Um... now I've forgot who told me about all the great new sci-fi. I think it was boorite.

Anyway, I finished reading Burning Chrome, Necromancer, and some of Crystal Express. I also have Mona Lisa Overdrive(going to read soon). They're all grrrrreat! Anyway, I was wondering(in the spirit of Kajun Firefly), What's everyone reading nowadays?

Now that my girlfriend and I have received lots of baby stuff and extra cash for Christmas I've been able to go to the local comic shop and fill up the holes in my collection.
I decided to crack down and drop a couple titles for money reasons but the ones I'm really enjoying right now are: The Spectre, War Machine, Fury, Punisher and I'm still catching up on Lone Wolf and Cub.

Hello my name is Happycakeman and i was reading Catch 22, but now im reading Spot goes to the zoo as it has more pictures. Next i might read The divine comedy, as i heard that has lots of pictures, but i dont think it will be that funny

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Now shut up before i smear my happy cake in your face!

Spot Goes to the Zoo is fucking brilliant. The depth of character in even minor players like Wally the Walrus and Emma the Elephant show amazing insight into the animal mind and the excruciating attention to detail that Jose Guevera puts into his writing. His latest work is nothing more than a literary tour de force.

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

I'm reading "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared Diamond. When I finish I have to decide whether to dive back into "Constantine's Sword" or find something better written. Or maybe I'll kick back with a good, old fashioned Star Trek novel.

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

The Birth Of The Modern - World Society 1815 - 1830 by Paul Johnson

I started in in April, for fuck's sake.

Soon, I'll have a whole month off and I can finish it and start on the P.J. O`Rourke book that I got for Christmas.

And not smoke.

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"oook!"

*sigh*

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I wanted my half in the middle and I wound up on the edge.

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The Talisman (second time is taking much longer than I hoped, in preparation for Black House)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Star Trek: TNG: Section 31: Rogue

Star Trek: TOS: Section 31: Cloak

Yeah, I'm a weirdo. I read multiple books at once. And I'm a weirdo.

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This is not my empire.

I read The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub after buying a second hand copy. It took me ages to get through. The first half was pretty slow going, but it picked up in the second half and I ended up really enjoying it. My wife then bought Black House at a sale, and I have been trying, without much luck, to read it. The present tense writing shits me, and very little of it has interested me so far. I'll keep slogging, though, and get through it eventually.

After that, I think another Hobbit and Lord of the Rings re-read is about due.

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i've read most of them five times...
every time i get into the second half of "return of the king" i get bored and wander off...
i mean, the climax of the trilogy occurred already!
i'm wiping up, and they're still going on about gondor or something.

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"You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel..." - homer

I just read Roy Blount Jr.'s Now Where Were We?, which is a lot like Dave Barry plus Lewis Grizzard, only funnier and way more literary. I'm just starting on Sewer, Gas, and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy, by Matt Ruff, which Neal Stephenson strongly recommended. I'm still mired in C. Warren Hollister's The Making of England: 55 BC - AD 1399 and Bourdieu's Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste. I half-agree with the reviewer who says "read it for the diagrams." I also read the box scores for NBA games.

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What others say about boorite!

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i've read most of them five times...
every time i get into the second half of "return of the king" i get bored and wander off...
i mean, the climax of the trilogy occurred already!
i'm wiping up, and they're still going on about gondor or something.

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i know, right?
after the hobbit, a battle has to have at least five armies before i even raise an eyebrow

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"You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel..." - homer

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Um... now I've forgot who told me about all the great new sci-fi. I think it was boorite.

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It was me, me, me. How could you forget ME?

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I'm reading Eat The Rich by PJ O'Rourke and I was also reading Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut until I forgot my copy somewhere.

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I am reading "TV Go Home- A warning from History" from the website of the same name.

I mentioned that I had read a couple of Terry Pratchett books over the past year to my folks and I ended up getting a Discworld novel from EVERYONE, which, isn't bad going really, it just means I've got a hell of a lot of reading to do so that I can honestly say "oh yeah, I read the book you gave me, it was great!" and explain the story.

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Dad was flammable

Reading some Lustbader, a bit of Peirs Anthony, and lots of doujinshi.

Such is my life.

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Needs more sodomy.

Now there is a man after my own heart. I recommend ANYTHING either of these men have ever written without reservation.

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I wanted my half in the middle and I wound up on the edge.

Right now, the New Foundation Trilogy, and some of the Wheel Of Time.

Also rereading my collection of the Savage Dragon series by Erik Larsen, and Alan Moore's Top Ten.

I just got done with Kurt Angle's autobiography, which wasn't bad, but didn't even try to be mind-blowingly funny like Mick Foley's books were.

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"Only things I approve of should exist." -some guy on the internet

I got into wrestling a bunch of months ago and have been surprisingly entertained by it. I've been meaning to try and read some of those bios. I passed up buying The Rock's for $4 the other day though, so I don't know if it'll happen.

I'd buy an official Vince McMahon biography in a second, even though it would be all lies.

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Ball Four is one of the funniest sports books I've ever read.

Vonnegut is great stuff. I read 95% of his stuff laying on my stomach in the middle of a city park when I was young. People used to jump away when I would bust out laughing at bits.

As a kid I enjoyed Mark Twain the same way. If you missed his Joan of Arc, look it up.

Jaguars Ripped My Flesh by Tim Cahill is another great.

Anything by Tom Robbins - in particular Jitterbug Perfume.

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"Jelly-belly gigglin, dancin and a-wigglin, honey that's the way I am!" Janice the Muppet

good choice! never read Rand, but appreciated the skewering she gets none the less. Will probably start fool on the hill withing next few months.

New PJ O Rourke (CEO of the Sofa) is mediocre. wait for paperback.

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When they invent BookFace, I'm -there-.

Yeah.... I got the hardcover for Christmas. It's... not up to snuff yet. Tell me it gets better. Please?

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Reading ... a bit of Peirs Anthony...
Such is my life.

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