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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 12:22 pm
by hotb
Nancymaker wrote:
lyrasen wrote:I always recommend Discworld.
Always.

Also, the Bartimaeus Trilogy. Best books.
Oh god the Bartimaeus Trilogy. I totally man-teared in Ptolemy's Gate.

I need to buy that again, not read it in ages...
nathaniel is the faggiest name

Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 1:32 pm
by Operation Awesome
Head of The Brothel wrote:
Nancymaker wrote:
lyrasen wrote:I always recommend Discworld.
Always.

Also, the Bartimaeus Trilogy. Best books.
Oh god the Bartimaeus Trilogy. I totally man-teared in Ptolemy's Gate.

I need to buy that again, not read it in ages...
nathaniel is the faggiest name
What about Florence?

Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:54 am
by Miss Starseed
I really, really loved Twenties Girl more than I thought I would.

It might be my new favourite by Kinsella.

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 10:30 pm
by VBS.Redlof.B
Currently finishing up The Neutronium Alchemist by Peter F. Hamilton. I have about 15 pages left out of 1134.

It's the second book of the trilogy, The Night's Dawn. And I'll be starting the last book today most likely.

Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 8:01 pm
by Operation Awesome
I just bought Will Grayson Will Grayson.

I love John Green.

Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 8:06 pm
by Stranaton
Popular Mechanics.

Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 10:19 pm
by iamthelordhitman
well i just got finished with Brunner by C.L. Werner

fucking amazing book. seriously one of the best reads ive ever had

Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:09 am
by [Citation Needed]
Posted in the unimportant topics:
[Citation Needed] wrote:So I read Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief today.

It was actually really good. I like all that Greek mythology stuff.

Except every time the Furies were mentioned, I read it 'upstanding members of society'.




This post isn't interesting enough for the book thread.
About this. I have a problem with one important event in the story.

Spoiler'd for people who care.
There's a demon attack in the observation deck of the St. Louis Gateway Arch.

A big hole is blasted in the side, and, to escape death at the hands of a demon chihuahua, Percy jumps out and lands in the river (being the son of Poseidon, a fall from 630 feet into the river didn't hurt him and actually healed him).

If someone jumped out (or off) of the arch, they wouldn't make it to the river. There is a small area of park to go over, a massive staircase, a road, and then a dock.

He probably would have SPLATTED on the stairs.

Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:11 am
by Mr. Mander
He is a god, you know. I think he can jump just a BIT farther than the average person.

Also I've been reading just about everything by Terry Pratchett. I just finished the Wee Free Men trilogy and Interesting Times.

Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:11 am
by Explotaro
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Picked it up today at Exxon when I went into get a soda on the way to school.

Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:13 am
by [Citation Needed]
Mr. Mander wrote:He is a god, you know. I think he can jump just a BIT farther than the average person.
Half god. In the rest of the story he never shows any superhuman abilities besides being able to beat the shit out of people with water, and he can't be as easily harmed when standing in it.

And the sky is also Zeus' domain, so, if anything, he should have just been zapped by lightning as he fell, since they made a point not to fly to the west coast because the sky belongs to Zeus.

Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:17 am
by Mr. Mander
I don't think falling counts as the sky.

Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:19 am
by Stranaton
Good Read.
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Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:20 am
by Kiyske
I'm reading the Edge Chronicles. Because Sky Pirates are cool.

Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:02 am
by Lambeth
Galileo's Daughter

So good