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Offline KyadCK

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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
I find myself back in Stephen Baxter's The Time Ships. Hopefully it'll last more then a week this time.
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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone. Biographical novel about Michelangelo.

  

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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
I can't find "The Short Victorious War" D:

That's because you are looking in the wrong place.


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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
It's s'okay. I hate cats, so it automatically loses two stars.

You know, it's shocking how many genocidal people hate cats.
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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
It's s'okay. I hate cats, so it automatically loses two stars.

You know, it's shocking how many genocidal people hate cats.

are you kidding, i love cats. they are so cute and furry and they purr when you wub dem behind teh ears. and i still would decimate cities with multi-megaton nuclear devices.
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Offline Thaeris

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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
I am genuinely inspired but not actually so by that statement, Nuke. :yes:

I've been casually been working my way through the Lord of the Rings for the third time. Good stuff.
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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
It's s'okay. I hate cats, so it automatically loses two stars.

You know, it's shocking how many genocidal people hate cats.

are you kidding, i love cats. they are so cute and furry and they purr when you wub dem behind teh ears. and i still would decimate cities with multi-megaton nuclear devices.
For crying out loud, even Bloefeld liked cats.
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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
That just means a fluffy white kitty is obviously the perfect pet for Nuke.
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[21:51] <@Droid803> this will be SLIIIIIGHTLY awkward
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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
:drevil:

 

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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
That just means a fluffy white kitty is obviously the perfect pet for Nuke.

I AM NETHER WHITE NOR FLUFFY
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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Nuke, you're rapidly losing Evil Genius cred by not having a fluffy white kitty to pet while you plot the deaths of the secret agents assigned to stop you.
17:37:02   Quanto: I want to have sexual intercourse with every space elf in existence
17:37:11   SpardaSon21: even the males?
17:37:22   Quanto: its not gay if its an elf

[21:51] <@Droid803> I now realize
[21:51] <@Droid803> this will be SLIIIIIGHTLY awkward
[21:51] <@Droid803> as this rich psychic girl will now be tsundere for a loli.
[21:51] <@Droid803> OH WELLL.

See what you're missing in #WoD and #Fsquest?

[07:57:32] <Caiaphas> inspired by HerraTohtori i built a supermaneuverable plane in ksp
[07:57:43] <Caiaphas> i just killed my pilots with a high-g maneuver
[07:58:19] <Caiaphas> apparently people can't take 20 gees for 5 continuous seconds
[08:00:11] <Caiaphas> the plane however performed admirably, and only crashed because it no longer had any guidance systems

 

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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
the cat was the secret agent, after a long discussion over tea and catnip he decided that my ideas have merit (though i think he has his own plans to usher in a new era for the feline master race).
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Offline LordMelvin

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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Why would the felines want to usher in a new era? We already cater to their needs.

Also, less off-topic, I am now feeling an urge to reread some Andre Norton.
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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
are you kidding, i love cats. they are so cute and furry and they purr when you wub dem behind teh ears. and i still would decimate cities with multi-megaton nuclear devices.

I figured you were doing it to be non-conformist.
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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Redemption Ark and Cryptonomicon

I should've started reading more much sooner. I just can't stop. Having this new phone has made it much easier.
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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
I tried reading on a phone a few times. Just doesn't work for me.
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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Paperback books around 5' tall and 3' wide (or around that size) are the only real way to read. Nothing beats a real book, ever.
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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Paperback books around 5' tall and 3' wide (or around that size) are the only real way to read. Nothing beats a real book, ever.

Your books are the size of note-cards? That sounds abysmal to read off of.

 

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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Paperback books around 5' tall and 3' wide (or around that size) are the only real way to read. Nothing beats a real book, ever.

Your books are the size of note-cards? That sounds abysmal to read off of.

Admittedly I was going off the general 'end of thumb to knuckle is one inch' rule, which obviously doesn't apply anymore. But yes, my books are about the size of large note-cards, and I will intentionally wait until books are relased in paper back to get this form factor and the ability to curl back the pages. Hardcover books sucks, can't just laydown and read them comfortably.
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Re: What Literature Be Ya Absorbed In? © 2012
Because I lack the time and the will currently to devote to something information-dense and of crappy narrative quality (goddamit First Team and Guadalcanal) I'm rereading my X-Wing books.
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