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Zkribbler

King

Los Angeles, CA, USA
Feb 1999
time: 21:24

06-01-2003 08:04

Whatcha readin'

Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Me?? Benjamin Franklin by a Yale professor named Edmund S. Morgan. It was a Christmas present.

DinoDoc

Emperor

AECCP loves Democracy
Sep 1999
time: 23:24

06-01-2003 08:19

Tired of ads?

I'm just finishing up The Tragedy of Great Power Politics and about to start on The Paradox of American Power.

Inverse Icarus

Emperor

flying too low to the ground
May 2001
time: 00:24

06-01-2003 08:34

Get a bigger avatar today!

besides Apolyton? Electronic Life: How to Think About Computers

Oerdin

King

of Internet Music.
Sep 2001
time: 21:24

06-01-2003 08:56

Tired of ads?

Man from La Mancha by Cervantes. I normally like classical books but this one is proving to be a tough slog even for me. I may drop it and go back to rereading Shogun.

loinburger

Emperor

Sweet Sauce Jones
Jul 1999
time: 00:24

06-01-2003 09:53

Inflate your Upload Space

Currently reading The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century, edited by Turtledove. Next on the reading list is Consciousness and Emotion in Cognitive Science, edited by Toribio and Clark. (The latter is for school. The former is for shits and giggles.)

Comrade Tassadar

Settler

Aug 2005
time: 05:24

06-01-2003 10:15

Re: Whatcha readin'

Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

Apolyton.net by MarkG.

self biased

King

Yggdrasil.
Nov 1999
time: 00:24

06-01-2003 10:27

Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

Codex: tyranids, by gav thorpe, andy chambers & co.

monkspider

King

banned
Aug 2001
time: 23:24

06-01-2003 10:41

Support Apolyton, buy Civilization III: Complete

An Ihop menu

Last edited by monkspider on 06-01-2003 at 13:13

hexagonian

King

Gnawing on your mind...
Jun 1999
time: 23:24

06-01-2003 10:45

Increase Your PM Length

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

and I'm enjoying it!!

H Tower

Emperor

Jul 2001
time: 23:24

06-01-2003 10:52

#10

Got spare money?

Robot Dreams by Isaac Asimov

Oerdin

King

of Internet Music.
Sep 2001
time: 21:24

06-01-2003 10:53

#11

Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

The Harry Potter series is quite good. I read the first one to my neice and nephew and then bought the other three just so I could read them.

Rufus T. Firefly

Prince

is one way of saying it, though I prefer "mensch"
Sep 2000
time: 07:24

06-01-2003 11:59

#12

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Robert Fagles' translation of the Iliad

Saras

King

Vilnius, Lithuania
Apr 1999
time: 06:24

06-01-2003 12:16

#13

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Niall Fergusons "The House of Rothschild Vol. II. The Worlds Bankers 1848-1999".

monolith94

Emperor

New England
Jan 1970
time: 00:24

06-01-2003 12:29

#14

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"The Rasputin File" - nonfiction
"The Innocents Abroad" - nonfiction
"The Naked Lunch" - fiction (I'm assuming!)
Just finished up two books, "Thief Of Time" and "Interview With The Vampire, the former of which rocked, the latter of which sucked. (har har)

MosesPresley

Warlord

Dec 1999
time: 00:24

06-01-2003 13:10

#15

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The Reptile Room, book 2 of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by Lemony Snicket

monkspider

King

banned
Aug 2001
time: 23:24

06-01-2003 13:13

#16

Tired of ads?

Anyone here a fan of Asimov's "I, Robot"?
Always writing about robots that Asimov is.

Dauphin

Emperor

Caught in a tuna net
Jan 1970
time: 05:24

06-01-2003 14:13

#17

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The Colour of Magic - Terry Pratchett.

Clear Skies

Prince

looking for a saviour in these dirty streets
Jul 2000
time: 05:24

06-01-2003 15:27

#18

Suffering from ads?

Unfinished Tales by JRR Tolkien - specifically, the chapter on the Istari...

