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Offline Rictor

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Just finished American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

A very cool book, all in all. Well worth anyone's time. I tried to find Good Omens as well, but the bookstore didn't have it.

...I liked the parts about the gods.

I'm also two third of the way through A Short History of Progress, which isn't exactly what you would call an entertaining read, or an extremely informative one, but still. If that's your thing.
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Offline Ford Prefect

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Ilium, by Dan Simmons. That man just has an amazing wealth of knowledge regarding classical mythology.
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Offline Roanoke

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Black Hawk Down last week.

 

Offline Zuljin

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I'm reading a couple books a little on and off depending on where I am..

Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy.
Wheel of Time: Path of Daggers.
War of The Ancients: The Well of Eternity

 

Offline Mongoose

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I'm going to start a book called Elantris, by Brandon Sanderson.  It caught my eye in a bookstore; it's a stand-alone fantasy novel that looks really well done.

 
I'm *trying* to get my hands on the WoT New Spring Comic books.

But it's pretty tough... :(
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Offline Jal-18

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In random bursts and fits (ie, whenever I'm in the bookstore) Shadow of the Giant
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Offline Nuclear1

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Clear and Present Danger and Asimov's Nemesis at the same time.
Spoon - I stand in awe by your flawless fredding. Truely, never before have I witnessed such magnificant display of beamz.
Axem -  I don't know what I'll do with my life now. Maybe I'll become a Nun, or take up Macrame. But where ever I go... I will remember you!
Axem - Sorry to post again when I said I was leaving for good, but something was nagging me. I don't want to say it in a way that shames the campaign but I think we can all agree it is actually.. incomplete. It is missing... Voice Acting.
Quanto - I for one would love to lend my beautiful singing voice into this wholesome project.
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Just finished reading The Golden Queen, part 1 of 2 of Worlds of the Golden Queen by David Farland. An excellent read, with a good mix of fanatasy and sci-fi and a talking bear.
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Offline mikhael

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Dead tree: Transvergence by Charles Sheffield.
Ebook: March to the Sea by David Weber and John Ringo
Audiobook: Foundation by Isaac Asimov

I just started Foundation today. Yesterday it was Dune Messiah. Up next on the eBook list will be Chainfire by Terry Goodkind, while the next dead tree will be a Tad Williams book.
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Offline Ransom

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Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds.

 

Offline Rictor

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If you have any good ebooks mikhael...well, share the wealth I always say. They're hard to find, I guess not too many people are interested in it, what with the staring at the screen for hours on end.

 

Offline BlackDove

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I'd be interested.

 

Offline mikhael

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Oooooh. Alastair Reynolds. He's groovy. :)

As for ebooks, I have about 5gigs worth, though to be fair, in a lot of cases there's duplicates (.txt, .lit, .rtf and .html versions). I've been meaning to catalog it all properly but I haven't got around to it yet.
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Offline Corsair

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The Case for Peace by Alan Dershowitz
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Wash: *shrug* "Oh God, oh God, we're all gonna die"?
Mal: This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and then... explode.

 

Offline Rictor

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5 gigs?

:wtf: :wtf:

Jesus, I didn't even know that much e-book data existed on the entire Net.

 

Offline Turnsky

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my foxfire notes.
   //Warning\\
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do not torment the sleep deprived artist, he may be vicious when cornered,
in case of emergency, administer caffeine to the artist,
he will become docile after that,
and less likely to stab you in the eye with a mechanical pencil
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My revision notes for my resits on Monday.

Actually, that's what I'm supposed to be reading.

I'm reading various webcomics and forums. And the briefing for mission 9 of Hostile Waters.
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