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It's a little different from what are you reading? so I thought I'd give it a shot.

I picked up Soul Music, by Terry Pratchett and Serenity #2, by Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews, Will Conrad and Laura Martin.

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So long...etc.

Cirque du Freak Hunters of the Dark and Allies of the Night (book 7 and 8) by Darren Shan...



...now, i have them all!! Muahahahaha

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WWJD... for a Klondike bar?

Adolf Hitler -my part in his downfall, Spike Milligan

Read it years ago but still very funny.

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The Thirteenth Triskaidekaphobe
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Har, I just finished Where Have all the Bullets Gone, (Again).

I've never actually read that one. It's the one that folows on from the Italian one which I only ever read half of. I must admit I found it depressing rather than funny. Not suprising, I supose, considering the subject.
Mind you it was about 20 years ago I read it - maybe I'll try again.

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It is the Italian one, mainly, and the end of the war.

Shaman´s crossing by Robin Hobb. Well worth reading.

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A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. - Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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I was thinking of Mussolini - his part in my downfall

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The Thirteenth Triskaidekaphobe
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The last I got was the hardback Dirk Gently Omnibus, by wossisname.

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Before long now, I'll reach the age where farting will be an essential part of propulsion.
(...don't piss us off)

I bought War of the Worlds by HG Wells. It is about a man who loses his hat.

A papercut.

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Shoes. - Doctor #3

I got the algebraist by Iain M Banks, and Eragon, by christopher paullino (sp?). I also got a nice little matthew reilly novella with them as well, which i have been trying to get round to reading.

A ton of school books.

But before that, The Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential Phases Radio Scripts and The Making of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

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Well what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today!

Now that you mention it, i think the making of book was my previous visit. I ordered it, checked back a few weeks later and they said it wasn't in yet. They called me the very same night when they unpacked it at 8pm and told me it was in (late night shopping) so i rushed in to get it. Most frantic must-buy-this-book-now session ever

Bought the following goodies...

I am no longer allowed to go book shopping.

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This has been another random act of nonsense.

...oh my.... my sympathies....here, have a drink...

You want a house right? Keep the eye on the prize, friend.

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Shoes. - Doctor #3

Ta, hoolie. Cheers!



Among other things. I have so many desires. I'd make a lousy Buddhist.

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This has been another random act of nonsense.

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Steal Compass. Drive North. Disappear.

twitter: @kensocrates

A grande americano and a chicken salsa panini.

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Bone 1 - Escape from Boneville
Bone 2 - The great cowrace

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Carpe aleae

Finally picked up The Anthology at the End of the Universe.

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So long...etc.

A grande house.

Looked over some PTerry though. Still not sure what I'm gonna buy.

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Shoes. - Doctor #3

I got Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

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Sir Humphrey: With Trident we could obliterate the whole of Eastern Europe.
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You can't be a successful dictator and design women's underclothing. - Bertram Wooster, The Code of the Woosters

Almost bought that. But I have a hard time buying from bookstores anymore. I belong to four or five bookclubs and get fantastic deals through them. I'm getting 15 or 17 kids books, CatCF included, in hardback for what I'd pay for 5 or 6 paperbacks at Books-A-Million.

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Shoes. - Doctor #3

I just got these two:


I'm halfway through the Klosterman book. It's a breezy, fun read. He discusses the ephemera of pop culture with all the gravitas of a Talmud scholar analyzing the Dead Sea Scrolls. It's a bit rambling and prone to sudden epiphanies but I chalk that up to his coauthor, Mary Jane.

Haven't started Freakonomics yet but anything that makes the dismal science cool is fine by me. "Prepare to be dazzled" is not the type of tagline you find on most books by economists.

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"I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused." — Elvis Costello

Bought the new Nick Hornby - Long way Down, and a book about a guy who tried to learn off the entirity of the Encyclepidia Brittanica. Forget what it's called now...

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A student riding in a train looks up and sees Einstein sitting next to him. Excited he asks, "Excuse me, professor. Does Boston stop at this train?"

I got a "Gungrave"-bag

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Carpe aleae

I got.... very disappointed.

I'm looking for something like this in this city but I found nothing. I love Poe but his works must be read in the original english, otherwise it just... sucks. It's just a waste to read a translation, I dunno...

I looked for ANYTHING in the original english and it's really hopeless. God, I hate this city. Ugh.

Went to one bookstore and picked up the Tertiary Phase CD, went to another and picked up Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse.

On a semi-side note, I picked up another Jeeves book, opened it and it started at page 33, so I showed it to one of the employees. He was confused by it.

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So long...etc.

A coworker just bought this for the office.


Too funny.

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Shoes. - Doctor #3

I didn't buy anything; I just reshelved 1984.

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"Oh I'm a meat eater too. I love meat. Expecially meat with melted cheese." ... number 302079
(... don't piss us off)

Very nice mg.

I've been thinking, shouldn't we place copies of the Guide in the travel and reference sections of the store? Or would that be too much?

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You should come over here. This place is lousy with english versions.

Have you tried ordering off of Amazon? Or do they have funky shipping charges?

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This has been another random act of nonsense.

Oh that's just brilliant. Having been a peon retail worker, I don't ordinarily like to do that kind of stuff because all it does is make the job of a person getting paid piddle that much harder, but I bet that one would bring a few chuckles.

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"Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings."

Got Serenity (Novelization) by Keith DeCandido and the Serenity Visual Companion by Joss Whedon.

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oooh! good choice! bone is awesome!

my last bookshop was in france. got a LOT of french comic books there. although, to be cpmpletely serious with you, i dn´t consider comic book shops as BOOK shops. i confess i bought all my recent books via amazon. but that´s because they are english books and in our local bookshops they usually don´t have them so i´d have to order them and go there twice!

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"The human gene pool needs more lifeguards!
Either that or stronger chlorination...." (Pitbull)

last bookshop? a notebook. not used it much, though. started writing various stuff in it, novels and short stories, that old chestnut, but didn't have any inspiration so I just stopped. will get a better one for later, though. one that looks good

as for online bookshop, I got these;

* Emma (Jane Austen, I think)

* Great Expectations

* Frankenstein (Mary Shelley's)

* The Road To Somewhere (about writing and such. need it for the upcoming course)

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Batman: Nobody wants war.

Robin: Gee, Batman. Belgravia's such a small country. We'd beat them in a few hours.

Batman: Yes, and then we'd have to support them for years.

(Online bookstores can count)

I went to Barnes and Noble today, and on the discount table there was a stack of hardcover Monstrous Regiments by Pratchett. Only $5.98, couldn't pass that up. Well, I get to my car, take the book out of the bag, and notice that it a signed first edition. Needless to say, I'm happy.

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So long...etc.

Oh, you lucky dog!

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vagabond
birds, any birds, anywhere, any time

I really am, aren't I?

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