Kropotkin

Emperor

of Ålidhem
Mar 1999
time: 06:24

06-01-2003 15:58

#19

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Richard J. Evans "In Defence of History"

Laertes

Prince

London
Jul 2000
time: 05:24

06-01-2003 16:03

#20

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"Power and Profit: The Merchant in Medieval Europe" by Peter Spufford

and
"Golf is a Game of Confidence" by Bob Rotella

Ari Rahikkala

King

Unreported loss of streaming in atomic read operation
Oct 1999
time: 07:24

06-01-2003 16:07

#21

Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

Nothing in dead-tree format lately, but I intend to spend some time today at http://www.edge.org/q2003/question03_index.html .

Ramo

King

Austin, Texas, USA
Oct 1999
time: 23:24

06-01-2003 16:21

#22

Tired of ads?

"Timequake" by Vonnegut

Firelad

Settler

Haifa, Israel.
May 2002
time: 07:24

06-01-2003 17:31

#23

Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

Dubliners by James Joyce, regressing to Asimov's Robot Novels and some stories from his old monthly SF magazine when my head starts to explode. Which is most of the time.

Dauphin

Emperor

Caught in a tuna net
Jan 1970
time: 05:24

06-01-2003 18:44

#24

Tired of ads?

quote:
Originally posted by Ramo
"Timequake" by Vonnegut

Living the early 90s once was bad enough.

Jac de Molay

Prince

Detroit
Sep 2001
time: 05:24

06-01-2003 18:52

#25

Put an end to popups!

Island of the Day Before - umberto eco
The Discoverers - Daniel Boorstin.

General Ludd

Emperor

Minion of the Dominion
Aug 2001
time: 05:24

06-01-2003 18:53

#26

Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

Dr Zoidberg

King

Communist Party of Apolyton
Jan 2002
time: 06:24

06-01-2003 19:10

#27

Suffering from ads?

I just finished "Ship of destiny" by Robin Hobb. Outstanding fantasy

I´m currently re-reading "The shadow of the torturer" by Gene Wolfe. I tried to read his "Book of the new sun" in the mid 80-s but lost interest somewhere in book two. I think it was the flowery and somewhat stilted language that tired me that time. We´ll see if I can plough through it this time

An interesting book I found at the library is "The renaissance of the city" by Jerker Söderlind - a book on architecture and the problem of modern city planning. It asks the question: "Why don´t we build the city of our dreams - the good city?"

Also when I ride the tram I read "The Hippopoptamus" by Stephen Fry.

Amadan

Chieftain

Jun 2002
time: 23:24

06-01-2003 19:42

#28

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quote:
Originally posted by Osweld
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

Extremely funny book!

Just finished "To Catch a Thief" by Mercedes Lackey.
Currently reading the new short story collection from deLint, "Tapping the Dream Tree."

Andrew1999

Warlord

Aug 2001
time: 23:24

06-01-2003 20:13

#29

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Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time--the new one comes out this week. The middle books were painfully slow at times but I think he's moving faster as he gets towards the end.

Graag

King

London
Nov 1999
time: 05:24

06-01-2003 20:51

#30

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My Dark Places - James Ellroy It got very heavy and I had to stop reading for a bit... then never picked it up again... those are some dark places.
The Ticket That Exploded - William Burroughs Xmas pressie, looking forward to this one
The Idiot - Dostoevsky Another one I stopped halfway through for no reason. Silly person I am.

quote:
"The Naked Lunch" - fiction (I'm assuming!)

Heheheheh. I'd like to hear your thoughts on this one

quote:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

I loved the whole series... read them in 4 successive days, each book is better than the last. Can't wait for the 5th.

quote:
Anyone here a fan of Asimov's "I, Robot"?

Lots of Asimov fans here
I read pretty much everything Asimov published in paperback in my teens... just sink into a comfortable Asimov hole for days at a time
Must reread the foundation books though...
Has anyone read Nightfall? Asimov's most famous short story - I love it.

quote:
The Colour of Magic - Terry Pratchett.

Hehe Pratchett rules... a friend of mine was telling me it is advertised in the US as a satire of British culture, is that true? Here it's just sold as straight fantasy.

quote:
"Timequake" by Vonnegut

I've got that, but never got round to reading it after I'd read the first 20 pages... just didn't appeal. Any good?

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