a cloth covered boxy thing. Three cd samplers. *sigh* It's beautiful.
That looks like it's worth adding to my birthday list. :)
There's only 250 of the 'speshul' ones - be insistent and be it now!
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Just finished this (a good read):

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and also these:

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Also good.
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Mario Puzo - The Godfather.
It's my first attempt to read whole book in inglese. so far so good, nearly 1/4 book read so far, as i knew and predicted- adjective makes me look in dictionary.
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One of my favourite books!
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